Marie Loftus Yoga

Marie Loftus Yoga YOGA CLASSES BOOKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Course bookings are via PayPal, please text or call for the link. Bookings are on a first come, first served basis.
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All bookings can be made online through PayPal, please contact me directly for the link. Please note that due to limited class sizes, a place is only guaranteed by receipt of full payment. No booking is final until full payment is received. Cancellation Policy & Refunds

Full Refunds or a transfer are only issued if a course or workshop is cancelled. Full payments made prior to the course of classes start date:

*50% refund if cancelled 10 days prior to start.

*25% refund if cancelled within 10 days.

*NO refund once your purchased course dates has started.

*Workshop Refund Policy: 24hr notice required known as "Early Cancellation". Within 24hrs it is referred to "Late Cancellation" and NO refund offered. Refunds on paid Bookings & Deposits

I run classes and incur costs on the basis of the upfront payments committed. All deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable. Deposits and fully paid bookings (for a course that has commenced) indicate a student's commitment to a course and maybe denying another student's chance of participation. Request of transfer to different course of classes

If you have a sudden unexpected schedule change, I will endeavour to accommodate a student to transfer to another class that suits your schedule better subject to spaces available within same term only. Any unused classes cannot be transferred to a new term or used a credit against workshops or new course of classes.

25/02/2026

The IT band doesn’t contract on its own. It’s fascial tissue.

It responds to load distribution from the hips and pelvis.

When those structures can’t adapt, the IT band absorbs the strain.

Rolling it might feel relieving, but relief isn’t the same as resolution.

Structural resilience means restoring mechanical and neurological adaptability upstream, not chasing symptoms.

24/02/2026

Control can look steady.

But constant control keeps the nervous system on alert.

Over time, that alertness becomes muscle tone.

And muscle tone becomes baseline.

Structural resilience isn’t about appearing composed.

It’s about adapting under load without gripping.

That’s different.

23/02/2026

High functioning doesn’t collapse.

It contracts.

Contraction becomes baseline.

Baseline becomes identity.

Over time, tightening feels like strength.

Structural resilience isn’t about softening, it’s about restoring adaptability under load.

20/02/2026

Calves help you move forward.

When the nervous system stays alert, tissue tone increases.

Over time, that contraction feels normal.

But chronic holding reduces adaptability.

Adaptability is what allows tissue to absorb load without strain.

Don’t just stretch it.
Notice what it’s compensating for.

18/02/2026

Strength without strain isn’t just mechanical.

A nervous system that’s been on alert for years alters tissue tone, mineral demand, and recovery speed.

Structural resilience has three layers: Mechanical, Neurological, Biochemical.

Sometimes rebuilding capacity means supporting the system, not pushing it harder.

This isn’t prescription. It’s physiology.

17/02/2026

Stability and contraction are not the same thing.

If the nervous system senses threat, even subtly, the body tightens to protect you.

Protection feels controlled.

But control isn’t the same as adaptability.

Structural resilience means your system can adjust without gripping.

That’s what keeps you steady under pressure.

Try standing in one foot, and notice what tightens first, don’t fix the wobble, notice the contraction.

16/02/2026

Your body is a tensile system.

When tissue stays chronically contracted, they loose their ability to absorb load.

That contraction is often driven by a nervous system that has learned to stay ready.

So pressure doesn’t disappear it gets redirected, into other tissues, into fatigue, intoreactivity.

Structural resilience isn’t about relaxing.

It’s about restoring adaptability, mechanically and neurologically.

05/02/2026

This is what happens when responsibility accumulates quietly.

It’s not denial.

It’s adaption.

16/10/2025

The crunching, the stiffness, the sighs…
it’s not just tight fascia, it’s everything your body’s been holding.

I used to think I had to stretch it out, fix it, push through.

But the body doesn’t need fixing.

It needs listening.

When I finally stopped forcing myself to open…
my nervous system exhaled and my body began to trust again.

The Fascia + Nervous System Recalibration, where softening becomes strength.
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Wednesday 6:45pm - 9pm

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