More Yoga Do More Self-Love: Review of Late Night Lock-ins
Meet the yoga studio crew who really do give more!
Stepping into a yoga studio on a Saturday night isn’t my usual vibe… Yet swapping dance floors and beats for candles and stretching for the launch of More Yoga’s Late Night Lock Ins was a wonderful experience.
More Yoga studios are popping up all over London, offering a range of accessible and affordable yoga. As a Yoga Teacher, it is paramount to keep up my own practice (yet it is so easily overlooked!) and More Yoga is my favourite new hotspot. From Vinyasa to restorative, power to meditation, it’s got it all, with a host of fantastic teachers. And not only are they a warm an inclusive crew, but they are quite the philanthropists too, with a mission to raise £10k for charity this year!
February saw the first of a new series of workshops by More Yoga; in line with the Valentine’s theme, the yoga workshop on Self-love by Liz Joy Oaklay (@lizjoyoakley) not only included live acoustic music from Mike (@bastiancreations), but also raised £115 for Hackney Night Shelter, a small local charity to the studio.
The studio was a cosey haven, with candles and blankets and a gift bag for each yogi. Liz greeted us all with smiles and hugs, her shiney spirit sharing a sense of happiness and fun. Liz led us through a beautiful yoga flow, gentle movements and breath work, ending with restorative poses to nurture the body.
Many of us are used to practicing yoga with music and have a range of yogi-friendly playlists to match the pace of the movements; but listening to live acoustic music whilst flowing on the mat really was something else. Mike’s acoustic guitar was the perfect compliment to the yoga, and Liz and Mike were nicely synced in sound and time with the yoga movements! The dreamy atmosphere created a sense of a community for the workshop, that we were all their together to celebrate ourselves.
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