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Kate Towers Yoga offers Dynamic (Vinyasa Flow), Hatha, Yin and Restorative yoga for all abilities both at her home studio in West Wimbledon and at The Shala Yoga Centre in West Norwood.

20/06/2025

What a beautiful celebration of the enduring power of the sun! ☀️

We worked with the expansive and liberating energy of the Sagittarius ♐️ Full Moon, encouraging us to let go of everything holding us back from being the fullest version of ourselves.

As we bear witness to the Sun moving through its cycle; climbing to its highest point in the heavens for the Solstice this weekend ushering in Cancer season (Cancer being the mother energy), we considered our relationship with Mother Earth. The Lakota Native American tribe offer this prayer:
“Grandfather, Great Spirit, fill us with light. Teach us to walk the soft earth as relatives to all that lives.”

It was a fitting final Restorative Yin and Sound Bath event before our summer pause. Thank you so much to all the wonderful souls who support our events. 🙏🏻

We’ll return in the Autumn for our next event. Watch this space!

Love & gratitude
Kate & Jackie

17/06/2025

Within all yoga exploration, there are lessons to be learned … sometimes physical, sometimes mental, sometimes emotional and sometimes all of them at once! So many methods under the yoga umbrella and indeed, not all will appeal to everyone.

“Yoga is the journey of self, through the self to the self.” Bhagavad Gita

Kurunta, the use of fixed ropes in Iyengar is a very powerful way of illustrating where you can find space and movement while anchoring another part of the body with the ropes. I tap into the wisdom of Julie Hodges at Putney Iyengar Yoga; an incredibly down to earth teacher whose matter of fact explanations land well with me as she prompts us continually to look for internal cues.

We had been playing with versions some inverted of hanumanasana (splits) and supta kurmasana (sleeping tortoise) with such intelligent progressions that before I realised it, I was in the full asana! We worked with a fascinating breath analytical technique to point us to which part of the body needed to work more deeply.

13/06/2025

What a beautiful way to spend last Sunday! 🙏🏻
I was gifted such a wonderful group who were keen to explore the Fire 🔥 element of the summer season in the Five Elements Yin Yang ☯️ workshops.

We embodied the solar Yang of summer with some breath and movement, the cooling stillness in Yin followed by a long luxurious Yoga Nidra.

Nourishing heart, small intestine, heart protector and triple burner energy channels… and embracing the fullness of life with joy!

Huge thank you to all the gorgeous folk who joined me.

We will be exploring the Earth 🌍 element of Late Summer on Sunday 7 September 2.30-4.30pm. Follow link in bio to book.

23/05/2025

The way yoga was taught many years ago was for a teacher to hand down their teachings to a student either on a one to one or a small group basis. Krishnamacharya, who we consider to be the Grandfather of Modern Postural Yoga taught his students Patabhi Jois, BKS Iyengar and Desikachar in this manner. Each one of those lineages continued in a similar vein until yoga became popularised in the West and the ratios of student to teacher grew.

In Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, the Mysore tradition continues to encourage having one teacher. There are many benefits to having one teacher but for me for a number of reasons, it’s been difficult to maintain. Teachers giving up teaching, mysore programmes folding, distances to travel, not having a teacher to go to when I want and I’m able to practice - I never underestimate how tricky this can be when you’re a householder … so many moving parts to consider rather than just yourself.

Self-practice has therefore become an essential part of my life, my foundation, relying on me and my inner wisdom. Finding the discipline and consistency myself … listening to my needs and responding in the best way I can. Sometimes, it’s the heat of a dynamic postural practice, sometimes it’s the cool and slow pace of yin, sometimes it’s the grounding effect of pranayama or the centering of seated meditation, sometimes is the floating allure of aerial or the precision of Iyengar or the deep rest of restorative and Yoga Nidra. I count my blessings for having so many amazing teachers in my life but my intuition is my best teacher. Placing my trust in it amidst the noise of life is an ongoing practice in itself.

Marichyasana D is named after the sage, a reminder to all to connect to our inner wisdom.

12/05/2025

Summer is a time when our energy naturally flows outwards with the increasing intensity of sunlight and warmth and the abundance of nature. Not suprisingly, it is a season of open heartedness, characterised by the emotion of joy!

If you are curious about how Summer and its representative element Fire are considered in Traditional Chinese Medicine, we will look at this and learn some different practices to get the most out of our bodies this season,m. I invite you to join me for the third of my 5 seasonal mini-retreat workshops, Summer and the Fire 🔥 Element, which takes place on Sunday 8 June 2.30-4.30pm. BOOKING LINK IN BIO ⬆️

“Summertime, when the living is easy.
When life is at its bountiful peak and days are so
deliciously long, there is no end to the promise
they hold. Summer is the time to be alive, to make hay
while the sun shines and to fill your energy stores with
memories of joy, which will fill the otherwise empty
hearths of your heart with fire, all winter long. Do not
let worries or fears stop you from embracing the sun,
the joy, you so deserve, my friends. You are gifted
many summers in your life, but never quite enough.
You deserve to live them. To feel them. Summertime
when the living is easy, so live easy”

There are many wisdoms drawn from of Eastern tradition designed to help us opening our hearts to joy and abundance this season. Let’s explore them together! DM me for more details

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11/05/2025

A little snapshot of practice while I was away … struggling with my permanently stiff shoulders especially when attempting deeper backbends calls for some radical prep work (dwi pada viparita dandasana); well, a stab at it anyway! 🤣 It is a very effective way at opening into the upper chest and armpit area!

I still have lots of work to do at lifting my shoulders more and sending my chest backwards and of course straightening my legs.

07/05/2025

A well overdue photo dump of our trip to the Lakes in the Easter holidays. Mixed weather but generally good and as you see, a day’s outdoor climbing (& indoor when it was ropey 😉) en famille, which was fun. Some great walks too and really wonderful to spend time with our family based in the North West.

08/04/2025

The more I let go of a destination, the more my practice develops … the paradox that landed with me this weekend in the stunning surroundings of Wales.

I connected with my teacher and caught up with some of my favourite familiar faces.

Now in my mid fifties my journey takes me to the much more subtle experiences and the more subtle, the more profound the experience. I listed after intense sensations for a long time and although that path served me for a while, it is no longer where I feel I need to be. Sometimes you just need to allow yourself to steer in the direction you’re being beckoned. Thanks Joey 🙏🏻

Huge thanks to for creating such a wonderful piece of paradise for us all to enjoy.

30/03/2025

We’re excited to share that our next Restorative Yin and Sound Bath Event is scheduled for Friday 25 April and is now open for booking. Link below in bio

We will be celebrating Beltane, the cross quarter festival that marks the mid point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. Beltane was traditionally a celebration of life, the first signs of summer, the fertility of the land and people, and the promise of the light and the growth to come. We also coincide with the Ta**us New Moon; a deeply intuitive moon that asks us to pause and reflect on our vulnerabilities, listening to our inner voice; offering compassion where needed.

“There can be no growth if we do not remain open and vulnerable to what is new and different. I have never seen anyone take a risk for growth that was not rewarded a thousand times over.” (John O’Donohue)

23/03/2025

Such heartfelt gratitude for all the lovely yogis who joined me for my second Five Elements workshop exploring Spring & the Wood element.

“She turned to the sunlight  And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor:  “Winter is dead.”  [A.A. Milne: When We Were Very Young]

If you’re curious about how the wisdom of the Chinese Tradition can help us adopt a more seasonal approach to our lives, join me for my next workshop: ☀️Summer & the Fire 🔥 element on Sunday 8 June at 2.30pm. Link in bio.

09/03/2025

Our Pisces New Moon Restorative Yin & Sound Bath last Friday was a profoundly nurturing evening. We are deeply grateful to all the wonderful souls who blessed us with their presence. 🙏🏻

We tuned into Pisces’ inherently healing waves of energy and, alongside the transformational vibrations of the instruments, laid the groundwork for feeling into all of our body’s layers (koshas) to embrace the pain and suffering we hold and embark on our healing journey.

Our next event is scheduled for Friday 25 April during which we’ll celebrate the cross quarter festival of Beltane and work with the energy of the Ta**us New Moon. If you’d like to join us follow the link in bio.

Any questions or queries please DM me.

09/06/2024

Feel the fear and do it anyway … drop backs and indeed back bending generally have been a nemesis of mine for some time. Nowadays, although still fearful, I’m finding repetition of back-bending practice (like ⬆️ with the charismatic and skilful David Swenson) has given me inner fortitude. Sounds cliched, I know but it’s true!

I remember facing a similar terror when I first started lead climbing … but I did manage to do that a fair few times too! It’s only now I understand such repetition is conditioning the nervous system. 💡So when I finally unpacked why I felt such gut-churning fear for these front body opening positions, I realised exposing my abdomen was bringing up visceral feelings of vulnerability. Why? I’m pretty sure two C-sections and a full abdominal hysterectomy held the answer!

So if like me, approaching these poses fills you with horror, I’d definitely recommend exploring softer supported backbends too.

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm

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