Cheryl's Fitness and Yoga

18/01/2026

Most of our suffering is not happening in the present moment.

It lives in the mind.

We replay the past—words that hurt, mistakes we regret, moments we wish we could change.
We fear the future—imagining loss, failure, rejection, pain that hasn’t even arrived.

But notice this truth:

You are not suffering then.
You are not suffering later.
You are suffering now—because the mind is traveling.

The past no longer exists.
The future has not yet arrived.

What remains is memory and imagination—both powerful, both convincing, and both capable of creating pain that feels real even when the danger is gone.

The body is sitting here.
The breath is happening now.
Life is unfolding in this moment.

Peace begins when you gently bring the mind back—
out of yesterday’s wounds,
out of tomorrow’s fears,
and into this single breath.

You don’t need to erase your memories.
You don’t need to control the future.

You only need to return to the present—
because this is the only place where peace can exist.

And in this moment…
you are still here.
You are breathing.
You are alive.

That is enough. 🌿

13/01/2026

Just a reminder - Chair yoga starts next Monday, January 19th and I've got some space if you haven't already booked. Looking forward to seeing you all next week.

I've got an offer on: 4 classes for £24.00 to try the class!

Looking forward to seeing you all next week.

13/01/2026

22/11/2025

Hey, just a heads up to my new chair yoga class that is starting Monday, January 19th, 2026. Pre book before December 8th and get 4 classes for £24.00! Join us, it's a hoot!
Please text or call me on: 07587 709 270

05/07/2025

So very true, isn’t it!😃

Group fitness classes aren’t just about exercise, Mikala Jamison wrote in 2024. https://theatln.tc/z5fhRvrd

When Jamison was teaching indoor cycling, she was the nicest version of herself: “warm, welcoming, and encouraging to the point of profound corniness, despite my usual caustic tendencies,” she writes. People that met in her class started dating; strangers went out for coffee. “These experiences have convinced me that group fitness classes are the best place to make friends as an adult,” she continues, “an idea supported by research that suggests that the glow of exercise’s feel-good chemicals has interpersonal benefits.”

Once, friendships were born in what the sociologist Ray Oldenburg called “third places”: physical spaces that aren’t a home or a workplace, don’t charge (much) for entry, and exist in large part to foster conversation. Group classes don’t quite fit in that definition—they can cost money, and their primary activities are “sweating, grunting, and skipping a few reps when the instructor isn’t looking,” Jamison writes. “But they fulfill many conditions that social-psychology research has repeatedly shown to help forge meaningful connections between strangers: proximity (being in the same place), ritual (at the same time, over and over), accumulation (for many hours), and shared experiences or interests (because you do and like the same things)”—a less awkward way to find people with similar interests than at work or at a party.

Even if you don’t find your next best friend at Zumba class, getting into a fitness habit might help you step out of your comfort zone and make more friends in other spaces.

“A room full of grown adults flailing, shouting, and running miles without ever going anywhere is a fundamentally ridiculous prospect,” Jamison continues. “Ridiculous things, however, play a crucial role in connecting with others: They make us laugh.”

🎨: Debora Szpilman

24/05/2025

Some facts based on the most recent science: You don’t have to lift heavy weights to get great results. You don’t need complex equipment and workouts to get great results. In fact, lighter weights can give you the same muscle-building results as heavier weights if you know how to do it: https://wb.md/3GYYlJr

27/03/2025

😂😂😂

28/12/2024

Here's the timetable from Jan 6, 2025:

Monday
9:30am Pilates and yoga blend
Coronation Hall,
16 Halfleet, Market Deeping, PE6 8DB

6:45pm: Dancefit with Lifefit exercises
Coronation Hall,
16 Halfleet, Market Deeping, PE6 8DB

Tuesday
6:15pm: Hatha Yoga with Meditation
Coronation Hall,
16 Halfleet, Market Deeping, PE6 8DB

Wednesday
9:30am: Hatha Yoga with Meditation
The Community Centre
2 Douglas Road
Market Deeping, PE6 8PA

Friday
9:15am: Lifefit
Coronation Hall,
16 Halfleet, Market Deeping, PE6 8DB

28/12/2024

I'm really happy to announce that this year we will be celebrating 30 - yes 30 years of Cheryl's Fitness and Yoga classes in the Deepings!

Over the years we have practised many fitness disciplines, currently running classes in Hatha Yoga, Pilates and Yoga blend, Dancefit and Lifefit. The later two fitness classes being my own creations.

Lifefit is all about maintaining muscle mass and bone density using bodyweight exercises, resistance bands and hand held weights. It's not just for older people, in fact the sooner you start the better. If you get bored in the gym, but want it’s benefits, then this is the class for you!

Dancefit has morphed over the years, and now starts with a fun dance section to get you glowing followed by the Lifefit exercises.

I feel that to have a good workout you obviously need good class content, but you also really need good tunes, so I put a lot of effort into making sure we have great music to work out to.
You also need a good vibe, and we are very lucky to have truly lovely people attending, so that ticks that box!

So if you’ve never tried one of my classes, you can try one soon. We restart on Monday, January 6th, 2025.

To celebrate my 30 years of classes I am offering a deal for all new participants from facebook joining us in January, 30 days for just £19.99!!!
Just quote FB when booking. You can come to as many classes as you like during your 30 days, subject to availability.

08/12/2024

Lovely Christmas get together last night with some of gang! A great time was had by all.