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Sayeeda Alam | Sada Yoga

Yoga Teacher & Ayurvedic Lifestyle Advisor

Sayeeda embodies dedication as a yoga student, teacher, and Ayurvedic lifestyle advisor and her passion lies in supporting holistic well-being and spiritual balance. Having navigated cycles of addictive behaviour, depression, anxiety, and chronic illness for much of her life, discovering Yoga & Ayurveda became the foundation of her ability to find inner peace & physical healing. Motivated by her personal transformation journey, she embarked on the path of becoming a yoga teacher & Ayurvedic lifestyle advisor, driven by a deep desire to guide others on their own unique paths toward personal and spiritual growth. Her teaching style seamlessly blends ancient yogic wisdom with contemporary insights, guiding students to explore their bodies and minds through posture, pranayama, philosophy, and meditation. Sayeeda embraces the dynamic nature of each student's journey and recognises that their needs evolve, so she offers a diverse range of yoga styles to cater to this fluidity. Understanding that each practitioner seeks something unique on the mat, she aims to create a space where individuals can explore and find resonance in various practices. As an Ayurvedic lifestyle advisor, Sayeeda uses the wisdom of this ancient healing system to offer individually tailored guidance to enhance well-being and foster vitality. She works closely with individuals to assess their unique constitution and imbalances and offers practical guidance on daily routines, nutrition, stress management, and how to use herbs & spices to help restore harmony and balance in both body and mind. She deeply believes in Yoga and Ayurveda's transformative potential to instill equilibrium and well-being across every facet of life. Qualifications

200-Hour Hatha Yoga

30-Hour Yoga Nidra

60-Hour Mastering The Addictive Personality

99-Hour Applying Ayurveda - Ayurvedic Lifestyle Advisor

02/12/2025

A student asked the other day how often we *should* practice yoga, and I think it really depends.

Where you are in life, how much energy you’ve got, what season you’re in, whats currently going on in your life. Some weeks the mat feels easy to approach, other weeks it feels like climbing a mountain just to unroll it.

And that’s ok. Your practice shouldn’t feel like a chore, or something you have to force. It has to fit into your life, not the other way around.

And over time your practice will naturally ebb and flow, expanding at times and shrinking in others, and that’s completely ok too.

Plus, half the time the practice is happening in the moments we don’t “label” as yoga anyway.

Catching yourself before reacting.

Breathing instead of snapping.

Not spiralling when you’re stuck in traffic.

Gaining awareness of the old patterns that want to kick off.

So even if you’re not moving through poses every day, you might be practising more than you think.

It all counts.

01/12/2025

We’ve got a couple of lovely things coming up early in the new year, and honestly, they both feel like the kind of pause most of us are craving right now! Once the Crazy season is out of the way, come and join one of our beautiful events.

Yoga Chaats

31 January, 10:20am to 1pm at Bleadon Coronation Hall

A morning of Hatha Yoga, Yoga Nidra and a plant-based feast provided by Dark Arts Rebel Kitchen.
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Soul Rest

1 February, 10:45am to 12:45 at Bleadon Coronation Hall

Guided Yoga Nidra accompanied by a full sound bath.

Perfect if your system is tired, frazzled or just… full.
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If you’re hunting for gifts that aren’t more stuff, both of these can be bought for someone you care about.

Or you can pick up a gift card on my website for any of my offerings, if that feels easier.

All Links are in the bio. Connect with me for more info!

28/11/2025

PSA

Since the day I was born, people have gotten my name wrong.

I get it, it’s confusing, and you probably don’t want to say it wrong.

I struggled so much in secondary school that I even changed it to Sadie for about 10 years just to accommodate everyone and make their lives easier. It really messed with who I was and my identity.

And I can’t do it anymore!!

Your name is super important, and it makes a difference when you aren’t addressed as you should be.

So, my apologies for not bringing this to your attention sooner, but here’s some clarification on my name.

My name, given to me at birth, is Sayeeda, this is how I would like it to be spelt.

And my business name is Sada, which I chose because it felt simple, rooted and meaningful… but I realise it adds another layer of confusion.

Maybe this is me finally choosing not to shrink or protect people's uncomfortable feelings. Maybe it’s just me wanting to hear my own name said properly after a lifetime of bending.

Either way, thank you for trying. It genuinely means something. 🙏🏽

And to everyone who’s gotten it wrong in the past… honestly, don’t worry. I’m partly at fault for not saying anything sooner, and I know it’s tricky. What matters is that we get it right from now on. xx

27/11/2025

Neuroscience keeps confirming what ancient practices have known for centuries: awareness changes us from the inside out.

And not just emotionally… but physically, structurally, in the actual fabric of the brain.

🧠 Here’s what the research shows:

🧠 8 weeks of mindfulness practice can increase grey-matter density in the Hippocampus (memory, learning, emotional regulation part of the brain) and decrease grey-matter in the Amygdala (stress and fear response part of the brain).

Reference: Hölzel et al., 2011, via Harvard Health

🧠 A 2021 meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies found consistent structural changes in the Insula - the region connected to interoception, emotional awareness, and self-understanding. These effects were medium to strong, showing that mindfulness can truly alter brain matter.

Reference: Pernet et al., 2021, PubMed ID: 34256087

🧠 Other studies show mindfulness strengthens the Prefrontal Cortex and Anterior Cingulate Cortex, areas responsible for self-regulation, clarity, focus and resilience.

Reference: Fox et al., 2016, PubMed ID: 27429096

And this is exactly where yoga asana comes in. Because asana is essentially mindfulness you can feel. Every posture asks us to notice: the breath shifting, the body tightening or releasing, the emotional responses that rise and fall.

This kind of embodied awareness trains the same neural pathways that these studies highlight. It’s why a physical practice can lead to emotional clarity, steadier reactions, and deeper self-understanding.

It’s why so many transformations begin not with thinking, but with sensing.

So if your journey starts on the mat, that’s not “just stretching.”

It’s brain training, nervous system training and it’s the first doorway into real change.

Start small. Start now.

One posture, one breath, one moment of paying attention.

24/11/2025

I had a pretty rough patch last week, and the specifics honestly don’t matter.

But life got a bit emotional, my system tipped over, and I found myself in that old familiar overwhelm.

What feels more important is what happened during it all.

Im almost six years sober, and last week i felt that old pull, tugging at me, wanting me to change how I felt and soothe everything, escape for a minute with some kind of chemical.

It shook me for a moment because the craving felt so familiar and so strong.

That used to run my whole life.

It used to be the only thing I knew to do when things got too big and painful.

Drugs, acting out, self-harm… whatever would shift the feeling the fastest.

But instead of reacting the way I used to, I just watched it.

And I could really see the urge for what it was.

An old pattern firing up, not a command I had to obey.

And when it got really intense, I just stayed with awareness on my exhale.

Just breathing through it.

A few breaths… a few minutes…and it passed. Just like that.

Moments like that are why I don’t believe healing is this neat, final destination we reach. I don’t think we land in some permanent state of calm or happiness.

Feelings change.

Life happens, and old things resurface.

What matters is how we meet ourselves when they do.

This practice, this awareness, this ability to observe what’s happening inside without being dragged around by it, that’s what got me sober in the first place.

Not forcing myself to be different, but giving the urges and the patterns enough space to rise up so I could finally work with them instead of collapsing into them.

Awareness and observation, those two things changed everything for me.

And they’re still changing me now.

If you’re curious about learning these tools for yourself, come to a class or reach out.

They really can reshape the way you meet your life, one breath at a time.

Monday 9:30am - Plan C Training
Monday 7pm - The Stable & Online
Wednesday 6:30pm - Online
Thursday 6:15pm - Bleadon Coronation Hall
Friday 12:30pm - Online

Full details on my website - www.sadayoga.co.uk/classes/

14/11/2025

I taught a class yesterday… in sunglasses.

Inside.

A few years ago I would never have done that. I would have tried to push through, squinting like mad, pretending I was fine while my head slowly tightened into a full-blown throb.

But yesterday the sun actually came out, which sounds lovely in theory, except it hit me like a spotlight after a week of grey skies and rain. My whole system went nope, that’s too much. The light felt blinding, like I was walking around with my face scrunched up just to survive it. And by the time I stepped into the studio, I already knew that if I took the sunglasses off, I’d spend the entire class battling pain instead of being present.

So I kept them on and told the group why.

And guess what… nobody cared.

At one point I laughed to myself, because it’s “not really something you do” is it? Wearing sunglasses while you teach a yoga class. It can look rude or odd or whatever stories we tell ourselves. But it was what my body needed in that moment, and it felt kind of liberating to honour that without apologising for it.

There was a time I didn’t know how to do that. I’d override my needs, people-please my way into discomfort, hold myself to society’s standards, then wonder why I was exhausted or in pain for the rest of the day. I didn’t have the self-trust or the inner permission to make small adjustments that actually supported me.

Yoga has changed that for me.

Slowly and quietly, over many years.

It taught me how to notice the signals, the subtle ones, before they turn into a full meltdown. It taught me to soften instead of push. To meet my body where it is rather than where I think it should be.

So yesterday wasn’t about sunglasses.

It was about self-advocacy.

It was about choosing what I needed, even if it looked a bit unusual, or didn’t fit the norm, so I could show up fully for the people in front of me.

And honestly, it felt like a tiny victory.

A reminder that honouring our needs isn’t selfish or dramatic, it’s a practice.

13/11/2025

I used to practice in a pretty pushy, show-up-and-prove way without even realising it.

Back then, yoga felt like something I had to get right. I’d push through when my body was clearly saying no, or choose the harder option because it looked “better.”

But when your body stops cooperating the way you want it to, and when it simply can’t do what it once did, there comes a moment where you realise… you can’t keep practising or living like that.

Living with chronic illness has been one of my biggest teachers. It’s changed everything about how I move, how I listen, how I teach.

Now, my practice is softer, slower, more intuitive. It’s less about achievement, more about presence.

And when I see those little scrunched-up faces in class, the ones pushing just a bit too much, I recognise that part of myself so deeply.

Because most of the time, it’s not about the pose. It’s about those quiet patterns underneath, the ones that tell us we need to keep up or be a certain way in order to be worthy.

If this resonates, I’ve written a new blog about it, how we can shift from performing yoga to practicing more mindfully.

✨READ IT HERE: https://sadayoga.co.uk/2025/11/04/5-ways-to-stop-performance-yoga/

12/11/2025

Final Call for our Soul Rest Session this Sunday!

The Echo we hear most often - “I didn't know how much I needed that”

If you want to experience what true rest feels like, the kind that reaches beneath the noise and settles your whole system, then please join us!

We blend deep relaxation using Yoga Nidra with soothing sound vibrations, and this session gently guides you back to yourself.

Rest, release, and reconnect - because rest is a necessity, not a luxury.

The last one of the year!

📍 Bleadon Coronation Hall

📆 16.11.25

⏰ 10:45 am

Book here: https://momence.com/l/6kheeAwk

11/11/2025

Thinking of gathering everyone together before the year runs away with us…
a little Sada Yoga social, off the mat, just to eat, chat and actually see each other without rushing to roll up a mat.

I’m planning an evening meal out, nothing fancy, just good food, easy company and a chance to reconnect with familiar faces (and meet a few new ones too).
Place and time are still being finalised, but I’d love to get a sense of numbers so I can book a table.

If you want to come along, register your interest with the link below, and you will be contacted for final details

I’ll be closing the list on 18th November so I can get everything set up.

It would be really lovely to have you there!

All welcome!

Register here : https://momence.com/l/WQhMDrKa

07/11/2025

Lately, I’ve been sitting with the whole weird world of marketing as a yoga teacher.

It brings up so many questions in me… what feels true, what feels a bit salesy, what actually supports people rather than promising something that doesn’t exist.

And, maybe because I’ve been paying more attention, I’ve noticed a pattern that really gets under my skin.

Sometimes I hear spiritual, energy or yoga teachers talk like they’ve reached this magical point of eternal calm, and honestly, I just sit there thinking… really? You never wobble? You never get scared or spiral a bit or wake up with that strange hum of anxiety in your chest?

I mean, come on.

To me, that isn’t wisdom, it’s bypassing. Maybe even a bit of dissociation dressed up as awareness.

We’re human, which means we move through the whole messy spectrum of what that means.

Fear and joy, sadness and excitement, heaviness and hope, all mixing around in the same inner space. Some feelings get louder at times, some soften, but they all exist together. That’s the reality.

So when someone says,

"Do my thing and you’ll reach this perfect place where nothing touches you ever again,"

I can’t help but call bu****it.

These practices aren’t about becoming untouchable; they're about becoming aware. About knowing yourself so deeply that you don’t have to pretend you’re above being human.

If anything, real practice teaches you to face what’s here instead of pretending it isn’t.
****it

05/11/2025

I’m not usually one to jump on the awareness-week bandwagon, but this time I was specifically asked to hold a special session at Nuffield Health on Friday afternoon for Stress Awareness Week.

I decided to teach Yoga Nidra, because honestly, I think it’s one of the most accessible forms of yoga, where the most people can experience the most benefit. You don’t need flexibility, strength or experience, just a willingness to rest.

The carousel shares a little more about why Yoga Nidra is such a powerful tool for relieving stress, how it calms the nervous system, softens the mind, and helps the body remember how to truly let go.

Unfortunately, the one-off class at Nuffield is now fully booked, but if you’d like to experience this practice, we’ve got a Yoga Nidra & Sound Bath coming up soon. It’s a beautiful opportunity to explore deep rest, and with the added vibration of sound, your cells are gently massaged from the inside out, supporting release, balance and renewal.

✨ Soul Rest - Yoga Nidra with Sound
📍 Bleadon Coronation Hall
📅 16.11/25
🎟️ https://momence.com/l/6kheeAwk

Insight Timer Library: https://insig.ht/y9qRWgPf3Xb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=content

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Sayeeda believes whole heartedly in the transformative power a consistent yoga practice can have on the entire human experience. Her personal practice is rooted in the traditional Ashtanga method, and has led her to a new way of thinking, transforming her life and enabling her to sit comfortably within herself for the first time. Her calling to become a teacher was driven by the desire to help others on their own personal and spiritual journeys.

Completing her teacher training with Bristol School Of Yoga, she is an avid student of all things Yoga. Her practice is not only physical postures but a way of life, and she continually develops her practice on and off the mat so that she can share and give back to her students. She has a growing passion for Yoga philosophy and hopes to undertake some further academic training in this area in the near future.

Sayeeda’s desire to learn more has taken her across the world, and she has been fortunate enough to practice and train with Jarad Maccan, and world renowned Ashtangi Kino Macgreggor.

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