Elevate Yoga Scotland

02/06/2025

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08/04/2025

So over the moon 🌙 to have found a new home for seasonal Yin Yoga Mini Retreats. Spring/Summer is bookable now, as a single session to treat yourself, bring a friend or family member for a little discount or receive further discounts when you book more than one seasonal event!

02/04/2025

So tonight was the last night in a beginners' hatha yoga block for a private group that wanted to try yoga in the safety of their group.

So far, we've explored Foundations, Stomach & Abdomen Detox, Heart Opening, and tonight we did some lovely sleepy Yin Yoga, which was all supine or prone (lying down back or front) and very cosy. The only downside of teaching Yin is that you don't always 'do' the poses, so I was very jealous! But the class enjoyed this tonight for a little change.

I'm so glad to have met these lovely women and would like to thank all involved for inviting me to talk and meet them and for supporting me to run a trial block of classes. And for being willing to try or return to yoga. Although I've never stopped teaching, I haven't run a block of regular yoga classes for a while, and I learned a lot through providing different modifications. Everyone was so focused and also willing to both explore new things but also be comfortable with finding their own way.

This is now leading to a brand new class in the local area with venue to be confirmed very shortly and as well as hopefully including some of these lovely people it will also be open to the public and pre bookable in blocks.

Thanks again to this magic little group. 💙💙💙

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02/04/2025

27/03/2025

25/03/2025

Tonight's class was focused on The Heart Chakra.

This looked like neck, shoulder, heart and ribcage opening through side stretches, mini back bends and inversions.

1 x hour classes don't always leave time for mantras but my favourite Heart Chakra mantra goes like this:

♡ I can give love. I am love. ♡
♡ I can receive love. I am love. ♡
♡ I love. I am love. ♡

Repeat gently to yourself when quiet, calm and still and with smooth breath. 💚

18/03/2025

Another lovely class with my new Tuesday night women's group. We explored the Solar Plexus Chakra, encouraging healthy and strong stomachs from the inside out.

We did some strong standing warrior poses but mostly on the floor on our fronts, trying planks, Seal, Sphinx, Cobra, and Upward Dog. We also looked at how to make Downward Dog accessible, from Dolphin pose for those with wrist issues to simple inversions like Standing Forward Bend or Dangle pose for those that struggle with knee or foot issues that can still benefit from an easier inversion. Am always keen to make yoga accessible and adaptable but am also learning a lot from these women and they are literally keeping me on my toes!

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11/03/2025

Thank you so very much to all the women who signed up for Intro to Yoga 4 x Week Block at a private women's wellness/friendship/social club. We started very gentle tonight looking at foundations and connecting to the mat!

Thank you for having me and well done on trying something new! Lovely bunch of women and I can't wait to keep working with you! Frances 🩷

03/02/2025

Thank you so much for following the January Yoga Challenge. I feel so grateful for having a little space to call my own to do this from, even if it's a work in progress! If you didn't catch this it was a daily 5 min yoga challenge to try at home. I'll keep it live and free for another month then will archive to my YouTube channel and website. I hope you enjoyed it! Any comments/feedback all welcome! I'd love to know if you tried any. I enjoyed making the promise so that I'd be accountable to both myself and others and to find a way to navigate January. 🩵