Donna Noble Yoga: The Noble Art of Yoga

12/05/2026

Looking back at writing Teaching Body Positive Yoga, I can see I was never just writing about yoga.

I was writing about what it feels like to walk into a space and not know if you belong.

I was writing for the people who have spent years thinking their body was the problem.

I was writing about representation, access, language, and helping people stop making themselves smaller just to fit in.

And if I’m honest, looking back now, I can see something else was there too.

That it’s one thing to help people feel more at home in their bodies.

It’s another thing to trust them.
To really listen.
To notice what the body has been trying to say all along.

I didn’t have the words for it then.
Now I do.

Body intelligence.

11/05/2026

The Anti Yogi
Some performances entertain.
Some stay with you.

This Saturday afternoon I watched The Anti “Yogi” at Soho Theatre… and if I’m honest, I’m still thinking about it.

The storytelling.
The dancing.
The live percussion.

The boldness of the term Wogi.

And knowing Mayuri Bhandari wasn’t feeling well made her performance even more incredible. You genuinely would never have known.

As someone who has spent years navigating the world of yoga and wellbeing, this landed deeply.

I’ve shared my full reflections on yoga, identity, culture, and what this performance stirred in me over on Substack

Link in bio 🔗

Bravo Mayuri 🔥👏🏾👏🏾

09/05/2026

08/05/2026

Have you ever really watched a baby?

A baby doesn’t need an app to tell it when it’s tired.
It doesn’t need a watch to tell it when it needs rest.
It doesn’t question whether it’s too much.
Too loud.
Too emotional.
Too needy.

When it’s hungry, it lets you know.
When it’s tired, it sleeps.
When it needs comfort, it reaches out.

No shame.
No pretending.
No performance.

Just the body... doing what the body has always known how to do.

Then somewhere along the way, many of us were taught something different.

Push through.
Keep going.
Don’t cry.
Don’t rest yet.
Be productive or working twice as hard.
Be strong.
Don’t be too much.

And without even realising it, many of us stopped trusting the intelligence we were born with.

The body.

That’s what Body Intelligence means to me.

Not fixing ourselves.
Not becoming someone new.

Remembering what the body knew... before the world taught us not to listen.

Because I truly believe... we were born in wellbeing.

08/05/2026

Episode 4 of the Yoga4Health podcast, presented by Paul Fox and Heather Mason, focuses on the important area of diversity, equity, and inclusion in yoga. Donna Noble Yoga: The Noble Art of Yoga

05/05/2026

Before the watch.
Before the app.
Before we started looking outside of ourselves for every answer...

the body knew first.

As babies, we moved when we needed to move.
Rested when we were tired.
Reached for comfort when something didn’t feel right.

Somewhere along the way, many of us learned something else.

Push through.
Ignore it.
Keep going.
Don’t stop.

I’m not against technology. (I use to work in IT)
I’m not against support.

But I am questioning how many of us have started Outsourced Wellbeing...

Looking to watches, apps, experts, and endless advice...

while slowly losing touch with the wisdom we were born with.

Maybe the future of wellbeing isn’t about doing more.

Maybe it’s about remembering.

This is what I’m exploring through Body Intelligence!

04/05/2026

For me, retreats have never just been about stepping away from life.

They’ve been about creating space to reconnect with yourself. To breathe. To move. To rest. And to remember what your body has been trying to tell you all along.

I’m excited to share that The Noble Retreat is heading to Spain.

Next October, I’ll be hosting a week of yoga, rest, honest conversation, connection, and an opportunity to explore Body Intelligence: the wisdom, resilience, and guidance that has been living in your body all along.

Hosted at beautiful fincaindigo_retreat

17–24 October 2026.

If this resonates, send me a message or keep watching this space.

30/04/2026

Moments like this remind me how important it is that wellbeing spaces feel inclusive, real and accessible.

Grateful to be part of it.

Wearing .swan

27/04/2026

“Push through and carry on” sounds harmless.

But it comes at a cost.

I see this lots.

And if I’m honest, I’ve done it too in the first past.

Something doesn’t feel quite right…
but it’s not enough to stop you.

So you keep going.
Days turn into weeks.
Weeks turn into months.
And it just becomes normal.

But your body hasn’t ignored it.
It’s been adapting.
Adjusting.
Finding ways to keep you going.

Not because everything is fine
but because that’s what your body does.

This is what I mean when I talk about body intelligence.

Until it can’t stay quiet anymore.
And then it feels sudden.

But it isn’t.