Helen Bashford Yoga

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Helen Bashford Yoga One-to-one yoga therapy and yoga in a boutique home yoga space in Bickleigh, near Tiverton and Cullompton in Devon.

Yoga for mental heath I PTSD & trauma I stress and anxiety I depression I insomnia I bereavement

Available for private hire, for groups up to 6 (sauna capacity). Whether you would like to use the space for a fun and s...
29/08/2026

Available for private hire, for groups up to 6 (sauna capacity).

Whether you would like to use the space for a fun and sociable experience with family and friends, or you’d like to try the benefits of contrast therapy for body and mind, our sauna and plunge area is a beautiful and private space; surrounded by nature and with views over the Exe Valley.

The sauna area overlooks sunrise, and limited light pollution means it is often enveloped by stars. Sauna evenings on the hill, especially on a clear night, are truly stunning.

Our dedicated sauna & cold plunge space includes:

- 6 person glass fronted sauna (85-90 degrees)
- Sauna hats and sauna bucket
- Single person cold plunge
- Cold water shower
- Large outdoor seating area
- Changing room/indoor seating area in the case of rain
- Views over the Exe Valley

For more details please visit my website:

https://www.helenbashfordyoga.co.uk/sauna-plunge or feel free to email [email protected]

23/08/2026

10 years ago I was at the shoulder surgeon with an upset and really not functioning shoulder. Several diagnoses and various treatments later it was basically the same.

I started working through emotional wounds and my shoulder corrected itself.

When my shoulder hurts now I don’t question whether I slept on it funny or lifted something awkwardly at the gym. I take myself to a yoga class, then I spend time with my fascia, then I figure out why I’m upset. So far, my shoulder corrects itself.

I’m not for one minute saying there isn’t a physical element to pain or dysfunction, I’m just saying there is sometimes (often) also an emotional one. It’s usually overlooked.

Summer nights ☀️Inside the studioOr outside on the deck You choose Hoping these options stay until the autumn 🤞
17/08/2026

Summer nights ☀️

Inside the studio

Or outside on the deck

You choose

Hoping these options stay until the autumn 🤞

Many teachers stop teaching over summer. Attendance is low, financially it usually makes little sense. However I’ve alwa...
17/07/2026

Many teachers stop teaching over summer. Attendance is low, financially it usually makes little sense.

However I’ve always considered yoga my life jacket. I often see it become other people’s life jacket. When the waves come it’s the thing that keeps our head above the water. If yoga suddenly disappears for 6 weeks straight, then we’re riding the waves solo and that sometimes gets messy and drowny.

So I am here. I’m teaching all summer with only a slightly reduced timetable.

If you’re doing just fine then hopefully I’ll see you in September, but if you need me you’ll find me on my hill ✨

Monday and Thursday 6.30pm
Friday 9.30am

Yoga medicine 🤍
03/07/2026

Yoga medicine 🤍

12/06/2026

6 months today teaching here

Some truths, because satya….

I adore this space and I know how lucky I am. But every now and again (or often) I have a wobble, because no matter how much work I do it seems you can’t take the imposter syndrome out the girl.

I recently asked AI to help me with marketing because I’m in a rural area at the top of a hill, with no foot fall or passing trade, a sketchy social media presence, relocated from London, and completely unknown to everyone within a 160 mile radius. When I think about these elements all together, it can feel really overwhelming. It takes courage to start again from scratch and some days I just feel all out of courage.

I put my questions into AI and waited to be told I must optimise something on a system I didn’t understand, or post more on social media. Instead I got this:

‘One thing I wonder is whether you’re underestimating what you’ve built in only 6 months’.

Humbling. Comforting and encouraging. Thanks Mr AI.

I’ve been earth side long enough to know tomorrow is not guaranteed and rugs can be pulled at any time. So instead of wobbling I’m taking the time to appreciate everything that’s here now, because none of it was 6 months ago and none of it may be in 6 months time.

From the rain on the skylights, to the thriving plants, the reflections on the wall, the passing deer, the morning mist, the sunrise on the deck, the witch poem, the stars from the sauna, the spirit animals that appear at the window, the shower of beauty, the fixed door, the breathing curtains, all my epic students and clients. Thank you for joining me ❤️

On we go

Now offering facial therapy, which is less about massage and more about nervous system regulation via the face 🤍www.hele...
09/06/2026

Now offering facial therapy, which is less about massage and more about nervous system regulation via the face 🤍

www.helenbashfordyoga.co.uk

~ Myofascial release feedback ~‘Just wanted to say thank you for that. That was absolutely amazing, and it’s definitely ...
06/06/2026

~ Myofascial release feedback ~

‘Just wanted to say thank you for that. That was absolutely amazing, and it’s definitely released something.

I feel grounded but floaty, and everything’s just like…I feel like an amoeba. And with heightened senses, but very relaxed. A little bit like post reiki, almost trippy. But wonderful, really really wonderful.

Thank you so so much, and I look forward to the next one.’

When you teach what you’ve fallen in love with, I think it lands different 🖤

Yoga on the hill No hubbub Mostly birdsong Panoramic views
04/06/2026

Yoga on the hill
No hubbub
Mostly birdsong
Panoramic views

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Bromley

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