Paula is the co-owner and manager of Yoga Meditation Healing and a full-time yoga teacher. She is the creator and director of our very own Yoga Teacher Training Course which provides an authentic, accessible and supportive framework to equip trainees with knowledge, skills and confidence in developing their unique voice and style as a yoga teacher. Paula teaches from a functional, therapeutic, somatic, invitational, explorative and accessible approach. Her clarity of guidance ensures appropriate variations and adaptations for students to find their own level of depth and ease within their practice. She encourages breath awareness, somatic exploration and self-enquiry to facilitate self awareness. Paula teaches Somatic, Therapeutic, Yin, Restorative and Vinyasa Flow classes. Paula is a Therapeutic Yoga Specialist and regularly works with those experiencing stress, anxiety, fatigue and chronic tension. Paula’s teachings assist in the regulation of the nervous system, working with breathing practices and subtle somatic movements to soothe the mind-body and create more ease and well-being. Paula is committed to her continuing professional development and has immersed herself in further study and trainings since she graduated in 2011 with Brenda Louw. She enjoys learning and allowing her practice and teaching to evolve. Paula continually integrates new knowledge and insights into her teachings. She has completed Advanced Yoga Teacher Training studies with Brenda Louw and studied The Essentials of Vinyasa Krama Yoga and Core Vinyasa with Srivatsa Ramaswami along with other specialist training in Anatomy, Yin Yoga, AcuYin [Yin Yoga and Myofascial Release], Restorative Yoga, Therapeutic Yoga, Somatics & Recovery and most recently in SATYA (Somatic Awareness Training for Yoga Attunement) with Tias Little of Prajna Yoga.

Pól founded Yoga Meditation Healing in 2008. He qualified as a yoga teacher in 2007 during a 6 month stay in Mysore, India and trained under Bharath Shetty of Yoga Indea, completing a 320 hour course in Classical Hatha Yoga. Pól returned to Mysore in 2012 to complete a 500 hour Advanced Classical Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training course with Bharath. Between 2012 and 2014, Pól studied Vinyasa Krama Yoga under Srivatsa Ramaswami, who is the longest standing student of the legendary Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.