Rise and Wild

27/04/2026

Between our day-to-day lives, roles and responsibilities, we rarely give ourselves permission or space to just be, do we?

🪴Space to settle, relax & connect on Wednesdays.

Join me for an hour’s guided practice on a Wednesday evening (6 – 7pm) to feel calmer & more at ease in both body and mind. It’s yoga… without any need to be flexible, strong, supple or even still.

Join me this week, or next in Macclesfield 💚
Find out more & book here: https://www.riseandwild.com/service-page/wednesday6pm

♾️ Folks with injuries, limited mobility, arthritis, busy minds, disabilities and neurodiversities join my classes & are supported and feel welcomed.

18/04/2026

All the info for our upcoming 6-week Wellbeing with Nature programme below 🙏🏼

Wednesdays through May and into June 🌱

08/04/2026

Join me tonight (Wednesday) at 6pm 🌸 in Macclesfield for an hour’s peaceful practice. A gentle yoga class exploring the Pranamaya Kosha, the energy body, to bring about balance and remember the vitality of life (even if we’re shattered & spent).

Accessible movement, breathing techniques, philosophy, poetry and a whole lot of rest.

I teach at a slow pace & I’m expecting the class to be quiet this week with the Easter hols, so even more space to move & rest and breathe and be.

Classes are £12 (if that’s out of reach I offer reduced/free places, send me a message 🤍)

For more info or to book follow the link 👉🏼 https://www.riseandwild.com/service-page/wednesday6pm

🙏🏼🌱

28/03/2026

I’ll be home from sunny Spain soon and bringing a little Andalusian energy back to our classes ✨

Whether it’s the community or connection to self, the physical benefits… feeling less stiff & more supple, or the way our minds quieten and feel calmer, Yoga has so many benefits.

You don’t need to be flexible or have any experience. Our classes are 1 hour long and incorporate movement for mobility, breathing practices for relaxation & energy and nervous system reset. There’s options to suit your body and we don’t take ourselves too seriously.

If you’ve been thinking about coming along, it’s been a little while or your first time & would like to know more, get in touch ☺️ just a couple of spaces left for this week’s classes.

You can book 1 class or sign up for a course here: https://www.riseandwild.com/yoga

Rach x

18/03/2026

Join me for a Spring day of grounding practices and a feast for your senses 🌲 We will share stories of place, explore age-old ways to nurture our wellbeing, and tend to our roots in the woodland. Gather around fire, find space under open skies and if you wish, go for a swim in a beautiful, natural lake.

Embrace nature, explore movement, and lean into rest whilst disconnecting from technology & to-do lists. Meet yourself where you’re at and return to wilder ground... An invitation to remember the natural rhythm of being and at the end of the day, return home rooted. 

Find medicine in moss and sunlight ✨ Explore wild spaces, woodlands and water, with a gentle walk, embodied yoga practice, ancient philosophy for these modern times, and plenty of encouragement to rest, find wonder and reconnect. Share a hearty lunch in the woods, prepared with love for people and planet, and immerse yourself in nature’s pace.

Everything is invitational 🤎 Prefer to keep your shoes on as we wander? That’s cool! Don’t fancy a swim? Sit by the lake and have a brew instead. Go as slowly, or as quickly as feels right. And as ever, let me know if there are any adjustments I can make to support you to attend.

Find out more and save your place at www.riseandwild.com/wilderground (link in bio) 🌀

05/03/2026

A monthly gathering in Macclesfield on the *second Wednesday* of each month (7.15 - 8.30pm).

Seated and listening/conversational-based with some guided grounding & calming breathing practices too (no yoga postures).

No need to have any experience or to have been to a yoga class before. This is a friendly, welcoming space for reflection, wonder, questions and contemplation, delving into ancient teachings & toolkits for living with a little more peace.

It would be lovely to see you there! Next one is this coming Weds 11 March: https://www.riseandwild.com/service-page/the-sutra-circle

01/03/2026

The cold & grey days of Winter haven’t stop us gathering outdoors! ✨🪾🍂 Wrapping up warm and sharing mornings on the nature reserve for our monthly “Mindfully Wild” community groups.

Noticing nature, taking time to slow down and disconnect from technology and tune back in to the rhythm of the wild places on our doorstep. Talking and sharing with one another, pausing and listening & learning, and rekindling the wonder of the natural world. I share mindfulness practices and as somebody said last month, “give people the encouragement we so often need to change the busy pace of life. To remember this more natural way”. In February we were exploring grounding principles, meeting rocks and miniature cairns… stacking stones & shells and forming these tiny, temporary creations.

There’s something really special about this place. An old landfill site that’s been transformed into a haven for wildlife 🦅🦋🦡🐍🪻🐾 a place for people to connect, learn new skills, take care of the environment, as well as ourselves and one another. I’ve been guiding nature connection, wellbeing, mindfulness, movement & rest-based practices here for 6 years now. It’s an honour & a real joy to be part of the team of facilitators, a member of the community, and a participant on some of the other courses too. There’s lots of Rise and Wild courses brewing for the year ahead, including:

🍃 Monthly Mindfully Wild (Mindfulness) sessions

🌻 Our yearly 6-week Kinship with Nature Wellbeing programme

🌬️ Community & nature-based Yoga classes

👣 + some more family and accessible group offerings… more info coming soon.

If you’d like to find out more, join my (very occasional) mailing list for dates & booking *all places are free & tend to book up quickly. Join the newsletter by sharing your name & email address at bottom of my website www.riseandwild.com 🌀 ~ link in bio.

28/02/2026

09/02/2026

Interested in philosophy? Or learning more about yoga beyond the physical postures?

Join us for a community evening of philosophy, chanting, brews & discussion this Wednesday 11 Feb, 7.15 - 8.30pm at The Wellbeing Space, Macclesfield.

Find out more & book here: https://www.riseandwild.com/service-page/the-sutra-circle

These monthly gatherings (second Weds of every month) are dedicated to exploring the profound wisdom of yoga philosophy in a kind, inclusive and relaxed environment. There's no need to have any previous experience or knowledge & the evening is entirely seated.

PS. No dogs will be joining but here’s my girl enjoying reading some of the ancient texts with a brew 🤣🧡

11/01/2026

In the depths of winter, when the weather is dark, wild and blustery and we’ve been hunkering down for a couple of months (other than weekly yoga classes, indoors! And a couple of walks)… I can’t tell you how much joy it brought to see this post in my drafts.

A tiny snippet into some of our Rise and Wild offerings from the second half of last year. Wellbeing with Nature programmes and weekend retreats in Wales, days in the woods and dips in lakes & the Irish Sea. Community yoga classes, indoors & out, as well as walks and gentle wanders. Nature Connection courses for conservationists & community facilitators, and mindfulness trainings for mental health professionals. And all the rest that I never get round to photographing or posting about because I’m there in the midst of it all. Community is at the heart of everything we do, and what I offer is often in collaboration with people and organisations who feel like family.

I’m so blessed to call this my life’s work and to have met so many inspiring, humbling, resilient, playful and kind souls through this way of living and working. So many people who have been through so much stuff, who share their tears and their challenges and their journey. And I’m so ready for all that the months ahead will offer, the adventures we’ll go on together and the space that we create when kindness, rest and nature truly leads. I wonder, what are you most looking forward to? 🌿✨