Yogashona

Yoga therapist & yoga/meditation teacher
A place to practise staying with life as it is
Maybe you’re not broken
Classes • Meditation circle • Yoga therapy

�500 hrs Yoga Scotland teaching diploma. (2013-2015)

�Certified vishoka meditation teacher. Himalayan Institute (2019-2020)

For more detailed info on all current class options and to book please see the website.

26/03/2026

I didn’t start yoga to change my life.

I didn’t even know that was a possibility.

I just wanted an hour and a half to move my body… and lie down.

At the time, I was overwhelmed, raising three kids on my own, and doing my best to get through each day.

I’d feel calm after class…

but it didn’t last long once I was back in real life.

But then, slowly, something began to shift.

Not in big, dramatic ways.

In ordinary moments.

Finishing things I’d usually avoid.
Pausing before reacting.
Responding differently to small frustrations.

Nothing I was ‘trying’ to do.

Nothing I was even really aware of at the time.

But looking back now, I can see…

That was the beginning of learning to stay.

If you’ve ever wondered whether this kind of practice actually “works”…

It doesn’t always look the way you expect.

It shows up quietly.
In the middle of your everyday life.

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24/03/2026

Most of the time, this work doesn’t look the way we expect it to.

There’s no big eureka moment where everything suddenly changes.

Instead, it shows up in small, ordinary ways.

A pause.

A breath.

A moment of awareness.

Easy to miss… but meaningful.

If you’ve been exploring the idea of “staying” and wondering if it’s doing anything —

it might be worth noticing these.

They’re often the first signs.

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22/03/2026

Recovery — and really, any kind of inner work — isn’t just about removing something.

It’s about learning how to be with what remains.

The thoughts.
The sensations.
The patterns.

This is where the practice of “staying” becomes real.

And the shifts often aren’t dramatic.

They show up quietly:

In relationships.
In how you respond.
In how you feel in your own body.

Steady.
Ordinary.
Enough.

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19/03/2026

Most people think yoga is what happens during the class.

Breathing techniques.
Postures.
Relaxation.
Meditation.

And those things matter.

But they’re not the destination.

They’re the training ground.

Because the real practice happens later…

When your partner says something that triggers you.
When anxiety shows up in your body.
When you want to distract, fix or escape what you’re feeling.

That’s where the practice lives.

Not in perfect postures.

But in the moment you notice:

“Something uncomfortable is happening… can I stay?”

Stay with the breath.
Stay with the body.
Stay with the moment instead of running from it.

It’s not dramatic.

It’s quiet work.

But over time it changes everything.

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17/03/2026

A student asked me recently what I mean when I talk about “staying”, and it made me realise others might be wondering too.

Staying isn’t about forcing yourself to tolerate discomfort.

It’s about learning how to remain present with your experience rather than automatically escaping or trying to avoid it.

Over time this changes our relationship with thoughts, emotions and life itself.

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15/03/2026

Many people arrive in practice believing they are somehow broken.

But often what they discover is something much simpler.

They were never taught how to stay with their inner experience without immediately trying to escape it.

This is the heart of practice.

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12/03/2026

One of the most painful beliefs many people carry is the quiet feeling that something about them is fundamentally wrong.

That their anxiety, restlessness, addiction, shame or emotional patterns mean they’re somehow broken.

But what if the problem isn’t that you’re broken?

What if the problem is that you were never taught how to stay with your experience?

Most of us learned ways to move away from discomfort as quickly as possible:

Distraction.
Control.
Numbing.
Overthinking.

Those strategies often helped us survive at one time.

But over time they can also keep us locked in the very patterns we’re trying to escape.

Practice is simply learning another possibility:

Learning how to stay with life as it is.

And discovering that maybe nothing about you was broken in the first place.

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10/03/2026

Over the years my teaching has become much simpler.

Yoga and meditation as a practice for staying with life as it is.

Not fixing ourselves.

Not escaping life.

Just learning how to meet our experience with a little more steadiness.

If you’re new here, this is a good place to start.

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08/03/2026

The world is loud.

You are allowed to limit what you take in.
You are allowed to care without overwhelming your system.

Come back to what is here.

Ordinary life is still the practice.

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05/03/2026

You don’t need to do more right now.

Reduce inputs.
Reduce noise.
Reduce urgency.

Stay with what is actually here.

Your breath.
The room you’re in.
The conversation in front of you.

Steadiness is not small.

In uncertain times, it is leadership.

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03/03/2026

The news is heavy.

Many people feel unsettled.

Caring does not mean consuming everything.

Staying informed does not mean flooding your system.

The practice right now might look like:

Turning the news off.

Taking one conscious breath.

Stepping outside.

Speaking kindly.

Resting.

Yoga is not escape.

It is how we stay human in uncertain times.

Life is still the practice.

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01/03/2026

No fixing

No chasing

No breakthrough

No performance

Just staying

Over time, that’s enough.

🕊️🧡

Address

Newton Stewart

Telephone

+447587815719

Website

http://yogashona.heymarvelous.com/

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Our Story

I completed my 500hr teacher training diploma with Yoga Scotland between Sept 2013 and June 2015. I began teaching during my training and have been steadily adding classes to my weekly schedule since. As well as the general classes, I also offer a chair based class, a beginners class and classes for the students and staff at the Douglas Ewart High School. Everyone can do yoga and there’s something available for a range of needs and abilities. I will also do taster sessions when invited by local groups. Your yoga practice is about you and where you are right now. My teaching style reflects this as I offer variations and modifications throughout to make the postures accessible while encouraging students to practice safely and to their own level. You might just surprise yourself with what you can achieve. In each class we bring together the body, breath and mind through asana (physical postures), pranayama techniques (breathing) and guided relaxation. The general theme of the class varies each week and is presented through a range of postures in a structured and balanced format. You will leave the class feeling both relaxed and refreshed. Developing a regular yoga practice will improve your physical and mental health and wellbeing. The awareness and techniques that you learn on the mat can be taken off the mat to help you navigate the ups and downs of daily life.

Classes run on a 6 week block basis for the purposes of payment and I offer two payment options. Either pay up front for each block, or just pay as you go on the weeks you can make it. Cash or online payments are accepted. Booking is essential as class sizes are limited by the room size.