Workshops
The Backbend Workshop
Saturday 7 November 2026
12:30 - 2:30pm | Main Studio, Salt Studios, East Twickenham | £45
The spine holds our stories. The heart holds our softness, our strength, and sometimes our sorrow. Join Echo for a backbend workshop exploring the shapes we often fear or feel stuck in — and the emotional weight that can sit just beneath them.
Backbends turn the body to face the world. They are sometimes called extroverted poses: an invitation to embrace life, wide open. Through intentional movement, breathwork, and supported heart-openers, we will use backbending as a pathway to release — inviting the body to let go, open up, and feel more deeply.
With compassion, care, and always a little playfulness, we will strengthen the back body so it can hold us, allowing the front body to soften. Vulnerability, here, is not weakness — it is courage.
This is a practice of presence. Of gently peeling back layers. Of meeting yourself exactly as you are. Come as you are, and leave a little lighter, a little freer, a little more connected to your practice.
What to expect:
Deep warm-up to prepare the spine and shoulders
Technique tips for common and advanced backbends
Modifications and props for safe alignment
The breath to support opening and release
Grounding to close
Open to all levels — especially those looking to explore backbends with more awareness, strength, and grace. Come with curiosity, leave with an open heart.
Day Retreat in Peckham
Sunday 29 November 2026
10am - 3:30pm | Peckham, London | £100 early bird, £130 after
With Ashley Ahrens, Darvina Plante and Echo. A playful, strong practice (Rocket, Ashtanga, Dharma), a nourishing lunch and time to chat, then finishing with yin and a soundbath.
