Tina Pascoe
Experience and Qualifications
I started my personal yoga practice in 2007 and began my studies from here, going on to obtain yoga teaching qualifications in 2011 and went on to teach and create weekly yoga classes in my local community. In 2012 I was teaching as a full time self employed yoga teacher and have been self employed in this industry since.
Classes grew popular and I had a big following which led me into developing my own yoga studio, situated in Carlyobay. It was a huge project and investment with the refurbishment that took just over 6 months of hard work to complete, transforming what was an old run down abandoned post office and corner shop into a beautiful healing space, that opened its doors in 2013.
—My vision to hold yoga classes, mini retreats and holistic therapies and create a space for people to heal and retreat home from home.
I took on a 5 year lease and poured all my energy, finances and knowledge into an incredibly beautiful studio space and the studio became a success, I created unique classes and home from home retreats for locals to find peace and pause within thier busy lives. A place to heal, recharge and de-stress, it was a niche at a time where not much in the way of wellness places existed or were available for people nearby.
I sold out daily classes and mini retreats and created unique offerings, At one point I was teaching 13 classes per week and started seeking out other yoga teachers and holistic massage therapist to share the space with me as I wanted this to change lives, to grow a community where space could be shared and more freedoms could be achieved — And I am proud to say from this a yoga community grew, with many of my own yoga students going onto to study and become yoga teachers and open local yoga studios and spaces nearby. That was a big thing in a time where people were still thick within the suppression and toxic affects of modern living, to have something tangible for the community to slow down and come back to themselves establishes a lot of realisation that we need and deserve for a better way of living.
In 2015 I also created Beach yoga classes next to the studios local beach of Carlyon bay and offered experiences of outdoor yoga at the beautiful Japanese gardens to bring in my love for nature and the elements to the schedule and as a way to get people connected back to the outdoors again—this was a bringing in of deeper experience of healthy escapism, from a systematically busy world of indoor work and home life where people were often disconnected with nature, the sun and the elements. It was a way to bring people back to an exploration of freedom and deeper connection of presence to nature that exists in ourselves— A remembering.
I created time within the yoga studio for new mothers who had recently given birth and were now on the journey of postpartum, with Mama Earth retreats. These were designed to support women with recovery from birthing, share birth stories, move thier bodies alongside thier babies without having to be separated from them and be nourished with soul food. I cooked everything intentionally and infused my love of plant medicine and healing with real food— Soul food. These experiences held space for women who had traveled in thier own way through deeply personal experience of pregnancy, birthing and into motherhood. I created these sessions so as mothers could feel heard and be seen and be rooted in with thier babies through the baby yoga and baby massage to support attachment and development. Sessions finished with sharings, life alignment wellness techniques and guided mama and baby cocoon relaxation to help heal sleep deprivation. Everything needed and appreciated when your a mother!
I was inspired to create these particular sessions from the lack of support I experienced when birthing and having my first baby and healing from birth trauma, it left me with the open question “ this can not be it” women needed more support and so once again I created what I wish existed.
During the years of running the yoga studio I was also a mother myself, having journeyed through pregnancy and birth for the second time in my life and in 2o16 my second son was earth side — he was was with me all the way through teaching classes at the studio, whilst I was heavily pregnant right up until the last week before I birthed him at 40 +2 weeks. I returned back on the mat to teach again when he was 12 weeks old.
My yoga Studio doors closed after the 5 year lease and it opened into another door, in late 2018 and from there I moved into more freedom that allowed me to work more as a freelance Yoga Teacher. I am loving this opportunity as it has created a more expansive range of experiences for my practice, allowing me to be even more innovative when creating projects, sanctuary sessions and mini retreats, seeking out beautiful spaces, other teachers and holistic therapists to join me on retreats. I get to meet and work with so many different beautiful people. Which I love.
I currently have a range of weekly yoga classes, with some located in my hometown, the historic fishing village of Charlestown. I create and host regular Sanctuary sessions, workshops and Mini retreats in and around Cornwall, staying close to nature and continue to explore the endless possibilities of new freedoms that this provides—and this is what I am most passionate about, being able to reach as many people as I can and provide an experience of freedom and peace from whatever may be moving through there week or month or life!
I am inspired always by nature, by people and how we are living and struggling within ourselves, looking deeply into how I can improve the lives and experiences of others; this deepens my understanding of the human experience and of my own! With that I am confident to infuse the polarity needed into my work for people to find joy and receive a depth of connection to peace, nature and themselves again.
A life where we thrive not just survive!
I have also worked within two luxury spa hotels creating weekly yoga classes and offerings for Spa memberships and hotel guests. From 2017- 2021 I hosted yoga classes at Carlyonbay Hotel for hotel guests, creating classes outdoors on the hotel grounds and within the indoor facilities.
In 2018 I spent 6 years working within The Cornwall Spa hotel building on and helping to expand connections for the intake of spa memberships and bringing in the local community to retreat with a locals package of yoga and spa time, using a proactive approach and authentic practice to connect to the people on a deeper level, the clssses sold out and were very popular.
This is something I’d love to keep doing more of and my passion for creating Sanctuary sessions and opportunities for local people to be able to retreat in a more luxurious environment I know is so needed. With cost of living, families struggling, loved ones being separated by long working hours, the burnout and lack of luxury is real— So the Home from Home retreats are something very needed and special. These are close to my heart because I know first hand from a local perspective there is something missing for those who simply can not afford to jet off and take holiday time away. For those who work endlessly and long for stillness and family time.
I have experience also in teaching many one to one sessions, celebrity requests, group sessions for the NHS and local hospice and creating bespoke sessions for people with specific needs and health concerns improving physical movement and mobility, releasing deep rooted stress and trauma and offering techniques that help improve sleep, anxiety and depression.
I have experience in marketing, accounts, problem solving and product creation, I also love photography and I am very specific, particular and passionate about getting the best finish when it comes to content creation.
I am also a fabric artist and have hosted my own Yoga and Yarn sessions. I love to knit and make my own clothes, I teach people the techniques and how to find joy in creative meditation and love using sustainable materials, methods, and practices to create toxic free slow fashion.
I also offer EFT ( Emotional Freedom Technique) body tapping therapy and 1:1 in person yoga or group yoga practices, which I taylor make for bespoke healing sessions that suit individual needs, particularly trauma healing.
Overall my classes embody the traditional practice of yoga and I also incorporate additional healing modalities and life alignment practices within my offerings and teachings — There is a focus on intuitive Movement, body vibration Tapping, tribal movement body shaking therapy, sound and frequency healing, traditional yogic breath work and guided meditation and tapping EFT (Emotional Freedon Technique) to bring in additional healing for the body, nervous system release and regulation.
I teach and specialise in Pregnancy yoga — Pre and Post natal care. Vinyasa flow yoga, Yin and restorative yoga styles, for all bodies, all ages and levels of experience— these different styles of yoga practice will suit your body’s varying and ever changing needs. If you need to relax more, receive deeper healing, strengthen, become more flexible, prepare for a birth, heal from depression, recover from illness or injury than you can choose a class to suit what your body needs most. This is the beauty of the practice, making it completely personal to what’s moving through you right now…so even when you feel you may not be able to practice you absolutely can.
Rest, move and sculpt your body- whatever you need, My classes will help you feel healthy and connect you back to yourself and to what you need…I guide people to intuitively tune into the body and find peace.
The different styles offer a unique healing that may suit the mind and body at different times in people’s life journeys. I always recommend choosing a class that best supports the current body’s needs.
My Qualifications
I hold BA Honours Degree in Teaching and Learning and a Foundation Degree in CH Studies completed in 2010 at the University of Worcester.
2012 completed British School of Yoga Teaching Diplomas in Yoga and Pre and Post Natal body care Yoga training in Devon.
2023 EFT and TFT Tapping accredited Practitioner Certification.
With Over 500hrs of Workshops and training.
Practical workshops at Tri London.
I am currently studying a masters in herbalism course to enrich my experience and knowledge of plant medicine.
I continue my self studies in primal movement, nervous system healing and trauma healing and my personal self study and practice continually grow and I’m excited to share everything I learn and know.
*Below are just examples of some classes I’ve created, these are just some that I currently offer, but I have created so much over the years and taught a wide range of other practices from back care yoga, chair yoga, A trauma, tention, release ( TRE) Class, interval yoga class and Vinyasa breakdown class. Yoga Nidra with Sound bath frequency for vibrational healing.
Healing Hour Classes
Healing Practices that help you Break through stress and deep rooted tension and trauma, an amazing practice for nervous system healing and release — Everything is energy and energy wants to flow and move.
Our emotions are energy and when we suppress them they get stuck, they make us sick and block the Chi, life force energy within the body. With healing organic movements and self vibration techniques we open the energy portals in the body, move out the old emotions and move into sensation, into release and allow healing to come in.
I wanted to share practices that I’ve used for many years now that have supported my own healing and path to living in the healthiest way possible, to free emotional pain when it comes and release old emotions and patterns from childhood and past relationships. Life does a lot to our nervous system.
I share with you very special life alignment therapies for the support and healing of stress and trauma. I guide you into intuitive healing movements within the class, body vibration movement and powerful connection to the divine feminine and masculine energies.
The body tapping is a technique I have been practicing since 2007 with my first teacher who learnt and shared these techniques from IIchi Lee, who explores body tapping practices as a way to create vibrational release in the body— Shakinh excercises. I also qualified in EFT ( emotional freedom technique) which is another vibrational healing technique that works by stimulating the body by tapping certain points to release the trapped energy.
These shaking exercises, deep stretch yoga, breath work, stillness and sound therapy practices that I work with brings in a healing and really helps you regulate your nervous system.
This practice is for anyone who experiences stress— daily stress and tension, life pressures and daily work and family demands to deeper trauma, prolonged chronic stress and injury that hasn’t been healed or released. Trauma is a physical injury and these therapies and movement techniques are healing for your body and mind.
Even chronic PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) can be healed with embodiment practice and self love. This practice inspires you to connect with yourself.
Our bodies are wise beyond belief, with the capacity to heal… but to heal and live a life in balance in this busy, fast paced world is hard! Life stress, chaos and bad days—we all experience this. Every day stress is everywhere! In workplace tension, environmental toxins, old injuries, toxic relationships, sleep issues, back pain and digestive issue… to much deeper traumas like relationship and childhood trauma, a traumatic or negative birth experience and chronic health conditions. Maybe it’s in your job, your work, or your just holding it all together balancing a family! We all hold onto that vibration of stress in some way and it can stay in specific parts of the body and nervous system! This is prolonged stress, that our bodies are just not designed for!
Culturally we have learned to suppress and indure this prolonged stress, and it continues to manifest itself into ailments and illness.
Its time to commit to your own healing from the effects of all the stress and hurt your body has been through. The deep cellular memory that is in need of healing and you can learn how to undo the pain, empty yourself of tension and the stories that keep you stuck. We can dissolve unhelpful cellular memory and stress with these beautiful life alignment therapies.
When we move through pain, loss, stress or trauma the body and nervous system start to shut down parts of itself, this stress gets stored on a deeper level, we can hold onto that tension for years, for some people a lifetime! And creates tension, chronic body pain, and even illness or disease… We have to do the inner healing. The physical work to undo the hurt we’ve been through! Cut the cords and renew, we all need it.
Strengthen the mind and body discord.
My hope is for these practices to empower you with knowledge and techniques to heal and change your life for the better.
VINYASA FLOW YOGA
If you are in need of slowing down the mind, without the pressure of the outside world crashing in, but also want to tone and sculpt your body, then you have found the perfect remedy.
Vinyasa Flow Style yoga incorporates the divine femininity and masculinity energies to come into balance and flow. Linking breath with movement. It was the first style of yoga I fell in love with, because of my love for dancing it feels very fluid witch I love! It emphasises on linking movement with breath and will work the whole body and mind for a complete holistic body work out and body cleanse. The flowing dynamic body postures (Asana) and traditional Hatha style sun and moon salutation warm ups stretch and compress the muscles to give greater flexibility and suppleness to the body, improve skin complexion and tones and trims the waist line. Free the mind of tension and thoughts with various guided relaxations and meditations to end the class.
HEAL YOGA-RESTORATIVE
Heal yoga class is a restorative yoga practice, designed for “Recovery and Rejuvenation”. This practice was my medicine during a time when my life was really stressful— The flowing and gentle (Asanas) are perfect for anyone recovering from illness (including cancer patients), injury or experiencing the effects of stress in daily life. This class is a relief from life’s stressful events such as marriage, divorce, insomnia or lack of sleep, childbirth, getting a new job or experiencing a death or loss of a loved one (grief) or simply for much needed deep relaxation practice during the mid-week, particularly good for those who work shift patterns. The focus of this class is stillness, relaxation and breath, with all the Postures supported with bolster cushions and props. We hold the postures for a lot longer than a typical yoga class with the bolster doing all the work for you, YOU just have to let go! This is the ultimate antidote for releasing tension and stress from the body and mind. Infused with healing self – pressure touch techniques.
Learn how to deeply relax the mind and switch off from your busy life through guided visualisation skills. With Heal yoga you can allow your mind, body and soul to truly rejuvenate for complete Health & Longevity. A perfect “before bedtime” routine for a restful sleep.
YIN YOGA
A wonderful style of yoga that promotes increased flexibility -Fast!
Yin Yoga is a challenging but very therapeutic style of yoga that works on rehabilitation of the joints and muscles, with deep stretching techniques to get to deeper layers of the muscle fibres and joints. Making this class a great option and accompaniment for any one who regularly takes up any sport, running or weight lifting. Or for anyone wanting a more supple, flexible and moveable body.
Its main focus is on opening and stretching the lower body, working to clear out the energy channels in the back of the legs and includes stretches to strengthen the lower back muscles.
If you are looking for more flexibility this is the class for you… The deep stretching is completely supported with the use of bolster cushions and straps whilst breathing and resting to hold the postures for a lot longer.
This class is also infused with guided relaxation meditations, healing deep pressure body touch and hot Stones in the winter and body cleansing cloths.
Therapeutic VINYASA YOGA FLOW
Feel awake & energised with a flowing light Vinyasa yoga morning sequence. We stretch the whole body and target all of the places that might need a little extra space and life breathed into them after a night of sleep.
The class is designed to incorporate postures and stretches that twist and open the body and wring out the internal organs to release the body of deep toxins. This class is focused on complete detoxification of the body and mind. We practice twist postures (Asana) inversion postures that massage internal organs, ridding the body of impurities and spinal openers for realignment, whilst combining a focus on Yin style and breath work to gently massage internal organs and stretch into the body deeper. The lymphatic system, eliminatory system, circulatory system and digestive system get worked at the same time to boost the body’s natural ability to cleanse.
Pre and Post Natal Yoga-Pregnancy and Beyond.
please See home page http://www.yogambs.com/pregnancy-yoga/
EFT ( EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE) HEALING SESSIONS
Emotional freedom technique (EFT) is effective for healing pain, emotional distress, fear, anxiety and the release of unhelpful cellular memory. EFT is a beautiful tapping technique and is known as psychological acupressure.
We use the fingertips to stimulate energy points in the body to release the emotional or energetic blockage—the emotion and pain.
We connect with and recognise the emotion or pain and as we move through the negative emotion, pain, unresolved problem, or anything that’s disturbing you. accepting, moving it through, unblocking we begin transmuting the negative energy. Coming back to neutrality and into release so you kick start your bodies natural potential to heal its self.
