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.

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 🙏❤️🙏

Home again to Autumn’s mellow light 🙏❤️🙏All classes running this week with a chilled theme unless I get too excited beca...
28/09/2025

Home again to Autumn’s mellow light 🙏❤️🙏

All classes running this week with a chilled theme unless I get too excited because I haven’t seen you for a while!!

I very much enjoyed seeing my dear friend Rachael on Friday night at her opening exhibition at 89 in Redruth (opposite the cinema) Her images and words are deeply moving. If you can spare a few minutes to go and say hello - she is there all week.

Finally, fungus. These are called the Prince. Huge, edible and delicious. So we found out after we got home.

Our last few days in France La Roane. We have been so incredibly well looked after, fed and watered. I am very grateful ...
22/09/2025

Our last few days in France La Roane. We have been so incredibly well looked after, fed and watered. I am very grateful to Bill and Annika and their fabulous staff. For more information find them on Facebook La Roane, a place to be well - for some reason I am unable to tag them atm.
Homeward bound tomorrow and back to the studio on Thursday. In Nick’s very safe hands until then.
Can’t wait to see you all
🙏❤️🙏

All classes are running this week with Nick. Enjoy! Meanwhile, a little bit about where I am.La Roane in France, close t...
15/09/2025

All classes are running this week with Nick. Enjoy!
Meanwhile, a little bit about where I am.
La Roane in France, close to the medieval village of St Antonin. Before I arrived I wondered about the name Annika and Bill had given to their retreat ‘a place to be well’
But, that’s exactly what it is, an actual retreat. Stillness, beauty, calm, fabulous food, simplicity, kindness, not much left for me to do really.
Look forward to welcoming more of you here tomorrow and some of you next year?!
Now, the sun is shining and I have a day off. Time to explore.
🙏❤️🙏

My current abode with en suite, studio and meal situation ❤️🙏❤️ Already chatting to Annika about a return visit for next...
13/09/2025

My current abode with en suite, studio and meal situation ❤️🙏❤️ Already chatting to Annika about a return visit for next spring if you are interested?!

All in all, a good weekend 🙏❤️🙏
07/09/2025

All in all, a good weekend 🙏❤️🙏

I always love teaching, but something about this weekends day long workshop, seemed extra special 🥰Some long-term studen...
07/09/2025

I always love teaching, but something about this weekends day long workshop, seemed extra special 🥰
Some long-term students, some teachers, one of my children, some faces I haven’t seen for a while, some new knees….
And one shared appreciation.
Iyengar Yoga.
I am off from Tuesday to teach in La Roane in France 🇫🇷 ( still one weekend place left, if you’re able to get to France by Thursday!)
All classes are running whilst I’m away
🙏❤️🙏

A day thinking about transition, sequence and order. September is a lovely month but also denotes the shift of seasons. ...
02/09/2025

A day thinking about transition, sequence and order. September is a lovely month but also denotes the shift of seasons. In this day long workshop we will think about sequences and cycles, transition and change.

Back to it tomorrow. All is clean, all is painted, can’t wait to see you 🙏❤️🙏
31/08/2025

Back to it tomorrow. All is clean, all is painted, can’t wait to see you 🙏❤️🙏

Back to work ❤️❤️❤️All mats and blankets washed, much cleaning and painting done. It’s not glamorous but everything does...
31/08/2025

Back to work ❤️❤️❤️
All mats and blankets washed, much cleaning and painting done. It’s not glamorous but everything does look very nice to welcome you back to Loft Studio from tomorrow
🙏❤️🙏
Dartmoor this weekend, on the cusp of Autumn. To quote Beth Gibbons (who was brilliant at Green Man) ‘It’s a funny time of year’
As the kids go back to school, we move towards the cosiness of soup and fires, shorter and colder days.
Time to feel grounded and connected to our Earth as she shifts seasons.

A couple of places still left for Saturdays workshop.

The last day of relaxation in Lynmouth on Friday- I say relaxing, a long stomp (and swim) along the river and then acros...
24/08/2025

The last day of relaxation in Lynmouth on Friday- I say relaxing, a long stomp (and swim) along the river and then across the moor to the coast. Big hills! Such a great spot.
Home to quite a few runner beans and the start of the annual mat, bolster and blanket wash.
Yesterday, I spent the whole day in the bog 😞 now freshly painted and spider free - the glamour…
Reward? A cleansing swim and today a long canoe trip from Devoran, Loe Beach, Turnerware point and back. A little on the choppy side but fun!
The rest of this week I will mostly be painting and wrestling the bolsters back into their covers. If the studio door is open when you’re passing please feel free to pop in and tackle a bolster.
Missing you all but enjoying sprucing up the studio and planning for September workshops and September holidays.
Studio reopens Sept 1st
🙏❤️🙏

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