This year marks our 12th year in raising money and supporting local charities through our Charity Yoga by Candlelight events.  

​Due to the government restrictions this year we are unable to do this in person but I have worked really hard to put together this very special online event and I'm excited to share it with you.

With a little Christmas magic ✨ I will guide you through a very gentle, nourishing and nurturing yoga session in a beautiful candlelit setting before immersing you in a relaxing sound bath with crystal singing bowls, voice and rainstick.

After you sign up you will have access to these sessions up until New Years Eve, so you will be able to experience them at a convenient time for you and you will also have the chance to repeat the sessions as many times as you like thoughout the festive period.

You can sign up using the following link:

Christmas Yoga Online Event

We are supporting REACH charity though these sessions.  REACH is a charity based in Brentwood in Essex and  specialises in equine assisted therapy.  REACH provide high quality assessment and rehabilitation programmes, using trained horses, to give a treatment strategy for adults and children suffering with physical, mental, social and/or learning disabilities.  I have first hand experience of the wonderful magic that happens at REACH and it was heartbreaking to think that this small charity nearly closed its doors due to the events of this year.  I'm so happy to hopefully be able to help REACH through this event and thank you so much for your support.

For a bit of fun, I put together a movie trailer for the event, here is the link and I hope it puts a smile on your face 😁
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Christmas Event Trailer

Wishing you a magical Christmas even in the strangest of times

Peace and blessings
Victoria 

Wishing you a warm welcome to the December newsletter.  December?? How did that happen? 🥴 I hope this email finds you and your family well.

NEWS AND UPDATES
Firstly a huge thank you for all the positive feedback for the FREE Lockdown Support portal. I'm so pleased it's being used and enjoyed.  I have decided to keep the portal running for the foreseeable future as I know the current climate is a challenge for many of us.  So if you haven't checked out the portal yet please feel free to do so using the following link FREE Wellbeing Support.  It's free to use and includes a Wellbeing Support ebook, meditations, a yoga session AND you can join our live Monday night Meditation Sessions for free!

If you've been enjoying the free portal or if you haven't had a chance to do so yet please checkout the Yoga and Meditation Portal.  The Portal offers you live online yoga and meditation sessions plus access to a library of 80+ on demand yoga videos and meditation audios.  Content is updated regularly giving you new sessions every week.  The Portal is incredibly good value for money offering you live sessions from as little as £1.50 a session with access to the on demand content included!

CORPORATE WELLNESS SOLUTIONS
 
I'm really pleased to announce that I am now able to offer online wellness solutions for businesses.  With poor mental health costing UK employers up to £45bn a year and with rising cases in anxiety, depression and stress-related illness, never has it been so important to look after health and wellbeing in the workplace.  I am working together with a team of experts in the wellness field to provide businesses with bespoke online wellness solutions.  If you would like more details please see the following link Corporate Wellness.

NOVEMBER RECAP AND DECEMBER SESSIONS

In our online November yoga sessions, we have been focusing on getting grounded, feeling supported and being comfortable in the body.  We've been working on the health of the joints, releasing the shoulders and back and finding softness and comfort by using supportive aids.

In our online meditation classes we have been looking at True Relaxation and the 5 levels that need to be relaxed in order to truly experience complete relaxation.  We've explored techniques to reduce stress, balance the nervous system, process the emotions, reduce mental overwhelm and even a technique used by elite athletes and MMA fighters to slow the heart rate on demand.

All of the live online sessions are now in the online Yoga and Meditation Portal if you missed them or would like to experience them again.  You can join the live sessions and access the library by signing up at www.victoriayogaonline.com.  

 
Online Live Session Timetable and Updates

I will be taking a break from the live sessions at the end of December (first time since January!!🥴) but don't worry I won't leave you stranded and will add some new unseen and unheard content for you to enjoy each week.

December online sessions
Mondays 8pm - 8.30pm - Meditation Session (last session 14th Dec)
Thursdays 8pm-9pm - Yoga Session (last session in 17th Dec)

Remember you don't have to join in live if you don't want to, all the live sessions are in the library and available for catch up at a convenient time.

You'll find the live sessions listed in the events tab in your online library or on the calendar tab when you sign into your account.  The Join Session link will go blue at the time of the event allowing you to join the session.


In-Person Yoga Timetable and Updates

In-person sessions will be resuming from this Saturday 5th December. We are very fortunate to be able to continue using the Pool Room at our Secret Garden Venue.  It's a beautiful and tranquil space with incredible acoustics and allows us to follow COVID-19 government safety measures.  The last in-person session of this year will be Saturday 19th December.  With Christmas Yoga by Candlelight sessions the following week.
   
December In-Person Yoga Sessions
Saturdays 11am - 12noon
£30 for the month (3 sessions) or £12 drop in

Wednesdays 10am -11am
£20 for the month (2 sessions) or £12 drop in

Booking is now open for December and there are spaces available in classes so please contact me if you would like to book into any sessions.  Pre-booking is essential.

If you would like to pay online here is the link (please check there are spaces first) www.victoriayoga.co.uk/online-monthly-payment-booking.html

Don't forget you can create your own yoga bubble with friends and family, please contact me if you would like to do this.

Please see the following link for details and guidelines on these sessions http://www.victoriayoga.co.uk/outdoor-yoga.html

CHRISTMAS YOGA
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And finally...

Christmas Yoga by Candlelight sessions will be going ahead "if the fates allow"🎵🎄 They will be slightly different due to covid restrictions but I'm working on making them more magical than ever.  Details to follow really soon...

If you have any questions or queries please feel free to contact me.

Peace and blessings
Victoria

Wishing you a warm welcome to the October newsletter.  I hope this finds you and your family well.  

I have some very exciting news...

We won an award!!!
 
Best Community Yoga School - Essex in the 2020 Fitness and Nutrition awards
 
Well done and thank you to everyone for supporting me, and each other, over the last 12 years that I have been teaching in Essex and now in our new online global community.

It is truly an honour and a pleasure to be able to connect with you whether it's in-person in classes, on retreat days and workshops, during holistic treatments, online sessions, through meditations on Spotify or Insight Timer or just by way of this monthly newsletter where perhaps you join in by taking some of the teachings here into your own practise. THANK YOU 💖🙏

 
"Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong" Lao Tzu

In our September yoga sessions, both online and in-person,  we've been exploring the soft and the fluid, that nourishing quality of water and going with the flow, inviting freedom into the body through organic movement and dance that massages, soothes and invigorates the whole being.  We've been finding strength and support in the music and movement of the body but also in sessions that we dedicated to back care and core support.

In our online meditation classes we have dived deep into the incredible practise of Yoga Nidra and finding the science and the magic that makes up this deeply healing and relaxing practise.  

All of the live online sessions are now in the Online Yoga and Meditation Library if you missed them or would like to experience them again. There are now 60+ yoga videos and meditation audios to choose from in the library that you can access and use anytime and anywhere. You can join the live sessions and access the library by signing up at www.victoriayogaonline.com.  

 
Online Live Session Timetable and Updates

Mondays 8pm - 8.30pm - Meditation Session
Thursdays 8pm-9pm - Yoga Session

Remember you don't have to join in live if you don't want to, all the live sessions are in the library and available for catch up at a convenient time.

You'll find the live sessions listed in the events tab in your online library or on the calendar tab when you sign into your account.  The Join Session link will go from grey to a colour at the time of the event allowing you to join the session.


In-Person Yoga Timetable and Updates

Thank you to everyone who took part in the survey last month.  Unfortunately Greenwoods is currently not an option for classes due to the gym having to relocate equipment into the Studio to comply with the Covid-19 rules on separation.  We are however very fortunate to be able to continue using the Pool Room at our Secret Garden Venue.  It's a beautiful and tranquil space with incredible acoustics (sound bath coming soon!) and allows us to follow COVID-19 government safety measures.
   
Wednesdays 10am -11am - Yoga Session
Saturdays 11am - 12noon - Yoga Session

Booking is now open for October and there are spaces available in all classes so please contact me if you would like to book into any sessions.  

Don't forget you can create your own yoga bubble with friends and family, please contact me if you would like to do this.

Please see the following link for details and guidelines on these sessions http://www.victoriayoga.co.uk/outdoor-yoga.html

If you have any questions or queries please feel free to contact me.

Peace and blessings
Victoria

Wishing you a warm welcome to the July newsletter.  I hope this finds you and your family well.

In our June online live yoga sessions, we started the month with a challenging session including an Ashtanga style sun salutation.  We then slowed it right down and took a few chilled, stretchy, soothing and relaxing Yin style sessions, staying close to the ground and offering nourishment and self care.  We used the heat in our last session to deeply stretch through the whole body.

In our online meditation classes we explored why self care is so important and how it has the power to impact the world around us. We dedicated the whole month to self care, self love and emotional and physical healing.

All of these sessions are now in the online yoga and meditation library if you missed them or would like to experience them again.  You can join the live sessions and access the library by signing up at www.victoriayogaonline.com.  There are now 3 options for access - 

- Discounted Annual Subscription
- Monthly Subscription (cancel anytime)
- 'Pay as You Go' Daily Pass option

 Online Live Session Timetable

Mondays 8pm -8.30pm - Meditation Session
Thursdays 8pm-9pm - Yoga Session

Remember you don't have to join in live if you don't want to, all the live sessions are in the library and available for catch up at a convenient time.

You'll find the live sessions listed in the events tab in your online library and a donate link if you want and are able to contribute towards the sessions, a percentage will go to REACH charity who are really struggling at this time.  A huge thank you for all the donations so far!


Secret Garden Yoga

I am very pleased to announce that we are starting outdoor yoga sessions this month!  I am unfortunately limited to just 5 people in a session following the government guidelines, so it will be on a first come, first served basis and pre booking will be essential.  I have invested in a gazebo to give us some protection against the elements if needed, but I will have to cancel in extreme bad weather.   I have set up a WhatsApp group to be able to keep those booked in updated if this is the case.  If you would like to join a session please let me know and also provide me with your mobile number so that I can add you to the group messages.  Please see the timetable below for days and times.  

Secret Garden Timetable - Starts Saturday 4th July 2020

Wednesday 10am -11am -Yoga Session
Saturday 11am - 12noon - Yoga Session

Secret Garden sessions will be held in a private garden in Stock, details will be given on WhatsApp if you are booked into a session.  Sessions are £10 and you can pay cash on the day or do a bank transfer/PayPal transfer if you prefer.  Due to the limit on numbers, if you book in for a session, you will be required to pay for it even if you are unable to attend unless another student can take your place.  

Please ensure you respect social distancing and wash/clean hands before and after your session.  You will need to use your own equipment so please bring your own yoga mat, blanket, eye pillows etc.  You can get a 10% discount on yoga equipment at Manduka by using the code: VICTORIAYOGA  

Manduka also sell specific yoga mat wash to spray down and clean your yoga mat after sessions.

If you are unable to purchase equipment please let me know and I maybe able to long term loan/sell my second hand equipment to you.

Owed Classes
We stopped short in March due to the lockdown and I know that I owe classes to some of you.  Some of you contacted me and kindly offered to waiver the classes which was so very kind and I trust that you can see the money has gone back into the business with the set up and running of the online platform and also now with setting up these outdoor sessions.  If you do however still would like the owed sessions, you are of course more than welcome to make up these sessions as we start back.  Please just let me know if this is the case and also do remind me how many sessions I owe you.

Published Meditations
Lastly I am pleased to share with you that along with Insight Timer some of my meditations have now been published on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music and are also available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon.  I would absolutely love your support if you use any of these platforms in the form of following me as an artist, giving a review or just using and sharing the meditations.  You can find all the links on the Meditation page of my website http://www.victoriayoga.co.uk/meditation.html

If you have any questions or queries please feel free to contact me.

Peace and blessings
Victoria

I hope this finds you and your family well.  I just wanted to give you a quick update.  

I know lots of you are enjoying the online platform for our yoga and meditation sessions and I thank you for all your feedback.  I've been really impressed with the Namastream platform and what I love is that it is continuing to improve and grow by listening to the feedback and suggestions of it's users.  So if you do have any suggestions for improvements please do not hesitate to let me know and I can pass them on.  There are lots of exciting improvements already in the pipeline so stay tuned!

For those of you already signed up nothing will change with your subscriptions but for those who have not signed up yet I am now able to offer 3 ways to access the platform:

- Annual Subscription
- Monthly Subscription
- Day Pass - giving you a 'Pay as You Go' option if you would like to just do the live sessions or use the library without commitment.  You also do not need a PayPal account for this option.

For all details please visit www.victoriayogaonline.com

I am also looking into doing some outdoor yoga sessions in small groups to comply with the government guidelines and will let you know when the details have been confirmed 😊
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If you have any questions or queries please feel free to contact me.

Peace and blessings
Victoria