Carlingford Yoga

15/01/2026

Let me introduce to you our most mature yogini, who ever visited Eagles Rock Retreat. Carol is a young at heart 88 year old .. a beautiful soul, who joined us here for our 6 day Christmas Retreat.
She is a real trouper. She was s bit cautious at the start and I gave her the space and time to settle into the swing of things. The props in yoga can be a bit daunting to start with!
Well, by the end of the Retreat,
Carol was literally a different woman. Her face was lit with a lovely smile, she was participating much more in classes and in her own words:
She could hear better, see better and her legs felt much stronger.
And she will be back again next Christmas!
When asked what her secret to longevity was, she said: ,clean diet and exercise’.
So here you go.. Be like Carol! 💜❤️💜

09/01/2026

NOT ANOTHER SUBSCRIPTION!!? You may think…. But hear me out!
This is our answer to many of our retreat guests who asked for recipes, healthy food demos, tried to do zoom yoga classes but weekly turned out to be too much commitment. We worked hard on this over the last few months and this is the best way to give you some guidance after being on one of our retreats (or if you are planning to come).
This is for you - if you would like to stay on the right track in 2026, keep deepening your yoga practice, and include more healthy recipes into your diet.
So for monthly price of €15,
You will get
* discount on our retreats - there is 10% this month (well worth it if planning to come to us on a residential retreat)
* One Live ZOOM class with me (usually first Tuesday a month at 7pm)
With recording available after that
*one LET’S FOCUS pre-recorded class. We work on healthy knees this month, shoulders last month..
* FOOD DEMO and recipe - Heartwarming Winter salad this month
*access to our ever growing library of classes and recipes..
Give it a go! 💜🙏😊

Guiding you to help bring Yoga, Health and Well-Being into your Life.Consistently.Passionately.Expertly. Joyfully.One step at a time.

08/01/2026

Very excited to have this very special weekend retreat coming up to celebrate Bridget - Imbolc and the return to Light.
It’s Friday 30th January - 1st February.
We will have yoga and meditation to still the mind, to become grounded and clearer minded. We will be joined by some of our local community on Saturday afternoon session of song, stories and poetry, and making of crosses of course. . On Sunday we will go to visit the original Bridget’s Well in Faughart. The full weekend is at reduced price of €360 all inclusive, as it is going to be run in conjunction with the Cooley Connect Well Imbolc celebration. Spaces are limited. Get yours soon. Booking info below

30 - 1st Feb - weekend retreat in stunning nature celebrating Bridget and the return to light with yoga, tasty healthy vegan meals, visit to Bridget’s well

07/01/2026

Inviting you all to our special New Year Day Retreat on the 11th January.
The morning class will be about grounding ourselves in the body and the present moment so that we can rise up rooted with clarity and steadiness in 2026. After your yummy nutritious vegan lunch, you will be guided on a beautiful walk in stunning nature, coming back to enjoy a cuppa and a healthy cake.
In the afternoon we will explore supportive restorative calming practices, make intensions for the year from a place of clarity and presence.
What a beautiful way to start the year! 😊🙏💜
All levels are welcome.
For more info and to book, follow the link below

https://www.carlingfordyoga.ie/product/day-retreat-11th-january-2026/

05/01/2026

Dear friends, wishing you all a healthy and also as importantly - FUN 2026! 😁
We have had a lot of fun here over the festive season with two groups of very lovely people. There was something that I wanted to do for a while now, and that was to start a new kind of a retreat with more focus on diet and detoxing, as well as yoga. I am happy to report that our first one this weekend was a great success. Our guests enjoyed my debut in live food demo - I showed them how to make a super tasty, healthy and nourishing nut/seed bread and we talked about things relating to diet and detoxing. Our yogis did not starve either. On the contrary. They had a very nourishing green smoothie on Saturday evening and they all enjoyed it and felt great on Sunday morning for their morning class and a stunning walk.
We rounded the retreat with a hearty lunch and a raw cheesecake as a reward!
We are looking forward to running more of these retreats in the future!

24/12/2025

Ok so my Yule Log experiment didn’t turn out the way it was meant to…
I spent few hours on it last night and this morning I was ready to throw it all out when it all just crumbled.., 🙈🙈🙈 but then I paused and decided to try save it..and ended up with a funny looking crumble. But still tasty! 😁
Which brings me to this little gem of reflection. Life throws surprises and situations at us that we can’t control, and might either consider as failures. But we could turn these on its head and see it as little or big opportunities for expansion, invitation to see things from a different perspective… the choice is ours.
So this Christmas and beyond,
I wish all of you lots of creative thinking in any situation, let’s have more fun with whatever life throws at us! 😁
And just to say that we are very grateful to all of your for being here, retreating with us this year, in the past and in the future. We appreciate all of you from the bottom of our hearts. 💜🙏🤩

21/12/2025

This very special day of winter solstice and the return to light also marks the 53rd birthday of Cathal Durnin, who left us suddenly nearly 2 years ago.. the reference photo I used I took with my manual camera in Byron Bay in 1997..
I started this portrait some time ago but did not finish it as I started to wonder what he was looking at and got too caught up over it.. future… past.. I will finish it when I’m ready… or not. Time will tell.
The painting is called
‘Everything is waiting for you’, as it was inspired by the beautiful poem
By David Whyte🙏🏼
I’ll leave the poem in comments.
So if you knew Cathal, perhaps light a candle for him on this day 🕯️
Happy solstice to one and all 😊🙏🏼💜

19/12/2025

With running retreats, our rhythm is different to most people.
While everyone else is winding down for Christmas.. we are back kn action after our small break in North Portugal. Now focussing on planning menus, and preparing for our annual Christmas Retreat, followed by a weekend Detox Retreat..
both have some spaces left, if you fancy joining us, get in touch! 🙏😊💜
Www.carlingfordyoga.ie

30/11/2025

Our Christmas Retreat really needs no introduction. We have been running them since 2016 and it is always an amazing transformative experience for all of us. The date is 28th December - 2nd January and we have last spaces available if you want to be part of it this time.
https://www.carlingfordyoga.ie/product/christmas-retreat-2025/
For those looking for a day escape before the Christmas festivities begin, join us for our last Day Retreat of 2025 on Sunday 7th December.
https://www.carlingfordyoga.ie/product/day-retreat-7-th-december-2025/

Finally, if you would like to start the New Year in a wholesome way, join us for a weekend retreat focussing on yoga & detox, 2 -4th January. Follow the link below for more info and to book
https://www.carlingfordyoga.ie/product/new-year-yoga-detox-retreat/

😊🙏💜

28/11/2025

Dear friends, we still have some spaces for our last Day Retreat of 2025 on Sunday the 7th Dec. If you fancy joining us for the perfect pre-Xmas chill out day, book here https://www.carlingfordyoga.ie/retreats/
Meanwhile I am preparing for my first Xmas craft fair!! 😁 Rusty will be featuring on greeting cards, but the original painting I’m not sure if I could part with.. 🙃 I’ll have lots of other cards made from my paintings, I’ll have giclee prints and some originals. I am so excited!! If you are about, come say hello this Sunday at Carlingford Christmas Craft Fair 😻💜🎄

22/11/2025

Ok so now I am going to flood you with my sunrise pictures from yesterday 😁
I don’t know how I ended up in painters paradise.. but I did! In my slippers and woolly socks I just ran out the door to try and capture it as best I could, I have had a crush on that lake a long time.. it will get painted very soon! Needless to say that my socks got soaked and feet very cold! 😱😂
But it was worth it 😁💜🙏🏼

21/11/2025

Well this morning I was going to flood you with my sunrise pictures but then FB kindly reminded me of a pivotal time in my life…
Over a decade ago while I was going through… well.. rather early midlife crisis - my life fell apart as I knew it, I was going through ugly separation, raising my small son, yet had the burning desire to have a degree.. I know now that the motivation behind it was mostly to prove my worth.. to myself. As soon as I got the degree, it was totally forgotten and lost its importance.. 😂😂😂 yet it nearly killed me at the time 🙈🙈🙈
Oh the things we do…
But dont take me wrong, I loved learning all about the human body’s function and dysfunction and it’s still serving me well now in my yoga teaching.. and I am grateful for it all 😊🙏🏼💜