The Wheel of The Year
The Wheel of the Year is made up of eight Sabbats (Pagan holidays/holy days, or fire festivals) that occur on or around the same time each year. They are seasonal celebrations representing the cycle of birth, death and rebirth whilst also being based on the Earth's rotations and seasonal markers. The eight Sabbats include the four solar events – the Summer & Winter Solstice, Spring & Autumn Equinox – and the midpoints between them (Cross Quarter Festivals), which focus on seasonal changes and potent portals in the agrarian calendar.
I love the way these festival days lend themselves as perfect opportunities to share and dive deeper into relevant yoga topics, along side the ritual and symbolism of the natural world.
Each event will have a yogic focus. There will be differing elements that will include movement and embodiment (asana), breath work (pranayama), hand and body gestures (mudras), energy locks (bandhas), chanting (mantra), myth/story, journaling & contemplation, l . sound healing and deep rest to bring you into a state of balance; creating harmony, happiness and inner peace.
Imbolc
Imbolc sits halfway between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. It is a time when we see signs of new life starting to push through the cold and barren earth. Imbolc is connected to the goddess Brigid, Brigit, a Celtic Triple Goddess, who later became a Christian saint. Brigit is the goddess of poetry and creativity, fire and the forge and healing and fertility.
Beltane
Beltane is a vibrant celebration of fertility, fire, creativity, and growth. It represents the peak of Spring and the beginning of Summer. Earth energies are at their strongest and most active. The May Queen, representing The Divine Feminine and the Green Man, representing The Divine Masculine embrace the vitality of nature in full bloom. Time for ideas, hopes and dreams to be put into action....and a time to have some fun!
Join me for a wonderful morning of Yoga practices that aim to energise and revitalise your Body, Mind and Spirit.
During this fun and creative morning we will be diving deeper into a range of yoga practices that explore how we can harness life's energies, leading us to an improved vitality and wellbeing.
Embracing your happy hormones, this love for life can help us move joyfully forwards, to blossom and grow into our most wonderful and majestic selves.
Sat 26th April 2025. 10-12:30pm
Litha, The Summer Solstice
Solstice means “sun standing still.” And both the Summer and Winter Solstice have been celebrated around the world for millennia, recognising both the longest and shortest days of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day is the Summer Solstice and the shortest day the Winter Solstice.
The Summer Solstice
The summer solstice occurs when the Sun reaches its highest and northern-most point in the sky, resulting in the longest period of sunlight hours and shortest night of the calendar year. It also marks the official beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere (astronomically).
In yoga, we can take a moment to stop and stand still, look back at what we have achieved from the winter's solstice and look forward to the opening of the doorway to the next half of the year to what we might like to achieve. It's a time to celebrate and honour all that the sun provides.
Mabon
Sat 20th September 2025. 10-12:30pm
As the wheel of the year turns and the Autumn Equinox approaches, we arrive at Mabon — a sacred pause where day and night stand in perfect balance. It's a time to reflect, give thanks for the harvests of our lives, and honor the shift from the outward energy of summer to the inward pull of autumn.
In this workshop, we will journey into the heart of the **Spiritual Warrior** through the lens of yoga. The three Warrior Poses — **Virabhadrasana I, II, and III** — are more than just postures. They are embodied stories of courage, focus, humility, and the inner battle we each face against fear, doubt, and distraction.
Like Mabon, the Warrior teaches us about **balance** — between strength and surrender, action and reflection, discipline and compassion. Through mindful movement, breathwork, mudras, bandhas, mantra, sound healing, and deep rest, we will awaken the spiritual warrior within: one who meets life’s challenges with grace, clarity, and unwavering heart.
Join us in this sacred space as we align with the seasonal shift, honor the cycles of nature, and cultivate inner harmony and peace.
Suitable for all levels of ability.
Samhain 2025
Sat 1st November 2025.
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Samhain: The Descent into Stillness
Samhain (pronounced sow-ein) marks both an ending and a beginning — the turning of the Celtic Wheel of the Year.
It is the threshold between light and dark, the sacred pause between what has been and what is yet to come.
In this time of stillness and surrender, we are invited to rest — to honour what is complete, to release what no longer serves, and to plant new dreams deep within the fertile darkness.
By embracing this inner quiet, we listen, reclaim, and nourish the spirit.
A Time When the Veil Grows Thin
Samhain is known as a magical time, when the veil between the seen and unseen worlds becomes delicate and thin.
At dawn and dusk, the boundaries soften — allowing us to slip through the layers of space and time, beyond the limits of logic, and connect with wisdom from within.
It is a time for reflection, intuition, and communion with our deeper knowing — and with the unseen realms that guide and support us.
Remembering the Wise One Within
As we gather in honour of Samhain we also turn toward the ancient archetype of the Witch.
Not as a figure of fear or superstition, but as a mirror of our own forgotten wisdom.
She is the healer, the seer, the one who walks between worlds — attuned to nature, cycles, and spirit.
To remember her is to remember ourselves: our intuition, our power, and our deep belonging to the Earth.
Reclaiming the Word “Witch”
Take a moment to notice what arises when you hear the word Witch.
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What do you feel?
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What images come to mind?
Perhaps you see a crooked hat and broom, a warty old crone, or a darkly powerful woman feared for her magic.
Maybe you think of a healer in the woods — someone speaking to plants, living close to the earth, walking her own path.
Whatever surfaces is telling. Our collective ideas about the “witch” have been shaped by centuries of fear, distortion, and suppression.
For hundreds of years, those who lived close to nature, practiced healing arts, honoured the unseen, or simply refused to conform — especially women, gender-diverse people, and indigenous wisdom keepers — were ostracised, silenced, or persecuted.
These inherited fears and judgments form part of what we now call the Witch Wound — the cultural and ancestral memory of being punished for our power, intuition, and difference.
Reclaiming the word Witch is an act of remembrance and restoration — a way of honouring what was once feared or forbidden as sacred once more.
Reflection: The Witch Within
Take a quiet moment to reflect.
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What does the word witch mean to you, beyond what you’ve been taught to fear or ridicule?
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Can you feel the part of you that remembers her — the healer, the wise one, the truth-teller, the soul who walks in rhythm with the earth?
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Close your eyes and sense her presence.
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What does she look like?
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What does she wish you to remember?
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Perhaps she speaks through the rustle of leaves, the beat of your heart, or the quiet knowing that you are far more powerful, intuitive, and whole than you were ever told.
This is where the healing begins — not in rejecting the word witch, but in reclaiming it as a symbol of wisdom, freedom, and sacred connection.
Healing the Witch Wound
The Witch Wound is a collective memory — the inherited trauma carried by women, healers, and intuitive beings who were silenced or persecuted for their power, their connection to nature, and their inner knowing.
It is woven through our ancestral and cultural stories: 'the burning times', colonisation, patriarchy, and the suppression of the feminine.
You do not have to have been persecuted in a past life to feel this wound.
It often shows up today as fears or patterns that keep us from living our truth fully.
Common expressions of the Witch Wound include:
* The fear of speaking up or standing in our truth
* The fear of being seen, successful, or in the spotlight
* The fear of trusting our intuition
* The fear of feeling safe in our bodies
* The fear of embracing our femininity, wildness, or spiritual path
* The fear of being judged for living authentically or differently
* Struggling with female relationships and mistrusting other women.
These fears can lead us to people-please, shrink, doubt ourselves, or disconnect from the wisdom of the body and the earth.
A Return to Wholeness
Healing the Witch Wound is a return to remembrance.
It is a journey of reclaiming our voice, our intuition, and our connection to the sacred.
It is a homecoming — to the feminine within, to our true power, and to the magic that has always lived beneath our silence.
Join Us for this years Samhain Ceremony & Yoga Workshop
An evening of movement, ritual, reflection, and renewal — where we gather in community to honour the turning of the year, release old stories, and reconnect with the wisdom of the feminine.
Together we’ll move gently through yoga and meditation, journey into shadow healing and intuitive reflection, and close in candlelight with a ritual of remembrance.
You’re invited to rest, to listen, to remember — and to rise renewed.
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Yule, The Winter Solstice
Sunday 21st December 2025. 5:30pm-8:30pm
Winter Solstice: The Return to Light
The Winter Solstice marks the turning point — the quiet pause between darkness and dawn. It is a sacred stillness, the closing of one cycle and the tender beginning of another.
In this deep midwinter moment, we gather to reflect, release, and rekindle hope — knowing that from this day forward, the light begins to return.
Our intimate evening together weaves yoga, meditation, and ritual inspired by light — with the glow of fire and candlelight, the rhythm of breath, mindful movement, mantra, journalling and deep rest.
We celebrate renewal, warmth, and connection as we welcome the lengthening days ahead.
You’ll leave with a radiant heart — bright, grounded, and glowing from within.
