Yo Yoga Soul Yoga Therapy Hull

Yo Yoga Soul Yoga Therapy Hull Yoga in Schools. English teacher, SEN, PGCE, MA, Yoga Therapist (CNHC), She / Her YoYogaSoul also offers Yoga classes in the Chanterlands and Avenues community.

As a full qualified Yoga Instructor and Yoga Therapist (CNHC registered) accredited by the British Council for Yoga Therapy, I can help you to work on relieving specific health conditions, bringing the body into balance, both physically and emotionally. We have also developed an effective healthy minds and well-being programme with workshops for Business and Educational staff. We also provide Yoga and Mindfulness for pupils and students in schools and colleges in Hull and the surrounding area. Yoga has been proven to have the following benefits: reduces anxiety and stress; improves fitness, academic achievement and behaviour. Do inquire about our FREE yoga classes.

16/11/2025

For the majority of my English teaching career, I’ve taught Frankenstein written by a teenager and daughter of a proto-feminist, Mary Shelley.

It’s one of my favourite books as it stitches together highly complex ideas in a gothic science fiction novel warning against the arrogance of men replacing women in the act of creation, whereby an innocent yet abandoned Creature is constantly rejected, shunned and isolated by society and his Creator only for us to witness who is truly the monster: Society perpetuated through poor parenting.

Shelley’s novel critiques misogyny, male dominated science, inter-generational trauma and abuse, social inequality, prejudice, and the subjugation of Nature represented in the suppression of the feminine only to produce a type of toxic masculinity in Victor Frankenstein unable to nurture his own Creation who becomes violent and murderous. The Creature laments to his father, Frankenstein, that he is a “filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance.”

In Del Toro’s recent Netflix adaptation, the cycle of abuse and intergenerational trauma is clearly presented, passed from Victor’s father to Victor’s creation, yet it concludes with a hopeful quotation from Byron: “The heart will break and yet brokenly live on.” This encapsulates post-traumatic growth for the Creature who embraces the beauty of life, despite acknowledging his own suffering. The film carries a message of parental accountability, reconciliation, and peace in its final frames. Overall, it is a fantastic work of art in its own right. My review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

How did you respond to the recent adaptation of Frankenstein? Was it true to the novel? ⬇️



16/11/2025

For the majority of my English teaching career, I’ve taught Frankenstein written by a teenager and daughter of a proto-feminist, Mary Shelley.

It’s one of my favourite books as it stitches together highly complex ideas in a gothic science fiction novel warning against the arrogance of men replacing women in the act of creation, whereby an innocent yet abandoned Creature is constantly rejected, shunned and isolated by society and his Creator only for us to witness who is truly the monster: Society perpetuated through poor parenting.

Shelley’s novel critiques misogyny, male dominated science, inter-generational trauma and abuse, social inequality, prejudice, and the subjugation of Nature represented in the suppression of the feminine only to produce a type of toxic masculinity in Victor Frankenstein unable to nurture his own Creation who becomes violent and murderous. The Creature laments to his father, Frankenstein, that he is a “filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance.”

In Del Toro’s recent Netflix adaptation, the cycle of abuse and intergenerational trauma is clearly presented, passed from Victor’s father to Victor’s creation, yet it concludes with a hopeful quotation from Byron: “The heart will break and yet brokenly live on.” This encapsulates post-traumatic growth for the Creature who embraces the beauty of life, despite acknowledging his own suffering. The film carries a message of parental accountability, reconciliation, and peace in its final frames. Overall, it is a fantastic work of art in its own right. My review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

How did you respond to the recent adaptation of Frankenstein? Was it true to the novel? ⬇️



25/10/2025

How many times have I witnessed or being in an organisation that says it’s trauma-informed but pushes responsibility for well-being back onto the individual?

Too many times.

Why?

Because it’s entirely performative.

Community care is trauma-informed because it recognizes that trauma’s roots derive from the collective impact of social inequalities like poverty, misogyny, abuses of power, racism, and structural violence.

Many organisations are set up on hierarchical power structures and instead of working on their own accountability defer back to the individual. This approach does not foster trust, safety, or empowers individuals and their resiliency and creates re-traumatisation.

I often see its prevalence in organisations and services bogged down by complex bureaucracy, like a sort of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil and Orwell’s 1984, which micro-manages and observes individuals with a lens of measuring to focus on what is “wrong” or “compliant” with an individual which is highly disempowering. It’s so Foucault!

The ethos of self-care fits entirely with the capitalistic ethic that places the burden of dealing with exhaustion and stress on the individual and this allows the organisation to be free of the duty of care and accountability that comes with it, making people into disposable units.


11/10/2025

We are supposed to be anti-fascist like Indiana Jones. Ask your grand-parents who fought in World War Two what part they played in that.

To be Trauma-informed is to be Anti-Racist.

Why? Because if we don’t recognize the built-in biases both inside ourselves and in structural systems and organisations, we can’t be trauma-informed and beat it.

The marginalised are excluded and this goes against our nature of being relational. But connectedness is a double-edge sword: We are connected neurobiological to our own clan, creating an ‘Us-and-Them” in and out group in the face of limited resources caused by those in power hoarding these resources at the top. We know that they maintain their power and wealth by dividing communities.

Our enemies don’t arrive on dinghies from over the English channel, they fly by private jet and spout their hate in speeches, news outlets and on social media. And yet, the sad part of this is, racism is a learned belief embedded in the top rational brain, whereas implicit racial bias is in the lower part. Thus making it difficult to simply just educate it out of us, unless we immerse ourselves in other cultures. This is so difficult to do when we seem so divided as a nation right now.

Community mobilisation against events such as shouting and threatening those in hotels, flag waving, and painting roundabouts are wonderful but they need to take account of the underlying trauma that caused it: Austerity and the worst excesses of exploitative capitalism. History is sadly repeating itself with the far-right capitalising on misery and growing inequality in white working class communities.

11/10/2025

We are supposed to be anti-fascist. Ask your grand-parents who fought in World War Two what part they played in that.

To be Trauma-informed is to be Anti-Racist.

Why? Because if we don’t recognize the built-in biases both inside ourselves and in structural systems and organisations, we can’t be trauma-informed and beat it.

The marginalised are excluded and this goes against our nature of being relational. But connectedness is a double-edge sword: We are connected neurobiological to our own clan, creating an ‘Us-and-Them” in and out group in the face of limited resources caused by those in power hoarding these resources at the top. We know that they maintain their power and wealth by dividing communities: Our enemies don’t arrive on dinghies from over the English channel, they fly by private jet and spout their hate in speeches, news outlets and on social media. And yet, the sad part of this is, racism is a learned belief embedded in the top rational brain, whereas implicit racial bias is in the lower part. Thus making it difficult to simply just educate it out of us, unless we immerse ourselves in other cultures. This is so difficult to do when we seem so divided as a nation right now.

Community mobilisation around traumatising events such as riots are wonderful but they need to take account of the underlying trauma that caused it or impacted on those affected. All too often, communities turn from the pain that can lead to true healing by being too ready in wanting to be identified as thriving, hopeful, and resilient.

We take our focus off the tragedy, try to move on, but the impact doesn’t simply just fade away. It must be faced head on or history will simply repeat itself.

05/10/2025

The late Jane Goodall’s research on chimpanzees was founded on her deep emotional intelligence and empathy that allowed her to make connections by building trust with her subjects. Her legacy demonstrated these skills as powerful tools for positive change. She challenged the system!

The Uni of Oxford predicted 57% of jobs are threatened by the A.I. Yet, education is been narrowed to the detriment of creative subjects and skills needed to meet the A.I Revolution with a rigid curricula, a one size fits all approach, high-stakes testing, and a culture that prioritizes academic achievement over wellbeing.

More and more I’m seeing the trend of “no-excuses” behaviour policies in the belief it will raise academic standards and instil good behaviour. I see this as being at odds with cultivating empathy and individual respect. As a result, figures for pupil disengagement in UK education are worsening and I sometimes look at schools who operate more like prison and have a system that doesn’t prepare pupils for real life.

My favourite cartoon meme, incapsulates this entire crisis in education. A young man is interviewed for a job and he is asked, “I SEE YOU DID WELL IN SCHOOL, BUT WHAT REAL-WORLD SKILLS DO YOU HAVE?”
He replies, “TESTS. I CAN TAKE TESTS.”

The solution should be a holistic education fostering empathy, emotional intelligence, creativity, entrepreneurship, teamwork, critical thinking, curiosity and innovative thinking thus making our young more resilient to mental health challenges and will determine success and eventual life outcomes more than any qualifications.

Frankly I feel crushed by this system and many teachers as much as pupils also do. I wonder if society wants conforming unthinking robots as citizens.

21/09/2025

Let’s talk about Women’s Circles and Wellness Washing

The concept of the Divine Feminine often used in Women’s Circles may be problematic and exclusionary when tied to biological and gender essentialism. Everyone has the capacity to embody masculine and feminine energies. The Divine Feminine has to be an accessible energy for all regardless of their identity and is trans inclusive. True feminism is intersectional.

As for esoteric therapies such as crystals, let’s not kid ourselves on what is required of true healing. Placebos are great if they help; however, over reliance on ‘spiritual tools’ to distract, avoid, or suppress emotional pain, risks spiritual bypassing from deeper, necessary work around systematic oppression. Trauma is about power and the abuse of power and I’m not interested in capitalistic pseudo-science. This is the leveraging of wellness snake oil as a bi-product of late stage capitalism.

Capitalism itself produces poverty and trauma, while the wellness industry sells a privileged, expensive fantasy of escaping these very conditions through the consumerism of aspirational “self-care” products inaccessible to many and which ignore the systemic causes of their trauma.

13/09/2025

New routines, tons of training, and staying regulated for my pupils is tough work; however, I’m showing up for myself everyday in the new phase of my life with open hearted curiosity.

The last three years has been about letting go of the past and patterns of behaviour. This is post-traumatic growth.

I would not be doing the work I do now in holistic education in a medical pupil referral unit if I hadn’t gone through heartbreak, trauma, and profound grief.

I will only go forward into a future with people and places that align with the new me and by also placing strict boundaries around relationships to preserve my peace.

It was scary stepping into this new future and leaving behind a decades old relationship and other connections, but it was necessary because it was becoming detrimental to my mental health. A healed person cannot carry the weight of others who are unable to seek or see that they need to heal. I no longer need to attend a support group for those living with an addict, and despite the blow back of separation experiencing DV, I’m now free to be me.

And this is where I am - my past pain drives my purpose. I will finally be that person I needed for support when I struggled in my youth. This is my dharma - my life path.

31/08/2025

This opportunity pictured is in a local West Hull primary school. It is an after school club on Fridays.

The will be a mixed KS1 and KS2 large group and will include children with special educational needs.

The class will be unsupported and you will be on your own most of the time so do be prepared to deal with situations as they arise. Knowledge of SEN and gentle classroom management skills that involve emotional regulation will be very useful.

This is a session I’ve delivered since 2016 at this school. The children love a mix of activities such as non-competitive games, breathing practices, story time, and relaxation at the end. Fridays have their own particular kind of energy for this age of pupils so matching this is vital.

Message me to find out more and I can put your name forward.



20/08/2025

Now that I’m moving into holistic education which aligns with my 28 years as a teacher in education and Yoga Therapy in schools, between the hours of 9am and 3pm, my services will still continue around these hours, despite dropping a couple of classes which don’t fit with these new working times.

I will still be offering my Yoga Therapy services to clients and classes in the evenings and weekends.

To keep yourself posted for new sessions, just follow my social media pages.

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As a full qualified Yoga Instructor (200hr) and Yoga Therapist (1,150hr) that is CNHC registered, and accredited by the British Council for Yoga Therapy, I can help you to work on relieving specific health conditions, bringing the body into balance, both physically and emotionally.

Yoga Therapy Hull also offers Yoga classes in the Chanterlands and Avenues community. We have also developed an effective healthy minds and well-being programme with workshops for Business and Educational staff.

As an Educational Professional with over 20 years experience as an English teacher (BA Hons, MA, + PGCE) with a background in SEN Support, Course Leadership, Teacher Coaching, and on the Teacher Trainer PGCE programme at the University of Huddersfield, I also hold the following qualifications to deliver Yoga and Mindfulness for pupils, students, and teachers in primaries, schools, and colleges in Hull and East Yorkshire:

Teen Yoga and Mindfulness Diploma Mind with Heart Mindfulness Trainer for Schools Children’s Yoga Diploma Special Educational Needs Yoga Diploma Yoga has been proven to have the following benefits: reduces anxiety and stress; improves fitness, academic achievement, behaviour, and emotional self-regulation. Do inquire about our FREE funded yoga classes.