Community Yoga at The Selkirk Tooting

What to expect:

These sessions bring Tooting's community together through breath, movement and optional food and drink in the beloved Selkirk. Open to all levels, all you need is yourself, a yoga mat and comfy clothes! Each of Leyla’s classes tells a story through her sequences; weaving folklore and philosophy, the natural world and visual culture, dance-like movement and playful creativity. Tethered to Leyla’s unique social context, her classes have a strong focus on cultivating a connection between breath, movement and how we experience the world, expect to leave Leyla’s class with the tools to slow look and confidently rethink, reinterpret and read the world around you. Sprinkling creative magic, these joyful, feminine, soft but strong, vinyasa classes will leave you feeling empowered to paint the life that you want.

About Leyla:

Tooting based Leyla is a mixed race Scottish-Indian working in the London art-world. She combines her family traditions with her vision of fully opening up access to the cultural sector through her yoga practice. Leyla first identified the intersections between art forms, yoga, mindfulness and her own lineage in 2020 when she started to practice yoga regularly. Leyla’s practice soon began to embody everything she is passionate about, specifically tying together anti-racist, decolonial and authentically intersectional frameworks in the creative industries, fashion and heritage (both yoga’s heritage and British heritage). In 2025 Leyla decided to deepen her practice and cement her place platforming yoga in art spaces formally. Leyla is grateful to have trained with Kindred Yoga for both Vinyasa and Mandala. Her teachers have allowed her to carry on advocating for her family and others who do not yet feel welcome in the spaces she works. Follow Leyla @benditlikebumbra!