About Fiona
“The body’s language is subtle, but it is the language of our being. Learning to listen to it can lead to profound transformation." - Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
My movement path started as a child with dancing, ballet, jazz and tap dancing classes. I was introduced to the practice of yoga in high school classes. My mum took me to Tai Chi classes when I was 16. I have a love of art and creativity, and hold a Bachelor’s degree and Post Grad Diploma in Fine Arts. I also hold a Post Grad Certificate in Education. I completed a 500hr YTT at Byron Yoga Centre in 2009.
The connection of breath with movement is transformative, and something I have grown to treasure. Yoga is a practice that has seen me through the best of times and the worst of times. I have been practicing for 25 years, teaching for 15, and been fortunate to connect with so many wonderful people from all over the world through yoga. I feel very lucky to be able to share the practices I have collected over the years.
My own practice is an inquiry, and I try to encourage this approach in classes. Guiding people through their body with curiosity and an open mind. Like my own practice, the classes I teach are breath led and slow in pace, focusing on the space, stillness and sensations within our body.
Yoga is the meeting of the body and the breath, a dance with the rhythm of life itself." – Vanda Scaravelli
For 10 years I helped to set up, and manage an off-grid eco friendly retreat centre in the heart of Portugal, where we hosted many beautiful teachers and guests. We raised small children in a picturesque little valley, grew mountains of organic vegetables, and harvested litres of organic olive oil each year. I taught many classes locally, and guided many retreats at our own venue, and other retreat centres in Central Portugal.
Over the years I have been lucky to study with teachers like Randall O’Leary (Swara Yoga), Uma Dinsmore-Tuli (Yoga Nidra Network, Womb Yoga), David Life and Sharon Gannon (Jivamukti), and Muz Murray (Author, teacher of mantra and vedic philosophy.)
I have been influenced by teachers like Sally Kempton, Donna Farhi and Tias Little. I solidified my beginning years of practice at the Iyengar Institute in Maida Vale, London, and the North London Buddhist Center.
I was introduced to somatic movement practices by Blanche Mulholland (Somatic Alchemy). More recently I have been deeply immersed in somatic movement practices like Continuum Movement and Body Mind Centering - Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen.
