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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.

Yorkshire Yoga and Therapy Centre is a trading name of Yorkshire Yoga, a company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales No. 9536820 and a registered charity no. 1124347.

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…

If you’d like to donate to our charity – supporting all the great work we do in the local community then follow the link to our Local Giving page here…

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

New Year... New Start...

We hope that you had a great Christmas and can we wish you a Happy New Year.

2020 is a new year and the start of a new decade so why not take this opportunity to start your New Year with us.

Try before you buy!

Your first class is Free and then we offer 2 classes for £10 to all new customers. We have something for everyone and pride ourselves on making Yoga accessible for all

Not sure what class to come to?

Check out our classes here for more information, download a regular class list in pdf format here or give us a call and our friendly team will be more than happy to help you!

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…

New Pregnancy Yoga Class for Spring 2020

We are pleased to announce a new yoga session for Mums to Be…

Pregnancy yoga safely adapts classic poses which help prepare your body for labour and birth by helping to build strength, stamina and confidence in your ever changing body. You can join us anytime from 14 weeks and practice right up to your baby’s birth. You also get to be part of a supportive network of pregnant women during this wonderfully exciting time.

Absolutely no previous yoga experience is required. You can join from the beginning of your second trimester (around 14 weeks) and are welcome to come to class until your baby is born. It’s lovely also to have post-birth Mums visit the class with their newborns and tell their birth story.

Click here for more information

Mindfulness Based Living Course - Spring 2020

Mindfulness meditation is a way of paying attention to, and seeing clearly whatever is happening in our lives. It helps to reduce stress as well as to develop more focus and mental clarity. It has a beneficial effect on our working practices and relationships.

We are running a new course starting in March next year. For more information and booking please click here…

Pilates For Beginners

Are you looking for a beginners Pilates class? We’ve just the session for you.

Click here to see details of our class specifically designed for people who want to add Pilates into their life but have little or no experience.

This is one of our new sessions and you can download a full timetable of other classes – just click here to download the new timetable in pdf format.

Why not make Pilates part of your life in 2019. It’s really beneficial physically and mentally… oh and it’s great fun!

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.

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

This nourishing healing practice restores equilibrium to the body and mind. Flowing sequences help to increase energy and flexibility. Fluid movements open up the joints, helping to release long held tension. Creating a strong, supple balanced body. Breathing practices help to calm a busy mind allowing the nervous system to relax and the brain to unwind. Regular Schedule Sat 9.45am…

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

Tuesdays
19.15-20:30

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

09 Dec

Christmas and New Year

Can we take this opportunity to say Merry Christmas to all in Yorkshire Yoga land. We hope you all have a great time and we want to thank you for...

12 Sep

Yoga for Everybody

A big thanks to Jann and all the participants of the Wednesday morning yoga session for letting us take some photos. We passionately believe that yoga, Pilates and meditation are...

18 Jul

New Session for Women’s Mantra Meditation Transmission Circle – Tuesday Evenings

We are really pleased to announce that we've published information and booking for a new session of the Women’s Mantra Meditation Transmission Circle on Tuesday the 27th August. More information...

08 Jul

Mindfulness Based Living Course – August and September 2019

We are really excited to announce our new Mindfulness Based Living Course starting with introduction sessions on either the 20th or 27th August. More information and booking can be found...

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

Join us as a tutor

We are currently expanding our team of tutors. If you are a passionate and dedicated health and wellbeing instructor, Please contact us