Hi! A warm welcome to Summerhouse Yoga & Wellbeing. I’m Tracy and I’ve been teaching Yoga since 2007, when I completed my Yoga Teaching 500 hour Diploma with the British Wheel of Yoga. In more recent years I have undertaken further training to teach the BWY Foundation Course and become a Diploma Course Tutor myself.

You are in the right place if you are looking to find peace, calm, stillness, but also joy and contentment in a SAFE yoga practice, with an experienced, understanding and fully qualified teacher!

Yoga is the most magical practice and a wonderful way of life for me. If you read my story, you will find out that over 20 years ago I was left broken after being knocked over by a bus as a pedestrian. An introduction to a regular yoga practice and now, the gift of teaching, allows me to life freely with joy, peace and (mostly) free from pain.

Without yoga in my life I quickly feel directionless, chaotic, in pain and unfulfilled - does that sound like you too? Yoga could be your safe place to lead you to feel comfortable, more like yourself again. The challenge of practice, the stillness of relaxation, the focus of meditation, the energy of the breath. Yoga really is one of life’s miracles. And I’m here to share it all with you.

I work with a wide range of people and am experienced in teaching Yoga, Meditation and other wellbeing practices to people with disabilities, older people, teenagers, and those looking to enhance their practice and knowledge to teach others. My specialism is teaching Yoga, Meditation and Qigong to people with Multiple Sclerosis (through the national charity MS-UK).

Join me, join my tribe of amazing students and begin to live a more joyful, fulfilled, peaceful life again.

I am looking forward to helping you live the life you desire.

with love

Tracy xx

“Tracy is a lovely person and a fantastic yoga teacher. I have been coming to her classes for nearly 8 years! She is also doing EXCELLENT ONLINE CLASSES so you can practice at home…” Cath, review on Google

“I’ve been a Summerhouse Yogi for five years now and it’s one of the best things I’ve done for me…With Tracy she brings together ALL THE ASPECTS OF YOGA TEACHINGS, heart, mind and body and I feel a better person for it…” Andrew, review on FaceBook

“My MND Nurse read my oxygen level and it was 100%. My affirmation is “I am strong”. My Yoga Sessions with you are GOLD DUST” Lindsay, by email

“Your yoga sessions bring SO MUCH JOY to my life, who wouldn’t want that? I cannot tell you how grateful I am that you have given me a shared connection to my Mum, as we practice together.” Amanda, chair yoga student, on Zoom
 

Online Yoga
video classes for all yogis - new and experienced

So many classes to choose from on my online yoga membership website. From classes to ease out backs, or hips or shoulders, to pose tutorials, relaxation practices and full one hour classes. New classes uploaded weekly for subscribers. Practice at home and be part of our friendly Summerhouse Yoga tribe! Students also keep in contact through WhatsApp groups and a FaceBook Community Hub. Some yoga experience will be beneficial, if you are new to yoga see Yoga Fundamentals.

BWY Foundation Course
for experienced yoga students

This 60 hour course is offered annually by Tracy at Summerhouse Yoga. It is an accredited British Wheel of Yoga course to widen practical experience, encourage personal development and provide a basic grounding for serious yoga students and those who wish to prepare for Yoga Teacher Training. You study yoga philosophy, theory and practice all aspects of the 8 limbs approach to yoga - Yamas, Niyamas, Asana, Pranayama and all the steps to meditation. The wait list for my next course starting in 2023 is now open.

Chair Yoga
accessible yoga for everyone

Chair yoga is a fantastic practice for anyone who would love to include yoga in their life, but has limited mobility or who cannot easily get up and down from the floor. We move, strengthen and stretch the body while expanding breath capacity and calming our mind, free from the everyday “chitter-chatter”. Tracy teaches a weekly Zoom class on Tuesday mornings, and teaches for the national charity MS-UK on Zoom on Wednesday mornings.

Wellbeing - Yoga is more than the mat

We all aspire to living in a state of wellbeing - a state characterised by health, happiness, and prosperity. For me, finding that state of wellbeing means living with contentment. That is not to say that we are always happy, far from it. Life events come, and go, and some knock us sideways, backwards or just plain knock us over! (I came to yoga after being knocked over by a bus in 1997)

There are many practices in yoga, more than on the mat, including breathing techniques or pranayama, sense withdrawl, or pratyahara, concentration practices, relaxation and meditation techniques that can help us toward our goal of contentment, bliss or samadhi as it is known in Yoga.

Other things, such as getting outdoors to exercise, being in nature, spending time with positive people, reading, self-study, cleaning (!) (it’s called saucha in yoga) can all help too. If you would like to know more about how the less well known aspects of Yoga and bringing many aspects of yoga to your life can help you lead a more contented, balanced life of wellbeing, please click below or contact me.