More About Louise
Louise has been practicing and studying yoga for 13 years. Immersing herself in Anusara yoga, then qualifying as a Vinyasa Flow teacher in 2016.
Louise's classes are refreshing, joyful and balanced.
She combines Myth, Mantra & Mudra with a carefully considered selection of poses in a graceful Vinyasa flow. The way she sets the scene with stories and music invites you on a gentle journey with your practice that will leave you feeling inspired.
Her calming voice, clear instructions and focus on breathing techniques help her students to quieten their minds and listen to their inner truth.
Whilst on her yoga teacher training Louise fell in love with Mythology, Mantra & Mudras - which is why she is called Mmm Yoga! And has since taken various level 2 trainings in:
Bhakti, Tantric & Vedic Philosophy
Sounds of Sanskrit
Yin
Meditation
Shakti Immersions
& workshops studying:
Hindu Goddesses
Mahavidyas
Yoginis
This delve into Shakti lead her to find her Teacher Sarah Thomlinson a Yantra teacher and Ayurvedic Astrologer. Which has been transformational and inspired Louise to incorporate Yantra and astrology into her own practice.
Yoga for me answers all those questions I’ve been asking myself over the years:
Why are we here?
What’s my purpose?
Why are humans so destructive?
The philosophy is ancient but it is as relevant today as it was back then. I love reading all types of yoga books, it’s mind blowing. The self enquiry is fascinating, discovering how my mind works and being able recognise the destructive chatter and nip it in the bud.
I’ve always loved being active so I find the physical aspect very inspiring.
How my body moves, what it likes and doesn’t like, facing fears and basking in the elation when they’re conquered.
I love how my practice has evolved to being consistent and that I want to get on my mat every day, I look forward to it, it’s not a chore or a resolution.
In my training my teacher introduced me to mantra and chanting, something I didn’t think I’d like as I can’t sing and found it so hard to do in front of other people but as time went by I found I loved using mantra for meditation and the chanting at the beginning of class became one of my favourite parts. I now have my own harmonium and chant at the beginning of my classes – I still ‘can’t’ sing but have overcome yet another ‘can’t’ in my life.
We had a great story teller come and teach us for one of the weekends of our training and she inspired me to use myths to theme my classes. We have lost mythos to logic in the west to our detriment.
Because I love yoga I just feel so honoured to teach it.
I still battle with the doubts about how I can possibly be qualified to teach this ancient philosophy. It makes me feel so humble and grateful that people come to my classes.
I love the energy, seeing how each individual ‘body’ responds to different poses, how each individual ‘mind’ tackles their obstacles. I love hearing the classes synchronised breath. I love the little smiles of bliss as I place a lavender eye pillow over their eyes. I just love seeing the yoga glow when people get hooked.
