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Welcome to Yorkshire Yoga

Yorkshire Yoga was founded in 2005 to provide a welcoming and inclusive venue in which all of the community could experience the benefits of yoga. We passionately believe that everyone should be able to participate in yoga and benefit from the physical and emotional support from taking part.

We offer a range of classes suitable for different levels of ability and health.

We are a Registered Charity and A Registered Company.

We are based in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire and our yoga centre is a hub offering a range of group exercise classes taught by qualified instructors in Yoga, Pilates, Nordic Walking as well as well-being and natural stress relief techniques.

You can also hire our building and you can find out more by following this link…

We hope you find the information on our website helpful and please get in touch if you need more help. Our contact details can be found here…

You can follow us on Social Media by following this link to our Facebook page and this link will take you to our Twitter feed.

Re-opening The Centre - Early September 2020!

We hope that you are all still keeping safe and well.

We are excited to announce that the centre will be opening for classes on the 8th September.

We are starting with an appropriate and safe selection of classes which we hope will appeal to you.

We will add more classes in October and hope to offer our full timetable along with some new additions in the near future. Here’s a link to our revised timetable…

If you are planning on attending a class please click here to download our new instruction sheet.

It will be great to see folks taking part in sessions again and we look forward to seeing you soon.

We Are Looking for New Trustees

Yorkshire Yoga and Therapy Centre is seeking to appoint a number of Trustees to join our established board. We are looking for positive and enthusiastic people who between them, can bring a broad range of relevant skills and experience from a business or charity environment to enhance our existing team.

If you are interested in supporting us as a Trustee please click here for more information about this vital role.

ESF Community Grants 2020

We are really pleased to announce that Yorkshire Yoga has secured funding to allow us to support unemployed people into securing work, improving confidence and accessing further education.

The ESF Community Grants programme is funded by the European Social Fund and Education and Skills Funding Agency and we are offering specialist support to help people move on with their lives in 2020.

For more information please get in touch or click here to find out more…

Excellent Classes

Experience our wide range of health and well-being classes including yoga, dance, pilates and mindfulness.

Accessible to All

Our custom designed yoga studio has a sprung floor, specialist equipment and hoists to ensure our range of classes are accessible to everyone, whatever their level of mobility or experience (including wheelchair users).

Fantastic Tutors

Our team of tutors are highly qualified, experienced, dedicated and passionate. Our centre is British Wheel of Yoga accredited.

Our Classes

Wellbeing Walks – Thursday

Weekly, local, easy, accessible walks incorporating embodied Mindfulness and meditation practices, gentle walking and mindful movement, led by Yoga teacher Lou Moore or Mindfulness teacher Rachel Clark.

Peaceful Warrior Exploration – One Friday/month 19:30-21:00

Beginner, Intermediate

Welcome to the most invigorating, replenishing and joy-filled Friday of your month! This 90-minute session is the perfect end to your week and will smooth your transition into the weekend.

Peaceful Warrior

Beginner, Intermediate

This beautiful flowing yoga class is the perfect end to your day.

Pregnancy Yoga Class

Beginner

This weekly feel good pregnancy yoga class for expectant mums can help you in being more comfortable during the emotional and physical changes that take place during the second and third trimester.

Advanced Pilates

Advanced, Intermediate

Based on the exercise system developed by Joseph Pilates, these classes develop core strength and core stability. Joseph Pilates classical matwork Advanced Pilates that consists of 33 exercises . Very enjoyable Fast and flowing core exercises designed for Pilates clients who are proficient in the method. Regular Schedule Monday 19:00 – 20:00 Classes start 7 October 2019 Book Now

Hatha, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

Intermediate

Vinyasa means to move with the breath, which is essentially the core of a Vinyasa class.

Children’s Yoga

Beginner

Yoga classes specifically for children and young people Regular Schedule Saturdays 11.00 – 11.45 Please note the new class time from the 14th September 2019 onwards: 17:30 – 18:15 Book Now

Chair Yoga, Stretch and Dance

Beginner

A friendly active class (chair based or standing) – bringing together yoga, dance & stretch. Its fun, positive and relaxing, leaving you with a wonderful feeling of all over wellbeing. Regular Schedule Wednesdays 9:15 – 10:15 Book Now

Beginner’s Pilates

Beginner

Monday 18:00 – 19:00

Beginner’s Yoga

Beginner

Wednesdays 10:30 – 11:30 and 19:15 – 20:15

Mother & Baby Yoga

Tuesday 12:15 – 13:30pm

Children Beginners Ballet and Tap

Saturdays
13.00-14.00

Fitness Dance Class

Friday – 18:15 – 19:15

Gentle Years/Gentle Yoga Classes

Beginner

Tuesdays
11:00-12:00

Fridays
10:30-12:15 at Dene Park Community Centre

Ashtanga Yoga

Coming back soon

Pilates

Tuesday
Pilates & Relaxation – 09.30-10.30

Thursday
Pilates Intermediate/Advanced – 09.30-10.30
Pilates Advanced – 19.30-20.30

Friday
Pilates Beginners 9.30-10.30

Hatha Yoga

Tuesday
Hatha Yoga and Relax – 18.00-19.00

Thursday
Hatha Yoga and Relax – 10.45-12.00

Mindfulness

Thursdays
18:00-19:00

Seated Yoga Flex and Core

Mondays
10:00-11:15

Able and Enabled Yoga

Monday
11.30 – 13.30

Core Yoga

Wednesday
18.00-19.00

See all our classes

Latest News

04 Aug

Centre Reopening – September 2020

We hope that you are all still keeping safe and well. The Centre will be opening for classes on the 8th of September. We are Centre with an appropriate and...

27 Jul

Big Thanks

Just a really big thank you to all who donated to our Crowdfunder campaign to help us with vital funding needed to get back up and running after the Covid...

30 Jun

New CrowdFunder Campaign – Summer 2020

We've just launched our new Crowdfunder campaign to help us fund the vital work that we do. Our organisation is largely non-reliant on grant funds. We use income generated by...

29 Jun

New Trustee Opportunity Summer 2020

Yorkshire Yoga and Therapy Centre is seeking to appoint a number of Trustees to join our established board. We are looking for positive and enthusiastic people who between them, can...

What's Being Said About Us

The quality of my life has been so enhanced with the programme, it’s given me wings and without it, I would cease to fly. I am in a wheelchair and live alone. I look forward to the exercise class for people with disabilities at Yorkshire Yoga. We are hoisted on to exercise mats and given one-to-one assistance. I followed the Thinnerpeace diet 3 years ago and I lost 1 1/2 stone and have not put it back on. This is the only time I get to move my legs and it's wonderful. It really should be funded by the NHS. The quality of my life has been so enhanced with the programme, it’s given me wings and without it, I would cease to fly.

Pam

Able and Enabled Yoga

We all support each other in the group. So I look forward to each class. It seems to make it easier to lose weight. Thinnerpeace is a great class for losing weight. It combines aerobic exercise on the ball with resistance band training on the ball. Since rejoining the class I have lost a stone and have tried to maintain it. So I feel a lot healthier. We all support each other in the group. So I look forward to each class. It seems to make it easier to lose weight. I joined in a Nordic Walking taster session and was pleasantly surpirsed at how well I coped, especially with my knees. It was so much fun, I signed up for the full course. Now I come along to Gentle Years Yoga twice a week.

Chris

Thinnerpeace/Gentle Years Yoga

My balance and coordination is as good if not better than it was before the stroke... However, my favourite part is the social aspect. I have met so many new friends. I was referred to the Fit4Health programme by my GP following a stroke which had affected my coordination and balance and left me with residual weakness in my right arm. I was also trying to avoid any further attacks of AF (which prior to May had become more frequent and lasted for days rather than hours) by losing weight and becoming fit. My blood pressure was being controlled with drugs and this was a condition set by the cardiology department at LGI if I was to try to control the AF without the use of antirhythmia drugs. In September 2011 I started in the Gentle Years Yoga class and also had a programme created for me in the fitness room. I use the treadmill and balance master as well as weights. The balance master has been really useful. My balance and coordination is as good if not better than it was before the stroke and I have virtually no remaining weakness on my right side. My favourite part is the social aspect. I have met so many new friends. In January 2012 I also joined the Yoga and Fitness Hatha Yoga class and trained to be a 'training buddy', helping other people in the fitness room.

Clare

Gentle Years/ Hatha Yoga