10/12/2025
Why I Drive 25 Minutes for Yoga
Is it just me or are the car lights 10 x brighter than they used to be?
I swear everyone’s driving around with their beam on, and then I remember it must be the new LED lights that cars have these days. Aren’t they dazzling?
So I don’t enjoy night driving as much as I used to, but there is ONE place I’ll drive no bother. I’ll drive 25 minutes each way for my yoga class.
In a 200-year-old barn.
There are plenty of classes within walking distance, but I’ve been going to this one for 20 years and I’m not about to stop now.
My class is traditional Hatha yoga, taught properly. Not as exercise for the sake of it, but as a genuine mind, body, heart and spirit practice.
The barn is set in beautiful countryside, and it’s a piece of heaven that takes me away from my clients, out of my office and out of my own head.
And that’s exactly why I keep going back.
Because even after 40+ years working with bodies and energy and transformation, I still need to be a student. I still need to be in a space where I’m not the one holding space for others.
We all need somewhere we can just be. Where we’re not performing or producing. Where we’re letting ourselves flow instead of managing the experience.
I treasure my yoga class. The drive is a transition, and as soon as I arrive I feel myself relaxing and feeling at ease.
For that, I’ll take a few beams in the face. For that, I’d do almost anything.
Where’s your space for that?
Photo Credit Katie Needle
