The Unlikely Yogi

The Unlikely Yogi Hiya 👋 I'm Beth, a Yoga and Meditation teacher based in Leeds. Online classes available via Armley Community Yoga. In person classes .

Pre-natal trained & trauma-informed 💜

I used to hate Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward facing dog). Every time I practiced a yoga class the teacher would say ‘Re...
25/11/2025

I used to hate Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward facing dog).

Every time I practiced a yoga class the teacher would say ‘Rest here’ and I would be hanging there unable to breathe, sweating trying to hold my own weight, aching shoulders, aching palms and knees so bent they were basically curled up by my chest.

I’d be anxious and dizzy with zero explanation.

I’d drop down and wait for the next posture and feel frustrated that I couldn’t do it and even worse feel not good enough because this wasn’t rest for me.

I wish a single teacher would have told me that feeling restful here takes practice. Takes building strength. Takes getting familiar with inversions. Takes working through the discomfort and anxiety.

I wish a single teacher would have told me that it doesn’t always work for everyone and that’s okay. That the daily practice isn’t just working towards advanced postures and practices but sometimes is in fact starting from the beginning and learning to show up for yourself despite the struggle. Despite the discomfort.

I wish I could go back and unlearn the expectations I learned from how yoga is presented in our society, I could have known that it wasn’t yoga I sucked at, it was gymnastics. I could have loved yoga sooner. I could have found yoga philosophy texts and started the internal work sooner.

But none of this is the case and with that, I have to trust that it came to me exactly when it was supposed to. I wouldn’t have been receptive earlier, or willing to put in the work or likely to go down the rabbit hole of finding teachers that resonated with me. I wouldn’t have kept showing up, or kept changing aspects of my life. I certainly wouldn’t be teaching.

So I guess all this is to say trust the process. Surrender to ebbs and flows of life. When times are tough, know that it will change because change is the only certainty in life. Learn to listen to yourself so that when you are navigating a tough time, you are able to find the lessons to be learned so that darkness wasn’t for nothing.

Trust the process loves 💜🧡💜

That’s my name, don’t wear it out 😜
14/11/2025

That’s my name, don’t wear it out 😜

Endlessly pleased with my new work shirt from Empoweredls12 🥳🥰🥳🧡 thank youuuu 🙏
14/11/2025

Endlessly pleased with my new work shirt from Empoweredls12 🥳🥰🥳🧡 thank youuuu 🙏

Sunday service, wavy trousers and birthday balloons 🥰(Not my birthday FYI!) Just finished the last gorgeous Sunday morni...
09/11/2025

Sunday service, wavy trousers and birthday balloons 🥰

(Not my birthday FYI!)

Just finished the last gorgeous Sunday morning class before the times change next week, swipe across for the new schedule and go to link in my bio to book 💃

I can’t believe we’re starting a new block of yoga already!! Thank you to all the lovely ladies who have shown up so r...
07/11/2025

I can’t believe we’re starting a new block of yoga already!! Thank you to all the lovely ladies who have shown up so religiously for themselves so far and I look forward to meeting more of you over the coming months 🥳

If you’re not a member of but would still like to join our classes you are most welcome - just go to the link in my bio to book 🥰

Strength & Flow is designed to build core strength & resilience via breathing techniques, pelvic floor activation and strong hatha poses.

Rest & Reset is a much calmer wiggle including techniques to relax your nervous system, yummy yin postures and conscious constructive rest.

P.s. if you are at all nervous to join, the photo says it all - I am sincere but not serious, we chat, we giggle and we take full advantage of small group yoga classes. Beginners welcome, all bodies welcome 💜

Hey up, are you ready to join the gals 💃 Do you live in or near the LS12 area? Well there is now yoga local to you (with...
14/10/2025

Hey up, are you ready to join the gals 💃

Do you live in or near the LS12 area? Well there is now yoga local to you (with parking!!) inclusive of all shapes, all experience levels and now whether you are a member at the wonderful or not 🥳

Pricelist as follows:
£35 for 4 sessions (that’s a MEGA £8.75 per class!)
£50 for 8 (£6.25 per class, my gosh!)
£12.50 for a one off booking💜

If you or someone you know is looking for their yoga calling then hurry up, DM for details of how to sign up 🥰

I’m not good at early mornings. I’m not good at showing up for myself. I’m not vegan. I’m not super zen all the time. I ...
24/09/2025

I’m not good at early mornings.
I’m not good at showing up for myself.
I’m not vegan.
I’m not super zen all the time.
I drink wine.

What I am is HUMAN.
Every day I try a little harder.
To show up. To make small changes. To be present. To put good out in the world when the world is an utter 💩 storm.

Don’t be so hard on yourselves loves 💜

Post yoga baby cuddles ft. cosy jumper that’s already been christened with baby vom 🥳

It’s a forest bathjng kind of week ☔️ There’s so much research now to back the idea that just looking at natural materia...
27/05/2025

It’s a forest bathjng kind of week ☔️

There’s so much research now to back the idea that just looking at natural materials benefits your mental wellbeing, just that alone. There is then further research to show the benefits of taking time in nature in general, for the fact that trees release certain oils that also hugely benefit us so ‘the smell of the woods’ is quite literally a tonic in itself. This is all before you add in the benefits of just getting moving outside, being present in your environment and switching off from the fast-paced world we’re faced with.

We are made to live immersed in nature and what’s more, nature is designed to welcome us.

So if you feel a little off, a little claustrophobic, stifled, anxious, overwhelmed or all of the above -

Get outside your front door (that in itself is a huge start)

Go to the closest nature you can find, it could just be the local park, yet take the time to be there, be quiet, intentionally walk and intentionally breathe the air.

Bonus points if there is water nearby.

Lastly, if it’s raining out, maybe do it anyway?! Rain is such a huge barrier to the British public in any and all activities. Put in a coat, take an umbrella, be PREPARED to get wet. Maybe it’ll become less of annoyance and you might start to find the peace in that moment. We (and the world) need rain. I certainly feel a bit more space in my head since I stopped being pi**ed off about the rain.

I read such a good quote about spirituality and motherhood today that rang so true. This last year I’ve really struggled...
12/05/2025

I read such a good quote about spirituality and motherhood today that rang so true. This last year I’ve really struggled to keep my physical yoga practice, to find time and space to meditate and be quiet. Toddlers do not facilitate any of those things. Now I’ve got a newborn too, it all feels impossible.

As a teacher, that inflamed any imposter syndrome that I already had but this quote I read has been giving me the strength to tether myself back to reasonable thought. So here we go.

Motherhood IS your spirituality.

Simple as that. But to me that means you are still practising surrender, but you surrender to being all in, being exhausted, unwashed, underfed, surrender to living in sacrifice for others, surrender to giving your entire self (and more) to your children so they might thrive. All of those things ARE the message of yoga (I mean, maybe not the unwashed part), but that sheer love. You do those things out of pure love for these little people that make a mess of your home, break your stuff and pour the last milk on the floor whilst you’re not looking, before you’ve had your coffee. If you can love that, you can practice love and understanding for anyone out there, trust me 😅🤪

So yes, for now, I’m not practising any asana, any meditations or mantra. Sometime I might get the time and presence of mind for one considered breath. But outside of that, for now at least, motherhood IS my spirituality.

Had such a wonderful and heartwarming day at the Wellness Market at yesterday with some truly lovely people 🥰🥹🙏 thank y...
16/12/2024

Had such a wonderful and heartwarming day at the Wellness Market at yesterday with some truly lovely people 🥰🥹🙏 thank you to everyone who came to chat and to everyone that took some of my oils home - I hope you love them 😊

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