Louise trained with Yogacampus, one of the UK’s top teacher-training centres known for its non-dogmatic approach to yoga. She is fascinated by the nervous system and its effect on the way we move and feel. Her continuous study into movement and respiration science has led her towards a more embodied practice, where the focus is on sensation rather than ‘making shapes’. Retaining the deep wisdom and philosophy of yoga, Louise’s classes are an exploration of sensation, movement, and stillness.
Louise has an inquiry-based style of teaching, enabling students to gain a better understanding of how their bodies move and feel so that they can find their own stability, strength and ‘ideal alignment’ within a movement or asana. She is a trained breathwork instructor with OxygenAdvantage®, a functional breathwork training programme designed to improve breathing efficiency, energy, and mental focus; this is rooted in the ancient yogic principle that are bodies become more efficient and balanced when we learn to breath less, not more. Louise’s classes help students to learn healthy breathing patterns, which are meant to be taken off the mat into everyday life to help generate a feeling of ‘calm alertness’.
The spirit of exploration and curiosity within Louise’s classes is underpinned by the teachings of Tantric philosophy, which guide us to relax into our own true essence nature rather than forcefully striving. This provides a welcome antidote to the common modern narrative, which suggests that our mental and physical wellbeing is predicated on a sense of not enough, rather than on being what we truly are.