The Return Movement

26/04/2025

Hello, I hope you’re well.

I wanted to let you know that, after 2 1/2 years of creating content for a global wellbeing app, I’m re-launching my Oakwood-based business with a a re-brand and enhanced offering.

And I’d love you to join me at Songbird Sanctuary, Leeds’ first garden wellbeing retreat!

We’ll have:

8 person Nordic sauna, cold plunges and relaxation area, plus cosy yoga studio.

Sauna sessions will be bookable by the hour for a gorgeous dose of relaxation.

Plus yoga, movement and meditation classes and courses.

Find me on my personal page or

Join me on my new page here:
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Sign up to my mailing list to be first to hear about events and offers as we move towards launch in September 2025.
https://songbirdsanctuary.kit.com/a1874de42e

I'm working on the website and it's coming!

Thank you and I'll hope to connect with you online or at Songbird soon.

Alice x

03/10/2022

After 22 years of self employment today is my first day in a brand new role as an employee 😀.

I’ve always done things my own way so while many of my peers are starting their own businesses I am closing mine and seeing where this new opportunity takes me 🙌.

I’ll still be working firmly in the world of wellbeing, movement, meditation, yoga and health but now with a team to thrive and grow with and the aim to take this work to many more people.

The ace news is that my garden studio is now also my office space with workout and yoga areas included so I can continue to walk my talk.

28/08/2022

You are welcome to join me tomorrow for a gentle, healing yoga class on Insight Timer. Click the link below to join. 4.30pm Monday for 45 minutes. Alice x

A gently flowing blend of mobility and yoga with an emphasis on calming the nervous system and bringing more ease to the joints, muscles and the mind. This well-rounded 45 minute class will be a great way to set yourself up for the week ahead!

15/08/2022

If you'd like to join one of my online group classes I am teaching on Insight Timer (the world's largest meditation app) tomorrow at 4.30pm. It's a donation-based, 45 minute, gently flowing yoga class.

Click on the link below to register. Alice x

A gently flowing blend of mobility and yoga with an emphasis on calming the nervous system and bringing more ease to the joints, muscles and the mind. This well-rounded 45 minute class will be a great way to set yourself up for the week ahead!

06/08/2022

Hi all,

I have space again to take on new clients looking for help and motivation to move more, build strength and feel more confident with what type of exercise is best at this point in life.

I offer a series of one to one sessions on Zoom or in person and specialise in working with women.

Whether you'd like a short term boost of knowledge and confidence about building strength and mobility or a longer term program to keep you motivated and progressing towards great health, I can help.

I use a combination of yoga, strength training, mobility exercises and mindfulness to create movement sessions that will leave you feeling confident, energised, stronger and more balanced and at ease in your body and mind..that's the aim anyway!

Please share with any friends of family who may be interested and feel free to message me with any questions;

alice@thereturnmovement.com

I offer a free 15 minute discovery call so we can both get a feel for if working together would be a good fit.

Alice x

22/07/2022

NEW WEBSITE!

www.thereturnmovement.com

I bought the .com of my business name and have built a brand new website. It was intense 😆.

If you, a friend or an older adult in your family would like help with building strength, improving balance or mobility and generally finding more ease in your body and mind, get in touch via the website. 👏🏻

10/07/2022

I’ll be live on Insight Timer tomorrow at 4.30pm for a 45 minute, donation based yoga class.
The app is free or you can join on your desktop.

My class will be gently flowing and mobilising, leaving you feeling energised and relaxed in body and mind-come and find me there!

28/06/2022

First veg from the garden 🙌.

I’m a totally newbie to this and am just grateful that something came up from the seeds I sowed a few months ago!

Purple sprouting broccoli (the bits not eaten by pigeons), a teeny carrot (the big one was for comparison 😂) and strange shaped beetroot.

23/06/2022

I have a few spaces left for my Yoga Nidra for Sleep class next Thursday 30th June at 7pm at my garden studio in Oakwood.

1 hour of Yoga Nidra is said to be equivalent to 3 hours sleep and the technique can reduce stress and help insomnia and anxiety amongst other things.

A totally rejuvenating evening with a little gentle movement, a breathing practice teach and a guided relaxation done lying down with an eye bag, blankets and bolsters. It's a little like a (hands off) massage for your nervous system!

You don't need to have any level of fitness or flexibility to join and I'd love to welcome you here.

Email: thereturnmovementstudio@gmail.com to book or message me here.

Alice x

"After Alice's amazing Yoga Nidra classes I honestly feel like I've had the most relaxing hour ever! I always come away feeling completely re-energised and re-set." Kate, Leeds
www.thereturnmovement.co.uk

09/06/2022

NEW CLASS!

I'll be teaching a weekly yoga class on Insight Timer (the world's largest meditation app) starting from next Friday 17 June at 4.30pm for 45 minutes.

FlowMotion was my original yoga class which I taught in person each Friday before Lockdown and then every Sunday on Zoom during the whole Covid period. A really lovely group of regulars developed!

I stopped teaching it when I developed Long Covid but now have the space to introduce it again in a slightly new format.

I'd love you to join me if you'd like to try it. You don't need to be flexible to do yoga and, in my classes, there is an emphasis on slow and flowing mobility movements, breathing and nervous system calming.

These classes will be as beneficial for your mental health as for your physical health.

The class is Donation based and everything is run via Insight timer so it should be easy to book on and attend.

Sign up via Insight Timer below and feel free to message me with any questions.😀

Alice x

https://insig.ht/bQhAPCaHIqb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=live_stream_share

A gently flowing blend of mobility and yoga with an emphasis on calming the nervous system and bringing more ease to the joints, muscles and the mind! This well-rounded 45 minute class will be a great way to re-set for the weekend ahead!

06/06/2022

I've shared my favourite hot cacao recipe on my website today..more of a drink for winter but it feels pretty wintery to me at the moment so it totally works at this time of year!

If you sign up to my newsletter you'll receive new content like this each fortnight. I write about strength and mobility, holistic health and much more. Visit the website below to read and sign up. Alice x

https://www.thereturnmovement.co.uk/blog/my-organic-hot-cacao-recipe

This week I wanted to share a quick and easy Ayurvedic drink recipe with you.. What is Ayurveda? Ayurveda is an ancient, holistic healing system orginiating in India. Balance of the mind and body is key and food is viewed as medicine.

02/06/2022

Happy bank holiday all - and the sun is out!

I've just released a new relaxing Guided Breathing Practice of Ocean Breathing on Insight Timer.

It's the world's largest meditation app and you can listen for free.

This is a really accessible guided practice for anyone wanting to experience how powerful your breath is in changing your mental and physical state.

If you give it a go I'd love you to leave a review and tell me if you found it helpful. Alice x

https://insig.ht/yAJIdGlNwqb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=live_stream_share

Suitable for beginners. A guided Breathwork practice to help bring you into a relaxed state. Really helpful if you are experiencing anxiety or insomnia. The aim with Ocean Breathing is to calm the nervous system by activating the vagus nerve. We create resistance to the breath at the back of the thr...