Shift Movement
Shift Movement is a Gloucestershire based initiative to make yoga and mindfulness training accessible in schools and communities. We teach in-person and online yoga classes, train freelance yoga teachers to join our Shift team, mentor young people and empower them to share tools with their peers, train adults working in education to be wellbeing ambassadors, host events, offer a directory of local classes, provide a platform with online yoga videos, offer bespoke 1-1 yoga lessons and deliver school workshops.
We are a movement of change-makers, making a shift towards better mental health for young people and educators. For a more present, resilient and connected future.
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Discover our range of accessible wellbeing services
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Shift Wellbeing Courses
Discover accessible movement and mindfulness techniques to take care of your mind, body and heart – then share your wellbeing toolkit with others in your school, friendship group, or workplace.
Our inclusive courses are built for everyday life and designed specifically for young people and adults working in education.
Transform your own wellbeing and facilitate positive change in the lives of people around you, by teaching everyday skills for life’s ups and downs
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Wellbeing Ambassador Course for Educators
This course is for any adult working in education in both Primary and Secondary Schools. You can be a TA, Teacher, in Management or work in admin!
Develop a range of sustainable day-to-day strategies to improve your personal wellbeing, and learn how to use these interventions confidently with your students and colleagues.
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Bliss.ed Peer-to-Peer Course
This course is for secondary school students.
Feel empowered to look after your mental health through yoga and mindfulness, with our bronze course, and share these practices with other young people in your own creative way, with our silver course.
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School visits & workshops
Our experienced team can visit your school to inspire and support your staff and pupils to explore healthy habits for physical, mental and emotional wellbeing all whilst having fun! We can deliver the sessions in sports halls or classrooms.
We can offer bespoke assemblies, yoga classes, INSET days, brain breaks in the classroom, and wellbeing days for primary and secondary schools based around your needs as a school. We can come in for 1 hour or you can book us for a whole day!
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Our yoga and mindfulness classes
Book one of our group classes on our directory or a 1:1 yoga session with your preferred member of the Shift team
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Our virtual and in-person events
Check out our upcoming community and celebration events, workshops, festivals, and retreats.
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Shift.ed membership area
Connect with other people in the Shift community, and access new resources. Plus, members receive discounts on events and retreats!
SHIFT...
We all experience degrees of stress or anxiety throughout our lives. In the middle of busy days, we often struggle to know how to find our way back to ease and connection… and end up just waiting for the next weekend or holiday, hoping to feel okay again..
Let’s get that Friday feeling…on a Monday!
Imagine there is something that you could do daily or even in the moment that would help you work through those periods of stress to find a calm headspace.
There is! Yoga is scientifically proven to help lessen anxiety and depression. Through regular practice of mindful yoga it is possible to retrain your brain to be more present and resilient. Yoga helps us find that ease, connection, and strength in our day-to-day lives.
Yoga can benefit everyone…
Gone are the days when you needed a full wardrobe of lycra, gym memberships, only consume drinks that taste like freshly mowed grass, be able to tie yourself in knots or stand on your hands, or be anything other than you already are. If you can breathe, you can be good at yoga. In fact there is no good at yoga, there is only practising yoga.
No matter your shape or your fitness level, this is accessible for anyone and everyone, from all walks of life.
Nowadays yoga is in schools worldwide, doctors are prescribing yoga, professional athletes are noting how it improves their performance and prisons are offering it as rehabilitation.
At Shift Movement we help you to re-think what your perception of yoga is and who you think it is for and instead see at a universal self care practice, as essential as brushing your teeth everyday, it’s basic hygiene for the mind.
When we hear feedback from the young people, teachers, and educators who join our courses, they tell us about outcomes like:
◖ Better sleep and relaxation
◗ Being able to switch off from worrying
◖ Being able to stay calm in stressful situations
◗ Improved focus and attention
◖ New personal insights and positive perspectives
◗ Growing confidence and self-esteem
◖ Greater sense of connection and purpose
We show you how to adapt yoga that you can use anytime, anywhere, to manage whatever’s thrown your way - even if you only have 5 minutes! We will help match tools to your personal life, desires and interests so that it's fun for you.
Interested in understanding more about the benefits of movement and mindfulness?
Check out the blog for case studies, research articles, and yoga tips.
The Shift Story
Founded by Robin in 2016, Shift has grown into a team of skilled yoga teachers delivering a range of innovative courses, classes and events throughout Gloucestershire.
While still at school, Robin experienced the huge impact of yoga and meditation on her own mental health and confidence, ability to learn effectively, and formation of healthy relationships. She also realised that not everyone has the same access to these life-changing opportunities for improved wellbeing. So, she trained to become the UK’s youngest certified yoga teacher, and immediately began passing her knowledge on to friends. The interest in yoga grew from not only her friends but young people all around Gloucestershire who wanted to join her teen classes and schools requesting her to talk at assemblies and deliver workshops. This sparked Robin to develop a business to provide young people and schools with yoga and mindfulness.
"Shift is that feeling that you notice after doing yoga, the transformation you can tangibly feel after, the greater sense of connection to yourself, the change in perspective and sense of peace and clarity."
Testimonials
Seasonal Shift - Stay in the know about our movement with ‘Shift News’
Sign up for our quarterly ‘Seasonal Shift’ so you can stay in touch with us and learn more about upcoming events, new courses, and exciting retreats. We will also keep you updated on funding opportunities for schools, places on our courses, yoga mat grants, and activity on referral.