Siouxzy, Yoga Teacher

What Led Me to Yoga

Yoga has always been a part of my life. I watched my mum practice in our lounge when I was a toddler, learnt about meditation in books as a teenager, and attended my first posture based yoga class about 20 years ago. Stressed out in a busy office job, constantly ‘on edge’, and unable to relax, I began to practically explore meditation, as a way of finding peace. This became the beginning of my yogic path and led me to discover the other disciplines of yoga, including asana (postures), pranayama (breathing) and the niyamas and yamas (ethics and principles). Through pregnancy, injury, back pain and stress, yoga helped me find the balance, strength and support I needed.

I felt passionate about sharing what yoga has to offer with others and therefore decided to start a 200 hours Teacher Training Diploma at Yogacampus, London and qualified in 2021.

My Passion to Support Young People

I have one teenage son and another approaching adolescence. Teenage years have often been misunderstood as children with ‘raging hormones’ and a time to ‘get through’. I want to support young people to realise that it is a time of change, but one that can be enjoyed. I recognised after the pandemic that there is an increasing need for mental health support for young people and that yoga can provide this key support as they journey through adolescence, so I took a further teacher training with Teen Yoga. More specifically yoga can help with stress and anxiety management, improving self-regulation and self-efficacy and building physical and mental strength and flexibility. Research done is now supporting what those practicing have know for years, yoga helps!

Qualifications and Accreditation

Find me on Yoga Alliance Professionals
  • 200 hour Teacher Training Diploma (distinction) Yoga Campus (Jul 2021)
  • 100 hour Yoga & Somatics for Healing & Recovery: Moving Beyond Stress, Trauma, Burnout, Anxiety, Fatigue & Post-Illness through Embodied Awareness (Mar 2024)
  • 100 hour Teen Yoga Teacher Training Teen Yoga (Jul 2022)
Find out more about Teen Yoga

Continued Professional Development & Training

  • Safeguarding Children (Nov 23)
  • PREVENT Awareness Course (Nov 23)
  • KCSiE Knowledge Check 2023 (Nov 23)
  • NSPCC Child Protection in Sport and Physical Activity (Nov 22)
  • Yoga As A Somatic Practice (Apr 2022)
  • Anatomy & Physiology Applied to Yoga 30 hours (Mar 2022)
  • Anatomy & Physiology Applied to Yoga: The Foot and Ankle (Oct 2021)
  • Anatomy & Physiology Applied to Yoga: A Detailed Exploration of the Shoulder Joint (Oct 2021)
  • First Aid at Work (Sep 2021)
  • MECC: Having Healthy Conversations (Mar 2021)
  • Mental Health Awareness and Support (Jan 2021)
  • Communication Access UK (Jan 2021)
  • Emergency First Aid at Work (Dec 2020)
  • Live Online: Very Flexible? Hypermobile? Finding The Middle Way (Jul 2020)
  • Adult Safeguarding Training (Nov 2019)
  • GDPR Awareness (Oct 2019)

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