Michelle Finlay Yoga

07/10/2026

Looking forward to seeing all the ladies online that have started joining me on Wednesday evenings. It's a beautiful thing to hear about what this practice does and what they get from being able to do a class from the comfort of their own home, especially as the nights get longer and colder. If you're joining me this evening, feel free to say hi below...💚💚💚

Gentle online seated yoga sessions designed to help women improve mobility, strength, and relaxation from the comfort of home.

03/10/2026

Think of a day retreat as pressing the reset button on your priorities so that you shift the focus back to you. We've got one coming up in November, in a lovely venue on Dartmoor.

It won't happen unless you make it happen.

Comment Dartmoor or send a DM for the invite.

~ 💚 ~

30/09/2026

I knew quite early on in my teaching career that I didn't want to offer hands on assists. For a long time I thought there was something wrong with me. I thought that I was just lacking the confidence and skill to do what needed to be done to keep my student's safe.

That was until I really got into the nuts and bolts of what yoga is, what the goal of yoga is and how in the yoga texts like the Sutras and the Gita it says very little about poses and physical practice and says nothing about how a student needs to be manually adjusted to learn the point of yoga.

In fact, as Krishna speaks to Arjuna during the course of the Bhagavad Gita, he quite obviously doesn't use a dogmatic "this is how it is done" approach, but makes multiple suggestions on how yoga can be practiced and achieved. It's very much left to Arjuna to make his own mind up about how he engages with what he's been told.

When I understood this I felt so validated. I want this for you too.

When you learn this stuff, it all kind of just runs in the background as you teach. So instead of making everyone in the class align their front knee over their ankle in Anjaneyasana in the name of safety, you'll be able to verbally invite them to explore what's happening in their bodies and decide for themselves.

25/09/2026

A day retreat isn't just a day out, it's a place where you leave feeling reinvigorated and carry that into your real life so that juggling kids and work gets a lot easier upon going home.

Just like Victoria's story goes....

Something had been off for her while. Her sleep wasn't really bad but she wasn't sleeping solidly and would get up a couple of times in the night. This had crept in and become her new normal without her really noticing.

She'd been burning the candle at both ends for a while. Late nights, up early for work, over-reliant on caffeine in the mornings and w**e in the evenings.

She knows she has a tendency to people please and had let it get out of hand.

She lost perspective on her own self care in the process which meant that she felt exhausted, and had started snapping at her loved ones over the smallest thing and she hated how that felt.

We've all been there, right?

She booked onto the day retreat without really considering any of these things but during the day and the few days afterwards, it hit her. She realised how little care she'd been taking of herself. How she had thought that self care meant taking a bubble bath and getting to bed before midnight on a Sunday night.

The night after the day retreat she describes "having the best night's sleep in ages", it made her realise how she had really not been sleeping so well for a few months.

The day retreat offered her the opportunity not only to relax but to gain some perspective on how much energy she'd been giving out and not replenishing. That little bit of clarity led to her taking control of her diet, sleep and what she was saying yes to leaving her feeling so much better in her daily life.

Sometimes it's the little things we do for ourselves that have the biggest impact.

So if you've been feeling burnt out or haven't even noticed you've been feeling exhausted until right now, and you'd love to feel like you’ve had a month of great sleep, that's when you book a spot for yourself on my upcoming day retreat.

Drop 'RETREAT' in the comments or DM me and I'll get you booked in.

24/09/2026

Update on Monday's Chair Yoga class (usually at Tothill Community Centre). As you all know the community centre has closed. There will be no class this coming Monday (28th).

Please join us on Monday 5th October to try out a new space at EastEnd Development Trust on Cattedown Road (just off the roundabout).

If you have any questions let me know or contact Danny at Improving Lives.

24/09/2026

Yoga curious? Or had a break for a while and want to come back to class that reviews the foundational principles? Join us at Yoga Blend for a 5 week beginners course that starts on Thurs 1st October.