Start the new year with the opportunity to reconnect with your body.

Our body speaks to us all the time but with busy lives we don’t always listen.

We’re not always in tune or even in sync with our bodies.

Stress and worries of the mind, certainly show up in the body too. Certain times of the year don’t always help either. 

Whether we hold tension in our muscles, like our back, shoulders and hips; or it just shows up in our work or daily tasks with an inability to focus on the task in hand; we need the tools to learn new habits or even unlearn old, bad habits.

A Yoga Session in Chester to give you the opportunity to check you're doing certain postures correctly and safely; or explore some more challenging postures to you; this is a great session to dive a bit deeper in terms of your understanding.

We'll go through some of the traditional yoga postures to make sure you understand what you're trying to achieve and how you can correct it

Designed with Ashtanga in mind, this Workshop Yoga Session is also designed for beginners too, who are just wanting to check they are doing things correctly and more importantly safely. It's a good opportunity to actually explore some of the Ashtanga postures, without having to go at an Ashtanga pace!

Ashtanga Yoga Chester - what to expect?

Ashtanga is a journey of progress. 

We do the same sequence of postures each week. 

It's a real work out. 

You'll sleep well. 

You'll feel like you worked every muscle in your body.

Join us for a two hour yoga workshop to explore opening the hips. This can be really helpful to learn which hip, glute and leg muscles to strengthen and stretch, to help reduce lower back or sciatica pain.

In a similar style to the regular Tuesday morning yoga class that takes place at Gladstone's Library, we will have a little longer to really deep dive and explore more about the hips, glutes and hamstrings and how little tweaks to your body and everyday movement can help relieve tired, tense muscles.  

We'll move through some standing, balancing and seated postures, including a lovely relaxation at the end too. 

Suitable for all ages and levels, including beginners who are curious about how yoga may help. It's also suitable to pregnant women looking to relieve tension and pressure.

YOGA in the PARK next Wednesday (11 September 2024, 6:30pm at Wepre Park!

Brought to you by Our Dee Estuary this yoga session is FREE but you must book as we do have limited spaces.

Bring your mat and a blanket. Dress to keep warm.

A weekend for you - relax and recover; refuel and nourish; learn and discover.

Just 6 weeks until our next Weekend Yoga Retreat in this stunning eco-retreat.

Complete with an onsite log-fired sauna and wild swim pool for a little dip anytime you fancy.

Meet Jenny, one of our members…”I’ve suffered with a bad lower back for years, and Emma's online classes have been helping me to strengthen my core to take some of the pressure off. For the first time in years, I don't wake up with lower back ache first thing in the morning (largely also helped by Emma's advice to change the position I sleep in) and I now have tools to relieve pain when it's particularly bad.”

I do think there’s a lot to be said about the beauty of learning online and practising yoga online. You can shout, swear even or make bodily noises for example, which you might not otherwise get away with in a physical class or learning scenario! Well, I can’t obviously, if I’m the one teaching! I think you’d notice but for everyone else joining in the class, you’re on mute! You can even have your dinner cooking in the oven, ready to go the minute you finish savasana!

The best way to start your Sunday!

Join us this summer in our sun-soaked corner of the park for Yoga Brunch.

Begin your session with fresh fruit juice followed by a 60-minute mood-boosting yoga class and brought to a close with a delicious pastry brunch.

Suitable for all levels and led by Emma Garland, The Good Food Yogi whose class will enhance confidence and posture.

NOTE: Please remember to bring your own yoga mat with you.

Sunday 11th August, 9;30am - 11:15am

Linda has been practising yoga for a few years now in Hawarden, with Emma, as well as joining in with the Live and Video Library classes.

At 73, she hopes to continue with yoga well into later years, as it keeps her flexible and moving, plus also balance which is so important as we age.

Phil started with Pilates in 2017 following medical advice to prevent re-occurrence of a lower back problem. Progressing onto yoga a year later and has kept it up ever since, doing at least 3 evening yoga classes a week with The Good Food Yogi, supplemented with his own sessions to stretch out aching muscles and stiff joints. You’ll often catch Phil online on Zoom for 7:45am 15 minutes of pain! (As he calls it!)

“An 11 out of 10 weekend with Emma at this brilliant venue. Peace, quiet, fresh air, rolling hills... and the chance to pretty much spend the weekend 'outdoors' moving the body and being very well fed - what's not to love.

I went with a friend - and it made for a great relaxed weekend to spend time together. There were others who came alone - and the group felt warm, connected and full of laughter.

Emma is a great yoga teacher (I hadn't done yoga for ages!) and a brilliant chef - and it just felt like all the little details had been thought about - so it was relaxed in timings and full of beautiful things.

The wild swim was a great afternoon activity - and the sauna option post swim was a real bonus. Can't recommend highly enough - I plan to go back again.”

Hi, I’m Gill and I have just had my 70th birthday. I live on the Llyn Peninsula looking out over the sea. My sister, Sarah, introduced me to Emma’s online yoga one day when she was staying with me and I haven’t looked back since then. I like the Wednesday morning yoga technique class when we focus on something and I can use it in other lessons. I often struggle with some moves due to the osteoarthritis but Emma will always suggest something alternative to help keep strong.

We’ve done a few Retreat Day Aways at the Walled Garden School, in Hawarden, North Wales now and they really are a delight and treat for all the senses. A day to reconnect your body and mind with nature. This day is suitable for all and we usually have regulars coming back each time, as they love it so much. Don’t just take my word for it, watch the vid.

I started my yoga journey around seven years ago, by accident really, as I was having an issue with my shoulder. My physio, at the time, suggested I consider giving yoga a go, as all the exercises he was asking me to do, to resolve the problem were actually all yoga postures! I found Emma's yoga class in Hawarden, Flintshire by chance as it was the first one on google search and the rest is history.

Exciting events coming up - weekend retreats in North Wales; as well as workshops and classes in Chester and Hawarden.

Join us for Yoga and Brunch at the Storyhouse, in Chester city centre.

Following on from the success of the posture-enhancing workshop held at the Women’s Weekend Festival back in March 2024, we’ll be hosting these once monthly classes.

The first yoga and brunch session will take place on Sunday 28 April 2024 - now SOLD OUT and the second date is on Sunday 19 May.

Meet our Strength for Life community…I’m Sarah; I’ll be 60 in June. I grew up in the midlands and came to Paris in 1989 as a student, and I’m still here! I live in an apartment with my partner Mathieu and his 21 year old son Clément, and the cat Zip. I have dual nationality. 

The main thing I see mostly in women is an arched lower back. Essentially this arched lower back is due to a very strong, tight lower back and without addressing the underlying causes this will continue to get stronger and tighter and eventually lead to lower back pain. The lower back muscles are basically pulling the pelvis upwards from the back so we end up with this forward pelvic tilt, which then causes other problems throughout the body, which may even show up before the lower back pain kicks in. 

This week we celebrated Lilian’s 91st birthday at Gladstone’s Library. She’s been doing yoga for about 7 years and she joins in with the whole class! She can lift and hold her body weight with two hands on the ground! Now, that’s strength! She’s an absolute trooper, a joy to have in our classes and proof that yoga really is for all ages!