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
Brighton Yoga Foundation is delighted to be a finalist for this year’s Community Sport and Recreation Awards, in The Sport and Recreation Alliance. We are nominated for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Award which celebrates clubs/programmes which use the power of sport and recreation to promote and enhance positive wellbeing, and are ambassadors for promoting … Read more
Charlotte Cooke spoke to Jenny Watson, who teaches yoga to children with alternative needs and is also a volunteer here at Brighton Yoga Foundation. With 46 out of the 68 primary schools here in Brighton already using yoga as a tool for their pupils, it is evident that the awareness of its many benefits for … Read more
To celebrate International Yoga Day the Brighton Yoga Foundation will be offering two free online community yoga classes. These are a taste of our current online Community Outreach Programme, which offers free, gentle, and accessible yoga to many vulnerable members of our community. We encourage anyone who feels they might benefit physically or emotionally … Read more
Brighton Yoga Foundation Trustee Hannah Lee Weller honoured as Community Champion during COVID-19 Pandemic. In response to a call-out from Councillor Alexandra Phillips, Mayor of Brighton & Hove, local residents have nominated over a hundred Community Champions who have been honoured for going above and beyond in their efforts to support their community during … Read more
The Yamas or ‘laws of life’ as Alistair Shearer translates them, are ahimsa: non-violence, satya: truthfulness, asteya: non-stealing and integrity, brahmacharya: right use of energy, and aparigraha: non-hoarding and non-attachment. Non-violence can be understood as ensuring kind thoughts, words and actions towards oneself and others. This could be in the form of practicing positive self-talk, … Read more
The word yoga itself is derived form the root yuj, meaning ‘to join’, ‘bind together’, or ‘unify’. Dr. Matthew Clark – research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and author of The Origins And Practices of Yoga: A Weeny Introduction, notes that at its root, yoga is “an attempt to … Read more
Diving below the physical layer of yoga can offer deep insights into the workings of the mind, profound perspective-shifting discoveries, and philosophical concepts that allow yoga to be taken off the mat and into everyday life. Indeed, physical yoga postures are abundantly beneficial, but there’s another side to yoga that can be practiced anywhere, any … Read more
We’re delighted that It’s Yoga Brighton are sponsoring Brighton Yoga Festival for the second time – and also look forward to experiencing classes and workshops from some of their brilliant teachers over the festival weekend. We spoke to Co-Director and Facilitator, Lena Younes, to hear more about the It’s Yoga Brighton story… Tell us a … 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