Jo Bogacz
Yoga for Health & Wellbeing
Empower Your Health
Reconnect With Yourself
Professional, trauma-informed yoga therapy
Yoga & Meditation
Cardiff, Wales & Online
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About Jo Bogacz
Compassionate, evidence-based Yoga & Yoga Therapy to help you manage your health condition, find mental balance, and reconnect with your body.
Yoga Therapist & Teacher | Founder, Yoga Health Connect CIC
My journey with yoga began in the 1990's during recovery from a chronic health condition. My lived experience highlighted the transformative power of yoga as a tool for recovery, change, and choice.
Today, I combine my background in social justice and professional legal training as a solicitor, with clinical expertise to make yoga accessible, integrated, and deeply restorative. Whether you are managing a long-term health condition, navigating mental health struggles, or seeking physical balance, I can provide a compassionate, safe space to help you reconnect with yourself.
My approach
Every session is tailored to your unique physical, mental, and emotional needs. My gentle, nurturing approach combines:
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Asana & Pranayama: Mindful, embodied movement and breathwork for somatic well-being.
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Trauma-Informed Care: Safe, supportive yoga techniques focused on your autonomy.
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Mindfulness & Nidra: Deep relaxation to soothe your nervous system.
Specialist Expertise
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Chronic Pain Management
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Mental Health & Stress Relief
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Women’s Health
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Healthy Ageing
Professional Standards & Qualifications
I am committed to the highest standards of safety, ethics, and professional development. My work is clinically supervised by a senior yoga therapist.
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Government Regulated: Professionally registered with quality assurance, Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) member CNHC08218.
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Advanced Diplomas: Level 4 Ofqual qualifications via British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) - teaching yoga since 2013 and teaching for older adults with age related conditions.
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Trauma Informed Expert: 600-hour Somatic Yoga Therapy diploma/apprenticeship & 600-hour British Council of Yoga Therapy (BCYT) accredited diploma.
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Leadership & Ethics: Founder Member of the Yoga Therapy Association, former BWY National Officer for Wales, Lecturer in Yoga Therapy Professional Practice.
Ways to Practice & Services
1:1 Yoga Therapy
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Fully tailored clinical sessions focused on your specific health goals. Using gentle somatic inquiry, trauma-informed practices, and polyvagal theory, we work together to soothe your nervous system and help your body feel like a safe place to be again.
Classes & Workshops
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Therapeutic Hatha yoga and meditation to renew vitality and balance. Compassion-based practice to foster change and choice. We work with yogic tools and techniques for holistic health and purposeful wellbeing to foster more helpful choices in daily life and to reconnect with yourself.
Weekend Retreats
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Deepen your yoga practice and step away from daily stress in the tranquil and peaceful environment of the unspoilt landscape of Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Coastal retreat weekends help you connect mind & body and move you into a more balanced & rejuvenated state. Retreats include yoga & meditation, en-suite accommodation with sea views, sauna & invigorating freshwater lily-pad swimming pool, and vegetarian meals.
Contact Jo
Have questions or want to find out which approach is right for you? Get in touch
Breathe deeply
Quieten your mind
Re-connect with yourself
Gentle, nurturing & restorative yoga for health & vitality
Suitable for all
Classes, Workshops & 1:1's
Cardiff Yoga Studio
Roath
Cardiff CF24 3BA
Yoga Therapy 1:1's
Weekend Workshops
The Sanctuary
Llanishen Baptist Church
Cardiff CF14 5LZ
Tuesday 10.30am-12pm
Friday 7-9pm
Seasonal Women's Wellbeing New Moon Circle
Insole Court
Llandaff
Cardiff CF5 2LN
Monday 10.30am-12pm
Wednesday 10.30am-12pm
Wednesday 6-7.30pm
Wednesday 7.30-9pm
Thursday 6.15-7.15pm Beginners
Online classes
Wednesday 2-3pm
What Jo's clients & students say
"Thank you for all your help over the past year. Your yoga teaching is relaxing, energising and therapeutic. The classes have helped me through some difficult times." - Sian, aged 72
"Thank you for sharing your beautiful self to support and assist others. Your presence is beautiful, very soothing and caring. Your pure presence and unconditional acceptance was what nourished me the most." Lisa - Nov 2024
"It has been really helpful and grounding for me to attend class, you are such a skilled and calming teacher. I count the days of the week around our yoga class now!" - Jane
"I thoroughly enjoy your classes and really feel I have benefitted from them, especially with your focus on technique. I see and feel progress in such a short time especially with my flexibility and balance." - Craig
"I like the fact you emphasise breathing and the "meditative" side of yoga whilst doing postures." - Marion
"A good progressive course which I have enjoyed. Looking at health benefits, the class helps as part of my fitness and weight control plan. The big win for me is breathing which is always something I go back to. I like and appreciate the informal teaching approach." - Stephen
"I am really finding the class helpful in managing my stress levels and increasing my balance & strength."
- Siobhan
"Yoga classes have helped me become more relaxed. I feel a lot calmer and more focused on day to day tasks now." - Matthew
"Your class has given me a place to go every week where I can forget about the stress of the day." - Nicole
"I believe the classes have had an impact on me as my neck is less stiff, I definitely move and stretch more as a result - all the time actually; at work and at home. I noticed a difference when I was unable to attend as we didn't have a class. I really enjoy the classes and look forward to the peaceful nature of them in amongst my busy work and home life, many thanks for this." - Victoria
For yoga therapy get in touch for a 15-minute no-charge discovery call
