what folks say
"Aileen teaches with real compassion and integrity and passes on all the wisdom from her own practice. I like the way she encourages personal autonomy and natural movement, as well as emphasising healthy alignment - I feel i can learn more about how yoga feels in my own body."
LG
"It's the yoga class i've most enjoyed and got the most from."
AP
"Todays session was beyond words brilliant. I feel I left with 6 sessions worth of experience, deepened understanding and learning. You set the bar high for other teachers.
No words !!"
VK
"I’m so delighted to attend Aileen’s yoga classes. She creates a peaceful and friendly culture, encouraging each student to get to know their own body, permission to follow what suits and avoid what doesn’t.
Aileen takes care to know her students and what’s right for them and will always suggest alternatives. It’s never about effort or competitiveness. I walk into class off a busy street into an alternative universe, to inner nourishment, spaciousness and allowing things to be as they are."
CF
"I have been going to Aileen's class for years now and yoga is an important part of my busy lifestyle. Aileen's knowledge and teaching is amazing. I feel so energised after each class."
FR
"Aileen is a great teacher. She deals well with a class of mixed experience, and has the skill to accommodate the vagaries of individual physical limitations so we each get the most from our practice. I find i really benefit from her calm and gentle teaching, particularly the focus on the breath and breathing. I've been practising for over ten years, and i still learn something new in each class."
CT
"Aileen is an exceptional teacher and guide to yoga, her approach is profoundly integrative of mind and body. Her ability to support students in sensing their own body in movement is unique."
JM
"After enjoying Aileen’s small group classes, arranged some personal sessions for my husband and me. Aileen helped us prepare tailored programmes for home practice while on an extended overseas trip. We are both in our 40’s, relatively new to yoga, with very different needs.
We were impressed at how thorough and meticulous Aileen was in understanding our individual needs, goals and limitations. She then spent a lot of time working through our programmes with us, tweaking them, pointing out potential pitfalls and making sure that we were each comfortable with our programmes.
Aileen is a very caring, gentle person who is also a natural teacher. She is passionate and knowledgeable about yoga, and her enthusiasm is infectious. One-to-one sessions are a great way to benefit from Aileen’s knowledge and passion in a way that is truly personalised. We’re delighted to recommend her.”
GH
"I can't recommend Aileen's work highly enough. I am particularly drawn to her style of teaching, which for me interweaves elements of BMC, deep dive somatic enquiry and yoga. My work with Aileen has supported a deeper enquiry into my embodied experience and has led to an increase in my confidence to follow my emergent, embodied unfolding in my self led practice and a depth of stillness in my sitting meditation practice.
As a gestalt psychotherapist, Aileen's style of teaching and enquiry feels closely aligned to the phenomenological approach that underpins my work with clients. Encouraging and facilitating curiosity to sit with what is, at an embodied and emotional level. This work supports my presence, compassion and empathy as a practitioner."
JMc
“Working with Aileen is a joy - she is an artist in teaching the depth, simplicity and potential of yoga. I came to her to work with specific pain issues and establish and maintain a home based practice.
Aileen has taught me to listen carefully, curiously and without judgement to my body. Her nurturing way of being and teaching, using subtle inquiry and intelligent precision, is an inspiration and has spilled over into how I practice. She listens, sees, and teaches with such kind attention and respect. Aileen gives generously of herself as a teacher, sharing extensive knowledge, research and experience, exploring individual needs with imaginative consideration and patient dedication.
Yoga has become a nourishing, healing, integral part of my life and my relationship to it has softened and transformed through Aileen’s gentle wisdom. I cannot recommend her highly enough.”
LH
“I love my one-to-one sessions with Aileen. Having the time to focus on my particular interests and challenges has been very important to me. Aileen always listens and responds compassionately to what I bring and creates an environment where I feel supported to explore. Through these sessions I’ve learned more about the benefits of delving into a subtle approach to practice, and I always leave feeling a wonderful mixture of calm and enthused - in my body and spirit in an enriching way. Thank-you Aileen!”
KN