Yoga Yuja

Hi! I'm Sarah, a Yoga and Meditation teacher and a Reiki Master. I can't wait to meet you!

24/11/2025

It is so common to find yourself stuck in this state of the nervous system for a prolonged period time.

To feel like you're constantly under attack.

Work. Family. Society. Emails. Messages. Social media.

What's so amazing is that over time your CAN come out of fight or flight and back in the calm, safety state. The state where you actually want to be sociable, where you feel joy, peace, contentment, grounded in the present moment 😌

All states of the nervous system are important.

You're going to need to flee if you're about to be hit by a car or fight if you're trapped in a burning building but you don't want to be there all the time.

There is hope! ❤️

Try this very simple steps:

Place your hand on your chest, soften your eyes, relax your jaw and focus on your breath for 30 seconds.

When you do this, love chemicals like dopamine, oxytocin and seratonin are released, and these chemicals actually dissolve the stress chemicals like cortisol.

Dopamine dissolves cortisol.
Love transcends fear.

This is science! And you can't argue with that 😉

I love this course and can't wait to keep sharing more! ✨✨✨

06/11/2025

Turkiye and our next retreat in August 2026 has been on my mind ❤️🇹🇷

Maybe it's the darkness that has swept in.

Perhaps it's because of this virus that has totally knocked me off my feet. (I've literally just been moving from bed to sofa to kitchen for over a week now.)

Maybe I'm just looking forward to giving you a week that is perfect for all your needs ✨✨✨

Most spaces are filled but there are a few left so if you'd like to join us for a week of rest, recuperation and remembering who you are, then get in touch ❤️

This is a week of coming home to yourself; your body, your breath, your needs and soul's desires.

🗓️ 15-22 August 2026

Value: £1,595 p/p for 7 nights (ensuite, aircon, private room) Payments plans are happily accepted.

Sending you love through the darkness to the light within 🎇

14/10/2025

Walk barefoot on the Earth.

Breathe in the scent of the earth, the trees.

Feel the leaves under your feet; the coolness, the roughness. Feel it all.

See the colours. See how they make you smile.

Taste the dampness. The cool air on your tongue.

Hear the sound of your footsteps, the breeze through the branches, the animals.

Make your journey a walking meditation.

Come back to our beautiful planet and home to yourself ❤️

11/10/2025

Crying is important. It's necessary.

Throughout our childhood we're told:

"don't cry"
"chin up"
"that's enough now"
"you're so sensitive"

But crying is a release. And if we don't cry, our emotions (which are essentially energy in motion) get stuck. Trauma cannot be processed or moved out of the body.

I have recently learnt that there are three types of tears:

💧Basal tears – Constantly produced to keep the eye moist and protected

💧Reflex tears – Triggered by irritants to flush out the eye

💧Emotional tears – Produced in response to feelings like sadness, joy, frustration, or physical pain

Now this is amazing...!

Emotional tears contain cortisol, the stress hormone - which means that when you cry you are automatically releasing stress in your body!

How incredible is that?!

So if you're feeling stressed, go watch a soppy film and have a good cry. There's a reason you feel better afterwards ❤️

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29/09/2025

I wasn't impulsive.

❄️ My nervous system was keeping me in a 'freeze' state to protect me. (This state is often associated with depression, dissociation, procrastination and shut down mode.)

I was so stuck that making decisions was so bloody hard and it was just easier to act impulsively to get stuff done!

If anyone feels this way, or has felt this way in the past, this is NORMAL - you're not broken ❤️

🧠 Your nervous system is keeping you safe, physically, emotionally and mentally. Science tells us that when we sense we're in danger - it might not be actual, physical danger - the brain shuts down in the rational, thinking part (not going to get too technical here!) and the emotional part, and it's essentially just trying to keep your body alive.

Thank goodness for the freeze state, it's exactly what we need our brain to do if we're in a life-threatening situation and just need to keep the heart beating, lungs breathing etc.

What we don't want is to be stuck in that state for a long period of time...

What can you do to safely and gradually move out of the freeze state?

1. Close your eyes or soften your gaze towards the earth
2. Relax your jaw
3. Breathe into your heart

It's so simple ❤️

28/09/2025

Another chapter of my life begins!

This weekend, I started my journey as a Trauma Release Practitioner with and ❤️

I've got my new notebook; 🐍 the snake is here to guide me on my journey of shedding skin, letting go of old beliefs and an old life, revealing something sparkly and beautiful 🪷

I honestly don't think there's much more I can release from my physical and energetic bodies but I know that's just wishful thinking 😂

On my way home from the course, I drove through the most gorgeous sunset which turned the whole sky into a rainbow, I saw angel numbers on car number plates and the moon glowed bright orange as I approached my house - if they aren't signs from the Divine, I don't know what are 😍🙏🌈🌕

This time next year, I'll be fully qualified and helping others release stress and trauma so that they can reach their full potential and live a life full of joy and bliss ❤️

This course is full of science and magic, I can't wait to share it all with you! ✨✨

#666 #999

03/09/2025

Some feedback from Retreat to Turkey 2025 ❤️

23/08/2025

Finally here. My second home ❤️

25/07/2025

First stop - henna with ❤️❤️❤️

09/07/2025

Just over two weeks to go!! 🙌 and the magic of will be kicking off 🌟 25-27 July 🌟 Penn, Bucks

If you haven't got your ticket yet, why not? 😁 Join us for heart-centred Bhakti: kirtan, yoga, African drumming, breathwork, talks that range from psychedelics to the Bhagavad Gita, live music, sacred spaces, nature workshops, and soooo much more!

For families, there will be area for teens and an area for younger children with loads of fun activities planned 🎉

✨✨✨ You will find me in the healing circle where I'll be offering beautiful Reiki sessions - a healing modality which treats all aspects of the body and mind: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual ✨✨✨ Join me in my sacred healing space and walk out a different person ❤️

DM me to book your session 🫶

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