Helen Keates - Yoga

19/04/2026

Our next Ashtanga workshop is with Alison Inline Health next Saturday. A great one for learning more about the standing postures including healthy alignment and modifications 🙌🏼
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23/03/2026

This Saturday, join us for a unique morning practice where movement, breath and sound come together to create a powerful energetic reset. Helen Helen Keates - Yoga will lead you through the Ashtanga sequence and Alison Inline Health will be guiding you through with sound and some chakra mediations along the way.

🗓 Saturday 28th March
⏰ 9:30 – 10:30am
📍 Loose Pavilion

In this special workshop we will move through the Ashtanga sequence that flows through the chakras — from Root to Crown. Each stage of the practice will be supported with live sound healing to deepen the energetic connection.

As we move through the sequence you will experience:
🥁 Drumming to ground and awaken the Root Chakra
🔔 Sound bowls tuned to resonate with each chakra as we move upward through the body
🌬 Elemental chimes representing Earth, Water, Air and Fire woven throughout the practice

The session will gently close with a mini sound bath during Savasana, allowing the body to fully integrate the practice and leave you feeling balanced, calm and restored.

🌿 Suitable for all levels
🌿 A beautiful way to connect movement with energy and sound
🌿 Limited spaces available

Bring a yoga mat, blanket for relaxation, and anything that helps you feel comfortable.

✨ Come flow, feel and rebalance from Root to Crown. ✨

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03/02/2026

Our next Ashtanga Yoga Workshop is
Fundamental Postures of the Sun Salutations.
Join me on Saturday 28th Feb, 9:30 - 11:30 at Loose Pavilion ...
to deepen your understanding of the essential postures that form the foundation of Ashtanga Yoga's Sun Salutations.
With a strong focus on Upward-Facing Dog, Downward-Facing Dog, and Chaturanga Dandasana, we will explore correct alignment (including how to smooth out mine in picture 3!), safe technique, and intelligent engagement to support strength, stability and ease in your practice.
For booking, visit www helenkeates.co.uk/Events

This one will be great for all levels, but especially for those relatively new to yoga.

05/01/2026

Happy New Year!
Alison and I are super excited to announce that the 2026 Ashtanga Workshops are now live!
We listened to your feedback on the poll and have chosen the most popular themes, so we really hope you enjoy them and feel the benefit within your practice (and life 💕).
First up is Ashtanga Yoga: Goal Setting through the Eight Limbs, which is with Alison on Sat 31st Jan.

For more details please visit:
Helenkeates.co.uk/events

28/12/2025

A massive THANK YOU to all of you who joined the Charity Chillout in Support of Make-A-Wish UK this evening! The recording is now available, so please send a DM if you'd like me to send it over 🥰
Sending you all lots of lovely wintery, yin, peaceful, watery energy, and love
Helen xx

03/12/2025

It's that time of year again 🥰🧘🏼‍♀️💝
Please join me for an evening of mindful movement, yin yoga, conscious breathing and peaceful meditation, all for a good cause
For joining instructions and donation link, please visit helenkeates.co.uk/events

09/11/2025

A big thank you to everybody who joined us at today for the Cycles of Nature Yoga Retreat Day
It was such a beautiful sunny day (after the atmospheric fog this morning), a stunning space for our practice, huge views across the Medway valley, and adorable alpacas to say hello to at lunchtime! Oh, and of course, plenty of yoga ... Morning vinyasa, a breathing workshop and very peaceful restorative yoga to end the day. We're looking forward to being back on Sun 25th April 2026 ... Would you like to join us?
With love and warmth,
Helen and Shannonyogashines
www.helenkeates.co.uk

13/10/2025

"When most students attempt the heroic lifts of the Ashtanga Yoga method, they stand at the bottom of their own mountain of impossibility and slowly, steadily begin the humble work of finding their own inner strength. Yoga does not ask you to be strong from the first day." from her Power Of Ashtanga Yoga book pg172 (well worth a read for full context there)

There are just a few spaces left for next week's workshop in Loose, Maidstone.
We'll flow through the primary series, with options and modifications available to suit, and extra attention on the power of breath and bandha.

DM with any questions or to book, I'd love to see you there.

Helen xx

04/09/2025

"Good morning,
I hope you're having a good week ..."

Every Thursday morning, I send these short emails to my lovely group of Friday Zoom yogis. Some join me live at 11am every Friday, and for others I send the recording after the class so they can practice when it fits their schedule.

If you'd like to join us, it's a very relaxed affair (join when it suits, no pressure to commit to every week), and only £6.50 (or what you can afford). Just ping an email to hello@helenkeates.co.uk and I'll send the link to join :)

With love (and a little bit of fire 🔥)

Helen xx

01/09/2025

What a truly inspiring weekend at Wild Weekend South!
I glamped in one of these cool pods, and taught yoga and Yogalates. We listened to super inspiring talks, workshopped about solo adventures and danced for joy (plus so many other amazing activities too - we were spoilt for choice!)

And on the way home, I took advantage of being near the start of the Greensand Way and took a mini solo adventure of my own, hiking up to Hindhead and the Devil's Punch Bowl - the views were amazing!

14/08/2025

The Maidstone Ymca team is working really hard to raise money to resurface the main hall, which is used for so many wonderful activities and groups!
Please support them if you can :)

Don’t forget your raffle tickets – just £3 per ticket- the winning ticket will be drawn this Friday 15th August!
Funds go straight to our crowdfunder, matched by Sport England. Here’s our gym instructor Callum with a reminder of what you could win!

Buy on the Crowdfunder website or in person at reception:

Maidstone YMCA Main Hall Resurfacing - a Community crowdfunding project