Elevate Yoga Scotland is a solo enterprise based in Scotland with a focus on Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga for all abilities and in the understanding that you come to the mat with whatever experience, energy, ability or mood you have and I meet you where you are without judgement. 

 

Yoga is offered as a class or workshop-based session both indoors and outdoors, with an emphasis on creating safe, welcoming, calm, accessible environments where each body and need is unique. I hope to make you feel, welcome, relaxed and to help you enjoy your time on the mat.

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What led me to yoga?

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My main passion for yoga is how it can boost our mental and emotional health, both on and off the mat. I've experienced depression and anxiety since I was a teenager and found yoga in my 20s through an amazing teacher in an affordable class at my local leisure centre in Glasgow where I lived and worked at the time.  It was the one time in the week I knew I would feel connected to my body and it kept me grounded and calm.  I loved this sense of peace and would save up for cheap retreats and visit Glasgow Buddhist Centre to learn meditation.

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Why do yoga?

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We can connect our body and mind through yoga practise as a starting point to improving our own health and outlook. Learning and practising yoga can help find peace, calm, coping mechanisms and an anchor in the storm, whether this be our own internal chat/thoughts or the busy pace of life.  Yoga can help regulate our hormones, mood, emotional and mental health and an awareness of who we really are, this can can impact on positive self-esteem, being less critical of ourselves as we begin to learn to care for ourselves better, diet and lifestyle choices and connection with ourselves and others.  And for the body, we can improve our physical strength, stamina, joint flexibility, spinal alignment, respiratory health, sleep and have healthier internal organs.   I believe yoga is life changing.

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Thank you for visiting and I hope to meet you in a class or workshop one day soon! And to my existing clients or anyone who has ever attended an Elevate Yoga class, course or workshop,, online or in person or the clients, friends or family who support me in any way on this journey, Namaste!  

Frances