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Fancy trying some qi gong this lunar new year?
18/01/2026

Fancy trying some qi gong this lunar new year?

Daoyin Baojiangong workshop on Feb 28, 2026 at 10am-1pm at The Swansea Wellbeing Centre

Benefits:
- Enhances vitality and strengthens the body's natural defenses.
- Helps balance energy flow throughout the body.
- Can be practiced by beginners to improve overall well-being.

Book your spot by Whatsapp/Text on 07455937556/07472013163 or email on suzannechung@gmail.com

08/01/2026

Sorry folks, but I'm going to cancel this evening's class due to the storm... hope to see you next week!

I've never been one for resolutions, but intentions - that's another thing.⁣⁣So what is yours?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣...
31/12/2025

I've never been one for resolutions, but intentions - that's another thing.⁣

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As winter naturally pulls us inward, sometimes we resist giving our bodies and minds the chance to slow down and reset.⁣...
18/12/2025

As winter naturally pulls us inward, sometimes we resist giving our bodies and minds the chance to slow down and reset.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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My January workshop is a little bit different this time, combining the usual long-held Yin poses with subtle micro-movements. Rather than ‘just stretching’, you will be teaching your body how to release tension intelligently instead of forcing it. This supports building awareness and recognising what ease actually feels like – something you can carry into everyday life. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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This Yin Yoga in-motion session at The Swansea Wellbeing Centre is designed to deepen body awareness, calm the nervous system, and offer practical tools for ease in both movement and rest. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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More details at https://www.uceleyoga.com/service-page/a-quiet-shift

With the winter solstice drawing close, these long nights offer us the opportunity to look back over the year and contem...
16/12/2025

With the winter solstice drawing close, these long nights offer us the opportunity to look back over the year and contemplate the future.⁣⁣
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As I reflect on the last 12 months on a personal level, I see that both my life and my teaching have become more rooted in nature. I’ve always brought the idea of qi into my classes, but have been slowly moving away from a more ‘traditional’ energetic-focused approach to teaching Yin Yoga. I’ve shifted from the idea that focusing on specific meridians directly influences the qualities tied to that energy, and on to a more holistic, natural approach.⁣⁣
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Now, I invite students to notice the energies of the seasons and their associated elements. I encourage practice that mirrors what we can observe in nature around us. So as we settle into deep winter, consider how you might gather strength for the spring like bulbs, slow and rest like hibernating hedgehogs, and flow quietly beneath the surface like rivers flowing under ice, conserving energy while life continues steadily beneath stillness. ⁣⁣
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12/10/2025

A two minute reset for the nervous system, stimulating the vagus nerve and supporting a sense of calm and ease.⁣



























Lots of people aren’t crazy about Dragons. My own yoga teacher loves us to do them in pretty much every Yin class, and f...
08/07/2025

Lots of people aren’t crazy about Dragons. My own yoga teacher loves us to do them in pretty much every Yin class, and for a long time I just couldn’t understand why.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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For all of us there are poses we feel comfortable in: The ones where we’ve learned how to adjust ourselves to get those ‘not too much, not too little’ sensations, and know how to move our body parts if those sensations get more – or less – over time.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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For me, Dragon was not one of those poses. It simply didn’t feel like it embodied those yin-like qualities like gentleness, yielding, softness and receptivity. It felt quite the opposite of gentle so there was no way I could yield. And as for soft and receptive? Forget it.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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For me, Dragon is definitely a Yin Yoga pose that is more yang in nature. It can be easy to go in too deep too fast, but what I’ve realised over time is that’s actually where its beauty lies.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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In Dragon, I have no choice but to be fully present. Moving into the pose, I find I have to listen more closely than usual, especially to the sensations unfolding in my hip flexors. Whilst for most poses I go to my natural stopping point, for this one I’ll back off quite a lot, as I know now from experience how deep it can get as gravity draws me down. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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As Yin Yoga sage always says: “…don't use the body to get into a pose, use the pose to get into the body".⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Are you any of these…?⁣⁣🧓 An older adult ⁣💼 An office worker⁣♿ Have limited mobility or disabilities⁣🌱 A newbie to yoga⁣...
20/06/2025

Are you any of these…?⁣

🧓 An older adult ⁣
💼 An office worker⁣
♿ Have limited mobility or disabilities⁣
🌱 A newbie to yoga⁣
😰 An anxious yogi⁣
🛌 Recovering from surgery or rehab⁣
🌟 Someone who wants to try something different⁣

Then give some of these Chair Yoga poses!⁣

Message me if you need any tips 😊⁣

P.S. There are a few places left on my Summer Solstice Yin Yang Yoga workshop in Swansea on Saturday

Sign up at https://www.uceleyoga.com/service-page/fire-flow-ground-slow?referral=service_list_widget

During the summer solstice, Yang energy reaches its peak in a zenith of light, heat, and outward expansion. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Th...
13/06/2025

During the summer solstice, Yang energy reaches its peak in a zenith of light, heat, and outward expansion. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The solstice marks the longest day and shortest night here in the Northern Hemisphere; light is expansive and pervasive, and there is no shadow in the midday sun - literally and metaphorically. The Fire element is also in full force at this time of year, manifesting as heat (oh how we hope!) joy, enthusiasm and movement.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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On 21 June, I’ll be holding a 2-hour workshop to honour the sun at its peak. Through movement and stillness alongside breathwork and acupressure, let’s attend to that most fiery of organs - the heart - and invite our inner fire to glow steady and soft rather than wild and consuming ☀️⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Join me on 21 June at The Swansea Wellbeing Centre

Sign up at https://www.uceleyoga.com/service-page/fire-flow-ground-slow?referral=service_list_widget
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10/06/2025

One of the quiet gifts of Yin Yoga is time.

Time to feel.
Time to listen.
Time to notice.

And that’s not just the sensation of a stretch or a tingle, but those deeper whispers like a knot in the belly, a hollow in the chest, or a breath that suddenly shifts.

These aren’t just physical sensations however, but messengers. As emotions speak through the body before the mind catches on, then by turning inward we create a pause.

That pause is powerful, as it gives us space to respond rather than react (so very different!). It also allows to sense what’s really going on, and to meet ourselves where we actually are rather than when we think or believe ourselves to be.

In a world that feels like it’s constantly rushing forward, maybe this kind of sensing is a quiet, radical wisdom.

Just like Yin Yoga perhaps.

When I first started paying attention to how I breathe, I realised that most of it was still happening in my chest and t...
30/05/2025

When I first started paying attention to how I breathe, I realised that most of it was still happening in my chest and the front of my body. The omni-directional/circular breathing technique really helped me soften that habit and find more ease, so let’s move onto the next stage together…⁣⁣
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In Part 2 of our practice, we’ll continue exploring how to bring awareness down into not only the front, but sides and back of the body too. We’ll then gather the different directions of breath we explored in Part 1, and this time start to integrate them into one continuous, circular breath. ⁣⁣
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This practice should be gentle and accessible but deeply regulating. I use the technique quite regularly myself, especially when I feel a bit scattered or disconnected.⁣⁣
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🚩 ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE FROM VICKY! 🚩⁣⁣
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The way that we breathe, like the body, varies from person to person. Remember that your body is your responsibility, so if anything feels too strained or difficult then back off, go to a previous stage, or come out completely. The breath should be comfortable and relaxed, so if you start feeling anything ‘wrong’ such as dizziness, headaches or getting short of breath, then discontinue the practice.⁣⁣
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If something doesn’t feel right, it isn’t. Listen to your body.⁣⁣

New workshop alert!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣I’ve really been starting to feel summer lately. Here in the UK we’ve been having some a-ma-zin...
27/05/2025

New workshop alert!⁣⁣⁣
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I’ve really been starting to feel summer lately. Here in the UK we’ve been having some a-ma-zing weather, and both I and the cat have been racing outside at every opportunity to bask in our suntrap of a garden.⁣⁣⁣
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So as the solstice draws closer and the Wood element of spring transforms into the Fire of summer, I thought I would invite you to join me in balancing both our external and internal heat with a quieter kind of strength.⁣⁣⁣
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In my two-hour workshop on 21 June, we’ll be working with the Fire element from Traditional Chinese Medicine, which connects to the heart, circulation, and how energy moves and transforms in the body. We’ll be moving gently between long-held Yin shapes, softer yang-style flow, and some simple acupressure - all designed to the nervous system and enhance internal circulation, helping to sustain warmth and vitality without tipping into burnout.⁣⁣⁣
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Come join me for a steady, spacious practice to nourish your inner fire, cool mental restlessness and restore balance.⁣⁣⁣
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P.S. Part 2 of your circular breathing practice is coming later this week – I haven’t forgotten!⁣⁣⁣

With the arrival of the solstice on 21 June, summer reveals itself in full: bright, expansive and alive with energy. In this two-hour workshop, we will explore how to balance that outward intensity with inward calm by working with the Fire element, which in Traditional Chinese Medicine governs circu...

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