The Mandala Yoga Studio Preston

18/11/2025

✨Back online..I think ✨
Website and booking system issue
Beautiful Beings...Cloudflare which provides our website and booking system, and the systems of so many organisations, is down.

Mindful Flow has ONE spot tonight and there are TWO on Ashtanga Yoga, so if you would like to book on pop a comment or message me, they're both £11 drop-in

Lots of love, Emma (and Tupelo cat) xx

16/11/2025

Yoga Teacher Role 🙏 To meet every student in every moment exactly where they are, with love, respect, encouragement, free of judgement and expectation; with moment to moment presence so they feel better in the room and when they leave the room than when they arrived aaaand that has a lasting benefit ❤️…that’s my intention in every moment of every class xx

12/11/2025

‘Satya’ the second of the 5 Yamas of the 8 limbs of Yoga

In Sanskrit ‘Sat’ means “that which exists, that which is.”

Satya, is seeing and communicating things as they actually are in that moment, not as we wish them to be…and as it follows ahimsa ( nonviolence) it asks us to be truthful without harm.

In our asana (our physical practice) Satya asks us to approach asana practice as if we are coming to the mat for the first time, every time. Listen to body, resist moving in a habitual way and tune into what is happening in the body in that moment. This allows us to find something different every time. We might move further, we might move less deeply…it’s not the performance that matters, it’s the honesty of it.

If we can’t be in a shape with steady body, breath and mind we need to change something in body, breath or mind or all 3…recognising and responding to this is Satya and it helps us to practice this in daily life.

Meeting the present moment truth on and off the mat can be challenging because we perceive life through a conditioned mind-set: our thoughts, beliefs, and past experiences create stories that affect everything we see, so none of us experience an event in the same way. We make predictions based on our stories and this can cause problems.

What we experience as truth one day may not be the same truth we live the next. Practicing satya requires staying open to truth in the present moment, as it reveals itself.

We are different every day, depending on how we slept, emotional life and general energy levels. By honouring this in our asana practice and life, we are honouring Satya, our own deep initiative truth.

By tuning into Satya on our mats we can build the skill of bringing the enquiry into truth into our daily lives, recognising when we are thinking, acting and speaking from a place that doesn’t reflect truth.

12/11/2025

Absolutely this ✨ Always ❤️

09/11/2025

So much beauty all around us... remember we are nature, we are part of this beauty and oh what a privilege to live 😍🙏

05/11/2025

✨Free Arts & Crafts ✨ This 👇 is why Mandala supports our Joey and her beautiful team of facilitators to bring free arts & crafts to so many people in Preston 😍

Joey runs a session at Mandala every Wednesday evening at 6pm, as well as monthly sessions. If you're interested in finding out more comment below or message us and we will send you details...

Did you know arts could be as beneficial as therapy? 🧶🎨

Our very own Professor Vicky Karkou was featured on ITV News last night, sharing some incredible research about the power of getting creative!

The key takeaway? Engaging in arts-based interventions, like knitting, painting or crocheting can offer mental health benefits that are nearly as impactful as traditional talking therapies. It’s all about finding a "peaceful place" and reconnecting your mind.

We're proud to be pioneering this important research in Arts and Wellbeing!

Watch the full interview here: https://orlo.uk/MW0Vy

03/11/2025

Mandala Yoga Retreat ✨ Yoga, swimming, firepits, delicious food and friendship ❤️✨

03/11/2025

Mandala Yoga Retreat ✨ Thank you so much beautiful beings for gathering in love for enquiry of the 8 limbs of yoga with an intention of deep care ✨🙏❤️

Next year....Mid Wales in mid-November...lakes, saunas, canoes....

02/11/2025

Mandala Yoga Retreat Life 😍 Views, Food, Asana, Pranayama, Mantra, Meditation, Laughter, Connection, Reflection, Love ❤️✨🙏