Ashtanga Mix 8-week Block
With Karen Kirkness
 A Wee Retreat, Peebles
 11:30am–12:30pm on Wednesdays
Stay playful. Stay powerful.
Ashtanga Mix is based on the Krishnamacharya lineage as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois: a flowing sequence of poses aligned with yogic breathing. Karen's classes are designed to help you feel capable and confident in your body as you progress in your yoga practice.
Suitable for
Anyone looking to improve mobility, strength, balance, and movement confidence in a supportive and encouraging environment.
Expect a variable-intensity yoga class where you'll challenge yourself within your own safe capacity while working on:
• Balance/stability
• Fascia hydration
• Mobility & muscle tone
• Plyometrics (light jumping and impact training)
• Coordination and movement confidence
• Discovering new ranges of motion
Whether you're returning to movement or looking to build on an existing practice, these sessions will help you enjoy progress, move more freely, and feel good in your body.Â
It's everything you love about yoga plus the stuff you know you should be doing for healthy ageing!Â
Dates
Wednesdays at A Wee Retreat
- Â 28/10
- 4/11
- 11/11
- 18/11
- 25/11
- 2/12
- 9/12
- 16/12
Investment
ÂŁ80 for the 8-week block or ÂŁ12 per class to drop in.
Pay here or drop a bank transfer to the details below:
Account Number: 99703611Â
Sort Code: 608371Â
Account Name: Karen Kirkness
Move well. Age well. Feel good.
About the teacher
Karen Kirkness started practising yoga in the late 1990s with her first Ashtanga teacher, Daniela Ellis, in Florida. After finishing her bachelor's degree in Arts & Sciences (2002), she completed her 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training at Koh Samui, Thailand, then continued her yoga studies in India. Karen studied with Pattabhi Jois in Mysore in 2003, the first of 4 trips to practice Ashtanga Vinyasa with the Jois family in the Mysore shala.
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is known for its intensity, a quality that initially drew Karen to its transformative power. Now a parent and midlife woman navigating all the changes, Karen's approach to teaching yoga embraces the individual circumstances of each student.
Karen has completed a dissection-based masters degree in Human Anatomy and a PhD in Medical Sciences alongside her yoga studies. Her commitment to supporting others on the path of yoga is evident in the evolution of her personal practice: adaptve multidisciplinary, playful yet evidence-based.
If you are keen to embrace your changing stages of life with a yoga practice that evolves, Karen's class is a good fit.
MarjoryÂ
"I have practiced Ashtanga yoga with Karen Kirkness since her move to the Scottish Borders a few years ago. Knowing her to be one of Scotland’s leading Ashtanga teachers, I felt assured of teaching excellence.
Ashtanga yoga can be a strong practice, but Karen's awareness of safe practice, and knowledge of assists and adaptations, supports me and gives me the confidence to try more challenging postures. Her instructions are clear and her encouragement gentle.
Ashtanga is not just about the physical practice. Moving with the breath, it can have a meditative quality too. For me, Ashtanga yoga is beneficial for both body and soul.
Karen’s sunny and positive outlook, her ability to inspire and encourage, and the warmth and kindness in her teaching, means I leave her classes with the perfect balance of energy and stillness."
