Alison Foster Yoga

08/12/2025

08/12/2025

🥰 Still glowing from this weekend’s wreath-making gathering.

Thank you to each of you who came — your laughter, creativity, and presence made the space come alive. Surrounded by seasonal tunes, fresh, beautifully scented foliage, and so much fun, my heart feels full to overflowing, such a joyful way to welcome the festive season. 🎅
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Early Bird bookings for 2026 are already filling up!
https://www.alisonfosteryoga.com/wreath-making

06/12/2025

06/12/2025

It was a wonderful Christmassy vibe in our wreath making workshops today, with so many fabulous beautiful wreaths created.
I'm really looking forward to greeting those coming tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone who came, it was a real a joy. 🥰🙏🎄 x

https://www.alisonfosteryoga.com/wreath-making

04/12/2025

✨ Rest & Reset Sound Healing Session ✨

As winter approaches, nature is beginning to quiet itself…
and yet, many of us find ourselves doing the opposite — rushing, preparing, overextending, and carrying the emotional weight of the festive season.

Recently, I noticed something striking in my own garden: a bumble bee still busily working in the cold. Scientists say many bees are now skipping their usual winter hibernation because the cues to rest are disappearing.

It made me think of us — how easily we, too, forget to pause, soften, and replenish.

This session is your invitation **to do what nature intends**:
to rest, reset, and return to yourself before the holiday whirlwind begins.

If you’ve been feeling tired, overwhelmed, or stretched thin, come and receive the deep nourishment your body and mind are quietly longing for.

**What to Expect**

Through gentle, calming breathwork and the soothing power of sound, you’ll be guided into a state of profound ease.
Settle in warmly — on your mat or in one of the two available reclining chairs (please request in advance) — and allow waves of sound to wash through you.

Expect the soft vibrations of:

* Tibetan & Himalayan bowls
* Bells
* Chimes
* Drums
* Low, grounding drones

These frequencies gently encourage your whole system to soften, release tension, and reset from within.

You’ll leave feeling:
✨ rested
✨ rejuvenated
✨ grounded
✨ clearer and more able to move into the coming weeks with steadiness and calm

**Give yourself this well-deserved pause.**

Rest. Rebalance. Re-enter winter feeling more peaceful, calm, and supported.

Friday 12th December. £12
**5:45–6:45pm**
**7:30–8:30pm**

Learn more about sound healing:
https://www.alisonfosteryoga.com/sound-bath-deep-rest

Streetly Yoga Shala
Foley Road East, Streetly, S/C, B74 3HS
(Near Streetly Community Centre)
Plenty of easy parking.

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Looking Ahead: Winter Solstice — The Return to Light

If this deep rest calls to you, you may also feel drawn to my final workshop of the year — a beautiful evening of yoga, ritual, candlelight, and renewal.

There is **just one space left** to join us as we honour the turning of the year and welcome the returning light.

01/12/2025

Feeling tired, overwhelmed, or stretched thin as the festive season approaches?

This time of year can bring joy - but also pressure, busy schedules, and emotional overload. If you’re craving a pause, some peace, and a moment to breathe, this session is your invitation to slow down and replenish yourself before the holiday whirlwind begins.

As we move toward winter and the run-up to Christmas, give yourself permission to rest deeply. Gentle, calming breathwork, and the soothing power of sound can help dissolve stress, settle an overactive mind, and restore a sense of ease and balance.

You’ll leave feeling rested, rejuvenated, grounded, and clear — ready to move into the season with more calm and steadiness.

During the session, you will be expertly guided through a simple, nourishing breathing practice and then you’ll be invited to settle in warmly — on your mat or in one of the two available reclining chairs (please request in advance) — and be guided into a deep, nurturing relaxation.

Expect the soft vibrations of Tibetan and Himalayan bowls, bells, chimes, drums and drones to wash over you, encouraging your whole system to soften and reset.

This session is mat-based, but reclining chairs are available for those who need them — simply email or call ahead to reserve.
Give yourself this well-deserved pause.

Rest. Rebalance and Re-enter winter feeling more peaceful, calm, and supported.

30/11/2025

🎄 Last few spaces – Natural Wreath Making Workshops next weekend🎄

One of my wreath workshops has now **sold out**
Two have **just 1 space left**, and one has **3 spaces** – then that’s it for this year.

If you’d love a cosy, creative few hours making your own beautiful, natural, moss-based wreath, come and join me in my garden yoga shala.

You’ll get:
✨ Step-by-step guidance from scratch – perfect even if you’re “not crafty”
✨ An abundance of seasonal foliage, pine cones, dried seed heads & festive trimmings
✨ Ribbons, bows & string in paper, jute, raffia, silk, cotton & hessian
✨ All tools & equipment provided
✨ Log fire, underfloor heating, seasonal tunes, **festive drinks & nibbles**

🌿 Everything is sustainably made and fully compostable afterwards – a gorgeous, unique wreath that’s kind to the earth too.

Here’s what one guest said:
“It was wonderful, it exceeded expectations. The materials and choice were amazing and the instructions superb. I never thought I’d make anything decent – I’m not at all crafty or artistic – but I surprised myself and made a beautiful wreath!”

Please do feel free to bring any extra ribbons, baubles, or other decorations -if you wish to embellish your wreath with more.

This workshop is suitable for anyone including beginners and children 10+

No admission without a ticket.
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Location:
Streetly Yoga Shala
Foley Road East, Streetly, S/C, B74 3HS
(Near Streetly Community Centre)

All this for just £45

Ample free parking.

https://www.alisonfosteryoga.com/wreath-making

24/11/2025

What a breathtaking November sunrise this past Sunday! It fills me with joy to witness the beauty that nature provides, especially with the songs of birds and my first sighting of a muntjac deer. Check out the full blog post for more reflections! https://wix.to/GdVRF0e

Sunday’s Sunrise GiftThis was Sunday’s glorious November sunrise. As the days grow shorter, I make it a point to soak up as much daylight as possible—weather permitting. There's something deeply nourishing about being surrounded by nature: the cheerful songs of birds, the playful dash of squir...

31/10/2025

🎃 Today is Samhain, the Celtic roots of All Hallows Eve - Halloween. A time steeped in mythology, ritual and magic.

🕸 Take time to pause and breathe- drift, dream, vision and remember.

🕯 Nourish your Spirit.

💫 Slip through the fabric of time and space, beyond the limitations of your thinking mind and gain your deep, true wisdom within.

Feel like sharing this sacred time and be held in a warm, nurturing space?

Join me tomorrow where I will guide you through an evening of yoga, ceremony, journaling, and tarot as we honour the turning of the year, release what’s complete, and awaken the magic within.
✨Last few spaces available ✨.

£35
Sat. Nov. 1st.
5:30-8:30pm
Location: Streetly Yoga Shala
Foley Rd East, Streetly, B74 3HS.
Plenty of easy parking.

Together we’ll move gently, reflect deeply, and close the evening in candlelight and crystal blessing.

Come as you are — open-hearted, curious, and ready to remember.

What we honour in darkness becomes the light that guides us home. 💗

25/10/2025

🕯 As Autumn Deepens — The Call of Samhain 🍂

As Mother Nature continues her graceful descent into autumn, she invites us to slow down and turn inward.

With the falling leaves and lengthening nights comes the next turning of the Wheel of the Year — Samhain (pronounced sow-ein), the ancient Celtic New Year.

Samhain marks both an ending and a beginning — the closing of summer’s outward energy and the opening of the darker, more introspective half of the year.
Just as the trees release their leaves, we too are invited to let go, to rest, and to reflect on what no longer serves us.

It’s a time to pause in the stillness, to look back with gratitude, and to dream forward — planting the quiet seeds of what wishes to grow in the fertile darkness of winter.

🔮 Healing the Witch Wound

This Samhain, our ceremony will gently guide us into exploring and healing the Witch Wound — the inherited fear of our own intuition, wisdom, and power.

For generations, those who lived in harmony with nature — the healers, midwives, truth-tellers, and mystics — were silenced or persecuted.
The trauma of those times left an imprint not only on individuals but on entire communities and cultures.
It taught many of us, especially women and sensitive souls, to stay small, to hide our magic, or to distrust our inner knowing.

The Witch Wound lives in subtle ways — as fear of being seen, of speaking up, of standing in our power, or of trusting our body and intuition.
Healing it is not about revisiting the past, but about remembering who we truly are beneath centuries of conditioning.

Through stillness, movement, ritual, and reflection, we begin to reclaim what was once lost: our voice, our connection to nature, and our birthright to live as wise, free, and whole beings.

🍂You’re Invited🍂

Join us for an evening of yoga, ceremony, journaling, and tarot as we honour the turning of the year, release what’s complete, and awaken the magic within.

✨ Samhain Ceremony & Yoga Workshop — Honouring the Feminine and Healing the Witch Wound.✨
£35
Sat. Nov. 1st. 5:30-8:30pm
Location: Streetly Yoga Shala
Foley Rd East, Streetly, B74 3HS.
Plenty of easy parking.

Together we’ll move gently, reflect deeply, and close the evening in candlelight and crystal blessing.
Come as you are — open-hearted, curious, and ready to remember.

What we honour in darkness becomes the light that guides us home.

10/10/2025

A fascinating quick read in my latest blog about the collective and personal "Witch Wound" we all carry...

As I prepare for the next Turning of the Wheel workshop, I’ve been reflecting on why Samhain is such a potent time to explore both the collective and personal witch wound we all carry.The witch hunts of the dark ages left deep scars — not only on those accused, tortured, or killed, but on entire...

06/10/2025

Hello, my lovely! 🍁 Have you noticed how the trees so generously share their beauty at this time of year? Even the recent storm couldn’t take away their magic! Check out our blog for more on the beauty of October:

Hello, my lovely. Have you noticed how the trees so generously share their beauty at this time of year? Even the recent storm couldn’t keep them from expressing their true colours. Autumn reminds us that nature never clings or resists—she releases with grace, trusting the cycles of renewal. This...