Powerful Pause Yoga

slow movement is medicine.

In 2022, I followed a long-held dream and travelled to the island of self-love, healing, and coconuts (aka Bali!) to become a certified yoga teacher. I trained in Vinyasa Flow and Yin Yoga, and it was the beginning of a deeper journey—one which continues to unfold.

I returned to Bali in 2023 and 2024 to expand my practice, completing a 100-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training and a 100-hour Women’s Rewilding Training. These trainings deepened my knowledge of women’s health, cyclical wisdom, and vitality—and they’ve become central to how I teach and live.

I often reflect on what it means to be a yoga teacher in the world we live in now. With so much fear, disconnection, and uncertainty, it can feel like this work is a drop in the ocean. but the true gift of yoga lies in its ability to help people regulate their nervous systems. In a world which feels increasingly more chaotic by the day, helping people feel calm isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity.

Because if our little corner of work involves pulling at one of the threads, then maybe we’re helping to unravel the whole damn cloth.

For me yoga is love

For me yoga is love. It starts with meeting all parts of yourself with acceptance and sweetness. It’s a devotion and commitment to loving yourself enough to show up every day, no matter how you’re feeling. There is no ego or pressure. It’s just about you and your practice. I am a 400-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with a passion for women’s health and a penchant for Buddhism, neuroscience, nervous system healing and somatic movement. I’m super passionate about exploring the wisdom within our bodies and guiding people back to themselves through that delicious breath-body-mind connection. It’s magic.

yoga classes

  • MONDAYS
    18:00 - 19:00 Vinyasa Flow at the Courtyard Centre, Biggleswade Bedfordshire, UK.

    THURSDAYS
    18:00 - 19:00 Slow Flow to Restore at Waresley Park Estate, Waresley, Cambsridgeshire, UK.

‘Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.’

This beautiful Sanskrit prayer translates to:

“May all beings everywhere be happy and free,
and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life
contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all”.

So many of us are longing to find peace, to slow down, to quieten our minds and return to a simpler way of being. Yoga helps us to do that by bridging the gap between our hearts and our minds, and each other.

When we take time to heal and transform ourselves, we have the power to transform our world.

A word from my yoga students

  • ‘Bea has a natural warmth and empowering energy.'

    'I feel like a better version of myself after being in her company. Every class is unique and inspiring.'

  • ‘Bea is the most kindest, gentlest soul I have ever been lucky enough to meet.

    'Her classes are just the right balance of strength and flow.’

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