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July - August 2026

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Mondays: Kindly Gently Slowly

Tuesdays: Kundalini Rising Sept 2026

Wednesdays: The Courage to Trust

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Free Yoga Class 25th August

Free Breathwork Class 24th August

Mondays: Kindly Gently Slowly

Tuesdays: Kundalini Rising Sept 2026

Wednesdays: The Courage to Trust

Living Ritual Series Starts July 2026

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Who am I?

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You could glean public information about me from my Wikipedia page, or read through ten years of weblog to discover my more personal thought processes.

Carolyn on Wikipedia

I was born in Chelsea in 1960. This seems relevant because it frames my open-minded and creative approach to my work as a psycho-sexual and relationship therapist. My areas of interest, work and specialisation include, in no particular order, sex therapy, couples and relationship work, Maternal Perversion, trauma both past and current, addiction in all its forms, anxiety in all its forms, and pre and post natal issues including birth trauma, diastases recti and tocophobia. I am an embodied psychotherapist and work with the internal trauma cycles as they affect the mind, behaviour and regulation of the self.

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Change Maker.
A Specialist in Shame, Anxiety, Addiction, Sexuality, Breathwork and Yoga.
Kundalini Global Yoga Founder
Join classes and workshops:

Join me for a FREE class this Tuesday on Zoom. 10a Join me for a FREE class this Tuesday on Zoom. 10am UK time for one hour. 

The yoga mat is an extraordinary space because, on it, you can begin to experience yourself differently.

You may discover that you can be still.
You may discover that you can breathe.
You may discover that your body is capable of softening, even if only for a few moments.
You may discover what it feels like to be safe enough.

When we are stressed or anxious, we often repeat the same behaviours over and over again. We stay in loops of doing, rushing, worrying, scanning, pushing, anticipating. We tell ourselves that we will stop when things feel completely safe.

But the truth is that life rarely offers complete safety.

If you are waiting to feel 100% safe before you slow down, become still or do something differently, you may be waiting a very long time.

“Safe enough” is a more interesting threshold.

Safe enough to pause.
Safe enough to feel.
Safe enough to notice.
Safe enough to begin.

This is one of the beautiful things that yoga can offer. Not perfection. Not escape. Not a guarantee that everything will be fine. 

My classes invite you to experience a space in which your system can settle enough for you to have a different experience of yourself.

And from there, often, something begins to change.

You may want to return to the mat more often.
You may find that stillness becomes less frightening.
You may notice new choices becoming possible.

If you would like to experience that for yourself, I am offering a free yoga class.

Free Yoga Class
Tuesday 25 August

A chance to move, breathe, be still, and explore what becomes possible when you are safe enough.

Link in bio to sign up. It will be recorded for catch up and available for three days. 

#kundalini #kundaliniyoga
Tuesday 25 August, 10 – 11 am UK time Join me for Tuesday 25 August, 10 – 11 am UK time

Join me for a free 60-minute yoga class.

Whether you are new to my work or already practise with me, you are warmly invited to come and experience a full class combining movement, breath and awareness.

No previous experience is needed. Sign up via the link in my bio or on my website at CarolynCowan.com and I will send you everything you need to join.

#kundaliniyoga
A Free Yoga Class Tuesday 25 August at 10am on Zoo A Free Yoga Class
Tuesday 25 August at 10am on Zoom. 

Come as you are.

Link in bio to sign up or find on the website at carolyncowan.com 

You do not need to be flexible, experienced or “good at yoga” to come to class.

You only need a willingness to arrive and take part.

My yoga classes invite you into movement, breath, awareness and a different relationship with yourself. 

If you’ve been wanting to try a class with me, this is a perfect opportunity.

The class will be recorded and the recording will be available to those signed up for a total of three days.
Prosperity & Abundance A two day workshop that wil Prosperity & Abundance
A two day workshop that will expand your belief in possibility. Let’s do it Beauitful Person. Choose yourself. 

September 26-27 2026 in London and Online
Link in bio or go to carolyncowan.com
What did you learn about money when you were littl What did you learn about money when you were little?

Who had it. Who didn’t. Whether it was talked about. Whether wanting more was greedy. Whether you had to struggle for everything you received.

We carry spoken and unspoken contracts with our families, histories and cultures. And sometimes we don’t realise they’re there until we begin to question them.

Prosperity & Abundance is an invitation to do exactly that.

To explore money, deserving, trust and possibility and ask what might become possible when some of those old beliefs no longer get to make the decisions.

Join me this September, in London or online. Full details via the link in bio.
Prosperity & Abundance A two-day exploration of m Prosperity & Abundance

A two-day exploration of money, deserving, possibility, trust, and the beliefs that may be holding you back.

26-27 September 2026
In London and Online

Follow the in my bio to learn more and register.
Shame rarely introduces itself as shame. It appea Shame rarely introduces itself as shame.

It appears in the things we do to avoid feeling it.
The ways we protect ourselves.
The things we believe we have to be in order to be acceptable.

And until we can see it, it is very difficult to do anything differently.

Three days. In person. No hiding from the difficult stuff, be brave and fearless Beauitful Person. You will find a great deal of laughter, humanity and care while we explore it.

The Shame Workshop runs 16-18 October in Battersea, London

This is my one training/workshop that is never offered online. For good reason. Spaces are limited and filling up. 

Link in bio.
Why do you keep going over what you said? What yo Why do you keep going over what you said?

What you should have said.
What you could have said.
What they might now think of you.

Very often, we call it overthinking but underneath it can be something much more painful: the need for redemption.

Many of us, perhaps unconsciously, carry around a fantasy that somewhere there was a perfect version of that conversation. One in which you said exactly the right thing, nobody misunderstood you, nobody rejected you, and you walked away knowing that you were still acceptable.

That is where shame and perfectionism become so deeply entwined.

Shame tells us: I got it wrong. I am wrong. I need to fix this.

And so we go back. Again and again. Looking for the sentence that might finally make us safe.

In October I am teaching my three-day Shame Workshop in Battersea, London.

We will explore where shame lives in our lives and our bodies, the ways we mask it with perfectionism, our core wounding, and the tools we can use to begin doing something different. 

16th–18th October 2026
Battersea, London

Details and booking through the link in my bio.

#Shame #Perfectionism #Overthinking #Rumination #Trauma
The moment you are triggered, you move into attack The moment you are triggered, you move into attack, protect or defend.

And often, you don’t even know you’re doing it.

You snap, withdraw, blame, explain yourself endlessly, become defensive, shut down. You try desperately to make the other person understand.

Because something has happened in the present that has touched something much older.

This is one of the ways shame behaves.

When shame is triggered, the nervous system moves towards safety, and suddenly you are no longer simply responding to what is happening now. You are protecting yourself from everything this moment has come to represent.

Learning to recognise that moment changes things.

What triggered me?
What am I protecting?
What am I so frightened you will see?

In The Shame Workshop this October, we will explore the origins of shame, how it gets triggered, the behaviours we use to protect ourselves, and how we begin to respond differently.

If you recognise yourself in attack, protect or defend, come and explore what sits underneath it.

The Shame Workshop, October 2026

Details and booking via the link in bio.
Ready to add pregnancy yoga to your teaching? Boo Ready to add pregnancy yoga to your teaching?

Book your place at
CarolynCowan.com
Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training with Carolyn Cowan Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training with Carolyn Cowan, who has 20+ years of experience as a pregnancy yoga teacher and trainer and is a published author on breathing/breathwork in pregnancy, which will form a part of your learning. 

5, 6 September
Online + Battersea, London

Find out more and book at CarolynCowan.com
Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training 5-6 September 202 Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training

5-6 September 2026
Online + in person, Battersea, London

Book at CarolynCowan.com
Imagine starting your week with a nervous system t Imagine starting your week with a nervous system that doesn’t believe it’s under attack.

The breath changes hormonal flow.
The breath changes how you hold yourself.

Come and experience why.

A totally free class. Online. People join in from all over the world. 

Link in bio to sign up. I’d love to see you there. I offer free classes several times a year. We often have well over a hundred participants. It will be recorded. Available for three days after for those signed up.
Come and do something amazing with me. For free. Come and do something amazing with me. For free.

On Tuesday 25th August, I’m opening my usual Tuesday morning Kundalini Global class to everyone.

An hour to move your body, breathe, become present and to notice what changes when you reset your system. 

You do not need to know anything about yoga. You do not need to be flexible, spiritual, good at sitting still, or wearing the right leggings.

You simply need to turn up.

This is also a chance to experience the way I teach before the next six-week Kundalini Rising series begins the following Tuesday.

If you’ve been curious about Kundalini Global, if you’ve been meaning to come back to your practice, or if something in you simply thinks yes, I need this, join me. People log in from all over the world. 

Tuesday 25th August
10-11am UK time
Live on Zoom
Completely free.

Book your place through the link in my bio (if you sign up for the free breathwork class you will get this link too!)

And then come as you are!
Beautiful person, After taking a summer break fr Beautiful person, 

After taking a summer break from live classes, I return on Monday 24 August  9:00-9:30am UK time

Join me for a free 30-minute morning breathwork class.

This is an opportunity to experience my approach to breathwork, begin the day with greater presence, and discover how even a short practice can shift the way you feel.

No previous experience is needed. Simply sign up via the link in my bio and I will send you everything you need to join.
The Courage to Trust Six evening classes: Yoga, B The Courage to Trust

Six evening classes: Yoga, Breathwork & Lecture
18:30–20:00 UK time, via Zoom & Recorded

2, 9, 19(!), 23, 30 September, 7 October 2026

Join me for a series of evening classes exploring what it means to trust… to trust ourselves, other people, the body, and the universe. 

Trust is often spoken about as though it should come naturally, as though we should simply decide to let go, soften, and believe that everything will be all right.

But trust can require enormous courage. And trust is not black and while. All or nothing. 

When you have experienced betrayal, abandonment, shame, instability, or fear, the nervous system learns to protect you. You may become watchful, controlling, self-reliant, or unable to settle into uncertainty. You may find yourself anticipating what could go wrong, doubting your own perceptions, or waiting for safety before allowing yourself to move forward.

These responses are not failures, but intelligent adaptations.

However, the very strategies that once protected us can eventually become exhausting. The need to know, predict, manage, and control can leave very little room for intimacy, possibility, creativity, or rest.

Across these six 90-minute sessions, we will explore trust as an embodied experience rather than an abstract idea. Each class begins with a short lecture, followed by breathwork and a yoga series designed to support regulation, presence, and a deeper relationship with yourself.

Please note: these classes take place live on Zoom on Wednesday evenings and are recorded. In week three, the class is being moved to Saturday owing to a work commitment I wasn’t aware of when setting dates. 

Read more or register via the link in my bio.
Kundalini Rising Six Kundalini Global Yoga Classe Kundalini Rising

Six Kundalini Global Yoga Classes
9:00-10:00am UK time, via Zoom & Recorded

1, 8, 19(!!), 22, 29 September, 6 October 2026

Kundalini Rising is my regular Tuesday morning yoga class: one hour in which we come together to move, breathe, become present, and change something.

(Please note, in this block of six, one of the classes, in week three, is happening on a Saturday owing to a work commitment) 

These are strong classes, but strength does not have to mean force.

We work with effort and stillness. Movement and breath. Intention, attention, laughter, resistance, possibility and rest. Each class is different, but the invitation remains the same: to meet yourself fully on the mat and notice what becomes possible when you stop abandoning the present moment.

In Kundalini Global, we work with a potent equation:

Posture + breath × intention = transformation.

The postures matter. The breath matters. But intention changes the practice from something you perform into something you inhabit.

Your mat becomes a place to explore how you respond to challenge. Where you hold back. Where you push too hard. What happens when you remain present instead of distracting, overriding or disappearing.

And then the class ends.

We leave the mat and return to our lives — to our work, relationships, families, decisions and difficulties. But we return differently. More present. More connected to the body. More capable of choosing how we respond.

That is where the practice becomes powerful.

Not because yoga removes the complexity of being alive, but because it can change the person who meets it.

Across these six 60-minute classes, we will work with breathwork and complete Kundalini Global yoga series, each framed by a different intention. The practice may be dynamic, challenging, playful or deeply still. There will always be time for relaxation and integration at the end.

Sign up (£7 per class with recordings) via the link in my bio.
New Breathwork Classes for September Now availab New Breathwork Classes for September 

Now available to book. 

Kindly, Gently, Slowly

Monday Morning Breathwork
6:00–6:30am UK time, via Zoom & Recorded

31 August
7, 14, 21, 28 September, 5 October 2026

Join me for a series of early-morning breathwork classes built around three simple words:

Kindly. Gently. Slowly.

We live in a culture that rewards urgency and effort. We are encouraged to push harder, move faster, achieve more, and override the body when it asks us to stop.

Even practices intended to support us can become another demand. Another thing to do correctly. Another opportunity to judge ourselves for not being calm enough, disciplined enough, productive enough, or healed enough.

These classes offer a different way.

Kindly does not mean indulgently.
Gently does not mean without strength.
Slowly does not mean that nothing is happening.

They describe a way of meeting yourself that does not rely upon force.

In these six 30-minute sessions, we will use the breath to soften urgency, create space within the nervous system, and practise responding to ourselves with greater care. The practices will support you to become more aware of the pace at which you are living, the pressure you are carrying, and the places where you habitually push beyond your own limits.

Read more and sign up via the link in my bio.
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