About Karli Yoga

Hi, I’m Karli and I teach weekly yoga classes, private sessions and workshops around the Penzance and west Cornwall area. You can often find me teaching yoga at The Healing Field, at Glastonbury Festival each year, or in Portugal and Turkey as part of ‘The Juicy Team’ on Jason Vale’s Juicing retreats (www.juicyoasis.com www.juicymountain.com).

I work with a broad range of people including sports enthusiasts, people suffering with physical ailments such as; tension, pain, general wear and tear, injury and mis-alignment, as well as mental Imbalances; Anxiety, stress, insomnia, depression, trauma…  Yoga is a integrative practice that can help aid the healing process for both mind (Cognitive) & body (Somatic) in a profound way.

As well as weekly classes, I often work privately from my home studio with clients on a 1.2.1 or small group basis. This is a great entrance into all things yoga, especially if you are a beginner, or maybe a little apprehensive about attending a class setting. It’s also a much more personal experience.

I was first introduced to yoga at the age of 18. My first few years where spent dipping in and out of a weekly class, however, it has been the past 15 years that my practice has become regular, more a way of life. After suffering from rheumatoid arthritis in both of my knees as a teenager; I was unable to walk unassisted for several months.

Seeking relief from my ailment, I was introduced to the physical benefits of yoga. Yoga helped strengthen and improve flexibility around my knee joints, as well as other joints of the body. Practising yoga allowed my body to embark on a repair process that has restored me to full health.

I firmly believe that I am arthritis free today because of yoga. Over 25 years on the disease hasn’t returned.

The doctor’s prognosis was that the arthritis could come back when pregnant (bearing weight) or as I matured. Since my recovery, I’ve gone on to have two gorgeous sons and I’m getting older every day – my knees feel stronger than ever.

On a more mental, emotional and spiritual level, my practice of yoga has allowed me to become the best version of myself. Just a few minutes on my yoga mat makes me feel completely balanced – physically, mentally and spiritually.

I walk away with a sense of bliss, strength and focus, feeling that  anything is possible – who can ask for more than that? This is why I love sharing yoga so much.

My teaching method is a combination of sharing the knowledge and tools I have acquired, through training; CPD’s, Teacher Trainings etc, as well as my self practice and the teaching of groups and private sessions over the years (You can find my qualifications listed below). However, I tend to mainly work intuititively – as no one client, or group, is ever the same. We are a unique bunch of souls who individually benefit from a unique, holistic approach. I am particularly passionate about guiding my ‘yoga friends’ towards their true potential, their ‘healthy edge’.

Each karliyoga session offers a variety of:

• Breath Awareness Exercises – As well as encouraging healthy respiration, a calmer mind and a steadier nervous system. Mindfulness of breath is what brings our yoga practice to life and connects us to our true sense of self. Without the breath there is no yoga, or life for that matter!
• Mindful Meditation – Checking in to that all important ‘inner environment’ switching off from the outer chaos for a moment. Let’s call it  ‘Switching Off Whilst Switching On’.
• Postural Awareness with a little flow – Vinyasa is a contemporary approach to the ancient discipline of yoga. With continual emphasis and respect for the breath quality, bodily alignment and physical differences, the focus is on synchronized movement and breath, which encourages a smooth flow of postures (a moving meditation). In my vinyasa sessions expect to occasionally stop and start to check our all important alignment and where our focus is at. These yoga postures are not a flowing dance, and if we continue to flow from one to the next without truly allowing time within a pose much of the magic and wisdom can get lost and buried.

I look forward to sharing my love and passion of yoga with some of you in the future. In the meantime, what are you waiting for?

Go out and find a yoga teacher whose style, personality and approach resonates with you. There is honestly a teacher and a style of yoga out there for everyone. You wont regret it…if you do, I will give you your money back.

Light. love and laughter Kx