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We are a centre nurturing holistic living in South Oxfordshire.

Our vision is simple: to offer yoga, meditation and sustainability courses based on principles and practices to nurture ourselves and our environment thereby promoting a more positive spiritual and Earth friendly lifestyle to benefit our generation and future generations. We are also currently offering courses online due to Covid.

Helen (Hridayatma) started practising yoga some 20 years ago. Her practice and life evolved to take her on the path of becoming a qualified instructor in Yoga, Yoga Nidra and Meditation for Yoga Teachers.

Helen is deeply committed to her personal yoga practice and believes this is particularly important to maintain and develop when teaching to share the benefits of that with others and to offer further insight. She has practised yoga and meditation daily for over 10 years with extended stays of several months in various ashrams in India both training and teaching yoga and meditation during that time. 

In 2019, Helen took Mantra Diksha (initiation into a mantra, which forms the link between Guru and disciple), Jignasu Diksha (for aspirants who serve humanity and perform spiritual practices to cultivate certain qualities in life and become a good citizen) and a spiritual name (Hridayatma) from her Guru, Swami Satyasangananda Saraswati, at the Bihar School of Yoga in Rikhia, India. She also completed the auspicious pilgrimage kora (circuit) of Mount Kailash believed to bring good fortune and help attain enlightenment. 

Helen’s focus is on sharing the yogic teachings in their traditional form in a light hearted and engaging way whilst drawing on her own experiences too. She finds observing students benefiting from and embracing the practice of these yoga and meditation practices to be an inspiring experience.


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