Meet Stacey Landau – Weblog
Inform us a bit about your self
I’ve been coaching yoga for 25 years and educating since 2005. I initially educated with the British Wheel of Yoga nonetheless went on to evaluation yoga treatment with Svastha Yoga. I’ve moreover educated as an iRest stage 2 and Menopause Yoga Coach. Over the last six years I’ve delved deeply into discovering out breathwork which is the place my passion now lies.
Outdoor of yoga, I’m a mum and partner. I take pleasure in strolling, learning and touring. And love making home-made darkish chocolate.
What does a typical day appear as if for you?
Professionally my day on a regular basis varies nonetheless I work quite lots decrease than I used to because of I developed an auto-immune state of affairs 7 years up to now. I was terribly unwell for a really very long time so as of late, I try to organize my work spherical my needs so that I can preserve properly and centered.
My very personal apply could possibly be very lots ingrained and weaved into day-to-day life. It isn’t a protracted apply anymore nonetheless additional bite-sized chunks to assist me all via the day. Which means starting and ending my day with a pranayama apply and having a day-to-day mid-morning stroll to clear my ideas. If I’ve time throughout the afternoon, I’ll apply yoga nidra.
Educating, which can be on-line or F2F, is often throughout the morning or afternoon since lunchtimes are about preparing and consuming good meals and making myself home-made goodies (my finest vice!) At current I solely practice one evening per week nonetheless run workshops on a weekend.
How did your yoga journey begin and what impressed you to alter right into a yoga teacher?
My first experience of yoga was when mum took me to a neighborhood yoga class and I’ve to admit I really didn’t take pleasure in it.
Nevertheless, in my early thirties, I started coaching yoga in a neighborhood gymnasium after having given up karate. I had no thought the place this might lead me and really merely seen the practices as an answer to take care of shifting.
I then turned pregnant and moved to being pregnant yoga. At this stage, I knew that I wanted to alter right into a yoga teacher because of I was feeling such monumental benefits from the apply, not solely bodily nonetheless mentally too. And that’s when my journey really started.
What impressed you to focus on your apply?
As soon as I used to be ending my first teaching with BWY, I already knew that I wanted to utilize yoga therapeutically.
And although I started off working in gyms and overlaying for mates, I was very lucky that alternate options launched themselves allowing me to specialise and work with communities corresponding to stroke survivors, Parkinsons, most cancers victims and lots of others.
The additional I labored contained in the therapeutic self-discipline, the upper the enjoyment for me as a teacher and the place I felt I was doing primarily essentially the most I would to help others entry yoga.
How have you ever ever seen yoga revenue your faculty college students?
Having labored with numerous communities, I’ve seen yoga assist so many people in a variety of strategies. So for example, as soon as I labored with stroke survivors, it gave them the prospect to use movement in a modified technique that catered to their distinctive needs.
What’s your favourite quote?
‘Wellness is your complete integration of physique, ideas and spirit – the assumption that each half we do, assume, actually really feel, and picture has an impression on our state of well-being.’ by Greg Anderson
What’s creating for you in 2024?
Firstly, I’m excited to be turning into a member of the Yoga Points Neighborhood.
I’m persevering with to develop my analysis this yr and am notably fascinated about breathwork from an Jap and Western perspective and excited to supply assorted workshops spherical this matter.
Uncover out additional about Stacey
Web page: https://staceylandau.com/
Instagram: @stacey.landau
