This year I've decided to utilise my Restorative Yoga teacher skills in fundraising for Crisis in addition to my usual Sponsored Volunteering over Christmas.

So, my usual Thurs evening class is my fundraising opportunity, I won't charge the usual £16 for the hour of super relaxing Restorative Yoga for December classes, BUT you will DONATE min £10 - £29.80 Crisis donation for 2026, in exchange for said 60 mins of rest! 🎄🙏🏾

Restorative Yoga is the perfect pause that provides the body with the opportunity to rest in stillness, increasing your wellbeing on a individual basis, a few examples:

Improved sleep

Reduced stress/anxiety levels

Reduced fatigue

Increased clarity

An opportunity to rest

Using bolsters, blankets, blocks and eye pillows to aid your relaxation, Restorative Yoga helps shift your nervous system from “fight or flight” into a relaxation response, Sympathetic to Parasympathetic nervous system, helping you to navigate life with a little more ease.

Hints & Tips

Yvonne recommends wearing comfortable clothing that will allow you to rest with ease, and bring any other item that helps you to relax, maybe your own eye pillow or blanket, although OSM provides all props

Bring a filled water bottle as there is no water fountain on site

Finding OSM

OSM is not immediately visible from Summerland Gardens. With Marks & Spencer's (M&S) on your right as you enter Summerland Gardens, walk downhill towards the M&S carpark. Turn left at Brocklehurst Flooring, into an un-named cul-de-sac, walk to the very end, looking up you'll see the Yogamatters office branding on the upstairs windows. OSM is downstairs, with their buzzer on the right.

A reminder

You'll need to remove your shoes before stepping into the yoga space and Yvonne asks that phones are on Airplane mode or switched off and away from your mat.

Photo credit: Yogamatters