Welcome to The Mandala - Preston's hub of Yoga and Wellbeing.

We’re delighted you’re here! 

Hi, I'm Emma Studio Director and teacher at Mandala yoga & wellbeing studio in Preston.

I run the Mandala as a Community Interest Company which means that profits are reinvested for the benefit of the community and that we have a social purpose. It is my belief that yoga is about relationship, to self and to all around us and so our yoga studio powers a whole lot of positive social action in our community.

Mandala aims to be a force for good in the community, with regular funded programmes delivered for all and for those who have specific needs. I work closely with community and healthcare groups to design and deliver movement practice programmes that meet needs.

Here's what I believe in:-

• I am passionate about the body-mind connection and the benefits of yoga, sound and meditation.
• Every body is different and that's awesome.
• The place we spend time on body and mind is also a place of friendship. 
• When we pay attention to our bodies and our minds we start to be able to nourish and care for them and what we nourish and care for we fall in love with.
• Our relationship with others starts with the relationship with our selves.
• The benefits of a wellbeing practice ripple out into the world as we become more patient, calm and tolerant.
• Everybody can practice yoga - I teach people in wheelchairs, with deafness and with cognitive challenges - we adapt the movement to the body.
• That living in Preston (the rainiest place in England) is pretty fabulous. 

We are so much more than a yoga studio.  We're a community of wellbeing.

What Our Community Say

Listen to what our yoga community have to say about us on our Video Reviews page.

Whether you are a dedicated yoga student, drop in to the monthly sound relaxation sessions, or pop in for the odd massage or quiz afternoon - we want you to feel welcome, safe and amongst friends.

Highly Qualified & Specialist Teaching

I am honoured that many yoga teachers choose to study with me and attend my yoga classes and I continue to study with my teachers as well as practicing 6 days per week.

I am humbled to be one of the very few teachers in the north to have been trained to teach Ashtanga yoga by world-renowned John Scott and I continue to train with internationally loved Lucy Scott.

I hold the highly respected BAST qualification in the therapeutic application of sound and a lot of my daytime yoga teaching is specialist, sharing yoga and sound therapy with people experiencing addiction, homelessness, chronic pain and chronic mental health challenges.

Friendly Community

I am a great believer that wellbeing requires friendship and so I provide lots of opportunities for our Mandala students and visitors to get together for social events.

If you attend my Soundbaths you will know that we have a good chat afterwards, we arrange Saturday quiz afternoons several times per year and if you've been around pre or post-class you'll be familiar with the chatter and joy, but if you would rather slip away quietly, that's totally cool too.

I am proud of our high quality teaching that's true to yoga traditions, but equally proud that friendships are formed here. 

So, that's us. We wouldn't be here without our wonderful community of students, event participants and people who pop in for a massage or treatment - so THANK YOU and if you're new here WELCOME with love.

Emma and the Mandala Preston team

xxx 

We’re a Social Enterprise CIC (Community Interest Company) supporting Mental & Physical Health and wellbeing in Preston.

We aim to help you live your best life by maintaining physical, mental & emotional health.