http://www.rootedsoulyoga.co.uk/

Rooted Soul Yoga, Sale, Manchester (2025)

23/10/2025

Hi lovely souls 💛
Fancy starting Friday grounded and energised?

🧘🏾 Root to Rise: Fri 7-7.30am on Zoom – FREE! (Details in bio).

🧘🏻 And midweek, let’s stretch, breathe, and flow together in my Hatha Yoga sessions – Mon 6pm & Thurs 7.15pm at the wonderful 🌿

06/10/2025

💚 My friend and fellow yogi, Amber , lives with autism and dyspraxia - a coordination disorder that can make movement and balance more challenging.

When we first started one-to-one yoga sessions last year, she wasn’t sure yoga was for her...

18 months on, she practises most days, is a regular in my Hatha classes at , and her confidence shines through every pose. Tonight Amber tried dolphin pose (check the pics!) for the first time and nailed it!

Amber says:

“My yoga experience over the past year has been really positive and I never knew how much I would love it before I started doing it every day. Yoga has helped me gain lots of confidence, sleep better, become more flexible and better at balancing, improved my posture and lets me relax and focus on me.

I would like to say a big thanks to you Debs as without you I wouldn’t love yoga and be where I am today with it, so thank you. I also thank my mum Pam and brother Ben who have been really supportive throughout my yoga journey and have noticed a massive difference in how it’s benefiting me. Thanks so much once again Debs.”

Amber, I’m so proud of your commitment to yoga! And so grateful to share this journey with you 🧘🏻

A brilliant reminder of yoga’s quiet power to connect, steady and transform 🙏🏼💚

02/10/2025

✨ Root to Rise Fridays for the The Prison Phoenix Trust.

Forget doomscrolling and coffee – kick off your Friday with some movement, breath and peace instead. My Root to Rise session is every Friday, 7 - 7:30am in Zoom, start the day feeling grounded, instead of groggy!

It’s free to join, and every so often you can chip in a donation to the brilliant Prison Phoenix Trust - helping bring yoga and meditation into prisons, and making a real difference to people’s lives and the community.

📍 Zoom ID: 859 6172 7204
🧘 Fridays, 7 - 7.30am
💛 More info including donation link here: https://www.rootedsoulyoga.co.uk/yoga-classes/

Start your Friday right – yoga for you, hope for others. 🌱

DISCLAIMER: I can’t promise lake views or rainbows, but I can promise a warm welcome and friendly community.

29/09/2025

✨ Special Yoga Update ✨
Yoga, tea, inspiration… and a bit of doga 🐾🧘‍♀️

On Wednesdays I roll out the mat with the wonderful Sally Hirst - an amazing artist (and herbal tea connoisseur). Sally lives with Autism and Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), so together we’ve created a yoga practice that’s all mat-based, deeply grounding, and calming for her often-busy mind.

We start by connecting with the breath, then move through strengthening postures, soothing breathwork, grounding massage, meditation and deep relaxation. And sometimes her lovely dog George pads in for a few minutes of ‘doga’ too 🐶🧘‍♀️

Sally says:

“I look forward to yoga with Debs because I like the 1:1 me time. She helps me to pause and to relax for a bit. The poses we work on make me feel so good and free in my body. Debs chooses me a nice herbal tea to have afterwards too.”

This week Sally is in the spotlight 🌟 - launching her first solo art exhibition, ‘Warped’ at the British Textile Biennial! It’s at Helmshore Mill in Lancashire from 2 October until 2 November - huge congratulations Sally!

Follow & for more info.

19/09/2025

✨ YOUR INVITATION TO A WINTER RESET | A soulful day of yoga, nature and nourishment! Coming this February...

Some lovely news for your Friday afternoon… On Sunday 1st February 2026, I’ll be joining Will Burton of Yoga and Healing Cheshire ॐ and Jane Jenkinson to co-host a Cheshire Yoga Day Retreat at the beautiful Catton Hall Estate in Frodsham.

This retreat is all about creating space for you - to step away from the busyness of everyday life, move gently, rest deeply and reconnect with what matters most. Then take that back into your everyday life.

What’s included:
✨ Mindful yoga practices - Yin, Hatha & Vinyasa-inspired flows
✨ Meditation sessions to calm and centre
✨ A sacred sound bath with quartz singing bowls
✨ Fire intention setting ceremony to plant seeds for the year ahead
✨ Outdoor mindfulness in Catton Hall’s serene countryside
✨ A cozy gathering by a roaring log fire
✨ A shared group lunch
✨ A Selection of healthy nutritious snacks, fruit, teas and warm drinks.

Details:
📅 Sunday 1 February 2026
🕤 9:50 AM – 4:30 PM
📍 Catton Hall Adventure Centre, Frodsham
💷 £89

Spaces are limited, so if this sounds like the retreat your body and heart are craving (or certainly will be by February!), we’d love you to join us.

🙏🏼 To book now head to:
https://www.yogaandhealingcheshire.co.uk/product/cheshire-yoga-day-retreat-1st-february/

💚 Big love for a rooted, soulful weekend,
Debs x

18/09/2025

✨ New class alert at Red Sky Yoga! ✨

I’ve not been on Facebook for a good while, but I’m back and am thrilled to be sharing a brand new Thursday evening addition to my classes at Red Sky Yoga. It’s such a joy to be part of this wonderful community!

Join me for an uplifting Hatha Yoga class designed to help you feel calmer, stronger and more balanced - emotionally and physically! Perfect for both beginners and committed yogis.

🧘 When: Thursdays, 7.15 – 8.15 pm
📍 Where: Red Sky Yoga Studio, Sale Moor (Hampson Street).

Expect a welcoming loft space, gentle yet energising sequences, and time to truly unwind at the end of your day.

✨ Book your mat now - https://www.rootedsoulyoga.co.uk/

10/07/2025

🌱 Root to Rise Yoga is now FREE!
Start your Friday in peace and presence.

Our weekly pranayama session has changed, I’m now offering a free 30 minute community session on Zoom (at 7 instead of 6.30am!), blending movement, breath and meditation to help you ground, connect and move into your day with a sense of peace.

🕖 Fridays | 7.00–7.30am
🌀 10 mins gentle movement
🌬️ 15 mins pranayama (breathing exercises)
🧘‍♂️ 5 mins meditation
📍 Zoom ID: 859 6172 7204

No booking, no cost, just come as you are (PJs are pretty much the dress code!).

💛 These sessions are open to everyone, and completely free — but if you’re able, I’m inviting you to make a one off or occasional donation to the , a brilliant charity that brings the transformative practices of yoga and meditation to people in prison, offering hope, healing and change from the inside out.

🕊️ Donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/debbie-cowley-8

Thank you to all those who are already part of this practice and community 💚

16/05/2025

This morning didn’t go quite as planned… I accidentally overslept and completely missed my Root to Rise pranayama Zoom class — a class I was meant to be teaching 😬. Waking up to that realisation felt awful, and my heart sank thinking of the people who had got up early to be there!

But then I read the kind, understanding replies to my speedily sent apologies from the three beautiful souls who had booked on… and I was reminded of something so important: the compassion we so freely give to others, we must also offer to ourselves. Mistakes happen. We are human. And being human means sometimes we fall short — but it’s how we meet ourselves in those moments that really counts.

To the three of you: thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your warmth and grace lifted me more than you know 💛 And to this whole community — I am endlessly grateful. Teaching and sharing yoga with you is a privilege I don’t take for granted.

And for those considering joining Root to Rise in the future — please know this will never happen again! I’ve set two alarms, and possibly employed a rooster 🐓

Leaning into gentleness and self-forgiveness today — and sending a reminder that you deserve the same 💛

05/05/2025

🌿 Yoga for Every Body and Every Soul 🌿

At Rooted Soul Yoga, I offer one-to-one and small group sessions for children and adults with additional needs—including autism, ADHD, cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, learning disabilities, PMLD, ODD and sensory impairments.

I use a gentle, therapeutic approach called Special Yoga. It combines movement, breathwork, touch, sound and mindfulness—and is beautifully adaptable to support each unique body and mind. Whether it's helping to find calm, improve mobility, or simply create a safe moment to breathe, each session is unique to the individual in the moment.

💚 These sessions support:
• Emotional regulation and resilience
• Physical comfort, strength, and coordination
• Sensory integration and body awareness
• Confidence, connection, and self-expression
• A calmer, more balanced nervous system

With over 15 years’ experience working alongside disabled people, and specialist yoga training, I create a warm, welcoming space where every individual is met with compassion, respect, and a sense of possibility — just as they are in the moment.

✨ Yoga that fits you — not the other way around.

If this sounds like something you, or someone you care, for could benefit from I’d love to hear from you!

📩 Drop me a DM or head to www.rootedsoulyoga.co.uk to learn more.

18/04/2025

🧘🏽 Rooted Soul Yoga lands at Sale’s newest wellbeing space! 🧘🏻

🙏🏼 Morning Hatha Yoga
📍 The Alternative
🗓️ Thursdays - starting next week!
⏰ 9:15 - 10:15am
🔗 Booking through website.

I’m thrilled to finally get to share that from next week, Rooted Soul Yoga will be on the timetable at the fabulous new wellbeing space, . Based in Sale Moor, The Alternative is Manchester’s first LGBTQ+ run wellbeing studio. Founded by and , with a combined 20+ years working in wellbeing, they’ve created a safe and welcoming space for women and LGBTQ+ people to prioritise their health, healing and growth.

Having launched in February this year, The Alternative are on a mission to fight back against toxic fitness culture and build a much needed safe space for women, trans men, non-binary people, chronic health conditions, neurodiversity, pregnancy, post natal, and those who have never stepped in a gym before.

With a shared ethos and values, I made a leap into their DMs to introduce myself and last month we shared a fabulous conversation in their gorgeous studio about our mission to support people to greater health and happiness in their mind and body.

Starting next week, you’ll find me there every Thursday morning. With just six spaces available, this intimate class is a true sanctuary—tucked away in The Alternative’s beautiful first-floor studio, right above , in the heart of Sale Moor village.

Perfectly timed for after the school run—or simply as a nourishing way to begin your day—this morning session is all about gently shifting your nervous system, leaving you feeling more balanced, brighter, and better in your body. Through breath, movement, and mindful connection, we’ll come home to ourselves—building resilience, strength, and a sense of community along the way.

Grab your spot on The Alternative’s website and join me to experience this beautiful new studio for yourself!

First photo by the fabulous 🙌

14/04/2025

📣 Classes on as normal over the rest of the school holidays and Easter bank holiday weekend!

🧘🏽 Hatha Yoga
📍 Red Sky Yoga
⏰ Mondays, 6-7pm

🧘🏻 Root to Rise Yoga
📍 Online, Zoom
⏰ Fridays, 6.30 - 7.15am

Join me to calm the nervous system, connect to yourself and find the medicine within...

⚡️ Keep your eyes peeled this week for news on an exciting new collaboration with the fabulous folk of ! I’m so excited to be getting involved in their wonderful offerings. More info coming very soon... Give them a follow in the meantime!

Book here: https://bookwhen.com/rootedsoulyoga

30/03/2025

💚 Gift yourself a heart meditation 💚

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful women out there, working hard every day to meet everyone’s needs with all the love, patience, compassion, empathy and kindness that courses through their veins!

I invite you to gift yourself a heart meditation.
Sit comfortably and breath. Find stillness. Place your hand on your heart and in your head say:

💚 I love you.
💚 I am listening.

Now give yourself the time to listen.

What mothers need, more than flowers, chocolates, smellies, is a little time and space (every day!) to tune in to their own needs, to their own heart. Becoming a mum is truly an honour, not just life changing, but mind, body and soul changing. The experience of unconditional love is beautiful. But can sometimes be at the expense of our own care.

Give yourself and your body the same love, patience and care you give everyone else.

I am incredibly blessed to have an amazing mum, who is everything I aspire to be in a parent; loving, supportive, kind and caring. She has never put one ounce of pressure on me to do or be anything other than myself, and has supported me every step of the way through the ups and down of life. Thank you mum 🙏🏼💕

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