This Journal post is long, because my yoga business is going through some changes and I need to explain why that is and how it will look for my tribe. So please bear with me and grab a cuppa and read on...

February 1st 2026

I had the privilege of stepping into 2026 for a weekend retreat at Trigonos with Steph Healy and her magical gongs in January. The wind howled, the trees swayed, the underfloor heating invited us to lie down and get comfortable and cosy…

Time for me to go UNDER…

Under a blanket.

Under the radar.

Under the labels, expectations and limitations of my current life.

Under the egoic mind and into conversation with my inner wiser self.

Under the should and shouldn’ts and into a world of infinite possibility and creativity.

My mind was free to dream and create.

Here is what came to me:

Something has to CHANGE.

I wrote pages and pages in my journal of all the things I truly want for my life now. My four boys have all flown the nest; a new chapter is unfolding. A space of possibility opened up. It feels like 2026 is going to be a year of change, maybe for all of us, personally, locally, globally, but I am thinking of 2026 as a transition year, a Pivot Year.

I will be celebrating my 58th birthday in June and I deeply want the next 10 + years of working life to be meaningful, easeful and a true reflection of all that I have learned, studied and experienced since I started yoga 27 years ago in January 1999.

As the Gongs washed over me at Trigonos, my body felt like lead, and I went into a meditative state and I had clarity of vision and purpose.

This is what I know.

I want to live in a way that feels sweet and nourishing.

I want to teach yoga in a way that feels deep and authentic.

I want to do everything with love and purpose.

I want to work more one-to-one with people, helping them to see their innate power and potential.

I want to create more, travel more and feel more, breathe different air, sit by water, forest, mountain and meadow and be inspired by the natural world at my fingertips and in my lungs.

I can feel this life pulling at my edges. It is in my peripheral vision, just out of sight. I can feel it and I know it deeply in my soul and in my heart.

However... back in my actual life, the changes seem harder to create than when I was lying in the studio at Trigonos; people to disappoint and expectations to be lived up to. So, I have been re-reading my Journal, and with all of my dreams laid out before me, I am coming up with a plan.

The first change is this – now is the last time I spend time looking at Facebook, Instagram and Newsletter statistics and wonder where I am going wrong.

I am 13 years a Yoga teacher – and I share my love of all things yoga with an open heart and an enquiring mind. I also run my business with authenticity and an unwillingness to sell my soul to Meta and the relentless need to be constantly showcasing all aspects of my life online. I am a private person and I find the pressure - to sell myself and my lifestyle to get clicks, follows and shares - acutely goes against my grain.

On social media I have, on average, 8.25 seconds of your attention span to talk about the depths of a Meditation practice, the multi-layered experience of practising yoga, the transformational benefits of stepping out of your life for a few days to attend a retreat. It is an uphill struggle, even with 2,000+ followers on Facebook, as the algorithms are in place to force business pages to pay for advertising – I am lucky if 10% of my followers actually see what I am posting!

Facebook and Instagram are well documented to have questionable ethics around keeping teenagers safe online, and with privacy and misinformation concerns, I am relieved to be taking a step back from relying on this form of communication.

Substack, on the other hand, feels like a genuine community. I have been following a few people here for a while now and I’m really impressed with the respect and open-hearted nature of interaction and acceptance of everybody. It is a very nurturing space for creative individuals, and I am feeling the pull to write more and create art again.

In my yoga classes and on retreat, as you are nestling in for a Yoga Nidra, I often prompt you to create a Sankalpa – a ‘sacred vow ‘that is aligned with your highest truth… I would not be deeply in my own practice if I didn’t also reflect on my highest truth and live a life that honours it.

And my truth is simply this – I am FREE – free to live the life that is calling me and to follow the path that feeds my soul. I know that means to live simply, slowly and quietly; to live 100% the purest version of me. I know who that is when I’m under a blanket, a Gong or in the total stillness of Yoga Nidra. I can feel her calling me to breathe long and slow into my belly and to connect to my essence and my true path.

I also know that when I love what I do, I can’t wait to get started in the morning. And I know that I procrastinate when my work drains me. I have an uncomfortable feeling that I am trading away my life sitting at my computer, creating Facebook posts that land in thin air and don’t create any meaningful connection or pouring my heart and soul with these Mailchimp newsletters which are opened by less than half of the recipients. I appreciate those who do open and read my monthly musings, but it’s not really a conversation, is it?

I have a solution.. I’m moving over to another platform that makes my heart swell and my shoulders drop.

So, watch out world, but in the next four weeks, these things will come to pass.

1. I will be reducing time on Meta-based social media to the online space that feels like my new home – Substack. My newsletters and publications will be here - I am currently learning the ropes and will have it all set up by the next newsletter in March. You will of course have the opportunity to unsubscribe etc, if it doesn’t call to you.
2. I am updating my website and focus. OM YOGA North Wales will become OM YOGA & CHAKRAS as I shift to a 50 / 50 way of working - half Yoga Teacher and half Chakra Therapist. I will be offering a full Chakra Analysis in my one-to-one appointments as well as the Sound Healing with Crystal & Himalayan Bowls which is already available.
3. My dream to be a Chakra Life Coach is coming to fruition after a year of working on it behind the scenes. I will be using the wonderful Chakras as a way to discover where blocks and challenges are for my clients, so that the Life Coaching techniques can then be really effective. I trained in Transformation Life Coaching with Dr. Eve Agee in 2023 and this is my yoga twist on her training and teachings. My plan is to do this work one-to-one but also to develop Group Coaching / Courses. I am also creating new free Meditations and Yoga Nidras for you for the new website.
4. All of this takes time that I can't seem to find with my current dairy! So, in order to create space for these changes to take shape, I will be changing my daytime weekly classes to 4 weeks on and 2 weeks off. There will be a theme for each 4 week block - with home practice handouts and / or a recording to listen to at home. Bookwhen.com is updated and ready to go!
5. My Wednesday Evening class will remain as a mid-week, after-work, un-wind, chill-out space for everyone and will run in some of the off weeks when I am at home working on the Coaching side of things.
6. I will be putting a new rule in place re BOOKINGS. If there are not 6 or more people booked in for a class by 6.00pm the evening before, the class will be cancelled.
7. I won’t be booking any Residential Retreats for 2027 – I LOVE running retreats but, my goodness it is hard to get enough numbers to make them viable these days. I am taking a break and will come back with something new when I have worked out what that will be!

The world is feeling unstable and the ground unsteady right now. And I feel it is time for those of us with the privilege of personal freedom and good health to step up and ask more of ourselves. To do the work to set ourselves free of the ghosts of the past and to show up with authenticity and integrity in every aspect of our lives, and so, to make a difference in the world.

If you are feeling the ground shifting beneath you too and the tug of change and growth required, then maybe you would like to come with me for the ride. I hope you can join me on Substack once I get up and running and will join me soon on the mat - my 2026 calendar of retreats and events are online here. I am here for you on your journey, wherever you are on your own path. We are always stronger in community.

I would like to add that I am deeply grateful and humbled by the experience of sitting on my mat at the front of every group that trusts me to hold space for them. When I first started yoga, I was 30 years old, pregnant and a little bit lost. I truly could not imagine a time when I would be able to sit with confidence and presence in the spot where my teacher Barbara held me safe. It has been the most wonderful discovery of an unknown part of myself and I feel very blessed to have you upholding me with your presence. It has always been a journey we make together. Thank you… I bow to you… Namaste xx

If you would like to reply to this post, please email me : kate@omyoganorthwales.co.uk