Quiet Community: Beginnings

⌛ Est reading time: 5 mins

Contents:

Opening words

What’s on

Join our community

Retreats

Writing prompts

Useful links

Closing words

Opening words

Hello! You’re all very welcome here.

You may have noticed the little name change. Now that Catherine's Place is no longer a place, I've been thinking about a name replacement to describe this new community, untied from any one physical place but founded upon the same values of kindness, inclusion and integrity. After much pondering, we’re going forward as Quiet Community with Catherine - as everything I do is about building a kind, inclusive community. A community that you can be a part of whether you attend a weekly yoga class, comment on our socials, try creative writing with us, or join us for a lovely retreat.

What is a Quiet Community?

A space that creates a sense of belonging in a world that often values extroversion over introversion. A feeling of safety and acceptance amongst others that encourages the sharing of thoughts and allows for creativity and wellbeing.

For me, the sense of belonging, deep connection, creativity and wellbeing are at the heart of what our Quiet Community is all about. If I was going to sum it up in two words? Quiet & kind.

What’s on

Online Yoga for Desk Workers

🗓 Tuesdays, 12:15-13:00 | 📍Online | Book here to receive the class link

Yoga for Flexibility

🗓 Saturdays, 10:30-11:30 | 📍Carriageworks Theatre | Book (and reserve a mat) online

Yoga for Stretch & Stillness

🗓 Sundays, 10:30-11:30 | 📍We Are Wellness | Join us here

Online Sunday Evening Yin

🗓 Sundays, 20:00-21:00 | 📍Online | Book here to receive the class link

Creative Writing Club

🗓 Wednesday 8th April, 18:30-20:00 |📍 The Tetley | Book your spot

Coming Soon

• Yoga Flow to Pop Music | Wednesdays, 12:00-13:00 |📍Hyde Park Book Club

• Yoga for Flexibility | Thursdays, 09:30-10:30 | 📍Fitness Garage, Harrogate

Launch dates will be announced soon!

Join our community

There are lots of ways to join our Quiet Community as we grow, whether you want to try yoga in a kind and judgement-free environment, try creative writing, chat with others about your favourite cosy hobbies or learn more about quiet & slow living.

Community Offerings

🫶 Yoga classes - online and in-person in Leeds/Harrogate

🫶 Creative Writing Club

🫶 Inclusive retreats for wellness, creativity and quiet connection

🫶 Online Community

🫶 Cosy Co-working (returning very soon!)

Online community

Join our online community - a space designed to value introversion, enhance wellbeing, spark creativity, and encourage deep and meaningful connection.

Expect:

• Community channels for conversation and activities based around cosy hobbies: creative writing, books, crafts and more to come!

• Access yoga and wellness content from Catherine (a neurodiverse yoga teacher and founder of Quiet Community) to help you enjoy the benefits of yoga, learn to reduce overstimulation and embrace slower living, from wherever you are.

• Private retreat channels for retreat-goers so you can get to know who you’ll be on retreat with in advance. Plus a special Reteaters Lounge for all retreat alumni to stay in touch!

• A kind, inclusive community of like-minded people who value quiet, love cosy activities and want to build real connections.

Find out more and join Quiet Community online for free here.

Bookish Retreat 26

What will this retreat be like?

🫶 Fully-planned, stress-free trip to London with like-minded people.

✨ Empowering day at Women’s Prize Live - a perfect experience for book lovers - and access to a private garden in Bloomsbury.

🏨 Stay in a beautiful hotel (bring a friend to bunk up with & reduce the cost, or stay solo).

🧘 Morning yoga and a creative writing workshop with Catherine (no experience required!).

🍝 Yummy evening meal at an indie restaurant and a plant-based brunch - all included.

What's special about Quiet Community retreats?

We're a quiet community - expect a curated group of friendly people with hobbies in common, a focus on calm and creativity, and time for quiet.

Everything about my retreats is designed with neurodiversity and overwhelm in mind. Coming from someone who is neurodiverse and needs a solid plan to function, I promise this will be a calming, well-organised retreat in London - a trip I’ve done year after year!

Key info:

• Join the waitlist here to find out more and access the pre-sale. 

• Pre-sale & early bird pricing (waitlisters only!): 21 March 2026

• General sale: 28 March 2026

• Retreat dates: 10-11 June 2026

Writing prompts

In my writing and in my thoughts, I've been ruminating on endings and beginnings. Not surprising as one business has come to an end, making space for a new one.

For our creative writing prompt, I've been thinking about unsatisfactory endings - predictable ones, incomplete ones, rushed ones. Change an ending that left you unsatisfied (or completely rock the boat and come up with an even more unsatisfying one!).

A journal prompt to help you reframe an abrupt ending - perhaps one completely outside of your control as mine was - as something that had to happen to create space for something new.

Useful links

• Website: www.quietcommunity.co.uk

• What’s on & booking: www.quietcommunity.co.uk/pages/whats-on

• Instagram: @quietcommunityuk

• Join our online community (free): https://online.quietcommunity.co.uk/invitation?code=76A674

• Get in touch: catherine@quietcommunity.co.uk

Closing words

As always, I’m super grateful for everyone who has come to a class, joined us for Creative Writing Club (what a great session this month!), liked a post, responded to an email and supported our Quiet Community in any way.

Catherine's Place may be closed, but a new beginning - our Quiet Community - is just getting started.

Lots more to come!

With love,

Catherine x