Director Yoga teacher Sophie Keil BA (Hons) CYT200 Over the past 16 years yoga has really become part of my everyday life. If I am not teaching, attending classes or enjoying my personal practice, I will daily be focusing on breathing, mindfulness and meditation to ensure a feeling of calm and ease. I love introducing new people to yoga and am always so happy when they enjoy it as much as I do. I find it difficult to relax due to my energetic nature and I find that active relaxation through the practice of yoga allows me to indulge in this luxury. Yoga allows us to centre ourselves and calm the mind, allowing us to re-focus and re-align our energies afterwards. It is one of the very few remaining pastimes which allows us break away from our everyday lives and focus on the importance of the self. I am dedicated, loving and compassionate and I really feel that this coupled with my love of yoga will ensure that it will be a way for me to bring smiles into the hearts of everyone that I encounter. I am also very passionate about encouraging self-love, helping people to to rediscover themselves, peel back the layers and remind themselves that it is ok to look inwards. For self love and self nurturing is not selfish, it is selfless as it helps us to be the best version of ourselves. We cannot pour from an empty cup...