Exeter: Heavitree Pleasure Ground
Where?
Join our FREE Park Yoga sessions at Heavitree Pleasure Ground, Exeter.
Please look out for the large Park Yoga flag.
When?
10am – 11am every Sunday morning from 3rd May to 13th September.
Getting here:
By road – From City Centre, take Heavitree Road to Heavitree Fore Street. Turn left at Whipton Lane. Parking is available along the road.
By Public Transport – Buses from city centre include R and S.
The park can be reached by foot or bicycle from entrances at Whipton Lane, Roseland Avenue, Hamlinin Whipton Lane.
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Parking:
Parking is available along the road. (If parking on residential streets please ensure this is done considerately. Remember, emergency vehicles may require access).
Facilities:
- Ramp/Level Access
- Dogs welcome
- Toilets
- Picnic areas
- Coffee van
Meet your instructor: Nikkie
Nikkie has been practicing yoga for over 25 years. She qualified in Integrated Yoga in 2005 and has been teaching ever since, offering classes for adults, children and babies across Devon. Nikkie’s teaching is creative and playful, focusing on the relationship between teacher and student. Her aim is always to share joy in the simplicity of moving the body freely and feeling the breath and she believes that anyone can do yoga and benefit from it. Having been teaching a long time, she feels that the most important aspect of her teaching is in ensuring that she always remains a student, always learning.
As a qualified secondary teacher and tutor, she is particularly passionate about working with young adults and currently teaches yoga and mindfulness to students and staff at Exeter College. As a creative writing teacher, she also incorporates journaling and writing into her workshops. Nikkie teaches yoga trapeze and has qualified with Shiva Rea to teach prana flow yoga, which integrates yoga and free form dance. She has also completed the Michael Stone certificate in teaching meditation with YogaCampus and Yoga Alliance. She values the deep transformative effect of meditation and its ability to create steadiness in the face of life’s challenges. Nikkie is also a trained baby sleep consultant and offers this as a bespoke, individual service, as well as running regular sleep clinics.
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A couple of weeks ago we ran a very busy special park yoga session for babies and their grown ups. Over 60 parents came, with babies and older children. It was lovely, especially seeing an army of prams gathering on the hill!
Babies are always welcome at park yoga. If they cry, need feeding or changing, that’s all good. If you need to leave the class to walk them round for a bit and then re-join, that’s absolutely fine.
My aim for these sessions is to make them as widely available as possible. The sessions are 10-11am, every Sunday until 13th September, free, drop in, and there’s no need to book. If you have any questions, just message here or catch me before the session. Looking forward to seeing some of you in the park 😊
🫶 We are looking for more volunteers to support our sessions
💚 Volunteering is a great opportunity to meet new people while brining joy to your local community
😁 Our volunteers can still participate in the sessions and don't have to commit to supporting every week
🌳 For more information or to register go to parkyoga.co/volunteers/
There’s a special park yoga session for seniors on Wednesday at Park Life Heavitree. We’ll be on the grass at the back of the building, from 2.30-3.30pm, for a chair based class with standing options too.
No need to book, but do bring a mat or blanket if you’d like to stand or sit on the ground, rather than using a chair. We have chairs for you here.
This photo is of Val, who is in her eighties and has been coming to Park Yoga for the last five years. She’s an essential member of the group 😊
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