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Saturday 9am - 5pm Sunday 9am - 5pm

Ayatana, 4 Reeve Road, Stansted (2026)

22/05/2026

🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️ Who is Yoga for??

Answer....everyone!!! 🤍

This lovely bunch attended my 'All Abilities' 9.30am class this morning at Ugley Village Hall

I'll be honest, I don't like labelling classes with ability level because what does that even mean??? Who I would deem to be an advanced practitioner is probably not what you expect & has absolutely nothing at all to do with flexibility, whether you can touch your toes or do a deep backbend.....& I mean nothing....

But I do because going to a class can be intimidating & this isn't an hour of a dynamic, strong practice, so the wording needs to reflect that.

My 'All Abilities' classes do have some heat but what one student finds physically hard, to another can feel easy. Our anatomy plays a huge role in what our physical bodies will allow us to do but the physical postures or the asana, are only one limb of our Yoga practice.

Men, women, a range of ages, this is what I love about the community that I have created & continue to grow 🤍

There is no hierarchy to the versions you take. Props are used to open up, to expand, to get your prana, your energy flowing freely. There's no expectation from me, I generally ask you to leave your expectations of yourself at the door & come in with an open mind & heart ♥️

If you follow me & haven't been to a class before, I'm your incense burning, mantra chanting, Sanskrit teaching, long Savasana with massage kind of teacher....

I'm not for everyone, I don't want to be!! But if what I've said sounds like a bit of you, come along 😊

• Monday 9.30am - Ayatana Stansted
• Tuesday 9.30am - Ayatana Stansted
• Friday 9.30am - Ugley Village Hall

🔗 Link in bio to book

16/05/2026

This week was 'Mental Health Awareness Week' 💚

6 months ago today, I lost someone I loved the bones of to su***de. I knew he was struggling, I'd known for 18 months, but never in my wildest nightmares did I think it would lead to him taking his own life 💔

I'm not over it. I think about him every day. I don't think I'll ever understand why someone as incredible as him thought that we'd be better off without him, we're not. But that's the thing about mental health, it's a dark cloud that can smother anyone to the point of despair.

I'm grateful for the glue that's kept me together. 'Picking up the pieces of each other to get through'

Mental health is a complex monster. I won't even begin to say I know how to combat it, I only know that I'm lucky enough not to suffer.

Just know that my studio, my sanctuary, is a safe place. Come as you are. No expectations.

15/05/2026

🌑 N E W M O O N I N T A U R U S ♉️

My own little Taurean beauty held a Gong Bath for me after my event tonight! She weren't bad at all....then told me to sit up & wiggle my toes, laughing her head off! 😂

I had a lovely bunch of ladies in the studio tonight, 2 groups of 3 friends....who knew each other! A couple of returners & 4 newbies 🤍

♉️ Ta**us is the 1st Earth sign of the Zodiac (Capricorn is the 1st of the standard year) A fixed sign that sits in the middle of seasons....Spring into Summer in this case.

They hold themes of steadiness, feeling rooted with an enduring energy 🪾

'Root to Rise'....we need to be rooted in our own truths, our own realities before we can rise & grow.

What/Who/Where makes you feel rooted, secure & safe???

♉️ 🌎

14/05/2026

It's been a headstand kind of week!! Not just for me & my students, other Yoga teacher friends have done the same with theirs ❤️

This is Sirsanasa 2, where your hands form part of the tripod that supports you.

It's that bubbling Summer energy on its way, it's naturally calls for a more active practice, more Yang than Yin ☯️

That's what you get from Yoga that differs to other practices. Seasonal shapes & breath that flow with the time of year ❤️ An innate sense of what our body needs & what will feel more natural which each turn of the wheel.

This is also what I love about small classes where I know my students practice. I would never bring in headstands to a full studio class of large numbers.

I will be adding 90 min sessions to my studio in June, classes of 4 & inversions will be on the schedule 😀

📸 pic taken in during my 7.30am Hot Yoga class. Come along!!! Book directly through Akasha, non members welcome 🤗

12/05/2026

Perspective is it's own kind of magic 🪄✨

Be careful what you seek.

11/05/2026

Hi!! I've had a few new followers recently so thought it might be nice to talk about my range of offerings again ☺️

🔥 Tuesday evenings are 'Power Yoga' night in my studio, Ayatana in Stansted Mountfitchet.

1hr long - 6pm & 7pm back to back 🔥

What to expect;
• a strong physical practice
• dynamic & challenging, designed to build strength, stamina, mobility & focus
• breath led & intentional
• lots of laughing, maybe some falling over & making friends 🤍

I'm always open to suggestions too. Quite often my students will ask to work on Crow Pose or some tricky binds. You come along to this class expecting a challenge & excited for it!

🔗 Link in bio to book....I look forward to meeting you!!

*side note - I only started enjoying inversions last year....I'm 43 years old! Our practice constantly evolves & that's the magic of it ✨

04/05/2026

📣 Classes this week 🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️

• Tuesday 9.30am, 6pm & 7pm
📍 Ayatana, Stansted Mountfitchet

• Thursday 7am - Hot Yoga
📍 Akasha Bishops Stortford

• Friday 9.30am
📍 Ugley Village Hall, CM22 6HR

• Sun 9.30am Classic & 10.30am Hot Yoga
📍 Akasha Bishops Stortford

Please book Akasha classes directly through them

This is me on my recent Yoga retreat to Bali ✨
We started every morning with 30 mins of mantra & meditation to the sounds of the jungle 💚
A few years back, I would have been horrified at the thought of arriving to a room in silence, to then sit in silence for a whole 30 minutes! Too much unnecessary rubbish running through my mind, in Yoga we call this 'citta vritti', the mind chatter.

Now, my mind is free. All I heard was the jungle. Not just in Bali, it's been like this for at least 3 years now. It's the most valued part of my Yoga practice on & off the mat 🤍

Don't get me wrong, I love the physical/asana practice of Yoga! My body is incredibly strong & flexible & can get in some amazing shapes....some a lot easier than others! 🥴

But Yoga is a spiritual discipline, designed to help us understand & navigate the nature of the self & mind. It's not an exercise class, it's not a workout. The asana, the postures are to find that strength to open our bodies, to help create a comfortable place for meditation 🤍

I've never had so much control over my breath, even during 90 minute rigorous practices, my breath is steady & controlled. It's a great place to be 🤍

Come & join me, what have you got to lose???

❤️

01/05/2026

'Everything is energy & that's all there is to it....This is not philosophy, this is physics' - Albert Einstein

Freshly back from a place where the energy, or prana as we call it in Yoga settings, is so potent that you can physically feel it! ⚡️✨

I am very sensitive to the energy of people & places so the experience won't be the same for everyone.....some call me woo woo or witchy, I say Thank you!!! 🙏🏻☺️😄

Just think about it. How you 'feel' around different people. Be mindful of what you're projecting & protect yours at all costs ✨

I'll be even more 'floating around with my head in the clouds' now that I'm back from Bali!!

10 days & I didn't get one pic of me in a 'pose' but the 'Yoga' in its entirety was off the scale magic ✨

17/04/2026

🌑 N E W M O O N I N A R I E S ♈️

Big. Bold. Fiery.

She's the 1st of the 12 Zodiac signs, coming in to tell us to be brave!!! 🔥✨

♈️ Aries is where it all starts. A brand new chapter. The MOST POWERFUL for new beginnings.

🔥 Now is the time to make your 12 month plan for the astrological year, taking charge of your life & harnessing that strong Aries energy!!!

🙏🏻 Thank you as always to the 6 beautiful women that came tonight, it is always such a pleasure & privilege to hold these events.

* Next one with availability is Friday 15th May - 3 spaces

♈️

01/04/2026

📣 *New Venue, Same Class 🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️

I'm so pleased to announce that I have completely stepped away from Henham Village & have changed venues, starting THIS GOOD FRIDAY!! 🐣

Are you normally at work on a Friday morning but this week have that time free to give to yourself??

• 4 spaces left

📍 Ugley Village Hall - CM22 6HR
📅 Friday 9.30am
🤍 Quaint hall, Loads of parking, 1hr ✨

• This class is suited to all abilities. Options are given to decrease or increase intensity.

• Mats & blocks provided.

£12 drop in or £60 for 6/£100 for 10 on Class Pass

I'd love to see a full room of faces on its first opening! 🙏🏻

🔗 Link in bio

23/03/2026

🌷 S P R I N G E Q U I N O X 2 0 2 6 🌱

Our journey begins here. The beginning of a new cycle. The true start of the year 🩷

I love holding these seasonal events in Manuden Village Community Centre. This is my 2nd Spring Equinox event here & I'm so happy to say that there were 23 booked on, 21 in 2025 🙏🏻

👃 We started with Nadi Shodhana pranayama (alternate nostril breath) to begin to calm the nervous system & purify the energy channels.

✨Using the first of our DoTerra oils, Wild Orange for manifestation, we wrote down our intentions for the year ahead.

🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️ A physical practice followed, focused on initial grounding, awakening & heart opening. There were quite a few who had never practiced Yoga before, which I love!!

⚡️ This all leads to a short visualisation Yoga Nidra (voice led meditation) & the Sound Healing Gong Bath......magic....with use of our 2nd DoTerra oil, Lemon for clarity & purification.

🍪 Finishing with Whittard Instant Tea (Lychee & Rose & Turkish Apple) & Bliss Balls...Lemon & Coconut or Blueberry in cacao.

🍋 Everyone left with a homemade gift. A rollerball with lemon oil, with dried rose & camomile petals, to use whenever you need a natural lift.

🙏🏻✨ Thank you so so much to everyone who came last night, I'm so grateful ☺️ A mixture of repeat 'Gong Bathers', first timers with me & some 'sound virgins!'

& not forgetting my Timmy, .danbury , the backstage to my front of house. Quietly helping & sorting in the background while I get distracted & chat!! I genuinely couldn't do it without him 🥰

🍂❄️ The next events held here will be for the Autumn Equinox (Sunday 20th September) & the Winter Solstice (Sunday 20th December)

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