25/01/2026
🧘♀️❤️NATIONAL IYENGAR YOGA DAY 2026
It was such a privilege to share the practice with these beginners, returning students and friendly faces! Iyengar yoga has this incredible way of meeting everyone exactly where they are - so everyone gets that “ooh I get it now! “ moment that makes teaching so special, and the practice so important.
Thank you to everyone who showed up with openness, humour and willingness to explore. The room felt grounded, supportive and open hearted.
Here’s to more movement, more connection and more people discovering how good it feels to come home to the body 🙏✨
Join us for weekly class Tuesdays at 7pm at Trinity xx Sophie 💛
11/01/2026
Class of 2026! We are back on the mat Tuesday evening for a term of relaxation, twists, turns, inversions, backbends, forward bends, realigning, letting go, getting brave, heart soothing, strength building, emotion balancing, soul embracing, feet grounding yoga ✨💛
09/01/2026
Gratitude is the soft strength that makes space for joy.
09/01/2026
In yoga, you are not a single performer.
You are an entire community.
Body, breath, mind, senses, organs, consciousness — all working together as “you and yours.”
This is what we call Collective Dynamics.
🫁 Breath becomes the connecting agent
🧠 Mind becomes a functional force
🦴 Body becomes intelligent, not mechanical
When one internal leader changes — spine, pelvic floor, diaphragm — the entire culture of the posture changes.
Yoga then becomes an orchestration, not a technique.
💬 Which part leads your practice most often — breath, spine, or mind? Share below.
04/01/2026
Come and join me for a free yoga class to celebrate National Iyengar Yoga Day 2026
Beginner buddy friendly, bendy legends or the I can touch my toes crew - everyone’s welcome!
Props provided, enthusiasm and fun encouraged.
Just bring yourself and let’s get moving again!
See you there, love Sophie xx #2026
06/11/2025
🌿 IYCE CELEBRATION WORKSHOP – 30 YEARS! 🌿
📅 Saturday 15th November 2025
📍 Highwood Village Hall, Loves Green, Highwood, CM1 3QG
Join us for the final 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Iyengar Yoga Centre for Essex (IYCE) — a free event open to all practitioners!
✨ The day includes:
🧘♂️ Yoga Workshop with Paul Brown – 9:45–11:45
🪷 Talk by Susan Long – 11:45–12:45
💬 Q&A with a panel of Level 3 Teachers
☕ Refreshments – 12:45–14:00
In February 1995, a small group of Iyengar Yoga practitioners met at Susan Long’s home to discuss how to develop Iyengar Yoga in Essex. From that gathering, the Iyengar Yoga Centre for Essex (IYCE) was born — and 30 years later, we’re celebrating how far it’s come!
About Paul Brown:
Paul is a much-loved Level 3 Iyengar Yoga teacher — one of the first to be trained in Essex. Over the years, he’s refined his practice and teaching and now leads several popular classes across the county.
🎟️ This event is FREE, but booking is essential as places are limited.
Bookings will be taken on a first come, first served basis.
If you have a question you’d like to ask our teacher panel, please include it when you book!
Sandra Hitchcock is co-ordinating the bookings for this event. Please return a
completed booking form to her by email at [email protected].
02/09/2025
Class is back in session tonight 🙏 ✨ 7 pm @ Trinity
“Though ASANAS have been accepted as an alternative method of medicine due to health consciousness in people, let us not forget the holistic nature of the body, as each asana is filled with profound scientific know-how of the body and mind, art and philosophy, starting from the gross body and then piercing the various inner layers (sheats) of the body to reach the inner ruler - ATMAN.”
~ B.K.S. Iyengar “YOGASANAS: The search of the infinite in the finite body.” ~
11/06/2025
F U L L M O O N. V I B E S 🍓🌝
02/06/2025
Tuesday Iyengar Yoga Class with Sophie - New term starts tomorrow
TUESDAY 03 June