Coming along to a yoga class for the first time can feel like a big step. Before you’ve even unrolled your mat, there may be a few questions on your mind. Will I fit in? Will I be able to keep up? Is this the right space for me?

I just wanted to take a moment to talk about AI and how I use it (or not) in my little yoga business. These views are personal to me, I am not judging or commenting on what anyone else chooses to do.

Who sits on your inner board of gurus? At sangha, we explored the wisdom we carry from teachers, friends, books, and our past and future selves. Alongside them sits the “shitty committee”: inner critics whose loud voices can drown out kinder counsel. We can choose who holds the power, giving wisdom, honesty and compassion a stronger say. A reflection on inner guidance and the nourishing community of women who make our sangha a space to listen, learn and feel held.

I’m a yoga teacher who meditates daily - and today I had a panic attack. Living with autism, ADHD and perimenopause, I know anxiety through lived experience as well as training. This is an honest reflection on vulnerability, the limits of knowing the tools, and why the safe spaces we create and seek out matter so much.

I’m now offering private celebration retreats through Soul Journey Holistic Yoga: a chance to mark a special occasion with a day devoted to rest, connection and being together.

This week in our yoga classes, we’re exploring the different aspects of the mind and the stories we carry about ourselves. This week, our question is: who am I beyond the stories I carry? We all have ways of describing ourselves. Some feel reassuring, giving us a sense of belonging or helping us understand our needs. Others can become restrictive.

Yin Yoga offers a sanctuary for both body and mind in a world that never seems to slow down...

The concepts of abhyasa and vairagya, which originate from ancient Indian philosophy, resonate deeply with modern women's experiences.

In yogic philosophy, svadhyaya is often translated as self-study. And that is really how I’m approaching this. Not as a hunt for the perfect glucose line, perfect sleep score or perfect body. I’m still eating cinnamon rolls. I’m still eating bread. I don't want an app to become more authoritative than my own experience.

As I start planning for next year, I’d love to hear what you’d like to see from me. Your thoughts will help shape the timetable, retreats and other offerings. Whether you have a specific idea or a small suggestion, I’d love to know.

Diagnosed with AuDHD just days ago, I am feeling both validation and grief for the versions of me who struggled without understanding why. My diagnosis is helping me make sense of friendships, overwhelm and the harsh labels I gave myself. Here, I share how yoga grounds me, how teaching anchors me in community, and why greater awareness matters. This is the beginning of learning to meet myself with kindness, and creating space for other women navigating life with autism and AD

This week’s theme explores yoga as a returning to the heart, inspired by Nischala Joy Devi’s The Secret Power of Yoga, our new Sangha book. We’ll reflect on Sangha as community and shared spiritual enquiry, and on the idea that yoga invites us to gather our attention back into body, breath, presence and the quieter awareness within.

A generous late-summer retreat lunch filled with seasonal colour and flavour. I’m sharing the vegetarian, coeliac-friendly recipes from Gathering in Gratitude, including roasted vegetables, vibrant salads, balsamic tomatoes and fudgy kidney bean brownies.

Finding the right yoga teacher can make an enormous difference to your experience of yoga. You might attend a class that other people seem to love, yet leave feeling uncomfortable, overwhelmed or simply unmoved. That does not necessarily mean yoga is not for you. It may simply mean that particular teacher, style or environment was not the right fit. Every yoga teacher brings something different into the room.

Yoga classes can sometimes seem expensive compared with fitness classes, but the hour spent together is only the visible part of the work. Behind each class are years of training and personal practice, ongoing study, careful planning, venue hire, insurance, equipment and administration. This article explores the hidden work behind yoga teaching, and how yoga philosophy can help us think about fair exchange, value and sustainability.

In the closing verses of Chapter 2, Krishna offers two powerful images: the person who is awake while others sleep, and the ocean that remains steady as rivers flow into it. These teachings invite us to explore desire, inner fullness and the deeper peace that becomes possible when we are no longer carried away by every thought, feeling or longing.

Yoga can look deceptively simple from the outside. A room, a mat, a few shapes, perhaps some breathing and a quiet rest at the end. But beneath all of that, something deeper is taking place. As a yoga teacher, I am never looking for the most flexible person in the room, the neatest posture or the student who can follow every instruction perfectly. What matters to me is that you feel safe enough to listen to yourself, curious enough to explore, and welcome enough to retu

Yesterday, I wrote about some of the fruits my yoga practice has brought into my life: greater calm, more self-compassion, a deeper awareness of my body and the ability to feel less scattered. Yet beneath these changes lies something even more significant. Yoga has given me a value system. It offers a set of principles I can return to when I am making decisions, navigating relationships or trying to understand my own thoughts and behaviour.

The fields do not produce their harvest overnight. What appears in late summer began months earlier, with seeds placed into dark soil, followed by patient tending, uncertainty, sunlight, rain and time. Our yoga practice is much the same. We may come to yoga hoping to become more flexible, ease an aching back or find a little relief from stress. These are worthy reasons to step onto the mat. Yet the deeper fruits of yoga often appear more quietly. They ripen slowly, almost

In verses 64 to 67 of Chapter 2, Krishna shows us a way back from restlessness. By noticing the pull of attraction and aversion, we can begin to meet life without being carried away by every thought, feeling or desire. Like a boat held steady in changing winds, yoga helps us remain connected to our deeper wisdom.