Before I take a week off for a bit of a rest, I wanted so much to catch up and share with you news about all things yoga in this letter! I invite you to grab a cuppa, put your feet up, and enjoy a little read before enjoying a little summer savasana with me...

What a full and fabulous term where we have been lucky enough to practice yoga outdoors this Summer! Classes have been busy with both new and familiar faces, the Summer’s Well-Woman Yoga Event was a sell out, and Living Your Yoga was at BBC Gardeners World with Newson Health…

This Summer see’s the return of the August Yoga Challenge and a reduced schedule for the Summer Holidays, both online and in-person.

Looking ahead to next term: there’s changes to both the schedule, venues & prices as of September - taking bookings now - read on for dates; Autumn’s Well-Woman Event has already sold out; Only 3 Rooms left for November’s Well-Woman Yoga Retreat at The Cotswold Park Barns; the launch of a new small group Yoga Therapy Course for Peri-Menopause/Menopause/Post Menopausal Women at The Newson Health Wellbeing Centre in Stratford-Upon-Avon and …well, I think that’ll be enough for now :)

Summer Yoga

Throughout the Summer Holidays, I’m teaching Hatha Yoga online on Monday Evenings and Mixed Ability Yoga both in-person & online on Wednesday Evenings at The Kenilworth Centre.

Bookings are available online via my website

www.livingyouryoga.co.uk

If you’re attending ad-hoc classes online, please use the Zoom button on the ‘Book Classes’ page.

If you’re dropping in face-to-face, please contact me directly.

Summer Dates are as follows:

Monday Evening Hatha Yoga 7- 8.15pm (Online Only)

31st July; 7th August; 14th August & 28th August

*these classes are suitable for beginners, Well-Woman students, experienced yogi’s and those that need to unwind and release from the day, the week…or life!

Wednesday Mixed Ability Yoga 7-8.30pm (In-person & Online)

2nd August; 9th August; 16th August; 30th August

*these classes are suitable for beginners that live active lifestyles or those with yoga experience

Child pose… another good resting posture :)

The Return of the August Yoga Challenge!

Due to the popularity and fun that was had running this challenge last year, I thought to run it again this year, but with a bit more variety to make it inclusive to everyone!

This year, there will be video’s of 4 different styles of Sun Salutations to choose from to practice daily Monday - Saturday throughout the whole of August. The variations include practices that are taught across all classes including: Well-Woman Yoga; Hatha; Mixed Ability and Ashtanga! So all of you that attend regular classes will be familiar with the sequences of movement :)

To join in the challenge, all you need to do is be a part of the what’s app group, choose your favourite style of sun salutation to follow from the video on the app, and each day you practice 10 rounds of your chosen movement (Monday - Saturday) either add a tick/comment/photograph to share that you’ve practiced that day. Last year started with little ticks and emoji’s and resulted in beautiful pictures of people practicing with family, friends, client, pets and holiday snaps! It was great in keeping connected to our yoga community.

If you’d like to participate in the August Yoga Challenge, please drop me a what’s app message and I’ll send you an invitation to the group. We start the challenge on Tuesday August 1st so please message me before then.

Looking back to last term….

We were lucky enough to have some glorious weather last term which took our Friday morning Mixed Ability class outside every week! There was such a great feeling of being able to practice outside in the fresh air and warm sun…perhaps you can take your August Yoga Challenge outside and feel the benefits too?

BBC Gardeners World

I was fortunate to be invited to support the Platinum award winning Newson Health garden at this years BBC Gardners World! It was beautiful! The “Menopause Garden” was incredibly well designed by the amazing Ruth Gwynn Associates so that each and every plant, flower and feature had a purpose to serve to support the transition of women transitioning through the menopause. It even had a Yoga area where I was able to share 1:1 yogic practices throughout the day (with both men and women)

Dr Louise Newson and I practice yoga every week together at Newson Health so we had a little practice for ourselves before the doors were opened to the public (see photo)

Illustration of the Menopause Garden by Ruth Gwynn Associates

Summer Well-Woman Yoga Event

Thank you to everyone that came to our beautiful Well-Woman Yoga Event! As well as nurturing ourselves with movement, breath work, meditation and a Yoga Nidra; we were nourished with the beautiful food and drink catered for by Cafe Desa and we were also given a talk on the effects of aromatherapy by expert aromatherapist Rebecca Tracey (both of which will be providing their expertise at Novembers Well-Woman Yoga retreat Weekend in the Cotswolds)

Looking forward to our November afternoon event!

Looking Ahead…

**NEW WEEKLY SCHEDULE**

Bookings Now Being Taken Online

info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

Autumn Term : Tuesday 5th September ~ Friday 27th October 2023

Mondays

9.30-11am : Well-Woman Yoga (in-person & online)

The Tennis & Squash Club, Crackley Lane, Kenilworth, CV8 2JS

11/09/23 - 23/10/23 (7 sessions)

12.15-1.30pm: Well-Woman Yoga (in-person only)

Welford & Weston Memorial Hall, Stratford-Upon-Avon, CV37 8EF

11/09/23 - 23/10/23 (7 sessions)

7-8.15pm: Hatha Yoga Online Only

11/09/23 - 23/10/23 (7 sessions)

Tuesdays

7-8.30pm: Mixed Ability Yoga (in-person & online)

The Parochial Hall, 28 High Street, Kenilworth, CV8 1LZ

05/09/23 - 24/10/23 (8 sessions)

Thursdays

7.00-8.30pm: Ashtanga Yoga (in-person & online)

Halo Physiotherapy, Camden House, 201 Warwickshire Offices, Kenilworth. CV8 1TH

07/09/23 - 26/10/23 (8 sessions)

Friday

9.15-10.45am : Mixed Ability Yoga (in-person)

The Tennis & Squash Club, Crackley Lane, Kenilworth, CV8 2JS

08/09/23 - 27/10/23 (8 sessions)

11.00-12.30pm: Well-Woman Yoga (in-person)

The Tennis & Squash Club, Crackley Lane, Kenilworth, CV8 2JS

08/09/23 - 27/10/23 (8 sessions)

*NB. If you are booking for Online Only, please use the Zoom button to book your classes/term.

£12 per online class

£15 per class in-person block booking

£17 per class in-person drop-in

*SPECIAL PRICE * £70 Monday Evening Hatha Yoga Online Only (7 sessions)

For those in financial difficulty, please contact me to arrange alternative payment plan/support.

WELL-WOMAN YOGA RETREAT WEEKEND

There are only 3 rooms left at this November’s Luxurious Well-Woman Yoga Retreat Weekend at the beautiful Cotswold Park Barns.

The weekend will include nurturing Yogic practices including both Flowing & Static posture work (Asana): Joint Release Practices (Pawanmuktasana); Pelvic Floor Practices; Restorative Postures; Breath Work (Pranayama); Meditation; Mudra’s; Visualisation and Deep Relaxation (Yoga Nidra).

Cafe Desa (Leamington) will be providing nutritious and nourishing meals throughout the whole weekend. Cynthia, Cafe Desa’s owner, will be selecting seasonal ingredients, creating original and delicious food for us all to enjoy together around a beautiful big table, bringing us together to share great food, conversation …and laughter!

Expert aromatherapist Rebecca Tracey will be running a 3 hour workshop on the Saturday afternoon where you will be guided to create your own individual aromatherapy scent, designed by you, for you!

The wonderful & highly skilled Andrea Ramus will be taking bookings for Massage or/and Reiki for you to experience during your weekend, to leave you feeling relieved and restored.

If you’re interested in receiving the Retreat information booklet, or would like to book a room, please email:

info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

Yoga Therapy for Peri-Menopause/Menopause/Post-Menopause

This Autumn see’s the opening of Newson Health Wellbeing Centre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Here, I will be running a Yoga Therapy 6 Week Course, for maximum 6 participants. This course is designed specifically for women who would like to benefit from learning tools that may support them as they transition through their menopause. Along with learning yogic movement practices, breath work, relaxation and pelvic floor awareness practices, the course will invite guest speakers to provide further knowledge and support regarding menopause health: both mentally and physically.

The course will run on Thursday’s at 10-11.30am, for 6 weeks on a termly basis. Please contact me for more information if this is of interest to you:

info@livingyouryoga.co.uk

Phew! I think that’s all for now! Thank you for reading this far!

Wishing you all a fantastic Summer and I hope to see you in a class or connect with you on the August Yoga Challenge :)

Much Love,

Lucy xx

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