DAY 9 Release & activate yoga flow | illuminate 30-day challenge 2026

Thanks for the lovely feedback Alice, I'm glad you enjoyed this practice (and always good to have a few go to sessions!) xx p

How sweet to hear, thank you for your dedication and being here! ❤️

Yes, well done! xo p

Yay, pleased you enjoyed this practice Kylie xox

I'm glad this was helpful Alex xox

It really does make quite a difference! xx p

Hi Amei, thank you for sharing this—it’s such a thoughtful question, and I really appreciate the care you’re bringing to how yoga is practiced and shared. From my own perspective, and alongside the concerns you’re naming, I experience the many adaptations of yoga as a reflection of its resilience and depth. I’m often struck by how yoga has taken root in so many cultures and contexts around a world with many different physical, emotional, and cultural needs. Speaking only from my own experience, yoga has been a huge blessing to my health, and I’ve loved and appreciated how its adaptability can help it reach people with very different bodies, needs, and belief systems. I absolutely think there’s value in honoring yoga’s origins and staying aware of how Western systems—especially fitness and beauty culture—can dilute or distort it. Yet, at the same time, I’ve also seen how certain adaptations can make yoga more accessible to people who might not otherwise feel welcome or able to practice. For me, it feels less like East vs. West, or purity vs. dilution, and more like an ongoing relationship with yoga—one that allows the practice to take shape in ways that support both its integrity and the people practicing. ❤️

Hello Amei, thank you for your thoughtful comment. This is a really important topic and I'm glad you asked the question. Westernised and diluted 'fusion' styles of yoga can definitely be problematic and can often feel misrepresentative and disrespectful to the culture in which the practices originate. This is a complex topic and which I will not do justice to in a comment so I will leave that there for now. My personal background is across multiple disciplines including yoga, somatics, dance, conditioning as well meditative & contemplative practices and therefore when I create a class, it can sometimes include something from any of these lineages, and often is a combination. My primary interest across all these threads is the mind/body connection and how to deepen this connection. So while I might occasionally offer something that might feel more 'fitness/strength' oriented, what is more important to me is not whether you are building core strength (although for some people, this maybe important to them), it is more, how present can you be in your body and mind when you do this? And do you feel able to make choices that are right for you? There is more to be said here, but perhaps I will keep this for another time (a good idea for a newsletter if you are subscribed to that!) . I hope some of my response is helpful in some way and thanks for being here xox p

Thanks Nell! I'm glad you enjoyed the practice xox p

Hehe - slippery leggings sounded like they added an extra challenge. I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊

Thanks so much for sharing Cristina and for your lovely feedback, it really is appreciated. I'm so glad you are noticing the differences and well done for practicing so regularly ❤️

Love that 💕