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Yin is In

Workshops are a really important part of our program at Yoga on the Edge. It’s an opportunity to really dive deep and immerse yourself into an aspect of your yoga practice. We offer a wide range of specialised workshops from our experienced team of teachers. But we are also proud to host some of the most well-known names from around the yoga world.

Next in our impressive line up is Dhugal Meachem.

On September 10th, Dhugal will be arriving at Yoga on the Edge to lead you on a Yin workshop like no other…

Yoga to Beat the Heat

With a UK heatwave on the cards this week, it’s a good time to consider how yoga can help to beat the heat. As summer stretches out before us, here’s some ideas for your yoga practice – for when you need to cool down from within!

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Summer Solstice

June brings with it the Summer Solstice. On the 21st June we reach the shortest night and the longest day. The solstices have long been a point of celebration, so why not honour this auspicious time of year as part of your yoga practice?

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Yoga for Mental Health

It may be widely accepted that yoga improves flexibility and health of the body. But what about the mind?
In 2022 – post-lockdowns, modern society has a combination of stresses unique to our time. So, can yoga – an ancient, holistic system – have any benefit in modern-day management of mental wellbeing?

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Community at our Core

At the core of Yoga on the Edge is the community we build. We want our studio space to act as a retreat from the outside world as well as a place to connect to those within it.

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(Why you can’t) Beat a Retreat

Fancy working on your asana for a weekend in Wales? How about a savasana on sun-kissed shores? You’re not alone…

Yoga retreats have exploded in popularity in recent years, and with good reason.

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Good Intentions

Have you ever been sat on your mat, ready to start your yoga practice, when your teacher asks you to ‘set an intention’… only to have your mind go blank, or start worrying about the massive ‘to-do’ list you need to get through after your class, or what you’ll need to get for tea, or that you snapped at your partner on the way out of the house. No? Ok, you probably don’t need to read any further.

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What’s the Difference Between Stress & Anxiety?

By Sonia Morales, Integrative Health and Wellness. Mind Body Medicine

What is stress and anxiety and when does it become an issue? In this post Sonia explores these topics as well as providing some techniques and coping mechanisms to deal with day to day stress and anxiety.

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Getting Back on The Mat: A Mental Health Check

By Natalie Phillips

The idea of walking back into a studio can be quite daunting after a considerably long time in isolation. How do we cope and what lessons have we learned from lockdown?

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Making Sense Of Mindfulness

By Trisha Hills

The word ‘mindfulness’ has become ubiquitous in today’s language, we’ve all heard it, read it, maybe even used it, but how many of us understand what it is actually describing?

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