Fat Positive Yoga Mentoring Intensives with Janice Kate Fisher
Yoga at YOUR pace, for YOUR body, for YOU
Join me for 4-week dive into your Self
Would you like to:
practice being gentle, kind and patient with your self as you learn new body skills?
experience yogic steady poses, breathing practices, and relaxation techniques at a pace that isn’t overwhelming?
work on feeling connected, grounded, and present in your self?
explore yoga in a way that actually makes room for your body and feels nice and comfortable?
practice classical yoga and meditation with a highly experienced teacher who has lived experience in a medium fat body
move through fears with someone who cares deeply about fat people of all fategories along the fatness spectrum and our basic need to feel good in our bodies and to move with more ease?
and feel held, respected and supported along the way?
The Programme
Week 1
We will begin our journey together with a relaxed introductory afternoon of yoga, deep relaxation, breathing, meditation and mentoring
Our focus here will be getting to know each other and establishing your vision for your ongoing practice.
There will be time to share your body story to date, your identity, and your yoga story if you have one, as well as time for an introductory exploration of yoga, pranayama, meditation and guided relaxation practices. You may be absolutely brand new to yoga, have many years of experience or be somewhere in-between. Whatever your previous experience we will work together from where you are now with the vision of gently moving towards wherever it is you want to go.
Together we will make a loose plan of how we will move forward together with your mentoring and one-to-one sessions for the rest of the intensive programme and beyond…
Weeks 2-4
A combination of ongoing one-to-one yoga, mentoring and structured self-practice, flexibly scheduled. We will work together every step of the way, exploring what works for you and what doesn’t, in a comfortable, safe, and supported way
You will also get
1 month free access to our Fat Positive Community Membership with unlimited free group yoga classes, and unlimited access to our recorded yoga class libraries
Phone, email or zoom guidance between sessions if you are struggling with something or need tips and/or encouragement
Encouragement to keep a practice diary
These intensives are suitable for beginners and experienced students alike. Sessions can be held online using zoom, or in my home in St Leonards on Sea, or a combination of both. One suggestion if you don’t live in Hastings is to plan a weekend in Hastings for your introductory mentoring afternoon and enjoy the beautiful coast and time by the sea. We can then continue with our ongoing sessions online via zoom. The afternoon of yoga can also be shared beautifully over zoom where an in-person meeting isn’t possible.
Meet your Fat Positive Yoga Teacher
Hi I am Janice Kate I’m a non binary, fat, queer, artist and body positive/fat positive yoga teacher, born and raised in Liverpool, now living in St Leonard’s on Sea, Hastings.
My teaching is mostly influenced by a long term, traditional Classical Hatha Yoga training. In the last few years I’ve been on a journey both in my own practice and teaching, to incorporate more accessibility and restful recovery in yoga. I’ve been exploring practices such as restorative yoga and yoga nidra which now hugely influence my teaching too.
Next Steps
Would you like to book a free, no obligations phone chat with me to find out more?
This call will be an opportunity for you to ask me any questions at all about my teaching style, about yoga, or about anything else. We can explore what you hope to get from an intensive practice as well as any concerns you may have. We can chat about anything from physical adaptations, to difficulty in concentrating, to fat-phobia, to what your relationship has been like with yoga and/or with your body and movement to date, to whatever you bring to the table to help you explore whether this programme is for you. If you decide to go ahead with the mentorship intensive we can schedule in your afternoon workshop and ongoing sessions
When shall we chat?
Press the button below to fill out a form and let’s get our diaries out…
A short animated interview with Janice Kate about fat positive yoga, by Stacy Bias. You can explore more of Stacy’s work here
Student Testimonials
“In a nut shell Janice Kate is fabulous and amazing! I have wanted to try yoga for many years but was completely put off by the often portrayed image of size 8 women in crop tops and thought well I’m not going to fit in with that!
I have had issues with my hormones for all my adult life and as a result I have been on varying hormone treatments which has meant my body has gone up and down in shape and been through the mill. The beginning of this year my hormones went out of synch again and left me feeling highly anxious and stressed. Although this was addressed medically I decided now was the time to bite the built and try yoga. I found the process of finding the right fit class confusing! But when I found Janice Kate and the Light Yoga Space studio I knew it looked right for me with the holistic approach I was looking for. I decided to invest in the mentorship programme as it would let me give yoga the best chance and I felt way too self conscious to join a class.
From the beginning I have felt safe, non judged and understood. Janice Kate creates a warm and supportive atmosphere and a quiet but firm assurance that I could do this. And I have really surprised myself in that I could!! When I first started I had pretty much zero relationship with my body, we were very much not talking. Janice Kate has helped me to see what my body can do (after years of focus on what its not doing properly). I feel more connected to myself and this in turn has helped me feel calmer and reduced my anxiety. At times of stress it had been a life changing way of helping me cope.
I would without hesitation recommend the mentorship programme, it’s a truly unique and special experience. I am very grateful that I found it. Despite the programme finishing a few weeks ago it was without question that I stayed on. ”