What if autumn in yoga isn’t about letting go at all?

Every autumn we hear the same thing.

The leaves are falling.
What can you release?
What do you need to let go of?

But I think autumn has another story to tell.

Autumn is harvest.

It is what has grown through spring and summer becoming ripe enough to gather.

Pumpkins. Squash. Mushrooms. Apples and pears. Richer colours. Changing light. Cooler air. Different sounds. Food, scent, texture and warmth.

Before winter draws the landscape inward, autumn gives us an extraordinary amount to receive.

So rather than asking:

What can I let go of?

this collection asks:

What is here to take in?

What can nourish the Watcher, the Listener, the Boundary Keeper, the Gatekeeper and the Memory Keeper before the quieter months arrive?

That is the autumn I wanted to practise.

What's inside your Autumn Collection?

🌕 Śarad–Pūrṇimā Namaskār

An original autumn and full-moon Namaskār created by Jackie Quayle, moving through earth, circles, crescents and fuller moon shapes, with Listener Namaskār, Breath of Life and Jasmine Flower woven through the sequence.

Includes the guided practice video + illustrated 4-page sequence.

👁️ Autumn through the Five Senses

Meet autumn through the Watcher, Listener, Boundary Keeper, Gatekeeper and Memory Keeper, with simple ways to explore colour, sound, touch, taste and smell.

🍎 Āhāra — what are you taking in?

A little introduction to one of the central ideas inside Making Yoga Make SENSE: nourishment is not only food.

We are taking in the world through our senses all day long.

Autumn gives us a beautiful opportunity to notice what we are feeding them.

🥣 From the Sensory Kitchen

Seasonal ways to feed the senses, including:

Cardamom rice pudding inspired by Śarad Pūrṇimā
Apple & pear crumble with chai-spiced custard
Roasted pumpkin/butternut squash soup
Autumn chai-style drink
A simple seasonal hand/pulse oil

Not a wellness prescription. Just another way into sensory experience.

🍂 Create your own autumn practice space

Ideas for gathering colour, texture, food, leaves, moon imagery, cloth, light and scent around your practice.

No perfect Instagram altar required. 

💣 Word Bombs & Feather Words

Because words are Āhāra too.

A tiny glimpse into the language work inside The Journey Within: noticing words that land heavily, words that leave more room, and why replacing an uncomfortable feeling with a pretty affirmation isn’t necessarily helpful.

And definitely:

No “I am effortlessly letting shit go” affirmations included. 😉

The branches will have their time to be bare. 

Autumn can be full.
Autumn can be ripe.

Look now.
Listen now.
Taste this.
Feel this.
Remember this.

Not because everything beautiful must be held forever,
but because it is here.

A little doorway into Indriya Yoga 

This seasonal collection gives you a small taste of the wider Indriya Yoga approach inside Making Yoga Make SENSE – The Journey Within.

Inside the full course, the Five Senses become a way of exploring:
Āhāra, language, boundaries, nervous-system responses, yoga philosophy, story, sensory choice and the way we make meaning from experience.

This Autumn Collection stands on its own — you do not need to have taken The Journey Within to use it.

But if this way of approaching yoga speaks to you, there is much more waiting inside the full programme.

👉The Journey Within