Rachel Meller Yoga

A little space to come home to yourself 🍁

Life has a way of pulling us in all sorts of directions. Work, family, responsibilities, the endless lists that require our attention.

A regular yoga class can offer a little window in the week, time and space away from the noise. Room to catch your breath, rest and reconnect with yourself, without needing to achieve anything or reach any goals.

My classes are welcoming, adaptable for your needs and rooted in curiosity, rather than twisting the body into a “perfect” shape. We explore how movement can feel more comfortable and connected, with space to find your own way.

Whether you are completely new to yoga, returning after a break or are perhaps looking for a different way to approach your practice, you’re very welcome.

🍁AUTUMN CLASSES

Daytime, evening and weekend classes in Burcot, Blackwell and at Beckett’s Farm.

Small groups, with space for individual attention.

If you’d like to find out which class might suit you, send me a message. I’d love to help you find a place to begin.

Rachel x

A little window in the week 🍂

September has a way of bringing its own particular busyness. The return to routines, the things we’ve put off over the summer, and all the usual demands of work, family and everyday life.

Perhaps that’s one of the things a regular yoga class can offer. Not another thing to achieve, or another demand on our time, but a familiar little window in the week. Somewhere to step away from the noise for a while, catch your breath, move, rest, and simply be where you are.

A ritual to look forward to, perhaps. And a little space to carry back into the rest of the week.

Our autumn term begins this week, and I’m looking forward to welcoming familiar, returning and new faces.

🍂 AUTUMN TERM BEGINS

Thursday 10th September
The Wheel, Blackwell | 6–7pm

Friday 11th September
Burcot Village Hall | 1–2pm

Saturday 12th September
Burcot Village Hall | 9.30–11am

Monday 14th September
Burcot Village Hall | 1–2.30pm

Tuesday 15th September
The Pilates Gym, Becketts Farm | 2–3pm

🌿 SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP
Sunday 13th September
Burcot Village Hall | 10am–12pm
£18 per space

Our monthly Sunday workshop offers a little more time to settle into practice, explore movement and enjoy the space that a longer session allows. You don’t need to attend regular classes to join us.

If you’d like to book a space for the new term or Sunday’s workshop, please send me a message. I’d love to see you.
Rachel x

Life is remarkably good at pulling us off centre.

Take some space and time to allow your body to find its own way back into balance.

My yoga classes offer an opportunity to slow down, pay attention and explore movement in a way that works with your body, rather than asking it to perform.

There’s no need to be flexible, experienced or particularly “good at yoga”. Just come as you are.

You might notice that you breathe a little more easily. That your body feels more comfortable. That your mind has a little more space.

And perhaps you leave feeling better than when you arrived.

Autumn classes begin on Thursday 10 September, with weekly classes and longer sessions in and around Bromsgrove.

The next Sunday workshop is on 13 September, 10am–12pm at Burcot Village Hall. Spaces are £18.

Take a look through the photographs for the full timetable. To book your space—or to ask which class might suit you—send me a message or call 07799 148249.

Rachel x

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The last summer drop-in class is tomorrow evening at The Wheel, 6–7pm — £12 per space.

This week’s classes:

Thursday 27th August
Ladies Fighting Breast Cancer — 10am & 11.30am
The Wheel — 6–7pm

Friday 28th August
Barnt Green Zen Den — 9.30–10.30am

After this week there’ll be a little summer pause, with no classes next week.

Then the new term starts on Thursday 10th September:

Thursday 10th — The Wheel, 6–7pm
Friday 11th — Burcot Village Hall, 1–2pm
Saturday 12th — Burcot, 9.30–11am
Sunday 13th — September Workshop, Burcot, 10am–12pm, £18
Monday 14th — Burcot, 1–2.30pm
Tuesday 15th — The Pilates Gym, 2–3pm

If you’d like to come along to tomorrow evening’s class at The Wheel, please get in touch and book your space as usual.

And as September is just around the corner, reserve your space for the term or book your drop-in sessions, and a space at the September workshop.

Enjoy the last few days of summer, and I hope to see some of you this week! 🌿

Rachel x

Another lovely morning class at Barnt Green Zen Den.

We looked at our practice through the enquiry of “what can soften” today.

More of the same at lunchtime today and tomorrow morning at Burcot Village Hall.

Fancy some yoga this weekend?

Drop in spots available at Burcot:

Friday 21st- 1-2pm
Saturday 22nd- 9.30-11am

Message 07799148249 to book your space. 🌿

Some beautiful words from “Light on Life" BKS Iyengar.

"A vase, like a building, like a body, has two spaces—the one that it contains and the one that surrounds it. When we begin asana, we worry about the shape of the pose, that is, how we look in the mirror, in other words, the space we exclude. By now we should be worrying about the space we include, the space within, for it is largely that which gives true life and beauty to the asana. It is called yoga svarupa—the self assuming its perfect form through yoga."

"That is achieved through the inner distribution of space."

~ Guruji BKS Iyengar

I don’t often mention it, but Vanda Scaravelli was actually a student of Iyengar, and these words perfectly capture the essence of our Scaravelli-inspired practice.

I so often say in class that we are more interested in internal sensation than external physical form. When movement becomes something that emerges from within, rather than for external validation, the whole room shifts. 🙏