LOUP YOGA

LOUP YOGA aims to support and encourage people to live healthily, happily and humanely. The multi-faceted philosophy of LOUP YOGA results in a holistic pursuit.

It does this through yoga, which includes the physical practice, breath work, meditation and mindful decision-making. Many figures have influenced LOUP YOGA’s ideology and philosophy, cumulating in this venture. It draws on the wisdom of the yoga sutras of Patanjali, the anthropological studies of Yuval Noah Harari, Michael Pollan’s insight into where nature and culture intersect. The most important aspect is to translate the wisdom and guidance available to us into practical action for tangible results. LOUP YOGA does this by offering honest physical and mental practices to support people moving towards this healthier way of life, that respects themselves, others and the planet we live on. We focus on:

HEALTH – HAPPINESS – HUMANITY

25/09/2025

Beyond your pain, anxiety, judgement, comparisons, sadness, unworthiness, and the feeling of not being enough…

Beyond that is your life and it is so beautiful. It’s waiting for you to remember that you are not what you have believed yourself to be.

In order to come back to life and truly experience aliveness, presence and peace you have to be with what is there.

You can’t hide from it. You can’t deny. You can’t repress it because if you do, you will stay where you are, but if you can meet it, if you can say…

‘OK, I’m here, hello, what do you need? I’m listening to you’…

If you can meet it and you can feel it and you can alchemise it into your heart, your body, then you will quite literally walk yourself home to a whole new experience of being in life where:

You see your worthiness to have a partner, you hold them, you’re intimate with them - you’re warm.

Where you feel your children. You meet them with empathy, compassion and joy… you let them be who they are.

Where you see nature.. you allow it in, you look, you respect, you care.

And it will make you cry with how the beautiful it all is.
 It will make you gasp with the abundance that is there.

It will make you glow with just how much love is available to you.

It’s worth going into that fear. It’s worth looking at what you’re so scared of seeing. It’s so worth it.

Sending love and compassion for all humans navigating this life - it’s a big moment to be in.

L x

23/09/2025

My thoughts on dedication to deeply understanding ourselves and how this can transform how we treat each other. Which matters SO much on a global level x

15/09/2025

It’s so hard to see who were being when we’re in unconscious patterns. When we’re living from a place of survival we’re not even aware of.

Coming to life, coming into consciousness for me has been such a beautiful, confronting and expansive experience. It’s like we already know that invitation is there, but we pretend not to know… because it requires stepping into what we’ve kept so hidden and unknown within ourselves.

What would happen if you accepted the invitation? Do you have a suspicion that it might just be where your life actually begins? And is there also a voice that tells you it’s where your life would end.

Let me tell you that both are true. There is a sort of dying… an ending of the need to be who you’ve thought you need to be in order to fit in, to be accepted. And a coming to life… of who you actually are. Who you’ve always been under the masks and identities created in order to survive.

It’s really the most important work of our lives. It’s the choice to become free (again) and to inhabit your life, rather than push it away and remain stuck in unconscious repeating patterns.

I’m all in.

L x

03/07/2025

⚡️What is Identity?⚡️

Who we think we are… is not who we truly are.

Most identities aren’t chosen—they’re formed. Constructed quietly over time by a brain wired for survival.

“I’m not good enough.”
“I’m the strong one.”
“I’m the helper.”
“The fixer.”
“The one who’s always fine.”

Stories like these aren’t truth—they’re safety. They are survival mechanisms wrapped in personality.

They’re the mind’s way of making sense of fear, pain, rejection, the need for love, the play of power.

They keep us small, contained, predictable.
But they also keep us cut off from the very thing we long for most:

Aliveness.

Because when we start to dis-identify from the story—
When we soften the grip of “I am…”
When we stop performing a version of ourselves just to belong—
Something extraordinary happens:

Life rushes in.

Not the numb, flat, performative kind.
But the real, raw, vibrant kind.
Unscripted. Sensuous. Holy.
The kind that moves through breath, body, feeling, energy.

Underneath the performance and protection is something far more real:
A deeper, more fluid self.
A presence.
Pure life, meeting itself.

You are not your personality.
You are not your patterns.

You are not the story.
You are not the mask.
You are the space the story appears in, you are what remains when they fall away.

Pure presence. Pure life. Pure becoming.

29/05/2025

Deeply grateful for this beautiful retreat and the incredible souls who made it so special. The place, the food, the movement, the shedding, the sharing, the connection, the struggles… it was a true blessing to facilitate this retreat and teach the yoga wisdom.

Grateful grateful grateful. I can’t wait for the next one. Dates to be released soon!

L x

16/05/2025

We must show how much we care. We must show the people of Gaza, and the governments who continue to arm Israel and support this genocide that we care so much. We won’t be silenced and we won’t be fooled into forgetting.

Please share this post to show that you care.

L x

25/04/2025

Community is at the heart of retreats. We practice much yoga, we care for our souls and remember what really matters in this life, and we come together in a safe space, all walking each other home.

This shouldn’t be just for those with more money. Finding ways to offer up these practices and retreats to others is incredibly meaningful.

If you’re called to take a yoga retreat but haven’t felt financially able to do so, please do get in touch and we can make this work for you.

Email louise@loupyoga.com

L xx

23/04/2025

It’s easy to get drawn in to the complexities and stories of the mind and forget that this life is the canvas, and we create the art.

That the dance of comfort and discomfort, pain and joy, suffering and beauty… it’s all ok. It’s all the painting on the canvas and it is the experience of life.

There’s no right way, it’s not supposed to look like anything… it’s being created moment by moment, being discovered and revealed as we go. And we are the artist. We can find the tones and colours that bring nourishment to our souls, even if it isn’t comfortable.

Active participation is this process is when consciousness starts to really pe*****te the ‘ordinary.’ Showing up on the stage. Taking the paintbrush to the canvas, and making art. Unique to you.

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts.

L x

28/03/2025

☀️ PORTUGAL RETREAT ☀️

Join me 23rd - 29th May in Portugal for a delicious yoga retreat at this stunning villa.

This retreat is for you if you know life has ramped up too much, your operating outside of the body’s natural rhythm, you’ve been overworking, overthinking and your whole system is begging for a break. A rest. A reset.

This is for you.

And it is my pleasure and privilege to be there to hold space for you, to teach you and to guide you into deep rest and fresh, enlivened energy.

Email me at louise@loupyoga.com or sliddddde into my DM’s. I also offer a free call for any questions you may have.

L x

28/02/2025

Episode 2 of Tender Luminosity out now! 🔥

In this episode of Tender Luminosity, I explore the themes of trauma, self-discovery, and healing through yoga and mindfulness. I discuss the impact of childhood wounds on self-perception and the importance of becoming conscious of our inner voices. I emphasise the role of tenderness in healing and the journey towards radical aliveness, encouraging investment in you and who you are and to embrace your true potential.

Have a listen and let me know what you think.

L x

24/02/2025

Join me in Portugal this May. To move, breathe, meditate, play, feel, nourish and expand into more of who you know you are, underneath it all.

I am here to lead and guide you through powerful yoga practices, nourishing yin, deep meditation, mentoring and more.

We have an incredible chef who will be creating delicious and nourishing meals for us throughout.

The villa is set in 40 acres of rolling pine hills, secluded and peaceful - and yet, a 10 minute drive to a stunning beach. Or you can relax by the villa pool and let all the practices we do gently integrate.

I’m so excited about this retreat. I’m in a place of incredible expansion and aliveness and I can’t wait to share how with you.

Only a few rooms left now - get in touch if this is your time.

L xx

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19/02/2025

⚡️✨Tender Luminosity Podcast ✨⚡️

I am excited (and kind of scared) to share my new podcast, Tender Luminosity.

The first episode is out on Friday on Spotify. Each episode is reflections by me, lasting around 30 minutes. I will have guests from time to time - those who deeply inspire me, most of whom are my own teachers.

I wanted to create this podcast to give hope and companionship to those who feel trapped, lost, alone or stuck.

It’s a space for exploration, musings into the psyche, influenced by the wisdom of yoga philosophy and our connection to Self and consciousness.

We look at the delicate balance between our human tenderness and our limitless power and potential for luminosity and aliveness. We explore what happens when we loose this balance. Through examples of everyday life, we see how our survival strategies are running us and keeping us trapped in restriction, tightness, scarcity and fear.

The intention is to remember who we really are, to come back home to our bodies and the vibrancy that lives within us all, to call out the patterns that keep looping over and over, resulting in self-sabotage, self-doubt and ultimately in feeling disconnected in the world.

We look from a different perspective, to recognise the voice of survival in the mind and to create a loosening around our attachment to it, becoming conscious in order to become free - to start truly living in a soul-centred way, coming back to life and to stand powerfully in Tender Luminosity ⚡️

Look out for Episode 1, coming this Friday.

L xx

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