Steph Wall Yoga, Glasgow (2025)

24/08/2022

*New experiment*⁠
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I've been reflecting a lot on the insane privilege it is to have been sharing yoga with many committed students for years. Sometimes, witnessing the shift in others is easy and obvious but sometimes it's much more subtle. Now, as an external figure to your internal practice, what I observe is irrelevant but what YOU witness within yourself is vital. How do you know if your practice is progressing? And I don't mean just the physical. Rather, how do you measure your ability to be uncomfortable? Or how you speak to yourself? Your breath? ⁠
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AND SO. Every 8 weeks or so at my 6:00pm class on Tues, I will be teaching a "benchmark" class. It will be an advanced set sequence with arm balances, inversions and breathing techniques taught with lots of Sanskrit for you to measure your progress. LET ME BE CLEAR. "Progress" is not about doing advanced poses. If you're in handstand but an as***le, you're not doing yoga. This is an opportunity to check in with yourself to notice the following:⁠
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- mental resilience ⁠
- confidence⁠
- ability to move with an elongated breath ⁠
- inner dialogue ⁠
- knowledge of Sanskrit ⁠
- strength ⁠
- mobility ⁠
- refined techniques that will possibly take you into advanced poses⁠
- compassion and courage to modify ⁠
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I suggest arriving a few minutes early to warm yourselves up as we will get right into it. You will even be provided with a handout so you can write down your experiences right after 🤓 If you are a keen bean that has been coming to Kali for a while now, I highly recommend coming to this class. It'll be tough and it's not meant to defeat you, but inspire you on your yoga journey. This will be recorded for online. Sign up as normal for Aug 30th 6:00pm!

20/07/2022

If you’ve ever enjoyed my yoga offerings, you have this woman to thank. As for me, i am forever indebted. was the inspiration that lit my yoga fire and without her, im sure Yoga would have called me, but maybe not this passionately. Blessed blessed blessed our paths crossed so many moons ago 🖤

15/07/2022

2 years ago today, a little girl who didn’t know her name walked up stairs for the first time and with her little legs shaking, she peed all over my flat. Then tried to find a window to jump out of. I couldn’t believe this little being who was just skin and bones was in my flat. I was so scared, I didn’t realise what I had just done by having her “visit” (her bed, toys and food were already bought, I was committed). I remember after her kennel mum left, Jagersmate Jess came up to me with her big brown eyes and we stared at each other, both terrified. By that evening, she knew I was mama and I knew she was my baby.
Nell and I have learned so much together. I’ve helped her learn to trust again and brought her back to health. Her lessons for me though, were much more powerful. I was such a human centric little s**t thinking that we are above animals (we are not), and that animals are “just animals” and her constant love made me break free of my biases. My eyes and heart have been opened to the knowing that all animals deserve care, love and compassion - weirdly, I didn’t feel that way before.
She follows me around because she loves me - I can’t believe a being loves me like that. She goes bananas when I come home cause she misses me and I don’t think I’ve ever been missed like that. I look at her and am in love with every speck of her body, heart and mind and I don’t think I’ve ever loved another being like that. Unconditional love was new to me and it blows my mind it took a puppy dog to feel that (no offense to humans but most love is indeed conditional).
My little heart grew 100 sizes this day two years ago and forever have this little soul to thank for that. I love you Nell Wall!

10/06/2022

One of the things I so deeply love about Mythology, is its ability to morph and shape shift to have relevance no matter who you are or what is going on in your life. Of course, we will have a certain resonance with specific stories or energies at certain times in our lives. But because the energies that create and become the story itself are archetypes, they will always have meaning to us (consciously or unconsciously!). There is a reason why Disney and Harry Potter are so popular - we can relate to the story and characters. They hold qualities that we see within ourselves or others and often times their journey’s are our own as well. The same goes with Indian mythology.

If you allow yourself to see beyond names and labels, a whole new world of symbols and metaphor will open up for you. Our Western mind will often shut down at the word God or Goddess, but these stories are so much more than religious fables. Myths have both rocked my world and held me tight in tender moments. I feel and experience the same things the yogis from hundreds of years ago did. Woah.

Tomorrow I will be sharing songs and stories that have moved me the most, including my all time favourite story of Shiva and Sati. This story is powerful and so sad, as it explores both the beauty of honouring the merging of the masculine and feminine - and the horrifying destruction of what happens when we do not.

Class will be 90 minutes at . Head to Kali’s page to book! Available in studio and online and the recording will be available for 2 days. Hope to see you then!

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20/05/2022

The best thing that’s ever happened to me is meeting

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11/05/2022

I didn’t post on (Canadian) Mother’s Day because it didn’t feel right, but I have been looking at this photo lots over the past few months it feels right to share now.

There’s something on my mamas face - a sense of joy, wholeness and love that I wonder if I only gave her when I was a little baby. I was so at battle with myself for most my life which trickled into all my relationships and mama was the one I understood the least. And had patience for the least. I didn’t accept the complexities of motherhood (tbf how does a child), and resisted how she showed up as a mom. I wanted the perfect mom from the movies and instead I got a complex woman that I didn’t understand. I got the full spectrum with this one and I’m glad I did.

My other mama, Kali maa, teaches us that a woman is not to be boxed into the sweet, caring, nurturing being. She is also terrifying, intense, complex and wild. She is unbound and unapologetic to be in her fullness, although most women do not live this way (heaven forbid we “crazy”).

The thing is - it’s take a wild woman to nurture a wild woman. Had my mother chose to contain herself to fit the outside world (and be the mom I “wanted”) she would never be able to let me be free. She has supported my every move, even across the world, because she knows what it is to be wild. She bears the distance of her baby girl because she knows she cannot box me in, like I did to her. She is rock solid beside me with the same ferocity that terrified me as a child. I didn’t get it then, but I get it now.

I wonder if my mama still knows this look now that I’m a grown woman who chose to leave. And I hope maybe one day I’ll know that look too x

07/04/2022

Here is Pre Scotland Steph. Today marks 7 years in Scotland, so I thought it would be interesting to look back at pics of my life just before leaving. I had a big life with thriving classes, lots of friends and family, a boyfriend, a cat, a car, a whole damn life. And yet, there was something off. I wish I could lie to you and say....something was off but then I moved to Scotland and all my voids were filled and now I have a perfect life! But that's far from the truth. All that was off was still off, but then I was isolated and a world away from all I knew. My fantasy life in Scotland just provided a distraction.⁠⁠
Over the years I've had to sit with a harsh reality that YES, I did move here for so many pure and heartfelt reasons AND, I moved here to avoid some stuff too. I escaped boredom, the mundane, my past, my family, my hurt for bagpipes and kilts.⁠⁠
In the avoidance and in unacknowledged grief, a whole world unfolded for me here. Kali (the energy not studio) held me the entire time and showed me how to open my heart to the Mystery. My tender heart was soon held by Glasgwegians and in no time at all, the seeds I planted in Scotland grew roots and sprouted a family and life. ⁠⁠
My heart longs for Canada, but I know my life is meant to be here for now. I still have so much to learn from Scotland and her land and people/greyhounds. And maybe they still have something to learn from me? I know for certain Kali and Yoga would not be as deeply woven into the fabric of my being had I stayed, nor would I have the relationships with animals as I do now thanks to . ⁠⁠
I feel a happiness and joy I've never felt before, here on the quiet Scottish seaside with my puppy dog. I know all the choices I've made have worked in my favour and I'd like to think there's something bigger at play that I'll probably never understand. But the greatest hardship of all is that after 7 years in Scotland, I still don't have an accent. ⁠⁠
Thank you for getting my ass over and here and for helping me find home.

07/04/2022

*My response to my last post on white people using brown emojis*⁠
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First of all, thank you to everyone who read, listened, commented, texted and sat in curiosity with my question. Talking about racism is complex, nuanced, and challenging, no matter your skin colour. ⁠
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I have experienced racism my whole life, and when BLM kicked off, it forced me to revisit old wounds and tend to new, open ones. I still haven't digested my life's experiences with this matter, but I knew for sure that I needed lots of time to sit with this complex topic before discussing it in any public way. And, to be frank, so few people have asked for my thoughts on my experience, so I felt no pressure to speak about it. But lately, I've felt like I have something to say that people can learn from. I have questions I want to understand. I'm not sure how much of a public conversation I'm up for, but I would hate to die without knowing why the f**k white folk are using the same colour salsa dancer as me. ⁠
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My post came from a curious place, but I also wanted to illuminate how something as small as an emoji does hold weight for many people. It might seem small for many, but in a world that caters to white-skinned folk, for me to have an emoji that represents my skin does matter. To finally find makeup that is made for my skin tone, matters (I used to have to mix light skinned concealer with black because brown wasn't really an option). For me to see mixed-race couples on TV, matters. To see brown-skinned people represented in movies, winning awards, being characters in books, matters. It might be small for you, but it's not for me. ⁠
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I now know people want to learn more and take a stand for equality. I had no idea brown/black emojis were used as a gesture of solidarity (my thoughts on that are thanks - but I don't need this 🧘‍♀️🧘🏽‍♀️🧘🏾‍♀️🧘🏿‍♀️ to feel welcome somewhere). I also learned that using a brown emoji is a way of expressing one has a suntan (which btw always confused me - I'd get made fun of at school for my skin, then they wouldn't jump in a tanning bed or crisp themselves all summer to have darker skin...to look....like mine...) - CONTINUED IN COMMENTS x

24/03/2022

I’m posting this question simply from a place of curiosity and wanting to understand something that has been on my mind for years.

Why do white people use brown emojis?
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I have good friends and colleagues who do this, so I am not looking for a fight. It’s doesn’t necessarily offend me; it just confuses me. Do you think that you have a good tan? Do you feel like the light-skinned emojis don’t reflect you? I often see this coming from white yoga teachers, and I wonder if they are using 🤸🏽‍♂️🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏾because that looks more…Indian?

The part that makes me curious is that if I started posting 👩🏻 about myself, ya’ll would think I’m delusional. It would be so bizarre to see darker-skinned people using white emojis, and yet....

It might seem trivial to care about emojis, but I believe it’s more than that. Does anyone dare to enlighten me?

06/03/2022

This girl has changed my life and learning from her has been the sweetest gift. I feel a love and am receiving a love that I have never felt before. She is not just a dog or just a pet, she is the great love of my life.
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For me to imagine a situation where my best option is to leave her and all I love behind, sounds impossible. And yet, it is the reality for thousands of Ukrainians who have had to make the devastating decision to leave their beloved fur baby behind. As someone who deeply understands the value of a relationship with an animal, I feel the very least I can do is help the pets left behind have their basic needs met while they grieve and accept their new lives. The animal shelters in Ukraine are overwhelmed with new residents and are in need of funds to support them.
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We are collecting donations at this week to send to 2 local charities, .shelter and . Please head to kalicollective.com to donate and in exchange we are offering 2 free classes - Monday @ 6pm with and Tues at 730pm with me. Anything will help. Our goal is £500 and we are at £200 is 1 day. Let’s see what we can do!!!

30/01/2022

Rockin out for Hanuman 🤟🏽🐒
What a fabulous weekend that was singing, moving and lingering in the divine mystery of ancient stories. The power of Myth never ceases to amaze me. These entertaining stories are portals into the wisdom of symbols and metaphor and teach us how to witness them inside our own inner architecture.
What was once make believe comes to life when we can see the profound reflections of these stories in our lives. So much gratitude for the wisdom of the Indian Epics and the sweet (and terrifying) energy currents from the Hindu culture.
Thank you to the crew that put up with my signing for 2 days.

11/01/2022

Over the past few years I’ve become just shy of obsessed with understanding fascia. I love the how it connects the entire system together and it’s profound symbolism that very much ties into the values of Kali. SO every Wed at 12, I will be doing a 45 minute myofascial release class! This is a revision of my mobilize and stabilize class, if you attended one of those classes it will be very similar. Here are some benefits to MFR!
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💀 Increase proprioceptive and interoceptive awareness (internal awareness of our body)⁠
💀 Create and strengthen neuromuscular connections ⁠
💀 Increase hydration of tissues ⁠
💀 Promote fascial remodeling
💀 Promote circulation of fluids through the tissues ⁠

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Each class will focus on a different area and you will discover muscles you never knew you had, so you can move in a more efficient and holistic way. ⁠
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This class is in studio and online. Please bring 2 myofascial/lacrosse balls!

If all this fascia talk getting you excited, my online yin course starts at the end of January (on demand + love q&a’s) and we will be reeeeeally going into the fascia (physically and intellectually). BYE!

01/01/2022

Happy Birthday to the love of my life! 6 years ago this Irish baba was born and had several tough years before meeting mama and teaching her what true love and compassion really is. I love all you humans and cities and yoga and bla bla but it’s this little soul that is hands down the best thing that ever happened to me. Happy birthday Nell Wall!

29/12/2021

WOAH. A lil thing that is so powerful every human being on the planet has been effected, is in my body. It’s been humbling to watch my magnificent body get to work and equally humbling feeling this virus get to work. It’s exposing my weak spots - all the usual niggly areas in my body are screaming and all the existing anxieties (mostly about not working/being productive) are RIGHT here. Im choosing to meet this experience as a gift and tend to what arises with the tenderness and compassion I ask my students to meet themselves with.

I am turning towards slower days (that I shouldn’t have to have covid to do anyways). Laying longer in my sweat soaked sheets (holy s**t has anyone else had mad sweats with covid?), simply sitting with my baby without “doing” anything, making music, drawing and a lot of nothing.

I am also doubling down on supporting my immune system and have found the following sooo helpful.
1. (you bet your ass I fell for the ads and thank god I did!)
2. Vit C & D
3. boost cbd (link in bio)
4. AQUA LIKE A FISH
5. cbd balm bc my joints feel like they are dying (I had no idea this was a covid thing?)
6. TONS of……YOGA!!!
7. Juicing like a m**o.

Any other recommendations lmk. Take care out there people 🤘🏾

10/12/2021

For most of my my life, my body was just a thing to be dominated by my mind. And when it cried out I retaliated with even more disrespect. But I have learned that my body is simply an expression of my mind, they are never separated, and the more tenderness I treat myself with, the more in harmony my whole system becomes. I eat in a way that’s in alignment with how I want to treat the earth and her animals, I move in a way that my body asks for, not what my mind demands, and I rest - a lot. Me and my lil bod have come along way together, and I wouldn’t want it to look or feel any other way so I shall shamelessly share 🤎

01/12/2020

The SBL runs from the bottom of the foot, all along the back of the legs, side of the spine, back of the skull to the eyebrows. The fascia is a tension system and we will learn how and why we want to strengthen this area (it has to do with your bad posture). Come to class to learn more.

26/11/2020

Try this a few times a day, everyday to help with sciatica. Please share with anyone you know who could use it! Dedicated to Mike Tyson lol.

24/11/2020

Nerve flossing allows for the nerve to slide/glide and gently stretch when irritated. It can help with pain, especially sciatica and carpel tunnel, (those videos to come!) and I have found it to be really effective. Very cool to see how we can impact our nerve through.....YOGA.

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