Wild & Cyclical Yoga
I have spent a lifetime trying to tune out the voice of ‘I should’ and discover what I actually need to be doing with my body (which is more often than not having a lie down) and as such I feel safe and comfortable when I'm given autonomy over my own experience.
This inspires the way I facilitate my yoga and movement classes.
If you come to a practice with me you will always be invited to listen to yourself above and beyond anything I'm offering.
The yoga I offer is a practice of exploring movement that honours and nourishes our wild and cyclical ways.
My intention is to offer something that is...
Playful, spontaneous, fluid, cyclical, rhythmic and self-guided
An invitation to surrender to the flow and be released from expectations of consistency, predictability and infinite resource
A shift from rigid repetition and ambition to fluid spontaneity and contentment
Encouragement to practice in a way that is fluid and adaptable to the waxing and waning of our needs and nature
A remembering of the freedom that lies beyond form
A call back home to our wilder selves
(Please know that my work is inclusive of but not exclusive to those with wombs and periods. You don't have to have a womb or periods to practice with me or join a circle but if you do I'm here to accommodate that.)
Photos: @ellieblack
A women’s yoga practice, for me, is one that honours the cyclical nature of our bodies and lives and as such can be nurturing and replenishing at certain times and fierce, wild and free at others.
Like the lioness we have the capacity to be both gentle, caring nurturers and fierce, fiery protectors, our wildness can be expressed in both a gentle purr and a ferocious roar.
As such my offerings fluctuate with the phases of the moon and with the experience of those in the room offering an invitation to stay connected to the seasons and cycles of our bodies and nature through movement, rest and connection.
Some practices are restorative and gentle & others are more dynamic offering the space to explore different approaches for different phases of the cycle & life.
At the heart of this offering is the idea of rewilding:
Taking down fences, reinstating what has been missing and letting nature take its course. Trusting in the unfolding natural processes beyond human management to bring nature back to equilibrium.
This way of moving is an invitation to take down the fences of our domestication, reinstate those things that have been missing and release control. Stepping into acceptance and surrender as we let nature take its course led by the wisdom of our intuitive bodies.
Exploring a shift from the constrained, habitual, repetitive and rigid movements of a domesticated life to the liberated, intuitive, fluid, self-guided movements of a wilder one.
When we connect to autonomy, intuition, boundaries and a wild & cyclical approach in our practice it can support these important qualities in our lives off the mat.
When we remember the fluid, non-linear, un-managed movements of our wilder ancestry it can help us to break free from using our practice as just another method of keeping our bodies under tight control.
