Exeter: Heavitree Pleasure Ground

Where?

Free yoga every Sunday morning in Heavitree Pleasure Ground in Exeter in Whipton Lane, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2TN. The park can be reached by foot or bicycle from entrances at Whipton Lane, Roseland Avenue, Hamlin.

When?

Every Sunday morning from 27th June – 29th August.

Start date TBC – Here at Park Yoga HQ we’re working hard behind the scenes to plan how and when Park Yoga events can happen this year – in a way that is safe, legal and true to our values.

You can catch Park Yoga Shorts online weekly on Sunday mornings from 2nd May to 29th August.

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.

Parking:

Parking is available along the road.

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.