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One day retreat - seasonal transitions, Yoga, herbal tinctures, seasonal soup, sauna

Sunday 8th November - 10-4

Join Jessica (Middle Path Movement Founder) and Emily (Lior Founder) for a one day retreat at Lior honouring the seasons changing to darker months on the 8th of November.

How the day will flow - warming up from the inside out:

10-10.30am - a warm welcome

10.30am - 12pm - Yoga (suitable for all levels)

12pm - 1pm - Healthy home made soups and sourdough bread

1pm - 1.30pm - Beach side meditation (weather dependent, in studio otherwise)

1.30pm - 3.15pm - Sauna, herbal teas, talks held by Jessica and Emily, (split between two groups)

3.15pm - 4pm - Sound Bath by Jessica (Tibetan bowls)

5pm- late - optional dinner at Bayte (extra)

Included in the price:

• Seasonal Medical grade herbal tincture
• Sauna
• Healthy Soup lunch
• Sound Bath
• Fresh Herbal teas
• 1.5 hour Yoga class

The Natural Medicine Tool Kit

November 22nd Nov - 10-1

Seasonal workshops held by Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist Chloe Durrant

Naturopath & Nutritional Therapist

(DipCNM, mANP, mGNC, mNNA)

The Hormone Path.

These intensive workshops will give you the tools to manage your own health holistically (and the family's). You will learn immune boosting recipes, insight into many homeopathic remedies and their various uses, bach flower therapies, bespoke herbal tea making and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The next workshop now live to book is:

Winter Wellness | November 22nd 10-1.

The workshop will be split into 3 main parts:

• Homeopathic Remedies for the winter season
• Making use of everyday herbs to combat common ailments and support overall wellbeing
• Naturopathic Nutrition advice and recipes to boost immune health over the colder months

This is perfect to get you through the darker months and tackle any common ailments with gentle naturopathic methods.

Booking essential 

LIOR TALKS

Life from a Vedic perspective

Saturday 26th Sep - 4.30pm

Join us for a special afternoon, as Lior hosts Bhaktivedanta Damodar Maharaja, a lifelong monk in the Hare Krishna tradition, whose decades of spiritual practice and study have inspired people around the world.

Through sacred kirtan (mantra meditation), storytelling, and an open Q&A, Damodar Maharaja will share timeless wisdom Life from the Vedic perspective.

Whether you are simply curious, exploring spirituality, or have an established practice, this talk offers a welcoming space for reflection, connection, and heartfelt conversation. No prior experience is needed.

Booking essential 

LIOR TALKS

Roots of Yoga, honouring India Lineage 

Friday 24th July - 7.30pm

Join us for our 3rd Lior Talks as we open up the space for teachers with Indian heritage to share their knowledge on the roots of Yoga.

They will be offering education, discussion and guidance on how western students and teachers can practice and teach yoga with respect of Indian Lineage.

This is a must if you are student or teacher of Yoga.

Key speaker is Sanya Thandi, one of Lior’s Vinyasa teachers. To practice with Sanya head to her class at Lior Monday and Tuesdays at 7.30pm and Lior Yoga Teacher trainer Shruti Srivastava

Both teachers and speakers have wonderful insight on this topic having of course Indian heritage, but also having studied both in the West and in India, providing a broad understanding on the topic of ‘bridging the gap’.

Booking essential 

IYENGAR YOGA WORKSHOP

Introducing guest teacher Vianney Faudemer to Lior with 1 of 2 workshops.

This first session will be a traditional and dynamic class. This is an open class, everyone is welcome. Iyengar is very my a style of Yoga that focuses on precision, details and alignment. Expect to use lots of props and equipment to support your body into different asanas.

Iyengar Yoga, developed by B.K.S. Iyengar, was designed to make yoga accessible to everyone, regardless of age, gender, body type, or experience. With a vast repertoire of postures, it places particular emphasis on precise alignment, while helping to build strength, mobility, and stability.”



We welcome Vianney to his new regular class starting Thursdays at 11am at Lior, booking is live on the schedule.

YINdian

Join yoga teacher and massage therapist Shruti Srivastava for a unique 2-hour restorative experience combining Yin Yoga with the soothing practice of Indian Head Massage.

In this calming, therapeutic session, participants will move through supine Yin poses, allowing the body to soften and open while receiving hands-on massage techniques and aromatherapy oils to gently release tension.

The session will begin with a mindful sharing of Blue Lotus Tea, a sacred botanical indigenous to Sri Lanka known for its calming and heart-opening qualities - a sacred flower revered since Ancient Egypt for its deeply relaxing, dream-like qualities and the national flower of Sri Lanka. Known to gently shift the brain into alpha and theta rhythms, Blue Lotus helps ease the nervous system, calm the mind, and invite creativity, intuition, and openness.

Benefits include:

A nervous system reset

Release of tension in shoulders, neck + scalp

Improved circulation and energy flow

A deep sense of stillness and restoration

-This workshop offers an opportunity to be nourished, grounded and reconnected.

This two-hour practice is designed to:

-Relieve physical and mental stress

-Encourage meditation-like states of calm

-Support emotional balance and inner connection

- Nurture body, mind, and spirit

No prior yoga experience is needed, the practice is accessible to all levels.

Please note: not suitable during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Advance booking is essential. Spaces limited to 10.

Kids Yoga Summer Club

3.5 hours of Yoga, Activities, Mindfulness, Connection (and childcare).

What the day might look like:

• Ice breaker
• Yoga movement class
• Lunch
• Mindful activity
• Main activity (eg, Yoga Wheel Movement, Mantra/Mala Beads, Partner Yoga and more)
• Snack and Yogic stories/ chats
• Yoga movement class
• certificates / celebration ceremony

Please book your child's place in advance to secure their spot - spaces are limited to 10 students max. age 6+ dependent on child's ability, please email us to chat.

There is a bundle package to have your child attend all sessions or one per week throughout summer.

Croatia Retreat - Massage & Yoga

21-25 October

Travel to the Croatian countryside with us, amongst a small oak forest and organic olive groves & fruit orchards. Held by Lior's head massage therapist Mia Kalebic Hughes and founder of Lior and Yoga Teacher Emily Noifeld. Stay with us in this secluded villa located close to the village Kostanjica, on a hillside facing the valley of the Mirna River. In the most picturesque part of Istria, between the popular hilltop towns of Grožnjan and Motovun.

Yoga Teacher Training

A 200 hour, Yoga Alliance Accredited, internationally recognised teacher training hosted at Lior Wellness Studio, St.Leonards-on-sea.

Middle Movement school was chosen by BookRetreats as top 3 international yoga teacher training courses 2 years in a row!

We have a small, intimate, curated team of experienced teachers that will guide you through what it takes to learn the foundations of becoming a Yoga Teacher and deepening your personal practice at our St.Leonards-on-sea studio.

From Anatomy, Traditional Indian Yogic Philosophy, Asana clinic (posture breakdown and study, practical and theory), Meditation, Pranayama (Yogic breathwork), and how to run a Yoga business. 

We will welcome a small group of students to Lior and can't wait to guide them through 6 months of depth, transformation and community.

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