Why Of This Body Exists

A Practice for These Times.

Of This Body was born from a longing for practice that’s honest, grounded, and real - a place where spirituality doesn’t float above life, but moves with it. Where being present with yourself also means being present with the world.

It’s rooted in the understanding that yoga is a path of liberation - not just for the self, but for all of us. This is where inner healing meets outer responsibility. Where relationship is valued over individualism. Where the body is held as sacred, wise and deeply human.

Because what we need now isn’t more polished performance or spiritual bypassing. We need honesty. We need presence. We need each other - awake, embodied and here.

For the Body. For the World.

Of This Body speaks to presence, not performance and is a space for remembering what’s already within you. An offering that invites you to drop beneath the surface and into what’s real. Into sensation. Into care. Into your life as a human being.

This isn’t as an escape from the world. It is a way to meet it with more courage, clarity and love.  It’s a practice of being human: Of feeling deeply. Of resting honestly. Of connecting wholeheartedly. Of staying with what is. 

This is a practice that remembers:

Healing is relational.

Liberation is collective.

Rest is resistance.

And that coming back to the body is coming back to the world.

    • To create spaces of deep, potent, embodied presence that help us stay in relationship with ourselves, each other and the world.

    • To honor the ancient roots of yoga through the lens of Trika Shaivism and somatic wisdom.

    • To welcome people into the truth of their experience; not to fix it, but to feel it.

  • Collective Care:

    Small groups, real conversation no spiritual performance.

    Honest spirituality: 

    Rooted in ancient teachings, not aesthetic trends.

    Brave tenderness: 

    A place for both heartbreak and hope. Grief and joy.

    Somatic remembrance: 

    Practices that bring us back to the body and the world.

    Liberation. Presence. Integrity:

    Not just words. Ways of living.

  • Slow, grounded retreats in beautiful natural settings.

    Small groups and deep conversations.

    Restorative movement, deep rest, philosophical contemplations, shared meals.

    A rhythm of life that feels like truth, not performance.

    Practice that’s rooted in story, sensation and collective wisdom.

    A return to what the nervous system craves; depth, care, connection.

    A spiritual home for those disillusioned by spiritual bypassing.

    A space where your body isn’t a problem to fix but a place to listen.

    A space for paradox: Rage and reverence. Love and loss. Resistance and rest.

  • For the ones who feel deeply.

    For the space-holders.

    For the ones navigating a messy world with an open heart.

    For those longing to meet life - not bypass it.

    For those disillusioned by performance-based wellness, looking for something rooted, real and human.

    For those who want more than a yoga holiday.

    For the seekers of rest that isn’t escapism, but preparation.

    For the ones who are open to being moved, not just stretched.

The Body Behind the Retreats: Claire

Claire Leigh (she/her) is a teacher whose work is rooted in care, integrity with a desire to meet reality as it is. Shaped by yogic philosophy, collective resilience, radical rest and unapologetic presence, her work invites you into the real - not the polished or perfected.

Claire has been teaching since 2017 and has led retreats for the past five years. Based in London, she teaches at some of the city’s most beloved community-rooted yoga studios, holding space for honest, embodied practice that honours the full spectrum of being human.

Her teaching is shaped by over 500 hours of training across traditions of Vinyasa, Mandala, Tantric and Embodied Flow, and most recently, Tantra philosophy.

Whether guiding a class, workshop or teaching on retreat, her work honours the body not as a project to fix, but as a portal to what is real, sacred and alive.

A Virgo with deep earth energy, Claire creates space for remembering what the body already knows — slowly, honestly, and with care.