YOGA

Hello Yogis

I hope you’ve had a cosy and warm festive season. If like me, the winter blues sometimes get you down here’s a guest blog I wrote recently on topic and another chance to listen to my lovely granny’s positive advice!

Give yourself the time to slow down and hibernate a little this January. Your body, mind and immune system will LOVE you for it! Recorded live in warmer climates this FREE 30 minute Goddess inspired Yoga Nidra from Ibiza is here for you to settle into and tap into your deeper layers of consciousness. Yoga Nidra can provide a deeply healing and beneficial experience totally resetting your energy levels.

My GODDESS, Ibiza and BREEZE, North Devon retreats currently have EARLY BIRD offers on until the end of the month. So how will you RE-TREAT yourself in 2020? With sunshine, luxuriating, delicious food, white beaches, massage, travel, surfing,glamping? My offerings include retreats for every yogi – different budgets, destinations and activities. Which one’s for you?

Take care this Winter and I’ll be back with an update for you in the Spring.

With love & light

Catherine

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MENTORSHIP

For budding entrepreneurs, yoga teachers and/or people after some genuinely supportive advice from the heart.

Available Mentorship Packages:

EMPOWER

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CONFIDENCE BOOSTER

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One-off Mentorship Call and Support* 

*Only available following a Yoga with Catherine Mentorship Package

OFFERINGS

ZEN DOs

Are you a yoga loving Bride-to-Be or a Bridesmaid organizing a hen party? I’m currently taking bookings for Yoga Hen Do “ZEN DO” party packages. Let me know where and when so we can organise the perfect package together!

Possible Locations:

Brighton (West/East Sussex)

London

Cornwall (North Coast)

Welcome to your Yoga Nidra practice. This yoga nidra was recorded live on my Goddess Retreat in Ibiza on a Monday Full moon night. It is inspired by the Goddess Durga – her warrior strength, her motivation to stand up to what’s right and her infinite power.

It’s here that I invite you to come on a journey with me into yoga nidra or yogic “sleep” where you can awaken these aspects of the Goddess within you. Consider this time together a power nap to reset your body and mind into its natural state of peace, calm, release, rejuvenation and ease.

Please make sure you are somewhere deeply comfortable, lying down and where you won’t be disturbed for the next 30 minutes.

Know that you can use and repeat this practice anytime to calm your nervous system, reduce your stress levels and energize your body. In the parasympathetic ‘rest and digestion’ state of the nervous system, deep healing occurs.

Yoga Nidra is perfect for any day you’re worn out, low on energy or on any day at all just before bed for the deepest night’s rest.

I wish you the most beautiful, peaceful and calmest of times ahead in 2020.

This year’s Ibiza GODDESS retreat takes place on the island from 9-14 October. I welcome you there to awaken your inner goddess!

When was the last time (or ever) that you heard a 90-year old’s perspective on things? This month my lovely Granny turns 90. I’m named after her and we’ve always been close. Both the youngest of our generation, both adventurous and fun loving, my Granny is one of my biggest supporters with humbling, wise and truly positive advice. Hear for yourself! I guarantee her chuckle will at least make you smile!

In this short 8 minute interview, we discuss overall wellbeing including healthy relationships, mental health, her tips to longevity and the huge importance of a sense of humour!

Hello Yogis

How are you this Autumn? I know how extremely time poor we all are so that’s why this FREE video is only 1.5 minutes long and guaranteed to help you refresh, relax and detox your lungs – an organ that can get quite dry and sludgy in the Autumn. After removing the debris in your lungs, lets remove the dross from the mind… Did you know journaling can actually boost your immunity? More about all that here and a few journal prompts to get you started!

If you’re considering investing in an epic 2020 yoga retreat, I have something on offer for EVERYONE! Different budgets, destinations and adventures are all available here. Please contact me if you’re an extremely lovely person interested in treating someone to a very special Christmas present…! Gift Vouchers available.

Any Cornwall locals or those visiting, my weekly class takes place in Port Isaac Village Hall, 6.30-7.30pm. All equipment provided!

My Winter restorative workshop with Be Yoga Sussex on 14 December is FULLY BOOKED but I’ve added another date on 22 December with a FEW SPACES LEFT!

Finally, if you’re an entrepreneur serious about growing your brand, income and business, my Mentorship Packages are for those ready to invest in themselves and take their offering to the next level! Prices start at £350 but you’ll see that back 10-fold. My Instagram stories has more on success stories and feedback to inspire you to take that leap of faith in YOURSELF!

Thanks for reading. I wish you a wonderful cosy and warm month ahead.

With love & light

Catherine x

If you know someone who would enjoy this montly newsletter please forward it on! Also, if you have any questions, requests, feedback please reach out – I love hearing from you!

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Thank you for your continuing support. I can’t wait to practice with you on the mat soon.

OFFERINGS

Possible Locations:

Brighton (West/East Sussex)

London

Cornwall (North Coast)

MENTORSHIP

Available Mentorship Packages:

EMPOWER

Monthly Mentorship Programme

CONFIDENCE BOOSTER

Quarterly Mentorship Programme
REFRESH

One-off Mentorship Call and Support* 

*Only available following a Yoga with Catherine Mentorship Package

THE ECHO EXHALATION

I learned this Pranayama (breath observation) by reading B.K.S Iyengar’s Light on Life

The Echo Exhalation is simple:

1. Steady inhale through the nose
2. exhale slowly and fully through the nose
3. Hold the breath
4. Exhale again through the nose
5. Concentrate and continue for 3-5 minutes

This fourth step is key! As Iyengar says “There is always this slight residue left in the lungs. In that residue is to be found the sludge of toxic memory and ego.”

The lungs hold onto stagnant, stale energy. Think about it like this. If a situation gets intense and heavy have you noticed how you have a deeper exhale? It’s because it’s all down there… buried way down deep in the lungs – fear, frustration, jealousy, rage, bitterness, anger, resentment and grief. That heaviness is literally the “sludge” and “toxins” of our emotions. We’d all like to release this residue as our emotions are all energy. Energy moves through movement so the way to move the lungs is through the breath.

It’s also a perfect breath practice for this time of year as Autumn is all about letting go. Like the leaves shed their leaves and don’t hold onto them, we can let go of some of our unhealthy attachments and habits no longer allowing them to stagnate and fester. Let’s shed those layers, release the old and dead to make space for the new and fresh.

STREAM OF CONSCIOUS JOURNALLING

Following the video, in a calm relaxed state, take your journal or some paper, perhaps get cosy with tea and light a candle and consider these Autumn journal prompts.

Take as long or as little as you like. You might like to try Stream of Consciousness journaling. Set a timer for 3 minutes per question and write every thought that enters your head around that question. Your writing might say “I am thinking, I don’t know what to say, this is stupid, I feel confused” etc. etc. Don’t let your pen stop moving until the timer goes. Release it all out and let it go.

1. What do you long for?
2. What’s in the way?
3. What’s old and lingering in your body and/or mind?
4. What new beginnings, goals, adventures, projects are you ready to get started?
5. How can you make space to allow the new to enter?

Journaling is a win-win! It’s an incredible stress management tool and particularly good if like me you struggle with anxiety. When the stress hormone is lowered in the body our blood pressure goes down and our immune system is boosted. It’s a good healthy habit for managing your mental health, unwinding and processing the difficulties and challenges life throws at us. It’s another method, like yoga, that leaves us feeling better at the end than when we began the practice.

Simple self-care can go a long way for your mental health and overall wellbeing. I wish you all the best with these practices and please know:

With love and light

Catherine x

Hello Yogis

Hungry? You will be soon after trying this delicious nourishing recipe perfect for a slow Autumn weekend brunch – after numerous requests from BREEZE mini-retreat guests, the incredible Chef Este has made the vegan Greek Frittata recipe available for you all! You’re the Chef but you might like to mix and match the Frittata with a mezze of warm crusty bread, olives, humus, seasonal fruits, and freshly brewed Coffee. Delicious!

If you’re considering investing in a weekend mini-retreat to Cornwall next summer, take a look at The Adventure Playlist’s recent review of the weekend. There’s beautiful photos of our location and gorgeous food from the retreat to whet your apetite more! Thank you The Adventure Playlist, I’m so grateful!

If you’re local to Cornwall, my weekly yoga class is up and running from 15 October in Port Isaac. You can choose to pay for the entire course or drop-in as you wish.

My Winter restorative workshop with Be Yoga Sussex on 14 December is fully booked but I’ve added ANOTHER DATE on 22 December NOW OPEN for bookings.

Finally, if you’re an entrepreneur serious about growing your brand, income and business, my Mentorship Packages are for those ready to invest in themselves and take their offering to the next level! Prices start at £350 but you’ll see that back 10-fold. My Instagram stories has more on success stories and feedback to inspire you to take that leap of faith in YOURSELF!

Thanks for reading yogis. I wish you a wonderful month ahead.

With love & light
Catherine x

Click below to enjoy my FREE yoga nidra and other meditations on my YouTube channel

PS. If you know someone who would enjoy this montly newsletter please forward it on! Also, if you have any questions, requests, feedback please reach out – I love hearing from you!

EVENTS UPDATE

Thank you for your continuing support. I can’t wait to practice with you on the mat soon.

OFFERINGS

ZEN DOS

Are you a yoga loving Bride-to-Be or a Bridesmaid organizing a hen party? I’m currently taking bookings for Yoga Hen Do “ZEN DO” party packages. Let me know where and when so we can organise the perfect package together!

Possible Locations:

Brighton (West/East Sussex)

London

Cornwall (North Coast)

MENTORSHIP

Available Mentorship Packages:

EMPOWER

Monthly Mentorship Programme

CONFIDENCE BOOSTER

Quarterly Mentorship Programme
REFRESH

One-off Mentorship Call and Support* 

*Only available following a Yoga with Catherine Mentorship Package

What inspires you? Since moving to Cornwall I’ve been trying to embrace more of my other loves like surfing, reading, walking and art! After attending one of local artist’s Ness Lannen’s coastal sketching and painting workshops I was hooked! Check out my interview with Ness on how to develop your creativity.

Welcome Ness! Please tell us about yourself, your beautiful art and your life in Cornwall.

I have lived in Cornwall since 1998 and trained as a surface pattern and textile designer before completing a degree in Fine Art. My work explores emotional response to landscape, I paint land sea and sky scapes are using fluid acrylic and chalk pastel, application is with both airbrush and dry brush. My work follows closely the processes involved in printmaking; the images are flat and mostly devoid of texture. With the exception of Paynes grey, only primary colours and white are used and the paint is applied in layers, allowing colour to build on the canvas.

What inspires you creatively?

I find inspiration it lots of things, I might hear something on the radio or read something in a book that gets me thinking about my experiences in a different way. I think we respond emotionally to our surroundings, and a land or seascape can represent, contain and produce many and varied emotions within us. We know that a storm is just a storm, but images representing these things can provide the most profound metaphors. I find that the North Cornish coast provides me with a endless amount of imagery, I always have a camera or sketch book with me, even when I’m out paddle boarding or rowing.

What advice would you give someone struggling to pick up the pen or paintbrush?!

What advice would I give? A blank canvas or an empty page in a sketchbook still produces a cocktail of emotions in me, excitement and anxiety, so I know how hard it can be to make a start. To produce art work that embodies thoughts and feelings and confronts emotions involves taking risks. I would advise you to accept the risk and be brave, don’t worry about the image just start to make a mark.

How can a person “grow” as an artist?

I believe that through image making the inexpressible and unspeakable can be given form, allowing emotions to be recognised and that it is this confrontation that grows us. Technically your work will Improve the more you do, I’m definitely still growing!

For more information about Ness Lannen, her work and offerings please visit her website.  Ness’ paintings are displayed at Whitewater gallery Polzeath and her Jewellery is stocked at Wave 7 gallery.

Alongside her paintings, sketches (Ness always has a sketchbook) and sterling silver jewellery, Ness also runs a variety of workshops throughout the year including sketching on the coast path, jewellery and wedding ring making.

Hello Yogis

What inspires you? Since moving to Cornwall I’ve been trying to embrace more of my other loves like surfing, reading, walking and art! After attending one of local artist’s Ness Lannen’s coastal sketching and painting workshops I was hooked! Check out my interview with artistic talent Ness on how to develop your unique and beautiful creativity in whichever way that manifests.

For anyone seeking a last minute break, consider joining me in warm, sunny Morocco for my Ocean Soul Sisters Surf and Yoga week 28 Sept – 5 Oct. If not this one, how about something in 2020?

1. PURE
2. BREEZE 
3. LA DOLCE VITA 
4. GODDESS

These retreats are for ALL levels (no experience required) but designed for those open to unlocking true outer confidence, progression and wellbeing by doing the deep inner work. I can’t wait to share these experiences with you.

It seems a while away but my Winter restorative workshop with Be Yoga Sussex on 14 December is almost sold out! Don’t miss out – click below to secure your spot.

Finally, for any Yoga Teachers or entrepreneurs serious about growing their brand, income and businesses, my Mentorship Packages are for those ready to invest in themselves and taking their teaching or business to the next level!

See you soon!

With love & light
Catherine x

I love hearing from you! If you have any questions, requests, feedback please reach out!

RETREAT UPDATE

Thank you for your continuing support. I can’t wait to practice with you on the mat soon.

OFFERINGS

ZEN DOS

Are you a yoga loving Bride-to-Be or a Bridesmaid organizing a hen party? I’m currently taking bookings for Yoga Hen Do “ZEN DO” party packages. Let me know where and when so we can organise the perfect package together!

Possible Locations:

Brighton (West/East Sussex)

London

Cornwall (North Coast)

MENTORSHIP

Available Mentorship Packages:

EMPOWER

Monthly Mentorship Programme

CONFIDENCE BOOSTER

Quarterly Mentorship Programme
REFRESH

One-off Mentorship Call and Support* 

*Only available following a Yoga with Catherine Mentorship Package

Hello Yogis 

Do you know there are over 9,000 edible plants in the UK alone? That’s a lot of money that could be saved in shopping AND a lot of new flavours to try! Click here to learn some wonderful foraging facts from my recent Cornwall BREEZE mini-retreats.

My 2020 retreats in Greece, Cornwall, Italy and Ibiza are OPEN for booking! These retreats are for ALL levels (no experience required) but designed for those open to unlocking true outer confidence, progression and wellbeing by doing the deep inner work. I can’t wait to share these experiences with you.

Finally, for any Yoga Teachers or entrepreneurs serious about growing their brand, income and businesses, my Mentorship Packages are for those ready to invest in true hard work and progress!

See you soon!

With love & light

Catherine x

PS. I love hearing from you! If you have any questions, requests, feedback please reach out!

RETREAT UPDATE

Check 2020 Dates Open for Booking!

Thank you for your continuing support. I can’t wait to practice with you on the mat soon.

OFFERINGS

ZEN DOS

Are you a yoga loving Bride-to-Be or a Bridesmaid organizing a hen party? I’m currently taking bookings for Yoga Hen Do “ZEN DO” party packages. Let me know where and when so we can organise the perfect package together!

Possible Locations:

Brighton (West/East Sussex)

London

Cornwall (North Coast)

MENTORSHIP

Available Mentorship Packages:

EMPOWER

Monthly Mentorship Programme

CONFIDENCE BOOSTER

Quarterly Mentorship Programme
REFRESH

One-off Mentorship Call and Support* 

*Only available following a Yoga with Catherine Mentorship Package

Hello Sunshine

It’s competition time! To win the luxury goodie bag from the 2019 Ibiza Goddess Retreat filled to the brim with gorgeous goodies from my ever-supportive wonderful sponsors Magic Organic Apothecary, Juno Skincare, Primrose Kitchen, OmBar Chocolate and Conscious Water , simply email me answering the following question:

Think of a time when light came out of darkness in your life.
How did you use this light for the bettering of yourself and others?

My 2020 retreats in Greece , Cornwall , Italy and Ibiza are OPEN for booking! I know many of you love to book ahead to lock in your self-care holidays. That’s a wonderful thing – taking the step to treat yourself, to fill your cup first and invest in much needed time for yourself. On these retreat you’ll find that doing the deep inner work is the key to outer confidence, progression and true wellbeing. I’m looking forward to sharing these experiences with you.

Yoga Teachers listen up! My Mentorship Packages have changed! Scroll down to read more…

See you soon on or off the mat!

With love & light
Catherine x

I love hearing from you! If you have any questions, requests, feedback please reach out!

RETREAT UPDATE

Thank you for your continuing support. I can’t wait to practice with you on the mat soon.

OFFERINGS

ZEN DOS

Are you a yoga loving Bride-to-Be or a Bridesmaid organizing a hen party? I’m currently taking bookings for Yoga Hen Do “ZEN DO” party packages. Let me know where and when so we can organise the perfect package together!

Possible Locations:

Brighton (West/East Sussex)

London

Cornwall (North Coast)

MENTORSHIP

My Mentorship Packages have changed!

I am no longer offering one-off sessions. My Mentorship Packages have changed! Why? They don’t make a deep difference! It’s not a big enough investment of time or energy to make real change. Simple. Real investment = Real Return. Same in life, same in business. It’s the law of attraction!

My mentorship packages are for dedicated teachers ready to take that leap of faith by actively investing in seriously growing their offering, developing their brand, nurturing their creativity as a teacher and maintaining their passion. It’s the WORST thing suffering burn out and feeling flat. Believe me I’ve been there schlepping around the place for a few £ here and there… There’s a way out but there’s no quick fix. It’s hard work, (and even harder without support as is the case for a lot of new yoga teachers). So let me help you from my experience to put you on the trajectory towards a more abundant life.

It’s ALWAYS the right time to grow, invest, transform. One shot people – wouldn’t you rather be rising than feeling flat? I’m ready and waiting for you.

If you’re after a few short fix tips I’m afraid I can’t help – not truly.