Souls Path Yoga With Vicky

29/04/2026

https://youtu.be/49VcFE1lIrk?si=QZaNfXuZm1mjcoTd

It’s been a minute since I uploaded on my YouTube channel, but here we are. A 40 ish minute flow, testing out my new noise cancelling microphone which performed excellently in the 30mph wind. I did have to rescue my notes twice and I got my left and right wrong once. Got to leave the bloopers in so nobody accuses me of being AI 😜

Flow From Back Of Mat

26/04/2026

First outdoor practice of 2026! 🌸
It was warm and balmy, not ideal. My neighbours were in their garden shouting, all the dogs were barking, the airplanes were landing and taking off. I’m recovering from a flare up. But I still did and it was outside.

I’m thinking of trying to film some outdoor classes for my YouTube channel. All the noise tho 😬 I don’t have an indoor space so film. We shall see.

09/04/2026

A then and now moment.

Have I been trying to improve this?
No, not particularly.

My 42 year old self in 2022 was having a rough time. She felt like her body was falling apart for no apparent reason. Recovering ❤️‍🩹 from a 3 month bout of severe vertigo, getting one issue after another. Not knowing if she was even going to be able to continue teaching.

My 46 year old self is a bit wiser. Has done the research, figured out wtf is going on. Learning to navigate a disorder that many doctors and medical professionals don’t understand.
Today I am learning when I can push and expand and learning when to draw back and wait. I can be strong and bendy, I just need to work smarter not harder. More is definitely not better.

22/03/2026

Explore your limits, but don’t cross over them.
Know when to reach for support.
I might be able to flip my grip in King Pigeon one day, but not today.

17/03/2026

Firstly can I just take a moment of gratitude 🙏 for it actually being nice enough to practice outside! My usual handsand space is about the size of a shoe box.

It would have made my page more aesthetic if I just posted the screenshot and put some quote written by someone else under it. That would be inauthentic though.
There is a reason why comparatively not many yogis can hold a proper handstand, that’s because it’s difficult, really difficult, very frustrating and many people either give up because it’s too hard, feel aren’t interested in acrobatics (because that’s what it really is not yoga) or their body doesn’t allow for that.
Some days mine doesn’t but on the day’s it does I’m there.
So please enjoy the long video of me falling over and don’t feel bad about not being “good at stuff” because I’m not either. ♥️🙏

P.S the music runs out before the video ends because I’m a tech genius. 👍

10/03/2026

I’ve experienced an MCAS flare so it’s a good opportunity to explain more about this aspect of having EDS.

What is it?
Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) is caused by your Mast Cells a type of white blood cell releasing chemical mediators excessively and inappropriately leading to an inflammatory response.

My Symptoms;
😩 Pressure in my head and ears.
😵 Dizziness.
❤️‍🩹 Heart arrhythmia and tachycardia.
🤰GI issues, severe bloating, cramps, intestinal contractions, diarrhoea.
😰 Severe anxiety.
💤 Insomnia.
There are other symptoms that people can experience, these are just the ones I experienced on this flare.

What causes it?
Often environmental factors such as,
Fragrances
Temperature changes
Stress
Foods
Pollutants in the air

What can you do?
Unfortunately not a whole lot because we all have to breathe so avoidance is impossible. If you know you have food allergies and intolerance then avoiding trigger foods. Some people take antihistamines, I haven’t done this personally so I can’t say if it works. Some people even go on low histamine diets to try and avoid symptoms. This is very restrictive and it’s impossible to completely avoid histamine.

It’s part of living with a genetic disorder. I have been carrying on with these symptoms ongoing for a few months but they reached a point where I had to stop. It was the gut problems that pushed it over the edge. You wouldn’t believe the size my stomach swelled to I should have photographed it but didn’t think to. It’s hard to think when you are so uncomfortable. Also diarrhoea is pretty restrictive.

I will finish on this. Never take your health for granted. Even if you are always well it could all change in a moment. So do this right now. Thank your body for working properly for you, thank it for everything it enables you to do, thank your nervous system for cracking on in the background keeping everything ticking over the way it should. Good health isn’t guaranteed in this world of pollution, big pharma, chemicals in our food, water, soil and air. Tell your body well done for managing all of this. 🙏

16/02/2026

This was worthy of a post rather than a story. For sure I overlooked it on the last one but I’m beginning to balance in
I just wanted to make an observation, I have not been flogging away at this every day, in fact I generally only do it once a week not even that sometimes. So you don’t have to do something to death to achieve your goals. So if you are super busy, have chronic illness, or just don’t feel the need to be so repetitive you can still make progress. The biggest thing that made a difference for me was strength training, lifting those little dumbbells in the gym has really helped. Not everyone will even need to do that. I need extra support because my collagen doesn’t want to join the chat.
Or maybe it’s because I turned 46 🤔 perhaps 46 year olds are better at handstands than 45 year olds. 🤷‍♀️🤣

05/02/2026

I’m a year in to my flexibility program with .brier.contortion
The journey to release my upper back so I don’t have to deal with so many migraines. Also it’s quite nice not to have my ears ring and see stars when I do full bridge.
Progress has been slow, but it’s happened.
I’m pleased and I just keep going.

01/02/2026

For those of you that have followed my page for a while you will know I’ve been dealing with various health problems.
Well I have a diagnosis.
I have a condition called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. This is the name for a group of genetic changes that affect connective tissue. There are 13 types of EDS.
The type I have is hEDS, this is the most common type caused by a dominant gene which means it only has to come from one parent.
How it affects me personally;
Generalised Hypermobility- My hips and waist are unstable, this can cause pain mainly at night. My joints click frequently. Flexibility can be trained, yet there are certain things I have always been able to do without training.
Skin Hyperextensivity- My skin is unusually stretchy, bruises easily and heals slowly.
Dysautonomia- Tachycardia, dizzines, temperature deregulation, insomnia.
Headaches
Lightheadedness
Anxiety
Depression
Autism, ADHD traits,dyslexia, dyscalculia
Vascular Traits- Arrhythmia, Reynolds Disease, haemorrhaging problems.
GI Issues- IBS, cramps, bloating, flare ups.
MCAS- Mast Cell Activation, this causes a certain group of cells to react to things, causing food intolerances, allergies.
Piezogenic papuels of the heel.

I’m still trying to get my head around all this and I haven’t included everything I suffer with in the post.
The Zebra 🦓 association. This is because it’s unusual and health professionals have to think outside of the box to diagnose this. The symptoms appear so random. If someone told you to think of an animal with hooves you wouldn’t think zebra first right?
The symptoms are so random because it’s collagen production that is affected, collagen holds literally everything together in the body.
The good news is knowledge is power, the bad news is it’s incurable as it’s a pathogenic genetic mutation. I can learn to manage it though and raise awareness. I think a lot more people have this than we think.
More posts to come in the future, probably. 🥰🦓❤️‍🩹

21/01/2026

Practicing as part of a community is one of the best ways to practice Yoga. 🧘‍♀️
However though Yoga is an introspective practice we do need to be mindful of how our presence affects others in the group.

Showing Up On Time 🕰️
Please try to be on your mat ready to begin the practice at the start time of the class. Life happens and sometimes we are late, but being consistently late is disrespectful to the person leading the class and the other people who have showed up on time.
If you are more than 5 minutes late please don’t enter the class. People are settled and especially if it’s a meditative practice you are disturbing them.
If you are attending a stronger flow you will likely have missed too much of the warm up so it is potentially not safe for you to enter the class.
This is incorporated into the practice of the Niyama Tapas- self discipline.

Respecting The Other People Around You 🧘‍♀️
Snoring or coughing through a Yoga Nidra, talking and whispering to other practitioners during the class.
Questions to me are welcome even encouraged, but please don’t chat during the class.
If you start coughing during a practice, please leave the room. If it subsides you can renter, if it doesn’t then don’t. Snoring is also not encouraged during a Yoga Nidra. (Deep rest with awareness)
These come under the Yama Asteya-no stealing.
If you ruin someone’s meditation you are stealing their practice from them. This also includes lateness, stealing others time.

When practicing in a group there are naturally going to be disturbances on occasion, but doing our best to prevent these scenarios is part of the discipline of the practice. Fitness centres are often on the noisy side so all these things we can do to help each other out is really helpful and all part of the 8 limbed Yoga Practice. 🙏

11/01/2026

I’m trying to work out how to film videos on my iPhone. 📱 I filmed this in 4k, I don’t know what that means. I didn’t know what to film so I figured I’d film my practice. I haven’t done that for a while. When you don’t have a teacher it’s a good idea for alignment checks. My alignment has some issues 🤦🏼‍♀️ at least I’m human though. No AI here 🤣

31/12/2025

Happy New Year everyone.
Enter the new year with positivity but no force. I say this every year, January is mid winter ❄️ a time for slowness and hibernation. Not suddenly deciding to hit the gym 5 days a week from nothing. The only reason New Year is now was because the Romans decided it suited their tax year.
Keep practicing, but practice to your energy levels and what your body is asking for in the present moment.
Spring is the time we naturally get an energy boost, when mother nature wakes up. We are not separate from that.

May the coming year bring you happiness, healthiness, peacefulness and freedom. 🙏