Sally Eccleston

Sally Eccleston HCPC Registered Psychologist & Senior Yoga Teacher with 8+ years in trauma, somatic therapy & yoga.

Offering 1:1 sessions, embodiment classes & events in High Peak, Derbyshire. Helping you heal, reconnect & build nervous system resilience. Having experienced periods of depression, stress and anxiety before, I take individuals who are ready for change from burn out and disconnect to positive mental and physical wellbeing. I specialise in women's health, positive mental health and trauma combining

neuroscience and psychology with the spiritual practices of yoga, meditation and yoga nidra to help individuals, organisations and groups to flourish, find peace and feel at ease. I offer a unique and holistic approach to wellbeing through working one-to-one with individuals, my online offer of a membership, classes and courses as well as group programmes and in-person events. My belief is that psychology and yoga should be accessible to everybody, and I teach effective ways to deal with difficult situations or states of mind, including stress and anxiety. My focus is to promote positive wellbeing, psychological growth and spiritual practice for everyone. As a psychologist I have a deep understanding of how our minds function, and as a yoga teacher, I also specialise in the body and mind connection.

If your nervous system has been feeling overwhelmed, you’re not alone 💛I’ve created a simple, gentle guide to help you s...
27/05/2026

If your nervous system has been feeling overwhelmed, you’re not alone 💛

I’ve created a simple, gentle guide to help you slow things down and come back to yourself ✨
5 small steps, but powerful shifts.

You can download it for free via the link in my bio.

Sally x

One of the things I love most about retreat spaces is watching people arrive carrying so much tension, pressure, exhaust...
23/05/2026

One of the things I love most about retreat spaces is watching people arrive carrying so much tension, pressure, exhaustion or emotional holding… and then slowly soften over the weekend.

My retreats weave together yoga, somatics, nervous system support, guided practices, reflective workshops, group connection, rest, nature, ceremony, and really nourishing food - all in a way that’s grounded, trauma-informed, and deeply human.

We explore things like emotional regulation, stress, patterns we carry in the body, inner critic parts, boundaries, rest, connection, and what it means to actually feel safe enough to slow down. There’s movement, but also stillness. Depth, but also lightness and laughter.

You don’t need to be “good” at yoga or have everything figured out. Most people come because they’re tired of constantly being in survival mode and want space to reconnect with themselves in a more honest and embodied way.

It’s less about escaping life… and more about returning to yourself within it 🤍

Retreats with me

20th-23rd November 2026 in Anglesey - from £425

6th-11th May 2027 in Haute-Vienne, France - from £900

19th-22nd November 2027 in Sedburgh - from £550

Get in touch for more details and to book in with a deposit to secure your room

21/05/2026

Do we need to keep going over the past to heal?

IFS and somatic therapy say: not necessarily.

Healing isn’t about endlessly retelling the story. It’s about noticing *what happens inside you* as you revisit it.

Who shows up? What part is speaking? What happens in your body?

You don’t always need to relive the past to heal it. Sometimes the nervous system needs safety, connection, and a different experience - not more analysis.

18/05/2026

I created this afternoon because I know how easy it is to get caught up in doing, rushing, and holding everything together…

And how much we all need space to pause 💛

RETURN is a gentle afternoon to slow down, soften, and reconnect with yourself and with others.

Join me on Sunday 7th June, 1:15–5:30pm at Chinley Community Centre.

Spaces are limited to keep it really personal. Book your place via my website (link in bio).

There’s a story behind these words. 🤍Many people don’t walk through the door because life feels calm and spacious. They ...
18/05/2026

There’s a story behind these words. 🤍

Many people don’t walk through the door because life feels calm and spacious. They come carrying stress, grief, overwhelm, burnout, anxiety, loneliness, pressure, or simply the quiet feeling that somewhere along the way they’ve lost connection with themselves.

Week after week, I’ve watched people arrive holding so much… and slowly soften.

Not because yoga “fixes” anything. But because sometimes what we need isn’t more striving. We need space. We need to exhale. We need somewhere we don’t have to perform, push, or hold it all together.

This community has become so much more than a yoga class. It’s become an oasis in busy lives. A place to regulate, reconnect, be welcomed exactly as you are, and remember yourself beneath the noise.

People often tell me they leave feeling calmer, more grounded, more peaceful, more themselves.

This practice we call yoga has never been about perfect poses. It’s always been about people, liberation and transformation.

Thank you to everyone who walks through the door, trusts the process, and makes this community what it is. You make these spaces feel special. ✨

If you’ve been wondering whether to come along, this is your sign: you don’t need to be flexible, experienced, or have it all figured out. You just need to arrive.

12/05/2026

Choosing a retreat venue is never just about aesthetics for me.

I choose very carefully.

The space itself becomes part of the healing. The nervous system responds to environment long before words are spoken.

I look for places where people can soften.
Where there’s room to breathe.
Where nature is close enough to feel.
Where we can practice outside under the sky, hear birdsong during meditation, walk barefoot on the earth, watch the light change across the day.

Immersion matters.

Stepping away from everyday life creates space to reconnect - with the body, with stillness, with something deeper underneath the noise.
The right venue holds the work quietly in the background.

It supports rest, openness, connection, and presence in ways people often can’t fully explain… but can deeply feel.

Retreat spaces are chosen with intention, care, and nervous system safety at the heart of it all 🤍

Come on retreat with me

- Anglesey, Wales 20th-23rd November 2026

- France 6th-11th May 2027

- Wales Summer Solstice 16th-18th June 2028

DM me for brochures, or book for Anglesey via my website

All are open to book with a deposit now, payment plans available

Questions are welcome!

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about integration, because there have definitely been periods in my own life where I’ve ...
11/05/2026

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about integration, because there have definitely been periods in my own life where I’ve done so much “inner work” without really giving myself space to *digest* any of it.

I could understand myself cognitively. I could explain my patterns. But underneath that, my nervous system was still overwhelmed, still braced, still moving quickly from one insight to the next without fully landing anywhere.

And I think this happens to so many of us. We become very good at analysing, learning and processing… but not always at slowing down enough to let the body catch up.

For me, some of the deepest shifts haven’t happened in the breakthrough moments themselves, but afterwards. In conversation. In movement. In writing. In being witnessed by safe people without needing to be “fixed”.

Sometimes healing looks less like becoming a “better version” of yourself and more like slowly feeling safer inside your own life.

This is also why integration can feel so powerful in small groups. There’s something deeply regulating about being heard, about hearing someone else describe something you thought only you felt, about allowing experience to become words and images.

So often the nervous system doesn’t just need insight.
It needs resonance. Safety. Space. Connection.

This is a big part of why, from June, I’ll be offering a longer session once a month as part of my Wednesday yoga & somatic classes , as well as weekend sessions for anyone who wants to come: gentle spaces for reflection, writing, sharing and allowing the work to land more deeply.

If this resonates, I’d love to hear what helps *you* integrate after emotional or somatic work 🤍

10/05/2026

Just a gentle reminder that Deep Rest Reset is happening soon ✨

🗓 Sunday 17th May
⏰ 5:15–6:45pm
📍 Chinley Community Centre

If your nervous system is craving a pause… this is it.

90 minutes of restorative yoga, yoga nidra & somatic unwinding to help you fully switch off and reset.

Early bird is £23 (limited spaces)
Book via the link in my bio 🤍

08/05/2026

Yoga is not something to achieve.
Not a level to unlock.
Not a perfect pose, flexible body, or spiritual identity to earn.

It can’t really be measured in “beginner,” “intermediate,” or “advanced.” Because the deepest parts of practice aren’t about performance at all.

Sometimes the most “advanced” practice is feeling what’s actually here.
Meeting yourself honestly in this moment.

Yoga isn’t a ladder.
It’s a relationship - with breath, body, awareness, and life itself.

There is no final version of you waiting at the top.
Only deeper layers of remembering who you already are. 🤍

A little note to say things might start looking a bit different around here 🤍This rebrand has been a long time coming - ...
07/05/2026

A little note to say things might start looking a bit different around here 🤍

This rebrand has been a long time coming - and it’s still very much a work in progress. But it still feels important to share.

Over the years I’ve tried to fit what I do into neat boxes. Psychologist. Somatic therapist. Yoga teacher. Coach. Retreat facilitator. Mother. Business owner. But none of those parts exist separately for me. They all inform each other.

And of course, the integration of all of this comes from my own healing too.

There have been seasons where I’ve felt overwhelmed, burnt out, disconnected from myself, masking, doubting myself, trying to hold everything together whilst looking like I was coping. I’m sure I’m not the only one.

We’re conditioned to make it look like we’re holding it all together whilst quietly struggling underneath.

And when it comes to wellbeing, people don’t need more pressure to become someone else. Most of us are already exhausted from trying. We need spaces where we can soften. Breathe. Feel. Reconnect. Remember ourselves again.

I think that’s partly why “Wellness with Sally” no longer fully resonates too. Somewhere along the line wellness started to feel a little disconnected from what I actually care about.

Sometimes the wellness world can feel performative, polished and curated - like everyone is calm, glowing and thriving.

I’m more interested in what’s real. The nervous system underneath the coping. The grief, tenderness, exhaustion, joy and contradictions of being human.

My work isn’t about becoming a perfect version of yourself. It’s about feeling safe enough to actually be yourself.

As my work evolves, I also want this space to reflect the wider work I care deeply about - not only individual healing, but relational and systemic healing too. The work happening in schools, communities and families.
Supporting children, young people, parents, educators and organisations in more embodied, and trauma-informed ways.

Because my vision has become bigger than creating a “wellness brand.”

Thank you for being here whilst this all unfolds, and I continue to build a body of work that truly reflects how I want to live 🤍

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High Peak
SK22 3BN

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 5:30pm - 8:30pm

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+447459920930

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