Michelle Asaro Smith Yoga & Homeopathy

22/07/2025

22/07/2025

I'm back from Cape Town!

I landed on Monday morning, travel-weary with airplane knees and heavy legs, and still wondering if the Earth somehow grew in size while I was gone… because, wow, that flight felt never-ending.

I don’t remember international flights to South Africa being quite so long or quite so painful to sit through. The journey was broken into two via Addis Ababa (hello, Ethiopia!), and while the first leg wasn’t too bad, the second… gah.

Let’s just say I’m still recovering. I was very happy to move with our Monday 6.05pm community class, it felt great after 2 weeks of not really moving, and eating too much.

My very best friend Kim (who does not take no for an answer) insisted I be there for her 50th birthday. So off I went!

The highlight for me? A spontaneous, epic 12-minute helicopter ride over Cape Town Harbour and the glorious Twelve Apostles, closely followed by sitting in the most stunning tree I’ve ever met (shhh, don’t tell the other trees).

In a nutshell, my two weeks consisted of:
🌟 Three birthday parties: A high tea, a Great Gatsby night, and an '80s throwback bash
🌟 Cake - lots of it. Possibly too much...
🌟 Gorgeous food and even better company
🌟 A helicopter ride
🌟 A two-day hot springs retreat in the mountains
🌟 Spending quality time with my bestie & family peeps

Back to classes!
Classes are now back to normal until 18th August, when we’ll pause for a two-week summer break.

🌿Fancy a walk with me on Sunday?🌿

Join me on Sunday, 27th July, 8.30am @ Lepe Beach

Join me for a free Seva Yoga walk around the Lepe Loop. We’ll meet in the grassy parking area near the lighthouse and start/end there. Toilets are in the other car park, but no judgement if you opt for a nature wee!

🐾 Dogs welcome.
The tides aren’t right for a swim this time, but bring a flask of tea and enjoy it with good company at the end. Parking is paid on exit.
Distance: 5.9 miles (9.3 km)
Duration: 2-3 hours

👉 All the details & booking on my website: www.michelleasaro.com

As always, I can’t wait to see you in class, or out walking under the trees.

With love,
Michelle 🌿

15/07/2025

I did a thing! 😂 Accidentally took a helicopter ride with my bestie!
Table Mountain with her table cloth. Quite a spectacular sight from the air.

Possibly the best 12 min of my life !! Highly recommended

30/06/2025

What a stunning sunset

Forest so much cooler 😄

30/06/2025

What to do when it's so hot you don't want to move (much)?

Bring in your sound instruments of course!

This week's classes are a little indulgent, so if you fancy some yoga that welcomes in rest, then join us for a chill out in this heat.

You have 2 classes left to book before I head off to SA!

Wednesday 6pm at Calmore
Thursday 6.25pm at Totton and Eling

See you on the mat

Mxox

www.michelleasaro.co.uk

27/06/2025

Making time for important things.

Vitamin 🌲
🐕
Nature 🍄‍🟫
Dad's

A week before I jet off to ❄️ in SA for 2 weeks!!

Can I wait?

Yes and no !! 🙂‍↔️

25/06/2025

Too cute not to share...

Acer is full and I do mean full of little Finches. This is a nightly ritual as they each vie for space in the tree. The tree is literally vibrating 😊There must easily be about 40 of them in here. This domestic riffs continues for about 2 hours. Each night.

I love listening to them deciding who is sleeping where 🥱 🤣

There is also a dove family in here...
Quite a big ask for this 🌲

Freyja is quite over it 😶‍🌫️

But what a cute community 🐦🐦🐦

19/06/2025

Goooooooooood Morning sunshine!!!

Anyone up for an early morning swim let me know!

Still got some places for your Thursday night yoga, we have fans! Don't be beat by the heat 😂

Bring a block for practice tonight.

Mxox

22/05/2025

I'm taking a little break in France with some fam. It's also my birthday. 🎂

Class is on tonight and the lovely Clare will be covering the 6.25pm.

Just landed in Carcassonne, where it's very windy !! 🍃

But sunny☀️

05/05/2025

Sun 🌞
Trees 🌳
Blossom's 🌺
Birdsong 🐦

It's a perfect recipe for wellness. It doesn't cost a penny to step out your door and appreciate the world around you. The more we can find joy in our immediate surroundings the more we raise our vibration. The more we raise our vibration the happier we feel. The happier we feel the more the 🌎 will feel more joyful. It's a beautiful cycle that has no ending 💕

Mxox

23/04/2025

I've been slacking a bit (and almost definitely eating too much cake 🍰). My head’s been buried in books 📚 for the last few months — the final leg of my studies is here 🎓
➡️ https://michelleasaro.co.uk/homeopathy/

I’ll probably never stop learning — classic Gemini behaviour ♊️✨
I’m wired to seek out information, stories, sensations 📖🧠

And yoga somehow ties all that together for me. It lets me move between the cerebral and the physical, between mind and body. That strange, beautiful space where we get to just be.

The 10,000 step lie...
Researchers have now concluded there was little evidence from studies suggesting 10,000 steps was the magical number for mental health and wellbeing 🧐🚶‍♀️

The actual magic number is 8,400 (why the 400?? 🤷‍♀️)

After that, there are no further benefits — and let's face it, we can't out-run the cake diet 🍰🏃‍♀️😅

There are huge gains at just 4,000 steps too — mental, physical, and emotional 🌿💛🧠

It’s nature’s way of uplifting our moods. And a happy human is a human who wants to move more 😄💃

If you’ve been skipping movement lately too, maybe it’s time to re-emerge — shake off the stagnation and reconnect with your body 🌱
Not for fitness goals or flexibility records, but for that delicious feeling of aliveness, spaciousness, you-ness

There’s no one good thing — it’s more like a smorgasbord of keeping healthy and happy 🍇🥦🍫🌞🐾

So, let’s dust off the mats and get back to it! 🌿🧘‍♀️
There’s still time to join me for yoga this week — or grab your place for next week now:

🧘‍♀️ Monday | 6:05 PM
Totton & Eling Community Centre

🧘‍♂️ Wednesday | 6:00 PM – Gentle Yoga
Calmore Community Centre
(A soft landing for your nervous system — especially good if you’re easing back in)

🧘‍♀️ Thursday | 6:25 PM
Totton & Eling Community Centre

See you on the mat
➡️ https://michelleasaro.co.uk/book-classes/

Love,
Michelle & Freyja 🐾💕

20/03/2025

Spring has finally sprung.

This beautiful cherry 🌸 tree always reminds me of my mother, the cherry blossom 🌸 was her favourite tree and we had one in South Africa. It really embodies the beauty of the changing seasons.

Happy spring equinox 🌻 day