I've stopped calling myself a yoga teacher


Dear Reader

You might have noticed it's been quiet from me lately. We've been head-down on a few projects behind the scenes and one of them is personal.

I've been reworking my calendar of in-person events for the year, giving Remedy, our membership, a proper reinvention, and doing some deep thinking about what I actually do.

The truth is, I've stopped calling myself a yoga teacher. It's like a piece of clothing that no longer fits.

I don't need to sell you on what yoga is, you've been to a class, followed a video, maybe even had your GP suggest it. But so much of it now is about the photo, the party trick, the event: yoga with gin, yoga with goats. That's not me, and it's not what I teach.

For me, yoga is a complete system, not one ingredient and the body doesn't heal in pieces. So I work with the whole of it: daily practice, real routines, and understanding what's actually driving your pain. The unglamorous, consistent stuff that quietly changes lives.

That's why I call myself what I really am now: a bodyworker, an Ayurveda practitioner, and a trained yoga therapist. Yoga is one part of something much bigger.

I'm not interested in teaching shapes. I'm interested in why your hip hurts, why you're not sleeping, why your body won't settle and what we do about it.

That's the heart of what Remedy is becoming — yoga therapy and Ayurveda working together, for real life. In a world of AI answers and generic advice, this is the opposite: a real person, real routines, and the kind of support that actually understands the body in front of it.

It's all being reinvented right now and because you've stuck with me, you'll be the first to see it.

I'd love to know one thing before you go: what's your body asking for right now?

Hit reply and tell me — pain that won't shift, sleep that won't come, energy that's gone. One line is plenty, and I read every reply.

This is just the beginning. More very soon.

Jo

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