Karen Calder Yoga

The annual clean, repair and repaint well under way Loft Studio
The Cornishman came in to fix some things and by fix, I mean make a big hole in the wall 🤔😳
I have dusted the beams (those of you recently involved in throwing belts over same, will be very glad to hear this I know!)
The mats and blankets are all washed and, I hope, will be dry for our start back on September 7th 🙏❤️🙏
Painting begins in earnest tomorrow but I still have some free time to chase that little boy across the beach 🥰
Looking forward to being back in just over a week! X

Green Man Festival
Almost certainly, the best festival in the world. Ever.
Ethical, genuine, charitable, promoting so much fantastic new music and completely independent.

Just need a year to recover for the next one!

The end of last weeks very backbendy class, was already starting to look like, this weeks restorative and pranayama class.
What better way to end the school term? Almost ready for the great bolster wash of 2026?! And they’ve multiplied this year….

So good to be back to work last week. A strong emphasis on leg work a little shoulder help from our friends. I love the picture from Thursday class, Val showing that there really is a prop for everything.
Back out for my first proper walk today ❤️Look forward to seeing you all this week
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Here’s my official race photo. In black and white because I am ‘glowing’

I was so happy at this point and for at least 45 miles, even after the knee battering!

This week my ego has taken the battering. I didn’t finish. I am gutted. Even more so when I think about how many people were waiting for me in Conniston - cry face!!

Yoga teaches us to work hard, to be the best we can be. But it also teaches to know when to stop, to listen to the wisdom of the body.

At the time I was so sure I was done but now, with hindsight I also know I could have finished. An irreconcilable difference - keeps life interesting right?

All classes running this week, can’t wait to see you all. Don’t mention cheese toasties…. 🙏❤️🙏

My grand day out. Made 47 miles in 17 hours 20 minutes but could not got over the final hill. Gutted but it was the right decision at the time. I’d fell and hurt my knee, it was cold and very wet and I was done. Going to do those last three miles tomorrow so that I can honour my 50 mile pledge and today I will be mostly doing yoga and going to the sauna!
Classes with Becca and Ali today and with Nick the rest of the week.
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ML 50 here I come - ready or not.
Not.
But here a few walks from the past year. With the Cornishman, the Cornishwoman, wonderful friends and the best family anyone could ever ask for.
Not a second of being outside was ever wasted. No one ever got to the top of the cliff, hill or mountain and said they wished hadn’t bothered.
So I’ll set off tomorrow in that spirit. I’ll be outdoors with cool humans. I have no attachment to an out come (OK, small lie, I’ll be gutted if I don’t finish!)
It is likely to take me 23hours and 55 mins of the allowed 24hours and even if I don’t finish, it’ll be a blast trying!!
See you on the other side 🥰

Waiting to register in Coniston. Not my start but hopefully my finish!

Last week we focused on moving forwards…..slowly. Taking the time to work deeply on the thoracic spine, considering the cooling, lunar aspects of a forward bend practice. Making a shape, improving the shape and taking the breath to that shape. The inward journey.
This week I am preparing for a very different journey. My 50 mile hike in the Lakes! I will see you Monday and Tuesday (it will be leg work, make no mistake!) For the rest of the week and next week you will have lovely Nick (and on Monday 27th lovely Becca and lovely Ali)
thank you to all who have sponsored me so far I am very grateful 🙏

In just under two weeks I am going to attempt my first ever Ultra! An ultra being anything over Marathon length. It is in the Lake District, happens over 24 hours (the fastest woman did in 8hrs 25mins!) I am just hoping to get in under the 24!

I have decided the raise money for the Women’s Centre in Cornwall and here follows a few words about them.

I have a just giving page - Karen Calder should be enough to find me xx

The Women’s Centre Cornwall is a charity providing specialist support to women and girls aged 11+ who are living with the impact of any form of sexual violence and/or domestic abuse. We also work hard to provide support to women who face multiple disadvantages including women in the criminal justice system, women whose first language isn’t English, homeless women and women with learning disabilities, neurodivergence and autism.
Our vision is a world in which women and girls are safe, respected and empowered to fulfil their potential free from violence, inequality and oppression. We work with women and girls in an empowering way - we believe they are the experts in their own lives, and we stand alongside them in safe spaces as they restore their personal power. Women can access our support in a way that feels best for them, either over the phone, email or online by visiting womenscentrecornwall.org.uk.