Karen Calder Yoga

Karen Calder Yoga I am an Iyengar Yoga teacher with Therapy status, practising and teaching at Loft Studio, Troon. Loft Studio, situated in The Count House at King Edward Mine

Iyengar yoga is suitable for all levels of practice and there are classes to suit all ages and abilities.

Some Loft Studio archers from last week.We broke the pose down into some interesting parts and variations and finished w...
17/11/2025

Some Loft Studio archers from last week.
We broke the pose down into some interesting parts and variations and finished with full akarna dhanurasana. If you do practice this asana, also try interspersing a purvottanasana between attempts. Very interesting.
I am off today for a big birthday and to spend time with my best present, my son, on a surprise visit from Canada!
Nick today and see you from Tuesday evening.
🙏❤️🙏

Grannying in Vienna.Back to the Studio tomorrow 🙏❤️🙏
09/11/2025

Grannying in Vienna.
Back to the Studio tomorrow 🙏❤️🙏

One dog safely delivered. Two and a half thousand miles covered. Vienna means something to me Midge, get over it.Four co...
09/11/2025

One dog safely delivered.
Two and a half thousand miles covered. Vienna means something to me Midge, get over it.

Four countries, two ferry ports, nine different beds and way too many ‘in car’ meals!

Reims Cathedral the Bellevedere Palace, walks in woods and by canals.
Saw Lily girl in Vienna, Leia girl in Brighton and Lambrini Girls in Chalk nightclub (the stickiest floor I’ve come across since 1984)

Home to rain but it is still sweet.

Looking forward to seeing you all and hearing what you’ve been up to. Let me know if you have any special requests for this weeks classes.
Monsoon weather usually means twists?!….

Django safely delivered to his swanky Viennese apartment and reunited with his humans 😮‍💨 Nick will be in the studio to ...
03/11/2025

Django safely delivered to his swanky Viennese apartment and reunited with his humans 😮‍💨
Nick will be in the studio to look after you this week as we wind our way back to Cornwall.
Can’t wait to see you all next week
🙏❤️🙏

Plogoff to Chateau Thierry to Winkelhaid - project Django is live
01/11/2025

Plogoff to Chateau Thierry to Winkelhaid - project Django is live

Plogoff to Chateau Thierry to Winkelhaid if you’re interested?! Django has been very good and Sal and I are still speaki...
01/11/2025

Plogoff to Chateau Thierry to Winkelhaid if you’re interested?! Django has been very good and Sal and I are still speaking.
Plus I found the right size bag of crisps at the services!

So last week’s class had a title ‘the long way down’ Not only is it desirable to be long before we start to forward fold...
26/10/2025

So last week’s class had a title ‘the long way down’ Not only is it desirable to be long before we start to forward fold, it takes a long time to get there!
A hitherto unseen (or long forgotten) instruction for parsvottanasa in Light on Yoga…..holding the wrist if the classical hand position is not possible. It helped me and many students stabilise and keep length on the way down. A really enjoyable week with the inevitable ‘fun’ pose in the intermediate class 😂
I am leaving on Tuesday, to help my daughter and her family move. (Brittany to Vienna - just 19 hours drive time 😳)
All classes will run at the usual times with Nick
🙏❤️🙏

Last week I promised a twist on a twist. The twist? A hyper-focus on length. Moving from the outer hip (remember ‘hip fi...
19/10/2025

Last week I promised a twist on a twist. The twist? A hyper-focus on length. Moving from the outer hip (remember ‘hip fixing’ last week- see what we did there?) to the armpit. We worked on several ways to optimise this diagonal action, before finally attempting parivrtta trikonasana.
I find the twists incredibly challenging but they make for a clear head and a fantastic savasana!
This week… the long way down
🙏❤️🙏

A too brief stop on Dartmoor. Always good for the soul 🙏❤️🙏
19/10/2025

A too brief stop on Dartmoor. Always good for the soul 🙏❤️🙏

Last week we worked on balance. Balance rooted in the big toe mound, balance from pulling up from the knee to the hip an...
12/10/2025

Last week we worked on balance. Balance rooted in the big toe mound, balance from pulling up from the knee to the hip and pinning it in.
Balance on bricks with those actions and balance on bottoms with the same.

The importance of feeling strong and steady as we get older is so important. (My star pupil last week is 80!)
Improving balance and stability is part of our practice as Iyengar Yoga students.
Steady body, steady mind.

Grateful always for our methodology and all the years of therapeutic classes which I call on every day.

This week’s classes come with a twist on a twist. Can’t wait to see you xx
🙏❤️🙏

What a fab week and weekend.Restorative with a difference ‘creative restorative’ according to one student. Using suffici...
05/10/2025

What a fab week and weekend.

Restorative with a difference ‘creative restorative’ according to one student. Using sufficient props to turn even Parivrtta Trikonasna into a restful pose.

In Saturday’s workshop, we developed our understanding of what our body needs when. It’s easy to tip into practice habits and become mechanical. Each practice should honour how we are that day. How we slept, what we did the day before, the season, our mental state. This is as much our self-study, svadhyaya, as our careful alignment and positioning on the mat.

And then on to an Oktoberfest party 🙏🙏🙏Sharon and Richard. Very much fun, right up until the cling film 😳🤣😬

A ropey practice this morning followed by a hike to the top of my local hill. What Sundays were made for ❤️

Looking forward to seeing you all this week, when we will be taking a balanced view 🙏❤️🙏

This afternoon’s walk, looking back over this morning’s swim spot 🙏❤️🙏
30/09/2025

This afternoon’s walk, looking back over this morning’s swim spot 🙏❤️🙏

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