You don't need to be flexible to do yoga.

In fact, you don't need to be anything other than willing to give it a go!

There can be a lot of pressure around yoga. To know what you're doing, keep up with everyone else, bend a certain way or somehow arrive at your first class already being "good" at it.

That's not how we do things here.

Sam's approach is designed around the people in front of her. That might mean adapting a movement because your back feels stiff, taking things more gently because you're returning to exercise, finding a different position because something doesn't feel right or simply giving yourself permission to stop and rest.

Yoga designed around your body, not your flexibility.

How Can We Help?

  • "I want to join a friendly local class"

    Accessible, welcoming yoga classes in Burton on Trent for beginners and experienced yogis alike. Come as you are, move at your own pace and become part of a genuinely lovely local community.

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  • "I want support designed around my body"

    One-to-one yoga and wellbeing sessions give us the time to understand your body, mobility, confidence and goals, then build movement around what you actually need.

    🧘 Explore 1-to-1 yoga & wellbeing 

  • "I'm looking after the wellbeing of my team"

    Accessible workplace wellbeing that goes beyond putting a yoga class in the diary. From Lunch & Learns and wellbeing workshops to regular sessions and wellbeing days, programmes are designed around your people and organisation.

    👩‍💼 Explore workplace wellbeing 

  • "I work with a school or community"

    Sam combines her experience in yoga and wellbeing with an extensive background working with charities, families and communities to create inclusive sessions for schools, SEND settings, charities and community organisations.

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Community yoga classes in Burton on Trent

Come for the yoga. Stay for the community.

Our Burton on Trent community classes are friendly, affordable and deliberately free from ego. There are no expectations about what you should be able to do and no pressure to keep up with the person next to you. Sam guides the class while offering different options along the way, so you can choose the movement that works for your body that day. That makes our classes just as welcoming for someone walking into their first ever yoga session as they are for someone who has practised for years.

Classes take place at Queen Street Community Centre in Burton on Trent, with pay-as-you-go and multi-class options available.

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Meet Sam

Yoga teacher. Wellbeing specialist. Community Advocate.

Community Yoga with Sam hasn't been built around perfect poses or Instagram yoga. It has grown through people, referrals and a belief that movement and wellbeing should feel accessible to far more of us.

Before becoming a yoga teacher, Sam built an extensive career in the charity sector, including senior leadership experience with organisations such as Barnardo's and Family Action. Her work has involved supporting families and communities, leading teams and understanding the very different challenges people can experience throughout their lives.

That experience shapes how she teaches yoga. With RYT200, ERYT200 and pre/ postnatal certifications, Sam blends Iyengar traditional Indian techniques with connection-based communication, to deliver bespoke yoga and wellbeing services.

Sam understands that everyone walking into a class brings something different with them. Different bodies, different experiences, different confidence levels and different reasons for being there.

Community Yoga with Sam brings that experience together with professional yoga and wellbeing training to create something deliberately human: a place where people can move, feel supported and belong.

Real people. Real stories. A real community.

People might first arrive because they want to move more, feel less stiff or try yoga.

But Community Yoga with Sam has become about much more than what happens on the mat. It's the conversations before class. The encouragement from the person next to you. Seeing familiar faces each week.

Celebrating someone's progress. Bringing a friend along. Having a coffee. Being noticed when you haven't been for a while. It's yoga, but it's also community.

  • ★★★★★ - Tracey (Event review)

    "-My favourite pose today was the heart opening pose. To be able to give yourself to the universe and know that you are loved is so valuable"

    "Thank you for always being non judgemental, accepting us for who we are and what we bring on that day."

  • ★★★★★ - John (Google review)

    "Sam is a wonderful teacher and beautiful soul, I started only four months ago and my life has improved so much, come along and join in, it's a lovely group of people it's great for the mind and body, it has been great for my spiritual journey highly recommended"

  • ★★★★★ - Lorraine (Online review)

    "Sam is a lovely, patience, dedicated teacher. I've been doing her on-line classes for over a year now and am really looking forward to having my first live class with her at her Flow and Glow. She demonstrates poses that can be done whatever your ability or age."

  • ★★★★★ - Hania (Google review)

    "Sam is such an amazing teacher she not only for us she is like a friend always smile her face make other person happy and loves to come her session amazing stretch and balance love it definitely recommend''

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Workshops & Retreats

There’s always something a little different happening at Community Yoga with Sam.

Alongside our regular yoga classes, we run workshops, wellbeing sessions and special events in and around Burton on Trent, bringing together yoga, movement, relaxation, nature and other areas of wellbeing.

From sound baths and Saturday wellness sessions to yoga in unexpected places, every event is designed with the same Community Yoga approach: welcoming, accessible and open to all abilities.

Explore our upcoming workshops and events below and find something that feels good for you.

Wellbeing for workplaces, schools and communities

The same inclusive approach Sam brings to community yoga also shapes her work with organisations.

Drawing on both her wellbeing expertise and previous senior leadership experience within the charity sector, Sam creates sessions around the needs of the people taking part rather than delivering a generic, one-size-fits-all wellbeing activity.

For businesses, that could mean a lunchtime session designed to reduce stress and get people moving, a 90-minute wellbeing workshop, regular employee sessions or a full wellbeing day.

For schools, SEND settings, charities and community organisations, programmes can be adapted around the needs, abilities and experiences of the group.

Find Out More

Questions before your first class?

Do I need to be flexible to do yoga?

Absolutely not. Flexibility isn't a requirement for yoga and there is no expectation that you'll be able to move in a particular way. Sam offers different options throughout classes so you can work with your body rather than against it.

I've never done yoga before. Can I come?

Yes. Complete beginners are very welcome. You don't need to know any poses or yoga terminology before you arrive. Sam will guide you through the session and you can take everything at your own pace.

Where are your yoga classes?

Community yoga classes are held at Queen Street Community Centre in Burton on Trent. We also hold classes, workshops and 1-2-1 throughout East & West Midlands. Full location, day and time information is available when you view the current class timetable.

What should I bring?

Wear something comfortable that allows you to move freely. Individual class information will tell you anything else you need to bring, but there's no need to buy specialist yoga clothing to get started.

Can yoga be adapted if I have limited mobility or feel stiff?

Sam's approach is centred around adapting movement to the person rather than expecting everyone to move in exactly the same way. If you're unsure whether a community class is appropriate for you, get in touch with Sam before booking and she can help you decide whether a class or one-to-one session would be the better starting point.

Do you offer private yoga sessions?

Yes. Sam offers personalised one-to-one yoga and wellbeing sessions for people who would prefer individual support or want to focus on their particular movement, mobility or wellbeing goals.

Do you work with businesses and other organisations?

Yes. Community Yoga with Sam works with businesses, schools, SEND settings, charities and community organisations, offering everything from individual workshops to longer-term wellbeing programmes.

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Yoga is better when you're part of something.

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Our WhatsApp community is where we keep in touch between classes, share upcoming sessions and events, pass on useful wellbeing advice and generally keep the Community Yoga with Sam community connected.

Whether you've been coming for years or you're thinking about joining your first class, you're very welcome.

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