Kate Oates Yoga

04/03/2026

Pure, unremarkable, human kindness is free.

In business, not everything has to be strategic. Not every connection needs to be a potential lead, nor every gesture a brand moment.

Kindness benefits our health and others' (it's just ironic that it's also a powerful leadership trait, too).

The world is in crisis and horror right now.
With the control we have, let's be kind today, ok? 🩷

03/03/2026

Avocados and I had an accidental hiatus for a few years there? Why? Studio idea! We’re back together 🤩🥑

Today my lunch (AT LUNCHTIME 🎉💥) is frozen spinach, berries, banana, peanut butter, chia seeds, raw cacao, olive oil, and the returning hero herself 🥑

No protein powder today ~ no reason, no regrets.

Reiterating: my lunch. At lunchtime!

Bottoms up! 🍽️

I miss smoothie-queen Kate….

01/03/2026

Yoga isn’t all lavender and OM! (it is sometimes, but not in my classes). Yoga in our classes is powerful. Strengthening. Calming. Restorative. All at the same time.

In my classes, we move with intention, we stretch tight limbs, we let go of the day - and we leave a little lighter.

You can bring your stiff hamstrings / dodgy back / weak knee / crazy-ass headspace / your long week with you, and we'll sweat, move, breathe through it, and settle the chaos a little bit.

That's magic, isn't it?

Weekly classes with me in Cheadle Hulme, and also online, too. If you can't find what you need on. here, DM me or comment and I'll ensure you have the info you need!

Have a goodie, x

27/02/2026

The two types of chatturangha in our classes are here! Using the descriptions of FIVE variations below, can you tell me which ones they are?

1️⃣ The ‘peel down’ version | Lesser known but lovely. There was a time when I LOVED it; pre-pregnancy. I offer caution to niggly lower backs and anyone who has carried a pregnancy.

2️⃣ The ‘half’ version | A keeper forever, if it suits you. Make sure the shoulders are aligned, elbows, hand placement and chest/neck placement - you’re winning.

3️⃣ The ‘knees-chest-chin’ | Historically a hatha adaptation. Personally (although we demonstrate it in the workshop), I don’t teach it. It doesn’t flow.

4️⃣ The traditional “full’ version | Strong, stable and secure when done properly! Will build shoulder strength safely with correct alignment. As an unstable joint, repeating a misaligned chatturangha repeatedly, may cause shoulder injury/repeated strain.

5️⃣ The progressive version | The jump back! Using a base of the hands, an engaged core, one jumps back and lands, gently, in chatturangha dandasana [NOT in plank!]

So, which are these? Comment below! ⬇️

These were taken in 2015 when I first added this workshop to my schedule. I could see that this was confusing pose; not wasn’t easy, nor a pose you could ‘hold’ to narrate!
A pose that deserves time, focus and education.
As powerful as it is pivotal in a vinyasa flow yoga practise.

May fave? I vary, year to year! I adapt to my life, my health. And so that we don’t have to omit it completely (affecting the whole flow), learning the options means all the mental and physical benefits remain and we flow to our needs!

I know it’s almost a swear word.... who loves chatturangha dandasana?

➡️💫Workshop tonight is ON. I’m really damn excited! Spaces left. 6-8pm this evening at ~ all levels welcome!

All the info link in bio, or comment/DM and I’ll share with you 🙏🏼💫

26/02/2026

I’ve accidentally decided to drag you into my post about CELEBRATING OUR COMPETITION! 👏💥🌈

Because competition isn’t a negative word. For passion-led businesses, we love what we do so much that we spend a huge chunk of our walking weeks doing it, and other people who love what we do share that passion with us 🙌🏼

I’ve long said “the more people that do yoga, the happier the world will be” (and I’m right, BTW), and as my coaching business grows, the exact same insight comes out every time ~ the more we know ourselves, the better we do things our way, in our best comms style, using systems that work for us (not everyone else), the better we feel, act, eat, sleep, work, live ~ and ultimately, a diverse population who all contribute and celebrate their uniqueness is (in my opinion) the kind of world I want to live in 💫🌍🦄

I’m going on a whim: I’m going to tag in fellow passion-led businesses that I rate, admire, am inspired by; businesses I can see are built from passion and brilliant, real-deal people.

Tagging below (caveat, I’ll no doubt forget some business I adore and admire, and I’ll regret it later, but my memory is also an executive function I no longer let block my path. Because we’re not letting perfect get in the way of good, are we?)

These aren’t all category specific - most are and I encourage that - but couldn’t resist.

This is me telling you I admire you and what you do 🫶🏼🌈💫

Now…. PASS IT ON!

Kate xx










debbie

25/02/2026

25/02/2026

For the men who’ve been meaning to try yoga….

Tight hips.
Concrete hamstrings.
A back that’s been complaining since 2019.

You run, you lift, maybe you love a cycle, and/or you sit at a laptop for 8+ hours, and your body is starting to shout a bit louder about its concerns.

Yoga is the obvious solution for a reason. It really does work, it really does transform how you move and feel in your bones and limbs. It really might be exactly what you need!

My Thursday class goes out of its way to be passionately welcoming to men. I want nobody to feel excluded from yoga. Everyone can even sit from yoga (especially when the 🌎 is loud).

In this forum, it’s ok to feel as flexible as a wall. Infact, it’s a prerequisite. There’s no assumed flexibility, no complex poses, flowery words. We are about:

✦ Real anatomical teaching, muscles, joints, movement, explained simply and clearly
✦ A class that connects to sport, to stress, to real life
✦ Strong, grounding movement that releases what’s tight and rebuilds what’s switched off
✦ A teacher who was a runner who couldn’t touch her own shins before yoga (not an exaggeration, all true)

I’ve spent years teaching tight, strong, busy bodies. I know training. I know corporate stress. I know what happens when you’ve pushed hard for a long time and forgotten to do the basics. This class is the basics, done really well.

Left from right is optional. Showing up is the only requirement!

I dare you.

**Thursdays | 7:30 - 8:30pm | £15 | Limited spaces | Cheadle Hulme**

📸 Child very much NOT included! Child also a very old pic, 2 years ago today actually; when the dude still said yes to a yoga practise with his mum 🩵

24/02/2026

This afternoon I taught another corporate yoga class. It feels wonderful because I’ve come a long way from the early days of weekly classes in the North London Sweaty Betty store for free gear (my sweaty Betty wardrobe is strong, and it’s all the old school good stuff 👌), and alongside that; two years of weekly corporate sessions in the Comic Relief boardroom (and all the celebrity pics, yes! 🔴) That Thursday morning view of the Thames with the hardworking staff 🫶🏼 Both were as good as they sound!

I’ve done rooftop events, boardroom sessions, annual wellness days for large media agencies, even a one-off event for a global publisher halfway up the Shard…. at sunset! 🌅 (they have me a mic and everything).

I’ve worked with small charities and big corporates, and everything in between. Remember, I know the corporate world from the inside! Nineteen years of working in an office!

I know what it costs a human being to sit at a desk all day, back stiffening, shoulders creeping north, energy flatlined by 3pm or booze, whatever came first.

I also know how to make bringing yoga into your workplace positive (even wearing Lycra infront of your work pals), and logistically, I make the whole thing easy - I sort the H&S, the invoicing, the insurance, equipment, all of it.

So if you’re thinking about a wellness event (rooftop in the summer? field in spring? boardroom on a Tuesday?) here’s what I bring:
⟶ A charity rate and a corporate rate
⟶ Equipment if you need it, travel covered
⟶ Flowy fun, mobility & movement, calming yoga, Chair yoga, any yoga for all abilities, pregnancy-inclusive
⟶ Joy. Enthusiasm. An injection of energy and positivity - it’s genuine, unmistakeable joy! 🤩

A sprinkle of mobility and freedom into an otherwise stagnant day. That’s it. That’s the pitch.
DM me or drop me an email if you want to chat.

Sit ip straight. You’re slouching ☺️

24/02/2026

Friday night plans? I might have something better 🤍

This Friday (27th Feb, 6 - 8pm) I’m running my ‘Learn Chatturangha’ yoga workshop at Luna Wholebeing, Cheadle Hulme, and I want you there whether you’ve never set foot on a yoga mat, or you’ve been practising for a decade and quietly winged your way through every Vinyasa!

No judgement. No pressure. Just the great outcomes of yoga with a little more anlysis and education 💡

Chatturangha Dandasana is a pose that appears in almost every flow class. It asks a lot of our shoulders and our core, and yet we flow through it, and carry on. A yoga class offers less opportunity to break it down, review our version and improve it. That’s why I created this special session ten years ago!

There are actually 5️⃣ versions of this pose. Most classes only teach one or two.

We break it down. The mechanics, the muscles, the progressions. You’ll trial each version, find yours, and understand your body.

That knowledge doesn’t leave you 💫

It changes how you practise from here!

ALSO, VITALLY, we close with a guided relaxation ✨✨✨ after some restorative poses 💫💫💫 because this is Friday evening and you absolutely deserve it!

This is NOT 2 hours of shoulders ⛔️

I’ve run this workshop 10 times over the last 10 years in London and Manchester. Every single time, people walk out with something that immediately shifts their practice.

I can’t tell you which nugget will be yours, but there will be one 💡

There may or may not be chocolate……

🗓️ This Friday 27th February @ 6 - 8pm
📍 Luna Wholebeing, Cheadle Hulme
🧘🏼‍♀️ ALL levels welcome, Inc total beginners & experienced yogis
💫 £42 pp
💥 £80 for 2 workshops using code ELEVATETWICE for second.

More info: https://kateoateselevate.com/events/

Book: https://KateOatesElevate.as.me/YogaWorkshopLEARNFeb2026

Come and have a different kind of Friday with me! 🧡

Kate x