Rise and Wild

Rise and Wild Sharing practices and supporting people to connect with their body, mind, breath and the natural world around us.

🧘🏽Guiding gentle yoga & embodied practices.
🌲Co-creating spaces for people to reconnect with nature, nurturing human & ecological wellbeing.
🥾Retreats, workshops and gatherings.
🌀Earthly living and community. Creating places, classes, workshops, courses and retreats for people to come together, to reconnect with themselves, to rise, rest and rewild our lives. I'm Rachel Barker, an accredited Natu

re & Health Facilitator and Yoga Teacher, based in Macclesfield working across Cheshire, the Peaks, Greater Manchester and beyond.

26/05/2026
Returning to wilder ground, remembering this way of beingand heading home a little more rooted.Thank you for joining me ...
12/05/2026

Returning to wilder ground,
remembering this way of being
and heading home a little more rooted.

Thank you for joining me wild Souls…
until our paths next weave together.

🌱🌍🌀🤎🔥🪶♥️🐺🌷

Between our day-to-day lives, roles and responsibilities, we rarely give ourselves permission or space to just be, do we...
27/04/2026

Between our day-to-day lives, roles and responsibilities, we rarely give ourselves permission or space to just be, do we?

🪴Space to settle, relax & connect on Wednesdays.

Join me for an hour’s guided practice on a Wednesday evening (6 – 7pm) to feel calmer & more at ease in both body and mind. It’s yoga… without any need to be flexible, strong, supple or even still.

Join me this week, or next in Macclesfield 💚
Find out more & book here: https://www.riseandwild.com/service-page/wednesday6pm

♾️ Folks with injuries, limited mobility, arthritis, busy minds, disabilities and neurodiversities join my classes & are supported and feel welcomed.

All the info for our upcoming 6-week Wellbeing with Nature programme below 🙏🏼Wednesdays through May and into June 🌱
18/04/2026

All the info for our upcoming 6-week Wellbeing with Nature programme below 🙏🏼

Wednesdays through May and into June 🌱

Join me tonight (Wednesday) at 6pm 🌸 in Macclesfield for an hour’s peaceful practice. A gentle yoga class exploring the ...
08/04/2026

Join me tonight (Wednesday) at 6pm 🌸 in Macclesfield for an hour’s peaceful practice. A gentle yoga class exploring the Pranamaya Kosha, the energy body, to bring about balance and remember the vitality of life (even if we’re shattered & spent).

Accessible movement, breathing techniques, philosophy, poetry and a whole lot of rest.

I teach at a slow pace & I’m expecting the class to be quiet this week with the Easter hols, so even more space to move & rest and breathe and be.

Classes are £12 (if that’s out of reach I offer reduced/free places, send me a message 🤍)

For more info or to book follow the link 👉🏼 https://www.riseandwild.com/service-page/wednesday6pm

🙏🏼🌱

I’ll be home from sunny Spain soon and bringing a little Andalusian energy back to our classes ✨ Whether it’s the commun...
28/03/2026

I’ll be home from sunny Spain soon and bringing a little Andalusian energy back to our classes ✨

Whether it’s the community or connection to self, the physical benefits… feeling less stiff & more supple, or the way our minds quieten and feel calmer, Yoga has so many benefits.

You don’t need to be flexible or have any experience. Our classes are 1 hour long and incorporate movement for mobility, breathing practices for relaxation & energy and nervous system reset. There’s options to suit your body and we don’t take ourselves too seriously.

If you’ve been thinking about coming along, it’s been a little while or your first time & would like to know more, get in touch ☺️ just a couple of spaces left for this week’s classes.

You can book 1 class or sign up for a course here: https://www.riseandwild.com/yoga

Rach x

Join me for a Spring day of grounding practices and a feast for your senses 🌲 We will share stories of place, explore ag...
18/03/2026

Join me for a Spring day of grounding practices and a feast for your senses 🌲 We will share stories of place, explore age-old ways to nurture our wellbeing, and tend to our roots in the woodland. Gather around fire, find space under open skies and if you wish, go for a swim in a beautiful, natural lake.

Embrace nature, explore movement, and lean into rest whilst disconnecting from technology & to-do lists. Meet yourself where you’re at and return to wilder ground... An invitation to remember the natural rhythm of being and at the end of the day, return home rooted. 

Find medicine in moss and sunlight ✨ Explore wild spaces, woodlands and water, with a gentle walk, embodied yoga practice, ancient philosophy for these modern times, and plenty of encouragement to rest, find wonder and reconnect. Share a hearty lunch in the woods, prepared with love for people and planet, and immerse yourself in nature’s pace.

Everything is invitational 🤎 Prefer to keep your shoes on as we wander? That’s cool! Don’t fancy a swim? Sit by the lake and have a brew instead. Go as slowly, or as quickly as feels right. And as ever, let me know if there are any adjustments I can make to support you to attend.

Find out more and save your place at www.riseandwild.com/wilderground (link in bio) 🌀

A monthly gathering in Macclesfield on the *second Wednesday* of each month (7.15 - 8.30pm). Seated and listening/conver...
05/03/2026

A monthly gathering in Macclesfield on the *second Wednesday* of each month (7.15 - 8.30pm).

Seated and listening/conversational-based with some guided grounding & calming breathing practices too (no yoga postures).

No need to have any experience or to have been to a yoga class before. This is a friendly, welcoming space for reflection, wonder, questions and contemplation, delving into ancient teachings & toolkits for living with a little more peace.

It would be lovely to see you there! Next one is this coming Weds 11 March: https://www.riseandwild.com/service-page/the-sutra-circle

The cold & grey days of Winter haven’t stop us gathering outdoors! ✨🪾🍂 Wrapping up warm and sharing mornings on the natu...
01/03/2026

The cold & grey days of Winter haven’t stop us gathering outdoors! ✨🪾🍂 Wrapping up warm and sharing mornings on the nature reserve for our monthly “Mindfully Wild” community groups.

Noticing nature, taking time to slow down and disconnect from technology and tune back in to the rhythm of the wild places on our doorstep. Talking and sharing with one another, pausing and listening & learning, and rekindling the wonder of the natural world. I share mindfulness practices and as somebody said last month, “give people the encouragement we so often need to change the busy pace of life. To remember this more natural way”. In February we were exploring grounding principles, meeting rocks and miniature cairns… stacking stones & shells and forming these tiny, temporary creations.

There’s something really special about this place. An old landfill site that’s been transformed into a haven for wildlife 🦅🦋🦡🐍🪻🐾 a place for people to connect, learn new skills, take care of the environment, as well as ourselves and one another. I’ve been guiding nature connection, wellbeing, mindfulness, movement & rest-based practices here for 6 years now. It’s an honour & a real joy to be part of the team of facilitators, a member of the community, and a participant on some of the other courses too. There’s lots of Rise and Wild courses brewing for the year ahead, including:

🍃 Monthly Mindfully Wild (Mindfulness) sessions

🌻 Our yearly 6-week Kinship with Nature Wellbeing programme

🌬️ Community & nature-based Yoga classes

👣 + some more family and accessible group offerings… more info coming soon.

If you’d like to find out more, join my (very occasional) mailing list for dates & booking *all places are free & tend to book up quickly. Join the newsletter by sharing your name & email address at bottom of my website www.riseandwild.com 🌀 ~ link in bio.

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