Michelle Teasdale

Michelle Teasdale ✨ Opting Out with restorative yoga, nidra and community
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Ayurveda Health Counselling and Feeding Your Demons shadow work

In Slow Reading Group over on my Substack, we just finished reading this beautiful book, a tender, meditative memoir tha...
26/11/2025

In Slow Reading Group over on my Substack, we just finished reading this beautiful book, a tender, meditative memoir that sits somewhere between natural history and a love letter to stillness. It’s a heart-opening reflection on chronic illness, rest, and our delicate connection to the living world.

Next up in December: The Restorative Rebel: Memoirs and Musings on Internalized Capitalism by Dani Bicknell.





Starting my day as I often do this season, with cacao and Mary Oliver. How do you ease into your day?          ☀️
22/11/2025

Starting my day as I often do this season, with cacao and Mary Oliver.

How do you ease into your day?

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For days when you don’t have time for a full-length session, but still need deep rest: in this shorter, restorative yoga...
19/11/2025

For days when you don’t have time for a full-length session, but still need deep rest: in this shorter, restorative yoga practice, we will first explore the Head Nest - a way of building up support around the head and neck to support the nervous system and bring about relaxation. We will then use the Head Nest in a luxurious, long Stonehenge Savasana...

For paid subscribers to my Substack (£6 per month). Link in bio / stories

Over the past two years, I’ve been immersed in The Mandala Method - a deep exploration of the ancient Tibetan Buddhist m...
13/11/2025

Over the past two years, I’ve been immersed in The Mandala Method - a deep exploration of the ancient Tibetan Buddhist mandala as a living map for transformation. This work bridges the inner path of awakening with our outer experience in the world. At its heart, the Mandala Method offers a way to transform encumbered emotions (ignorance, anger, craving, jealousy, and pride) into wisdom. The practices draw on meditation, sound, art, visualisation, and the alchemy of the five elements to restore balance and clarity.

Although rooted in Tibetan Buddhist teachings, these practices are open to all: people of any background, faith, or identity. For those drawn to mindfulness, it offers a deepened, embodied approach to spiritual practice. For long-time students of Buddhism, it offers new insight and fresh pathways into familiar terrain.

I’ve recently completed my certification as a Mandala Method Facilitator, and as part of this journey, I’m entering the Practicum phase - a period of guided facilitation where I’ll be working one-on-one with two individuals over the course of at least three sessions each.

As a Practicum participant, you’ll be invited to experience the Mandala Method firsthand through guided practices, reflection, and dialogue. Your role is simply to show up with curiosity, engage in the process, and offer feedback to support my continued growth as a facilitator.

Developed by my teacher Lama Tsultrim Allione, the Mandala Method is a contemplative framework that weaves together meditation, mindfulness, visualization, and creative expression to help us return to wholeness, to the innate wisdom that’s always been there.

Our sessions may include:
Exploring the Five Families
Life Review
Meditations with the Mandala
Inner Journeys
Unblocking encumbered energy
Element Meditations
Art practices

Sessions are by donation.

DM me to have a chat about how we might work together.


Over on the Opting Out Substack today - a yoga nidra to connect to the quiet work of rest...In this guided practice, we ...
05/11/2025

Over on the Opting Out Substack today - a yoga nidra to connect to the quiet work of rest...

In this guided practice, we will hover in the liminal space between effort and surrender, held in the knowledge that we are resting but renewal and restoration are quietly going on beneath the surface. You will hear Koshi chimes to help you to sink deeper into relaxation. Towards the end, you will be invited to imagine you are lying in a wide, open field on the earth.

You can try with a 7 day free trial, or subscribe for £6 a month - with exclusive yin and restorative yoga classes, the slow reading group and more... Link in bio / stories.

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Goodbye October, it's been a fun month of getting out into nature, gigs (no pix though) and arty stuff...
01/11/2025

Goodbye October, it's been a fun month of getting out into nature, gigs (no pix though) and arty stuff...



The Celtic festival of Samhain coincides with Halloween (October 31st). It is the New Year in the Celtic wheel of the ye...
31/10/2025

The Celtic festival of Samhain coincides with Halloween (October 31st). It is the New Year in the Celtic wheel of the year, a time when we welcome the darker months. It is said to be when the veil between this world and the past is at its thinnest.

This yoga nidra practice takes us on an imaginary journey to a cave in the woods where we can receive wisdom and guidance from our ancestors. It was recorded for Samhain but can be listened to anytime you want to tune into your inner guidance.

Our new book in the Slow Reading Group in my Substack for the next two months is The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating — a te...
28/10/2025

Our new book in the Slow Reading Group in my Substack for the next two months is The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating — a tender, meditative memoir that sits somewhere between natural history and a love letter to stillness. It’s a heart-opening reflection on illness, rest, and our delicate connection to the living world.

I chose this book because it’s a quiet masterclass in slowing down and taking notice — not as an ideal or a lifestyle trend, but as something life sometimes asks of us.

Free for everyone to read today. Link in stories / bio.

23/10/2025

Some Ayurvedic advice for autumn...

To counteract the cold, dry weather in autumn, bring in the opposite. Oil the skin, eat warming foods and add in more grounding movement practices.

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I'm sharing a real treat of a class today with my paid subscribers over on Substack. We have a delicious yin sequence wi...
21/10/2025

I'm sharing a real treat of a class today with my paid subscribers over on Substack. We have a delicious yin sequence with lots of lateral stretches and shoulder openers, and then side-lying savasana with a crystal bowls sound bath!

You can sign up for a free 7 day trial to see if it's for you. Subscriptions are priced inclusively at £6 per month, or less if you pay annually.

What's included?
* One pre-recorded restorative or yin and restorative class each month
* One yoga nidra audio practice
* Slow Reading Group
* Reflective articles
* Plus my weekly weekend mood board of what I'm up to and what's inspiring me.

Link in the usual places...

Today I step into the last year of my forties, and instead of making a list of things I want to achieve before I turn fi...
20/10/2025

Today I step into the last year of my forties, and instead of making a list of things I want to achieve before I turn fifty, I’m making a list of what I’m leaving behind. A conscious shedding, an opting out.

Here’s what no longer has a place in my life:

Feeling rushed

The cult of “productivity”

Anti-ageing rhetoric

Hair dye

Endless self-improvement

Comphet

FOMO

Turning away from difficult emotions

Traditional gender norms

Alcohol (I stopped drinking socially over 8 years ago)

Immediate replies to emails

Cosmetic foundation

Avoiding conflict

Superficial conversation

Energy vampires

The attention economy of the Algorithm

Coffee

People-pleasing

Saying “yes” too quickly

Burnout

Background TV

Worrying about what other people think

Doubt

Self-pity

Fast fashion

Over-scheduling

The 9-5 grind

Black Friday

The hard sell

Unethical marketing

The “wellness industry” (*vomit emoji)

Influencer culture

Instagram Yoga

Toxic hyper-individualism

Anything that aggravates my nervous system

“Dressing for your age”

Dancing to the beat of someone else’s drum

Blame

Keeping the capitalist machine turning

Culture wars

Othering

“You” statements

Harsh movement practices that don’t honour my almost-50-year-old body

Negative body image

Guilt

Fitting into a neat little box

Urgency culture

Performative positivity

Measuring worth by output

👉What's on your list?

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Brighton And Hove

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