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2020 Yoga!

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2020 is very satisfying to write and see!

Don’t you think? It feels significant. A big year. A year for change?

Small steps my friends. We’re still deep in the winter. Not the time for sudden changes or restrictive resolutions, in my humble opinion :)  A time for quiet attention, tending our inner fires. Listening to our heart’s gentle song.  What might be there?  What might be possible, or needed.  No rush.  No need to jump.  Just listen.  Return to home-base.  It is all here, unfolding.

Classes at The Stables Yoga Centre, York!
I’m returning – finally! – to what feels like my own yoga-home, the Stables Yoga Centre in York on Monday evenings from 6th January! 

After almost 4 years, and two babies, I can’t wait to be back teaching Vinyasa Flow (6:15-7:30pm) and Beginners Yoga (6 week course, 7:45-9pm).  Contact The Stables for details and bookings.

The Stables is a beautiful space – if you haven’t been already I urge you to come along to any of their classes or workshops. A special place indeed.

Selby Yoga, FTW!
Our regular Saturday morning class resumes this weekend,
4th January, 9:30-10:30am at The Good Health Clinic.

I love our weekend yoga gang – thank you for making it such a fun, community practice, it’s such a highlight of my week to share it with you.  Jai!

The Sunday Sancuary popped up just before New Year – and sold out!  The overwhelming feedback was ‘ahhh – just what I needed!’

So here it is again, in the depths of the winter, when the sparkles of Christmas may already feel like a distant memory, let’s come together, tend our inner heart-fires, and choose rest, stillness, softness.  An opportunity for not-doing.

Sunday 26th January, 9:30-11am @ The Good Health Clinic, Selby
£10pp
Get in touch to book your place!

Yoga is BACK this September!

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It’s been a while, you guys! But whilst the summer might be coming to a close, yoga is BACK!

Our regular Saturday morning class resumes this Saturday, 7th September, 9:30-10:30am at the usual place, The Good Health Clinic in Selby. Flowing movement, mindful meditation, whole body living – yoga for *real* life!

There’s lots more ahead too.  Evening classes, including our Mama Yoga classes, daytime classes, and more Sunday Santuary sessions – I loved sharing the one we did in August with you, I hope to run more on a semi-regular basis.  There’s more info below!

Sunday Sanctuary – special extended classes

Special extended classes guiding you through movement, including flow, yin and restorative yoga, and meditation to explore deeper levels of rest and inquiry. 
Sound and silence, space and softness, stillness and flow.

Mama Yoga

I’d like to start a Mama-centred yoga + relaxation weekly class later in the year.  Whether your babes are tiny, not so tiny or in school – the overwhelm is real! They would be a mix of yoga, some breathing/meditation techniques and a place to be honest and share with other mamas and just be. A place to unwind a little bit. Have a cup of tea and a biscuit. 
Would you be interested? Or know anyone who might benefit? Please share and let me know! 

I’d love to hear from you and hear what YOU would like from our classes.  If you’d be interested in either a daytime or evening class, Mama Yoga and/or the Sunday Sanctuary extended classes please do get in touch and let me know.  It’s always been my aim to build a yoga kula that is supportive, useful and founded in JOY.  Thank you so much for being part of it!

Here’s to the seasons ahead!

With love,

Lucy x

 

 

Once more into the breach*…!

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I hope you’re all already embracing and enjoying the summer, the heat, the light, the storms and the cooling rain – all that Summer has to offer!

I find myself growing like the fruit and plants of summertime too, and am now preparing to slow things down and hopefully take a little time to pause and rest before baby arrives and life takes another new shape.  But there are still yoga offerings  to enjoy coming up over the next few weeks!

Our final regular class will be on Saturday 18th August.
All classes will be as usual until then:
Mondays, 6:45-7:45pm
Wednesdays, 10-11am
Saturdays, 9:30-10:30am
all @ The Good Health Clinic, Finkle Street.
I hope to see you before I finish!

On Sunday 19th August (10am-12noon), I’ll be running a special extended class, celebrating the seasons and changes.  It’ll be a mix of gentle, yin-inspired yoga and meditation, along with music and sound.  Exploring practices a little more deeply than we regularly get chance to in our usual classes.  And chocolate.  Yoga AND chocolate.  It’s what Sunday mornings are made for!
Booking essential – full details on our workshops page – get in touch to reserve your place!This is not good bye of course, I – and our classes – will be returning!  Until then, the lovely Janice Woods will be running the Monday + Saturday classes in our usual spots.  These classes will commence from mid-late September, I’ll be in touch with further details soon.Hope to see you over the coming weeks!
With love and sunshine
Lucy x
*Listen up, baby – no breech for you, please!!

Yoga doesn’t care

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I have news for you.

Yoga doesn’t care if you’ve haven’t rolled out the mat all summer,
Or missed a few classes,
Or were meaning to get to class sometime back in April and…it just never happened.

Yoga doesn’t care if you have the latest Sweaty Betty Lululemon ultra-stretchy glitter leggings
…or your comfy old jogging pants with the hole in the crotch;
Or if you can touch your toes and stand on your head –
Or if you haven’t seen your toes in a while and your head feels like a troop of monkeys have taken up residence in there…

Yoga doesn’t care if you had chocolate for breakfast.
Or about your hair or make up
Or the air brushed covers of magazines showing ‘perfect’ bodies in ‘perfect’ poses.

Yoga just cares about now.
Community.
Good intentions, open minds and kind hearts.
The life in this breath and the goodness in our actions.

Yoga cares if you show up.
To practice; to today; to this very moment.

Yoga cares about living your practice, body, heart and mind;
Being the change you wish to see.
This is yoga for life.

Not just for the hour of class.
Not just for the current trend.

Making use of every day and night to realise our potential for love. 

And guess what –
It’s never too late, you’re never too old, it hasn’t been too long (true facts).
Classes start back NEXT WEEK – join us and begin again, start afresh, continue the journey – yoga doesn’t mind which it is for you (and neither do I)!

Check out our new timetable for September – including a NEW Monday evening class!

See you soon yogi friends!

 

Special Summer Yin Yoga classes

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Hellooooo Summer!

We’ll be taking a little break from regular classes over the summer, but we’ll be back in September with NEW weekly classes and workshops on offer.  Stay tuned – more on that to come!

In the meantime, there are TWO delicious summer YIN YOGA classes in August.  Summer is a great time to practice yin (…although, in my book, any time is a good time to practice yin!) – when it’s warm outside and nature is in full bloom, this calming, cooling practice is the perfect way to add balance to your days, your mind and your body.  Yin yoga is largely floor based, and rather than using lots of muscular effort to hold postures, we just…let go.  Finding a shape and allowing the body to be supported by the floor and by props, which allows deeper tissues of the body to open, to stretch and to be refreshed.  We also stay in poses for longer – up to 4 or 5 minutes – which gives the body time to soften.  And if you’ve ever tried yin before, you’ll know that slow and steady doesn’t necessarily mean easy!  In creating this quiet space for the body to gently open, it is also a deeply meditative practice, a journey within; practicing patience, compassion and understanding.  It’s enlightening for sure!

Summer Yin Yoga classes are on:

  • Saturday 5th August, 9:30-11am @the Good Health Clinic, Selby (£12pp)
  • Saturday 19th August, 9:30-11am @the Good Health Clinic, Selby (£12pp)

Please get in touch to book your place!

Until then, wishing you beautiful summers of love and light xx

New Year – New Classes!

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Happy New Year yogi friends!

I’m BACK baby! I’m delighted to say that weekly yoga classes in Selby will be returning from Saturday 14th January at our new venue, the Good Health Clinic in Selby – a cosy little studio in the sky!

  • Saturdays (two classes), 9:30-10:30am + 10:45-11:45am – Weekend Flow! Come get your weekend off to a flowing start and super-charge your Saturday
  • Wednesdays, 10-11am – Yoga Flow! Your mid-week recharge and refresh

All classes will combine flowing yoga, breath work, relaxation and meditation suitable for all levels of yoga experience.  This is yoga for life – using the tools of yoga to explore this amazing body and the joy of living in ways that make sense not just on the mat, but in everyday life.

More details can be found on our Classes page. I’ll be adding more classes to the schedule as the year goes on, and my teeny yogini grows :)

Prices remain as before, £7 per class, or buy a block of 6 classes for £36 (valid over 7 consecutive teaching weeks).

Spaces are limited, so block-booking is recommended.

Really excited to connect and flow with you all again!

Here’s to the continuing adventure – see you on the mat!

lucyogini xoxo