Edinburgh Community Yoga

03/11/2025

At Edinburgh Community Yoga, yoga isn’t just about poses — it’s about compassion, connection, and community. 💜

Whether we’re showing up for each other, taking a mindful breath in a tough moment, or creating spaces where everyone feels welcome, that’s yoga too. 🌿

Yoga is more than movement — it’s how we move through life.

31/10/2025

🧘‍♀️ Yoga on Social Prescription 🌿

At Edinburgh Community Yoga, we believe yoga should be accessible to everyone — not just those who can afford or feel comfortable walking into a studio.

As a not-for-profit social enterprise, our mission is to break down the financial, attitudinal, and accessibility barriers that stop people from experiencing the many physical, mental, and social benefits of yoga.

Through our Yoga on Social Prescription programme, we partner with GP practices and local agencies across Edinburgh, Fife and Midlothian to offer trauma-informed, referral-based classes in areas of social and economic deprivation.

Together, we’re creating spaces where wellbeing is truly inclusive — one breath, one community, one class at a time.

28/10/2025

🌿 Our Vision 🌿

Our vision is simple: everyone deserves access to quality, trauma-informed yoga. 💜

Together, we can make wellbeing truly inclusive — creating safe, supportive spaces where every body and every story is welcome. 🧘‍♀️✨

14/10/2025

As usual we were too busy having fun to take photos, but here is a wee capture of the wonderful Yin Out fundraiser last Friday where we raised an enormous £1230 towards our seated yoga class at The Gyle.

Enormous gratitude to and for another fabulous fundraiser.

09/10/2025

🌙 Join us Tomorrow! 🌙

Tomorrow night, 10th October (6–8 PM) at Walpole Hall, come unwind with a special Yin yoga fundraiser supporting Edinburgh Community Yoga 💜

This two-hour class is a precious chance to slow down and soften. Guided by Norman Blair and Nadine Watton, we’ll explore mindful, floor-based postures that invite rest, reflection, and deep rejuvenation. ✨

🎟 Tickets:
Full Price £30 | Employed Concession £25 (low waged, single parents, OAPs, students) | Subsidised £15 (for outreach students or those in need) | Supporter £35

All funds raised support our Move, Relax, Chat chair-based yoga class for older adults — reducing loneliness and nurturing connection.

🧘‍♀️ Bring your mat, belt, 2 blocks, 2 blankets & something cosy.
🔗 Book via our website

08/10/2025

🌙 A Few Spaces Remaining - Book Now 🌙

This Friday, 10th October (6–8 PM) at Walpole Hall, we’ll gather for “Yin Out” — a beautiful fundraiser supporting Edinburgh Community Yoga 💜

This two-hour Yin yoga class is a precious chance to slow down and soften.
Guided by Norman Blair — one of the UK’s most experienced Yin teachers — and Nadine Watton, we’ll explore mindful, floor-based postures held for several minutes. This practice invites rest, reflection, and deep rejuvenation for body, mind, and heart. ✨

All proceeds will support our Move, Relax, Chat class for older adults — a joyful community space that helps reduce isolation and build connection.

🧘‍♀️ Please bring: mat, belt, 2 blocks, 2 blankets & something cosy.
📍 Walpole Hall, St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh
🔗 [visit our website to book]

07/10/2025

🌙 Join Us for a Special Yin Yoga Event – Supporting Edinburgh Community Yoga 🌙

We have a few spaces left for Norman Blair and Nadine Watton's beautiful “Yin Out” session this Friday, 10th October 2025, at Walpole Hall 🧘‍♀️

In February 2023 and April 2024, over 50 yogis came together for these heart-opening Yin practices — and thanks to your generosity, our last event raised £1,380 to support our community classes in Craigmillar. 💛

This Friday, Norman and Nadine return to guide us through two nourishing hours of stillness and connection — a chance to slow down, soften, and simply be.

All funds raised will go directly towards our Move, Relax, Chat chair-based yoga class for older adults at The Gyle — a vital space for movement, laughter, and friendship. Many attendees (aged 65–80+) share that the class has helped them feel less isolated and more connected. 💬✨

📅 Date: Friday, 10th October 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Walpole Hall, St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AW
🔗 Booking: [www.edinburghcommunityyoga.co.uk]

Let’s come together once again — to move, breathe, and support the power of yoga in our community. 💜

18/09/2025

We are delighted that Laura will be teaching an afternoon session at the very first .gathering at in Granton on the 18th October. The one day festival will include wood-fires saunas and cold plunges, yoga, movement and sound, talks and conversations, seasonal plant rituals, creative workshops and beach moments.

Ground. Energise. Connect.

Early bird tickets available now from .gathering. See you there.

15/09/2025

WEBINAR on Wednesday 24th Sept at 1230 BST

Join our Outreach Director to talk about all things trauma informed practice and movement with our friends

We’ll be exploring ideas around power dynamics, neuroscience, embodiment and the ‘on the ground’ work of ECY. You’ll also leave with some practical tips on how to make movement practices more trauma aware.

Sign up over at
and check out their awesome work, groups and training focussed on nature based movement and community. 💥

11/09/2025

09/09/2025

She's only gone and done it! Our wonderful volunteer Anna has been fundraising to keep our trauma-informed yoga class in collaboration with the Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust and has just reached her target of £2000. An enormous thank you to all of you who supported Anna in raising this money. The classes will now be able to continue for another year and for this we are so grateful.

26/08/2025

🧘‍♀️ Yin Out is Back! 🧘‍♂️
Join us for a special evening of Yin yoga + community care 💛

✨ With Norman Blair & Nadine Watton
📅 Fri 10 Oct 2025 | 🕕 6–8pm
📍 Walpole Hall, Edinburgh

All funds go to our Move, Relax, Chat chair-based yoga class for older adults —led by the brilliant Frankie & Ali and loved by all who attend. 💫

Let’s pause, soften & support something meaningful.