Oxford Hatha Yoga

21/11/2025

Packing up ready for tomorrow's Market stall with my hand thrown pottery and Neal's yard remedies organic. Lots of stocking fillers with Christmas decorations, lavender bags, Gift pairings of soap dishes with different aromatherapy soaps: Orange and geranium, Wild Rose or Tea Tree and Lavender. One-off pieces for that special gift or fill a jug with flowers for a quirky table flourish.

Don't forget those of us with Winter birthdays, find a favourite mug or choose a bowl and fill with facial treats or the Arnica salve is a must for any sporty or yoga person!

Talking Shop community centre is in Sandford on Thames 9am to Midday with fabulous barista coffees and hot breakfast rolls and pastries.

15/11/2025

Sparkly dress or a Sharp Shirt for your upcoming festive shindigs? Come and find that perfect fit at the Pre Loved Sale, and help the planet with uplifting and reusing.

Mainly size 14 & 16, all great clothing from pet free and non smoking home. Let's dent the fashion clothing mountain wastage.

9am to Midday this Saturdy 15 NOvember at the Talking Shop - Sandford on Thames
Added bonus fabulous coffees, hot breakfast rolls and pastries with the volunteers manning the kitchen and barista station.

Talking Shop - Sandford on Thames

13/11/2025

Can you offer some small gestures of kindness today?
• Gift some flowers in a jam jar to a friend or neighbour you know maybe is alone or just overwhelmed with stuff? A bit of colour and perfume to lift their spirits.
• Make time to share a cuppa with that friend you’ve neglected. Give them your whole attention, listening without judgement
• Out and about, hold a door open, smile at strangers and give way rather than rush or push past folk
• Be kind to yourself, take a moment and just notice your breathing, invite yourself to pause and just be. A meaningful moment to reset

In Yoga, Ahimsa is Loving Kindness, are you striving and pushing to do the pose rather than letting the pose create and support your body in what it needs now? Can you bring mindfulness and kindness to your everyday not just on the yoga mat? The Angel of Light cards can prompt us to start our day with a positive attitude and gentle reflection to carry through your day.

10/11/2025

Sparkly dress or a Sharp Shirt for your upcoming festive shindigs? Come and find that perfect fit at the Pre Loved Sale, and help the planet with uplifting and reusing.

Have to admit I have inheritated our family trait to not let go of things... so with house move looming, this is great for me to organise, choose and offer up great clothing from pet free and non smoking home. Let's dent the fashion clothing mountain wastage. Luckily I only have a loft whereas my Dad could fill garages and barn with his 'going to be useful one day' or simply clutter!

9am to Midday this Saturdy 15 NOvember at the Talking Shop - Sandford on Thames
Added bonus fabulous coffees, hot breakfast rolls and pastries with the volunteers manning the kitchen and barista station.

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07/11/2025

Finally transformation! Overdue, my summer pottery 2 day workshop pieces for lighting! Completed the lampshade with tape rims, how fiddly is double sided tape? Pleased it looks fairly neat for an old linen skirt. Next I pulled apart a charityshop find lamp. Phew the metal stand & wire just fitted. Just need a new plug as original is sealed. The porcelain ‘leaves’ are for a dangling feature around the hall way pendants… yet to be chosen or worked out how this will function!!!

l’ve added the raw pots at construction time back in August, so you see before and after. I think the lamp probably needs a more organic lampshade & falls lower.

05/11/2025

Beautifully worded thankyou BWY!

Any yoga teachers or trainee teachers do join our Teachers Meet Up on Saturday 8/11 at 11am. £5 meditation circle, midday cuppa and chatter to 1pm. I’m hosting with Lara at Old School Hall, Cumnor

The biggest and brightest full moon this year arrives on Stress Awareness Day – Wednesday 5 November.

If you’re feeling stressed – take a moment to gaze up at the moon – absorb it’s gentle, calming energy - breathe, reflect and let go.

The moment it will be closest to the earth and therefore biggest is actually during UK daytime - 1.19pm. How can that be? Well, it’s syzygy - the exact moment when the Sun and Moon are aligned on opposite sides of the Earth.

The moon will still look full either on the night before or after ‘syzygy’.

04/11/2025

Wow artwork to lift a grey morning! Thank you Franco and Missing Bean Coffee Shops! Well worth stopping for barista tasty caffeine hit in Botley shops. Be warned it’s difficult to avoid the bakery goods.

Why avoid munching? It’s always best eat early so leave 2hours at least before yoga. Otherwise uncomfortable folding and moving, you’re destined to get tummy cramps! So come and join 9.30am Hatha yoga in Cumnor next week as a space has come available for your mat. Borrow mine if trying out?

02/11/2025

Need some ideas to ease over tight hips? Everyone has found the clam pose is a winner to oil those hip joints. The banana rise up legs and torso to create curve just raises lots of laughs as inevitably roll off your side! But hey yoga is meant to fun as well as doing seriously good stuff for bodies, minds and getting our breath and heart rate working.

Excuse the socks but the hall wasn't warmed up! Come and join the new block starting onwards from tomorrow 3 November. Find a class near you for a stronger better you this Autumn

Mixed Ability Weekly Hatha Yoga are all an hour an a half with mix of sequences, poses, full relaxation and into breath and stillness before stretches for the rest of your day or evening.
Monday 9.30am Cumnor Village Hall
Tuesday 9.30am Cumnor Old School
Tuesday 6.45pm St Anthony of Padua, Headington
Wednesday 6.45pm Deancourt, Botley
Friday 9.30am Old Headington Village Hall
& 11.10am Mindful Yoga “ “ “

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