Karuna

💛 yoga LOVE
💛 when you get treated and taken out for dinner by your yogis and realise you’ve been teaching the same awesome bunch for nearly ten years!! Absolutely love this lot to bits ✨💛✨💛

Sharing is caring.....🌳

A community event at Camer Park Country Park to get together and enjoy some free yoga followed by some time to chill and share a light nibble together.

Bring a mug and a flask of your favourite tea or coffee.
Some fruit or other light bites you wish to share with the group.
A blanket
A yoga mat
Good vibes and smiles 🤘

Although this is a free event please follow the booking link to reserve a space so we can be aware of how many people will be joining us 🥰

https://bookwhen.com/karuna =ev-ssih-20240629100000

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‘When this body has been so magnificently and artistically created, it is only fitting that we should maintain it in good health and harmony’

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🌻 Spring Retreat……

🌱 If you listen closely, your body receives natures messages on physical and subtle levels.

🌻 At Spring time the physical body asks for renewal; to release and detoxify from stored heaviness from winter through light movement and diet. We gently uncurl and unravel from any stiffness and tension we might be holding onto if we feel as if we spent most of winter time curled up and hunched over.

🌱 Spring is the perfect time to very gently bring in a little more movement and flow.

And we did just that……🌻🌱🌻🌱

🧡 As always the weekend wouldn’t have been as magical without having Rebecca by my side. Blessed as ever to work with such a beautiful soul 🧡

☀️SHARING IS CARING ☀️ SAVE THE DATE ☀️
🌱 A FREE community event

☀️ Yoga and breakfast in the park

🌱 Saturday 29th June

☀️ Save the date! More info coming soon!

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💫 Our upcoming retreats are now FULLY BOOKED 💫

Our yoga holiday in Italy in September is now fully booked 🇮🇹

Next weekend we will be back at our UK retreat centre for our sold out Spring retreat 🌱

If you missed out on the opportunity to join us on any of our offerings please reach out to be added to the waitlist for details of our next weekend retreat happening later in the year 🧘🏼‍♂️🧘🏼‍♀️

It’s an absolute joy building these retreats alongside Rebecca 🫶🏻🧡🫶🏻. Forever grateful for her continued inspiration, support and beautiful friendship 💫🧡

Watch this space for more offerings heading your way.

We can’t wait for you to join us 🙏

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Swing on a tree, walk in the woods, do yoga, jog, run, go for a swim…..Moving every day has the power to improve every part of your body and mind 🌱🐝🌱🐝🌱
                               
                 

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Your breath is your best friend 🧘🏼

Breathe with focus and intention for as little as 5-minutes a day to calm the nervous system, boost energy and improve your well being and general health 🍃

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‘In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you‘

A few spaces are still available for our April weekend retreat.

Here's what's included:

🌳 A weekend to retreat and embrace Spring time with a combination of breath work, meditation, mindful movement and yin & vinyasa yoga.

🌿 Set in acres of beautiful, unspoiled, biodynamic land at Emerson College, Sussex.

When: Friday April 12th - Sunday 14th 2024

What is included:

*A combination of breath work, meditation, mindful movement and yin & vinyasa yoga.

*2 nights accommodation�

*2 x dinners, breakfasts and lunches - all vegetarian, prepared with on-site produce (vegan and gluten free options available)�

*1 x holistic bodywork treatment or a private yoga session

*Guided herb walk with medical herbalist, nutritionist and naturopath Kirsten Hartvig ND�

*Plenty of time to rest, walk and reflect, in solitude or with the group

*Open fire evenings - weather dependant.
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Investment per person: £428
A deposit of £150 is required to secure your space.

Please get in touch to book ❤

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Urdhva Dhanurasana

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Classes are back this month kicking off on Monday 12th with my breath & mindful movement hour.

See you on the mats 🙏

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Añjaneyāsana

✨🧘🏼✨🧘🏼✨ WE’RE BACK!!! 🧘🏼✨🧘🏼✨🧘🏼

👉 WEEKEND SPRING RETREAT👈

Facilitators Nina and Rebecca (Yinspired Being) are back to bring you a wholesome and nurturing weekend to retreat and welcome in Spring time. With a combination of daily breath work, meditation, mindful movement and yin & vinyasa yoga held at our UK retreat centre set in acres of beautiful, unspoiled, biodynamic land in Forest Row, Sussex.

✨When:: April 12-14

What is included:
✨A combination of breath work, meditation, mindful movement, yin & vinyasa yoga
✨*2 nights accommodation
✨*2 x dinners, breakfasts and lunches - all vegetarian, prepared with on-site produce
✨*1 x holistic bodywork treatment or a private yoga session
✨*Guided Spring herb walk with medical herbalist, nutritionist and naturopath Kirsten Hartvig ND
✨*Time to rest, walk and reflect, in solitude or with the group

✨Investment per person: Single Room £428

✨Spaces are filling already. To book on please head to the booking page in the bio or head over to
www.yinspiredbeing.com

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☀️ I could stare at this forever ☀️

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Be in the moment.

The assumption is that you could be anywhere else, if you wanted. How is that even possible? The present is the only place you can be.

If you live, you live in this moment ✨

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Soaking up all the goodness the Philippines has to offer.
Returning back here again feels so good 🌴
Long walks in the sun 🌞
Reuniting with my amazing yoga teacher and dear friend 🧘🏼‍♂️🧡
Amazing food 😋
Seeing old friends and making new 😎
Being by the water, feeling my toes squish in the sand 🌊🐚

Happiness cup 100% FULL ☺️🌞🧘🏼‍♂️🌴🧡
I’m back in Feb with my brand new class on Monday evening and you can still catch me on Thursdays 🙏.

🧘🏼‍♂️ Retreat details dropping soon!
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🧘🏼‍♀️🫁✨BOOKINGS NOW OPEN 🫁🧘🏼‍♀️✨
The response to my new class in February has been amazing and there’s lots of eager beavers out there keen to get booked on so I’m opening up the bookings early which means you can book on from today 👏✨👏✨🦫

The link up there in the bio will take you straight to the booking page ⬆️ Spaces are limited so jump on today to avoid missing out ✨

I’m jetting off for the month of Jan (✈️☀️🏝️🫁🧘🏼‍♀️….more on that soon)…..and we’re winding down the year with only a few more classes left….I look forward to seeing you on the mats 🧘🏼‍♀️✨🧘🏼‍♀️✨🧡

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✨✨NEW CLASS COMING SOON✨✨

There are lots of exciting things heading your way in the new year and one of those is a new class delving deeper into breathwork techniques combined with plenty of movement to keep you physically strong and healthy…..🫁💪

First class lands in Feb…bookings open in Jan ✨

Watch this space for news on all the other exciting stuff coming your way soon ✨✨ (did someone say yoga holiday in Italy 😉🤭)

Until then catch me on the mats for the last few classes of the year…details in the link up there in the bio ⬆️

See you on the mat soon 🧡

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Croatia you stunner ☀️

It’s been 2 weeks of exploring islands, hiking mountains, finding secret beaches and waterfalls, laughs and having all the fun….I didn’t find any time to take the obligatory yoga shot on top of the mountain (cheeky tree pose pic attached 😉) but I am heading back today feeling refreshed, recharged and ready to greet you back on the mat.

See you there 🧘🏼‍♀️

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Bhramari pranayama- humming bee breath…..🐝

Is one of my favourite kind of techniques to practice.

There is evidence that humming through lowering the pitch of your voice and creating resonance in the throat, can trigger the parasympathetic nervous system.

The parasympathetic nervous system helps us to balance, calm and restore. It causes decreased heart rate, blood pressure and respiration rate.

Singing, playing wind instruments, chanting, pranayama and yoga can all stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system.

Hum like a bee:

Inhale through the nose with a soft sound.

Deeply exhale with a humming or murmuring sound.

Practice Bhramari Pranayama for around six rounds and then sit quietly in stillness, noticing the effects.

This is a great technique to do before meditation 🧘🏼‍♀️

Enjoy 😊 🐝

☀️☀️ Oh hello sunshine ☀️ ☀️

I’m finally getting my mojo back after what felt like the looooongest winter ever.

Catch me today at 12.30pm@over

🌻 My Thursday evening class is about to be offered online as well as in person. Starting in June, booking via the link in bio.

I’m thinking a yoga afternoon/picnic outside in nature sometime in July could be quite nice. DM me if you’re interested ☀️🙏

Last few spaces available for Fridays feel good flow if you wanna jump on 🙏

Augury retreat has sold out - DM to be added to a cancellation waitlist 🙏

Have a great day 💕


                                 
                   

Two very dear friends of mine left their life in Brighton UK and have set up a new life in Spain and have worked really hard to make their dreams come true and have started running retreats. Please check them out and support them if you are looking for a retreat in Spain 🙏🙏

Sonrisa Wellness From joining a local curated yoga class, to participating in a life enhancing retreat. The path to rejuvenation starts here.

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🙏 Yoga this week 🙏

🌿 Thursday Slow Flow

🌿 Thursday Vinyasa

🌿 Friday Vinyasa

🌿 Only ONE room left for the August retreat

🌿 Massage fully booked but slots available next week

All info/bookings via the website link in bio

(www.karunayogaandmassage.co.uk)

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Yin-Yang Yoga, Breathwork and Meditation Retreat ☯

August 4-6 2023

Myself and Rebecca are delighted to share with you our next retreat on the edge of Ashdown Forest 🍃

🌿We have chosen a beautiful community dedicated to creative education, spiritual, social, personal and ecological development. It's nice and close with basic accommodation and beautiful grounds that include a biodynamic vegetable garden and an orchard. It's important for us to be supporting this kind of work.

🪷We will offer 6 sessions of yin and yang style yoga, breathwork and guided meditation with the intention of exploring the balance of yin and yang energy on and off our mats for harmonious living. We will intentionally keep open space with (yin) time for personal reflection/ reading/ walking /sitting quietly to enhance deep rest and restoration.
To not have every moment filled can be challenging for many, so we will offer support during this process where necessary.

✨We have tried to make this as affordable and accessible as possible with options to camp, double up or have your own room.

All showers and toilets are shared with a sink only in the bedrooms.

Meals are vegetarian with vegan and gluten free options.

✨Spaces are filling up fast with almost half already reserved.

If you are interested please get in touch🙏🏼💕.

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🌿 My three daily essentials for a healthy mind and a healthy body….

🫁 Powerful breathwork - Strong deep breathing techniques are very powerful for activating, resetting and unblocking the mind, energy and emotional systems.

🏃‍♀️ Movement\asana - It's movement that gives us healthy joints, strong bones, physical strength and good circulation.

🧘🏼‍♀️ Slow breathwork/meditation - Slow and gentle breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system. When we are in this "rest-and-digest" state, our body can heal, recover and recharge again.

🌿 I have gained so much from going deeper into my own personal yoga & breathwork practice and have learnt so much about how to use certain techniques to deeply relax, heal, focus, meditate and improve general health. It is my goal to share these wonderful techniques with you.

✨ Head over to my website to find out where you can catch me for a class or get in touch to enquire about a 1-1 session.

(*Stronger/dynamic breathing exercises should always be practiced with precaution and guided by a qualified instructor)

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✨ Exciting new offerings ✨

🫁 Breathing greatly influences our mind, nervous system, bodily systems & functions. The way we control our breath produces different effects.

🫁 Each form of breathwork has its own unique approach, but they all share the common goal of using the breath to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.

🫁 Strong dynamic breathing is a very powerful way to activate, reset and unblock the mind, energy and emotional systems.

🧘🏼‍♀️ Slow & calm breathing will induce a state of deep relaxation combined with high concentration and is very beneficial for meditation.

🌿 I am currently offering 1-1 sessions (opening up to group sessions very soon). If you are keen to learn more about the breath and the influence it can have on your wellbeing please get in touch to arrange a free consultation call. 

🌿 There is a group breathwork & sound healing event in the making also so stay tuned for more info coming soon 🫁🔔

Pause. Take a deep breath. Smile.

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karuna yoga & massage The steady cycle of breath provides you with a calming, mental focal point which combined with continual movement gives you an added cardiovascular benefit creating increased strength and flexibility

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Lisa came to yoga last Friday.

Look at that post yoga smile 😊

Be like Lisa and get your Friday feel good yoga glow and join me tonight at Centre Anahata at 6pm.

Be quick, only a couple of spaces left!

Happy Friday ☺️🧘🏼‍♀️.

                                 
             

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Mindful Breathing 🫁

💫 Choose a location and set aside some time to practice.

🧘🏼‍♀️ Get into a comfortable position.
Simply find a quiet place in the house, at work or out in nature.

🫁 Sense the breath as best you can. Focus your attention on the sensations of breathing. This is your anchor – a point of reference that you try to return to whenever possible.

🧠 Notice the inevitable distractions.
Your mind will start to wander at some point. It’s totally natural and doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong. Whenever it drifts, do your best to notice this and any judgments that may pop up as a result.

🧘🏼‍♀️ Bring your attention back to the present. Every time you catch the mind wandering, simply try and bring your attention back to the present moment.
Try not to judge yourself or beat yourself up. It’s not about sitting there with a clear mind. The practice is noticing distractions and gently returning to the anchor.

Some benefits of practicing mindful breathing….

Improvements in sleep, stress levels, anxiety, productivity, perceived happiness, and much more.

Smile 😊

Have a great weekend 🙏