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
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
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
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
Yoga for all is the theme of our annual Brighton Yoga Festival. No matter your age, size, background or experience, a regular yoga practice can benefit everyone. Postures can be adapted and yogic techniques delivered in different ways. This is no better demonstrated than by our friends at Little Stars Childcare (Bear Road, Brighton) who … 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
Sanskrit words for common yoga poses I work in the translation industry and find languages fascinating. When I started my yoga teacher training I was determined to learn the Sanskrit words for common poses but it wasn’t easy as the words seemed really long and very similar. However, as with any other language, learning the … Read more