Green Deva

14/10/2026

I ask students to take a moment before we begin each class. Not to set an intention - that phrase has done a lot of work in yoga rooms over the years and I think it's earned a rest.

Just to notice. Where are you right now? What did you bring in with you that you might be willing to put down for the next hour?

Some people find it a bit odd at first. But over time it tends to become one of the most valued parts of the class - because most of us arrive somewhere still carrying the last place we were.

12/10/2026

There's something about October that makes me want to slow down and not apologise for it.

The light changes. The mornings take longer. Something in the season just asks for a different pace - and after months of summer energy, I find I'm quite glad of it.

Yoga in autumn has always felt more natural to me than yoga in any other season.

Less about pushing, more about settling. Less about what you're building toward and more about what's actually here.

If that sounds like something your week could use, doors are open - Tuesdays in Bebington and Wednesdays in Hooton. No pressure, just an open room and a welcoming class.

09/10/2026

Setting up for class in Hooton on Wednesday, I found myself thinking about how different the same room can feel from week to week.

Same mats. Same walls. Same group of people, mostly. But some evenings there's a quality of stillness in the room before we've even begun - and some evenings we have to find it together, which honestly takes a bit longer and is often more interesting.

I think that variability is part of what makes a regular practice worth having.

Not the consistency of what you find there. The consistency of looking.

07/10/2026

I used to think the most important thing in a yoga practice was showing up consistently.

I've changed my mind about that.

What I notice now is that the students who build something lasting aren't necessarily the ones who never miss a session. They're the ones who come back without making a production of it. No guilt, no grand reinstatement. Just: here I am again.

That quality - the easy return - is harder to cultivate than consistency.

But I think it's more useful.

05/10/2026

If October has you feeling like you'd like something slow and considered in your week - classes are on Tuesdays at Mayer Hall in Bebington and Wednesdays at Encore Music and Wellness Centre in Hooton.

No prior experience needed. No particular level of flexibility required. Just a willingness to turn up and see what the session offers.

Feel free to message if you'd like to know more.

02/10/2026

The question I hear most often from people thinking about starting yoga is some version of: am I too late?

Too stiff. Too out of practice. Too far from where they imagine they should be before they begin.

I always want to say: there isn't a waiting room. The practice doesn't have a minimum entry requirement. You just turn up and we start from there.

That's genuinely how it works. Whatever you're bringing with you on the day - tired, rusty, slightly sceptical - is fine.

We work with what's actually there.

30/09/2026

"Practice becomes firmly grounded when well attended to for a long time, without break and in all earnestness." ~ Patanjali, Yoga Sutras 1.14

The phrase 'without break' can sound like a demand for perfection. But I don't think that's what Patanjali was after.

What I think he means is something quieter: that the practice works when it becomes a thread running through your life rather than an event you attend.

Not daily in the sense of never missing a day. Daily in the sense of never quite letting go of it.

That's a different kind of consistency.

And a much more human one.

23/09/2026

If you're new to yoga and want to understand it a bit better first, Yoga Basics on the website (www.green-deva.com/yoga-basics) is a good place to start.

And if you're ready to try it in person, I teach Tuesdays in Bebington and Wednesdays in Hooton - you'd be very welcome to join us.

New to yoga, or just want to understand it a bit better before you dive in? This is the place to start.

21/09/2026

If working with breath and stillness deliberately is the part of yoga that interests you most - rather than as a side effect of the physical practice- it's worth spending proper time with breathwork on its own.

The Living Breath was built around exactly this. More on the website, under courses, if you'd like a look -> www.green-deva.com

18/09/2026

"Practice becomes firmly grounded when well attended to for a long time, without break and in all earnestness." ~ Patanjali, Yoga Sutras

Consistency over intensity, every time.