My Life Tonic

My Life Tonic Easygoing yoga classes, private yoga and HIIT classes by Tim. Cold tub and sauna heat sessions

Our yoga classes provide the perfect tonic to our ever changing lives and offer the best online yoga classes (well, only if you like us 🤣 - when did we put that?). We offer vinyasa flow yoga for beginners, yin yoga, runners yoga, ski fitness, yoga for men - online or in our warm studio or sunny deck. Our bespoke corporate mat and desk yoga classes have supported colleague wellness remotely. Enjoy our classes in a way that's best for you
- Morning and evening weekly online yoga classes - streamed via zoom
- Hundreds of yoga videos online to watch on demand, , from 5 - 60 mins
- Face to face classes on the deck or in our studio
- Private classes for just you or a group of friends
- In 2022: Open water swimming, running classes and challenges

Contact us at teamtonic@mylifetonic.com for more info.

08/12/2025

Take 3 Minutes for Your Wellbeing

How’s your wellbeing—really?

Take our FREE Wellbeing Scorecard to find out.

Completing 22 quick questions, less than 3 minutes, and you’ll get a clear picture of how you're doing across 4 key areas: mental, physical, lifestyle, and connection.

You'll also be offered tips to make positive changes—based on your results.
* Free
* 3 minutes
* Only 22 questions
* Insightful & supportive

Start your reset today.

https://tim-eobkgtzw.scoreapp.com/

If you like it - perhaps your colleagues could also benefit from our year round support.

We'd love to hear from you.

05/12/2025

I don't do Yoga - I don’t know what to do.”

Start here. ✨

This simple Thread the Needle sequence is a beautiful way to explore spinal mobility, articulation, and overall spinal health — no experience required.

Each movement gently opens the chest, shoulders, and back, helping to release tension and build awareness through the spine.

Hold each position for 5 steady breaths, then repeat on the other side.

1️⃣ Raise your left hand upwards – Open through your chest and reach to the sky.

2️⃣ Lower your left shoulder and arm to the floor – Keep your hand at eye level, feeling the gentle twist through your spine.

3️⃣ Raise your right arm – Deepen the twist, broadening across the collarbones and upper back.

4️⃣ Extend your right leg to the end of the mat – Toes anchor for balance, or lift the leg for a gentle challenge.

🌿 These mindful movements build spinal mobility and stability while calming the nervous system — perfect for resetting the body and mind.

Yoga doesn’t have to be complicated — it’s about moving with awareness and breathing with intention.

If you'd like to get into the habit of doing some regular yoga - we host weekly online sessions that are open to all levels and also have a library of over 400 classes you can do anytime.

Just comment below or contact us to find out more.

03/12/2025

Mental health affects more people that you may think; across all sections of our community from both young to old, male and female.

Particularly in the run up to Christmas, the sense of belonging and being part of a community could not be felf more acutely.

This short clip from one of our Mental Health Awareness Week Lunch and Learns, uses an example of a local Christmas Eve Run as being a way to bring people together whilst offering support to one another.

You may be surprised by some of the statistics shared highlighting the number of people that struggle with their mental health.

If you'd like to listen to the full session, where I share queues that may suggest someone is struggling with their mental health, just search on either youtube or spotify.

02/12/2025

Take the first step...

Every expert you admire once stood exactly where you are — unsure, learning, experimenting, and occasionally failing.

Progress rarely feels perfect in the moment, but growth depends on starting.

This week, celebrate every small step, every brave beginning, and every lesson learned.

Whether you’re learning a skill, improving a habit, or simply finding your balance again — you’re moving forward.

It’s not about perfection; it’s about persistence.

Take your first step with the My Life Tonic Wellbeing Scorecard 👉
https://tim-gvwutrin.scoreapp.com

01/12/2025

It really doesn’t get better than this!

Though, if I was to be picky, some blue sky would have made it a perfect run.

This is why getting skifit is worth it in my eyes...it doesn’t matter what level you are, getting skifit will mean you can make the most of your time on the slopes...
..it does’t matter

- whatever level you are
- what slopes you are skiing
- how many years you’ve been skiing
- which colour slopes you are on
Improved balance, fitness, flexibility, joint mobitlity, stamina and endurance will enable you to improve your technique.

I think being called a euromincer is compliment.

Why not get skifit this season?
https://www.mylifetonic.com/skifit

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01/12/2025

It really doesn't get better than this!

Though, if I was to be picky, some blue ski would have made it a perfect run.

This is why getting skifit is worth it in my eyes...it doesn't matter what level you are, getting skifit will mean you can make the most of your time on the slopes...
..it does't matter

- whatever level you are
- what slopes you are skiing
- how many years you've been skiing
- which colour slopes you are on
Improved balance, fitness, flexibility, joint mobitlity, stamina and endurance will enable you to improve your technique.

I think being called a euromincer is compliment.

Why not get skifit this season?
https://www.mylifetonic.com/skifit

28/11/2025

Whether you are
- walking up hills to get spectacular views
- carrying your skis to lifts
- carrying other peoples skis
- keeping up with friends and family

Getting skifit can make a big difference to your skiing experience - no matter how young or experienced you are.

That's why we created our SkiFit program that will improve your fitness, endurance, balance, flexibility and stamina with a combination of HIIT and yoga sessions.

If you'd like to find out more why not visit
https://www.mylifetonic.com/skifit

27/11/2025

Breathwork isn’t about complicated techniques or anything “woo-woo.”

It’s simply dedicating a moment to really focus on your breathing — paying attention to the inhale and exhale of each breath.

This simple practice can have a powerful impact on your wellbeing.

By bringing conscious awareness to your breath, you can reduce stress levels, calm your nervous system, and ease feelings of anxiety.

The great news is, breathwork doesn’t require hours of practice or special skills.
Even just a few mindful breaths during your day can help reset your mind and body, bringing clarity and calm when you need it most.

So next time you feel overwhelmed, try this easy, accessible way to take care of yourself. Breathe in… and breathe out.

You can listen to full recording of our What's Your Tonic? podcast channel on Spotify. (It's only 18 minutes and includes a breathwork exercise you can try).


26/11/2025

Quantifying Colleague Wellbeing Can Be A Challenge (and to Justify Budget Spend)

Our Wellbeing Scorecard enables you and your colleagues to understand what contributes to our overall wellbeing AND then tailors the suggestions that can enhance improvements in overall wellbeing.

We offer more than 'just weekly yoga classes.'

There's more to it...

- Weekly tailored emails
- Monthly desk yoga
- Unlimited access to weekly live online classes
- Unlimited access to over 500 on demand classes

Why not complete the Wellbeing Scorecard today and take the first step to supporting colleague wellbeing.

Complete it, FREE, today

https://tim-eobkgtzw.scoreapp.com/

24/11/2025

When we feel stress, the body experiences spikes in the naturally produced hormone- cortisol.

The spike of cortisol in our bodies can have the following negative impact on some (or all) of the following-

* Impacts emotions
* Slows down our metabolism
* Affects our immune function

Perhaps the first step is to undertsand what is the cause of spike in cortisol levels (stress) and then identify how we can manage the levels of stress we experience.

At My Life Tonic, we aim to share how making small changes to our daily habits can have a positive impact on the way we feel. Managing our stress levels can positively affected by making a number of small changes.

If you'd like to find out more why not visit our blog to learn ways we can help lower our cortisol levels.
https://www.mylifetonic.com/cortisol-and-stress

23/11/2025

Upper body strength is as important for skiing and snowboarding as glute and quad strength.

Enhance your upper body strength and flexibility with the reverse tabletop pose in this short snippet from one of our SkiFit Yoga sessions.
Our unique programme includes the following (over 40 videos!)
Yoga for beginners – 6 x thirty minutes
‘Blue’ Level yoga – 3 x thirty minute
‘Red’ Level yoga – 3 x thirty minutes
Warm up and stretch down videos – 9 x five minutes
Family ski fitness – 3 x thirty minutes
Yoga mindfulness – 6 x five to ten minutes
HIIT workout – 6 x thirty minutes
HIIT training – challenge 5 x five minutes
With unlimited access to over 40 on demand why not get skifit this winter to make the most of your time in the mountains.

To find out more visit-
https://www.mylifetonic.com/skifit

22/11/2025

Superman Pose- a challenging section of one of our 10 minute sessions - included in our 31 Day 10 Minute Challenge.

Want to get fit but are not sure where to start?
* New workouts everyday
* Daily emails
* No equipment necessary
* Unlimited access to each session
* Sessions vary from yoga, meditation and Short workouts
* Includes 'Life Tonics' to try each week
* Only £10

Find out more-
https://www.mylifetonic.com/31-Day-Challenge

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Yoga Tonic UK is comprised of Tim and Shannon Phillis who are both RYT200 yoga teachers (YogaLondon). We teach classes from our home gym in Cookham, near Maidenhead and Marlow. Tim has enjoyed sports all his life, starting with team sports in school through to ultra-distance running and triathlon. After suffering a knee injury, Tim took up yoga to strengthen the muscles around his knee and core. Tim is a mindful teacher and has vast experience coaching teams, triathlon clubs and circuits classes. Shannon has had a love of running and cycling for years and started taking up yoga regularly when moving to the UK from California in 2000. Shannon always wanted to become a yoga teacher but got distracted with triathlon, where she met her husband in the slow swimmers lane at Fulham pools. Yoga used to be a supplement rather than a training session but if ever missing a week of yoga, the muscles would feel it. Tim and Shannon now believe that yoga can be a training session on it's own but instead of just focusing the body, it also focuses the mind improving overall well being (a bit cliche but true). All are welcome and feedback is always appreciated!