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kristin.yoga Kristin Bergman-Ward's online yoga (live-streamed & on-demand) & home of Metta Yoga Teacher Trainings & Retreats in the rural south of France

๐Ÿ‘‹ Practising this much yoga does make you a little crazy ๐Ÿ˜‰ ๐Ÿ™†โ€โ™€๏ธ We just wrapped up our last class of our first 26+2 Yoga...
08/06/2026

๐Ÿ‘‹ Practising this much yoga does make you a little crazy ๐Ÿ˜‰


๐Ÿ™†โ€โ™€๏ธ We just wrapped up our last class of our first 26+2 Yoga Intensive of the summer (two more Intensives & three more retreats to come!) & it has been a wonderful & inspiring five days with four incredible Yogis โ€“ Thank You!

๐Ÿ“† We have a few more hours together before they head home & before Bear holds his usual grudge against us, blaming us for making his friends leave!! Weโ€™ll see you in classes tonight & through the week, & remember itโ€™s a slightly modified Livestream Class Schedule this Saturday & is covering R&S on Sunday. Youโ€™ll see .johnny.yoga & for their usual Weds & Sun classes, too.

Wishing you a wonderful week ahead
& of course much time on your mat & in your practice.

๐ŸŒž With Metta
K & J xx

๐Ÿ Le sigh! ๐Ÿ˜Œ So far, summer 2026 is so good! We hope youโ€™ve been enjoying it too. ๐ŸŒ We welcome our 1st guests of the sum...
01/06/2026

๐Ÿ Le sigh! ๐Ÿ˜Œ So far, summer 2026 is so good! We hope youโ€™ve been enjoying it too.

๐ŸŒ We welcome our 1st guests of the summer on Weds for our 26+2 Intensive (cannot wait to see you!) & our friends of the forest are ready to meet & greet โ€“ most of them w a babe or two in tow!

๐ŸฆŠ๐Ÿ‡๐ŸฆŒ We havenโ€™t managed to capture every spotting โ€“ missing are the baby roe deer & the baby hare we spotted last week โ€“ but mom & baby fox have been making a nightly visit to the pond โ€“ sound on for the sweetest sounds

๐Ÿชบ๐ŸŒŒ Birdhouse is full of blue t**s about to fledge, cuckoo has been visiting the garden (looking for nests to steal!), treecreepers nesting & bats roosting in the studio walls, golden orioles helping to control slugs, had to stop the car & wait for the hoopoe fledglings to clear the lane on our way home from the river, & we heard the churr of a nightjar in the garden last weekโ€ฆ exciting to hear nightjar for the first time โฃ๏ธ

๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŒณ The linden tree is in full bloom โ€“ buzzing all day & all night (โ€˜ommmโ€™) & hundreds of butterflies drinking from the linden blossoms & flitting around scabious in the butterfly field.

๐ŸŒผ The air is sweet w honeysuckle, mock orange & linden โ€“ honeysuckle all over the garden, studio, woodland & hedgerows in full bloom too.

๐ŸŒ„ Sunsets have been off the charts ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ’ฅ

๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ We made the mistake of telling Bear that his โ€˜friends are coming soonโ€™ & now he wonโ€™t venture far from homeโ€ฆ.

๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Johnny & Cyril are almost finished w rebuilding the barn roof โ€“ just a few more roof plaques to fit & then some sealing (tiles coming later in the summer).

๐Ÿ’Œ Check your inbox for this weekโ€™s Mon newsletter
โœ… Check yourself in for class tonight & through the rest of this week & next!
๐Ÿ“† Johnny .johnny.yoga teaching Weds, Helen teaching this Fri & next Sun, George teaching Sun, & no Yoga Homework this week but some next week ๐Ÿ‘Œ
๐Ÿ™†โ€โ™€๏ธ Join us for 26+2 on Sat at 9.30am โ€“ 90 min format w the Intensive Yogis!

๐ŸŒž Wishing you a wonderful, yoga-filled week
K & J xx

๐Ÿน โ€œI see only the eye of the bird.โ€ -Arjuna- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -๐Ÿชฒ Have you g...
18/05/2026

๐Ÿน โ€œI see only the eye of the bird.โ€ -Arjuna
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๐Ÿชฒ Have you got the yoga bug? We do, tooโ€ฆ Weโ€™ve had it for a while now & can confirm that itโ€™s our favourite bugโ€ฆ And itโ€™s also highly contagious & can come on without warningโ€ผ๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜‰

๐Ÿค Welcome to those of you who have just started your yoga practice with us;
๐Ÿ’ซ Welcome back to those of you who are getting back on your mat after realising that letting go of your practice wasnโ€™t such a good idea (yeah, we learned that lesson a while ago, too โ€“ not doing that again! ๐Ÿ˜œ);
๐Ÿ™Œ Welcome โ€“ Welcome โ€“ Welcome to those of you who are practising more consistently & frequently than ever before! We hope you are enjoying the fruits of your practice ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘

โœจ Keep going with the momentum of your practice โ€“ itโ€™s a big promise, but we do promise that you will not be disappointed with what yoga has to offer you.

๐Ÿ’Œ Check your inbox for this weekโ€™s Monday newsletter
โœ… Check yourself in for class tonight & through the rest of this week!
๐Ÿ“† Johnny .johnny.yoga will teach his usual on Weds, George will teach his usual on Sun, & Kristin will be with you for all of the above
โฃ๏ธ Heads Up โ€“ next Monday is a modified Bank Holiday Schedule โ€“ 26+2 FLOW (60-min format) at 9am ONLY.

๐ŸŒž Wishing you a wonderful, yoga-filled week
& an extra sunny Bank Holiday weekend ๐Ÿ™Œ
K & J xx

๐Ÿ’Œ This weekโ€™s email just landed in your inbox (if youโ€™re on our mailing list, of course!) โ€“ a day late because of the Ba...
05/05/2026

๐Ÿ’Œ This weekโ€™s email just landed in your inbox (if youโ€™re on our mailing list, of course!) โ€“ a day late because of the Bank Holiday.

๐Ÿฆ‹ It is a reminder that yoga wonโ€™t solve all of our problems, but it sure does go a long way in offering us the space, perspective & clarity to do so.

๐Ÿ‘‰โ–ถ๏ธ It is the best โ€˜resetโ€™ button we know of, & a button that we need to press as close to daily as possible.

๐Ÿ™Œ Go onโ€ฆ Push the button!!!

๐Ÿค” WHY do you share so many not-yoga-related stories, photos & videos? You might be askingโ€ฆ

๐ŸŒนโ˜บ๏ธ Because they are the little things that remind us of how precious, beautiful & extraordinary life is, even when our problems feel insurmountable & the world is as it is.

๐ŸŒ„ This weekโ€™s offerings include more wild orchids, butterflies that have fallen asleep on them, walks & views & my favourite furry grass (no music because the sound of the nightingale in the tree is too magical).

๐Ÿ“† We are already 3X classes in this week & all of the rest of this weekโ€™s classes will run as normal. Johnny .johnny.yoga will teach his usual on Weds, George will teach his usual on Sun, & Kristin will be with you for all of the above.

๐Ÿ’Œ Check your inbox for this weekโ€™s Monday newsletter
โœ… Check yourself in for class tonight & through the rest of this week & next!

๐ŸŒž Wishing you a wonderful, yoga-filled week
K & J xx

๐Ÿชบ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ๐ŸฆŽ๐Ÿฆ—๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿชป๐Ÿ› ๏ธ๐ŸŒ„ Itโ€™s long walks season, nesting bird season, gardening season, bearded iris season, green lizard season, ...
27/04/2026

๐Ÿชบ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ๐ŸฆŽ๐Ÿฆ—๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿชป๐Ÿ› ๏ธ๐ŸŒ„ Itโ€™s long walks season, nesting bird season, gardening season, bearded iris season, green lizard season, wild orchid season, jaw-droppingly beautiful sunset season, & big jobs season (new wood store for all of our fallen trees from the storms, & a new barn roof to be built once the old roof is down โ€“ hooray for getting rid of the eyesore!).

๐Ÿคธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™†โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿน & Itโ€™s always yoga season โ€“ but PLEASE NOTE that itโ€™s a BANK HOLIDAY SCHEDULE NEXT MONDAY 4th MAY - & those of you who have been missing Hatha Flow as much as we have will have a chance to practice it again then (& maybe next Bank Hol if it goes down well this time around).

๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿป Itโ€™s also very much dialogue season for those of you who are training to teach 26+2 this year with us (& technically itโ€™s still registration season for the TT if youโ€™ve been thinking about it but havenโ€™t pushed the button on it yetโ€ฆ. Consider this your sign! ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ”˜๐Ÿ™Œ)

๐Ÿ“† Apart from the modified schedule next Monday 4th, all other classes this week & next will run as normal. Johnny .johnny.yoga will teach his usual on Weds, George will teach his usual on Sun, & Kristin will be with you for all of the above.

๐Ÿ’Œ Check your inbox for this weekโ€™s Monday newsletter
โœ… Check yourself in for class tonight & through the rest of this week & next!

๐ŸŒž Wishing you a wonderful, yoga-filled week
K & J xx

๐ŸŒž I know itโ€™s something youโ€™ve all heard from me beforeโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿ’ซ There is something incredibly special about revisiting the f...
20/04/2026

๐ŸŒž I know itโ€™s something youโ€™ve all heard from me beforeโ€ฆ.

๐Ÿ’ซ There is something incredibly special about revisiting the familiar, again & again & again, & finding something new each time.

๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿชด๐ŸŒณ Sow the seeds, nurture them, experience the subtle & dramatic shifts, keep returning to see what has emerged.

๐ŸŒทโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿโ„๏ธ Through the seasons, the highs & lows, the rough & smoothโ€ฆ Get to know the layers of yourself through your practice.

๐Ÿ‘Œ Find a practice that works for you & keep returning to it โ€“ again & again & again.
๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ For Bear, itโ€™s butt rubs (all the time โ€“ does the job!)
๐Ÿน & For us, itโ€™s 26+2.

๐Ÿ’Œ Check your inbox for this weekโ€™s Monday newsletter
โœ… Check yourself in for class tonight & through the rest of this week!
๐Ÿ“† Johnny .johnny.yoga will teach his usual on Weds, George will teach his usual on Sun, & Kristin will be with you for all of the above

๐ŸŒž Wishing you a wonderful, yoga-filled week
K & J xx

๐Ÿ’ซ We just realised that, now that weโ€™re both a year older, weโ€™ve both been practising yoga half of our lives! ๐Ÿ‘Œ Consiste...
13/04/2026

๐Ÿ’ซ We just realised that, now that weโ€™re both a year older, weโ€™ve both been practising yoga half of our lives!

๐Ÿ‘Œ Consistently โ€“ because we know how much easier life is with yoga in it.

โ“ Most frequent question in our household: โ€œAre you taking class today?โ€
๐Ÿ™ƒ Most frequent response to the question: โ€œYES!!โ€

๐Ÿ˜œ Have we ever been inconsistent with our practice? Admittedly yes, but we learned our lesson & weโ€™re not going there again! ๐Ÿ˜‰

๐Ÿ’› Although we canโ€™t do your practice for you, we did make it as easy as possible for you to be consistent with your practice, too.

โณ Take the length of the class you want to attend, then add 30 seconds to it to get yourself booked in & Zoom loaded on your device, & off you go.

๐Ÿค” Then the second most frequent question in our household arises: โ€œWhere is it going to land today?โ€
๐Ÿ™Œ And that, Yogis, is the beauty of the great unknown!

๐Ÿ’Œ Check your inbox for this weekโ€™s Monday newsletter
โœ… Check yourself in for class tonight & through the rest of this week!
๐Ÿ“† Johnny .johnny.yoga will teach his usual on Weds, George will teach his usual on Sun, & Kristin will be with you for all of the above

๐ŸŒž Wishing you a wonderful, yoga-filled week
K & J xx

This weekโ€™s shares:
1 โ€“ When you register for classes, you too can practice bringing your shoulder to your chin (instant improvement in your standing bow) ๐Ÿน
2 โ€“ Lilac โ€“ gifted by our neighbour Francine ๐Ÿชป
3 โ€“ Hare & Bear ๐Ÿ‡
4 โ€“ Bee swarming season ๐Ÿ
5 โ€“ Baby green woodpecker ๐Ÿชบ๐Ÿฃ
6 โ€“ Baby green woodpecker w another hare โ˜บ๏ธ
7 โ€“ This weekโ€™s live-stream class schedule โ€“ consider each class an invite from us! ๐Ÿ’Œ

๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒฟ Spring continues to deliver & we are here for it! ๐Ÿชบ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿชฟ๐ŸฆŒ๐Ÿชป๐Ÿ This last week has marked the return of some of our sea...
30/03/2026

๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒฟ Spring continues to deliver & we are here for it!

๐Ÿชบ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿชฟ๐ŸฆŒ๐Ÿชป๐Ÿ This last week has marked the return of some of our seasonal visitors (& evidence of nesting & hatching in the woodland), as well as visits from some of the residents at Peyrounet as well as our neighbourโ€™s residents. The cattle at Nibouzou (below the viewpoint on our edges stroll) are grazing & nursing their calves & wild orchids are also popping up everywhere, & slightly earlier than usual.

๐Ÿ•—๐ŸŒ„ & Today marks the start of 2026 after-class sunset strolls (exciting!) โ€“ those of you who have visited in previous years know how perfect it is to go from class to sunset (or class to dinner to sunset during the summer). We do love a landscape view that leaves us in awe, & we do love Central European Summer Time / British Summer Time!

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿšœ & In case you havenโ€™t heard: We bought a digger! Hooray for our winning bid in last weekโ€™s auction. We hope to welcome it to its new home this week ๐Ÿคž

๐Ÿ˜† Since a few of you have asked โ€œWill there be digger rides?โ€ in reference to our retreat offerings โ€“ I mean, why not?! Plus you can save ยฃ85 (or more) in our 26+2 Retreat Sale until 12th April ๐Ÿฅณ

๐Ÿ“† PLEASE NOTE that the Live-Stream Class Schedule is modified across the Easter Holidays, from this Friday 3rd to Tues 7th April, inclusive. You can still get on your mat with .johnny.yoga on Weds, on Sun & K for the rest โ€“ see the Schedule here or check your inbox where youโ€™ll find it in your Mon newsletter ๐Ÿ’Œ

๐ŸŒž Wishing you a wonderful week & a peaceful Easter
With Metta
K & J xx

โ˜€๏ธ 26+2 ร€ LA CAMPAGNE RETREAT SALE โ€“ STARTS TODAY!SAVE ยฃ85 (or more) when you register by 12 April (or while spaces rema...
27/03/2026

โ˜€๏ธ 26+2 ร€ LA CAMPAGNE RETREAT SALE โ€“ STARTS TODAY!
SAVE ยฃ85 (or more) when you register by 12 April (or while spaces remain; deposit + payment plans available)

๐Ÿชบ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ› The days are getting longer and brighter, the clocks spring forward this weekend, & everything is bursting back to life โ€“ summer is just around the corner.

๐Ÿ˜Š & here we really (really) like summer โ€“ it is the season that we get to share with you!

โ›ฑ๏ธ๐ŸŒป๐Ÿ‰ We have a few spaces remaining on our 26+2 ร  la Campagne Retreat โ€“ 24-31 July 2026 โ€“ & TODAY marks the start of discounts on those final spaces.

โœจ From now until Sun 12th April (or while spaces remain), save ยฃ85 or more off the price of retreat by simply registering & paying your ยฃ200 deposit.

๐Ÿ˜Ž From there, you can decide whether youโ€™d prefer to pay upfront or pay in instalments โ€“ simply email us to discuss payment plan options & your preference.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Spaces remaining include:
- Private double room (shared facilities)
- Shared room with double beds

๐Ÿ’Œ CHECK YOUR INBOX, EMAIL/DM US OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR FULL DETAILS

๐ŸŒž We cannot wait to welcome you to our beautiful, peaceful & sun-drenched corner of Occitanie, rural SW France this summer!

๐Ÿ’› Kristin & Johnny xx
(๐Ÿพ & Bear x)

โ€˜Obstacles do not block the path; they are the pathโ€™ -Zen proverb ๐Ÿ’Œ Check your inbox for this weekโ€™s newsletter, includi...
23/03/2026

โ€˜Obstacles do not block the path; they are the pathโ€™ -Zen proverb

๐Ÿ’Œ Check your inbox for this weekโ€™s newsletter, including thoughts on Self-Transformation, the discomfort of dramatic change, getting out of our own way, & what I learn from students who carry right attitude onto their mat.

๐Ÿพ He thinks Iโ€™m in his wayโ€ฆ I think heโ€™s in my wayโ€ฆ We have a heart-to-heart to explain our sides of the storyโ€ฆ We agree to disagree. ๐Ÿค

๐Ÿ‘ The videoโ€ฆ well thatโ€™s how simple it can feel to shift our attitude towards our self-limiting beliefs & clear the hurdle that was standing in our wayโ€ฆ They may not be as easy as that all of the time, but sometimes they very much are.

๐ŸŒธ And then there was the tree peony that magically grew in a hedgerow at the end of our lane that seemed like enough of a miracle to share with you. It bloomed on Thursday, the day that my Auntie Jeanie passed away, just two weeks after her 100th birthday.

๐Ÿ“† Itโ€™s another week of Full Live-Stream Class Schedule โ€“ 12X opportunities to get on your mat with .johnny.yoga on Weds, on Sun & K for all of the above.

๐ŸŒž Wishing you a wonderful week!
With Metta
K (& J) xx

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