yoga in cheshire

Wishing the Happiest of birthdays to our oldest student Jean who is 90 years young today!

We have the privilege of teaching Jean at our Friday gentle and therapeutic class and she inspires us both on and off the mat.

We enjoyed surprising Jean last week with afternoon tea and cake after class

Jean only started doing yoga at the young age of 75 so you’re never too old to start!

One of our talented students Ben aka ‘The Soap Man’ hand makes beautiful soaps and body butter made with essential oils and all natural ingredients (hard to choose but my fave is the lime balm)

If you’re at class you can smell them and buy them or message us and we can order for you - fabulous price of £3 for the soaps and £5 for the body balm

So now you can leave class smelling divine as well as feeling totally stretched and relaxed!

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We’re working with the full moon energy in class tonight (or lack of!! anyone else feeling drained?)

Moon salutations and gentle hip postures on offer

630pm grappenhall Methodist church hall, Barton Ave all welcome

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I spent 60 years sneering at yoga. It turns out I love it – and it does make you healthier and happier It boosts flexibility, strength, balance, breathing and mood … Here are the stupid reasons I avoided it for so long – and 21 things I’ve learned since I embraced it

What stereotypes/barriers might prevent people from trying yoga??

A fabulous yoga teacher called Donna Noble is doing a national study to research and understand the stereotypes/ barriers that might be keeping people from trying yoga. This amazing practice can benefit everyone! ✨

Can you help?

Take my 5-minute survey - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdobxOVkKXRZv_9hlOyNwbJRawRgvR5GlhjyFYDCoc6DJ0QIg/viewform and share your honest thoughts on why you (or someone you know) might hesitate to try yoga. Please also share with your communities (friends, families).

Together, we can break down these barriers and make yoga more diverse, inclusive and accessible to all!

Thank you for your time! 🙏🏾❤️

Yoga Questionnaire Are there any spiritual or religious connotations associated with yoga that make you hesitant to try it? If yes, please elaborate.

Unlimited yoga all summer only £75…

Why not make the most of the lighter evenings to increase or even restart your yoga practise.. as well as our usual 5 week block options we have a special offer from mon 1 July until end of august enjoy all of the classes on our timetable for the great price of £75

That’s 9 weeks of yoga at only £8 a week for as many classes as you like!

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The greatest gift yoga has given me is how to deal with life when things get tough OFF the mat

This is NOT a post looking for sympathy , I rarely post about personal circumstances but talking to a friend recently I realised that in the last couple of years I have dealt with a lot of difficult events -

Redundancy
House move
Divorce
Serious illness
Bereavement

Without my yoga practise and the philosophy that underpins everything, I know I wouldn’t have coped the same

I hope by sharing this it gives potential students an idea of what to expect in my classes

No fancy poses, no trying to get the body into pretzel shapes! - keeping us well and healthy as we age in order to live our lives longer and better with stronger joints and muscles and less aches and pains - playing with the kids and grandkids, being able to move easier, tuning into the cycles of nature and learning techniques to relax and live with a calmer mind and deal with stress better.

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Happy Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, a time to pause (solstice actually translates as sun standing still)

A time to reflect on the first half of the year, to use the potent energy of the sun to give thanks and instigate any changes we may want to make in our lives before (sadly!) the light starts to wane again

Celebrating the solstice in class tonight 630pm sandymoor school and also 130pm tomorrow at Stockton heath

I love teaching yoga - especially when one of my lovely students brings me some delicious freshly grown Kale!

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We’re celebrating the Summer Solstice this week in classes focusing on balance - the word solstice translates as sun standing still

Lots of chance to get on your mat and join me

Tonight 630pm grappenhall
Weds 630pm Stockton heath
Thursday 630pm sandymoor
Fri 120pn Stockton heath

Please note no zoom this week due to zoom problems!!!

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Wishing you all a blooming lovely weekend!! Admiring my rambling rose arch this morning, I hope you get chance to be outdoors and admire how wonderful Mother Nature is wherever you are

Anybody else feeling like this in the cold weather?! We’re working with releasing tension in the shoulders and neck this week in class, if you’re starting to feel a bit like the yin man come along and join us!

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I’m back teaching after a wonderful few days in Majorca, we will be celebrating the start of Summer in our classes this week, plenty of chance to get on the mat

Today 130pm Stockton heath Methodist church hall
Tonight 630pm Grappenhall Methodist church hall
Weds 630pm Stockton heath Methodist church hall
Thursday 630pm sandymoor school
Fri 130pm Stockton heath Methodist church

Ali is enjoying some sunshine this week so Tabitha is back teaching Wednesday to Friday. Let me know if you want me to focus on anything in particular….I’m excited to be back teaching

humans are like houseplants - in the right conditions they thrive- this little beauty has gone crazy since I moved it

Think like a houseplant this week - what do you need to thrive - space, light, room to move and breathe??

A lovely reminder for you all as we start the long weekend - on the notice board in class today

We’re working with the Water element in classes this week - focusing on the Hips the area connected with the Water element and this quote perfectly sums up for me how the water element teaches us to ‘go with the flow’ if the circumstances are right

Remaining Classes this week -
tonight 630pm sandymoor and tomorrow 130pm at Stockton heath

We often get asked about specialist pregnancy yoga classes students and are pleased to recommend the lovely Emma who has just started pregnancy yoga classes in Lymm..

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Cheshire Pregnancy Yoga Pregnancy Yoga classes local to Lymm

Anybody else see the northern lights last night…

Just a reminder no classes today due to bank holiday, enjoy some free time back to normal timetable from tomorrow

Today is Beltane, one of the pagan festivals that signifies a shift in the earths energy, believe it or not it is the peak of Spring!!

Also known as the Festival of Becoming, Beltane is about fulfilling our potential and fertility (literally and of new projects and ideas)

Between now and the summer solstice on 20 June the earths and our energy is at its peak, I love working with the changes in energy and now is a great time to increase (or start) your yoga progress, maybe wake up a little earlier and start a home practise

Whatever your goals may be now is the time to bloom

I can be the queen of procrastination sometimes - I went to an interesting presentation today about how to not fall into those traps that stop us doing things we want to do

What stops you from going to a yoga class??

- often find myself in the ‘online shopping cove’ to avoid things!!! Anybody else?

Celebrating Earth Day in classes this week, working with the Earth element and focusing on our feet

Plenty of chances to get on the mat this week, details at

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A lovely view of the clouds and moon tonight from our grappenhall venue roof window - and it’s still light when we finish class!

Spring has sprung! the bluebells are starting to come out in force, a beautiful carpet of blue, my favourite colour

Spring is the perfect time to plant seeds - literally and otherwise! The perfect thing to do on a wet Sunday afternoon

Serene on the surface, while working like crazy beneath the surface to keep afloat , nature can teach us a lot!

Anybody else relate?!

The lighter nights now mean that our evening classes also finish while it still light!

Spring is a great time to tune into the rising energy all around us, why not add an extra class in and notice the benefits of practising more -

We have evening classes on
Mondays, Wednesday and Thursday
In grappenhall, Stockton Heath and Sandymoor
All 630-740pm

Happy Easter/Ostara however you do or don’t celebrate today.

Originally known as the Spring Equinox, the word Easter comes from a Germanic word which is derived from Eostre or Ostara, the Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring.

Did you also know that the reason the date for Easter always changes is because it’s celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon that follows the Spring Equinox ..