Autumn in Practice

A seasonal ritual

If you

• Can feel the season changing and sense that it stirs something in you too.

• You’d like your yoga or movement practice to actually respond to what’s happening in your body and your life, rather than following the same routine all year round.

• You’re craving a little more space, or a moment to yourself each day.

• You’re interested in being in relationship with Autumn beyond a pumpkin-spiced candle, but don’t know where to start.

• You like the idea of taking a few minutes each day to move, to feel, to notice and see how YOU feel.

• Or perhaps you're simply curious about what might happen if you stopped trying to push through autumn, and started practising with it instead.

September has a unique way of arriving and making us feel like we should have our shit together!

But actually, you may have noticed that you're feeling a little more tired. A little more scattered. Maybe you're craving quiet, warmth or a slower pace. Or perhaps you're still running on summer energy, wondering why your usual routines suddenly feel a bit harder.

We often expect ourselves to carry on regardless.

But what if we didn't?

What if, instead of trying to push through the season, we allowed our practice to respond to it?

That's the idea behind Autumn in Practice.

From 23–30 September, you'll receive one short seasonal yoga practice each day, alongside a simple invitation to notice, explore or reflect.

We'll draw on yoga, breath, movement, Ayurveda and the rhythms of the natural world to explore what it might mean to adapt our practice as the season changes.

Some practices will involve movement. Others may be quieter — perhaps breath, rest, awareness or simply paying attention.

There isn't a prescribed way to experience autumn.

And there isn't a perfect practice to achieve.

The invitation is to become curious about what's actually here, and see what happens when your practice responds to that.

You receive invitations to notice; a new one every day for 8 days.

You don’t get a gold star for doing your practice every single day. Instead, think of it as eight little autumn rituals.

A few minutes to pause, move, breathe, notice and connect to yourself in this season.

You might have five minutes to practise, or you might have half an hour.

You might practise in your living room, before breakfast, outside in the fresh morning air or tucked up somewhere warm.

Each invitation is designed to be flexible around the time you have. You can return to each one again and again, or just return to your favourites. You can pick one up whenever it fits with your schedule, or you can purposefully carve out a time each day.

How it works

Each evening, I'll send you the following day's practice via Telegram, so it's waiting for you whenever you’re ready.

And in fact, I'd recommend not opening it until the morning so you don’t get that blue light stimulation before going to bed.

Telegram is a simple, free messaging app, so there's no complicated platform to navigate and no online course dashboard to remember to log into.

Your practice simply arrives in a small group chat as a voice note explaining an element of Ayurveda or seasonality, and a written practise invitation.

You'll receive:

• 8 short seasonal yoga practice, breath, movement awareness or practices

• A daily voice note explaining the seasonal context for the invitation

• An invitation for journalling, reflection and noticing

• All delivered simply via Telegram

• One year's access, so you can return to the practices throughout autumn and beyond

A note from me

I've become increasingly interested in using yoga and other embodiment tools as a relational practise rather than something that exists separately from the rest of our lives.

My own yoga practice has changed enormously over the years. I used to think a good practice was about what I could do — getting into the shape, pushing a little further, practicing for a certain length of time, getting stronger and more mobile, or achieving a certain state of calm.

It took injury, and learning about approaching yoga with Ayurveda and the many twists and turns of life to realise that yoga didn't need to force my body into a particular idea of what a pose or practice should be like, but it was about an approach of connection.

Autumn in Practice has grown out of a desire to have an intentional relationship with the season (both outer and inner).

It's not about following a set of “autumn poses”, or trying to optimise ourselves.

It's about noticing, and being with the qualities of this season.

About allowing the season to inspire how we move, breathe, rest and pay attention. And to have a ritual, or moment of connection, that brings more purpose and meaning to our day, that goes beyond the daily tasks and schedule.

Is this for me?

Autumn in Practice might be for you if:

• your energy feels different as the seasons change

• you're curious about seasonal yoga but don't know where to begin

• you want a little more space and ritual in your day

• you're tired of yoga feeling like another thing to achieve

• you'd like practices that fit around real life rather than asking you to rearrange it

• you enjoy exploring yoga beyond the physical poses

• you're simply curious about what happens when you start paying closer attention to the season

You don't need to be an experienced yogi.

You don't need to know anything about Ayurveda.

And you definitely don't need to be able to touch your toes.

Autumn in Practice

23–30 September

8 days of seasonal ritual yoga, breath, reflection and noticing.

Delivered daily via Telegram.

£27

*After your purchase, you’ll receive an email from me with instructions on how to join the telegram group. If you don’t receive an email from me by 22nd September, please email me directly at sarah.lewis.dance@outlook.com

Your access lasts for one year.

So although we'll begin together in September, these practices are yours to return to whenever you need them.

Ready to practise with autumn?

Come and spend eight days connecting to the season — and to yourself within it.