Freedom yoga pilates fitness

I honestly don’t know where I’d be without Pilates. After a hip injury through years of impact exercise and an unbalanced pelvis pilates has literally transformed how my body moves and given me back control.

Small group or 1-2-1 Yoga and Pilates classes available in the comfort of your own home.

Please contact me for more details.

Block booking discounts also available.

I love the seasons and I love Autumn. The beauty in nature as the leaves change colour from green to the most beautiful reds, orange and gold...the smell of bonfires...& hazy Autumn sun.

Our ancestors celebrated the equinoxes and the solstices with dance, meditation and ceremony.

In modern society we have tended to become disconnected from nature and the effects it has on our bodies and how we must prepare for the changing seasons, shorter days and longer nights. Animals instinctively know how we need to prepare as did our ancestors.

We can use this harvest season to cleanse, restore and refocus as we become more reflective. It’s a perfect time to tie up any loose ends and prepare ourselves for the winter months that lay ahead...this may include releasing habits and patterns that no longer serve you and making sure the body is nourished just as an animal would before winter hibernation...

So plant those seeds you want to plant now, rebalance and restore and appreciate the beauty of nature.

Happy Autumn 🍂 equinox

Perfect way to start the day…perfect stillness and connecting to nature with the rustle of the leaves and the sound of bird song

Spring Equinox blessings….🌸🦋🌼According to an old Scandinavian superstition, the weather on spring equinox would predict the weather for the entire year. If the weather was nice, it would be a good year in general, not just the weather 💛

Today is the Spring Equinox 2022...
This first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere is a sign of rebirth and a time of tradition. It's a harmonious balance between day and night ... and a ray of hope in world that could really use some right now.

Everything you have is already within….change begins with with you 🥰

Thank you to all my class members for my lovely gifts…Merry Christmas 🎄 ✨🎄

It’s a wrap!!! Rolling up my mat for Christmas last class taught now to enjoy the festivities 🎄✨❤️

Winter solstice blessings ✨

In our yoga class last week we began our chakra journey at Muladhara or the root chakra. This chakra is associated with our most primeval needs and is about safety, security and grounding. The purpose of our journey is to clear blockages in our chakras to achieve a more balanced and healthier mind, body and spirit. Tomorrow we will be moving on to swadisthana or the sacral chakra

Great spin class this morning! I think the disco lights are a hit. We all need a disco on a Sunday morning

In today’s yoga class we focused on the autumn equinox & what it means for us. The equinox although now passed is about balance, balance between light and dark it’s that pivotal point of the year where everything is in equilibrium before we descend into shorter days and longer nights.

As we descend into darkness it is time to draw upon the light within. This is the time to withdraw with contemplation, meditation, rest and reflection. This is the time to simply just be….

Just as trees shed their leaves in the autumn this is the time to shed anything we no longer need to hold onto. Time to go inward and make plans for the spring the growing season.

Illuminate the fire within your heart for the upcoming season of darkness.

And yes a cat had to feature in my post ❤️

That feeling of space….space from thoughts, space in the mind to see things from a clearer perspective and space and freedom in breath and movement. That pretty much sums up how I feel after this mornings very early (the best time for me to practice!) yoga class .

Yesterday I felt heavy in my thoughts I wasn’t present and was thinking about the world and it’s future, the future for our children, the future for humanity. I woke up this morning still bearing the heaviness of yesterday and the realisation hit I need to let the heaviness go with space and love and by human connection. So beginning my day with a powerful and connected practice was just what I needed to become more present and open hearted.
“Be the sunshine breaking behind the clouds”

In today’s class we focused on space…space between thoughts, space between breath and space to move more freely and space in our mind to quieten our thoughts and be more present. Yoga is all about finding space…My body expands with each pose, my mind expands with each breath, my soul comes home ❤️ As always I started the class with this quote

If you know you know....this little white feather fluttered down towards me and landed in my hand

Posted • Somewhere along the way, the world split you in two.
And you keep one half tucked away from eyes that may judge.
The other half is presented every day like a mannequin, a puppet, a pawn.
Going through the motions.
And somewhere along the way you decided that this half of you was the one the world wanted.
Maybe because the other half seemed to incite a reaction in others that you feared.
Well, now you are strong enough little one.
And wise enough to know that what you see is not disapproval in those eyes, it’s awe, envy, admiration - all in disguise.
Let the other side of you out.
She is the one who will take your journey to the final destination,
she is the compass your soul needs,
she is your North Star,
she’s your wild.
Without her you are simply surviving,
now it’s time to live.

Somewhere along the way, the world split you in two.
Let’s put you back together again.

Donna Ashworth
Author of ‘to the women’

Starting my day right with a yogi tea