Astrella Yoga

13/04/2026

As the daffodils give way to the tulips, the bluebells and the daisies,we return to the mats and chairs. Yey!

All classes back this week so I look forward to seeing you there 💚🌼💚

03/04/2026

No classes today.
We have an online yoga flow 8am on Sunday then the next classes are next Friday 1pm at St Mary’s Hall and 4pm online.
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What a day to be alive in this chaotic world.

Throw compliments around today, give gifts from the heart if you can. Help strangers, donate.

It is a day to celebrate the ripple effect of goodness (if you ask me).

Give today to the power of doing good and see what happens. I promise you, it will be wonderful.

01/04/2026

30/03/2026

Yesterday I ran a 5k adventure race at Normanby Hall… for fun! I did it last year and surprised myself that I enjoyed it. This year I was back, colder weather, less training and I caught my foot and fell off the first hay bale. I literally fell at the first hurdle!

It made me reflect though on those stories we tell ourselves about who we are. I was never sporty at school, in fact, the stereotypical last to be picked for any team. I grew up shying away from anything that might put me in that vulnerable position of challenging myself in case I found myself wanting. I was the one who shrugged and gave up. And somewhere down the line that became my story. Not good enough. Not worth trying.

But, in letting ourselves be vulnerable, we open ourselves to becoming more than we thought.

Yoga has been my constant over the years. I’ve changed in my prioritising but have always returned and found the benefits in consistent practice. Showing up even when you feel you can’t, even when everything feels overwhelming or you are disappointed or frustrated. The lessons learned on the mat are what we take into life.

What did I do after my fall? I checked myself over (nothing broken, not even spirit) and ran on, albeit more muddy than before. I’m not fast, I’m always a bit doubtful but I keep showing up. That’s how stories get rewritten.

See you on the mats and chairs this week.

Nb. Molescroft class is at the pavilion this evening at 6.30pm.
No classes on Good Friday

28/03/2026

No Sunday flow tomorrow due to this 💦🏃🏃‍♀️💦🫣🤣
Wishing you all a good weekend

A Fun Loving Community Focussed Team :)

23/03/2026

See you in class 💚🙏🏼💚

17/03/2026

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16/03/2026

Stepping into spring? It certainly feels like it this morning. Gentle sunrise, busy pond, dewy grass, singing birds…. Just taking time to drinking it all in and appreciate the consistent turning of the year….

Join me this week for classes to acknowledge and link into this wondrous change.

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10/03/2026

The breath is like the sky, so omnipresent that we almost forget it's there until it does something astounding like change colour before our eyes; or when cloud spotting, we see a magical kingdom emerge…
The Baltic Centre

On average, we take roughly 17,000 to 20,000 breaths per day. A presence so vital. Yet, how many of these are unconscious?

And how much there is to be gained in the breath too. Over the years I’ve come to realize that nothing calms racing minds, beating hearts, and churning emotions better than breathing. It’s a mechanism to anchor and ground; there is power in the noticing, but also in each conscious breath, the opportunity for change.

All within one breath.

Let’s celebrate this gift together on the mats and chairs this week 🙏🏼

02/03/2026

Wow, I love that this popped up today. Someone gave me a copy of this a few years back. It’s very special and very apt 💚

Come join this week for unlocking shoulders and releasing the upper body.
Breathe out, sigh out. Let your mat and chair be a safe place when needed.

See you there 🙏🏼🕊️🙏🏼

“The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”
Wendell Berry - The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry.

Seung-Hwan Chung

23/02/2026

And we’re back.

I’ve missed our classes this last week but took some wonderful down time Nidderdale way and indulged the joy of simplicity, watching and listening to birds, stumbling upon ancient henges, family moments (especially precious with teens ☺️), lovely good food, reading, practice and rediscovering the pull of a jigsaw.

We resume today with online chair yoga at 9.30am and away we go for 5 or 6 weeks. And this was the start of the start this morning 🌅

I look forward to seeing you soon 🙏🏼

17/02/2026

No classes this week.

But sending you all a heart from Bedale.

Classes resume on Sunday at 8am with the online flow.

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