Jackie Quayle Yoga Academy - Chakrology

14/05/2026

Episode 1 of the Chakrology podcast now available, if you have some time.
It's me, raw, unfiltered, and possibly unlike any other yoga podcast you have heard before!
Expect honesty, swearing, mythology, history, philosophy, and the stories that shaped my experience and knowledge as a teacher.
Each week I will look at styles of yoga, paths, the Gita, The Upanishads, but in a real-life, embodied way.
Much love

Jackie Quayle

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0NooTrnZ2RzT2tctozLxut?si=Nf_frzGrR7K13JWY2Yc2EQ

Chakrology®️: Making Yoga Make Sense · Episode

08/05/2026

After visiting Scotland recently, I realised how overwhelmed my senses were.
They take in so much.
Noise. Screens. People. Comparisons.
So I finally uploaded a short free sense-led practice I recorded recently.
10 minutes of gentle closed-eye movement for the spine and hips.
Followed by 10 minutes of guided relaxation exploring the senses and the nervous system.

Suitable for all levels, absolute beginner to teacher.

No flexibility needed.
No 'perfect' shapes.
Just a small pause from the noise for 20 minutes.

Link below.

Much love
Jackie
https://jackie-quayle.mykajabi.com/Sense-led-practice

This 20 minute practice focuses on the 5 senses. Working the hips and spine, using gentle movements that can be done in bed or on a yoga mat, followed by a ten minute sense-led relaxation. Can be done daily.

30/04/2026

I've put together a free 5 week lesson plan together. One Pose. Five Weeks.

Most teachers I know still start from scratch each week.
Not because they don't have ideas - but because they've never been shown how to structure what they're teaching.
Philosophy, Sanskrit, Mythology.
I've put together one example of how I do it.
Link below...

https://jackie-quayle.mykajabi.com/one-pose-five-weeks

20/04/2026

Interview With Shiva
Over 300 million people worldwide - wonder if anyone would know his name?


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16/04/2026

Gorgeous ones!
Little bit of Thursday mischief and mythology..
'Release that which no longer serves us'
Shiva, the god of Yoga himself, carried his wife, Sati, around the universe for millions of years... whilst the universe began to crumble... Vishnu had to step in and take Sati from him. Shiva couldn't release her.
The God of destruction and dissolution himself couldn't do it.
And yet, we may ask our students to do it in a 60 minute class...
The story of Shiva and Sati, reminds us that things take time. That not everything is simple.
That we shouldn't just 'be over it by now'.. or ' we should just let it go'.
The myth, the philosophy, is much more nuanced than that.
If Shiva himself couldn't do it...
Then we shouldn't be so hard on ourselves if we can't either.
Om Namaha Shivaya

Clarity Ladder:
https://jackie-quayle.mykajabi.com/pl/2148766986

15/04/2026

Release that which no longer serves you.
1 sentence.
3 big assumptions.

We don't need more language in yoga.
We need clearer language.

Free Clarity Ladder tool for teachers:
https://jackie-quayle.mykajabi.com/pl/2148766986

14/04/2026

If less than 5% of people have PTSD.. who are we actually teaching?
In a class of 20, that's likely less than one person.
And yet, we are using more and more clinical, trauma-informed language in general yoga classes.
I understand why.
We're trying to be careful.
But it might actually be more confusing.

We don't need more language.
We need clearer language.

Free Clarity Ladder Tool for Yoga Teachers:
https://jackie-quayle.mykajabi.com/pl/2148766986

13/04/2026

There’s a lot of clinical language creeping into yoga classes.

Trauma. Dysregulation. “If it feels safe…”

But unless someone has told you exactly what they need… we’re making assumptions.

And often, that creates more confusion — not less.

Yoga teachers aren’t therapists.

We’re here to teach. Clearly.

If you want to clean up your cueing, I’ve put together a free Clarity Ladder.

Link in comments 👇

01/01/2026

Back away from the Vision board, and put down your trainers.
January is not a race to a 'New You'.
It's a PAUSE.

If your body is craving warmth, rest, slower mornings and soup -
nothing is wrong with you.

This is winter wisdom. Not failure.

'Gentle January'