Hi! Nice to meet you! Let me introduce myself! 

I am a yoga teacher, barre teacher, pilates teacher, contemporary dance artist and dance teacher, choreographer, creative dance teacher, mother, sister, daughter, and big time nature lover. I could stare at Joan Miro's work for hours. The more abstract it is, the more I want to study it. And I, along with my little daughter, sometimes throw some paint onto a canvas et voila!

I love to be deep in the forest where it still and silent, yet I also am a huge sandy-beach fan and love the sounds of the waves. Mountains are my safe haven and I melt with joy to hear the hills sing when the wind passes through and around them. I read often, particularly re-reading John steinbeck, or enjoying the the work of Louise Hay, Joe Dispenza and Wayne Dyer. One of my very favourite books, full of insights into the human mind and body is called The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk, and I throughly recommend it. Read it!

Ballet was my first passion (and kind of still is), which, after graduating from my dance programs, brought me to work with choreographers specialising in modern ballet, and later contemporary dance. My most favourite ballet teacher was the late Augusta Moore, bless her beautiful heart. My interests in dance as a performance art turned to improvisation and instant composition and that is where they still lie now.

Along my journey as a dance artist, I studied somatic practices such as Body Mind Centering and the Alexander Technique for many years, with outstanding teachers, in New York and San Francisco. I have been utterly blessed to have worked with many incredible dance teachers and choreographers who have touched me deeply, and will always have a place in my heart. I continue to work with Julyen Hamilton, a lifelong collaborator and friend, and an inspirational dance pioneer of our time, mastering in dance improvisation for performance.

I started yoga when I was just 19 years of age, and that's a long time ago :-) Yoga supported my work as a dancer, and over the years I returned to yoga again and again. I regularly trained with yoga teachers in studios in Dublin, New York, London, Cardiff, Paris and Los Angeles. I fell upon many wonderful teachers who ignited my body, mind and soul. My amazingly beautiful and knowledgeable Yoga teacher trainer was the incredible ex Martha Graham dancer, Los Angeles based,  Annie Carpenter, at YogaWorks Los Angeles, California. Annie paved the way in my life by creating a huge turning point for me in 2010. As a Ballet, then Contemporary Dance artist, I tuned into another aspect of the body in motion, investigating the ability of the human mind to develop a heightened sense of awareness of the breath inside the moving body and how it effects all levels of health and happiness, and through my training, I developed a greater LOVE for yoga as a body work practice than ever before. Teaching yoga, alongside dance, became my on-going passion.

Ballet, and being at the barre, are knitted deep into the threads of my being. Dance, and Improvisation, is the space I will return to until the end of my time. Yoga will continue to ground me into that ever present, moment to moment awareness, that today's busy world tirelessly tries to take away.
 
Sometimes I train through strong Vinyasa Flow physical work, sometimes through restful Yin style bodywork, and often some invigorating Kundalini yoga work. I have a regular Barre practice. I listen to my body to feel what I need each day as I tune in to my body, emotions and energy.

I listen to my students needs in each class I teach. Whether that's Barre, Yoga or Dance. I allow my intuition to guide me, and put my years of learning into guiding my students well. I love to help you discover your body, and improve the way you sense, feel, understand, and experience, your beautiful body’s movement in the here and now! ♥️

I can't wait to share these transformational processes with you. 
I welcome you to join me today. 
Namaste,
Niamh