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300 hour Forrest inspired yoga teacher, poet and author of 'In Light' 49 poems to light your soul.

02/11/2026

Starting this week, my 7 week ‘Rooted in Being’ elemental yoga journey 🍁 🍃🌱🌳🍂

You don’t need to be experienced with yoga, as I’ll help you find what works for you in the practice. Sign up for the whole 7 weeks or drop in as and when it suits…also you can switch between the two venues as you please (including if you buy the whole course).

I’m excited to see what emerges in this beautiful experience that we’ll create together.

Week 1: Grounded - the root chakra

Weds 9.15 Merry Bells, Wheatley
Fri 9.15 Neighbours Hall, Great Milton

Claire 💫

21/10/2026

Reach out if you’d like to know more, I have spaces in a twin en suite or double en suite available.

This retreat is going to be really special, our little group is forming and I’m just looking for 4 or 5 more women who’d like to join us for this rejuvenating adventure in January 🥰❤️

This is for you if you’re looking to travel a little further overseas in the company of other women - we are mid-life, curious, turning the focus back on ourselves, creating space for new adventures. I provide yoga and body psychotherapy sessions that are suitable for all levels and everything is optional. Plus we have the incredible team at Munkudil Ayurveda Yoga Retreat giving us a full Ayurvedic therapy package with daily massage and treatments.

If you’re curious, please get in touch for a no pressure chat ❤️

06/10/2026

From the river to the sea….some of my retreat guests are planning post-retreat activities and I’ve happily recommended a few days on the coast among other things. This is a former fishing village, where the sons and daughters have created beach cafes like this one. I stayed at a home stay where I became one of the family, fed by the Mum every day, taken care of by the daughter who booked my airport transfer. The home was on the sand, the beach just 50 metres from my bedroom. I spent my days doing very little in the heat…a swim in the sea, reading my book with a local dog snoozing under my lounger. Absolute heaven and totally authentic 👌🏼🥰❤️ Message me if you want to find out all the details, I have some spaces left either sharing or single occupancy.

05/10/2026

some big magic has emerged from this year ✨ I am taking a small group of women to Kerala for a nourishing yoga and ayurveda retreat at beautiful for 9 days with options to tag on extra adventures afterwards.

slow mornings watching the sun rise over the river, elemental yoga sessions, tailored ayurveda treatments and excursions to a temple, bird sanctuary and a jeep safari. 3 vegetarian meals a day, infinity pool, beautiful grounds and gardens 🌹🌱

all in celebration of and devotion to the great mother 🙏🏼🥰💫❤️

I have some spaces available if you’re seeking some wholesome connection, a wonderful adventure within a small group, held and guided by me (I’ve been to Kerala several times for long trips), please message me to see if it aligns 🙏🏼❤️

with love, claire

09/06/2026

12 weeks ago and at this time of the evening, I was rushing to London to be bedside with my dying Mum. Holding her hand, stroking her hair, saying what I needed her to know, saying thank you for choosing me as her daughter, telling her how proud I am to have her spirit and kind heart. Such a seismic shift in my life, and a complex back story to process. There is a brutality to losing your Mum that I’m nonetheless grateful for - a shifting of priorities, a removal of self doubt and people pleasing, a fierce protectiveness over my heart ❤️ a wisdom earned through watching her take her last breath. A reverence for the great mystery of birth and death. And a reinforcement of my own purpose in this lifetime….to be a mother 🙏🏼

I’m working out who I am without her.

I’m seeing that grief and joy can exist at the same time.

I’m finding medicine in singing mantra with my harmonium and my little Cadi.

I keep saying “it is what it is” - because that is simply the truth. I feel her every single day in every single way, she’s in my heart, she’s in my bones, my cells, she’s in my smile 😊 she is me and I am her 💖

26/02/2026

6 weeks of a journey together in a small group to explore how yoga can impact your life on so many levels. With the world around us feeling more and more disorienting, bewildering and stressful, yoga and pranayama (breath) can really help us to find our centre…to find steadiness and safety within the body and bring a sense of peace.

This practice has really brought me so much support in the last decade. It’s hard to verbalise how it has changed me because the changes have happened on the inside. It touches every part of your life and this is why I teach - for the impact and the ripple effect.

Come join me in March, message me for more info and to book 🙏🏼🩷

22/02/2026

Hints of spring 🌷 🌼 ☀️
Warmer wind
A four legged friend
I don’t have many words at the moment…

09/01/2026

It has been an absolute joy to have worked with the lovely team at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, A Belmond Hotel providing bespoke seasonal yoga for all the wonderful guests since the summer of 2025. I was made to feel part of the family from the outset and I truly met some wonderful people on and off the mat.

We practiced outside in the orchard, among the trees, near the pond, in the Japanese house, and in the conservatory of the beautiful La Belle Epoque. I believe that providing yoga at such a beautiful venue is not a class, it’s an experience, which is the essence of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons - it’s about people, experiences, connection with the earth and the seasons. And truly I delivered experiences that really complemented the seasonal devotion of this beautiful place. There is a very special and sacred energy on the land which has been cultivated from the ground up, and I was honoured to have shared practice here with such lovely people. So looking forward to seeing the gates open once again and rolling out the mat once more.

Thank you for having me 🙏🏼🧘🏼‍♀️🩷

22/12/2025

Singing has been a huge part of my world this year 🎶

From having singing lessons with the most supportive teacher who unlocked a hidden soprano in me;
To chanting a maha mantra for the first time in one of my favourite studios .yoga.cambs;
To joining the amazing Watlington Community Choir led by as a soprano;
To performing with the choir in three Christmas concerts, one of our own and two where we backed incredible musicians 🤩🙏🏼💫

It has all been a continuation of exploring my voice and a sense of inner healing through devotional singing and community singing, a coming home 🩷

Getting over my stage fright and allowing m voice some power and presence 🥰

Excited to see where this all leads in 2026 but suffice to say that chanting is my medicine for sure 🙏🏼❤️‍🩹

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