Help Charlotte Ellis become a Yoga Instructor

A traumatic loss and dramatic life change led me to discover the beautiful healing power of yoga, cold water, meditation, gratitude, fasting and breath work. These disciplines have been part of my daily life routine ever since. Ten years later, out of work and grounded by the pandemic, my father and I decided to tackle his physical well-being. Turning 75 this year, Dad struggled with fluid movement and had resigned himself to an aged way of living. After a 30-day challenge (an awakening style of movement first thing in the morning, followed by a more subtle yogic stretch at the end of the day), he now has his mobility and his life back. Dad is now more confident, joyful and able. He’s walking the Peak District to experience sunrises and just rode 70 miles across the Pennines! The very real possibilities of change and self-discovery have been so inspirational that I now find myself wanting to explore the longer game. I want to do more - to give back, not only to my friends and family, but to a wider community. To create a place where trust is built, hope reignited and a return to self can feel possible... Over the course of my life, I have experienced huge trauma but still I rise with a smile! I now want to be able to gift that ability with loving kindness to as many as I can. My goal is to set up a safe space for sharing through movement - enabling hope, renewed inner strength and a reminder that everything we seek is within us. A community space (physically and virtually) that allows 1 to 1 support and group connection. After four months of intensive work with friends and family, I have now committed (financially and emotionally) to becoming a fully qualified Yoga instructor. But I can’t do it alone, and I’ve learned enough about life to know it’s okay to ask for help… Which is why I’m here. The next stage of the journey involves costs that I can’t quite overcome alone. The yoga qualification will cost £2,500 and there are necessary logistics – the equipment to make things function as a viable business. I need to raise £5,000 to make this next stage of life happen. In return for your donation, I’d not only be embarrassingly delighted, but I’m running 3x sessions a week via Zoom that I’d love for you to be a part of (If you'd like to join for free please email me via the contact button at the bottom). No class has been the same, but in each we breathe, laugh, connect and move together in joy! In return for larger donations of £100 and above, I’d like to delay the ‘gift’ until I can give you a fully professional private session in which we explore whatever you might feel you need. Thank you so much for reading this far. Thank you for being part of my journey. Here’s to whatever the future may hold.