Charis Yoga

13/03/2025

07/01/2025

Wednesdays, my dudes!

We breathe, we pay attention to the breathe, we notice how the breathe feels, we detach from the story of the breathe, we bring our breathe into the here and now, and then we uncover how to be a content human animal through the breathe. Has breathe lost all meaning? Excellent! Then you are on the right path. Namaste and mush love 🐸🍄

21/12/2024

Winter Solstice Bebe! You’ve made it!
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Check in with yourself and indulge in everything the season has to offer. Most of our lives come to a pause at this time of year but there’s still a few classes you can come hang out with me at.
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Also, there’s loads to look forward to in the new year with two special events lined up in 2025.
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Sun 26th Jan you can find me at the Abbie’s Sparkle Yoga Retreat at Elgin Town Hall where me and many other yoga and wellness practitioners will be providing tasters and introductions all in aid of a fantastic charity. Tickets on sale now. Link in bio.
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On 2nd Feb, i’ll be leading a workshop on building your own yoga practice. This workshop will help give you the tools and confidence to take your practice out the studio and into your life . This will help you find ways to apply the principles you learn in class on a daily basis. Watch your practice grow!
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Wishing everyone a gorgeous solstice, Christmas and Hogmanay! See you in the new year! Mush love 🐸🍄‍🟫

20/12/2024

All ready for the last class of the year! Friday evening yoga with me… Chario

11/12/2024

Breathing and meditation classes on Wednesday nights - 7.15pm - 8.15pm - book online https://elginyogacentre.com/bookings/ola/services/breathing-meditation-class
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You already know how to breathe, or rather, your body already knows how to breathe… but do you know how to control your breath to aid in your experience of living? Well, this class will help you on your way to finding breathwork practices that encourage you to make the most of your life force. In addition, we will take a peek into meditation and try out some practices to help bring your awareness into the present and give you a break from the mind babble. Don’t expect miracles but don’t reject them either! This is a practice that we put dedicated effort into perfecting… the thing we are perfecting? Our humanness.
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11/12/2024

At some point in our yoga journey our practice slips out the studio and seeps into our everyday lives. Or we find ourselves too busy or skint to attend regular classes… that doesn’t mean our yoga ends. Taking away the late stage capitalist lens from our perspective on our practice reminds us that yoga is in every time and every place that we JOIN - whether breath/movement, awareness/mind, or body/spirit. A daily (or weekly or monthly) practice is a beautiful way to make space in your life to join these aspects. However, I get how it can be daunting to start a practice that’s self-led. What breath should I be using? Am I doing it right? Am I meditating? Should it feel like this?
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This workshop is designed to give you the tools you need to support your personal practice - pointers on awareness, how to analyse sensations, how to structure a practice… everything you need to make your practice work for you.
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So join me on Sat 2nd Feb from 1pm-2pm at Elgin Yoga Centre for an afternoon of designing your own practice where you will learn some asana, pranayama, and some meditation and mantra that you can take into your life. Mush love 🐸🍄‍🟫

17/10/2024

Most of us begin a yoga practice with an intention to change something in our lives. Better mental health, more flexibility, healing, strength, relaxation… etc. These things might occur as side effects of a dedicated practice. However, the true gold comes from uncovering the authentic self from beneath the layers of judgements, criticisms, and expectations that life, society, and culture buries us in. Believe me, it’s not a quick change. One goes through years of triggering and self flagellation to get to the good stuff. Every time we start to scratch the layer off, it’s uncomfortable and sometimes painful. It’s natural to want to back away from the negative experiences. But once we’ve shed that layer, greater understanding of who we are becomes illuminated. Soon it becomes the practice that as something becomes uncomfortable, we become curious rather than fearful and we will bear the discomfort to uncover the reality. Once we get through the discomfort we find an acceptance and then the journey begins again. And this is a universal truth - Change is uncomfortable but it leads to self acceptance. And once we’ve accepted something we can then begin to change it… and this cycle of moving between change and acceptance is the spiral of life that keeps us existing. The moment we stop the vacillation between comfort and discomfort is the moment where we stop existing. So if you feel frustrated that your quads are screaming in fear during a drop back into kapotasana, you are exactly in that state of discomfort that will eventually lead to acceptance of the strength in your meat suit. 🧘‍♀️

13/06/2024

You know what’s lovely?
Breathing. Breathing is bloody lovely.
You know what else is lovely? Stretching. Breathing and stretching. Both are lovely. You know something else that’s lovely? Lying down.
Oh and let’s not forget activating muscles that we often forget about in our daily lives. That’s lovely too.
You know what I love? How about rolling about on your back like an upturned tortoise? Absolutely lovely, hilarious and lovely.

How about spending time breathing, stretching, activating muscles, lying down, rolling about and generally having a lovely time with really nice folk having a giggle about our wonderous human bodies and the funny things they can or can’t do? Well, that’s what we will be doing Friday night. You don’t have to be flexible, or strong, or graceful, or knowledgable. You dont need anything apart from a sense of curiosity and the the optimism to try something new. I’ll do all the rest. And honestly, it’s worth a shot. It’s lovely.

Book online - or turn up on the day.
£10 - https://elginyogacentre.com/bookings/ola/services/yoga-with-charis-2

20/05/2024

book online - link in bio

17/05/2024

Tonight!

https://elginyogacentre.com/bookings/ola/services/yoga-with-charis-2

07/05/2024

Yoga with me tonight: 7.15pm - 8.15pm - book online. Link in bio

03/05/2024

Hello there,
We have a Pop Up Sound Bath!
Saturday 25rd May
10am - 11am
Relaxing sound bath.
£10
Zoe works with Crystal Tones alchemy bowls, to create harmonious sound frequencies that take your body and mind into a deeply restful state.
Helping to rebalance and relieve tension, leaving you with a feeling of wellbeing.
07813 339616 text to enquire or book