In these classes Charmaine infuses movement, meditation, breathwork and relaxation to meet you where you are. The practice includes chair based, mat based, seated, lying, twisting or standing poses. Variations with props (chair, wall and blocks) will be offered so you can practice in a chair should you want to. The classes are guided for you to feel good in your body.

Why Gentle Strength & Restoration?

• Move better for longer by building strength and mobility

• Improve balance and stability

• Practice in a welcoming and safe community space

• Support & calm your nervous system to manage stress/ anxiety

• Embody yoga in its true essence to journey inward

For Contemplate & Embody we focus on a particular energy, contemplate it and embody it through practice. Amy offers multiple ways that you can creatively connect with and explore the energy through the magic of yoga.

Amy includes elements of yoga philosophy, ethics, social justice theory and practice. You'll find that these sessions tend to be themed around what's currently going on in the world, whether that's a particular social justice issue, elements of nature, the season we are in, the lunar cycle etc.

A typical session will look like the following:

• Welcome & Amy will share about the theme

• Opening practice & spiritual acknowledgement

• Guided practice e.g. mudra, mantra, meditation, visualisation etc.

• Optional shares in the chat or spoken aloud.

Please note there is no requirement for you to turn your cameras on and no requirement to share if you choose not to.

This is a meditation class so please join us in comfy clothes from a chair or cosy up in bed! Bring some tea and perhaps a notebook if you'd like to make notes or journal after the meditation.

Join us for our Spring Retreat in York.

Spring is the season for growth and transformation, yet given global injustice and the hostile environment we are experiencing here in the UK, we also need space to grieve for the collective: grieving the lives that have been lost to countless ongoing genocides and the targeting of marginalised communities here in the UK.

We need space to grieve the loss of what could have been if injustice never became our reality.

For this retreat we are offering the chance for us to collectively contemplate and practice holding both the joy of Spring and our collective grief at the same time, pondering in what ways transformation could be a part of this story.

Through asana (movement), pranayama (the breath), mantra (chanting), meditation and guided creative practices, we’ll seek collective wisdom and insight about grief and transformation, sharing the learnings with the people around us.

• We are accessible yoga teachers and will therefore be offering chair variations and multiple options to engage with all the practices.

This class is focused on building physical and mental strength followed by some deep rest and meditation. We'll warm up the body and then focus on finding and exploring stillness through various practices.

This is an integrated & accessible yoga class which means you can practice on a chair or on a mat. You can join us no matter your level of mobility - together we will find ways every person can access strength and stillness.

The Community Centre is wheelchair accessible, has a disabled toilet and has a large car park.

There are 3 prices for this class, please choose a price that suits your affordability..

This is a monthly community space that gives us the opportunity to integrate and share what we’ve learned about ourselves and our practice individually and collectively over the last month. Have you noticed any changes? In what ways have you brought your learnings into your community spaces? Together, we hold the space with compassion and non-judgement, welcoming authenticity and curiosity.