Bee Leaf Yoga

Founder and Teacher:

Lucinda Spencer-Clare

“Bee Leaf Yoga's objective is to make the transformative practices of yoga, Pilates and mindfulness available to anyone willing to try them. Encourage individuals to connect with themselves, build strength and evoke laughter. Discover practical tools to move and breathe more fully, within a safe, welcoming and inclusive atmosphere…

The Bee Leaf Yoga Philosophy:

Bee Leaf Yoga is passionate about the environment, human nature, progressive development, collective wellness, collective liberation and mindful movement.

Bee Leaf Yoga appreciates that we live in a pluralist society, recognises and respects that each person's journey to yoga, Pilates, and mindful movement is completely unique.

While yoga helps us to manage stress, along with a myriad of other things, it is vital to remember that this is not why yoga was created and practised for thousands of years.

Yoga is an Ancient Indian practice and has always been about liberation and the true meaning of ‘self care’ has always been about collective wellness and collective liberation.

Yoga is inherently anti colonial and anti capitalist and the term self-care (first written about and promoted as a radical act against oppression by Audre Lorde) has been appropriated, colonised and intertwined with yoga.

It’s (beyond) time to decolonise our minds, spaces, classes and practices.

Honour the Ancient Indian roots of yoga, alongside surrounding Asian and South East Asian influential mindful practices. Ensure yoga and mindful movement are accessible and inclusive for all.

Your story, your journey… What can you expect?

Fun, thoughtful classes that incorporate flow, strength, balancing, pranayama, history and philosophy alongside mindful relaxation to decompress and re-energise!

Reformer Pilates

Pilates and reformer Pilates were created by Joseph Pilates, reformer Pilates focused on helping disabled and injured soldiers recover (often rendered immobile from combat in their hospital beds, this is how the reformer ‘bed’ or carriage was born).

There are some fundamental and key differences (of course) between yoga and Pilates, while Pilates takes mindfulness and awareness into the body, I honour each of the practices with respect and you will experience the approach in teaching each of the methodologies are different.

Come and try a class!”