The Breathe In Space

The Breathe In Space A beautiful oasis of calm in busy kingsthorpe! Classes and events can be found on our partner site www.classfit.com or on the classfit app.
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Pop in for a holistic treatment or join a yoga class - or simply rest and restore yourself with free refreshments in the wellbeing lounge! Book and pay there for most sessions: some are drop in and can be found at our website www.thebreatheinspace.co.uk

Yoga is a practise of healing for transformation. Not of the abs or to deliberately strengthen the body - though that ha...
24/09/2025

Yoga is a practise of healing for transformation. Not of the abs or to deliberately strengthen the body - though that happens - but to bring a sense of understanding and worth to movement, breathing, what we think and how we respond to life.
A gateway ‘in’ is often:
You have a bad back and have been told to do some ‘gentle exercise’
You’re pregnant and …(see above)
You have high blood pressure and …(see above)
You’re stressed and …(see above)

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could also say “I’ve heard yoga will help me get to know my soul better” or “my spiritual guide/teacher/priest suggested I do yoga to make contact with my inner divinity”?

These too will happen, whether you came initially for your back or not! You’ll get ‘regulated’ you’ll leave ‘calmer’ you’ll have ‘a Natural high’ BUT all these things are a biproduct of: Yoga being the journey of the self to the self through the self.

Go to yoga. Set a new intention.

So you had the big connection via The Lovers.Now it’s time to direct that energy.Control, take charge, strength of will,...
23/09/2025

So you had the big connection via The Lovers.
Now it’s time to direct that energy.
Control, take charge, strength of will, determination: all of these are stirred by The Chariot card. It’s up to YOU to take the reins.
I love this card for today: as we enter libra season, it’s time to take the advice if this card! Life will take you where you steer it. Choose what you want, which path you want, how you want to navigate it and GO!
Balance is also key, don’t hurry, and have discipline. This way, success is yours! 1:1 tarot readings for Halloween coming up! Watch this space!

Happy Mabon!The turn of the wheel’s most colourful moment: autumn equinox. Equal parts day and night. Balance point.A pe...
22/09/2025

Happy Mabon!
The turn of the wheel’s most colourful moment: autumn equinox. Equal parts day and night. Balance point.
A perfect week for:
Yoga
Qi Gong
Journalling
Clearing the cupboards
Appreciating beauty in the small things
Hugging a tree
Sitting in an infrared sauna
Collecting Conkers
Drinking golden milk
Reflecting how far you’ve come
Making that little change that could instigate a bigger one
Doing magick
Laying in a darkened room with crystals on and around you

We can offer you most of the above!
If not in real time, then in the chat from the mat!
Have a gorgeous day ✨✨✨

I mean….what a day!What a way to connect to these HUGE energies and to my TBIS community. What a way to celebrate equino...
20/09/2025

I mean….what a day!
What a way to connect to these HUGE energies and to my TBIS community. What a way to celebrate equinox and solar eclipse.
I’m so blessed this is my path.
What did we do?
First, we pulled an oracle card (like mine, here) then:
We shared Qi Gong movement medicine
We walked in silence in nature and collected items fallen from the trees for our altars
We shared food we’d each prepared
We relaxed fully in yoga Nidra inspired by Mother Nature and then enjoyed a revitalising crystal mask facial
To close, we created ‘earth vials’ from our foraged nature items with sigil and symbol bedecked labels. These may or may not go onto personal altars to the 4 elements at each participants’ homestead.
Then we said a prayer of thanks and said our goodbyes.

And usually, that would be it until winter solstice. But not this year! This year is BIG so I’m running these beautiful days of healing and sharing for 8 weekends! Every other Saturday 10:30-3:00
Want to join us? You can! If you can make any more than 3 I’d go for the package: £180 OR drop into a one off for just £50!
Bookings under events at the TBIS website.
No two will be the same but we will be alchemising the elements. Let’s GO!

I love a combo!Life’s to short NOT to mix things up, right?!Crystal therapy is beautiful. It boosts you, it soothes you,...
19/09/2025

I love a combo!
Life’s to short NOT to mix things up, right?!
Crystal therapy is beautiful. It boosts you, it soothes you, it’s a great ‘in’ if you’re curious about energy work, it’s as complex and as simple as you make it.
Facials are a treat. They help you feel nourished, looked after and give the forward facing you a boost. There’s one for every mood & now there’s:
The crystal facial!
Lie back, receive a light cleanse of face and neck using Sukin natural Cream Cleanser, a tone with Sukin natural pore perfecting toner, followed by half an hour ‘under’ crystals. Placed strategically on the forehead, eye line, cheeks and chin - and sometimes at the throat too if necessary! - this crystal healing is designed to brighten skin, lift mood and reenergise the chakras of the face. Yes! We have chakras all over the body and lots in our face - it’s the zone most affected by others’ energy as its most on display, afterall! We leave you with gentle music playing in a darkened room whilst the crystals work their magic and then soothe the face with either Sukin Serum or our ever popular Sukin Rose Mist. It’s delicious!
Fancy it? Book now at the TBIS website under ‘elements healing with Jo’
See you on the couch!

Someone I admire very much paid me a huge compliment today: “I really love how you’re unafraid to change things” was the...
17/09/2025

Someone I admire very much paid me a huge compliment today: “I really love how you’re unafraid to change things” was the comment. She was referring to my ever evolving plan at TBIS to bring the ‘woo woo’ into the mainstream. To offer as many modalities (tried and tested, mind you) as I can that offer healing: mind, body and soul.

Qi Gong was a change I brought about quite by accident. I’d heard of it, but never taken part, until quite by chance a visiting teacher introduced me to a ‘mash up’ of yoga and qi gong.

Intrigued I started following a lot of online classes and teachers from around the world and signed up to one of their courses to be able to share it with others. Little did I know I was more in need of the healing than those I intended to teach!

A slipped disc two and a half years ago meant a long, slow rehabilitation back to mr body, back to being unafraid of movement, back to feeling safe in my physicality. Yoga is the love of my life, but, devastatingly, I simply couldn’t do much of what I once had. Pranayama, meditation and the philosophy were there as ‘rudders’ but it was Qi Gong I turned to to help me move fearlessly again.

Maybe it was this gratitude for the healing power of Qi Gong (a gentle self healing form of tai chi) that spoke to people, or maybe it was the Qi (Chi/Prana/Ki/Life Force), but here we are: TBIS’ most popular session is regularly attended as the local community also gains much courage, peace and healing from this amazing Chinese Medicine in Action.

Want to try it? Know these:
✨it’s done standing
✨class is 45mins
✨Qi= chi/energy Gong= control/cultivation/work
✨breathwork is involved
✨lowers blood pressure, increases blood flow, strengthens legs and core, brings mindfulness to movement, links to Accupuncture and TCM AND you can access it even if you have a bulging disc

We meet Wednesday nights at 6:45pm and Friday mornings at 10:30am Booking essential!

Ooooooooh I (sometimes) love a bit of planning!Some if you will dispute this…But I DO plan…just ‘back to front’ I feel i...
16/09/2025

Ooooooooh I (sometimes) love a bit of planning!
Some if you will dispute this…
But I DO plan…just ‘back to front’

I feel into things without even knowing it-often
Take this week: I’m feeling earth, I’m feeling change and hunkering in, I’m noticing a need to go gently on myself, my natural empath is craving woods and ferns to breathe in, I’m looking after myself with Mizan from and a back massage tomorrow with

When I sat down to plan my first of 8 retreat dates - starts this Saturday, 10:30-3:00, £50 for one or £180 for all 8 - I realised: itll be Solar e loose day when we’re meeting and the energy shifts will be HUGE!

So, if you’re also feeling the need to: reconnect with yourself, slooooow down and appreciate, set yourself up for the next phase, heal old patterns and get your mindset shifted, JOIN me!

Look under ‘events’ on the book now page on our website and grab yourself a well planned (read: empathically) retreat day for women including, but not limited to:
Healing
Yoga
Qi Gong
Sound therapy
Tarot
Soul Journeying
Energy alchemy
Nature reflection
Soup!

Yoga teacher training started today!!!🥰🥰🥰🥳🥳🥳Love of my life!Career wise at least!Someone couldn’t attend….so I videoed i...
13/09/2025

Yoga teacher training started today!!!
🥰🥰🥰🥳🥳🥳
Love of my life!
Career wise at least!
Someone couldn’t attend….so I videoed it. She’ll also get handouts and a q&a sesh to check she got the main points. And then, at the end of the year she (and everyone else) will get an in person refresher if needed.
As my course delivery has matured, so too has my awareness for a few key things that help the process of training go smoothly:

Affordability & flexible payment plans
Open door policy for being mentored by me, not just instructed or informed, but really coached and supported
Catch ups and ‘real life happens’ back up plans
Clear, concise objectives with a side of ‘we may go off on tangents, but there are no mistakes’
Physical demonstration of what I expect to see so you witness ‘real time’ yoga taught by your tutor, sometimes warts n all!

Fancy it?
My next cohort will begin in January. If you’d like to join us, get in touch! You need to have been attending yoga for two or more years.

12/09/2025

Did you know that Kingsthorpe Community Library is a "Welcoming Space"?

As the days start to get colder, and with energy bills higher than in previous years, remember that you don't need to borrow a book to be welcome at the library!

Stop by for a free hot drink, to have a chat, or simply soak up the atmosphere!

We also have free wifi, places to charge your phone, and free computer access.

Whatever your reason for visiting, you're welcome at the library!

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Let’s talk about YOUR spirit a moment.A divine thread! A representation of the alchemic process of genetics and DNA.A co...
12/09/2025

Let’s talk about YOUR spirit a moment.
A divine thread! A representation of the alchemic process of genetics and DNA.
A combination of the energies of your father and mother.
NO other person like you ANYWHERE. Not even if you’re a twin or a triplet.
Your needs, your desires, your opinions and your preferences are, then, UNIQUE.
Does your yoga class allow for this? Or your Tai Chi group?
If you don’t feel unique, if there’s no permission to just BE then you’re just joining the dots. In Qi Gong the ‘flows’ don’t look identical person to person because no two people are the same. I encourage this ethos in yoga too. It’s not just ‘hit child’s pose any time you feel tired’ it’s more ‘my down dog won’t look the same as your down dog because my feet are small, my legs are short and my arms are freakishly quite long’ YOU do YOU and let me LEAD you to YOU.
Give yourself permission not to be perfect: we all ARE already. So there’s no need to try harder. It’s bad for your soul. And that’s what yoga, qi gong, tai chi, Reiki, ENERGY healing, are all about: your soul. Your expression, unique and beautiful, of the Divine.

The one they all want to receive!Ideal loveSoul mateRomanceOr is it? There’s more to this card than meets the eye!Check ...
12/09/2025

The one they all want to receive!
Ideal love
Soul mate
Romance
Or is it? There’s more to this card than meets the eye!
Check out the Angel overseeing things: he’s a guardian, offering the opportunity, protecting what already exists & overseeing the new path these vulnerable, naked people are on! Because they are very vulnerable and potentially a little naive.
The Lovers often seems to crop up in readings where there’s naïveté or ‘helpless romantic’ vibes. Or am I just old and cynical?!
The Lovers is always positive, but don’t jump to the conclusion it denotes devotion and the practicalities required for ‘everlasting love’. Rather, this is the first blush, the flirtation, the optimism of falling IN love: with a person, or a situation. Your reading doesn’t have to be romance focussed to receive Divine protection! And this is how I tend to translate this major arcana card: you’re protected on this first step, in this new beginning: enjoy that first blush as long as you can but be mindful: soon you’ll need to step out into the real world! (See those mountains in the background?!)

Let’s face it: yoga in the west is highly likely to be culturally appropriated. Ouch. Uncomfy, but true. Do we stop doin...
09/09/2025

Let’s face it: yoga in the west is highly likely to be culturally appropriated. Ouch. Uncomfy, but true.
Do we stop doing yoga for this reason?
Some say yes. Personally I say no. BUT do your due diligence:
Know that yoga is NOT exercise only, it’s spiritually based and making it just wellness’ and ‘lifestyle’ is to debase thousands of years of spiritual, mystical, cultural and sometimes religious practices
Accept some of the ‘add ons’ are no such thing: a good yoga teacher isn’t pretending to be yogic. We’re not all using Mala beads for show, we’ve been educated to use them via our master teacher.
Learn some of the philosophy behind the moves. Yes, we all love a stretch but WHY does yoga utilise these moves? Where do these traditions come from? WHO do they come from?
And, yoga teachers: rule of thumb, if you don’t know what something is/means/sounds like and have learnt it third party….leave it out. Be humble. Be honest when you don’t know.
Last of all REMEMBER and TALK OFTEN about the history and culture these beautiful healing tools come from. Honour the teachers that gave them to the west.
Stay yogaing, but stay respectful of its lineage. It’s a gift. We’re lucky to have it. No stealing.

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