Yoga with Vicky
Yoga classes and workshops in London, Hampshire and Dorset
My therapeutic and trauma-informed yoga classes and workshops combine gentle yoga, somatic and embodiment practices, breathwork, meditation and reiki to help you feel great.
Whether you're looking for a class or workshop to be held in your community base, workplace, conference or retreat, I tailor the experience to meet your needs.
Yoga classes
All my classes are suitable for people with no experience of yoga.
Popular classes include:
Slow Flow Yoga
We use synchronised breath and slow, mindful movement, both seated and standing, to soothe and energise the nervous system simultaneously - a meditation in motion.
Yin Yoga
We stretch to a point where we feel some sensation - definitely not pain. Then we breathe, relax, and hold for a few minutes and allow the:
◦ Body to soften
◦ Mind to calm
◦ Nervous system to regulate
This organic process trains the nervous system to handle stress with greater resilience making it possible to experience challenging sensations with a calm mind.
As our muscles relax, we target instead our connective tissues - ligaments, joints and fascia. These passive stretches help to nourish and hydrate your tissues, as well as release tightness and any stored physical or emotional tension, such as negative thought patterns, unresolved emotions, or trauma that may have been 'pushed down' into our deep tissues. Yin yoga can lead to profound emotional releases without having to talk about how you feel.
Restorative Yoga
About complete relaxation. We use blankets, bolsters and blocks to support your body and allow it to soften, to relax and let go, bringing your nervous system down to zero.
Yoga Nidra
A form of guided meditation that takes you on a tour of sensations in the body and helps to create space for thoughts, feelings, emotions, images that may surface from the unconscious mind.
Classes can also incorporate:
Breathwork
Exploring our current breath patterns and then use breathing exercises and techniques to either up-regulate and energise or calm and soothe the nervous system.
Meditation and soma sensing
Turning our gaze inwards for sensory awareness, self-enquiry and a deeper letting go. By cultivating interoception - our ability to sense and interpret our internal state - we can manage our stress response and regulate our emotions more effectively.
Reiki
A 'hands-on' energy treatment to help restore the flow of energy running through your body. It can help you to feel calm and revitalised.
Supporting you if you're feeling stressed, anxious and overwhelmed.
Aims to regulate the nervous system leaving you feeling calm, relaxed, clear headed and inspired,
A 2-hour gentle floor-based workshop combining gentle stretching (yin and restorative yoga), breathwork, and meditation to help you - and your nervous system - to relax, recover and reset.
The perfect antidote to stress and burnout, it will help you to:
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Activate your parasympathetic - 'rest and digest' mode, helping you to feel calm, relaxed and clear-headed.
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Train your nervous system to handle stressful situations and face change with greater resilience.
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Nourish and hydrate the fascia which can become tight and restricted due to stress, poor posture, lack of movement, dehydration or inflammation.
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Release habitual tensing, holding, gripping or tightness which can contribute to pain patterns.
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Learn techniques to quieten your mind.
HEAL
Supporting you if you're navigating trauma, grief, and depression, or are feeling stuck, lethargic, apathetic or depressed.
Aims to leave you feeling uplifted and energised, without overwhelm.
Using the trauma-informed HEAL framework:
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Healing – grounding, activating practices for dorsal states.
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Embodiment – movement to regulate sympathetic activation.
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Awareness – interoceptive awareness to track shifts in state.
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Liberation – reclaiming agency through safe choice and presence.
An empowering 2-hour workshop using gentle movement, somatic practices, breathwork, toning, tapping and neurogenic shaking to promote safety, grounding and self-enquiry.
Focussed on embodiment and sensation, it will help you to:
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Reconnect with a sense of safety, agency, and emotional stability.
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Discharge stress, awaken the body and ground into the present moment.
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Feel lighter, more energised and vitalised.
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Explore and build awareness of your internal states, enhancing interoceptive awareness and self-attunement.
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Meet yourself with curiosity and compassion.
Meet Vicky
Yoga has been part of my life for twenty years. I first started practicing when living in London, and particularly loved the heat and intensity of hot yoga, and how great it made me feel afterwards.
I worked for over 25 years in corporate communications before knowing that I wanted to do something different in life. Sitting behind a desk every day was taking its toll. I was suffering with my scoliosis, feeling constantly stressed and anxious, and was grieving the loss of my Mum.
As part of my own healing journey, I've always been interested in holistic wellbeing, and after becoming a reiki practitioner, I decided to complement this skillset by training to become a therapeutic yoga teacher.
My 200-hour yoga teacher training combined slow flow, yin and restorative yoga with modules on breathwork, energy medicine, women's health and trauma-informed yoga. I love seeing the impact that my gentle, embodied yoga classes and workshops have on the wellbeing of my clients.
As well as being interested in all things related to wellbeing, I love countryside or coastal walks, pottering around in the garden, live music and singing. I've also been attempting to learn Italian for a few years now.
