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Online yoga classes are LIVE

Here’s me, beaming through the lockdown Just a bit excited because I worked out how to set up yoga classes online.

  Folks! Pals! Old friends and new!

Lend me your kitchen. Or living room. Or that awkward bit by the bed that is perfectly yoga-mat shaped. Whatever space you’ve got at home, we can do yoga together once again.

Join me for yoga online this Saturday at 9am

That gives you time to roll…

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No more classes in Glasgow...

No more classes in Glasgow…

Katie’s taking over the Monday class, from 5 Sep After four brilliant years teaching at Hillhead Sports Club, I’m moving on. It’s been a total pleasure to get to know you all, to teach you yoga, and to have a bit of fun every Monday and Wednesday night. I thought I’d be ok about leaving you, before I told you all in class the other week. Then without warning I couldn’t really speak, all choked…

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Is there yoga on Monday 30 May? YES.

Is there yoga on Monday 30 May? YES.

YES, yes there is. Until then, I’ll be camping and cycling round Lochearnhead for the Mhor Festival. And pretending to love going up hills with a ton of camping gear (see below). Back Monday afternoon, by which time I will be ready for yoga. Enjoy your bank holiday. See you Monday!

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No yoga tonight - Wednesday 16 March

No yoga tonight – Wednesday 16 March

Folks! There’s no yoga tonight (Wednesday 16 March). I’m at a workshop with Taylor Harkness. I’ll see you next week!

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No yoga on Monday 1 and Wednesday 10 Feb

No yoga on Monday 1 and Wednesday 10 Feb

That garbled stuff about I’ll be away, I’ll be back, oh god it’s next Monday already isn’t it – well, here’s the promised email. Listen up. Diaries out. NO YOGA Monday 1 February Wednesday 10 February YES YOGA Wednesday 3 February Monday 8 February Repeat, in chronological order: Monday 1 Feb: NO YOG. Wednesday 3 Feb YES YOG Monday 8 Feb: YES YOG. Taught by Katie. Wednesday 10 Feb: NO YOG. OK, I…

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Yoga for 2016

Happy New Year! Yoga’s back on from Monday 11 Jan, 7:15 to 8:15 pm. No planned outages this month. I hope you all had a great Christmas and Hogmanay. I spent mine walking in the Peak District and eating fistfuls of honey roasted cashews. I also went on a microadventure: you can read about that below. I’ll spare you the bullshit about ‘New Year, New You’. Just come to yoga and feel brilliant about…

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I'm not well! Monday 9 November yoga class cancelled

I’m not well! Monday 9 November yoga class cancelled

This is terribly short notice – and I hope you see it in time. There’s no yoga tonight (Monday 9 November). I’m not feeling well and can’t find a cover teacher. See you next class though! Galen x

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I'm on holiday 26 October to 2 November

I’m on holiday 26 October to 2 November

Hello hello! I’m on holiday this week. There’s no yoga on Monday 26 October. There IS yoga on Wednesday 28 October. Carolyn’s covering. She trained at Balance in Glasgow, and she’s lovely. She has two cats too. She won’t have a cash float – just a register. If you could say hi at the beginning or the end of class so she can make a note of it, that’d be great. What if I pay cash on the night? If…

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Not another one! No yoga on Wednesday 2 September.

Not another one! No yoga on Wednesday 2 September.

Gah! This is terrible. I’m heading south on Wednesday evening and despite my desperate efforts to find a cover teacher, no one’s available. I hate to cancel a class – and this is, I hope, the last one in a while that I’ll have to cancel. I’ll see you tonight though- and next week is all back to normal. What’s with the pic? Well, yoga’s been my route into a lot of other things, like wild swimming…

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Prizewinning microadventure!

So this kind of fits in with yoga – because the spirit of yoga is all about adventure, right? For the summer solstice Jen and I went off on a micro adventure, sleeping out under the stars in Kent. I wrote a blog about it, and that blog won a prize from Al Humphreys, the man behind the microadventure idea. You can find out more about micro adventures, and the other prize-winning posts here.…

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Two Mondays in August: no class. See you on Wednesday instead. No yoga on 3 and 25 August I'm away on the first and last Mondays of August - so there'll be no yoga on those days.

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Holiday: Laura's in on Mon, no Wed class, back to norm on 8 June

Holiday: Laura’s in on Mon, no Wed class, back to norm on 8 June

REALLY quick update: I’m off on holiday. Greece – to go out on the bikes, all out on the food, and have an ice cream every day. Monday class is ON. Laura’s teaching. Check in with her – she’ll tick your name off the list, all done. If you need to pay, she’ll make a note and you can pay me when I next see you. NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY. Here’s your plan: 3 sun salutes, 4 of your favourite standing…

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No yoga Monday 25 May - see you Wednesday though.

No yoga Monday 25 May – see you Wednesday though.

Monday 25 May is a bank holiday – another one! There won’t be any yoga at Hillhead Sports Club. I’ll be on an adventure. Maybe you will be too. Anyway, have a wonderful bank holiday – and I’ll see you all on Wednesday. Didn’t get the memo in time? Stay updated, right in your inbox. Sign up for my email newsletter here What happened last time? We took the bikes to Inverness, and cycled south to…

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Bank Holiday Monday = no yoga

Bank Holiday Monday = no yoga

Monday 4 May is a bank holiday – and there won’t be any yoga on that day. I’ll be hurtling back on a train to Glasgow from an adventure cycle. Planning to pedal from Inverness to Fort William. Which should be ace, if the weather holds.

Wednesday  yoga will be on as normal – see you then!

Ever tried yoga at home? Have a go! I’ve made some podcasts – you can get them on my Soundcloud page. My…

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Is there yoga on Easter Monday? You bet.

Is there yoga on Easter Monday? You bet.

Easter Monday. Just another Monday – with a big dose of yoga in the evening, as usual. I’ll be there, back from my adventures in the Malvern Hills.

It’ll be just the thing to round off your Easter break. In fact, studies have shown that the most effective fuel for yoga is chocolate. Lots of it. I know I’ll be eating plenty over the weekend, because that’s what I do most weekends. And I sure as…

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Laura's covering on Monday 23 Feb and 9 March

Laura’s covering on Monday 23 Feb and 9 March

Bad news: I’ll be away on 23 February and 9 March. Good news: Laura’s covering for me. She’s one of those rare people who’s always, always bright and sparkly.

She teaches a similar style to me, so I’m not dropping you into anything unexpected. It’s just a good chance to see yoga from another teacher’s perspective – and remember, if you go along on Monday, you get Wednesday for free. It’s pretty…

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Cycling round Arran: hills and headwind

Cycling round Arran: hills and headwind

Seal, otter, sunset

There was a gasp. A seal coming up for air, a couple of metres from the shore where we sat. We were watching the sky go pink over Brodick bay, at the tail end of a long day’s cycle round Arran. It was the kind of rare winter sunset that sets everything alight in the sky, catching fire in the snow on the mountain tops, sending everything beneath them into a shadow of…