Practice With Ella

🌸🤗Celebrating Terri 🤗🌸

Although teaching 1-1s is a big part of my teaching practice, I Never post these kinds of posts mainly cos I think this kinda content being used to sell
More people signing up is a bit cringe but also just because If I’m teaching I’m teaching and not thinking about my marketing materials in those moments 🤗

HOWEVER. I am making an exception cos I’m proud of Terri and her splits 👊🏻 Terri walked into my pop up at plant one on me (omg those days) and she was one of those students I looked at and thought she’s never coming back, she’s gonna hate my class 😅 Terri won’t mind me saying this - but you know when people say omg they couldn’t touch their toes , I mean Terri couldn’t even get to her knees - she has very tight hamstrings.

What I didn’t know about Terri at this point was that she is an absolute
GRAFTER. When POOM classes finished Terri approached me for 1-1s and has had 1/2 every week ever since ( coming to 3 years). She is the most determined student and really just proves that if you commit to your practice , listen and do your drills - you will see progress (not over night but it will happen in subtle ways).

I feel like together we’ve problem solved our way around some poses, some drills when they haven’t quite been accessible yet, invented new ways to use sofas, walls, sliders, weights, foam rollers etc to do the things.

So YEY for hard work, grit and getting on the mat 🩷❤️

60 mins just isn’t long enough is it …

So join me for a bumper edition ROCKET 🚀 ( or tbh the typical length of a rocket session ) on weds 21 August , 6.45pm

You can expect an all round rocket practice with standing, seated and finishing with plenty of upside down in between 🔥

Book via

❄️WINTER PRACTICE DAY RETREAT ❄️

After the success and beautiful day that was the Summer Practice Day Retreat, we have already got the winter one lined up ☝️

More info coming soon but it will be similar vibes but with different focused workshops so you can experience a different area of the practice this time .

There is a discount for those returning having attended the first and an early bird discount if booked before 1 sept.

We will again have wonderful food by

Booking link is in the bio and has info on prices

Ella x

Since moving back to BD 3 years ago now (where did that time go ) this class was the first I picked up !

Since then 3 years later and the core group has built- 💪 it makes me so happy to share my silly drills to help you build strength and stability in your practice 🥹

Most people fancy a Sunday morning in bed - couldn’t think of a better place to be than sharing my practice with you in the sunny studio studio nice and early on a Sunday (serious not sarcasm fyi ) 🌸🩷🌸🩷🌸

Join me Sundays 9.30am - it’s level 2 , come with an open mind ready to move a little more dynamically and work into some juicy core / upside down / stretchy stuff.

Ella x

Woohoo is creating menus, I am planning classes and we all set to welcome you for invigorating day of classic Practice with Ella yoga vibes. 🩷🔥

👀as we are making final arrangements this is just an extra shout out for anyone who is tempted now it’s nearer the time !!! Booking form is in bio !

10-4.30pm - a day filled with yoga sessions , vegan lunch and snacks + goodie bag !

I’m so excited about having this group of people in the room together for a full day 🩷🌸🩷

New class starts next week for all the early birds 🌸
Tuesday morning vinyasa, 7am at yobalance

All the fun of my usual classes but nice and early so you can go to work really smug and tell everyone you’ve already done yoga today 😂

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Launching SUMMER SESSIONS ☀️ ☀️

8-12 July - 7am everyday at

Summer Sessions is a mini yoga intensive involving 5 consecutive days of early morning practice.

You will practice every day across the week, giving you a chance to build consistency and see progression as you are taken through class every morning.

Sessions are Rocket inspired, will contain drills and technical exercises and there will be upside down work. This has been designed for those who wish to see their practice evolve, go deeper into the practice and see what happens when you stick to one practice over the course of a week.

*Class is open level, but not suitable for complete beginners

** This is not included in the YoBalance membership due to being a specially designed course

Really can’t wait for this one …. Booking link in bio or via website

Contemplating joining the INTRODUCTION TO DYNAMIC PRACTICES COURSE starting 5 March ?!?

Well this is your FINAL CALL..bookings close this week!

Every Tuesday in March 5.30pm

Looking at :
💥pacing and stamina in a dynamic practice
💥common poses in dynamic practices
💥how you can manage energy levels
💥how to modify more challenging poses but still work the specified areas
💥mobility and stretching drills to help you develop your practice and feel more comfortable when moving through poses at speed

Book via

Image by Christian Kipp at Moving Forwards by Movement Connects C.I.C

Just look how happy my good friend is whilst enjoying the core section of my yoga sess at Moving Forwards CPD day 1 🥰

Look at the joy you could be experiencing in one of my classes this very week !

Rocket tuesday 6.45 pm
Vinyasa Sunday 930am
Strong vinyasa + inversions

Image credit : Christian Kipp for Movement Connects CIC

🧘‍♀️INTRO TO DYNAMIC YOGA PRACTICES 🧘‍♀️

Starting Tuesdays in March 5.30-6.30pm

Ok so you want to try a more dynamic practice (maybe your current yoga class feels easy or just a little too familiar ) but your nervous to jump straight into rocket or level 2 vinyasa . WELL I MADE THIS COURSE FOR YA 😅

It’s for those who want to break down aspects of a dynamic practice so you can feel comfortable in a vinyasa practice with me or other teachers . We will look at key poses , pacing and how to modify when tricky stuff comes up.

I’m hoping this will be a great way to integrate some new folks into my classes - so please come along . Also for To my current students who would like to have a refresher …

Booking

Can’t wIt for this next week …

RESILIENCE THROUGH YOGA 🧘‍♀️ WORKSHOP - 24 dec , 9.30-11.30am



⭐️ what does resilience mean / look like in practice

⭐️ what ways can we bring resilience to our practice

⭐️ how can thinking about resilience change the way we approach challenges in our practice ?

Come find out ….

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🌲 took a few days out this week to recalibrate and reset before a busy month of teaching , rehearsing & prep for autumn commences 🌲

Back to usual schedule for the next weeks , regulars include :
Sunday 9.30am level 2 vinyasa
Tuesday 6.45 pm rocket
Thursday 6pm mandala

The break is over team - back on the mat for all the 🤸‍♂️🤸🏼🤸🏽‍♀️

1:1s I’m coming for ya 🥊🥰

YOGA & BRUNCH

Collab with & .brick.yard

Can’t wait for this event, its gonna be delicious! 😋

Enjoy a 45 minute vinyasa yoga practice with me, followed by meditation & then BRUNCH!

Link to book in bio,

Ella X

🚀ROCKET IS CHANGING TIMES 🚀

From 13 June Tuesday's Rocket class at is moving to 6.45pm - to give you all a little more time to get over from work.

Here's some things you should know about Rocket which make it a special & unique practice:

✔️Larry Schultz created Rocket for it to be more accessible than traditional Ashtanga - therefore there are plenty of "versions" & "modifications" to get into poses that you might right now deem inaccessible

✔️ It's like a remix of lots of common poses you might have come across in Ashtanga/Vinyasa classes

✔️ We practice to an upbeat , dynamic playlist that creates the vibe for class!

✔️The energy you will feel in and after a Rocket class is electric & I will carry you into the rest of your week

And as Larry said - "Always challenge your limits & never limit your challenges"

Join me in class !

Ella X image by the formidable

🤸‍♂️🧚‍♀️ PRACTICE 🧚‍♀️🤸‍♂️

Just come to class and do you practice basically !

Tuesday 6pm rocket

Thursdays 6pm mandala

Sundays 9.30am vinyasa

Norwich workshop weekend is 9&10 June - check out previous posts !

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NORWICH WEEKENDER - 9&10 JUNE 😍

A little bit about what to expect . Feel like this past year practice wise for me has been an interesting one . Movements expanding into new and old territory and letting go of some of the preciousness of yoga practice whilst also probably staying truer to the practice 🥰

Come play - 3 workshops

🧚‍♀️rocket
🧚‍♀️vinyasa: dharma inspired
🧚‍♀️deep stretch + inversions

Booking link in bio or via ❤️

🌸 JUNE NORWICH WORKSHOPS 🌸
9 & 10 June
Booking now open (early bird discount)

Super happy to be coming back to Norwich this June
I’ll be leading 3 workshops

FRIDAY 9 JUNE, 6.30-8.30pm
🤸🏼‍♀️Rocket 🤸🏼‍♀️

SATURDAY 10 JUNE, 10 - 12 noon 
🤸🏼‍♀️ Vinyasa: Dharma Inspired 🤸🏼‍♀️

SATURDAY 10 JUNE, 2 - 4pm
🤸🏼‍♀️ Deep Stretch + Inversions 🤸🏼‍♀️

Excited to share with you these distinct practices and my approach to working within yoga.

Discounts available if booking all 3 workshops.

Hope to see you on the mat,

Ella X

💐UPDATE 💐

Work has been shifting in all kinds of directions - new shows in the making etc .

And I’ve made the decision to press pause on my class at Kala Sangam.

This was a women’s only class in the centre of Bradford and I have loved teaching it 😍 I’ve loved the small community of women who’ve attended this class - it’s honestly been so lovely to meet people through this class . Thank you for coming 🙏

But - I don’t have a day off, and due to wider considerations around the class- it’s time.

I hope you will come find me elsewhere as I would love to continue to work with you. Here’s a few things I’d like everyone to bear in mind when it comes to classes:

🧚‍♀️it’s true that the class at Kala was only a fiver & it was truly welcoming to all . Please if you have financial barriers that might stop you attending my classes at HY or YO - get in touch and let’s see what we can do. Let’s open up a conversation about that.

🧚‍♀️I know studio spaces can feel intimidating for some. Pls be assured I teach the same way whether in studios , community centres etc . We can still have fun whilst we take our practice seriously 🤸‍♂️

🧚‍♀️don’t think you have to be “good enough” to enter these spaces . You are good enough for sure 👌

Ella x

📣UPCOMING WORKSHOP 📣 inversions, 30 April - 2-4pm

Mainly learning how to get more stable when ya upside down, leg / arm variations and some funky transitions .

We will work from where you are at - all welcome 🙏 x

Due to holidays and requests we changed the date of the inversions workshop to 30 April at - 2-4pm 🥰🤸‍♂️

What we gonna do in this workshop:
🤸‍♂️breakdowns , drills , exercises
🤸‍♂️gonna go a step beyond where you are now in your practice by trying a new variation
🤸🏼learn variations and translations and how to add grace moving in and out of inversions

Standard poses will be headstand , pincha and handstand .

Hope you can make it

Ella x

🧚‍♀️workshop announcement - inversions 🧚🏻‍♂️

15 April, 2-4pm

It’s been a while (January actually) since I had a workshop! It’s been a busy few months.

This inversions workshop is going to develop some transitions, funky variations and help you to get past the struggle point of getting upside down.

I want you all to be able to start to feel comfortable in sustaining your inversions so you can take variations when your up there 👆

As usual there will be lots of fun and finding new ways to approach inversions in your practice

Join us

Ella x

🌷Monday’s Rocket + Deep Stretch Workshop 🌷

Thanks to everyone who came - hip hell, hamstring heaven & backbend bliss after a fiery Rocket warm up!

I love to share outside of the general flow of class - It’s the place where you will really learn something new.

Big thanks to for trusting me to guide your community of students through practice. For supporting, hosting & organising.

Look out for ROCKET starting up at Tuesdays 6 - 7pm from 24 Jan - it is going to be a VIBE.

Ella X

THANK YOU // THANK YOU // THANK YOU

⭐To everyone who has come to a class with me this year. Who has stepped on the mat and entered into a practice with me this year. Thank you for trusting me to guide you through.

⭐To my 1:1 students; OMG the progress is unbelievable. I wish I had documented your journeys for social media. But I believe practice is practice and marketing is another thing. But WOW - I have had students who couldn’t touch their toes who are now working on handstand splits. For me trusting in time, commitment, consistency and showing up. Applying technique and correction - you have proved everything I believe in as a practitioner and teacher. & again thank you for investing in me as the one who takes you through that journey.

⭐To everyone who has attended a workshop with me either within Bradford, Hull, Norwich, Leeds. I love workshops - so much fun, the opportunity to break stuff down and delve deeper! Here’s to more in the New Year.

⭐To those who share my posts, or bring a friend to class, or speak highly of me. This is priceless … as an independent person nothing can be more powerful than this and it means a lot to me.

⭐To the studios & individuals who invite me to be part of their team, lead a workshop etc - THANK YOU for the opportunity for me to do my thing.

Have a lovely, restful festive season & see you in 2023
(After the Xmas Pop & Christmas Eve Flow & New Years Eve Flow ofc… )


Ella X

⭐WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT ⭐

Rocket + Deep Stretch Workshop at
2 January, 10-11.30am

Post Xmas, time to get back into your practice and what better way than a juicy Rocket Yoga session into some deep stretching.

The Christmas period can involve lots of sitting, eating and drinking as you indulge in taking time off! This workshop is designed to bring you back into your embodiment and ease you back into practice.  We will begin with a one hour Rocket practice to find that fire within your body. We will then move into a deep stretching session in which we will work into  deep hip openers, hamstring lengtheners and fiery spinal work.  Expect a dose of strength work and core to get you rebooted for the new year. 

Booking via Heather Yoga website

🎄Xmas Online Vinyasa + Chill Pop Up - 23 Dec - 6 - 7.15pm 🎄
🎄 Christmas is just around the corner 🎄

That means things are probably about to get busy - social plans, family commitments, work deadlines, shopping etc …

This year I have decided to offer a Xmas Vinyasa Online Pop Up - pre xmas weekend to make sure there is the opportunity for you to fit a practice in with me before the festivities begin.

It will be online so you can access from home 🎄

We will practice 60 mins of juicy vinyasa followed by 15 mins of some chilled stretching/restorative poses to help you ease into the xmas weekend.

£10 - to reserve your place please DM me

Ella 🎄

🌸Hi everyone 🌸

Just to say a thanks to everyone who has been coming to practice recently - regular faces and new faces.

Thank you for trusting me to guide you through your practice and trusting the info I have to share with you.

& to those who delve deeper through workshops and 1:1 - I appreciate you - your energy - your time and commitment!

My usual teaching schedule is in play up to xmas and there are some extra special workshops coming up;

🎄10 December #- 6-7.30pm - Deep Stretch workshop
🎄23 December - 6 - 7.15pm - Xmas Vinyasa Pop Up ft Deep chill to finish (online)
🎄2 Jan - 10 - 11.30am - Deep Stretch workshop

Book via studio or to book Xmas Vinyasa Pop up DM me.

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🌸There is a new space in town - The Place by 🌸

Hey everyone!
The wonderful have created a wonderful space for movement, calm and overall good vibes. 💗

And I am thrilled to be leading a session on Tuesday mornings 10am, for those who identify as women. This part of DYT’s Radical Rest Series.

In this 60 minute session we will go steadily through a vinyasa flow practice suitable for beginners.
Expect to connect with your body, stretch and feel a sense of moving with freedom and ease!

Booking link in bio - pay what you can!

Ella X

♥️Top tips on how to support your practice as winter draws in ♥️

🌸Find a structure to work with; make it easy for yourself by knowing where you are going as you begin your practice
🌸Get insight from others; go to workshops & classes to inject a little something new to inspire your practice
🌸Add heat; ujjayi breath, warm spaces, layered clothes! If you feel cold you are not going to want to practice.
🌸Listen to your body obviously - but don’t NOT practice - moving will make you feel better - remember this!

Happy practicing,

Upcoming workshops:
27 Nov: Rocket + Inversions, 3-5pm
10 Dec: Deep Stretch & Conditioning, 6 - 7.30pm

Ella

🚀 Rocket + Inversions Workshop 🚀

Would you:

🔥like to practice a dynamic, energising yoga practice
🔥like the opportunity to practice exciting arm balances, handstands, pinchas as part of your yoga practice
🔥like to learn safely and precisely how to invert and start to work towards handstands

Come join me for an hours Rocket practice leading into an hours inversion practice. In this workshop we will warm up through a fiery rocket practice, leading into breaking down handstands and starting to work through building up your handstand tool box so you can go away and develop this through your own practice.

Open level - not suitable for complete beginners.

£30 to book, £25 for regular PWE members. If finance is a barrier please let me know & we can figure out a way for you to attend!

Ella X