Fort Locks Hair Salon.

Relaxation yoga 🧘‍♀️

In a world that celebrates speed, productivity, and constant stimulation, Restorative Yoga offers something radically different: permission to pause.

When we lie down and support the body completely, the nervous system begins to soften. The breath slows. The mind becomes quieter. We remember that rest is not a luxury, it is part of our natural rhythm.

Restorative Yoga is not about doing more. It is about learning to be present for this moment, exactly as it is. 💖🙏🏻

-Judith Hanson lasater-

Are you Interested in joining a lovely small & personal yoga class, just for ladies, why not come along and join us? You will feel all the benefits yoga has to offer you. 💖🙏🏻 ⭐
Feel free to mesg me for more info 🧘‍♀️

💖Space available 💖
If you would like to commit to a regular yoga practice with me & a wonderful group of ladies 🧘‍♀️Please feel free to message me for more info 💖🙏🏻🫶🏻🧘‍♀️xx

Wow! Back in May 2022 I made the best decision, ever!! I decided to embark on a intense 200 hour Hatha Vinyasa teacher training course to become a qualified yoga instructor! 🧘‍♀️
Today is my anniversary 🙌🏻 when I took my final exam and passed!! 👏🙌💕🙏🏻🧘‍♀️🥇
I stepped out of my comfort zones, confronted my fears, pushed my body, opened my heart and mind and allowed myself to expand & grown so much on this journey!! Physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually 🙏🏻💕🧘‍♀️ since then it really has been an incredible experience and my life long learning journey & practice continues on!! 🙏🏻✌🏼🧘‍♀️

Now 3 years on and I’m incredibly grateful to the yoga community of amazing women that have consistently supported me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart🙏🏻 💖🫶🏻
Your continued support & friendship means the world to me and I value & appreciate each and every one of you! 💖🫶🏻
Whether you have practiced with me once twice or for years, come, gone or returned again, you are all very dear to me & I count it a honour & privilege in my life.

May our Upper- Room yoga community continue on to be a safe & brave space for hope, healing, transformation, magic & more! 🧘‍♀️💕🙏🏻🙌🏻✨
I look forward to more amazing times spent together and meeting the new ladies that are yet to join us on our journey together. 🙏🏻💖✨

“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.”
✍🏼~ Patanjali ~

Please feel free to message me if you would like to join me on this amazing journey 🙏🏻💖🙌🏻✨🫶🏻

Love always!
Kate ✨💖🙏🏻🧘‍♀️

Would you like Come along and discover the Joy of Chair yoga.
Chair Yoga welcomes you to a world of wellness and serenity, no matter your mobility or age! 🧘‍♀️Chair Yoga is a gentle, accessible practice that invites everyone to experience the benefits of yoga while seated comfortably. No more worrying about getting up and down from the floor – all you need to practice is a chair!

💆‍♀️ Benefits of Chair Yoga 💆‍♀️

✨ Improved flexibility and balance. ✨ Enhanced relaxation and stress relief. ✨ Increased energy and vitality. ✨ Better posture and alignment. ✨ improved balance, A stronger, more resilient body, ✨ connections, ✨ community and new friendships.

🌟 Who Can Enjoy Chair Yoga?
Chair Yoga is perfect for:

👵 Anyone looking to stay active and supple. 👩‍💻 Office workers seeking stretch. 🏥 Individuals in physical rehabilitation. 🌟 anyone looking for a mindful practice Or anyone with limited mobility.

🪑 Why Choose Chair Yoga? 🪑

✨ Suitable for all fitness levels.
Can be practiced anywhere you have a chair
✨ Gentle and inclusive for all ages. ✨
A perfect stress-buster.
✨ A fun and holistic approach to well-being.

if getting up and down on the floor is not comfortable for you, you maybe recovering from a injury or you may just prefer the comfort & support of a chair, then chair yoga is for you.

But don’t let its simplicity fool you; chair yoga is a potent practice that can improve flexibility, muscle tone, balance and mental well-being. ✨💖🙏🏻
You are welcome to Join us for a session of Chair Yoga and experience the transformation it brings to your life.
Where you can unwind, stretch, and rejuvenate, all from the comfort of your chair 🪑💖

Please contact me to book your seat.
Your chair awaits you. 🧘‍♀️🪑✨

Wednesday’s 10-11 at
The conference room, above
The Royal British legion Great Wakering.

Have you ever wondered what the point of restorative yoga is? let’s take some time to really explain the practice and purpose of restorative yoga so that you can appreciate it, understand its benefits and hopefully start to integrate it as part of your own practice.

So, in restorative yoga we use props generally speaking we use a bolster, some blocks and sometimes a chair.

The purpose of restorative yoga is to drop you into a state of rest, relaxation rejuvenation and healing. 🙏🏻💖

This practice is not to have a stretch but to experience the deepest release possible.
Now, you might be wondering what the point of that is? Why would you integrate restorative yoga into your life if you’re not increasing flexibility, strength or endurance ? 🤔 why would this be something that we need to include? Well here’s the point: we spend the majority of our lives in a heightened state of stress in what is called the sympathetic side of the nervous system. We live in a time where there is a 24 -7 hour news cycle and a inundation of information coming not just from our mobile phones but from other people and as a result we move from task to task at a pace unlike any other time in history, this leaves our minds inflamed as well as our bodies and what we know now is that the majority of diseases aren’t things we catch but the that we contract from spending to much time in a heightened state of STRESS! 🤯

So when you come into a restorative yoga practice the idea is for you to find a place where you can drop into a completely receptive state where you’re not trying to get deeper into a pose, your not trying to stretch anything and inside of that place with your eyes closed, while laying on your bolster with a warm blanket over your body, you settle in, you shift into what’s called your parasympathetic nervous system and when you make this shift
You’re sleep improves, You’re digestion improves and we start to see reductions in all different kind of diseases.

Science is now showing us that the more time we spend in the parasympathetic nervous system the less rate of heart disease we see and we even see lower rates of cancer and especially lower rates of autoimmune disorders 😮

So while I don’t expect restorative yoga to be your main practice, although it can be, I’d love for you to consider bringing it into your life and as a new practice you can really benefit from.

I will be running my restorative yoga classes a few times a month if you would like to join me.

This is a practice you can do at any point in your life, even at times when your energy is at its lowest or when you are going through some of your hardest times of your life like grief or a major transition for you.
It’s important for you to know that you can have access to restorative yoga no matter what’s going on in your life.
Maybe you’ve injured your body in some way and can’t move the way you use to, you can practice and do restorative yoga and there will always be a place for you to receive the benefits of getting on your mat turning inward and tuning into your body & breath 🧘‍♀️

There is so much more to say about the deep benefits and magic of this practice, so maybe I’ll say more another time.
But,
I’d love to invite you to join me and allow me to share the magic & healing practice of restorative yoga in my upper room studio 🧘‍♀️ coz, you won’t regret it! 🙏🏻💖

Hey Friends
I’d like to introduce Kate, one of our instructors for The Mind,Body & Spirit Festival on Sunday 24th August 10-4pm at The Parry Lt Wakering
☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️”Hi, I’m Kate, I teach Hatha Vinyasa yoga, restorative and chair yoga classes, women’s wellbeing retreats, craft workshops, book clubs, and Sacred circles, at my Upper-Room studio, above Fort Locks hair salon.

I love to empower women through Yoga, Sacred circles and much more. I’m passionate about guiding women on their journey of self empowerment, self discovery, healing, freedom and self awareness. 💕 I draw on many forms of ancient wisdom traditions and practices including: Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, yoga, philosophy, psychology theology and more.

I’m excited to be joining you at the Mind, Body and spirit festival again this year!
I look forward to seeing you there 🙏🏻✨💖✨”

At the white hart next Saturday 🙌🏻

🎸 Wakefest Part One 🎸

Join us Saturday 26th July for our Wakefest Music Festival: Part One! From 2-8pm!

This is an acoustic music event, held in our beer garden. We have some amazing acts lined up for the day! Hosted by Pier City Events.

This is a free event, open to all ages! Come down and join the fun!

I’m offering one more space out for my journey through the chakras. 💚 We will be focusing on the heart chakra 💚The heart is the physical bridge between the physical world and the mental world. The heart chakra is where the mind and body unite. 💚

Make sure you join us where we will go deep on the heart chakra and how you can ignite this chakra's power to live a whole, healed, joyful life! 💚🙏🏻

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
Rumi-

I look forward to sharing this session with you soon! 💚

Namaste
Kate 💛💚🙏🏻 # # #

A slightly later time, as I’m out for my hubby’s birthday in the afternoon. 7-9pm 💚

💖 Coming Soon 💖 date below: 💖 Meditation, Sound healing, Pranayama and Restorative Yoga.
This class will include:

🧘‍♀️ Guided Meditation.
🧘‍♀️ Pranayama- yoga breathing techniques to calm down your nervous system.
🧘‍♀️ Sound healing - Crystal bowls, vibrational healing.
🧘‍♀️ Restorative Yoga - a relaxing style of yoga used to heal and help relieve stress.

My class is designed to help your body mind and spirit allowing for your body and mind to slow down and embrace the power of rest, relaxation, healing and restoration. 🙏🏻

Restorative Yoga is a nurturing, meditative practice focused on intentional rest and deep healing.
This style emphasizes deep relaxation of the nervous system, allowing the body to shift from “doing” to simply being.
Using props like bolsters, blankets, and blocks, the body is supported in gentle poses for several minutes—encouraging total release and relaxation without effort or strain.

🧘🏽‍♀️ Poses are passive, calming, and often close to the ground.
🪷 The goal isn’t to stretch or strengthen—but to soothe, restore, and rebalance.

By creating stillness and ease, Restorative Yoga helps regulate stress hormones, improve sleep, and support emotional healing. It’s a powerful practice for anyone recovering from illness, injury, burnout—or simply needing a sacred pause away from the stresses of life.

This class will set you up for your week ahead 🧘‍♀️💖🥰🫶🏻🙏🏻

Please Contact me to book your space 💖🙏🏻🫶🏻xx
Just 8 spaces available.

This class is held once or twice a month depending.
Next date 11th May 7-9pm.