Yoga with Divya

28/09/2026

Every Wednesday, Yin Yoga - an open levels class,
now in its sixth year.

One regular calls it "the best way to keep me motivated in the week".

New to Yin Yoga?
Steady, mindful, slowed-down practice, allowing for tension release in the body, and encouraging a calmer mind.

Do you need anything special?
You can practice from anywhere, ideally somewhere quiet and where you can be warm enough as we stay close to the ground.
A blanket and some yoga blocks can be helpful.
I like to have a cushion available too. Some students have a yoga bolster.

The current Chakra Journey:
I have been guiding students through a chakra journey, each week, the sequence invites consideration of a key aspect of our being. These key aspects relating to 'chakras' - energy centres we all carry that help keep our mind and body in balance.

The weekly class:
Whatever the focus of the class - a chakra, a part of the body, a theme from nature or yoga philosophy - the sequence I deliver is whole in itself and designed purposefully to. be complete in what it offers you -the student.

I trained as a Yin Yoga teacher in 2009 and have shared it ever since. To this day, I love offering it to others and as the world feels more chaotic and challenging, I believe it gives you - the student - a place for peace as well as wellbeing.

Wednesday Yin Yoga
-6.30 - 7.30pm uk time, live online

Book + info: Link in Bio

Wishing you well,
Divya

25/09/2026

Back teaching in St Leonards,
In the Humble Heart studio, by the sea.
Here various Fridays and Saturdays.
All welcome to the flow and restore classes.

24/09/2026

Full Moon in Yoga class tonight -
in and out.

13/09/2026

Thank you Adam for having me on your Keen on Yoga podcast.
Link to YouTube interview below.

Does Modern Yoga Miss the Deeper Practice?

We talk about that, plus:

-My personal journey as a student then teacher
-How Yoga helped - and didn’t - my endurance with endometriosis
-What does practicing postures actually do
-The relevance of yoga philosophy
-Secular versus spiritual practice

I hope you enjoy the convo if you listen.

Fyi: Adam’s Keen on Yoga is a long running podcast where he has probing long form conversations about the practice and with people on their stories.

Also on Spotify and on Apple, podcast platforms and the Keen on Yoga website.
https://www.keenonyoga.com/podcast/divya-kohli/
Episode 293, with Divya.
(I’ll put links in comments)

Divya shares her unique journey through yoga, from childhood in the...

12/09/2026

I had the honour of having Isabelle, of Respira Yoga (brilliant teacher from north west London) join me in class this week.

May I have the honour of you joining?
You can join from wherever you are.

Sundays - for wind down and chill
Wednesdays- for stretch and midweek lift
Saturdays - for going deeper into Yoga

DM if you’re new. 🤓
Show me ya face in class if you’re an old friend. 🫶🏽

All welcome 🫷🏽🫷🏽

*too many emojis here, oh well, it’s the weekend.

Love,
Divya
www.yogawithdivya.co.uk

09/09/2026

Yoga and the Chakras

This Wednesday's Yin Yoga on our chakra journey, we come to the 2nd Chakra. Called 'Svadhisthana'.

Of the seven main chakras (energy centres) in our being, this one is the tricky one to describe. Some say it's about sexuality and creativity. Other's say it's about emotions. Through years of study and teaching, I've come to describe this chakra as.... the expression chakra.

When this chakra is in balance, our personality and feelings flow and through our lives in a balanced way.

When this chakra is out of balance, our personality is either overwhelmed by emotion, or too heavily led by emotion.

The offshoot of this is... low vibe 2nd chakra will hold us back, rein in our nature, or dull our reactions. Too high vibe in this energy, we lack awareness as our personality's preferences override everything else.

I hope this helps in your understanding.

As with all my chakra-based yoga classes, I deliver sequences that address the “whole body” and energy of our being. The focus of chakras though I find helpful across life.

-Wednesday Yin
Journey through Chakras
https://bookwhen.com/yogawithdivya

03/09/2026

Tonight sharing mindfulness with a US AI tech firm.
Does that feel odd?
No.
- practice, share, ritual… for whoever you are 🙏🏽

25/08/2026

Yoga is not what you nor I decide it to be

Lately, more people have been asking me what I think Yoga is.
Well, to be honest, what I think Yoga is is not the question to ask.

That question presupposes we can each of us who practice Yoga just ‘come up with our own’ definition and idea of it - well,
on one level that is so, and democratic.

But,
that would also mean, consciously or not, willingly or not, the person answering that question would present Yoga as something that suits their own inclination and idea of what it is, and that would in turn have to based on their knowledge which is always going to be not only subjective, but limited (I include myself here)

Yoga is Yoga
Yes, there are different ancient texts in which Yoga is mentioned, then, much later ‘described’, but there is a through line of meaning.

Yoga
- it is not what I want it to be, nor what you want to hear it to be.
Yoga is not what sells best or most.
You already know Yoga is not stretching (though it’s fine to stretch, this is not an anti-stretch post).

So, while it’s my words and my inclination that has created this post - and the slides - see below - Yoga is not mine to tell you what it is.

But I what I can do is explain some basics, from that through line of the texts that described it:
Yoga is a state
& Yoga is a practice to bring you into a place of experiencing it.

Yoga, if you believe it exists, is there in each of us.

But that is of course still an idea.

And like all ideas, not everyone needs to be drawn to it or believe in it.

And that
Is just fine.

What we need to remember though, is
Yoga is not a plaything to pass around and impose interpretation

Yoga does have a meaning and an origination.