Yoga Nature Sheffield

06/10/2026

Yogic Quest. The yoga inspired card game of strategy, balance and cooperation.

Find out more and follow at www.kickstarter.com/projects/yoganature/yogic-quest

05/10/2026

Over the next year or two in our classes at Yoga Nature we will be exploring one of the most remarkable texts of the Tantrik tradition: the Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra (VBT).

The name can be translated in several ways, but we will go with Christopher Hareesh Wallis who translates it as “The Scripture of Bhairava, who is Consciousness.”

In this latest Substack essay we will take a little time to understand where this text comes from, what kind of text it is, and perhaps most importantly, what question lies at its heart.

https://whatonyogaearth.substack.com/p/entering-the-vijnana-bhairava-tantra

22/09/2026

Mabon is the name now often given to the autumn equinox. It is a modern Pagan name, drawn from Mabon ap Modron, a figure in medieval Welsh literature. The equinox itself is much older than the name.

The word equinox comes from the Latin aequinoctium, meaning “equal night”. It marks the point in the year when the Sun crosses the celestial equator and the balance of light begins its gradual movement towards the darker half of the year.

People living here long before the name Mabon was used would have known this turning in other ways. They watched the changing light. They noticed the cooler mornings and the ripening of fruit. They gathered what the land was giving and knew that winter was coming. There was no single ancient British festival called Mabon, but there were many local ways of living with the changing seasons.

In this Yoga Nidra, we enter that turning through the body, through the breath and through an old orchard.

whatonyogaearth.substack.com/p/the-fullness-of-the-fruit-a-mabon

20/09/2026

“Don’t skip the stillness - it’s where the magic happens.”

In a world that glorifies productivity and speed, Śavāsana (pronounced shah-VAH-suh-nah), or co**se pose, may seem like a luxury - a quiet lie-down before you move on with your day. But this final resting posture is where the nervous system integrates everything. It is the moment of ripening, of deep absorption, of return.

Let us explain why we never rush this sacred pause - and why we encourage you not to either. Read our article on Substack:

https://whatonyogaearth.substack.com/p/savasana-the-art-of-letting-go

14/09/2026

There are probably lots of different ways you've come across us - perhaps through one of our classes, something we've shared here, or through the work we do in schools. But there's a whole part of our working week that you might not see on here.

A lot of our time is spent in schools, sharing yoga with children and young people. Little beings with busy minds, big feelings and all sorts of different ways of experiencing the world. Some live with ADHD, some are autistic, some are dealing with anxiety or overwhelm. And some simply need somewhere to move, breathe, play and be themselves for a while.

We don't go into schools expecting children to become calm, quiet or somehow better behaved. We share yoga as a way of exploring what it feels like to be in a body. To move. To breathe. To rest. To notice. To have a bit of space.

Sometimes there is stillness.
Sometimes there is absolute chaos.
Usually there is a bit of both.

We meet the children where they are. There isn't really a magic formula.

Alongside this, we have our adult classes, our own practice and study, and the rest of life.

Yoga has been part of our lives for more than twenty years, so teaching isn't something that sits separately from the rest of what we do. It all overlaps.

A lot of our week is spent with children, and it's probably a side of Yoga Nature that you don't see very much here. So, we thought we'd share a little more about what we do in schools.

With love and hugs,

Jo & Ben

Yoga Nature A community of practice since 2004

01/09/2026

Entering the Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra.

Every year, we explore a thread that deepens practice beyond the mat.

From October and over the next year or so, we’ll be exploring the Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra, an ancient Tantrik text offering 112 different doorways into direct experience.

Breath, body, sensation, sound, stillness, movement, thought… nothing is necessarily outside the practice.

At the heart of the teaching is a sense of fullness and belonging. The possibility that nothing needs to be added or taken away for us to belong to this moment, this body, this life.

Rather than trying to become something different, the invitation is to become present to what is already here.

What is Reality, in truth?

These sessions will take place in our classes: Tuesday & Sunday 6pm and Thursday 6:45pm.

01/09/2026

Free yoga classes at the Nether Edge Festival. We look forward to welcoming you.

Nether Edge Festival

18/08/2026

Come celebrate our neighbourhood with us and volunteer with the Nether Edge Festival.

We are seeking volunteers for Party In the Park (September 20th) and other festival events.

www.netheredgefestival.co.uk/volunteering

21/07/2026

Our latest article dropped on Substack 😊
https://whatonyogaearth.substack.com/p/the-body-between-the-muscles-what

14/07/2026

Our latest essay on Substack forms the fourth thread in an ongoing exploration of trauma-informed practice, embodiment and movement.

We began by exploring how life experiences can shape our nervous systems and our relationship with the body. We then turned towards embodiment (the practice of inhabiting our lived experience more fully) and functional movement, the ways awareness and adaptation reveal themselves through daily life.

Here we explore a deeper question: Why are movement, emotion, thought, breath and awareness so profoundly interconnected?

https://whatonyogaearth.substack.com/p/beyond-muscles-and-bones-the-tantrik

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Trauma, embodiment and functional movement as expressions of a living whole