Edinburgh Community Yoga

Scottish not for profit social enterprise working to make yoga accessible to all through community outreach and trauma informed yoga programmes.

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

@CatrionaGrant Love this Cat. Getting comfortable with the discomfort in the wobbliness of life!

[The Churchill Fellowship @ChurchillFship]

Yoga-based educational programme: #ChurchillFellow Lorraine Close has just been awarded a @ChurchillFship #ActivateFund grant to develop innovations based on her global research. Read her ideas > https://t.co/nI7yl3ss6Q @ECY_Yoga #yoga

[Merrick Pope @merrick_pope]

Our final #Embodied session before evaluation week was led by group member Jane,making felted pictures based on our experiences in the programme,and eye pillows for yoga,summed up as "exciting, empowering,belly laughs" @ECY_Yoga @QNI_Scotland @CatrionaGrant @REAS_NHSLothian

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

Meanwhile on week 6 we also safely explored sea swimming. The opportunity to explore #trauma recovery through #community #relationships and #embodiment feels really important. So grateful for @QNI_Scotland funding for this pilot project @merrick_pope @CatrionaGrant @

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

We had our 4th equine therapy session today with @MidiFairgrieve as part of #embodied @merrick_pope @CatrionaGrant. Such profound learning in interacting with these beautiful creatures.

[Merrick Pope @merrick_pope]

Week 4 of Embodied,our connecting and empowering project-great energy sparked by plans to transform this amazing space into a haven for peace and healing,helped by the wonderful @edintoollibrary @ECY_Yoga @CatrionaGrant @QNI_Scotland @REAS_NHSLothian

[Merrick Pope @merrick_pope]

Big skies,along with sharing moving, informative and empowering conversations and beach #traumainformedyoga for this week's #Embodied session,whilst others tried #equinetherapy @ECY_Yoga @QNI_Scotland @CatrionaGrant @REAS_NHSLothian #interoception

[Merrick Pope @merrick_pope]

At #Embodied today we gave thought to learning about,from and being empowered by menstrual cycles and #perimenopause #Menopause, from our own Hannah King, and Caroline Phipps-Urch from #themenopausesisters @ECY_Yoga @QNI_Scotland @CatrionaGrant @REAS_NHSLothian

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

Week 3 of #embodied and @CatrionaGrant led us in prepping lunch for 17 people. Learning about healthy food on a budget, community cooking and #togetherness. ‘I didn’t want to get out of bed but Im glad I did’ is recurring theme of the project thus far @TraumaInfScot 👏 ❤️

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

@MissBrodie2 @EmotionALLServ This is so wonderful to see! Wouldn't it be fantastic if we could aim for every child in Scotland to have the opportunity to relax and reset with daily breathwork at school. #yogainschools #childmentalhealth #childrenswellbeing #breathworkforkids

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

@QNI_Scotland this is what your #catalystsforchange funding is supporting us to achieve in Edinburgh in this innovative project partnering with NHS Lothian and Womanzone. Collaboration. Connection. Community. Embodiment. Calm. Laughter. Belonging. @merrick_pope @CatrionaGrant

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

@QNI_Scotland

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

Exploring new growth in week 2 of #embodied. Such an informative visit to #jocktamsonsgairden and time spent#laughing, moving and grounding together. This is what #traumainformed #recovery can look like @merrick_pope @ECY_Yoga @CatrionaGrant @TILothian @TraumaInfScot

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

Week 2 also saw some women taking part in #embodied try #equinetherapy with @MidiFairgrieve
This whole project focusses on body based practices and the role of community in #traumarecovery #traumainformedscotland @merrick_pope @CatrionaGrant. Thanks @QNI_Scotland for funding ❤️

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

Interested in #teaching #yoga in prisons? Come join our friends @PrisonPhoenix Sunday 15th May for a day of learning. We love having partners and friends like the PPT who support our work in secure environments. They have a wealth of experience and there’s a lot to learn!

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

Yesterday was week 1 of #embodied a project for women affected by trauma funded by @QNI_Scotland. 15 women showed up for a walk round Holyrood Park and a focus on being in nature. We helped each other out, shared lunch and talked about #community. @merrick_pope @CatrionaGrant

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

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[EVOC @evoc_edinburgh]

We are delighted to announce that grants totalling £1.32M from the @scotgov's Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund have been awarded to more than 120 community & voluntary org's in #Edinburgh

The org's: https://t.co/XEiUiztEdx

@VolunteerEdi @SocEntEdinburgh @EdinburghHSCP

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

We are delighted to be awarded funding from @evoc_edinburgh #mentalwellbeing fund to extend our existing work in Craigmillar and Niddrie. Looking forward to expanding our #socialprescribing #yoga project to 4 classes a week with @evoc_edinburgh @CraigmillarMed1

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

We would really appreciate ideas for creative and useful #evaluation or collaboration to research the impact of this project @Stewmercer @ProfBrendan @QNI_Scotland Scotland any masters or PhD students out there who might be interested ?

[Edinburgh Community Yoga @ECY_Yoga]

Delighted to FINALLY be launching our #embodied project funded by @QNI_Scotland offering #traumainformed activities that support #grounding, #relationship and #embodiment for women affected by #trauma. Partnering with @merrick_pope @CatrionaGrant #womanzone. ❤️