You Yoga With Zara

27/07/2026

What a beautiful celebration of Nirlipta’s life this morning 🫶🏼

🙏🏽 RIP NIRLIPTA TULI (1964-2026)

🙏🏽 Blessings Beloved Souls, it with grief I share news of the death of my husband Nirlipta Tuli, aged 62, on 18 July 2026.

🙏🏽 He died swiftly and peacefully at home in Stroud after many years of profound ill-health.

🙏🏽 A visionary artist, writer, yoga therapist and meditation teacher, Nirlipta was the co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network, and illustrator of Yoni Shakti.

🙏🏽 Nirlipta inspired many hundreds of students worldwide, and brought restful sleep to many through his yoga nidrā audio recordings. He generously gave much of his work away freely, for the benefit of all.

🙏🏽 Nirlipta was father to two sons Tejomaya (27), and Abhisheka (25) and two daughters, Rajakumari Prayaag (18) and Anastasia Tuli (who died in 2002 at the age of 14).

🙏🏽 He is survived by his mother Swami Suryabindu Saraswati (88) and his widow Umā Dinsmore-Tuli (60).

🙏🏽 If you wish to view the livestream of Nirlipta’s cremation service at 9am BST Monday 27th July please visit the Obitus website: https://watch.obitus.com and access Nirlipta’s service with the user name yoli7910 and PIN 052865

🙏🏽 Please log on around 0850 British Summer Time, 27th July, about 10 minutes before we begin at 9am.

🙏🏽 Please feel at liberty to share the news with friends and students who love Nirlipta and would like to be with us all online.

🙏🏽 Nirlipta left a considerable body of unfinished paintings, stories and yoga nidra audio recordings and instructions for practice.

🙏🏽 There are plans to invite contributions to a legacy fund to publish Nirlipta’s unfinished work; details of how to make gifts to this fund will be made avaialable over the coming weeks.

🙏🏽 For the moment please be patient as our family grieve his loss. 🙏🏽Thank you for holding Nirlipta and our family in your prayers at this time. We love you.

08/07/2026

Yoga was never meant to be another fitness trend.

It’s not about mastering the perfect pose, chasing flexibility, or collecting impressive photos. Those things may come, but they are not the practice.

Yoga is a moving meditation.

Every breath is an invitation to return to yourself. Every posture becomes a conversation between your body, mind and spirit. Every moment on the mat is an opportunity to notice - not to achieve.

The physical practice is just one layer of a much deeper tradition. Beneath the movement lies self-enquiry, presence, discipline, compassion and connection.

Yoga asks us to become aware of our thoughts, our patterns, our reactions, and ultimately our true nature.

The real transformation doesn’t happen when you touch your toes. It happens when you learn to meet yourself with honesty instead of judgement, with curiosity instead of criticism, and with stillness instead of constant striving.

The mat is simply where we rehearse how we want to show up in life.

Yoga isn’t about escaping the world.
It’s about learning to be fully present in it.

Next time you step onto your mat, don’t ask, “what can my body do today?” Ask, “what can I discover about myself?”

This is the practice. This is the depth of yoga.

25/06/2026

From September, I’ll be making a few changes to the class schedule. I’m hoping you’ll be open to embracing these adjustments, as they will allow me to make some important personal changes while continuing to teach and support the wonderful yoga community we have created.

I’m also excited to introduce a regular online class, creating another opportunity for us to practice together and offering greater flexibility for those who may not always be able to attend in person.

Your understanding means a great deal to me and I’m deeply grateful for your continued support.
Thank you for flowing with the changes and being part of this journey.

I look forward to continuing to share this practice with you.

Watch this space for further updates…

25/06/2026

Classes have all looked a little different this week and I just wanted to thank you all for your commitment, patience and ability to be able to adapt to continue your yoga practice ☺️

I am trying to get better at teaching online and last night for the first time in a long time felt comfortable for me. I’m grateful to my beginners class for being online with me 🙏

Who knows what the weather is going to do over the next few months, perhaps there will be an opportunity to embrace more garden yoga as we find ways to practice through the unpredictability.

Thank you all xx

17/06/2026

Oxford University Hospitals is inviting feedback from people who have experienced induction of labour.

If induction formed part of your maternity journey, you can share your experience via the survey below.

OMNVP is sharing this survey on behalf of the maternity service to help ensure a wide range of experiences are heard.

🔗 https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=w3PSJVGo-0yiOekEj5iWaSOYnOlKNvJEjDboFi9CCy1UMzlKRjBUUEEyVEJZTDY5QUNETUpWUTc4Si4u

11/06/2026

Do any of my local lovely friends have a cake mixer I could borrow tomorrow? 🤔

09/05/2026

🤰🏻🧘🏻‍♀️ Pregnancy Yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️🤰🏻

If you’re over 12 weeks pregnant, you are welcome to come and join our beautiful pregnancy yoga classes in Bicester.

Feel completely held and supported as you move and breathe mindfully, learning ways to lean into the moment and connect to your body and your baby through movement, breath-work and visualisations.

I aim to not just support you in pregnancy but to offer you helpful techniques for labour and birth.

Classes are fully inclusive and I would love to welcome you.

If you have attended my pregnancy yoga classes before, found them positive, or perhaps made connections that have been lasting and paramount to your journey, please drop a comment to share your experience 🫶🏼

06/05/2026

Yoga for Anxiety

4 week course coming soon!

Week 1 - Meeting your anxiety where it is
Week 2 - Understanding the nervous system
Week 3 - How to reduce anxiety with movement
Week 4 - Summary of course including a yoga nidra practice for rest and relaxation

Be the first to know when bookings are open by either sending me a message or give me a 💚 in the comments.

06/05/2026

Another birth coming up…

Thank you for supporting me and my small business, I’m beyond grateful!

Love Zara x