Yogashona

Yogashona �500 hrs Yoga Scotland teaching diploma. (2013-2015)

�Certified vishoka meditation teacher.

If you’re tired of constantly trying to fix yourself, become a better version of yourself or figure everything out…

…you’re welcome here.

⬇️ Start with STAYING when it feels hard. Himalayan Institute (2019-2020)

For more detailed info on all current class options and to book please see the website.

02/08/2026

I’m taking a little time away with my family.

The tides will keep rising and falling.

So will life.

See you on the other side.

👋😎🧡

31/07/2026

I used to think a consistent practice meant never missing a class.

Now I think it’s something much quieter.

Can I stay with myself…

…on holiday?

…around family?

…when plans change?

…when life takes an unexpected turn?

…when I notice I want to avoid, appease, perform, stay silent or disappear?

…when I notice I’m abandoning myself?

The mat isn’t coming with me when I go away next week.

The practice is.

Not because I’ll remember to stretch.

Because I’ll keep asking…

Can I stay?

Your practice doesn’t have to look like mine.

It just has to become yours.

🧡

30/07/2026

I’ve been quietly creating something.

Not a retreat.

Not a workshop.

More like a chance to spend a few hours practising what we’ve been talking about here.

Moving.

Breathing.

Being still.

Sharing tea.

Sitting round a fire.

Remembering that you don’t have to arrive as a better version of yourself.

You can simply arrive.

Here.

As you are.

Save the date.

30th August 2026.

More soon.


🧡


29/07/2026

For a very long time I thought yoga was what happened during the class.

The breathing.

The postures.

The relaxation.

The meditation.

🧘🏻

Now I think that’s where I rehearse.

The practice begins afterwards.

When life doesn’t go to plan.

When something in me wants to disappear, explain, avoid, distract or perform.

When I notice I’m abandoning myself.

That’s the moment I quietly ask…

Can I stay?

Your practice doesn’t have to look like mine.

It just has to become yours.

🧡

I’ve been thinking a lot this week about self-abandonment.It rarely looks dramatic.It looks like overriding what we alre...
28/07/2026

I’ve been thinking a lot this week about self-abandonment.

It rarely looks dramatic.

It looks like overriding what we already know.

Pushing through.

Performing.

Saying yes when we mean no.

Staying busy.

Trying to become someone who finally deserves to belong.

Here’s what I’m wondering…

What if belonging isn’t something we earn?

What if it’s something we stop leaving?

🧡

26/07/2026

”Mum, remember to print the forms I need you to fill out for my Uni funding”

3 reminders from my daughter later….

🤦🏻😮‍💨😬

It looked like procrastination.

It was actually protection.

I’ve spent years calling myself lazy, disorganised or undisciplined, when often I was simply trying not to feel something uncomfortable.

These days I’m practising noticing the feeling first.

Then…

F**k it.

Exhale.

Be here.

…. and do the thing.

🧡

belonghere

Sometimes we gather around a fire.Sometimes we gather around a tray of candles because… it’s Scotland ☔️🤣Either way, the...
24/07/2026

Sometimes we gather around a fire.

Sometimes we gather around a tray of candles because… it’s Scotland ☔️🤣

Either way, the invitation is the same.

We’ll make some tea.

We’ll sit together for a while.

We’ll spend a little time with one question.

We’ll light the fire (or candles).

We’ll chant.

And then…

We’ll see what happens.

No experience needed.

No charge.

No expectation that you have to share anything.

Just come exactly as you are.

🧡

If that sounds like somewhere you’d like to spend a couple of hours on next week’s full moon, send me a message and I’ll let you know the details.

(We’ll decide nearer the time whether we’re gathering under the sky or under the roof… either way, the fire will be lit.)

22/07/2026

I’ve been noticing something recently.

We often hear the phrase…

“Listen to your body.”

But I’m not so sure that listening is actually the difficult part.

Most of us hear it perfectly well.

The sore knee.

The tiredness.

The tight chest.

The lump in the throat.

The knot in the stomach.

The illness creeping in.

The tenderness.

The difficult part is believing it.

Somewhere along the way many of us learned to trust almost everything else before ourselves.

The internet.

The training plan.

The calendar.

The app.

The watch.

The teacher.

The doctor.

The latest expert.

The latest trend.

The stars. ✨

Meanwhile…

Our own body quietly waits to be trusted.

I’m beginning to wonder if we don’t have a listening problem at all.

Maybe we’ve simply forgotten that our body is worth believing.

🧡

17/07/2026

😮‍💨😌

Have you ever noticed…how often your mind is scanning?Noticing what might happen next.Checking your phone.Who’s texting ...
15/07/2026

Have you ever noticed…

how often your mind is scanning?

Noticing what might happen next.

Checking your phone.

Who’s texting me?

What do they want now?

Rehearsing and replaying conversations.

Wondering if someone is upset.

Thinking about tomorrow while today is still happening.

Planning your reply before the other person has finished speaking.

Watching Netflix while scrolling.

Reading one more article.

Watching one more news clip.

Listening to one more podcast.

Looking for one more answer.

As I’ve been sitting with this over the last few days, I’ve realised I’ve spent loads of my life scanning.

Scanning people.

Scanning for danger.

Scanning for what might happen next.

Scanning for the next thing that might finally make me feel OK.

Looking back, I can even see it in my experience with addiction.

I wasn’t really looking for another drink.

I was looking for relief.

For a few moments where I didn’t have to stay so alert.

I don’t think that’s unique to addiction.

I think many of us spend our lives reaching for something…

our phones,

the news,

food,

work,

exercise,

another podcast,

another course,

another answer…

hoping that the next thing will finally give us permission to rest.

For years I thought this was just who I was.

An overthinker.

Someone who couldn’t switch off.

Now I’m beginning to wonder if it wasn’t my personality at all.

Maybe I’d simply become exceptionally good at scanning.

And if you’ve spent years scanning for what might go wrong…

of course stillness feels unfamiliar.

Maybe you’re not broken.

Maybe you’ve just learned to relate to life this way.

And maybe…

there’s another way.

🧡

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