MOVE IN SPACE towards STILLNESS through a MINDFUL YOGA PRACTICE with CAROLINE

If your joints feel stiff in the morning and tension is creeping into your body, come and explore the magic of a “SCARAVELLI inspired” movement PRACTICE together with me.

I will guide you into paying deep ATTENTION to how you move and BREATHE naturally. In my class we explore how old habits, that may have protected you at one point in life, might not serve you very well today. By moving towards gentle, yet powerful, anatomically intelligent YOGA asanas, we tune in to our bodies as they are just NOW, without judgement and comparison. This is an ongoing practice and you will struggle on the way, but with KINDNESS and compassion, the SPINE will soften and so will your joints.

As the breath and body naturally CONNECT, you can find a sense of freedom in your movement and your mind. At the end of each class we let our bodies YIELD to the gravity of the EARTH, as we find deep REST in Savasana.

My classes are Suitable for all levels.

One-To-One and Small Group Yoga

I teach weekly in-person and online classes, and I take bookings for private one-to-one classes.

How to join:

Monday & Wednesday Mornings ONLINE @ 8:30am (GMT)

• If you are new : please fill in and send me the Student Health Questionnaire and also read the Disclaimer before joining your first class.

• book in advance with the date of class you like to join. You will receive an email with a zoom link before the class starts.

• The class is 1 hour and cost £10 per student, paid to paypal.me/lavinadesign Please let me know if you only can manage a smaller donation at this time.

Private and Group Classes : Beginners Course

• Contact me for booking one-to-one classes, regular small group practice or 6 week beginners course in South-West London. During Summer months you can contact me for private class on Bjäre Penninsula in South-West Sweden.

Testimonial :

“Nina (Caroline) is a terrific teacher; she communicates the complexities of body mechanics with ease and insight.”

Liz Rideal, Artist

Me and my yoga :

When I first met yoga, in the mid 1990’s, what interested me initially was the sense of calm the practice instilled in my body. I soon discovered an approach I liked, and for the next 20 years, Mike Saunders was my teacher (now teaching at Triyoga, London).

I enjoyed the depth of enquiry Mike encouraged and how the sense of endless discovery within my own body brought calm and rest to the whole “being” me.

A few years back now, Tanya Love opened a new path of enquiry for me, through a gentler, more accepting yoga - but this doesn’t mean it is not strong, and also both physically and mentally demanding!

The practice draws on many sources but is often referred to as Scaravelli inspired yoga. I felt intuitively at home with this gentle exploration of freeing the spine, noticing the breath and finding support from the earth. As a natural progression I joined the life changing IYTT teacher training with Catherine Annis and Tanya.

Traditionally, yoga was taught one-to-one; with the teacher responding and adapting the practice to suit the student. In a large group this exchange can be difficult to achieve, the practice becomes standardised and the individual student may get lost in a sea of instructions. Yoga is then turning into an exercise class, which is something different.

Soon, I discovered the joy of teaching yoga in a smaller group and the therapeutic benefits of a embodied relational approach, which led me to train teaching one-to-one (and continue supervision) with Kate Ellis.

Originally from Sweden, I love nature; the light, the seasons, to breath, walk and swim. As a trained 3D designer with an MSc in Light and Lighting of the Built Environment, I am interested in how people interact with their environment, both interior (body) and exterior (space). I like to approach life and work holistically and find that yoga can both inspire and inform that process.

I hope to encourage my students find their own path of personal discovery guided by a mindful yoga practice.