10/08/2026
Yesterday I taught my last Sunday morning zoom class 🥲
What started as a hasty and, frankly, terrifying way of keeping us practising together during those very odd early days of lockdown somehow carried on for more than six years.
After our last class, two lovely students sent me their memories of those Sunday mornings and I thought I'd share them, because they brought back so much I'd completely forgotten.
One went back to the journal she kept throughout Covid and found these entries:
24 March 2020
“At 6.30 Jo K broadcast a 10 minute meditation over Facebook. It took a while to get on board but made it just in time. It was a very welcome, calming session. ‘Be well, be safe, be at ease’.”
26 March 2020
“Booked two yoga classes to be delivered over Zoom – interesting!”
29 March 2020
“Today we had our first ‘proper’ yoga session with Jo – ‘Self Care Sunday’ over Zoom – it was excellent. A little more demanding than what I was expecting but that’s good! Around 20 people joined in. We were muted during class but could hear and see everyone as they joined and left the class.”
She went on to say:
“I remember that we were so impressed that you rose to the challenge so successfully. Your yoga sessions offered a bright light during such a grim time.
Thank you for instilling in us the discipline of practising yoga twice a week.”
Another student remembered those early days too:
“I remember those early days when screens froze, sound disappeared or Zoom just failed to turn up and tune in, but our little community came together and carried on and on and on.
In those first few weeks I would lie on my mat with a shallow, racing breath and heart pounding. By the end of the hour I would feel calm, more settled and know it would be OK.
How things have changed. I now come to the mat and feel a sense of ‘ahhh, this is for me’. I have learnt so much about myself and my body and can't thank you enough. THANK YOU.
I'm so looking forward to joining you in person for another adventure.”
I can't quite believe how many Sunday mornings we've shared since that first one in March 2020. I'm going to miss this loyal little group, but it does feel like the right time to finish. And with the studio opening, hopefully there will be plenty more opportunities to unroll our mats together – sometimes even in the same room!
Thank you to everyone who's been part of it. 💚
