Alison Foster Yoga

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...

04/10/2025

New Beginners Course starting 23rd October.

All dates: 23/10, (then a week's break as its half Term), 6/11, 13/11, 20/11, 27/11, 4/12.

Thursday evenings from 6:00pm for 60mins

This is a mat based course. You will need to be able to get up and down from the floor - even if it is slowly or with difficulty. This might be why you're coming and Yoga can certainly help with that. (If getting up and down from the floor is going to be too challenging try my chair yoga classes instead)

All equipment is provided.
Wear any loose comfy clothes. Layers are ideal. -T-shirt, joggers/leggings hoody/sweat shirt.

This is for you if you...
-suffer with tight & inflexible muscles
-want to improve your posture
-have aches & pains
-struggle to get up and down from the floor.
-have poor balance
-Never tried yoga before but willing to give it a go.
-returning to yoga and want a refresher
-and want to invest in yourself & improve yourself physically, mentally and emotionally

You will be expertly guided and...
- learn basic yoga postures
-practice simple breathing techniques
-enjoy deep relaxation practices
-Gain confidence in your own body
-develop strength and flexibility
-improve your coordination
-make new friends

This class is held in a safe, small & friendly, non-judgmental and non-competitive space.

The small class size (max 9) allows me to get to know you and your specific needs. I am then able to guide you safely to reconnect with your body and mind.

We begin with gentle limbering moves and sequences to warm up the muscles and joints in preparation for posture work.

Posture work strengthens and tones the body. The objective is not how far you can stretch or contort your body but to practice with steadiness and ease. All postures can be modified to individual ability and to address medical conditions, However, if you have specific needs or have any concerns, do get in touch. It maybe necessary to discuss if this course is suitable, I also offer one to ones.

You will be introduced to simple breath work practices that connect you to your breathing and help regulate the body and mind.

All classes end with a period of relaxation.

You will leave each week feeling calmer, happier, stronger, more flexible and energised.

24/09/2025

- Are you struggling with anxiety, stress or have an over-active mind?
- Do you feel the need to take some time out for yourself?
- Are you suffering from information overload?

Come and explore the the healing power of sound.

Deeply resting the body, simple mind calming techniques and the healing effect of sound can help you find peacefulness in your life; helping calm the body and mind and putting you in a better place both mentally and emotionally.

You will leave rested, rejuvenated, clear headed and calm, ready for your weekend.

Suitable for complete beginners
Reclining Chair yoga option

Find out more here:
https://www.alisonfosteryoga.com/sound-bath-deep-rest

£15
Location:
Streetly Yoga Shala
Foley Road East, Streetly, S/C, B74 3HS
(Near Streetly Community Centre)
Plenty of easy parking.

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06/09/2025

Want to establish a routine?

September always feels like a gentle “reset”—that back-to-school freshness, a time to set new goals, re-establish routines, and reflect on what truly matters before the year draws to a close.

Heads Up - New Term starts Sept. 9th

I’ve spaces opened up now in both Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am yoga class. Both suitable for beginners.
- Hatha yoga
- Beginners
- Vinyasa Flow Yoga
- Chair yoga
- Healing Sound Bath & deep Rest
- Workshops
- One-to-one's
- Reiki Healing
- Transformational Life Coaching

***First yoga class half price***

Hope to see you soon. Namaste.

Details & prices available here:
https://www.alisonfosteryoga.com/times-and-prices

- Location: Foley Road East, Streetly, S/C, B74 3HS
(Near Streetly Community Centre)

- Plenty of easy parking.

- Small class sizes,

- discounted passes available

https://www.alisonfosteryoga.com/

06/09/2025

When most people think of yoga, they picture making shapes on a mat. Many approach it purely from the physical side. Yet yoga is so much more than that.

Yes, we come to the mat to stretch and honour the body—but that mat can also be like a magic carpet, and the tools of yoga our genie lamp. Through breath, focus, and energy, we awaken inner power and connect with who we truly are. Yoga is ultimately the study of the self, giving us tools to inquire, discover, and expand.

🌿 In the *Spiritual Warrior Workshop*, we’ll explore the physical dynamics of each warrior pose. We’ll harness the breath—not only as a source of strength and resilience, but also as a pathway into deep peace.

🍂 As this workshop falls on the Autumn Equinox, we’ll also reflect, weaving gratitude for the harvests of our lives and honouring the shift from summer’s outward energy into autumn’s inward call.

✨ This is a perfect opportunity for beginners to experience the deeper side of yoga—beyond the postures—and gently explore the practices that make it a path of true transformation.

Don’t miss this special Equinox gathering— Begin your journey now—spaces are limited. It’s the perfect moment to step into your power and awaken the Spiritual Warrior within and discover the deeper magic of yoga.

03/09/2025

🌿 Today, while clearing out some old things, I found a diary from the late 80s. On one of its worn pages, in my younger handwriting, was a quote by Richard Bach:

"In every life there comes a time when the door of opportunity opens, and you have to have the courage to walk through it."

Reading it again after four decades, I could feel the truth of it settle in. There were doors I didn’t open — moments when fear or un-readiness held me back. And yet, those very choices carried me into other paths, rich with experiences that became unexpected gifts. 🫶

And then there were the doors I did open — the scary yeses, the steps taken into the unknown. Terrifying at the time, but in hindsight, they were gifts, they taught me that: courage is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to act in spite of it. 🦁

Holding that diary also reminded me of something else — how deeply spiritual I have always been, and how my love of self-discovery began as a teenager. Richard Bach’s 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' and 'Illusions' weren’t just books I relished; they were companions, teachers, and gifts I shared with friends so they too might soar. 🦅

Now, as I look back, I find no need for regret. Each unopened door, each brave yes, each twist in the path has become part of a greater tapestry — woven with learning, with grace, with hard-won wisdom.

✨ Life is generous that way. ☺️

I wonder… when you look back on your own journey, what doors of opportunity shaped you — whether you walked through them, or chose to leave them closed?

01/09/2025

Check out my September news letter.,

Namaste, I hope this message finds you well and that you’ve enjoyed a nourishing summer, whatever adventures (or restful pauses!) it brought your wayFor me, the season was a full one. Some of you joined me for my very first Awaken Your Vision workshop, which was a wonderful success. Well, mostly.....

30/08/2025

6 weeks ago I had a dream to create my first Vision Workshop and officially launch my coaching business (of which I'd been sitting on the fence with -in fear and procrastination. Yep that little chestnut, that limiting paradigm that just never goes away!

(I’d had a lot to deal with during my qualifications. - Most notably my best friend’s transition out of this world, and officially setting into motion the divorcing of my husband. -Listening to my Higher Self, I gave myself some important time to grieve, -for both.)

My goals were:
🌱 to post online consistently
🌱and to host a vision workshop,

I set the date 6 weeks out for 30th Aug.

Today is one of celebration because, guess what, by making that decision and taking aligned action everyday ....I did it. A dream achieved. Whoop, whoop!

And, I've already been planning out my next month’s Vision Workshop. 💪🤩

I’d just like to say that I am feeling so blessed and grateful to all those who have supported me on my journey of emergence, especially those who came to the ‘Awaken Your Vision’ Workshop today. I’ve had some wonderful feedback.

With love and light,
Alison .x.

26/08/2025

**LAST FEW SPACES. EARLY BIRD ENDS THIS SAT.**

Want to try something new? Then this 6 week Beginners Yoga
Course might be right for you.

Do you...
-suffer with tight & inflexible muscles
-want to improve your posture
-have aches & pains
-struggle to get up and down from the floor.
-have poor balance

This is also for you if you've;
-Never tried yoga before but willing to give it a go.
-returning to yoga and want a refresher
-want to invest in yourself & improve yourself physically, mentally and emotionally.

You will be expertly guided and...
- learn basic yoga postures
-practice simple breathing techniques
-enjoy deep relaxation practices
-Gain confidence in your own body
-develop strength and flexibility
-improve your coordination
-make new friends

Some Kind words from some of my students:
"Alison's classes enable me to feel calm and relaxed. You are very understanding of everyone’s different physical abilities and adapt classes as much as possible to suit everyone’s needs."

"Alison provides a non-judgmental environment where I can leave my responsibilities at the door"

"There is always a lovely friendly and welcoming atmosphere."

This course is held in a safe, small & friendly, non-judgmental and non-competitive space.

The small class size (max 9) allows me to get to know you and your specific needs. I am then able to guide you safely to reconnect with your body and mind.

All dates: 11/9, 18/9, 25/9, 2/10, 9/10, 16/10

Thursday evenings from 6:00pm for 60min
All equipment is provided.

Early Bird Price £55 offer ends 30/08/25
Regular Price £67

Location: Foley Road East, Streetly, S/C, B74 3HS
(Near Streetly Community Centre)

Plenty of easy parking.

https://www.alisonfosteryoga.com
https://www.facebook.com/AlisonFosterYoga

25/08/2025

Have you ever found yourself asking:

“Where did I go in the middle of caring for everyone else?”
“When did my own dreams get put on hold?”
“Is this all there is… or is there something more waiting for me?”

I know these questions because I’ve lived them.

For years, I appeared to have a “normal” life - home, wife and mother of two girls, cats, dog, chickens... - but inside, I felt invisible, powerless, and deeply unfulfilled. I had set aside my own voice, my creativity, and my dreams. Despite being educated and talented, I shrank myself to fit into a life that made me feel small. I gave away my power, I felt isolated and resentful, and I essentially forgot who I was.

Then some things happened in my life and everything changed. I realised that my life wasn't over, it was waiting. I'm now called to guide others who, like me, carry a deep yearning for something more. I help them rediscover their dreams, reclaim their power and build lives they love living.

That’s why I have created **Awaken Your Vision - Design & Live a life you Love** - a FREE transformational workshop for those who are ready to remember who they are, and reclaim their power.

Saturday August 30th 2025
10:30-12pm.

👇 Click Here 👇
https://www.alisonfosteryoga.com/lifecoaching

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:

✨ Reconnect with your dreams and desires
✨ Release old stories that keep you small
✨ Speak the *Language of Success* to create a life you love living
✨ And hear more about *My Story* of transformation

You will leave with a super set of tools that you can then implement in any area of your life. This is my gift to you.

So, if any part of my story resonates with you, I would love for you to join me. This is a safe and supportive space for those who are ready to stop putting themselves last and start saying “yes” to their own vision.

You deserve to live a life that lights you up and I’d be honoured to walk beside you as you take this powerful step.

Alison .x.

PS: For full transparency: This workshop isn't about selling. It’s about giving you powerful, transformative tools that you can begin to use right away. By the end of the workshop, some of you may feel inspired to continue your journey and integrate these principles more deeply into your life, so for those, I will share how you can take that next step with me -but the choice is always yours.