Yoga and Essential Wellness with Rachel

07/09/2025

✨ Yoga for Tight Hips & Back Pain ✨
These 9 poses will release tension, improve mobility & ease lower back discomfort:

1️⃣ Low Lunge
2️⃣ Twisted Lunge
3️⃣ Lizard
4️⃣ Low Lizard
5️⃣ Half Pigeon
6️⃣ Butterfly
7️⃣ Double Pigeon
8️⃣ Cow Face
9️⃣ Frog

Hold each pose for 5–8 breaths 🧘‍♀️
Perfect flow after long sitting hours or workouts 🔥

01/09/2025

September is national yoga month.

28/08/2025

This 71-Year-Old Yoga Teacher Turned Her Driveway Into a Yoga Studio

21/07/2025

Lizard Pose – Master Your Form Daily!
✅ DO THIS:
Spine straight and long
Chest open
Hips squared
Knee stacked over heel
Back knee pointing down
❌ AVOID THIS:
Curved/rounded back
Chest collapsed
Front knee going past heel
💡 Doing it right opens your hips, boosts flexibility, and protects your joints.
📌 Save & practice daily to feel the difference!

13/07/2025

Chair Pose but make it 🔥functional🔥
It’s not a squat. It’s yoga squat with elegance 💁‍♀️

✅ DO this:
– Arms + spine = same team
– Suck that belly in like you’re hiding secrets 😏
– Lengthen the b***y down not out 🍑
– Knees behaving, spine slaying 💪
❌ DON’T:
– Banana back = 🍌 not welcome here
– Arms flying off like you’re about to take off
– Tummy chillin’ → core NOT activated = nope 😬
✨ Small shifts, big power. Chair Pose = burn with purpose 🔥

19/04/2025

18/02/2025

A great 40 min session for twists and stretches. Feel a bit longer!

Welcome to your 40 min full body yoga routine - a class for all levels that focuses on the essential postures to build strength and improve your mobility in ...

26/01/2025

🌸 Encil Ioga Unigryw i Ferched Cymraeg ym Morocco 🌸

Helo, ferched! Rydym yn gyffrous iawn i rannu ein Encil Ioga 4 Noson cyntaf o’i fath yn Marrakesh ar gyfer merched Cymraeg sy’n mynd drwy perimenopos a menopos.🧘‍♀️🌍

Byddwn yn aros mewn riad moethus sydd newydd ei agor, felly yr ydym yn cymeryd mantais i gynnal yr encil yma gyda gostyngiad arbennig o 50%. Mae hwn yn bris rhagarweiniol unigryw, ac mae’n gyfle na fydd yn dod eto!

Mae’r riad yn cynnwys shala ioga, teras to Berber, pwll nofio ac ystafelloedd en suite cyfforddus a mwy.

Bydd yr encil yn cynnwys:
✨ Ioga a myfyrdod dyddiol wedi’u harwain gan Elen Haf.
✨ Trochfa gong arbennig i’ch helpu i ymlacio’n llwyr.
✨ Seremoni cacao a dawns egstatig i ysbrydoli’r enaid.
✨ Noson hudolus yn anialwch Agafay, gyda marchogaeth camel, myfyrdod, a swper traddodiadol dan y sêr.
✨ Amser i archwilio’r medina neu ymlacio yn y riad.

✨ Brecinio a phryd gyda’r nos wedi’u cynnwys bob dydd.

📅 Dewiswch eich dyddiad:
➡️ Mai 21 - 25
➡️ Mehefin 12 - 16

Rydym yn deall ei fod yn gynnig sydyn, ond bydd y profiad werth pob eiliad!

Os oes gennych ddiddordeb neu gwestiynau:
➡️ Cysylltwch ag Elen Haf am unrhyw gwestiynau am yr ioga a’r myfyrdod.
➡️ Cysylltwch ag Elen Aalla am unrhyw gwestiynau am deithio, llety, ac ati.

🌴 Ymunwch â ni am brofiad bythgofiadwy a moethus ym Marrakech. 🌸

Pris: £950

Blaendal o £440 i’w dalu erbyn Mawrth 23ain i sicrhau lle. Gweddill y tal erbyn Ebrill 30ain.

Mwy o wybodaeth i’w gael:
https://www.kaoukitours.com/6-days-yoga-retreat-1

Diolch yn fawr,
Elen Haf ac Elen Aalla 💖

18/01/2025

Sukhasana (Easy Pose) may look like it's just sitting but it has many benefits to your health inside and out.
Try moving away from the sofa, desk, armchair for 5 mins and sit yourself on the floor.
Cross you legs, ground your sit bones, lift your heart and relax those shoulders.
Focus on your breath and slow down.
Then...get back to your day. You're welcome!


https://insideyoga.org/asana-library/sukhasana/

15/01/2025

After an extremely long and unwelcome break (back injury and recent unrelated surgery), I have decided to relaunch my page.
I have found yoga to be a huge support both physically and mentally and am keen to share my experiences with others.
As a woman of a certain age, I have struggles and challenges but have recently revisited some lessons and readings that I had forgotten.
Please let me know if you are still following here and willing to remain part of this community - I am very grateful for your support.
🧘‍♀️

02/09/2023

Who's ready to start the new term next week?
Yoga classes on Tuesday evenings can help ease the stress of it all.