Elevate Yoga
with Kate Oates Elevate
Inclusive, experienced & expert Yoga tuition
in Cheadle Hulme & Online
Hello there!
Hello, I’m Kate. I’m a Senior Registered Yoga Teacher with 5,000+ hours experience, 55+ weekly clients and a passion to share yoga so that it works for real people. I have been teaching for 13 years, worked with hundreds of characters and bodies, and I know anatomy. With a background in functional movement, you’re in expert hands ~ no pressure or pretence ~ just guidance and encouragement.
I teach yoga to beginners, men, athletes, everyone. My approach is grounded, safe, anatomically-led and science-informed, with a welcome dose of energy and excitement! I wasn’t always a yoga fan. What started as a reluctant experiment during illness became a life-changing support-system. Yoga has helped me through injury, stress, burnout, illness, and the juggle and joy of being a business owner and mum with ADHD.
Join me to feel stronger, calmer and free in your body.
What to expect at Elevate Yoga?
High-quality tuition, rooted in experience & anatomical knowledge
Articulate, verbal instruction combined with clear, visual cues
A dynamic, flowing & balanced yoga practice
Modifications & support for all abilities in the room
Uniquely designed sequences
Safe progression
Breathwork and mindfulness
Encouragement & laugher
To leave feeling satisfied & liberated!
Room temperature yoga
Group Yoga Classes
MONDAY
Familiar Flow Yoga | 6:45 – 7:45pm
Vinyasa Flow Yoga for those who are familiar with the practise and welcome gentle progression. Expect pepperings of newness and challenge, slightly fewer cues, and a freeing vinyasa flow class. You don’t have to be bendy or have an advanced practise. Expect energising, releasing yoga with relaxation. A charismatic and warm group, we welcome new and familiar faces!
Vinyasa Flow (All Levels) | 8 – 9pm
Energising, releasing yoga with expert guidance, breathwork and relaxation for all levels and abilities, including beginners! Expect strong foundational vinyasa flow yoga with modifications and/or advancements for all levels, whether brand-spanking-new or more familiar. You will be (positively) challenged and encouraged in equal measure.
Cheadle Hulme Methodist Church, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 7AL. Bring your yoga mat!
WEDNESDAY
Sunrise Flow Yoga | 6:45 – 7:30am
Gently wake up with movement, breathwork and a boost in your energy. A 45-minute class to energise you and bring peace and purpose. Join our small community where we practise together from the comfort of our own homes, before the day starts and chaos takes over.
Online via Zoom.
THURSDAY
Yoga Class for Men | 7:30 – 8:30pm
A space designed to help men move more freely, loosen tightness, and feel stable and strong in their bodies. Whether stiff from years of running, desk-jobs, or general creakiness, this is yoga designed for you! Anatomically-led, we combine function with flow, support common movement profiles (runners, cyclists), accommodate injuries, loosen areas of tightness and stabilise joints so that you feel, move and sleep better.
Cheadle Hulme Methodist Church, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 7AL. Bring your yoga mat!
FRIDAY
Flow & Fundamentals | 9:30 – 10:30am
Vinyasa Flow Yoga with breathwork and relaxation. This class focuses on yoga fundamentals and introduces the brilliant basics in a relatable way. For all levels and abilities, especially brand new beginners. An energising, uplifting class, sequenced to provide strong, foundational familiarity with variety, safety and a safe space for learning.
Luna Wholebeing, 21 Mellor Road, Cheadle Hulme, SK8 5AT. This studio is fully equipped, just bring yourselves!
Single Sessions
• £15 per in-person class
• £9 for virtual sessions
• Book anytime, space permitting
Bundles
• Discounted for your loyalty, and, motivate regular attendance!
• Available at the start of each term.
• Bundle spaces are prioritised when classes are full.
What to Bring?
• Please bring a yoga mat (unless it’s a Luna class; they provide all equipment)
• All other props are provided
• New to class? Just ask to borrow a mat. No fuss.
Cancellations & Absence
• Bookings are non-refundable and can’t be rolled over
• If you let me know in advance and there is space later that week, I will try to offer a swap
• Please make every effort to attend your sessions. It helps me manage the schedule fairly for everyone.
Yoga is for Men | Helpful FAQs
Do I need to be flexible?
No. Tightness is assumed.
Most men arrive stiff. That’s normal and expected.
What do I need to bring?
Comfortable clothes you can move in.
Eventually, your own mat (which I encourage for hygiene reasons, as we sweat sometimes!) but for your first few sessions, make sure you ask me to bring you one to borrow. Other equiopment / props are provided.
Is this for athletes only?
Not at all. I work with desk workers, trades, runners, footballers, dads, and men who’ve never done yoga before. I specialise in sport and injuries, but you don’t need a sporty background.
Is it awkward if I've never done yoga?
No. Many men arrive slightly suspicious! You won’t be the only beginner, and the room is supportive and judgement-free.
What about my injuries?
Injuries are common here! Injuries are the second biggest reason to NOT start yoga (behind flexiblity). My classes are practical and injury-aware, with options offered throughout.
You’re encouraged to work to what your body can do on the day. You will provide all relevant medical and injury information on booking – or prior, if you wish to discuss, email me – so that we can work together to keep you safe, whilst exploring movement options to suit you.
What is the class style?
Less fancy flow, more functional movement.
Strength, mobility, and stability, with nervous system settling throughout. You can think of it as useful movement that helps you feel better.
But there is flow elements – because they are fundamental to yoga and how we get the benefits! Don’t worry, we’ll offer modifications and keep checking in.
What's the vibe?
Encouraging, grounded, no ego. A solid group of men who show up, move, improve, and get on with their lives feeling better.
Yoga Workshops
Take your practice deeper with extended yoga sessions designed to give you what our weekly classes can only tease at: more time, more understanding, more lightbulb moments.
These aren’t your typical workshops. This is space to pause the vinyasa, break poses down properly, understand what you’re actually doing, and rest like you mean it.
Private Yoga Tuition
Some of the most powerful results I’ve seen have come from private sessions. When the space is yours, the pace is yours, and the practice is built specifically around your needs – real transformation happens.
Whether it’s rebuilding after injury, regaining confidence, building strength with disability, managing stress or working toward a performance goal, private and specialist yoga gives you the time, attention and tools to feel your best.
I work with some private clients every single week. This is an appointment to listen to your body, to move, breathe, be, whatever you need. We work together, I bring the sequence, the equipment. You bring yourself.
I'm trained in Yoga for Sports & Athletes
Yoga isn’t just for injuries. It’s a performance tool. As an ex-marathon runner, Hell Runner, pole dancer, swimmer and 5km jogger, I’ve experienced the benefits. Now I help others use yoga to support strength, mobility and nervous system recovery alongside sport.
I offer functional yoga focusing on:
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Enhancing flexibility and joint stability
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Supporting overused muscles and discovering underused ones
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Regulating the nervous system through recovery techniques
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Improving rest, repair and overall performance
Sessions are adapted to your training load, injury history and goals.
I teach Individuals, couples & groups, too
Whether managing an injury, a busy schedule, or prefer learning in your space/at your pace, private sessions are tailored to you. Each sequence is created for your body and your needs.
I support beginners who want to build confidence, advanced practitioners looking to deepen their practice, people in pregnancy and those living with chronic conditions, wheel-chair bound disability or injury.
Sessions are rooted in anatomical understanding, delivered with care, and built to help you move safely and confidently.
Medical consultation is included where appropriate.
Your mat. Your time. Your flow.
The Elevate Yoga Club has been a long time coming — 7+ years, in fact. It’s the online space I’ve always wanted to create for my students: a high-quality, bespoke, expertly-taught yoga library that feels real, welcoming and safe.
Every single class is filmed and curated by me so you can trust that what you’re doing is safe, effective and designed with actual humans in mind.
⟶ Flows from 10 to 60 minutes (strong, stretchy, steady or soothing)
⟶ Breathwork, relaxation + post-run stretches
This is yoga for cold mornings, dark nights, and everything in between. Practise in your pyjamas, between meetings, or after a long day. Whether you’ve got 9 minutes or 45, you’ll find something that fits your body, your mood and your week.
Why Yoga?
Yoga has immediate and long-lasting effects, both obvious and subtle, and on both physical and mental health.
It is a fantastic way of future-proofing your body to cope better with the challenges of ageing, to bring balance to constantly over-stimulated nervous systems, and to prime your joints and muscles to enhance a sport.
I couldn’t live my active life without my yoga practise!
Flexibility with Improved Strength & Stablity
Functional Diaphragmatic Breathing
Settles Overstimulation & Stress, promoting Restorative Sleep
Maintain Body Density & Joint-Health
Corporate Classes & Events
When invited, I teach corporate yoga, too!
I have been teaching in workplaces for over a decade! From weekly yoga classes with staff at Comic Relief, London, to a warehouse event at L’Oreal, Manchester.
I’ve hosted “Wellness Wednesday” yoga at Dentsu and Havas, delivered a staged event in the Shard with HarperCollins, and taught an after-school event for 30 teachers at a local school!
With s space and intention, we can create something special.
Ask to see my corporate testimonials, or send me ideas!
“Having been tempted to try Yoga for a long time, but unsure of the access for an old, un-stretchy man, it was so refreshing and welcoming to have an all-male beginners class where we could all discover the benefits of yoga on our weary bodies!
Moving into my second term of Kate’s classes, I fully feel the benefits across the board; I feel stronger, more flexible, more in control of my body in other exercise etc.
Kate is the perfect guide through this. We’re lucky to have her on the doorstep, and if I could give more than 5 stars I would!”
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