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🍂 AUTUMN EQUINOXThere’s something I love about this point in the year.Nature doesn’t try to carry everything forward.The...
21/09/2026

🍂 AUTUMN EQUINOX

There’s something I love about this point in the year.

Nature doesn’t try to carry everything forward.

The trees don’t look at the leaves that have served their purpose and think…

I’d better hang onto those, just in case. 🤣

They let them go.

And perhaps there’s something in that for us too.

We can become so used to carrying things that we stop noticing how heavy they’ve become.

Old expectations.
Responsibilities we automatically say yes to.
Ways of thinking about ourselves that belonged to another version of us.
Things we’re doing simply because we’ve always done them.

The Autumn Equinox is a beautiful natural pause.

Not necessarily a time to make big changes or reinvent yourself.

Just a moment to notice.

🍂 What still belongs in the season you’re moving into?

🍂 And what might you be ready to stop carrying?

Try this today.

Make yourself a cuppa, find five quiet minutes and write two headings:

I’m taking with me…

I’m ready to leave behind…

Then write without overthinking it.

You might be surprised by what comes up.

This is very much the energy we’re exploring in my Serenity Seasons at the moment — using yoga, breath, meditation, deep relaxation and a little bit of magic to work with the seasons rather than rushing through them. 🦋

Today, though, simply give yourself permission to pause.

Autumn doesn’t ask us to do more.

Perhaps it’s asking us to make space. 🍂✨

Carole-Anne x

I’ve noticed something in my classes recently.We can be remarkably good at giving.Giving our time.Giving our attention.L...
17/09/2026

I’ve noticed something in my classes recently.

We can be remarkably good at giving.

Giving our time.
Giving our attention.
Looking after people.
Remembering what everybody needs.
Getting things done.

But receiving?

We’re not always quite so good at that. 🦋

Even when I invite someone to lie down, get comfortable, pull a blanket over themselves and simply receive a guided relaxation, there’s sometimes a little resistance.

Shouldn’t I be doing something?

And I find that fascinating.

Because rest isn’t something we have to earn.

Neither is kindness, support, pleasure, care or time for ourselves.

So here’s a slightly different little practice for today.

Notice what happens when something is offered to you.

A compliment.
Someone making you a cup of tea.
An offer of help.
Ten quiet minutes.
A hug.
Someone saying, “I’ll do that.”

Do you receive it?

Or do you immediately brush it away, reciprocate, apologise, explain or say, “Oh no, I’m fine”?

Today, try simply saying:

Thank you.

And let yourself have it.

No balancing the books.

No earning it first.

Just receive. 🦋

I’d love to know, are you naturally good at receiving?

Or are you much more comfortable being the giver?

Carole-Anne x

Are your shoulders trying to get your attention? 🦋Tight shoulders. That familiar ache around the neck and shoulder blade...
15/09/2026

Are your shoulders trying to get your attention? 🦋

Tight shoulders. That familiar ache around the neck and shoulder blades. Feeling as though you could really do with someone taking the weight off for a while.

Yes, there can be very physical reasons for shoulder tension, but after years of working with women through yoga, therapy and relaxation, I’m also fascinated by the connection between what our bodies hold and what’s happening in our lives.

Sometimes it’s worth becoming curious.

Are you carrying too much?
Doing too much for everyone else?
Finding it difficult to ask for or receive support?
Holding yourself together when what you really need is to soften?

I’ve created a little FREE Serenity Shoulder Release guide with three lovely Yin postures I use to create space through the shoulders, chest and upper back.

And I’ve added something a little different too 🦋

A gentle mind-body reflection looking at left shoulder, right shoulder and both shoulders, with questions you can explore for yourself.

This isn’t about saying your emotions cause shoulder pain. It’s simply another way of listening to your body alongside looking after it physically.

Would you like me to send you a copy?

Pop SHOULDERS in the comments and I’ll send it to you. 💙

And maybe ask yourself this today:

“What am I carrying that I could safely put down?”

🦋 Carole-Anne
Serenity Yoga & Retreats

15/09/2026

You don’t have to want to become a healer to come to an Angelic Reiki weekend. 🦋

I think this is one of the biggest misconceptions about Angelic Reiki training.

So many of the people who come to me are initially coming for the experience itself.

Two days immersed in the most beautiful, calm Angelic energy.

A space to receive.

To learn how to give yourself Angelic Reiki healing.

To deepen your intuition and spiritual connection.

And simply to explore something you feel quietly drawn towards.

Before one of my recent weekends, one of the three ladies attending shared some of the worries she’d had.

What if I can’t do it?
Am I spiritual enough?
What if it doesn’t work for me?
But I don’t want to treat other people.

And that’s really what I wanted to talk about in this little video.

There is no test of how “spiritual” you are before you walk through my door.

There is no previous healing experience required.

And you absolutely do not have to have plans to work with other people.

Angelic Reiki is gifted to you through the attunements. My role is to guide you through the experience and create a beautiful space in which you can receive, learn and explore.

Some people do go on to use Angelic Reiki professionally.

Others weave it into work they already do.

And some come entirely for themselves, because they’re on their own healing or spiritual journey and something about it simply calls to them.

And aren’t we all at a different point on that journey? 🦋

There isn’t a point at which you suddenly become “spiritual enough”.

You begin exactly where you are.

And the lovely lady whose conversation prompted me to make this video?

Afterwards she messaged me:

“Thanks so much. I had a magical, wonderful weekend and feel very zen today (even being back at work!) 🤣🤣 x”

I think that says rather more about the weekend than I ever could. ❤️

My Angelic Reiki Certification weekends are deliberately tiny, with a maximum of 3 people, because I want them to feel personal, immersive and very special.

So if Angelic Reiki has been quietly calling you, but part of you has been wondering “Is this really for me?”

Perhaps it is. 🦋

Message me ANGELIC and I’ll send you details of the next weekend.

Carole-Anne x

12/09/2026

What if the reason nothing quite seems to land isn’t because you haven’t done enough?

You’ve read the books.
You’ve worked on yourself.
You understand your patterns.
You’ve probably had the breakthroughs, the healing, the lightbulb moments.

And yet there can still be that quiet feeling that something is missing.

What if the missing piece isn’t something else you need to DO?

What if it’s learning how to receive?

To stop striving for the next answer.
To soften the need to hold everything together.
To create enough space to hear yourself again.
To allow support, rest, connection, pleasure and possibility IN.

This is at the heart of GENESIS – The Missing Piece.

From 20–23 November, Philippa and I are bringing together a small group at beautiful Lanehead, Coniston in the Lake District for three nights that are about far more than simply “getting away.”

There will be movement, powerful guided journeys, healing, beautiful food, connection, laughter and deep rest.

But underneath all of it is one question:

What if receiving is the missing piece?

If you’ve been doing all the things and still feel there’s another layer waiting for you, perhaps this is the space to explore it.

🦋 GENESIS – The Missing Piece
20–23 November 2026
Lanehead, Coniston, Lake District

Comment GENESIS or message me and I’ll send you the full retreat details. 🤍

🌑 Tomorrow’s New Moon isn’t asking you to make another wish list.And I actually think that’s what makes this one so inte...
10/09/2026

🌑 Tomorrow’s New Moon isn’t asking you to make another wish list.

And I actually think that’s what makes this one so interesting.

Tomorrow morning we have a New Moon in Virgo, the first New Moon following the intensity of the recent eclipse period.

Eclipses have a habit of illuminating, shifting and unsettling things.

Virgo comes afterwards and quietly asks:

So, what are you going to do differently now?

Not what are you going to manifest.

Not what would you like the Universe to deliver.

But what have the last few weeks shown you about the way you are actually living?

Because there is a huge difference between wanting a different life and creating the conditions in which a different life can grow.

🌑 A little New Moon practice for you

Rather than writing a long list of intentions tomorrow, try this.

Take a piece of paper and divide it into three.

At the top of the first section write:

WHAT I KNOW

Write down three things you know now that perhaps you weren’t quite ready to admit a month ago.

Maybe you know you need more rest.

Maybe something no longer fits.

Maybe you’ve outgrown a role, habit or expectation.

Maybe you know exactly what you want but have been frightened to acknowledge it.

Then write:

WHAT I KEEP REPEATING

This is the interesting bit.

Choose ONE pattern that belongs to the version of you you are ready to move beyond.

Not something enormous.

Something ordinary.

Saying yes automatically.
Picking up your phone first thing.
Putting yourself at the bottom of the list.
Waiting until you feel completely ready.
Talking yourself out of the thing you secretly want.

And finally:

WHAT I WILL DO DIFFERENTLY

Choose one tiny, physical action.

Something so simple you can begin it tomorrow.

Because this New Moon in Virgo isn’t really about wishing.

Virgo is earthy, practical energy.

It asks us to bring what we say we want out of our heads, out of our journals and into our everyday lives.

So perhaps your New Moon question isn’t:

✨ What do I want to manifest?

Perhaps it is:

🦋 If I genuinely believed my life was beginning to change, what would I do differently tomorrow morning?

Then do that one thing.

Quietly.

No big declaration required.

Some of the most important new beginnings happen long before anybody else can see them. 🌑🦋

✨ NEW DATE — A WINTER DAY IN LOWESWATER ✨I think there’s something rather special about giving yourself a whole day to s...
10/09/2026

✨ NEW DATE — A WINTER DAY IN LOWESWATER ✨

I think there’s something rather special about giving yourself a whole day to stop in December.

Before Christmas gathers pace.
Before the lists, the rushing and the looking after everyone else take over.

So I’ve added a new Winter Cocoon Seasonal Sanctuary Day on Saturday 5th December, tucked away in beautiful Loweswater in the Lake District. 🤍

A whole day to step out of the noise, soften, breathe and simply be.

We’ll spend the day with a gorgeous blend of:

🦋 Gentle Hatha to Yin & deeply restful Yin
🦋 Breathwork and guided relaxation
🦋 Angelic Reiki healing
🦋 Sound healing
🦋 Crystal healing & chakra balancing
🦋 Yoga Nidra
🦋 Time for reflection, connection and oracle cards
🦋 A beautiful curated gift bag to take home
🦋 Delicious lunch, cake and plenty of nurturing touches throughout the day

No need to be super bendy, super spiritual or experienced in yoga.

Just come exactly as you are.

This isn’t another thing to squeeze into December.

It’s the pause before Christmas.
A day where nobody needs anything from you.
A chance to fill your own cup before the season of giving begins.

And Loweswater in winter really is rather magical. ✨

Saturday 5th December 2026
📍 Loweswater, Lake District
✨ Numbers are deliberately limited

If you feel a little pull towards this one, all the details and booking are here:

Winter Cocoon at Loweswater – details &
booking⁠

https://caroleanneknott.co.uk/seasonal-sanctuary-days/

Carole-Anne 🦋

🦋 IT’S FINALLY HERE — SERENITY SEASONS ONLINE 🦋I’ve been wanting to create this for quite a while.Not simply another onl...
10/09/2026

🦋 IT’S FINALLY HERE — SERENITY SEASONS ONLINE 🦋

I’ve been wanting to create this for quite a while.

Not simply another online yoga class.

Something that brings the feeling of my little Serenity Lounge into your own home.

A space where, for 90 minutes, you can close the door on everything else.

Light a candle. Make a cuppa. Roll out your mat.

And just be.

Serenity Seasons Online begins next Thursday, 17th September, and over six weeks we’ll journey gently through autumn together.

You can choose:

🌿 Thursday 10.30am — Yin Sanctuary
Slow, floor-based Yin with no standing, beautiful for anyone craving softness, space and deep rest.

🌙 Thursday 6pm — Gentle Hatha to Yin
Gentle flowing movement gradually slowing into Yin and deep relaxation.

And this is about so much more than the yoga.

Across our six weeks together we’ll weave in breathwork, deep guided relaxation, seasonal themes, crystals, essential oils, journaling, little rituals and the gentle energy work that has become such a special part of my Serenity sessions.

You’ll also receive:

🦋 A replay each week if you can’t join me live
🦋 A separate recorded guided practice to use whenever you need it
🦋 Journal prompts and simple home rituals
🦋 Crystal and essential oil guidance
🦋 Our private WhatsApp connection and support

The full six-week online journey is £79.

Or you can choose the £109 Ritual Box experience, with a beautiful collection of goodies posted to your door so that you can create your own little Serenity sanctuary at home.

You don’t need to be flexible.

You don’t need to be experienced.

And you certainly don’t need to have everything sorted before you arrive.

Come exactly as you are.

We begin next Thursday, 17th September.

Maybe this autumn isn’t about doing more.

Maybe it’s about creating a little more space for you. 🦋

Full details and booking:
https://caroleanneknott.co.uk/weekly-live-soul-circles-online-yoga/

08/09/2026

A little reminder for anyone who needs it today 🍂

You don’t always need to make a big change to feel different.

Sometimes you just need to interrupt the rush.

Put your phone down for five minutes.

Make the drink and actually sit down to drink it.

Step outside and feel the air rather than simply rushing through it.

Take three slower breaths before answering the next demand on you.

Ask yourself:

What do I need today, rather than what do I need to get done?

We can spend so much of our lives responding to everyone and everything around us that we stop noticing ourselves.

So perhaps that’s your little practice for today.

Five minutes.

No fixing.
No achieving.
No guilt about what you “should” be doing.

Just five minutes to come back to you. 🦋

Carole-Anne xx

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