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Edinburgh Community Yoga, Edinburgh (2025)

25/07/2025

🧘‍♀️ Two Amazing Events This October with Edinburgh Community Yoga 💫

We're bringing connection, learning, and community care to TWO beautiful spaces this October — and we'd love you to join us!

🌿 1. Our First CPD Outside Edinburgh!
📍 Morton of Pitmilly Countryside Resort, Kingsbarns, St Andrews
🗓️ Sunday 5th October | 🕙 10am–4pm

CPD: Trauma Informed Practice & Power Dynamics
with our Founding Director, Lorraine Close

Explore how trauma-informed approaches and power awareness can transform the spaces we hold.

✨ Optional add-on (4.30pm–6.30pm):
Swim, sauna, cold plunge, guided meditation & tea in stunning surroundings. 🧖‍♀️🌊🍵

🕯️ 2. The Big Yin Out — A Fundraiser for Our Outreach Work
📍 Walpole Hall, St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh
🗓️ Friday 10th October | 🕕 6pm–8pm

Come unwind with an evening of deep yin yoga, community, and connection.
Your presence helps support our trauma-informed outreach programmes across the city.

🎟️ Booking now open for both events via our website
Let’s learn, restore, and raise funds together 🧡
Email us for any info. admin@edinburghcommunityyoga.com

24/07/2025

Government: Stop starving Gaza. Stop supporting and arming Israel. Stop the war. Stop shooting and bombing civilians, children and health workers. Use your power.

People: Watch Gaza: Doctors Under Attack on if you haven’t already. Protest. Write to your MP. Talk. Listen to the Humanitarian orgs and Palestinian and British medics accounts of what is happening and many more. Use your power wherever you can.

There is nothing else to say re the genocidal humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza playing out on front of the world.

The world feels devastating. Move, breathe, look after yourself, get outside but stay aware wherever your mental health allows you to. Om Shanti. Peace. Peace. Peace
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Thank you and so many more of our colleagues and friends who are standing up and speaking out and have been doing so relentlessly for almost 2 years.

23/07/2025

🌿 We're Going Beyond Edinburgh! 🌿

Join us for our first CPD retreat out of the city at the stunning Morton of Pitmilly Countryside Resort, near St Andrews with 🏞️

🗓️ Sunday 5th October
🕙 10am–4pm
📍 Kingsbarns, KY16 8QF

✨ CPD: Trauma Informed Practice and Power Dynamics
Led by Lorraine Close, our Founding Director

This session will explore trauma-informed approaches and how power dynamics shape the spaces we hold. Whether you’re in health, education, therapy or community work—this CPD is for you.

PLUS – Make a day of it!
🧖‍♀️ From 4.30pm–6.30pm, you can join us (for an additional fee) for:
🧊 Cold plunge
🔥 Sauna
🏊‍♀️ Swim
🧘‍♀️ Guided meditation & tea

Let’s learn, reflect and restore—together.

🔗 Book on our website now; or email us for more information admin@edinburghcommunityyoga.co.uk

26/06/2025

Ahh .festival and you did it again. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the opportunity to bring ourselves, our families and some of our beautiful community into this magical wonderland of music, dance, breath, meditation, movement, play, crafts, art, poetry, and connection. We are so grateful for this opportunity and for our children to know this world is possible. Photo here of a fabulous kids yoga class with the amazing

01/06/2025

🌞 As we head into summer, we’re feeling a mix of gratitude and excitement for what’s ahead!

🧘‍♀️ Our Trauma-Informed Yoga Training kicks off this September!
If this has been on your radar, now’s the time to secure your spot. This transformative course offers a deep dive into yoga through a trauma-informed lens—and it’s always a powerful journey for those who join.

🏙️ This month, we’re also saying a heartfelt goodbye to our classes with Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust at the Crannie. It’s been an honour to share that space and connect with so many of you there.

💚 At the same time, we’re expanding! We’re adding another class at B Healthy to help meet growing demand and reduce their waitlist—something we’re really excited about.

📅 Looking ahead: Save the date for October 2025!
Our next Yin Out fundraiser with Norman & Nadine is on the horizon—a beautiful evening of rest, connection, and community support you won’t want to miss.

Thank you for walking this path with us. We can’t wait to see you on the mat soon. 🙏

30/05/2025

🧡 A Reflection as We Mark 10 Years, From Lorraine Close, Outreach Director at Edinburgh Community Yoga

As we come to the end of our tenth year as a not-for-profit social enterprise, I’ve been reflecting on the journey we’ve taken. It’s been a decade filled with deep connection, learning, and a shared belief in the power of yoga to support wellbeing and healing in our communities.

This work is not always easy. Funding our outreach projects remains a constant challenge, and many of the organisations we partner with are facing real pressures. But still—we show up. Because the need for accessible, trauma-informed, inclusive yoga is greater than ever. And we believe in what we do.

There’s a lot on the horizon that we’re excited about:

🧘‍♀️ Trauma-Informed Yoga Training returns this September
🌿 5-Day Wellbeing Course in June—2 hours each day to pause, reset & reconnect
🎉 Big fundraiser event coming in October to help sustain our outreach work

I’m so grateful for everyone who’s walked with us so far. Every donation, every shared post, every conversation—it all helps keep the heart of ECY beating.

Thank you for being part of this community. 💛

29/05/2025

🌟 A Heartfelt Thank You to Ashtanga Yoga Edinburgh 🌟

As (AYE) approaches its first birthday, we want to pause and offer our deepest gratitude to Emma Isokivi and the whole AYE community.

From day one, AYE has embodied what it means to be a truly community-focused studio—small, supportive classes led by experienced teachers rooted in authentic yogic tradition. 🙏

Emma has long been a generous supporter of Edinburgh Community Yoga, and we’re especially grateful for AYE’s recent fundraising efforts for our Yoga on Social Prescription classes for older adults at the Gyle Community Space. This kind of solidarity truly changes lives.

💛 AYE is now aiming to raise £1,000 to support our Outreach Program—and you can help make that happen.

[https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ashtanga-yoga-edinburgh]

Thank you, Emma, and thank you to your incredible team and students. We’re celebrating your first year and can’t wait to see what’s ahead! 🎉

28/05/2025

🌿 Yoga & Wellbeing Course – Join Us This June! 🌿

Take a pause. Reset. Reconnect.

We’re excited to invite you to a one-week course designed to support your wellbeing through daily 2-hour yoga and wellbeing workshops. Whether you're navigating a high-stress environment or simply looking to deepen your self-care, this course offers practical tools and insight to help you feel more grounded, resilient, and restored.

💛 What to Expect:

🌀 Reflect on your current approach to wellbeing
🧠 Learn how stress affects your body and mind
🧘‍♀️ Explore how yoga and body-based practices can support emotional regulation
🛠️ Develop simple strategies to help manage overwhelm
🌍 Understand how personal wellbeing can positively impact your wider environment
📵 Consider the benefits of a digital detox

This is a space to slow down, tune in, and give yourself what you truly need.

📅 Dates: Monday 16th June - Friday 20th June
📍 Location: Lila Yoga, Edinburgh
🔗 Sign up: Visit our website

26/05/2025

If the answer is "YES!" to both these questions, then get in touch, and join Laura and some of our community members at the wonderful .festival Festival.
Laura will be teaching in the 'rest and be thankful' tent on Saturday afternoon. There will also be endless live music, talks, crafts, workshops, events and of course yoga!

Email Laura@edinburghcommunityyoga.co.uk for more info.

03/04/2025

🌟 Today! 🌟 ECY Teacher & Owner is popping over to Niddrie Medical Practice for a special yoga taster session with the Diabetes Group! 🧘‍♀️✨

Moira will be at The Medical Centre, 106 Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh (EH16 4DT) for an informal chat about yoga, health and wellbeing. Moira will be on hand to introduce herself, chat about the benefits of yoga, and share some simple practices.

🪑 Plus, she'll be offering a chair yoga taster session

These monthly sessions, hosted with the Community Link Worker, usually see 8-15 participants, so it's a great opportunity to get comfortable, ask questions, and explore how yoga can fit into your life.

01/04/2025

*WE NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP PEOPLE ACTIVE AND GETTING OUT* donate via link in bio

We are launching a small fundraising campaign to allow us to plug a gap while we seek ongoing grant funding for 2 of our popular chair yoga on social prescription programmes in Methil, Fife and The Gyle, Edinburgh

These classes mean the world to participants and the value of having something to get out of the house for and interacting with others cannot be underestimated.

We are hoping to raise £2k in the next month to plug a funding gap in both these classes.

Maybe you can donate proceeds from a fundraising class, donate £5 or come up with a creative way to raise money for … let us know!

Donation link in our bio

21/03/2025

✨ Quiet Revolution in Edinburgh: The Power of Yoga for Community Well-being ✨ with

In Edinburgh, a quiet revolution is unfolding—one that recognises yoga is about much more than just physical flexibility. It's about creating meaningful social connections and supporting mental and physical health through empowerment, embodiment, and relationship-building.

Edinburgh Community Yoga has been at the forefront of yoga's role in social prescribing in Scotland, offering high-quality, trauma-informed yoga classes by referral in and around the city. This week, we celebrated Social Prescribing Day 2025, reflecting on how yoga is playing an essential role in improving the health and well-being of individuals in our communities.

💡 What is Social Prescribing?

Social prescribing is an innovative healthcare approach where GPs, nurses, and community link workers refer individuals to non-clinical services that improve overall well-being. These services may include arts, exercise, nature-based activities, or volunteering, and focus on the whole person—not just medical symptoms. Social prescribing can help combat loneliness, mental health issues, chronic stress, and conditions like chronic pain.

Yoga, as part of this approach, is gaining recognition for its ability to improve mental and physical health. Combining breathwork, physical postures, and mindfulness, it reduces stress, improves mood, and enhances well-being. 🧘‍♀️💚

We're proud to be part of this movement in Edinburgh, helping to make yoga accessible, sustainable, and embedded in the communities we serve.

👉👉👉👉👉 Full Blog
https://edinburghcommunityyoga.co.uk/2025/03/21/empowering-health-through-yoga-and-social-prescribing/

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