Seasonal Gifting with Living Your Yoga

Hi Everyone,

I just thought to drop you a little message about Living Your Yoga lifestyle gift idea’s for yourself and your loved ones for this festive season. Here’s some short and sweet suggestions below ~ do drop me a line if you have any questions related to the offers below, or head to the ‘Book Classes’ page to purchase gifts.

Living Your Yoga Candles

Full Size & Travel Size Candles

The Living Your Yoga candle is 100% natural. The ingredients are: Black Pepper to help calm anxiety; Bergamot to help lift moods of depression; Patchouli to ground & soothe; Neroli to uplift.

I always light a scented candle for my home practice - it’s part of my daily ritual - and whenever I smell the scent of my candle when I’m not practicing, it evokes a sense of calm and happiness. This is what inspired a Living Your Yoga Candle. When I met with Rebecca Tracey and she shared her collections of candles with me, I totally fell for this one!

If you’re not local and would like a candle posted to you, head to ‘Book Classes’ at www’livingyouryoga.co.uk, scroll to the bottom of the page and you can purchase your candle there. They come in full size and travel size. If you’re local, I can drop the candles off to you, or you can collect one from class - just drop me a message beforehand to bring them in.

Full Size £35

Travel Size £18

Living Your Yoga Gift Vouchers

Gift vouchers are available both online and also card copies. They can be for Classes, Events, 1:1’s or for the Feminine Connection Subscription. Please contact me directly for your gift voucher options and purchases: info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

The Feminine Connection Subscription

Why not gift a whole years worth of yoga practices including Yoga Nidra’s, Meditations, Movement and Writings all within a fantastic female community to share, support and inspire a yoga-inspired lifestyle?

Also included in the subscription is a free in-person event, a monthly online Well-Woman Class and 5% discount off termly class bookings and events. For more information or to purchase an annual subscription head to ‘Book Classes’ at www.livingyouryoga.co.uk or email me info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

Living Your Yoga Events

Book yourself and a loved one on one of next years events for a Christmas gift exchange! Time for you both to have a shared experience within a nourishing and supportive environment… head to ‘Book Classes’ at www.livingyouryoga.co.uk or email me for more information at info@livingyouryoga.co.uk.

I hope that some of these suggestions inspire you :)

Keep your eyes peeled next week for our end of year newsletter including: weekly schedule & dates for next term; the launch of LYY YouTube; launching LYY on Radio Abbey and the weekly line up of guests; Health & Wellness Column and more…

Have a good week!

Much Love,

Lucy xx

Embracing Change

After an eight week term of reflection, exploration and play in our Autumn Term Classes, where we’ve witnessed and embraced the seasons change, it’s now time for a well-deserved week off to reset before the excitement of the upcoming festivities: Halloween, Bonfire Night, Christmas & New Year! Maybe your celebrations have already taken off with Diwali!

Throughout the term, we’ve all commented on witnessing and feeling the change from Summer to Autumn. Noticing the colours in nature turning, the temperature shifting, the darker nights drawing in, energies are a little lower, virus’ s have been spreading, and we all were very grateful for the long and luscious Summer days.

Autumn relies on letting go and transformation. The leaves fall with ease from the trees, unpicked fruits are released from the branches hold and nature paints us a different picture. This natural change can inspire us in our lives in mirroring natures lessons: learning to let go with grace and ease, embracing changes as they arise, creating space in our lives, just to simply be. We’re at the stage where nature invites us to turn inwards to rest and restore, to be still and gather wisdom within.

How do you embrace change?

Do you let go with ease or struggle? Does change bring anxiety or excitement? (or both?)

Knowing the answers to these questions may help you to navigate changes in your life, both in your inner world and your outside environment.

Personally, I get really excited by change! I’ve had some huge changes in my life in this last year, particularly in the last 6 months, and have totally embraced all of them with open arms. The ups and the downs. Embracing change and allowing yourself to be in the present moment is key in navigating this life where everything is in a state of impermanence. When we accept that change is inevitable, we may learn to take time to reflect and then make well-informed choices, followed by finding more joy and gratitude, moment to moment. A regular yoga practice can really help in recognising this and serving as an anchor in navigating change. Your practice can help you take time for yourself to observe how you are experiencing change around you - and within you - depending on your personal circumstances. All classes with Living Your Yoga are inspired by seasonal changes. Whether you’re attending dynamic and playful classes, or more reflective and nurturing sessions, they’re all weaved and inspired by seasonal intentions, held in a safe and supportive community.

A huge change for our Feminine Connection Subscribers has been moving all content to Substack. It’s been a change for all of us - especially those of us that aren’t so techy/or label themselves ‘technophobes’! But everyone is embracing it and giving such positive feedback! Change can be great! (and so can facing our fears)

Mixed Ability Classes have had a playful and supportive environment, exploring half and full handstands, shoulder stands, headstands and wall twists, including curiosity, giggles and conversation. Well-Woman Classes were influenced by Autumn Equinox themes of reflection, release & creating space. Men’s Yoga Classes have been focussing on finding comfort, ease and mobility in the neck and the shoulders; creating heat with sun salutation practices, and moving into stillness with variations on standing postures (as well as some cheeky body lifting practices). The Feminine Connection Subscribers received an Autumn Yoga Nidra, an Autumn Yoga Practice and reflections and writings about both Swadhistana & Muladhara Chakra’s and their energetic qualities, impacts and imbalances in oneself. One of our lovely long term LYY members and subscribers has written her experience of subscribing to The Feminine Connection - it’s a really lovely reflective piece further down - I hope you enjoy it.

Wall Twist Exploration in Friday Morning Mixed Ability Classes

Read on to check dates for next terms schedule; next years events for your diary; the launch of The Feminine Connection Subscription on Substack; January 2026 launch of Living Your Yoga YouTube; launching Living Your Yoga’s Health & Wellness Radio Show in January 2026; introducing Adam, co-founder of The Human Collective in our Health & Wellness Column; Turkey Yoga Retreat with me; Gratitude and a seasonal song…

Winter Schedule

Monday 3rd November ~ Friday 19th December

To book your space for this terms classes, click here

*Free class when booking two classes a week - please contact me directly

EVENTS 2026

WELL-WOMAN YOGA

Saturday 28th February 2026 (2.15 ~ 5.15pm) £55

Saturday 21st November 2026 (2.15 ~ 5.15pm) £55

Our Well-Woman Events at Leek Wootton Village Hall are always nourishing afternoons spent with an amazing community of women, delicious catering is provided by Cafe Desa, a talk by a holistic practitioner, and all yogic practices are designed to nurture, nourish, restore and uplift.

Well-Woman events are available for all levels and help to release tension, both physically and mentally; create heightened awareness in how the body and mind are feeling; enhanced connection in tuning into the self. We explore balance, strength and stability on physical and emotional levels; practice meditation, breath work and relaxation techniques; a variety of pelvic floor practices are included. There’s space for discussion and sharing regarding women’s health challenges and remedies.

Click here to book your space.

Well-Woman Event. Leek Wootton Village Hall.

YOGA NIDRA & SOMATIC SOUND

Summer Serenity: Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound Experience ~ Saturday 14th June 2026 (6 ~ 8pm) £45

Winter Sanctuary: Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound Journey ~ Sunday 13th December 2026 (6 ~ 8pm) £45

Due to the exceptional feedback and December’s sell-out Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound Event, myself and Nicola Davidson of Eirya Wellness, will be collaborating again in 2026. Nicola will be creating immersive sounds to wash over you whilst I weave a seasonal Yoga Nidra amidst the vibrations to guide you into a deep state of conscious rest. It was requested that we run these on a monthly basis, but we currently have dates for two - should these both sell out again, we’ll try and squeeze another in!

The Summer Session on Sunday 14th June 2026 is designed to promote relaxation and renewal, whilst the Winter Session on Sunday 13th December 2026 will support rest and deep nourishment. Both events are suitable for all abilities, and both men and women. We look forward to welcoming you. Click here to book.

Benefits of yoga nidra include: deep relaxation & stress reduction; improved sleep quality; enhanced emotional regulation; reduced anxiety & symptoms of PTSD; increased self-awareness & mindfulness.

THE FEMININE CONNECTION SUBSCRIPTION

Our Feminine Connection Community is growing as is its content, creativity and our connection to one another. We have just launched The Feminine Connection on Substack this month so that all subscribers can access all content with ease. Non-subscribers can also access snippets of material.

Content currently includes: Seasonal Well-Woman Yoga Video’s, Yoga Nidra & Meditations, Zoom recordings, Weekly Newsletters with musings & information about: women’s health; the lunar cycle; rituals; journal prompts; chakra and energetic reflection, information and self-reflective probes; practice scribes; book & podcast recommendations and more.

Looking ahead, further content includes: Guided Sun Salutation Variations, Chakra-Inspired Yoga Nidra’s, Pelvic Floor Practice Video’s and even more to support your self-practice and idea’s on how to live life consciously.

Here’s another review about The Feminine Connection’s Subscription by lovely long term member of LYY and subscriber Steph:

I have a sign in my kitchen which reads, Enjoy the little things in life, for someday you will look back and realise they were the big things… this is how I feel about the Feminine Connection.

You may not think you need to understand your Chakra’s, you may never have heard about Affirmations, raised your Vibration and when did you last make time to meditate?  When do you ever Pause & Reflect…  The Feminine Connection is going to take you on this journey, with your hand held.  I can guarantee you’ll drift away as you listen to the most fabulous nidra’s and feel nourished after our themed yoga practice.  I really feel that I am learning about my mind, body and soul week by week with an insight into how I function.  Being asked to reflect by Lucy each week means that I stop for maybe twenty minutes and attempt to answer those reflections.  Why do reflections make any difference?  Because life is busy I guess, menopause is causing my hormones to ebb and flow and maybe, just maybe, there are answers into my behaviours, my reactions, that I hadn’t ever taken into consideration.  I am thoroughly enjoying being challenged each week.

Some newsletters which have really resonated with me and made me reflect… #7 Pelvic Floor Health, the concept of the time-line really made me think and #18 - Reflecting on our relationship with control & autonomy.  I have not ever given time for this introspection until now.  #19 Manipura Practice – Erm… Wow! Who would have thought it was possible to have one yoga session with two consecutive aspects?  This class was incredible.  We all tapped into the aspect we feel represented us.  And #22 Rituals made me reflect and tap into what I already do but gain more intention.

I could go on, but what I do know is this subscription has and will continue to support and guide me and I think we all feel very blessed to have this access at our fingertips and now we have the access via the Substack platform.

Lucy advocates that women need to keep talking to other women!  It’s great that we now get to enjoy Zoom reflections Q&A each month before we start our practice and I think there is food for thought on how we share our reflections.  Is this WhatsApp or Substack, I’m just throwing it out there if anyone has any thoughts?  I am so looking forward to our connection continuing to grow!

Namaste xx

To subscribe click here or of more information contact info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

£200 for annual subscription.

YouTube: Living Your Yoga

During lockdown my children were desperate for me to have a YouTube Channel. I absolutely opposed it and never thought I’d be able to cope in the online world of teaching…skip forward 5 years and I love teaching my online community, recording videos and audio’s for my subscription service and teaching on the Balance+ app. So finally, it now makes sense to create a Living Your Yoga YouTube page for those that just want a mini-practice, be it a sweet yoga or meditation to uplift, or maybe some specific healing practices for the back, for joint mobility, or just to start or end the day with some support and calm.

I started creating material for a YouTube Channel over a year ago, but had to pause the process due to personal circumstances. However, now, I’m getting back on track and will have some practices to share in the New Year when we’re all ready to ease into some gentle healthy habits :) I look forward to sharing the launch with you!

LIVING YOUR YOGA RADIO ~ LAUNCHING JANUARY 2026!

I’m really excited to share that I’ve been asked to host a radio show for Kenilworth’s Radio Abbey :)

It’ll be a Health & Wellness show (with music as well of course!), live from Radio Abbey’s studio every Wednesday, 2.30-3.30pm, as of January next year. I’ll be interviewing all sorts of health and wellness experts who will impart their wisdom and inspire us all, answer questions and share stories that may help us heal or be healthier in body, mind and spirit. I have lots of idea’s for the show and many guests lined up, but if you, or anyone you know may like to be a guest on the show to share their expertise in the wellness industry, then drop me an email: info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

Guests will be both in person and online. All shows will be recorded and shared on both Abbey Radio’s website and my YouTube & Substack platforms - but without the music sadly due to licensing. (I will provide a music listing from each show though :))

I look forward to sharing more details in our end of year newsletter!

HEALTH & WELLNESS COLUMN

This term I invited the lovely Adam, co-founder of The Human Collective, a community of holistic therapists and teachers, to share how the community began, how it’s evolved, and how you can connect and attend classes, events and more…

The Human Collective was born from a longing for community, collaboration and connection, a knowing that it can be a lonely place in this world, and to give hope to others on this journey!

The Human Collective started in November 2022, with 3 friends who had a similar vision: myself Adam Bray, Drew Morbey & Joe Massey. Whilst looking over old messages when writing this blurb, I realised that the original WhatsApp group was set up on 11/11/22. At that time, those numbers were very prevalent in my life and along the journey I've learnt they always have been and always will be! A great indication that the Human Collective was going to be something very special, and it really has grown into exactly that!

We spoke about collaborations with wellness practitioners, studios, venues, retreat spaces, having our own venue, running festivals, working with schools, councils and businesses the possibilities seemed endless. After around 6 months of exciting times, meetings of creation, planning & branding, Drew & Joe's lives had taken a different path. Drew was making plans to move to Australia with his family, and Joe was moving to Spain with his family - so they both decided to step back from the running of the Collective. However, with a few members on board, I was really enjoying the journey and I was passionate with still moving forward with the vision. This was becoming my job, to build connections with incredible humans and help them share their passions with the world! I kept things ticking over, sharing members' offerings, updating and adapting the website, and slowly growing the community. Not long after, Rossana Trajkovska, one of the original members of the Collective stepped up to help build the dream. The fun & exciting meetings started again, talking about collaborations, community and the potential of the Collective. Rossana shared the same vision and we continued to grow as a community. The mission was to continue to grow, and that is what we have done together!

The next chapter - The Human Collective Hub

Moving swiftly into summer 2024, out of the blue Rossana said, "I've found a space at Fargo Village, shall we go and have a look!" Bearing in mind, we hadn't actually spoken about finding a space, but it was always part of the vision, when you fully start to embrace this journey, you learn to accept and let things unfold! 

In September, Rossana and I signed on the dotted line and on the 28th September 2024 we opened the doors to The Human Collective Hub - the first Collective space!

The Hub now offers weekly classes, monthly workshops and events. We also host monthly Collective Community Days with £5 taster sessions run by the amazing members of the Collective, who all offer their time free of charge to share their talents with the community. 

The vision continues to unfold... the festival we spoke about at the very beginning happened in August, we celebrated the Hubs' first birthday in September and we plan to keep creating beautiful experiences for the local community and beyond. 

The Human Collective 

The Human Collective is a one-stop holistic directory of teachers, coaches, instructors, experts, studios, venues, retreats, events, classes, workshops and much more. We recognise that working self-employed within the wellness industry can be isolating and lonely at times and want to help support practitioners to find one another and also to socialise via social events for practitioners. Our mission is to build on collaboration within the wellness industry and beyond, helping our members to reach more people and helping more people to find our members. If this sounds like the kind of community that you're looking for, then get in touch and we look forward to hearing from you.

We also have the Human Collective Hub at Fargo Village in Coventry, come and visit us, all are welcome!

Find out more here!

Come and join us for the next Collective Community Day - 26th October

Adam & Rosanna

YOGA RETREAT: TURKEY 2026

Places are booking up for the Yoga Turkey Retreat with me next June 2026!

All contact details are on the flyer below. I hope you can make it!

GRATITUDE

We hear a lot about the practice of gratitude - but what exactly are the benefits?

• Improved mental health & mood: being grateful shifts away from negative thoughts and helps rewire your brain towards positivity. This in turn can reduce symptoms of anxiety and increase satisfaction and happiness.

• Stronger relationships & social connections: expressing gratitude to others depends bonds and connections; people feel more valued & appreciated building closeness and trust over time.

• better physical health & sleep: the practice can reduce stress and promotes relaxation, allowing the body to rest and recover more deeply at night.

  How do we practice gratitude?

• A gratitude journal: list 3-5 things each day that you feel grateful for. This could be something small like having had a really good cup of coffee, or spontaneous laughter with a friend or loved one, to something bigger like having a positive health result, having great relationships in your life or enjoying your job.

• Express gratitude to others: telling people, writing or texting someone to say thank you. Acknowledging the impact of that person in your life.

• Gratitude Meditation: bring to mind people, experiences, aspects of your life that you are thankful for, letting the feeling of appreciation wash over you.

I think that’s all for this term! A long letter reflecting a long term!

Have a fabulous half term and look forward to seeing you all on the mat in November.

Much Love,

Lucy xx

Click here for a gorgeous seasonal song

Tuesday Night Mixed Ability at The Parochial Hall, Kenilworth

Beauty in Transition: Rituals & Routines

Hello! It feels like such a long time since I wrote to you. It was so lovely to see those that were able to make it to class this Summer - I missed those of you that weren’t. I’ve heard about some wonderful trips! It’s been such a long and luscious Summer here, there’s a feeling of not wanting it to end, yet at the same time a kind of relishing in how the sun’s Summer boldness, eases into more of a soft golden light. You’re no doubt noticing the colours of the leaves slowly turning, an abundance of apples and pears seemingly in everyone’s gardens, and the air has a slightly crisper feel in the mornings and evenings. Although easing into Autumn can often invite a sense of melancholy, it only takes a few moments to look about you and notice the beauty of nature within the transition of the seasons.

For most of us, our routines, healthy habits, grounding rituals, our yoga practice and possibly our jobs, have all fluctuated, paused or ceased to exist during the Summer months. September always seems to welcome a return to our routines and re-ignite wellness habits if they’ve left the scene for more fun times! Read on to find out about your Autumn Term Schedule, Well-Woman Autumn Equinox Event, Yoga Nidra Event, Ritual idea’s for Self-Care as we transition into Autumn, Health & Wellness Column, The Feminine Connection Subscription News, Podcast News, Yoga Retreat in Turkey, Men Walking & Talking Fundraising Event…. and a classic autumn song :)

Home practice in our new home :)

Autumn Term Schedule

Monday 1st September ~ Friday 24th October 2025

Well-Woman Autumn Equinox Event

Saturday 20th September 2025

2.15pm ~ 5.15pm

This Well-Woman Autumn Equinox Yoga Gathering celebrates the perfect balance of light and darkness that marks the seasonal transition, bringing together women of all levels of experience, embracing the wisdom of letting go as nature prepares for winters rest. The practices focus on grounding, hip-releasing and heart-centred poses, encouraging the release of what no longer serves whilst cultivating gratitude for the years abundance. The practice will also include the community’s favourite practices including cleaning out the cupboards, pelvic floor exploration, alternate nostril variation breath work and a seasonal Yoga Nidra.

Catering will be provided by Cafe Desa and our expert talk will be with the fabulous Nicola Davidson of Eiraya Wellness (featured in our Health & Wellness Column below)

To book your space head to book classes at: www.livingyouyoga.co.uk

If you’re a subscriber, you’ll receive your 5% discount - please contact me directly..

I hope to see you there :)

LYY Event at Leek Wootton Village Hall

Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound

Winter Sanctuary: Sunday 14th December 6-8pm

Embrace the quiet essence of winter with our deeply nourishing Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound Experience. As the world outside slows down and goes inward, join us for an evening of profound rest and release that honours the contemplative spirit of the season.

The event will take place at Leek Wootton Village Hall. No experience necessary. Bring blankets, warm socks, cushions and any bolsters.

A festive warming drink and snack will also also be prvided.

Sound will be provided by Nicola Davidson of Eiraya Wellness.

*This event has nearly sold out* but there are still a few spaces available which can be booked here

Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound Event at Leek Wootton Village Hall

Simple Self-Care Rituals

I thought to write a little about what rituals are, how they differ from habits, their benefits and some morning and evening ritual idea’s. The extract below is taken from this week’s Feminine Connection subscription letter. I hope you find it inspiring - it’s suitable for all.

Moving into the darker months can often bring lower mood, energy and less of an inclination to support our health: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. So to navigate through the forthcoming months, let’s look at how rituals can be of benefit.

The power in ritual lies in the ability to create an intention, a meaning, mark important transitions, and connect ourselves to something larger than our individual selves, whether that’s a personal value, a tradition or a community.

Rituals are actions that require engagement and meaning, else they can become habits like anything else (even if it’s a good habit). Just to clarify, habits are actions that we do automatically or even unconsciously, on autopilot. Our rituals support us in living consciously.

Here are some simple examples of the differences between habits and rituals:

HABITS:

• Brushing your teeth before bed (whilst thinking about other things)

• Taking the same route to work/destinations without considering alternatives

• Putting keys in the same place when getting home

• Drinking coffee/tea first thing in the morning whilst reading phone/emails/making others breakfasts.

RITUALS:

• A morning meditation practice, lighting a candle, sit in silence and set intentions for the day.

• Family dinner tradition where everyone shares one good thing from their day before eating.

• Bedtime routine involving writing 3 things you’re grateful for in a journal.

Although I’ve highlighted different examples, all of the ‘habit’ actions can also be a ritual, depending on how they’re performed, simply by being mindful of savouring the moment and giving attention to achieve its intended purpose.

As we move into September, using the suggestions below may be a really helpful way in supporting yourself to be present, grounded and better able to cope with the seasonal transition. I invite you to choose one to explore, daily, this week.

Morning Rituals:

• Upon waking, rest one hand on the heart space, one on the belly, inhale to the heart, exhale down to the belly for several minutes.

• Feel your feet on the ground, the carpet, the grass outside

• Open the window/go outside, feel the air enter and leave your nostrils

• Make your bed

• Journal (anything, no judgement)

• Use your tea/coffee making as a ritual - use your favourite cup, take your time to make it the best cup of tea/coffee just for you…contemplate where you will sit to drink it.

• Self massage with kind and loving thoughts to and about yourself..

Evening Rituals:

• Write/reflect/meditate on 3 things that you’ve done well that day; then 3 things you’re grateful for

• Make a soothing bedtime drink…and make the process a ritual, like your morning drink

• Use golden thread breath and visualisation in bed

• Wrap your arms around yourself, or a loved one

• Journal

• Read, draw, write…

• Bath and self massage

Health & Wellness Column

I’m really excited to introduce you to Nicola Davidson. I’ve known Nicola for some time now and she is skilled in so many aspects of healing modalities. Nicola and I have started collaborating this year with our Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound events which have had such phenomenal feedback. Our December event is just shy of selling out already. We plan to run more of these next year as requests to do so have been so high.

Read on to find out more about the lovely Nicola.

Stepping away, stepping inward and reconnection By Nicola Davidson

I find it near impossible to take time away these days – a privilege I don’t take for granted but also struggle with, as many do. It’s hard to prioritise ourselves amidst the demands of life, but this is the one thing that has changed everything for me - the ability to sit still and be with myself.

Seven years ago, my life was unrecognisable in comparison to what it is today. Not from the outside (I still lived in the same house, had a lovely family, and a busy career), but from within.

I used to run, mostly from myself.

Kept busy. All. The. Time – anything to keep my mind off myself and how permanently lost I felt.

But I had it all? The career (I was head of dept at a thriving secondary school – a job I had dreamt of), a loving husband, two beautiful children and a wonderful circle of support in friends and family. But inside I was broken.

It took hitting a bottom that I couldn’t comprehend, to break me open and allow me to return to myself. Slowly, gently and at times, brutally.

And the changes didn’t happen in an instant, they required deep stillness, humility, honesty, connection and trust. Things that I simply couldn’t embody previously. My journey to becoming an Integrative Somatic Therapist has been a deep and intense process of re-education, self-reflection and cognitive reframing – something I embody within my practice.

Returning to joyful movement, learning to breathe again, listening to the body and working with all parts of the self are vital to my work with clients. Holding space for those I work with to rediscover themselves is truly an honour.

I discovered working with sound by accident whilst training as a therapist. The connection to sound based tools was instant. After attending sound meditation sessions, I found that I was softening and more open during my own therapy sessions. I was intrigued by this effect so I delved deeper. I studied frequency and its effect on the body, and what I found informs everything that I do within my work with trauma, neurodivergence and addiction today.

I work with clients that may have exhausted other talking therapy options, don’t like talking, or those that simply can’t quite figure why they need help or what they are looking for – but there’s that ‘stuck’ feeling. Using tuning forks both on and around the body, I work with the client to bring the nervous back into balance and to clear the Biofield. The results are shifts - both subtle and profound at times. Cognitive reframing of experiences that have resulted in deep wounds enables a renewed sense of freedom. The load feels lighter, the body feels again. A return to one’s true self, rather than living in wounds of the past.

If you are curious to find out more, or want to experience the phenomenal power of frequency, please reach out to attend a group sound meditation or book a free 20 minute discovery consultation to explore whether we would work well together. Please contact me at eiraywellness@gmail.com or visit @eirayawellness on Instagram.

The Feminine Connection Subscription

Our Feminine Connection Community is growing as is its content, creativity and our actual connection to one another. We are looking to launch our YouTube page this month which will be exclusive to subscribers only. Material currently includes: Seasonal Well-Woman Yoga Video’s, Yoga Nidra & Meditations, Zoom recordings, Weekly Newsletters with musings & information about: the lunar cycle; rituals; journal prompts; chakra and energetic reflection, information and self-reflective probes; practice scribes… and more. Looking ahead, there will be further content including Guided Sun Salutation Variations, Chakra-Inspired Yoga Nidra’s, Pelvic Floor Practice Video’s and more to support your self-practice.

Here’s a review about The Feminine Connection’s Subscription by Susie:

“We are now well into our first year’s subscription to Lucy’s ‘Feminine Connection’ online yoga sessions which are accompanied by her weekly newsletter and musings for us to reflect upon. Working with the moon’s powerful monthly path and our chakras Lucy guides us into a deeper knowledge of how to combine our spiritual and physical practice, strengthening and supporting us along our individual paths.

As an older woman I find that this safe, supportive space that Lucy is creating is gently enabling me to gain clarity in the inevitable challenges of life.

Thank you Lucy for sharing your skills and wisdom in this beautiful space; I love the way sessions are evolving and the new addition of opening each session a little earlier to give an opportunity for sharing our thoughts and just feeling supported by this lovely community of women.

As part of the subscription we can choose a free in person session each year - I’m so looking forward to the Autumn equinox in the lovely meeting space at Leek Wootton”

Annual subscription is currently only £200. Subscription also includes x12 monthly online Well-Woman Yoga Classes, a complimentary in-person event and 5% discount off all courses and events (not including retreats)

For more information, drop me a line at: info@livingyouryoga.co.uk, or click here to subscribe

Meno Quirks Podcast

I was really delighted this Summer to be asked by Sally and Nat, creators of Meno Quirsk Podcast, to join them to talk about yoga & women’s health in relation to navigating the peri-menopause & menopause. It was a fun interview in a very hot yurt, on a very hot day with pauses in recordings for noisy planes above, but it’s a great chat with a lot to share. I hope that you enjoy it and feel the urge to support and subscribe to their relatively new podcast!

Head to the link below to tune in to the show:

Meno Quirk Podcast

Sal, Me & Nat

Yoga Retreat in Turkey: June 2026

Places are booking up for next years Turkey Retreat! Flights are also now available to book!

Spaces are limited, so if you can make it, you only need to pay a deposit to save your place. I would love to see you there! For all enquiries and bookings, please use the contact details on the flyer below and if you’re one of my students, do let them know so that you can receive the discounted price that is stated on the flyer :)

Men Walking & Talking (MWAT) Event

One of my lovely regular clients has been supporting the event advertised below - please support and share. It’s a men’s mental health initiative aimed at bringing men together in safe and supportive spaces to promote wellbeing. Head to the link to book your place:

Men Walking & Talking

I think that’s everything for now!

I’m so looking forward to starting this term on 1st September - I can’t wait to see you all back on the mat.

Much Love,

Lucy xx

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

Summertime!

It feels like such a long time since I last wrote to you, but I think that this is more to do with all of the events of the term rather than the passing of time itself. Sometimes I feel like time stretches itself to fit in all of life’s comings and goings. Also the bright and light extra long Summer days definitely help us to experience, do and feel more…and with more energy ;) (Though I know not all of you would quite agree with me on this matter!)

I’ve just hosted a beautiful collaborative Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound event ( more info further down) where the theme was to use the pause within the practice to reflect upon what the year has brought you so far, and where you want to see yourself by the end of it.

I believe that it’s a really healthy practice to reflect in this way. It helps you see where you may have overcome challenges and difficulties, where you’ve reached completions, where you can identify where things aren’t working and what to let go of. Within the pause, it’s also a perfect time to look at not only where you want to see yourself by the end of the year, but also reflect upon what you need in your life to help you reach that place in the way that you want/need to. Sometimes this practice can bring all sorts of emotions up, so it’s something that needs to be explored in a safe & supportive environment. If you practice this alone, it may be good to ensure that you can talk to someone afterwards, as you may find all sorts of unexpected thoughts & feelings arise, some comfortable, and some not so.

For this terms newsletter, I’d like to share a little bit of what’s been happening including: Ashtanga Intensive with Adam Keen in Manchester; Monthly Well-Woman Online Classes & The Feminine Connection Subscription; Summer Serenity Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound Event.

Then, we have this terms Health & Wellness Column featuring Mindset Coach Dan Graham.

And looking ahead: Summer Schedule; August Yoga Challenge; Well-Woman Autumn Equinox Yoga Event; Winter Sanctuary Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound; Yoga Retreat in Turkey 2026…and a song.

Exploring the world upside-down :)

Ashtanga Yoga Intensive with Adam Keen in Manchester

I have been practicing Ashtanga Yoga with Adam Keen online for around 18 months now, so I was really thrilled to be able to attend a weekend workshop and 4 day intensive with him in person. I was even more excited when 3 of our LYY Ashtanga Yoga regulars were able to attend the workshop weekend too!

Having first started an Ashtanga Yoga practice when I had just turned 23, it’s always been the practice that I have returned to and fallen in love with that little bit more. I’ve always enjoyed exploring other yoga modalities that have supported me with injuries, illness, stress, pregnancies and postnatally, but as soon as I step back into my ashtanga practice, I experience it like a little home coming. I find that the familiarity of the postures really allow me to identify where I am in that moment in time. I don’t have to think about what posture I’m doing next, when in a continual flow I find it incredibly liberating. There have been times when I can’t even approach a certain posture if I’m feeling vulnerable or overwhelmed at life, and this makes me pay attention. It helps me navigate my energy and how to navigate the rest of the day. At the same time, when I was on the intensive, I realised how I have fear at approaching particular postures and had time to reflect upon this and observe where these fears were rooted and how I might be able to approach and work with them. The practice for me has become so much more energetic and psychological, rather than the physical acrobatic practice it can often be described as. It’s a lot richer in my experience and I strive for people to experience it that way in my classes.

Having some of our community attend the weekend was just fabulous! They were able to deepen their knowledge and experience too: both physically and historically as Adam gave talks on the history of Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga. We all left feeling full of inspiration and little bit more wisdom.

Thanks Adam and Theresa ! If you want to look up where Adams retreats and workshops are or subscribe to his excellent podcast, here’s the website: www.keenonyoga.com

Weekend workshop at Yoga Sangha Manchester

Monthly Well-Woman Yoga Online/The Feminine Connection

I thought to share a little bit about our monthly online Well-Woman Yoga Classes and The Feminine Connection Subscription that’s on offer.

The Well-Woman online classes are attended by people all over the country and Europe. It’s a wonderful community of women, of which many have met one another on retreats or events, or get to know and recognise one another every month online. To be honest, I didn’t know if online teaching would continue after covid, but I can honestly say, they work wonders! You can be part of a community in your own home from anywhere in the world and have a sense of being supported and in an environment with like-minded people.

Because we have such a strong community, I was really keen to offer a bit more of a service, as a way of showing my gratitude, but also to help the community feel that bit more connected. Having studied to a great extent the therapeutic benefits for women in supporting their life cycles, through yoga and holistic practices, I thought what better way to impart this knowledge than through a subscription. The subscription includes an abundance of resources, weekly emails with hints, tips, journal prompts and practices, as well as Yoga Nidra’s, Meditations and Pre Recorded Seasonal Practices. The annual subscription is only £200 and this also includes 12 monthly online classes with access to the recording for 30 days.

if you’d like to subscribe, head to the Book Classes page on my website www.livingyouryoga.co.uk

For more information, do drop me an email: info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

Summer Serenity: Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound

Yesterday (Saturday) saw the first collaboration between myself and the wonderful Nicola Davidson of Eiraya Wellness. Nicola played the Sound Bowls and I weaved a Yoga Nidra throughout and together we found a great harmony! The feedback has been exceptional and we’ve already started taking more bookings for the December event as everyone had such a profound experience. Nicola worked with the bowls frequencies to help bring balance to everyone in the space. The yoga nidra supported deep rest, rejuvenation, release and reflection. We weren’t sure what to expect, but we’re totally over the moon at the response and will be running more of these next year on a more regular basis. Watch this space…

Summer Serenity: Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound. Leek Wootton Village Hall. Saturday 12th July 2025.

Heath & Wellness Column

I’d like to introduce the lovely Dan Graham, Mindset Coach and LYY regular! I’ve known Dan for a few years now and felt really intrigued and interested in his area of therapy. After a coffee together, I asked if he’d write about his work as I think it could help just about everybody!

Read on and enjoy.

Uncovering the Hidden Stories That Hold Us Back
By Dan Graham, Mindset Coach

As a mindset coach, my work goes straight to the root of what holds people back — not surface-level motivation, but the deep, unconscious narratives that quietly shape our lives.

From early on, we start identifying with labels, roles, and beliefs. “I’m this kind of person,” “I don’t do that,” “This is who I am.” These identities become addictive. They give us a hit of familiarity — through people, places, roles — but over time they disconnect us from who we really are. We end up living from mental constructs rather than our true nature, which erodes our authenticity and sense of joy.

Most of these narratives are formed in childhood and go unnoticed. Yet they silently influence how we think, feel, and behave. My role as a coach is to help people uncover the unconscious story that’s shaping their life the most — and guide them in stepping free from it.

Over time, I’ve found that most unconscious human behaviour tends to revolve around five core narratives — recurring inner themes that shape how we see ourselves and the world:

1. Inadequacy – “I’m not good enough,” “I don’t matter.”

2. Psychological Safety – constant seeking of security in money, people, or status.

3. Belonging – fear of not fitting in, leading to self-abandonment.

4. Victimhood – feeling powerless or stuck in blame.

5. Not Being Where You Should Be – the belief you’re behind in life or not on track.

So how does this relate to coaching? When these narratives lose their grip, a clearer, freer version of you begins to emerge — someone capable of moving forward in ways that once felt out of reach. That’s the heart of my coaching: helping people become who they truly are, by shedding who they’re not.

Because if you’re not the belief you’ve carried… then who are you? That answer reveals itself when you stop living from the stories that were never truly yours — and that is what true authenticity is.

To connect or learn more, find me on Instagram: @dangrahamcoaching or visit: www.dangrahamcoaching.co.uk

Dan Graham: Mindset Coach

Summer Schedule

I’m teaching a reduced Summer schedule over the school holidays and will be continuing to run Yoga Therapy Clinic and 1:1’s as normal, throughout.

I invite all Well-Woman Yoga attendees to come along on the following dates:

Monday 28th July, 4th August & 11th August (9.30-11am) at Leek Wootton Village Hall, Leek Wootton.

I invite all Mixed Ability, Men’s Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga attendees to come along on the following:

Tuesday 29th July, Monday 4th August, Tuesday 12th August, Tuesday 19th August (7-8.30pm)

at The Parochial Hall, Kenilworth.

You can book online or direct with me.

I’ve updated the website with the rest of the classes for the Autumn Term. Please direct message me if I owe you a class when I had to cancel the week due to illness. We can sort out payment then. Many Thanks.

Mixed Ability Yoga at the Parochial Hall

August Yoga Challenge!

Here we are again! Back by popular demand, the August Yoga Challenge returns!

What to do:

• Check your WhatsApp and see if you’re already on the group! If not, message me and I shall add you.

• August 1st, the challenge begins. Practice whichever variation of sun salutations you like - I will share the variations on the what’s app group to guide you as before.

• When you’ve done your daily practice, comment in the group with a tick, a message or even a photograph (love these!)

• The practice takes place 6 days per week - you choose which day you want off, which variation of sun salutation you want to do (you can mix it up as much as you like) and how much you want to comment and support one another!

• Enjoy! It’s for fun. No stress. Get your friends and family involved for a giggle too :)

• Please message me before 1st August :)

Well-Woman Yoga Autumn Equinox Event

The next Well-Woman Yoga Event is taking place on Saturday 20th September 2025 2.15-5.15pm. These events are LYY favourites and always promise to be deeply nourishing and restorative. This year it falls 2 days ahead of our Autumn Equinox, so all practices will be themed with this in mind - as will our delicious drink and treat provided by the fabulous Cafe Desa!

We will also have a visiting therapist give a talk about their line of work, their background, their passion and how they may be able to support you, or loved ones, using their therapy as a healing modality. I love inviting various therapists to impart their knowledge of some quite profound methods of healing - for some of us, these individuals are able to open our eyes to something completely new and inspiring! More about them in our next newsletter.

All practices that I teach during these events are designed to adapt to everyone’s needs. They include joint release practices (pawanmuktasana); therapeutic exercises for the spine; pelvic floor practices; both flowing and static posture work; balance practice; breath work; meditation and yoga nidra.

For more information please email: info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

Or to book head to ‘Book Classes’ on my website: www.livingyouryoga.co.uk

Well-Woman Yoga Event at Leek Wootton Village Hall

Winter Sanctuary: Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound

The next Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound Event with myself and Nicola, takes place on Sunday 14th December 6-8pm. This event will fill as bookings have already been taken. Last December it also was at full capacity, so I recommend booking asap.

We begin the session with very soft and earful movement to help the body settle and become comfortable and ready for stillness for an extended period of time. The practice are all lying down! No experience is necessary. Just plenty of blankets and props to help make yourself as cosy as possible…then leave the rest up to us!

Head to my website to book - we look forward to welcoming you :)

Yoga Retreat in Turkey with me!

June 2026

I’m absolutely thrilled to be teaching on a retreat in Turkey next June! There’s already quite a lot of bookings that have been taken! If you’re one of my regulars, then when you book your place, please let them know and you receive the discounted price on the flyer below. I am not in charge of any flights/admin/booking or anything except directing you to the website/phone number on the flyer below. But I shall be teaching all of your yoga practices - I’m super excited! For all enquiries and information, all details are below. I hope you can join me!

Phew!

I think that’s all for now. Keep your eyes peeled on social media for updates and I’ll keep you posted with a little Summer newsletter too!

Thanks for your attention if you made it this far!

See you on the mat.

Much Love,

Lucy xxx

Here’s some Summer vibes by the great DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (because I couldn’t work out how to add the link! :))

Summer, summer, summertime

(Summertime)

Time to sit back and unwind

Summertime

Here it is the groove slightly transformed

Just a bit of a break from the norm

Just a little somethin’ to break the monotony

Of all that hardcore dance that has gotten to be

A little bit out of control it’s cool to dance

But what about the groove that soothes that moves romance

Give me a soft subtle mix

And if it ain’t broke then don’t try to fix it (don’t try to fix it)

And think of the summers of the past

Adjust the bass and let the alpine blast

Pop in my cd and let me run a rhyme

And put your car on cruise

And lay back ‘cause this is the summertime

Summer, summer summertime….

(Summertime 1991)

Conscious Living

Tuesday night Mixed Ability Yoga at The Parochial Hall

I’ve been reflecting recently on how often I hear people comment that time flies by, they’re feeling stuck in certain situations, or haven’t got around to making that call, meeting that friend or finishing that course, piece of work or project. I’m aware of how often we can stuck in a rut or an out-dated cycle that just doesn’t serve our lives anymore, but can be difficult to get out of, even if that pattern or behaviour is not of any benefit, or maybe even harming our health and wellbeing. We often operate in life on autopilot, or we’re driven by habit or external expectations.

I wonder, do we actually make enough time to step back and look at our lives, to reflect on any of these things? Maybe work out what steps we need to take to make required changes? Is it possible to create some space, to harmonise our lifestyles to be of more benefit, both to ourselves and to others?

What does it take to live our lives more consciously ? To feel more joy, more energised, and experience life & relationships more fully, moment to moment…

Part of this refelection is the source that has recently inspired my new subscription: The Feminine Connection. It’s just in it’s early stages of creation with offerings such as: online classes, seasonal yoga practices, yoga nidra, discounts and perks on events and courses, weekly musings to inspire and explore… and this is just the beginning. At the moment, this subscription is open to women as much of the research and practices are designed to support women’s health, lifestyles and life cycles.

But let’s see how it grows.

Read on for this term’s news - there’s a lot to share including: Next Terms Schedule now available to book; Summer Serenity: Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound, Well-Woman Autumn Equinox, Winter Sanctuary: Yoga Nidra & Somatic Sound; The Feminine Connection subscription ~ Early Bird offer; Health & Wellness Column with Nutrition Expert Sarah Grant; Newly created ‘Yoga Nidra for Deep Rest’ now available; Prepare for the August Yoga Challenge, back by popular demand; Book your space at next years Yoga Retreat in Turkey with me, June 2026.

Summer Schedule

Monday 2nd June ~ Friday 18th July

(no classes: Tuesday 3rd June, Monday 9th June, Tuesday 10th June & Thursday 12th June)

Head to my website book your classes and check your dates: https://www.livingyouryoga.co.uk/classes

EVENTS:

YOGA NIDRA & SOMATIC SOUND (SUMMER & WINTER)

WELL-WOMAN AUTUMN EQUINOX

I’m really excited to share details of our upcoming events that are now available to book!

This Summer and Winter the wonderful Nicola Davidson of Eirya Wellness, and LYY, will be collaborating - something we’ve been wanting to do for some time. She will be creating immersive sounds to wash over you whilst I weave a seasonal Yoga Nidra amidst the vibrations to guide you into a deep state of conscious rest.

The Summer Session on Saturday 12th July is designed to promote relaxation and renewal, whilst the Winter Session on Sunday 14th December will support rest and deep nourishment. Both events are suitable for all abilities, and both men and women.

Our Well-Woman Equinox Event on Saturday 21st September will incorporate a balanced flow of movement, breath work and rest; grounding movements & twists to connect with the Earth’s transitional energy and letting go; trataka meditation (candle meditation symbolising inner light as the days grow darker); small group discussions on seasonal reflections ; delicious drinks and snack by cafe Desa and a talk by a local therapist.

THE FEMININE CONNECTION: The Launch of a New Subscription!

I’m really excited to share with you the beginnings of a whole new way to experience and be a part of a wellbeing community for women. I’ve trained on so many therapeutic and women’s health yoga courses, I thought it was about time to share some of the teachings and wisdom that I’ve accumulated over the years of my practice in a new and innovative way. The practice of yoga lends itself to so many aspects of life, from where we transition in our life cycles, to how we navigate balancing or coping with day to day, or week to week challenges that our lives continually face. As women, in this day and age, the expectations from society, and also from ourselves, can be totally overwhelming.

So where do we start?

How can we live more consciously with ease, intention, presence, authenticity and fulfilment?

The Feminine Connection is offering an anchor in supporting this journey through small suggestions in weekly prompts, idea’s, inspirations and practices that are wholly accessible to those with the busiest of lives, within a supportive community setting, with both opportunities for online and in-person connections, wherever you are.

The Feminine Connection is an opportunity to connect with a community of women that are choosing to live consciously, curiously and courageously. The subscription offers:

x12 Online monthly classes (recordings sent to you - live for a month)

x1 In-person LYY Event

Yoga Nidra for Deep Rest

x4 Seasonal Recorded Yoga Classes

5% Discount on all LYY Courses & Events *

Weekly Well-being prompts …and more perks!

£175 early bird offer (£200 from June 1st)

For more information drop me and email or book your subscription online: https://www.livingyouryoga.co.uk/classes

5% discount offer is exclusive to courses & events - it does not include retreats

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HEALTH & WELLNESS COLUMN

The fabulous nutritionist Sarah Grant features in this terms newsletter. Something that really inspired me when meeting with Sarah was her approach to her clients as a nutritionist. Our therapeutic methods are so in alignment - we were really surprised and could see how our work compliments the other.

As a Yoga Therapist and Yoga Teacher, I always enjoy meeting other therapists, listening to their approaches and often signposting clients to those that I feel may be able to support them. Sarah is definitely a the top of my list in recommendations. Read below to find out more about her…

Sarah Grant ~ Nutritional therapy Practitioner

Reconnecting with Food, Body and Self
by Sarah Grant

Struggling with food or body image? Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Sarah Grant offers insight, hope, and a refreshing approach to finding freedom with food - no diets required.

In my nutrition practice, I hold a core belief: everyone deserves to feel at home in their body and to experience a peaceful, trusting relationship with food - without guilt, obsession or shame.

Yet in today’s fast-paced culture, awash with conflicting messages about dieting, wellness and nutrition, I see too many people pouring their energy into food worries and overwhelm - often losing touch with what their bodies truly need, and sacrificing the joy of eating along the way.

My work supports those people struggling with emotional and disordered eating, helping them let go of unhelpful food rules, rebuild trust around food, and cultivate body respect.

The approach I take is holistic, blending personalised nutritional guidance with coaching, gentle education, emotional reflection, and body-based tools. It’s not another diet or set of rules - in fact, it’s the antidote to all of that.

My journey into this work began with my own struggles. Years of frustrating gut issues and IBS symptoms made food feel confusing and stressful, and left me feeling disconnected from my body. I came to realise that finding peace with food wasn’t only about what I was eating - although targeted nutrition and supplements played a role - but also about why and how I was eating.

Stress, sleep, emotional overload and self-criticism were all part of the picture. It was through a process of gut healing, self-awareness, and learning to meet myself with compassion that things really began to shift.

Over the past twelve years, I’ve trained as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Intuitive Eating Counsellor, and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy practitioner, blending these with body image coaching, and have supported hundreds of clients along the way.
People often come to me when they feel trapped in overwhelming or unhelpful patterns with food - overthinking every bite, eating to cope with emotions, or feeling stuck in cycles of guilt and body dissatisfaction. I help them rebuild a nourishing, trusting relationship with food - rooted in self-compassion and emotional wellbeing.
Clients frequently describe feeling relief, freedom, and a renewed sense of vitality - not only around food, but in life.
A quick tip? Instead of asking, “What should I eat?”, try asking, “What would truly nourish me right now?” Pause, and see what your gut is telling you...

You can find out more at www.gutreaction.co.uk. I also offer a free 20-minute enquiry call if you’d like to explore how I can help.

http://www.facebook.com/followgutreaction https://www.instagram.com/gutreaction1/

Yoga Nidra For Deep Rest

My newly written and recorded Yoga Nidra for Deep Rest is now available (and free to those subscribed with The Feminine Connection). I wrote this on the back of so many people expressing their exhaustion, inability to sleep through the night, switch off from their busy minds or their struggle to relax.

Yoga Nidra is a practice that goes beyond a simple relaxation - it is a deeply healing tool and when practiced regularly, can have profound results. The practice, of course, will have different outcomes for everyone, however, most people that practice Yoga Nidra find that they sleep better, feel calmer, cope with day to day challenges with more ease and have an overall sense of simply feeling better. It can also be a brilliant practice for pain - speaking from personal experience. The practice begins with taking the time to position yourself to feel comfortable, to be supported and simply ensure that you’re warm enough/cool enough. Your whole environment is taken into consideration first. I found it really makes us stop and notice what we need before we settle into the practice. And once in the practice, it feels like a truly nourishing gift to the self!

For more information or to purchase the latest Yoga Nidra release head to: https://www.livingyouryoga.co.uk/classes

AUGUST YOGA CHALLENGE!

Due to popular demand, the August Yoga Challenge will be back this year! We took a break last year, but we’ll be back on the mat this Summer with our daily self practice, supported by our community! So you can practice wherever you are in the world! I’ll set up the WhatsApp group in the coming months.

I’ll also be running a meditation course and weekly classes in the Summer holidays so you’ll be able to maintain your connection to your weekly fix. More information will follow about the Summer holidays and what’s on offer in our next newsletter.

Yoga Retreat in Turkey ~ June 2026!

I’m thrilled to be teaching in Turkey next June 2026 with Free Spirit Travel! I’ve had messages from all of you that have booked on so far, and I’m so excited to be sharing this experience with you all!

To book your place, email: info@freespirityoga.co.uk and state that you are one of my students to receive the special price on the poster attached. You don’t need anything else - bookings are already being taken. I hope you can come!

I think that’s all for now!

there’s a lot here, so if you’ve made it this far, thank you!

If you know anyone that may benefit from any of the classes, events, subscription or retreat, please do share the newsletter/my details.

Sending much love to you all,

Lucy xx

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messy wondrousness

to somebody else’s

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Beginning Again...

Spring Equinox is nature’s start to the new year. Whilst setting new year resolutions and intentions in January, (at least in this culture) is common, it just feels so difficult to get going during the darkest months of the year. However, when we set intentions or idea’s around Spring Equinox, it feels a bit like nature has our back; the days are lighter, people seem a bit more energised and awake, it’s easier to complete tasks and start new ones. It feels like we’re waking up and beginning again with a little more ease. So here’s to sunnier, longer and hopefully warmer days; more energy to create, connect or get idea’s in action; and maybe start that new hobby or put things in place to go for that dream!

Working as a Yoga Therapist, one of the key questions when working with a client is to ask what lights them up, makes them feel fulfilled or happy. For some it may be being with their grandchildren, gardening, travel, cookery, or their yoga practice ;)

What lights you up?

Sometimes it’s difficult to find the time to do something you enjoy, or even have the time to think about it! Reconnecting with something that you enjoy and makes you feel good is imperative in any healing process, or simply in maintaining good mental health habits. I recently started painting again for the first time in years and years. It bought me so much joy, I’ve even started drawing in the evenings, something I used to do most evenings as a child. I went to Nicola Davidsons’s art workshop last month which reminded me of my love of painting. Her next workshop is on Saturday 4th May, 2-5pm. Contact: eirayawellness@gmail.com or call Nicola 07722520615 for more details/to book.

Read on for next terms schedule, Well-Woman Spring Equinox Event/Bookings for Autumn, Well-Woman Online Monthly Class, Mindfulness Meditation Online Course, Health & Wellness Column featuring Renude Health, LYY Summer Social, Turkish Retreat and a poem…

My painting: Unleashed.

CLASS SCHEDULE

Monday 28th April ~ Friday 23rd May

*Polite reminder: classes cannot be tied over between terms.

**Block booking offers a reduced rate per class.

***Please contact me directly if your financial situation impacts your attendance and I will support you.

WELL-WOMAN YOGA EQUINOX EVENTS

Well-Woman Event. March 2025.

Our first Well-Woman Event of the year was planned and themed around Spring Equinox, incorporating energising practices, breath work, yoga nidra and intention setting. It was as gorgeous as ever! We had the pleasure of Cynthia Tamaraz, founder of Cafe Desa in Leamington, not only catering for the event, but also delivering an inspiring talk about her approach to food and community. Thank you Cynthia!

Our next Well-Woman Event is planned for Autumn Equinox incorporating nourishing and transitional practices, catered for by Cafe Desa, with another therapist delivering a short talk on their expertise. Booking available online now, or contact me directly for more information.

WELL-WOMAN MONTHLY ONLINE ONLY CLASS

Our next online monthly Well-Woman Class is on Sunday 27th April 9-10.15am. The community voted that a morning session would be a favoured for this time of year, so we’ll keep it at this time for the Spring and Summer months, and review again as the nights draw in. Our Well-Woman classes are suitable for all levels, whether a complete beginner or with years of experience. Practices are designed to release tension, enhance mobility, increase stability and balance, help with concentration and co-ordination, and uplift and restore. All classes include static and flowing posture work; pelvic floor practices; joint and spinal release exercises; breath work and relaxation. If anyone attends the class with any health issues, I’ll use this information to inspire sequences that can bring benefits for everybody. The practices are always therapeutic and well-considered.

I suggest you attend the class with blankets and cushions. You don’t need to have yoga props - I’ll always recommend things around the home that you can use instead :)

Contact me for more information or head to ‘Book Classes’ on my website.

www.livingyouryoga.co.uk/info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

NEW!

Mindfulness Meditation Online Course

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be running a 6 week online Mindfulness Meditation Course this Summer. This course will be suitable for absolute beginners or those with experience but would like to explore perhaps a different practice to their existing one.

I have tried so many different types of meditation practices over the last couple of decades, but my recent training on the late Michael Stone’s Teaching Mindfulness Meditation Training has really provided such a rich experience of the practice that I’d really like to share. It’s been so beneficial and has really supported me with life-changing habits, in all manner of ways.

The course will begin on Monday July 21st until Monday August 25th. We will meet online every Monday evening, meditate together and then discuss/share thoughts, questions and experience of the practice. Every week, you’ll receive the weeks practice as an audio file to use on a daily basis.

I decided to create the course in this way as I find a weekly check in a really great anchor in maintaining a meditation practice, but if you miss a session, you’ll have the weeks practice to work with and can still check in with me to catch up.

If you’d like more information or to book your place, head to ‘Book Classes’ on my website: www.livingyouryoga.co.uk/info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

Health & Wellness Column

I’m so excited to share this terms health practitioner. Jill has been attending LYY classes over the last 5 years, both in her workplace, online and in Stratford. It’s been inspiring following Jill’s journey from being a GP, specialising in Women’s Health, to hearing about her research, which is just fascinating. Jill has now created her own business, which she is completely passionate about, with both a scientific and holistic approach to women’s health. Read on to find out more and connect with her:

I founded Renude Health in 2023 - being a GP of 30+ years and a women’s health specialist doctor I wanted to find the missing pieces of the jigsaw puzzle in trends in health I have observed over the years. Questions like, why some women suffer more than others with gynaecological symptoms, and why for some women HRT isn’t the ‘silver bullet‘ that social media often portrays it to be. It was important to me to be able to offer women a truly holistic approach to their peri/menopause journey - but this isn’t something that is taught in orthodox medical training. 

My search to combine orthodox medicine with a more holistic approach led me to an emerging speciality called nutrigenomics for which I am now a highly trained practitioner. Nutrigenomics allows me to advise you in your current and future health by looking at your DNA. I talk you through how we can optimise your genetic predispositions through nutrition and lifestyle, in conjunction with HRT/medications if desired, to optimise your health and wellbeing, and the results are truly amazing. 

You all appreciate how much yoga helps to optimise your wellbeing - now imagine knowing your genetic blueprint, giving you the knowledge to know how to flourish and remain well by eating the nutrients specific to your body’s needs. My ultimate mission is to bring the medical and nutritional world together. No longer do your genes need to dictate your health destiny.

The joy of nutrigenomics is that you don’t have to be ill to see how you can live your best life. Food is needed to sustain life, but not all foods suit all individuals. Nutrigenomics allows you to ensure the diet you choose is the best for you. One person’s superfood could well be another person’s poison.

Remember, just because we may have a genetic predisposition to specific health conditions does not mean they are inevitable. By harnessing the power of nutrigenomics, we can take control of our health and live our best lives.

An Analogy…

Imagine a vinyl record where the grooves engrained on the vinyl produce a specific song. Your body is like this vinyl record, and the grooves are an analogy for your personal DNA. Once the vinyl record is made, the grooves of the record do not change. In the same way, once you are born your DNA does not change. However, as time progresses, your vinyl record may get scratched, exposed to too much sunlight, stress or more generally not looked after properly: the same happens to our bodies. Exposure to these different factors can affect the grooves of the record and lead to a subtly different version of the original song. If these exposures persist, the song changes and may become unpleasant to listen to. This is where nutrigenomics comes in: acknowledging these external factors which are impacting your DNA (the grooves of your vinyl record) means you can adjust your lifestyle and nutrition to avoid these damaging factors and replenish any depleted nutrients. Just as vinyl records can be ‘digitally remastered’ to restore them to their original state, nutrigenomics can do the same for your DNA. With nutrigenomics, your tune will keep on playing strong!

Please feel free to explore my website www.Renudehealth.com  where you can complete a Discovery Questionnaire to see which of our reports may give you information to improve your wellbeing and health span. Or follow me on IG @Renudehealth where I intend to be more active in the months ahead!

LYY SUMMER SOCIAL

I’m looking to create a little Summer Social for the whole community this June. I’ll be putting a doodle poll out on all of our WhatsApp groups in the coming weeks. Fingers crossed for some sunny weather! Hopefully we’ll have an outdoor yoga class (suitable for everyone), some delicious food and maybe a bar! I’ll be in touch with more information soon…

Yoga Retreat in Turkey

I’m really excited to share with you all that I’ll be teaching on a retreat in Turkey next June 2026 with Free Spirit Travel. See poster attached for more information :) It’d be great to have the LYY community together in Turkey :)

At the retreat, I’ll guide you through practices designed to restore balance, build strength, and encourage deep relaxation.

☀️ Mornings begin with mindfulness meditation, breath awareness, and an accessible mix of flowing and grounding asana to support alignment, stability, and inner peace.

🌙 Evenings invite you to slow down with restorative yoga, somatic movement, and yoga nidra, offering space for deep rest and renewal.

I hope you can join me :)

I think that’s all for now!

Have a lovely Easter break if I don’t see you before.

Much Love,

Lucy xx

ps. I came across this after talking with a friend today. It feels very apt. And I’ve loved Bowie since I was 7 (we had something personal in common), so I thought to share…

“If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.” David Bowie.

One Step At A Time

Winter has been of great comfort this year. I’m not usually so keen on resting, withdrawing and recovering. I often feel affected by the dark days and wait impatiently for the light and warm seasons. However, this time, I’ve obeyed nature and moved with it’s rhythm. How about you?

Winter’s wisdom asks us to use the time to rest, reflect, restore and take time for renewal. It’s a season to nourish ourselves and take a slower pace; use the longer darker days to sleep more and recharge. Maybe even take our time in considering our next steps in life, observe our dreams and work out how they can become a reality. Perhaps even start planning and taking small steps towards making those dreams, aims and plans come to fruition. Simultaneously, nurturing and tending to existing roots that are stable and strong, in order for them to deepen and strengthen, to support the new shoots.

When I plan our classes, I consider what everyone’s needs may be. I contemplate how when it’s been so cold and grey outside, what may uplift us? Energise us? What encourages us to get out of our cosy homes and maintain our practice? What will simply make us feel better on these dark days?

I believe it’s in exploring practices using supportive and inspiring breath work, a combination of dynamic and easeful movement and deep relaxation practices; along with a great music playlist and most of all, a fantastic community! These are our key ingredients to all LYY classes - I hope that they always serve you - during these winter months - and also throughout the whole year!

Right now, classes are busy and uplifting with an expanding joyful community; some class times and venues have been tweaked this year and they’re running smoothly in their new time and place; our new Men’s Yoga has taken off beautifully with a fabulous community, and our monthly Well-Woman Online Classes have had such lovely feedback, my favourite one being “I didn’t want [the class} to end” and our Mixed Ability events have been described as “The best way to start a Sunday!” I have more plans to share as the year goes on, but I’m taking one step at a time before announcing anything. Behind the scenes, I’m also updating my Well-Woman Yoga studies with Birthright, whose Well-Woman Yoga Course I’m enjoying thoroughly. The content is just brilliant and refreshing, as are its tutors on the course. I’ve also been fortunate in re-starting the Michael Stone Mindfulness Training Course with Yogacampus. I had started it twice last year, but had to drop out due to personal circumstances swallowing up so much of my headspace and time. I’m on my fifth week of the course and finding it incredibly healing - I look forward to creating a Mindfulness Course in the future to share with you all.

Read on to get details of the Spring Schedule, Mixed Ability & Well-Woman Yoga Events, Health & Wellness Column; celebrating International Women’s Day/Mother’s Day, and a poem…

Tuesday Night Mixed Ability at The Parochial Hall

Spring Class Schedule

Monday 24th February ~ Friday 11th April (7 Week Term)

Men’s Yoga

Our new Men’s Yoga Class has been slowly growing as word is spreading. They’re a very warm and welcoming group - a newly created community - and there are still spaces as we’re in the large hall at The Kenilworth Centre.

Both new and those with experience are welcome - do contact me to enquire for more information - or head to my website to book online info@livingyouryoga.co.uk/www.livingyouryoga.co.uk

Next term dates: 28th February ~ 10th April 2025 (7 week term)

Mixed Ability Events

I had planned 3 Mixed Ability Yoga Events for the start of this year. I’ve been running one a month, each with a different theme. Next month is the final of the trilogy of events, focussing on themes of Spring! We’ll be practicing Kriya’s, combined with strong and steady movement sequences, meditation with intention setting & visualisation, and relaxation. You’ll also receive a home made energy ball (which are proving to be quite popular!)

If you’re booking a term of classes, you’ll receive a £5 discount from this event.

Contact me for more details/your discount, or head to my website to book your place (see details below)

Well-Woman Events: In Person & Online

This year we have two Well-Woman Yoga in person events planned for the Spring and Autumn Equinox. These events and classes are created to be completely unique experiences, designed for women to receive and learn practices to nourish , release tension and restore a sense of joy and inner calm. Practices include flowing and static movement (asana); breath work, pelvic floor practices, joint release practices (pawanmuktasana), meditation and relaxation.

The events are aimed at bringing a community of women together to experience a unique, nurturing and shared experience. The event is always catered for by Cafe Desa and we have visiting therapists and wellness coaches that provide short talks at every event. These events sell out every time. Book soon!

The online monthly Well-Woman Yoga Classes are a wonderful way to reconnect with our online community and encourage a self-practice. Each month, following the class, everybody receives a hand drawn scribe of sequences from our class together for you to practice at home. We have a lovely community that is always growing.

Our next monthly online class is on Sunday March 9th 6-7.15pm and will be part of a celebration of International Women’s Day!

Bring a friend/family member to class free of charge to celebrate :)

Do drop me a line for more information.

Well-Woman Yoga Event at Leek Wootton Village Hall

Health & Wellness Column

For this terms Health & Wellness Column, I’ve finally managed to have the wonderful Cynthia, founder of Cafe Desa, provide a little write up about her work and her fantastic company. Cynthia caters for all of our Well-Woman Events, she catered for one of my retreats, and will be catering for next years Well-Woman Yoga Retreat too (more news on that later in the year). Cynthia will also be giving a talk and answering any questions at our March Well-Woman Event. Read on to find out what she has to say …

I founded Café Desa in 2022 after retraining as a Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach during the pandemic. Nutrition and food have always been a big factor in my life. Having moved to England from Indonesia when I was a teenager, I struggled with the food choices available and was overwhelmed with the amount of processed convenient food.

I discovered my passion for wholesome cooking using natural ingredients and honed my skills at  Daylesford Organic and Raymond Blanc Cookery School.

My mission at Café Desa is to make healthy eating delicious, simple, and accessible. With my nutritional knowledge, I cater for those with specific dietary requirements. It gives me immense pleasure to be able to provide delicious food to those who struggle due to allergies, food intolerances and health conditions.

I believe that we have neglected to listen to cues in our body, due to the vast amount of choice and noise surrounding nutrition. My aim is to encourage people to eat healthily, simply- to eat a variety of food using natural ingredients to ensure nutritional diversity.

Desa means village in the Indonesian language. It’s the coming together of family, friends, and community. My vision is to gather family and friends together around delicious, nourishing food and replenishing drinks, to create a space that feels just like an extension of home.

Food is not merely a source of fuel- food brings people together and that connection is as vital as nutrition is for your overall wellbeing.

Cynthia Tamraz  Desa Warwickshire Ltd www.cafedesa.com

International Women’s Day&/Mother’s Day Gifts

March is a great month to celebrate the wonderful women in your life, whether it’s your mother, daughter, wife, lover or your best friend! I’ve realised that LYY has a lot to offer in the form of gifts and in celebrating or showing love and support for the women in your life. Below is a little list of what I have to offer.

Drop me a line if you’d like to purchase any of the following and I will help you share your purchases in the form of a gift to your friend/family member or to yourself :)

Well-Woman Events ~ Classes, Events, Online

LYY Candles ~ Full Size Candles Available

Gift Vouchers ~ For Events, Classes, 1:1’s

Asquith Discount with LYY Code ~ use code Livingyouryoga for 10% off

All in Asquith Clothing: soft, comfortable, great design!

I think that’s all for now. Thank you for reading if you’ve made it this far!

I wish you all a great week ahead and I look forward to seeing you on the mat.

Much Love,

Lucy xx

Exhale

Breathe out, you are tired

give your worry to the moon

breathe in, be inspired

feel the safety of this room

breathe out, lose your fear

to the coming of the night

breathe in, dawn is near

we embrace the morning light

breathe out, exhale

Mother Nature knows your soul

breathe in, inhale

let her loving make you whole

breathe out, be at ease

with the cycle, with the flow

breathe in, give your load

to the wild to let it go.

Donna Ashworth ~ Growing Brave

Greetings & Welcome to 2025!

Hello and Happy New Year to you all!

Welcome to a short and sweet letter to start the year just to give you a welcoming update on upcoming classes and events, bookings and discounts, new classes and venue updates for this term..

Starting with….

Jump Into January!

Sunday 5th January 10-12pm

Leek Wootton Village Hall

£35/£30

A 2 hour workshop designed for Mixed Ability and Ashtanga Yoga Students focussing on Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series: adapting the sequence to suit your individual needs for those with an existing practice; an introduction to the practice for those that are curious; an opportunity to consider how you may use this practice to develop a regular home practice.

Print-outs of the sequence will be provided and home-made energy balls will follow the practice to go home with!

*£5 discount if you have booked onto a term of classes.

Contact me directly for your discount info@livingyouryoga.co.uk/ or book online for full price www.livingyouryoga.co.uk.

Well-Woman Yoga Sunday Session: Online Monthly

Sunday 5th January 6-7.15pm

£12

A 75 minute Well-Woman Yoga Session to unwind from the week exploring a combination of yogic practices including: pawanmuktasana (joint release practices); pelvic floor practices; static and flowing movements to ease the spine, build strength, balance and concentration. Breath work and guided relaxation practices to encourage deep rest.

Contact me directly to book/ask questions: info@livingyouryoga.co.uk/ or book online on ‘Book Classes’ www.livingyouryoga.co.uk.

Ask, Explore & Practice!

Sunday 2nd February 10-12pm

Leek Wootton Village Hall

£35/£30

A 2 hour workshop designed and created by your yoga questions, enquiries, aims and desires to explore. This workshop has a slightly different take in its design as it will be a co-creative practice based on what you would like to explore or awaken in your personal practice alongside your community. On booking, I’ll ask you to write to me (or phone if easier) to tell me what you would like to get out of your practice and maybe what movement, breathing or relaxation practice you’re particularly curious about. I’m really looking forward to creating this with you! I will record the sequence, draw it out and send it to you following the workshop. The session will of course end with home made energy balls!

Contact me directly for your discount info@livingyouryoga.co.uk/ or book online for full price www.livingyouryoga.co.uk.

Class Schedule

Monday 5th January ~ Friday 14th February

Please note:

*New Men’s Yoga Class

**Slight change of start time of Ashtanga Yoga

***New venue for Friday Well-Woman Yoga

Contact me on info@livingyouryoga.co.uk for any class-related questions, or book your space online at Book Classes www.livingyouryoga.co.uk

WELL-WOMAN YOGA EQUINOX EVENTS

*£5 discount if you book onto a term of classes

MIXED ABILITY EVENT SCHEDULE

I’m looking forward to sharing the start of the year with January events for both Mixed Ability and Well-Woman Events!

I’ve moved most classes now to larger venues to accommodate our growing community. Friday morning Mixed Ability Class is sold out this term, but let me know if you’d like to go on the waiting list… or come along to a Well-Woman Class, Tuesday night Mixed Ability, Thursday night Men’s Yoga or Ashtanga Yoga!

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Much love,

Lucy xx

For A New Beginning

In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.

It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.

Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.

Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life's desire.

Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

~ John O’Donohue