Join Karen Andersen for a gentle and therapeutic yoga practice focused on promoting healthy hips and back. In this class, you’ll explore mindful movements and stretches designed to enhance mobility, relieve tension, and foster a sense of ease in your body. Ideal for all levels, especially beginners, this class will guide you through accessible poses that support injury recovery and postural alignment.

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Here you'll find writing on mindfulness, neuroscience, mental health, physical wellbeing, and yoga.

These topics often overlap: attention, behaviour and embodiment are all part of the same ecosystem of experience, and the aim here is to explore those connections in a thoughtful and practical way. Some posts draw from research, others from lived experience and teaching. The intention is to share ideas that are useful, considered, and occasionally a bit different from what is typically said.

April 5, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Karen • Sunday April 5th, 2026

Join Karen Andersen for a gentle and therapeutic yoga practice focused on promoting healthy hips and back. In this class, you’ll explore mindful movements and stretches […]
March 31, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday March 31st, 2026

Chris opens with a calm reminder to stay comfortable, then keeps the class spacious with lots of options as you move through breath-led joint freeing on […]
March 29, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Sunday March 29th, 2026

This gentle, therapeutic class spends extra time building a strong, connected core as a way to support healthy hips and a happy back. Chris moves steadily […]
March 24, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday March 24th, 2026

Chris opens this gentle class by sharing that the focus will be a mix of hips, back, and core strength, with some fresh work for the […]
March 10, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday March 10th, 2026

The hips and spine are the epicentre of our body’s movements. They need to be strong, stable and flexible in order to move easefully and without […]
March 8, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Karen • Sunday March 8th, 2026

Karen opens this gentle, beginner-friendly class with a quiet breath-led check-in, then keeps returning to slow, supportive movements for the hips, low back, and spine. You’ll […]
March 3, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday March 3rd, 2026

Chris opens by inviting you to tune into the breath and then spends the class building hip strength and spinal ease through a mix of joint-freeing […]
March 1, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Sunday March 1st, 2026

Chris opens this gentle class with a thoughtful reminder that breath is your best teacher, then keeps returning to that calming, steady rhythm as you move […]
February 22, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Sunday February 22nd, 2026

The hips and spine are the epicentre of our body’s movements. They need to be strong, stable and flexible in order to move easefully and without […]
February 10, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday February 10th, 2026

Chris opens this gentle, beginner-friendly class by getting everyone comfortable on the floor and paying close attention to how gravity changes the way the body stacks […]
February 8, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Karen • Sunday February 8th, 2026

Karen starts this class by settling you into a supported recline to make diaphragmatic breathing feel a little more accessible, then builds gradually into gentle hip […]
February 3, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday February 3rd, 2026

Chris opens with a calm centering sequence that keeps the breath front and center, then gradually works through hip circles, hamstring stretches, and a lot of […]
January 27, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday January 27th, 2026

Chris opens this class by focusing on the balance between mobility, flexibility, and strength. From there, the practice works steadily through hip and back-friendly strengthening, strap […]
January 25, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Karen • Sunday January 25th, 2026

Karen opens with a slow, settling breath and a gentle reminder that there’s no rush in this class — you’re encouraged to begin as you are, […]
January 21, 2026

Mat Pilates with Lisa-Rani • Wednesday January 21st, 2026

Lisa-Rani leads a challenging, breath-centered Mat Pilates class that starts with standing work to wake up the whole body before moving into weighted lunges, side bends, […]
January 20, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday January 20th, 2026

Chris opens with a generous reminder that you can use a bolster, skip anything that doesn’t feel right, and choose the breath-friendly version of each shape. […]
January 13, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday January 13th, 2026

Chris opens this class with a reminder that the shapes are just tools, not the whole point, and keeps coming back to noticing what feels supportive […]
January 6, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday January 6th, 2026

This gentle, multi-level class uses resistance bands to build strength around the hips and pelvis while still leaving plenty of room for breath and modification. Chris […]
January 4, 2026

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Sunday January 4th, 2026

In this class you’ll be guided to bring your attention to breath, alignment, and notice how your body is feeling in the moment. Chris guides you […]
December 30, 2025

Yoga for Healthy Hips and Back with Chris • Tuesday December 30th, 2025

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