Hiya! I'm Hanna
I was born on an island.
Ok, that island was Australia, which seems far less cool.
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Right now, you can find me living with my husband, Alex, and our old dog, Felix, out of our campervan, Herbert, on a farm community/campsite in Portugal, where I teach yoga to tourists every day.
I took my first yoga class around the same time the Internet became a thing, and I was immediately in love. With the internet. My love for yoga took a bit more time.
No! That’s a fib, I loved yoga immediately, but didn’t commit to a regular practice until 2015.
The greatest gift I’ve received from yoga is the ability to appreciate my body as a vessel to do loads of awesome stuff. When I was a teenager, I developed an eating disorder and yoga was integral to my recovery.
(I'm writing a book about it).
I practice what I preach and encourage true authenticity both on and off the mat.
I am a Disney-freak, a vegetarian, a Barbie girl, and a moon-lover who only wears stretchy pants.
Why Yoga?
My teaching style can be summed up in three Nirvana songs;
Come As You Are,
Smells Like Team Spirit (ok, I changed that one a bit),
and Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam.
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And that third one basically sums up feelings I had for a long time about not being ‘yogi enough’ to become a yoga teacher, because I didn’t fit the mould I believed was required to help people uncover the incredible relationship between body and breath, and the profound learnings of this philosophical and spiritual practice.
But the deeper I dove into yoga, I realised the mould doesn’t exist.
I can be my own kind of sunbeam – and I am.
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The world is a greater place because yoga exists in it, and I am forever humbled and grateful that my spirit found yoga.
Qualifications
I've completed two RYT 200 Hour Teacher Training programs and am qualified to teach Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Pranayama and Meditation.
I have also completed a 50 Hour Pre- and Post-Natal and 30 Hour Children’s and Teens Yoga Training.
I am undertaking a Yoga for Seniors program beginning this year.
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As an ever-student, I continually seek to deepen my knowledge and skills through ongoing studies and personal practice, committed to offering the best guidance and support to my students.
