Barefoot Yoga

17/07/2025

🇵🇹 What a tonic .foster1975 fun times x

11/07/2025

‘The language of the body can be found below the language of words. Deep feeling, clear perception, the centre of an idea, all these happen underneath words on a sensory level of experience. The world we call real is only a fragment of the whole world. Tremendous participation is possible between a body and thought. The happenings underneath words can speak to anyone who patiently listens.’
~ Mary O’Donnell Fulkerson

This heat offers the perfect opportunity to pause and become still in your practice. Do you ever stop and listen?

As we bring our attention to felt experience and sensation our awareness also embraces other perspectives, subtly nuanced and hard to describe; a feeling perhaps that arises beyond verbal language.

So much of our lives revolve around instant gratification or seeking external stimulation as a remedy for whatever we’re feeling…. it’s a short lived fix.

Taking some time to pause might just return us to our innate wisdom so we may find new ways to move, act, interact, perceive, think, live and be. 💫

09/07/2025

A fleeting visit from Sydney.
30 yrs since we were at school together,
20 yrs since we’ve seen each other in person but wonderfully some things never change 🧡

02/07/2025

Vidya a Sanskrit term meaning ‘knowledge’ or ‘wisdom’ comes from the root word ‘Vid’ which signifies ‘to know’ or ‘to perceive’.

Through our yoga practice we become more aware of our thoughts, behaviours, movements and recognise if there’s a pattern to them.

Are these patterns perhaps created by past actions, experiences and conscious or subconscious? Often these things can shape our individual thoughts, emotions and behaviours.

The inner awareness and ability to feel and understand what’s happening in that moment is often described in yoga as a path to greater wisdom or self knowledge which aligns with Vidya.

It upgrades our ability to question ourselves intelligently from “Why is this happening to me?” to more penetrating questions such as “What does this pattern have to tell me?”….

21/06/2025

Respite from the heat in the Welsh drizzle

09/06/2025

08/02/2025

Here comes the sun, and I say / It’s alright -
George Harrison

No better way to banish a grey February day than a twist class.

I’d go as far as to say probably my favourite practice - the release of tension around the spine, increased range of movement, soothing of the nervous system and energetic resonance afterwards is a darn good feeling✨

Come try for yourself …. booking via link in bio 🧡

06/02/2025

“Self-care, it’s giving the world the best of you instead of what’s left of you’” ~ Katie Reed

Norfolk Winter Retreat - 28th - 1st December

I know a while off, but spaces have gone quickly and I only have ✨ 2 spaces left ✨so please DM me if you’re interested x

29/01/2025

“What if I fall? Oh, but darling, what if you fly?”
~ Erin Hanson

Inversions can bring up fear for many which is why we want to help you and show you they can be extremely liberating and fun!

Come and join us for the day exploring inversions, sharing lunch and closing the day with a wonderful Yin practice to bring balance to the nervous system post inverting.

22/01/2025

Retreat & More

We're already three weeks into the new year and it's been wonderful to see so many of you in the studio. It's sometimes hard to find your rhythm at the beginning of a year so I hope the start of 2025 has been a happy one and life is treating you gently. I hurtled into 2025 in a flurry of 50th Birthd...

20/01/2025

What’s the difference between Yin and Restorative yoga?

I get asked this on a regular basis and having been trained in both - restorative with wonderful and Yin with Sarah Lo I thought I’d jump on to clarify the difference as there are hybrid classes and all sorts of variations being offered out there!

🧘 YIN - is a passive practice often referred to as the ‘quiet’ practice. It offers a great opportunity to press the pause button on our fast paced lives and turn inward - a positive impact on our nervous system.

On a physical level we work at a deeper level accessing the deeper connective tissue and fascia. By applying appropriate stress to the tissue and holding the shape for around 5 mins we stimulate the circulation of chi/prana thus nourishing the tissue and improving flexibility and joint mobility.

🧘 RESTORATIVE - again a passive practice that focuses purely on the nervous system. Through this gentle practice we look to shift the nervous system from ‘fight & flight’ to ‘rest & digest’.

The practice is not about stretching or strengthening but supporting the body using yoga props and blankets to find a position of ease that supports you in consciously letting go.
A deeply relaxing and nourishing practice.

This week I will be teaching a heart focus Yin practice and there’s a Sunday Sanctuary morning of Restorative coming up at the beginning of March - all available to book online via the link@in my bio ⬆️🧡

Press the pause button,we all need to once in a while!