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Relaxing Yin Yoga. Mondays 6.15-7.15pm
Vinyasa Flow Yoga. Fridays 6-7pm
Sysonby Acres, Melton Mowbray LE13 0UT No Need to Book. Suitable for all levels.

Bring your own Mat and water £9

05/08/2025

Wanna get flustered, hot, bothered? Feel like swearing and cussing and spitting? (🤣)

Easy … just order a swim wetsuit - that doesn’t fit!

Guaranteed to aggravate, p*ss you off and make you feel techy as hell. 😵‍💫🤣

‘Won’t pull up any more!!’
‘Can’t get my blinkin’ hands through’
‘I’m getting hot - really hot!’ 🔥

Ok .. so I bought a medium. This wetsuit is for someone who barely has ankles, very thin legs, and no body and is no taller than 4 feet. Wants to look and swim like a tadpole.

We’re all different sizes and shapes Manda

We are …, and that’s what I teach

(Need to calm down and meditate 🙏🤷‍♀️🙃😜💜)

31/07/2025

Practicing energetic (Yang) forms of Yoga aren’t supposed to be about burning calories or changing the way your body looks …. However through the enjoyment of the practice - you will burn calories and your body will change.

I liken it to a bag - and having the feeling that you’ve been lifted up and ‘pulled in’ 🤣

There are sooo many forms of Yoga from very relaxing to … not relaxing at all. I teach both.

Friday evenings I teach what’s called a Vinyasa Flow. It’s a form of Yoga that invites you to build strength, improve balance and increase mobility.

Is it hard?
It’s as hard as you want to make it. Some people are in deep poses, some in shallow. It’s about the feeling you get - not the shape.

Thats what is meant when Yogis talk about ‘your own personal journey’.

Love teaching this form of Yoga and class

Come and play 😝

6-7pm Fridays
Sysonby Acres (Golf)
Asfordby Road
Melton Mowbray

You’ll need your mat, 2 Yoga blocks if you have them, and a bottle of water.

Air conditioning if it’s warm
It’s a great start to the weekend

💜

Have a Question?
Tel Manda 07989 637756

28/07/2025

Seb (baby boy) started running
…He did a few park runs
….Then a 10k
….. then a half marathon
……. A marathon
…………And yesterday an Ironman!

‘I wish I could do that’ many of us say.

If we do what Seb did for as long as he did; at the intensity he did it … we too have a good chance of achieving such a massive achievement

In this case it’s age/physical relative, I realise; however ….

Most of us don’t get past our beliefs.

‘If we think we can, we can. If we think we can’t, we can’t. Either way - we are right’. Henry Ford

We need to believe we can in the first place. We need to believe that we are worthy of great outcomes in life.

We need to want to be/do/have something. I personally believe we can be/do/have what we want - but only to the level that we want it.

And lastly we need to put our ego to the side and start.
We are all beginners at first in whatever we do. We just need to make the first step

So …. We’ll only achieve what we want if we make that first step and believe we’re worthy of great things. Believe that we are bigger than we think we are.

We’ll only achieve what we want if it’s something we truly want - not just wish for.

And we’ll only achieve what we want if we put our ego to the side and be ok with being a ‘beginner’

You can Be/Do/Have … yes you can

10/10 Seb

Massive well done 💜

25/07/2025

Not everyone’s idea of a Friday night out 🤣 but this evening’s class was busier than I thought it might be and most enjoyable.
Not everyone can get into this pose but three did. Named karnapidasana or ‘ear pressure pose’. (My legs aren’t long enough to reach my ears - so I put pressure on my temples instead)
Takes a few months/years to get there but this pose increases both spinal strength and flexibility at a deep level.

I always think that if I got stuck in a lift with loads of people, it might feel like this …🤣🤷‍♀️ Feels claustrophobic. Calm breathing required.

The first stage or level for this pose is laying on your back with your legs in the air. That’s it! Perfect. Baby steps xx

23/07/2025

Lake swimming is fantastic!
When I was a child I would never have thought I’d be swimming in a ‘greenish’ lake at 59!

It isn’t a place for posers 😎 far from it. It’s a place we get our wobbly thighs out, our pale skin - shining like a sardine; our big bums and bare faces.

I love the fact that as a nation we’ve changed and learned and we’re returning to what shoukd be.

We’re all realising that we’re part of nature. That we’re not our clothes, our cars or how much money we have - or don’t have. We’re literally the same as the ducks, the frogs and the weeds. All aiming to survive and flourish.

Taking our clothes off next to the side of a lake makes us realise we’re just the same as any other part of nature.

For me, it helps me breathe deeper and put life into perspective.

Lake swimmers get that you don’t have to be a good swimmer, you don’t have to be fast and that it isn’t a competition.

They understand that it’s OK and healthy to be 100% authentically themselves.

This is, and should always be, the mentality that goes with practicing Yoga.

Lululemon and Sweaty Betty have done a remarkable job in showing us what they think we should look like in Lycra.
… and much of that puts people off!

Be like lake swimmers. Don’t give a …
Be who YOU are.

Allow your body to be authentically and uniquely you. … no matter how you think you look, or how good or bad you think you are at yoga.

Show up not caring if you’re not the shape you’d ideally like to be, but instead rejoice in the fact that you have a functioning body that will benefit hugely without the risk of injury.

I’m loving being more connected to nature. Having swapped the ocean for a lake. Same/Same-ish 🤣

Go swimming, cycle, do the park run/walk, join a trekking group - practice yoga. Connect with your body and mind on a deeper level

Putting ourselves in situations where we literally don’t care what we look like is being open to a fuller and much more fulfilled life.

Live life.

…. Oh I was grateful for a hot shower 🐸

Friday evenings Flow and Glow Yoga
Moving your body from one posture to the next
Feel fantastic!
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Xx

18/07/2025

The summer that keeps on giving 🌞☀️🌞☀️🌞☀️…. We have air con this evening … and now a fan too!
Get the wind in your hair! 💨🤣
A Vinyasa flow is the perfect class for those who want to use their own body weight to become … or remain strong.

New? Want to practice a more physical form of Yoga?

Friday evenings…..
Gain strength
Improve flexibility
Improve balance
Become more mindful and bodily aware

Contact me. Manda@theheadshedretreat.co.uk

10/07/2025

Whoa! Hot enough?

When the weather's like this I think, what the hell, when it comes to practicing Yoga. I mean ..... ????

'Let's practice outside' I hear you say.
Yep, that works, but right now, it's still BOILING HOT at 6pm, and most of us want to get out of the sun.

I'm thinking .... most of us want to sit in the shade at home or lay in a cold bath ... or go and swim in a lake somewhere.

Am I wishing for rain? ....My business is!!
As a business owner, this hot sun is almost as bad as the snow!
...I'm taking the good with the not so good; I'm taking the rough with the smooth. The ups with the downs, and the calm with the storm. It's going to reach 29 degrees tomorrow!!!! ... People asked me to bring some sunshine back from Australia ... but this is nuts!

I'll be at Sysonby Acres tomorrow evening at 5.50pm for a one hour Yoga session. (In my bikini ha ha ) If we decide to practice under the trees, then we can do that. (We can do whatever we want). The air con is nice - so inside does work well.

Anyway I'm doing my rain dance this evening, but only for 6-7pm tomorrow evening.

....I'm selfish like that! : )

If you show up - good on you
If you don't - I totally understand.

Do you

Question: What if I'm the only one who shows up?
Answer: Lucky you. You'll get a Private One to One worth £40

Friday evenings
Vinyasa Yoga - moving from one posture to the next
(Physical Yoga)

Sysonby Acres
Asfordby Road
Melton Mowbray

6-7pm
£9 pay on arrival

Manda xx

04/07/2025

Vinyasa Flow this evening 6-7pm
Here’s a pose …
Utthita Trikonasana or
‘Triangle Pose’
In this pose you simply pick the option that suits you and your body most.
No sweat. Do you x
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03/07/2025

Hi Manda,
You are a great yoga teacher! Thanks so much for yesterday's Yin practice session. It was so informative and I enjoyed it a lot. You really helped me understand the point of what I was doing.

Sarah

Want a one to one Yoga session with me?
New to Yoga?
Want to build confidence before attending a class?
Want to treat yourself?

If you’d like a private practice to help you introduce both your body and mind to the power of Yoga, get in touch.

£40 for just over an hour. Can be shared with another.

Inbox me to arrange 🙏

Treat yourself 💜

01/07/2025

Now’s the time to purchase my Online Yoga Library if you want to take advantage of the full three months membership for just £29

Yoga isn’t a competition and never should be …we’re all on our own path and ‘journey’ … but I’ve noticed something

Now that I’m teaching live classes again locally, and have the pleasure of being in the same room as those who’ve invested in the library over the past 1-3 years, I can’t help but notice how much stronger they are; how much more open they are, and how they can turn on their ‘relax button’ quickly.

It’s a pleasure to witness.

Yoga is a habit. It’s a way of life.
A good healthy habit

Follow this link below to purchase
By simply clicking on the circle on the home page named
‘Purchase Yoga at home’
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Some Yogis take me on holiday!
🙋‍♀️ love going on holiday 😊

30/06/2025

I’m Spartacus …because the hall I use has air con! 💪🏼

🤣😅

Sysonby Acres.
Asfordby road
Melton Mowbray
Monday Yin - soft gentle
Friday Yang - strengthening

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Welcome to Yoga at The Head Shed. Here we provide Ashtanga Style Yoga Classes, Live in halls LE13 and LE14, Virtually online and Private One to One Classes here in The Shed.

An Ashtanga style of Yoga increases flexibility, increases strength and tones the body. Yoga also has a profound effect on the mind leaving you feeling invigorated yet calm.

Modifications are given throughout to enable all levels of ability to attend. Note: Like anything new, it takes a couple of weeks to get used to what you’re doing and then you’re off!

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