13/04/2026
✨️ Y O G A C L A S S E S ✨️
After my little Norwegian nature adventure, yoga classes are back on again in Ross on:
Mondays
Easy Like Monday Morning - 9.15am (Larruperz)
Vinyasa Flow - 7pm (Larruperz)
Tuesdays
Vinyasa Flow - 9.30am (Larruperz)
Yin Yoga - 7pm (Weston Village Hall)
Thursdays
Yin Yoga - 9.15am (Weston Village Hall)
Fridays
Vinyasa Flow - 9.30am (Tudorville Community Centre)
All pay as you go. For all levels. Just book online: www.energyogawithhelen.com
Yin Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga, which I teach, are very different. Whatever your capability or confidence, step outside of your comfort zone and experience the joy of yoga.
A little about Yoga ...
It is not just stretching. Mobility also encompasses strength, balance, and coordination, as well as flexibility. And these attributes create mobility, the biggest indicator of our mortality. And it doesn't stop on an anatomical level. Yoga targets our nervous system, mind, and energy too, in fact these are the primary targets. The strong, flexible, and healthy body created through yoga is necessary to go beyond it, and a wonderful side effect of Yoga, that at it's deepest level is intended to cultivate peace and stillness, balance and wholeness. Mental and physical health are stepping stones on the jounrey through the self to the self.
Yoga connects us to who we are, beneath our mind, body, and senses. It connects us to our inner nature. We have to go through the body to get there, and cultivate presence. To be in the moment is the greatest gift we can give ourselves, undistracted by the body. Undistracted by time and the thought forms of the mind, which both create dis-ease.
A little timely inspiration ...
As spring starts to really take off we are invited to grow with nature, both inside and outside. We can learn so much from nature.
🌳 let the trees remind you that growth takes time
💨 let the wind show you that you're allowed to shift direction and pace
🌸 let the flowers show you that nothing blooms forever, and that's part of beauty
🌊 let the ocean teach you that you can hold both stillness and storm, softness and strength
☁️ let the clouds show you that when things grow heavy, it's time to let them go
🌟 let the stars remind you that light is revealed through darkness
☀️ let the sun teach you that no matter how long you've been hidden, you will rise again
(The Fallen Poet)
We are part of nature, and yoga helps us to come back to being present within it, within ourselves, and the ever changing worlds within and around us....
To be connected to nature's inevitable flows, cycles, ebbs, and currents. To be as present as nature; to be, as nature.
A tree does not say to another tree, "what time is it?" Because there is just now. It does not hold on to fear or anguish. It goes on, resilient and always seeking life, like water flowing around all obstacles, powered by the light of the sun, as does all nature.
Yoga cultivates presence, through drawing our awareness within. And the more we notice what is within us, the stillness and silence beneath, the layers, the thought forms, the emotions, reactions, judgements, and patterns, and the ability to stay present, the more vivid and rich both our inner and outer worlds become.
Yoga connects us to our own nature, our breath, body, and the feelings and emotions that we have, and the calm eye of the storm within. And the more we know ourselves, the more connected we are to the world around us too. Equally, the more time we spend learning from nature, the more we also learn about ourselves. Spring is coming .. grow with it 🌸
I shall miss being outside so much in the beautiful landscape of Norway. But the brightness of the green driving home yesterday didn't even look real 💚🌳💚 we are so fortunate to live in such a beautiful place too. I encourage you to begin this week with this thought of gratitude for where we live, get out in it, breathe it, really see it.
Beauty and grief are both associated with our lungs in ancient Chinese medicine. We can feel the difference when we breathe deeply surrounded by nature. Nature is the best medicine, let your senses be flooded with nature and beauty. And in your day and yoga practice, use your breath to free your lungs and find inner beauty and peace in the same way - feel the aliveness of both body and breath. Reconnect to your inner nature too 🌟
The world needs more care, compassion, and light right now. When we are present, we let go of fear, anxiety, and un-ease. We align, grow, and flow with nature by aligning with her, in the abundant life all around us now, but also equally within. This is what Yoga teaches us to do. So yes we stretch, and yes Vinyasa will make you fit and strong, and yes Yin helps to ease aches and pains. But Yoga is so much more than this. It teaches us how to live our lives and to thrive in our life situations ✨️
Mind is everything, whatever we think, we become 🌸
