Yoga Background

Gillian received her yoga teacher certification with distinction through the Triyoga Teacher Training programme in Soho, London, which was accredited by the British Wheel of Yoga. She is also a member of the Register of Exercise Professionals. She has subsequently studied pregnancy and post-natal yoga with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, Yoga Therapy for 21st Century Conditions through Yoga Campus and Restorative Yoga with Anna Ashby. She currently teaches several different types of classes including gym classes, pregnancy and post-natal sessions, yoga for tired teachers at a special needs school, yoga classes for people suffering from mental illness at a secure mental health unit and yoga for adults with special needs and learning disabilites at residential care centres. She believes yoga can be beneficial for anybody.

Her yoga teaching is strongly based on the principles of correct alignment, influenced by the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar. Gillian places strong emphasis on connecting with the breath during yoga asana practice to achieve and maintain a deeper awareness of our physical and mental state. She teaches the yoga asana sequences in a methodical way so that the student is progressively able to release both physical and emotional tension. However, she also likes to make the yoga class fun and enjoyable so that the students leave feeling relaxed and refreshed in both body and mind.

Gillian encourages her students to be very much in the present rather than striving to attain some picture perfect posture. She teaches in a way that helps her yoga students develop an awareness of how they feel in that particular moment rather than how they want to be in the future.