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08/10/2025

Life is messy.

When I was younger I would look at my peers and I couldn't understand how perfectly well they seemed to handle life. I felt at odds with these put-together people. Where was their raw emotion? Where was the awkwardness of not fitting in? Where was their life curve balls? Where was their pain? Or was harsh reality of life only saved for the select few of us who have experienced trauma?

But, I realised over time and the longer I get to spend on this earth how messy life actually is. There is not one correct linear path. The more time I get to be in this life I come to realise how beautifully resilient people are.

And oftentimes hearing their stories and really listening to their heartbreaks I have realised that these outwardly appearing put-their-life-together people more often than not have also experienced their fair share of life curve balls.

And the most bizarre realisation of all:
How glad I am to be reminded that we are not alone in this messy life.

And I think this is what gives depression it's power. Its heavy darkness makes us forget this and makes us feel like our world is so small.

We forget that there are people who love us, who unconditionally. When actually we are surrounded by community.

Lately I have been so comforted to know that even when life feels heavy and the world feels dark. Others feel this way too and are on their own messy path navigating this life. And somehow this shared experience of darkness brings just a little bit of light. Of hope.

Thinking of you, and always believing you can when you feel like you can't x

08/08/2025

Dave Dog and I are busy planning something special ✨

Excited to share some new offerings with you soon 🙊

P.s. you'll want to keep the afternoon of 23 August free for some Kali Fest offerings 😉

*for full disclosure and social media transparency please note absolute minimal (zero) planning took place for the duration of these snuggles 🐶

24/07/2025

The breath 🫁

There is nothing more powerful, yet so unequivocally underrated.

We often don't appreciate it until it is compromised in some way.

Working with your breath can be a deeply intimate and personal experience. Much like yoga there's no one size or approach that fits all.

Anatomically we all have different lung sizes and different respiratory rates, different health conditions or body happenings that will affect our pattern of breath.

Emotionally how we show up that day can massively impact how we relate to the breath. Stressful, anxiety triggering days can result in quicker, faster paced breaths.

And though sometimes it feels like it, this sensation isn't the enemy. It's a natural stress response and when your body is in this state it quickens your breathing pace to draw in more oxygen. Why? To help you respond quicker to danger.

Where this feeling is perhaps unhelpful is when this sensation is unregulated and over responding to areas where we don't necessarily need it to. And, from personal experience, when you breathing is heavily compromised it can be absolutely terrifying.

And I suppose here is where I'm supposed to insert some magic social media fused fix. Here's a box breathing video or something. But I won't. Because there isn't anything to fix. You are not broken your body is responding to perceived threat.

Rather than trying to change it or force some shift. Instead start with bringing your attention to your breath. Over and over throughout the day. In, and out. Awareness of it's depth, pace, smoothness. It's always there, it's always giving you signals we just have to listen.

Remember that each breath follows the next. And believe me you are far more resilient than you know ❤️

📸 Taken at my much loved home

I am leaving you Saturday lot in the very capable hands of this week and returning next week with a few extra opportunities to practice together - I can't wait! 🥰

Tuesday
6.30am Ashtanga Led (covering for fabulous Mo!)

Thursday
6.30am Ashtanga Self Practice (covering for Mo)

Saturday
8.45am Yoga flow
10am Strong flow

Much love G x

16/07/2025

Release your shoulders with me 🥰

Unpolished, unsexy, perhaps but these are my all time favourite and highly delightful shoulder nourishment moves! Followed by more important Dave dog cuddles 🐶🥰

If you spend either a lot of time sitting at a desk or you spend a lot of time weight lifting or weight bearing on your shoulders try these moves:

💫 Shoulder flossing
Using a strap (or get creative a dressing gown loop, long towel or broom handle will do just as well!). If you are using a flexible material make sure to keep it tight as you move - no noodle straps! You also want to make sure that both arms go back at the same time - no torquing through the spine please we want to work shoulder mobility here!

💫 Deltoid myofascial release
If you are anything like me then this will feel juicy! If we do a lot of weight bearing sometimes the delts can overcompensate. For this one grab a wall and a ball - any lacrosse or tennis-like ball will do! Press your shoulder into the ball and give yourself a bit of a massage here. Think like the bear Baloo from the jungle book when he wiggles his back up and down a tree for a good scratch! Be gentle light to medium pressure is great around 30seconds each side.

💫 Puppy pose
From table top keep your hips stacked over your knees as you start to walk your hands forward into puppy pose. Start by taking the forehead to the floor and then, on more flexible days, perhaps the chest and chin reach the floor. To deepen the stretch keep your hips where they are and slide your hands a little further away. To come out either traverse back to table top or slither forward onto your belly which can lead you nicely to...

💫 Floor pec stretch
Make yourself a cartoon cactus (bend your elbows to 90 degrees and make sure your elbow is in line with your shoulder). The aim is to keep your shoulder, palm and elbow on the side your working on superglued to the floor as you start to move your body weight on top. Go slowly and don't forget to do both sides!

🐶 Dave Dog Cuddles
let's be honest this was 90% of your reason for swiping 😉

11/07/2025

I honour my teacher and my teacher's teacher ❤️ Part 2!

Yesterday was Guru Purnima a festival traditionally held to honour one's chosen spiritual teachers in India and Nepal. So I have been reflecting on my own teachers, how lucky I am to get to learn from them.

If you've met you'll know first hand that her teachings are next level sensational. Her fierce devotion to the practice and honouring the teachings of yoga and depth of knowledge have honestly completely transformed me as both practitioner and teacher.

She challenges me time and time again to inquire inwards to deepen my understanding of the practice of yoga. To get out of my comfort zone, to question, to get curious, to try things in different ways. I will forever be grateful to what you have shown me in this practice 🖤

I nervously practiced on and off since around 2018 and then more consistently in 2021 when I was really ready for what this incredible space and its founder had to offer me. And boy were my eyes WIDELY OPENED! At which point there was no getting rid of me 😂

I am very honoured not just to be student at this special studio but teacher as well 🖤 what a gift this studio is to Glasgow and forever grateful that the tides of fate brought oor Steph Wall to our shores!

Also if you've not been to the studio or met her get your butt over to Kali Collective she's cool af 😎

Thank you, thank you for taking me under your wing and inviting me to be a part of the Kali Collective community 🖤

📸 Picture from the amazing Philosophy and Mythology immersion that Dave Dog and I attended

Dave dog says "thank you auntie Steph for all the belly scritches" 🐶

10/07/2025

I honour my teacher and my teacher's teacher ❤️

Today I have been seeing a lot of posts celebrating Guru Purnima. A festival traditionally observed to honour one's chosen spiritual teachers in India and Nepal.

And while I may not have teachers in these far away places I'd like to honour my own teacher.

I met Mo in 2016 when she was leading a retreat with Donald in the Isle of Arran. I was captivated by her kindness and she's been stuck with me ever since (sorry Mo no getting rid of me now!).

If you have ever been to one of Maureen's classes then you'll know there's a special energy that can't be captured in words. There's kindness and joy and community, an invitation to play, rest or challenge, but ultimately to show up as yourself and move your body in a way that nourishes you.

If you haven't been to one of Mo's classes yet I strongly recommend ❤️🥰

The connection between teacher and student is special. Mo hasn't just held space for me in the teachings of yoga but in life too. I am so so privileged and honoured to be able to practice with you and learn from yoga but also to even know you as a person.

Thank you Mo for all that you bring to my life in yoga and beyond ❤️

See ya next Tuesday for practice 😘

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