"I'm stepping back from teaching — for a brief moment — to welcome our second baby into the world. The studio will not close. The practice will not pause. The team is strong and here for you. This is what five years of building something sustainable looks like."
If you've been here for any length of time, you know Kynd wasn't built to cash in on the wellness boom. It was built slowly, carefully, and with a lot of heart — and more than a few sleepless nights with a baby on my chest.
I've been teaching yoga and Pilates since 2014. I've had my own business since 2019. I not only survived COVID — I coded an entire membership site from scratch, offered free classes to people who'd lost their income, and taught seventeen classes a week around a full-time job. I've survived the Council planning debacle, rent increases every year, teachers leaving, and the impossible juggle of running a studio while raising a toddler.
And now — baby number two is on the way.
Kynd has grown with me through career change, pregnancy, motherhood, the depths of sleep deprivation and the impossible juggle of life, business and being a mother. It has held me in every season. It has been the one constant — the one hour I get to come back to myself and share my heart with you.
I've built it to keep growing with me — and with you. Not just for the version of you that's here right now, but for the woman navigating new motherhood, the one rebuilding after injury, the future Nonna who just wants to move without pain. A body that is strong, capable and pain-free. No matter the season. That's what Kynd is for.
My Edge Hill dream was realised. Five years of classes, trainings, tears and triumphs in that little studio. And now, as the Edge Hill era closes and Kynd puts down permanent roots at Stratford — the place where I first rolled out a mat in a high school classroom back in 2011 — the next chapter begins.
Some things change. The practice doesn't.
The studio is open. The timetable is running. Here's what's happening.
All your favourite teachers are still teaching their classes, covering my classes and keeping things moving for you. We have a few new teachers joining the team — who you know from the mat or reformer beside you anyway.
While the teachers hold the studio floor, Chloe, Abby, Em and Bek are the shining stars keeping everything running seamlessly behind the scenes — customer support, studio administration and social media. They have been working with me and Kynd since Stratford's opening and they are my lifesavers, ensuring an exceptional experience for you before you enter the studio and after you leave.
The truly life-changing stuff that we simply can't cover in 50 or 60 minutes of class when everyone is mostly coming for a workout.
The philosophy behind the movement. The science underneath the breath. The honest conversation about what it means to build a life that feels like yours. This is Claudia's voice, between classes, in your ears whenever you need it.
Listen to The Kynd Life →Whether you found Kynd through a friend, a Google search, or something that felt like chance — you're welcome here. The studio is open, the teachers are exceptional, and we have an intro offer designed to let you try everything before you commit to a thing.
Claudia built this place for the person who needs to be told that showing up is enough. That person is you. Come and see what five years of building something real feels like.
Thank you for being here. Whether you've been part of this community since the Tanks Arts Centre days, since the early Edge Hill mornings, or whether you're reading this for the first time — you are why Kynd exists.
I make the choice every day to show up for this dream, because I believe fully in what we offer. Kynd is an extension of me — fuelled by heart, grounded in knowledge, and built for the long game.
I'll be back. I always come back. But for now, I'm going to hold my new baby and let my team hold the studio — and trust, completely, that everything is in exactly the right hands.
See you on the mat. Sooner than you think.
