Classes & Workshops

This 90-minute Yin Yoga experience with Shiatsu hands-on assists is designed to help you deeply unwind, release tension, & reconnect with yourself. Blending Yin with intuitive bodywork, each session offers grounding, nourishment, and subtle energetic rebalancing.

Yin works into the deeper layers of the body (the fascia, joints, & connective tissues) through long-held, supported postures. As you settle in, you’ll be offered optional gentle assists to support deeper release and relaxation.

Open to all levels, everything is adaptable to your body. You’ll be supported with props (bolsters, blankets, eye pillows, blocks) so you can fully let go without strain.

What to expect:
A slow, meditative journey through floor-based poses. Stillness, breath, and space to land.

How you may feel:
Deeply relaxed, more open in body, calmer in mind, & softer in the heart. Many leave feeling grounded & restored, like a reset for the nervous system. Emotions may gently surface and pass, held by the space & Shiatsu support.

The setting:
Held at beautiful Stone Rock Lodge. Optional on-site saunas and homemade pizza from the award-winning restaurant can complete the experience!

Conscious movement to strengthen, mobilise, and reconnect.

Pilates and Breathwork blends the precision of Pilates with the calming power of breath. Each session combines core strength, mobility, and alignment with guided breathwork to leave you feeling both energised and grounded.

Suitable for all abilities, this class creates space to move with awareness, breathe with intention, and restore balance in body and mind.

Join me for an energising and grounding vinyasa class at the beautiful Stone Rock Lodge. In this practice, we will use the breath to root the body in postures that restore and rebalance your connection to yourself and to the earth.

Each class will combine breath-led movement with longer, intentional holds designed to gently build strength, improve flexibility, and cultivate a deeper mind-body connection.

All levels welcome.

Mats are provided. Please bring a blanket if you have one (for relaxation – it’s starting to get a little chilly in the evenings!)

About the teacher:

With nearly a decade of yoga practice, I completed my 200 hour teacher training with Ashtanga Yoga Glastonbury in 2023, having previously studied at the Sivananda Ashram in India in 2019. My teaching journey has taken me across the UK and Asia, including a memorable experience teaching at Glastonbury Festival last year.

My classes offer a calm and grounding space, inviting students to connect with their bodies through mindful movement. Rooted in the alignment and breathwork principles of Ashtanga, my teaching also incorporates playful elements of vinyasa flow to create a balanced and accessible practice.

Having recently moved to The Wye Valley with my partner and our beautiful baby boy, I’ve been deeply inspired by my own experience of pregnancy and postpartum. This journey has led me to study postpartum yoga with Birthlight, and I’m excited to soon be launching dedicated classes to support new mothers.

Explore family dynamics in a unique setting, uncover hidden connections, and gain insights at this interactive workshop.

Family & Systemic Constellations – Chepstow
Bi-monthly Saturday Morning Circle

A bi-monthly Saturday morning constellation circle offering a grounded, supportive space to explore family patterns, relationships, and inherited dynamics through embodied, systemic work.

These circles are suitable both for people new to constellation work and those who wish to attend regularly. No previous experience is needed.

Dates
Saturday 7 February 2026
Saturday 18 April 2026
Saturday 6 June 2026
Saturday 10 October 2026
Saturday 5 December 2026

These circles run bi-monthly, with a summer pause.

What are Family / Systemic Constellations?
Family or Systemic Constellations is an experiential therapeutic approach developed by Bert Hellinger, drawing on family therapy, systemic thinking, and group dynamics.

The work explores how unresolved experiences and patterns within our family systems can continue to influence our relationships, work, health, and sense of belonging, often without our conscious awareness. These influences may show up as repeating dynamics, emotional burdens, or a sense of being stuck.

Rather than talking about problems, constellation work allows us to see and feel the wider system we are part of. In a group setting, participants may be invited to act as representatives for people, roles, or elements within a family or life situation. Through this embodied process, hidden dynamics can become visible, allowing new understanding, movement, and relief to emerge.

This is not roleplay, and no belief or prior knowledge is required.

How the Morning Works
Each morning includes:

• Arrival, settling, and a short grounding or meditation
• Simple group exercises to practise representing and attuning to the field
• Two constellations
• Time for reflection and integration
• Closing circle

At each session, anyone attending is welcome to put their name forward if they would like to work with a personal or professional issue.

Constellations are chosen on the day, guided by what feels most appropriate for the group and the wider field. Not everyone who puts their name forward will necessarily have their own constellation.

All roles within the process are equally valued.

Ways to Take Part
Issue holder
You may bring a theme or situation you would like to explore. Two constellations will take place each morning.

Representative
You may be invited to stand in for people, roles, or elements within another person’s constellation. Many people find this role deeply insightful, and sometimes more impactful than having their own constellation.

Witness
You can also attend simply holding presence within the group. Even from this role, people often recognise parallels and gain clarity for their own lives.

You do not need to bring an issue to attend.

Why Attend Regularly?
Constellation work often unfolds over time. Attending regularly allows you to:

• deepen your embodied understanding of systemic patterns
• integrate insights gently between sessions
• experience different roles within the field
• build continuity and trust within the group

Each circle responds to who is present and what is alive on the day.

About Katie
Katie Despres is a Family and Systemic Constellations Facilitator and Senior Yoga Teacher based in Bristol.

She trained extensively with the Centre for Systemic Constellations, including advanced study in Couples & Intimate Systems. Her background includes psychology, a previous career in executive recruitment, and over a decade of embodied practice through yoga and meditation.

Katie’s approach is grounded, relational, and down-to-earth. She works with people who want depth without dogma, and insight that can be applied in everyday life.

This Chepstow circle marks a personal return to the Wye Valley, where Katie spent part of her childhood and where her connection to land, family history, and this work was first shaped.

Staying After the Circle
Stone Rock Lodge offers an award-winning pizza restaurant, bar, and wood-fired sauna.

Participants are warmly invited to stay on after the circle for lunch or sauna time, subject to availability. Details will be shared closer to each date.

Tickets & Pricing

• £35 early bird (limited number for each date)
• £45 standard
• £35 concession (limited for each date)
• Stone Rock Lodge Member (contact for discount code)

This is a mixed-role constellation circle. Some participants may work with a personal issue, while others take part as representatives or witnesses. All roles are valued and can offer meaningful insight.

If cost is a barrier, please get in touch.

Practical Information

• No previous experience needed
• Wear comfortable clothes you can move in
• Tea and light refreshments provided

If you can’t make one of these dates but would like to hear about future Chepstow circles, please contact Katie to be added to the mailing list.