Yoga & Coaching Experience with Heather
Autumn Retreat, Classes and Support for 40 Days!
6th October – 15th November 2024
40 Days: Autumn Immunity & Vitality Boost.
40 Days of Transformative practices designed to support you throughout the Autumn season to change your habits and keep your immunity boosted.
Following the incredible feedback from the 40 Days New Year Intentions and the 40 Days Spring Cleanse programmes – we are offering you this opportunity to dive deeper into a consistent practice on and off the mat with this Autumn 40 Days Special for boosting your body, mind and energy in the new season.
Join Heather for a 40 Day journey toward enhanced health, immunity & vitality as she guides you with a potent mix of inspiring Day Retreat, Daily Yoga Practice (A 40 Day Sadhana), Weekly Coaching Sessions, along with Lifestyle & Diet Resources and an invitation to an optional Ayurvedic Style Cleanse – to fully reset, rejuvenate & energise your mind, body and lifestyle.
Just as we change our clothes in Autumn as we move into the colder months ahead – we want to look at making adjustments to our lifestyle – including daily routine, habits, diet, sleep and including our yoga practice to support our wellbeing and allow for a healthy transition into the cooler months. This season drives creativity but can also lead to burnout and unnecessary colds if we keep moving at our summer pace. It’s essential at this time we are making choices that are keeping our immunity boosted to build strength and resilience.
An essential part of supporting yourself at this time is the 40-day sadhana – which is a personal practice that you commit to do every day. It is one of the most profound ways to make big changes in your life, a time to reset yourself and lifestyle habits on a daily basis so that all that you do is more powerful and comes from the heart of you.
And when you have a guide in the form of a coach, and along with a community of like-minded others, with you for support & accountability – it’s a real catalyst for experiencing shifts and opening to the vitality & prosperity of life!
Along 40 days of consecutive practice, the powerful day retreat and invaluable weekly group coaching – there is an opportunity to embark on an 3 day cleanse informed by Ayurveda to reset your digestive system and boost your immunity.
Ayurveda (the sister science of Yoga) suggests cleansing two times/year: in autumn and in spring. Autumn represents a transition in the seasons, from the high heat of summer to the frigid cold of winter, and because we are inseparable from nature and how it influences us, we are supported by nature in making a transition within our own bodies, minds and lives at this time.
In this programme we be fully supporting the physical, mental, emotional and energetic aspects of our being by incorporating specific tools & practices from Yoga & Ayurveda including yogic lifestyle, daily routine, diet and self enquiry.
When you decide to its time to do things different in your life and take the required steps to move through your life in a new way and achieve what you desire – we know how important it is to have someone by your side to help you keep up the momentum & commitment of your actions, and to be there to cheer you on as you move with that energy in your daily life.
Reliable studies have shown that you are 70% more likely to achieve your goals when you have a mentor and guide! (Mcarthy Mentoring 2017)
I’m so pleased I gifted myself this experience at the start of the year. The 40 day challenge alongside the coaching and group accountability has really benefited me on and off the mat. I’m less critical and more supportive of myself, I’ve increased self awareness and self acceptance. My family has noticed an improvement in my mood and outlook towards life. This has really helped me to create a sustainable yoga practice for myself. Heather’s coaching and expertise created a nurturing and supportive environment where I felt I could share my wins and be open about any difficulties I had with the practice. If you are looking to discover more about yoga and yourself I highly recommend signing up but more importantly showing up for this challenge. Thank you Heather through this course I’ve also met some lovely likeminded new friends. I have thoroughly enjoyed the 40 days program again so far this year. I actually think it’s a really powerful mix of reflection, self enquiry, intention setting, physical yoga practice, meditation and breath practices, basically all the good stuff!!! along with daily reminders of the path that we are on and encouragement to stick with it.
40 DAYS Intend. Commit. Transform Programme Participant
Experience 40 Consecutive Days Of Daily Practice And Support:
- Day Retreat (In Person) Sunday 6th October – to open this powerful programme and begin your Autumn Reset and Immunity Boost with Yoga, Breathwork, Kriya, Meditation, Relaxation, Self Inquiry, Yogic Lifestyle & Ayurvedic Vegan Food.
- 4 x On Demand Classes (Online) – each on-demand class to be taken for 10 consecutive days. Each class is between 30 – 40 minutes – building on the work from the previous class and providing a consistent touch point for daily practice that will fit around your usual classes.
- 6 x Coaching Sessions (Online) dates opposite – to hold you accountable and keep you motivated.
- Optional Ayurvedic Cleanse – to reset & strengthen your digestive fire for supporting your body’s natural detoxification process.
- Access To A Private Facebook Group for daily inspiration and support.
- Resources – Some additional information will be shared to support your Spring cleanse and journey of expansion.
- Suitable For All
Each Daily Class is designed to build on the last to support physical vitality and increased consciousness, help you transform your challenges into opportunities, and build resilience, and discover your inner power. Experience a blend of uplifting asana, breathwork, and meditation to help you release stagnation, ignite your inner fire, change your internal dialogue, strengthen your body’s resilience, boost your immunity, energy and staying power and set you on a course for success in your consistency on & off the yoga mat.
Each Coaching Session will give you the opportunity to feel fully supported, connected to others on their journey, inspired and empowered to self-reflect and self- correct, and hold you accountable to your commitment to your practice, health and intentions.
Online Coaching Sessions
•Sunday 13th October 10am
•Wednesday 16th October 7pm
•Monday 21st October 7pm
•Tuesday 29th October 7pm
•Sunday 10th Nov 10am
•Saturday 16th Nov 10am
Optional Ayurvedic Cleanse: There will be an invitation to take part in your own ayurvedic cleanse for a period of 3 – 5 days with the group to assist your body’s natural detoxification & rejuvenation process. Ayurveda seeks to support your body, not deny it, and if you are cleansing it’s important to make sure you’re doing so to help your body do what it’s supposed to do naturally.
Heather will share some resources for diet and lifestyle including guidelines from Ayurveda that are suggestions for you to inform your choices at this time of Year.
What is shared with you is not designed to replace any medical advice, and taking part is your responsibility. If you have a medical condition, especially relating to your digestion, it’s best to talk to your doctor before any kind of change to your diet and nutrition.
This programme is open to all, and it will work with you whatever level of Yoga you’re at and with what you are focussing on in your life, to give your body and mind a helping hand with the tools from yoga and coaching.
Why 40 Days?
This Programme takes place over 40 days – the length of time is said to break old negative patterns and set in motion & cement a new positive habit!
A habit is a subconscious chain reaction between the mind, the glandular system and the nervous system. We develop habits throughout our life – with some of them helpful and serving our optimal health, whilst others that are not supportive for our wellbeing!
We can change our habitual behaviour through making a deep commitment and repeating new actions over a period of time – including mindful approaches to moving, breathing, managing our thoughts, and clearing emotional baggage.
By taking part in the 40-days of daily Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation – it will build your commitment and progress in the experience of these practices which in turn starts to transform your life. You will not only create and set the habit of a regular practice and reap the benefits of this with a deeper connection to self, more ease and joy – but it can help rewire the current chain reaction and develop new, ingrained habits that serve you with your what you are working towards and intentions – and set you up for long lasting success!
Having the support of a teacher & guide is key to helping you stay focussed, committed, and dedicated with shapeshifting & transforming. And being in community with others going on this journey together will strengthen your staying power, allow you to lean into one another for motivation & inspiration, and a safe space to cheer on & celebrate each other – via weekly live coaching sessions and a dedicated private Facebook group
I have thoroughly enjoyed the 40 days program again so far this year. I actually think it’s a really powerful mix of reflection, self enquiry, intention setting, physical yoga practice, meditation and breath practices, basically all the good stuff!!! along with daily reminders of the path that we are on and encouragement to stick with it.
I did the program last year and back then it was a brilliant way to rehabilitate from an injury. I found that the shorter practices daily was so much better for my body than longer practices less regularly. This was a revelation at the time!
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the workshops at the beginning, looking back over the past year and being encouraged to set some actions in motion was really helpful and actually reflecting on last year‘s this time was really encouraging, as I could read through my intentions for last year and notice all the changes I had made. Last year doing the 40 days program completely changed my morning routine and this is something I’ve stuck with. It was nice to revisit that this year and to appreciate the change I’ve made.
I think you have provided a really powerful program that has really benefited me in terms of not only the physical practice, gaining strength and the encouragement of a regular practice, but the weaving of themes linked to focus, attention and thought of working towards something I found a potent mix.
The style of yoga is, as always, something that I really enjoy. It is strong but with plenty of attention to breath so you really feel what you are doing.
For me, the positives of the 40 days program include the regularity of practice, the feeling of gaining strength in my body, the recurrent prompts to focus on presence, focus, attention & encouragement to continue on my inner journey. All the different breath practices and meditation practices have been varied, interesting & fun.
I’ve loved it & I can’t wait to do it again next year and to look back at where I was and realise the shifts. I would really recommend people give this a try and I will be back next year for sure!! I actually think everyone would benefit from a program like this!!
Emma – 40 DAYS Intend. Commit. Transform Programme Participant
Why Now?
A perfect time to implement good habits is during a seasonal transition such as into Autumn & Spring, and they are potent points in the Year to make space for planting your seeds of Intention, revisiting anything you set out to focus on earlier in the year, and to develop new habits for manifesting change and the vision you hold for How you want to feel, Who we want to be, How you want to live your life this season and beyond.
Autumn is a great opportunity to look back over your welcomed summer chaos, to take stock on what worked well and what didn’t, see where you’re out of alignment in different areas of your life, and to focus on what adjustments need to be made – whether its little tweaks or brand new habits that need to be addressed and given attention for supporting your wellbeing.
You don’t have to wait until the New Year to implement a plan and to set intentions! At this time of the Year, we might notice our lifestyle choices are not serving us to feel at our best – but perhaps we are thinking ‘Now is not the time to do it – I’ll just wait instead until the start of the next Year when everyone is setting the new intentions? But actually, there’s no better time to make the changes you wish for than now! Starting now, gaining traction and experiencing gradual improvement in the last section of 2024 can mean you start the New Year feeling ahead and ready to continue keeping on keeping on!
The shift from Summer to Autumn is significant, and we need to support our body, mind and energy with recalibrating. Something that is essential for this season is both a strong immune system and digestive health. The dryness of this season will appear in us (i.e cracked lips, dry redness around the nose, waves of sneezing, constipation, fatigue, lethargy, low mood, irritability and a feeling of being ungrounded.) In contrast to this there can be a feeling of creativity in the air at this time of Year (known as the Vata energy in Ayurveda) – and so, if we have the tools, knowledge and accountability to support ourselves – we can plug into this, cultivate a balance of spaciousness and groundedness, and feel boosted, abundant and well through the cooler dryer darker months.
I signed up for the 40 days New Intentions as I needed something new to focus on. I felt as though I was just existing and had no enthusiasm for anything. I did not expect to come out of the 40 days with such a different mindset. I learnt to pause, reflect and be aware. I discovered that I had choices and the power of choice. If something isn’t serving me then I need to change. I became stronger physically and mentally from the consistency and repetition of all the sessions. The support from Heather and the rest of the group made a huge difference. I did not hesitate to sign up for the next 40 Days – Cleanse Integrate Illuminate as the only downside from the last 40 days was it ending.
40 DAYS Intend. Commit. Transform Programme Participant
FULL DETAILS ON THE AUTUMN RESET RETREAT DAY | SUNDAY 6TH OCTOBER | 9:30am – 4pm (included in the package)
Yoga – Healing Breaths – Meditation – Relaxation – Self Inquiry – Yogic Lifestyle – Ayurvedic Vegan Food.
This day retreat has a holistic and integrative approach that honours the healing and transformational potential within yoga.
An opportunity to practice a combination of alignment-based Vinyasa Yoga, Kundalini Yoga Kriya (sequences designed to bring about a certain energetic effect), healing breath, Mantra, heart centred Meditations, Relaxation, Contemplation, living your yoga, and delicious nourishing Ayurvedic inspired vegan food.
This integration of techniques is impactful, effective, and practical (and fun!) to strengthen your body, release stagnation, transform your energy, raise your frequency, connect to your heart, and cut through the negative tendency of the mind – leaving you cleansed, rejuvenated and inspired for your yoga practice, your health, your lifestyle and what you desire to move forwards within the coming months.
The retreat will meet you wherever you’re at in your yoga and provide you this fantastic studio-only opportunity to refine & refresh areas of the practice, and a space to explore & learn new yogic techniques for working on the different layers of yourself – the physical, energetic, mental, and emotional – on and off the yoga mat to bring about balanced, present, and radiant integrated state.
In the morning we’ll get into a Vinyasa Yoga to open & strengthen your whole body, tweak and hone your alignment, and receive hands-on assists. This will prepare us for moving into a powerful Kundalini yoga kriya set to work on the subtle body, shift stagnation and transform energy, and bring about lightness and radiance to your being. The sequence of postures, prana-building breath, and mantra to awaken energy at your navel and then activate the heart.
After deep relaxation, we’ll also include a series of Meditations for the heart to further refine energy, build focus and awaken intuition. It focusses on dissolving negativity and manifesting the qualities you most desire for your happiness and growth.
Lunch will be a beautiful wholesome vegan food informed by the wisdom of Ayurvedic – perfect for nourishing you after the morning of practices and in alignment with the energy of the Autumn season.
The afternoon will include relaxation techniques to release stress and create a deep sense of wellbeing & calm, a blissful guided Yoga Nidra, a discussion on yogic lifestyle and diet for balance for this time of year, journaling prompts for what you are intending & opening to, and heart opening hot cacao & sweet snacks.
Join Me For A Day To Come Home to Yourself.
Includes:
- Asanas (postures) especially twists, side bends, core work and backbends that work on assisting the body’s natural cleansing including the digestive system.
- Breathing Techniques (Pranayama) – specific ones that clear stagnant energy and assist with purifying, energising & balancing our systems.
- Kriya’s (Cleansing Techniques) different types will be introduced.
- Yogic lifestyle including Heather sharing her daily wellness ritual (Dinacharya from Ayurveda- the sister science of Yoga) – with tools & tips and how to set up one for yourself. including tongue scraping, nose (neti) cleaning, and abhyanga (warm oil massage) which you can adopt for self-care routines to enhance your vitality on and off the mat!
- Reflection and Contemplation for your Personal Development to take inventory of where you are and how you want to be showing up for this latter part of 2024 & beyond.
- We will finish the session with a deeply restful yoga nidra (yogic sleep) and meditation for a full integration of all you have received.
Expect to leave feeling lighter, brighter, stronger and full of vitality – reinvigorated and bursting full with inspiration & understanding of how to stay well in body and mind in Autumn and the months ahead.
(This can also be booked as a stand-alone workshop for £80 – see Workshops page for booking)
PRICE
£172 EARLY BIRD
AVAILABLE UNTIL 18TH AUGUST.
£222 FULL PRICE
Option to pay across 3 payments – please ask for details.
Please call us if you are experiencing any issues with the booking system and we will support you with completing your booking.
Spots are limited! Book now to join Heather for this powerful transformative Yoga and Coaching programme!
About Heather
Heather is a Senior Yoga Teacher of over 13 Years, Transformational Life Coach, and Founder of Heather Yoga who will be by your side throughout this powerful time of intention & change – blending her passion, wisdom and experience of Yoga and holistic living with tools, skills & knowledge as a Transformational coach guiding you in a powerful experience through the latter part of 2024 together.