21/10/2026
Don’t worry, I’m not walking away from yoga 🙃
I took my first class over 20 years ago (it nearly killed me, my flatmate had to bring me dinner in bed 😂). Since then it’s been a lifeline: when I was young and struggling with all sorts, and again through perimenopause, the anxiety that came with it, and all the changes of midlife.
Pilates has been brilliant alongside it. It’s made me stronger, sorted out niggles, and worked the weaker areas I was never naturally drawn to strengthening but absolutely needed to.
But these shifts have also shown me which parts of yoga I want to double down on: the side that works with more than the body. Breath, presence, the nervous system, and especially Yin. For me it was never about crazy shapes or endless chaturangas.
There’s a lot of talk about yoga not being as popular as it once was, but I don’t see these needs going anywhere, not in the world we’re living in. This is where yoga is truly unique, and I hope more people turn to it for exactly that.
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