Sophie Girard-Sequeira
Sophie is a fully qualified Active Birth Yoga teacher and Associate of the Active Birth Centre based in London. She also trained in teaching restorative postnatal yoga and prenatal sophrology.
Working with Janet Balaskas and Alice Charlwood at the Active Birth Centre taught her a lot about the virtues of a gentle and respectful approach to yoga when teaching pregnant women.
Sophie's personnal yoga practice is inspired by the legacy of the late Vanda Scaravelli. Scaravelli's yoga is particularly relevant during pregnancy: using gravity and the breath, women feel more grounded, the spine is freed and space can be made in the body for lightness. In recent years, she has found profound inspiration in Sandra Sabatini's yoga classes and has developped an interest for sanskrit studies while working with yoga teachers following the ancient traditions of the masters of the Himalayas.