Community Champion
British Wheel of Yoga
Mental Health & Well-Being
National Sport & Recreation Alliance
Winner 2023
Community Champion
British Wheel of Yoga
Winner 2024
Mental Health & Well-Being
National Sport & Recreation Alliance
Brighton Yoga Foundation is merging with Brighton Natural Health Foundation for a happier, healthier city. Read more here
Three local organisations have come together in a unique collaboration to offer free yoga classes to homeless people in Worthing in memory of a local yoga teacher – the Jill Jones Memorial Yoga Programme. The first class will be on Tuesday 25 May. Turning Tides[1], Salt Water Studios[2] and the Brighton Yoga Foundation[3] are launching … Read more
Sometimes in the day to day work of co-ordinating and organising our yoga community outreach programmes and classes, we forget just how valued they are to those who participate in them. And then we get an email like this – last week – and it reminds us that our work is so important and makes … Read more
A Trade Union for Yoga Teachers Written by Brighton Yoga Foundation Chair Davy Jones You may be surprised that some yoga teachers feel the need to join a trade union. After all, teaching yoga is a privilege, very rewarding and something we love to do. But sadly, it is increasingly obvious that “yogaworld” is not … Read more
Modern yoga classes are often taught with a mixture of English and Sanskrit language – “downward facing dog”, “warrior two’ and “mountain pose” might seem a little more accessible to the majority of Western practitioners after all. However, the ancient Indo-European Sanskrit language still used in parts of India today actually has real depth, beauty … Read more
Here at Brighton Yoga Foundation, we’re extremely happy to tell you all about another of our brilliant sponsors for this year’s Brighton Yoga Festival – the award winning team at Riverford Organic Farmers. Riverford is well known across the UK for delivering fresh, organic vegetable boxes straight to your doorstep. The story behind Riverford Organic Farmers … Read more
Say hello to our dear friends at Infinity Foods! The Brighton Yoga Foundation couldn’t be more pleased to announce that we have partnered up with the lovely team at Infinity Foods, who are kindly be sponsoring us again this year! Infinity Foods & Kitchen is a much loved place amongst locals where you can get … Read more
We feel incredibly lucky to welcome back Chant Malas as a sponsor of Brighton Yoga Festival for the second year running. Founder Helen Forester tells us what she’s looking forward to this year, as well as letting us in on some new additions to her offering, coming soon. Tell us a little more about Chant Malas… Chant … Read more
Each year, Brighton Yoga Festival is made possible with the help of our wonderful sponsors, all of whom exhibit at the festival. We thought you should find out a little more about each of these sponsors – starting with the lovely Bryony Hamerton of Yoga with Bryony… Tell us a little more about Yoga with Bryony? … Read more
This year’s annual Yogathon at the Brighton Unitarian Church was a huge success. Over a hundred people joined in our donation-based classes, taught by Brighton and Hove’s finest yoga teachers. Meanwhile, little yogis explored on a yoga discovery in a magical forest wonderland, designed by our fabulous kids yoga team. We are very proud to … Read more
Did you know that, as a registered charity, our year-round core aim is to bring more people to yoga, particularly those who have barriers to access it. These barries might include cost, location and lack of knowledge on the different yoga approaches. Brighton Yoga Foundation has been running since 2016, and has three main strands of work, … Read more