A Fine Balance Studios - Saffron Walden & Upminster

23/06/2026

📍 Upminster, something exciting is coming this September. 👀✨

8 years ago, we started with yoga, added Pilates and strength training, and now we’re officially entering our next chapter.

✨ Yoga
✨ Pilates
✨ Strength Training

And very soon, we’re evolving again…

🔥 Infrared classes
💃 Barre

Stronger bodies. Calmer minds. A community that keeps growing. And a September you’ll want to book early for.

Lock in summer membership rates now before they change for the launch.

Welcoming clients from Upminster, Cranham, Hornchurch, Emerson Park, Romford, Gidea Park, Harold Wood, Rainham, Elm Park, North Ockendon, South Ockendon, Aveley, Chafford Hundred, Brentwood, Shenfield and beyond.

🤍 Stay tuned.

17/06/2026

✈️🤎 SUMMER PASSPORT CHALLENGE

27 June – 8 August

Collect stamps, try new classes, meet new teachers and be in with a chance of winning some incredible prizes.

Anyone can join (you don't need to be a member) and you only need **6 stamps** to enter the prize draw.

Examples of ways to collect stamps:

✨ Try a morning class
✨ Attend a weekend class
✨ Take a class with a new teacher
✨ Leave a Google review
✨ Bring a friend
..plus plenty more challenges inside your Passport.

🏆 2 Grand Prize Winners (one per studio)
🏆 2 Runner-Up Winners per studio

Featuring prizes from:

🤎 BAHE
🔥 Thaxted Sauna Company
🍷 Goose
✨ Aura Health & Beauty
🍺 BrewDog Upminster

Plus A Fine Balance memberships, wellness vouchers, sound bath tickets and more.

✨ 6 Stamps = 1 Entry
✨ 10 Stamps = 3 Entries
✨ 20 Stamps = 6 Entries
✨ Full Passport = 10 Entries

Pick up your Passport in the studio from 27 June and let's make this our biggest summer yet 🤎

17/06/2026

🌿🌞Celebrate the Summer Solstice with us this Saturday, 8:30–10:30am, in collaboration with

Begin your morning with 50 minutes of nourishing Vinyasa yoga, guided by the wonderful before sinking into the restorative benefits of sauna and cold plunge contrast therapy.

Surrounded by nature and a community of like-minded people, it’s a beautiful opportunity to move, reset, and welcome the energy of the season.

Last few spaces available:
www.afinebalance.me/workshops-sw

14/06/2026

Summer Solstice Celebration, next Saturday 8:30am 🤎

The Sweet Spot: AFB x

Join us on Saturday 20th June (Summer Solstice)—the longest, lightest day of the year and the perfect reset for body + mind. Guided by

* 50-min AFB Yoga Flow to awaken and strengthen
* Essential oil sauna to release tension
* Cold plunge to refresh and reset
* Herbal tea to ground and connect

A seasonal ritual to align with energy, light, and new intention.

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Summer Dates
🤎 20 June — Solstice Flow
🤎 19 July — Power Pilates
🤎 23 August — Yoga Flow
🤎 13 September — Yoga Flow

£35 / £24 members

12/06/2026

12/06/2026

TONIGHT: BEGINNERS YOGA, UPMINSTER

Begin your yoga journey with confidence 🤎

Join our 5-Week Beginner Vinyasa Yoga Course and learn the foundations of yoga in a calm, supportive environment.

✨ Breath-led movement
✨ Foundational postures
✨ Strength, flexibility & balance
✨ Perfect for beginners

📍 Upminster
🗓 Mondays | 7:40pm
£85 | 5 weeks

Limited spaces available.

Book: www.afinebalance.me/workshops

11/06/2026

✨Applications are now open for our 2027 200 Hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training.✨

Five years in the making, this training has been thoughtfully developed to offer a modern, practical and meaningful pathway into the study and teaching of yoga.

✨ What You’ll Explore

🧘 Asana, Practice & Embodiment

🤎 The AFB Method: Pace, Structure, Cues, Options, Observe & Experience

📖 Yoga History, Philosophy & Ethics

🌿 Meditation, Breathwork & Subtle Energy

🦴 Applied Anatomy

🌍 Yoga Equity, Accessibility & Inclusive Teaching

🎓 Career

Whether your goal is to teach yoga, deepen your personal practice, or immerse yourself more fully in the wider teachings of yoga, this training is designed to meet you where you are.

You do not need to want to teach yoga to join us.

🩵FACULTY
Led by A Fine Balance | Dunmow & Essex , Founder of A Fine Balance. With over a decade of teaching experience and having built a successful two-studio yoga and Pilates business, Hannah brings both teaching expertise and valuable insight into building a sustainable career in the wellness industry.

🤎Alongside Hannah, trainees will learn from a carefully selected faculty of guest teachers and specialist educators in areas including anatomy, philosophy, ethics, Ayurveda, Sanskrit, women’s health and more.

📍 Saffron Walden Studio
📅 16 January – 7 November 2027

💫 Deposit £500 to secure your spot (payment plan available)
💫 Early Bird £3,000 until 31st July 2026
💫 £3,400 thereafter

Designed in alignment with the Yoga Pros 200 Hour Teacher Training standards.

Find out more and book a chat with Hannah via our website.

10/06/2026

☀️ Summer memberships are here ☀️

Move more.
Feel better.
Save more.

🤎 Member perks worth £300+ per year

🤎 Save up to £156 every 28 days compared to drop-ins

🤎 Monthly Guest Pass included

🤎 15% off workshops & events

🤎 Member rewards, challenges and community perks

With our Summer Passport Challenge running from 27 June – 8 August, there’s never been a better time to join, upgrade or switch your membership.

Whether you’re looking to build consistency, try something new or simply move more this summer, we’ve got a membership to suit you.

Available until 31 August.

📱 Head to the A Fine Balance App to join.

🤎 Existing members: email [email protected] to upgrade or switch your membership.

08/06/2026

RUN CLUB - UPMINSTER 🤎
Join us for a run, a yoga class… or both 🤎

A relaxed, social 5KM community run — an easygoing Sunday morning meetup to move, chat, and start the day feeling good.

We keep things friendly and inclusive, with regroup points along the way so no one feels left behind.

Sundays:

8:30am — Meet outside A Fine Balance Studios
Social 5KM community run
9:30/9:45am — Optional coffee stop
10.15am - Optional Yoga class

Book: https://www.afinebalance.me/workshops/run-club-upminster

07/06/2026

☀️ JUNE & JULY AT A FINE BALANCE ☀️

Summer is here and we’ve packed the next two months with movement, connection, learning, rest and adventure 🤎

📍 UPMINSTER

🏃‍♀️ AFB Run Club
Every Sunday
8:30am Run | 10:15am Yoga

🌙 Friday Reset: Sound Bath
12 June | 8:00–9:15pm
4 July | 8:00–9:15pm

✨ Melt & Rest: Yin, Myofascial Release & Somatics
14 June | 2:30–4:30pm

🧘‍♀️ Beginners Yoga Course (5 Weeks)
Starts 15 June | 7:40pm

🔮 Summer Solstice: Tarot, Energy Alignment & Sonic Attunement
20 June | 12:00–1:30pm

🍺 Rooftop Yoga & Pilates at BrewDog
20 June • 4 July • 18 July

📚 Book Club
5 July 4pm

🔥 AFB Summer Passport Challenge
27 June – 8 August

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📍 SAFFRON WALDEN

✨ Radical Rest: Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra
13 June | 1:00–2:30pm

🌙 Sunday Sound Bath
14 June | 12:15–1:30pm
19 July | 12:15–1:30pm

🔥 The Sweet Spot: AFB x
20 June | 8:30–10:30am
19 July | 8:30–10:30am

🎓 AFB Barre Teacher Training with teim™️
4 July | 12:00–6:00pm
5 July | 12:00–5:00pm

🤰 Pregnancy Pilates .and.soul
Every Sunday | 4:00pm

👶 Mums & Bubs Pilates
Every Monday | 1:00pm

🔥 AFB Summer Passport Challenge
27 June – 8 August

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This June & July we’re celebrating 8 years of A Fine Balance 🤎

✨ LAST CHANCE ✨

Our 8th Birthday Legacy Membership ends 30 June.

Unlimited classes for just £125 every 28 days for the next 12 months — saving £390 compared to our standard Unlimited Membership.

Once it’s gone, it’s gone.

Find balance in life 🤎