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Yoga teacher and complementary therapist practising Reiki, Reflexology, Indian Head Massage, Aromatherapy. Teaches Reiki and Yoga.

Breath Works owner Dee Taylor, An Ashtanga Yoga, Yin Yoga and Dru Yoga teacher, practices Reiki, Aromatherapy, Reflexology . Runs Retreats and workshops too.

28/08/2026

What actually makes a yoga pose healing?
It isn't how deep you go.
It isn't how perfectly you hold the shape.
And it isn't about pushing your body to its limits.
Sometimes healing happens when you stop forcing.

When you listen to your breath.
When you notice where you're holding tension.
When you give your body permission to soften.
When you choose a modification instead of pushing through.
When you recognise that today's practice may look completely different from yesterday's.

Yoga doesn't ask you to fix yourself.
It invites you to listen to yourself.
To meet your body where it is.
To create space rather than resistance.
To move with curiosity rather than judgement.

And sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do on your mat...
is simply be there. 🤍

Healing isn't always dramatic.
Sometimes it's a quieter relationship with your body.
One breath.
One movement.
One moment of listening at a time.

Save this as a reminder: you don't have to push harder to heal.

26/08/2026

What actually makes a yoga pose work?

It’s not about how far you can stretch.
It’s not about how flexible you are.
And it’s definitely not about whether your pose looks like someone else’s.

A yoga pose “works” when you are present inside it.
When you can breathe.
When you can feel what is happening in your body.
When you are listening instead of forcing.
Sometimes the deepest expression of a pose isn't going further.

Sometimes it's softening.
Sometimes it's using a block.
Sometimes it's bending your knees.
Sometimes it's choosing to come out of the pose completely.

Because yoga isn't about achieving the perfect shape.
It's about the relationship you build with yourself while you're practising.

✨ Can you breathe comfortably?
✨ Can you stay aware?
✨ Can you let go of the need to perform?

If the answer is yes, you're already doing the practice.
The shape is only part of yoga.
The awareness you bring to it is where the real practice begins. 🤍

Save this for the next time you find yourself comparing your practice to someone else's.

24/08/2026

THE AUTUMN EQUINOX
A time to pause, reflect & turn inward
The Autumn Equinox marks the moment when day and night are almost equal in length. From this point onwards, the days gradually become shorter and the nights longer as we move towards winter.

But the Equinox is more than a change in the calendar.
It offers us a beautiful opportunity to pause and notice the shift happening around us.

A TIME TO REFLECT
Summer is often a season of outward energy doing, creating, connecting and growing.
Autumn invites a different rhythm.
A time to look back at what you've experienced, celebrate what has grown and acknowledge what you've learned.
What are you proud of?
What have you created?
What no longer needs your energy?

🌱 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO NURTURE?
Just as nature begins preparing for winter, we can begin turning our attention inward.
Rather than constantly asking "What should I do next?", perhaps ask:
"What do I want to nurture?"
A relationship.
A dream.
Your health.
Your creativity.
Your peace.
Or simply… yourself.

🧘‍♀️ THE YOGA CONNECTION
Yoga gives us a beautiful way to honour this transition.
We can use movement to release what we're carrying, breath to create space, and stillness to listen to what we actually need.
Autumn doesn't ask us to stop growing.
It reminds us that growth also happens when we slow down.

🍂 This Equinox, don't just rush into the next season.
Pause.
Breathe.
Reflect.
Release.

And make space for what you want to carry forward.
What are you ready to let go of this autumn? And what would you like to nurture? 🤎

19/08/2026

Balance doesn't always mean standing perfectly on your own.
Sometimes balance looks like reaching for a chair.
Sometimes it looks like taking a breath.
Sometimes it means slowing down.
And sometimes it means accepting a little help.
We can be strong and still need support.
We can be independent and still lean on someone.
We can wobble, lose our balance, try again… and still be exactly where we need to be.

Yoga reminds us that balance isn't a fixed place we arrive at.

It is something we continually practise.
One breath.
One movement.
One moment at a time.

And perhaps the most beautiful part?
We don't have to do it all alone.
A prop doesn't make the pose less valuable.
Support doesn't make us weaker.
Asking for help doesn't mean we've failed.
It simply gives us the space to find our balance again.

Where could you allow yourself a little more support today?

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17/08/2026

🍂 Autumn Equinox Celebration 🍂

As summer gently begins to fade and the days start to shorten, the Autumn Equinox invites us to pause, reflect and turn our energy inward.
The Summer Solstice marked the peak of light and outward expansion. Now, as we move towards autumn, nature reminds us that there is beauty in slowing down, letting go and making space for what comes next.
This workshop is an opportunity to take a little time for you.

We’ll begin with an energising Vinyasa practice, opening the body and creating space, before gradually moving into a gentle and nurturing Yin practice.
There will be time to reflect on all that you have experienced and accomplished, acknowledge what has grown, and consider what you would like to nurture through the coming season.

✨ Move
✨ Reflect
✨ Release
✨ Nurture
✨ Turn inward

📅 Saturday 19 September 2026
🕙 10am – 12pm BST
📍 OMH Therapies Yoga & Meditation Studio, Edinburgh

Only 9 spaces available, so if you're feeling called to slow down and reconnect, I'd love to share this seasonal morning with you.

Honour the season. Come home to yourself.

13/08/2026

✨ Yoga is an addition. ✨

Not another thing to be perfect at.
Not another box to tick.
Not another way to measure yourself.

Yoga adds.

🌿 Energy when you feel depleted.
🌿 Strength when you feel uncertain.
🌿 Space when your mind feels busy.
🌿 Awareness when you're moving through life on autopilot.
🌿 Beauty in the simple act of being present.

And perhaps most importantly, yoga teaches us that we don't have to become someone else to feel whole.

We simply create space to reconnect with what is already within us.

Come to your mat to add something nourishing to your day.

A little movement.
A little breath.
A little stillness.

And then take that feeling with you when you step back into the world. 🤍

What does your yoga practice add to your life?

05/08/2026

✨ The goal of yoga isn't the perfect pose.

Some of the most meaningful moments in yoga aren't visible to anyone else.

They're the moments when you choose compassion instead of criticism.
When you take a slower breath.
When you honour what your body needs today instead of what it could do yesterday.

Yoga reminds us that there is nothing to prove.

Every posture is simply an invitation to become more aware, more present, and more connected to yourself.

The practice isn't about becoming someone different.

It's about gently returning to who you've always been beneath the busyness, expectations, and self-doubt.

So the next time you step onto your mat, let go of the idea that you need to perform.

Move with curiosity.
Breathe with intention.
Rest without guilt.

Because the most beautiful part of yoga isn't how it looks...

It's how it makes you feel. 🤍

✨ What has yoga taught you that goes beyond the physical practice?

03/08/2026

✨ August is here… and so is a fresh opportunity to reconnect with yourself. ✨

After a wonderful summer break, I'm so happy to be back on the mat and looking forward to practising with you again.

Whether you've been away on holiday, taken a break from yoga, or you're thinking of trying your very first class, this is your invitation to begin exactly where you are.

There is no need to be flexible.
No need to be experienced.
No need to be perfect.

Just bring yourself, your breath, and an open mind.

🧘 Monday evenings – Dee's Vinyasa Flow

🌿 Tuesday & Thursday mornings – Gentle Vinyasa Flow (also available via Livestream)

💜 Reiki Support Circle – Wednesday 12 August

Yoga isn't about touching your toes...

It's about coming home to yourself.

I'd love to welcome you to class. 🤍

Book here
https://bookwhen.com/deeatbreathworks

31/07/2026

✨ Yoga Beyond the Mat
Balancing Practice With Purpose 🌿

Yoga is so much more than what happens when we step onto our mat.

The real practice begins when we roll it back up.

It’s in how we speak to ourselves on difficult days.
How we respond when life doesn't go according to plan.
How we treat the people around us.
How we choose patience over reaction.
How we find balance between doing and being.

The poses are part of the practice —
but they are not the whole practice.

Yoga invites us to bring awareness into our choices, our relationships, our habits and the way we move through the world.

To ask:

✨ Am I living in alignment with what matters to me?
✨ Where could I create more balance?
✨ What am I holding onto that I could let go of?
✨ How can I bring more kindness into my everyday life?

Because perhaps the deepest yoga isn't the perfect pose.

It's living with awareness, purpose and compassion.

Your practice doesn't end when you leave the mat.
It comes with you. 🤍

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29/07/2026

✨ It's not about being good at something.
It's about being good to yourself. ✨

So often we measure ourselves by what we can do.

How flexible we are.
How strong we feel.
How productive we've been.

But yoga has never been about perfection.

It's about meeting yourself exactly where you are with kindness instead of criticism.

Some days you'll feel strong.
Some days you'll need to rest.
Some days simply showing up is the practice.

And every one of those days is enough.

The relationship you have with yourself is the longest one you'll ever have.

Treat it with the same patience, compassion, and love that you so freely give to others.

🤍 Today, choose to be gentle with yourself.

What is one way you can show yourself a little kindness today?

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http://www.Breath-works.co.uk/

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