M Y A P P R O A C H

I advocate practicing yoga functionally to find balance not extremes. Yoga is a practice that is adaptable for persons needs. No two bodies are the same and therefore no two yoga practices should be.

I found yoga in 2016 during a time in my life of work related stress and intense anxiety. I had been practicing mindfulness before 2016 and knew it helped me, but yoga I always thought wasn’t for me. At the time I liked HIIT exercise and was an avid gym bunny, but after tearing my knee and achilles heel in 6 months I took advice from physic and started yoga from home.

I started practicing from home and have always predominately had a home yoga practice rather than class attended. Self practice eases my monkey mind, silences my inner critic and settles and soothes me from within. Yoga has strengthen my body and taught me how to move respectfully with it, with its “barriers” of HEDS, FMS, CFS and chronic pain.

I have had a mindfulness & meditation practice now for 8 years and both have truly reshaped my mind and enable me to find inner peace and contentment with who I am and all I do.

My study and passion for yoga philosophy, psychology and ways to bring it off the mat, have helped me in ways that 12 years of therapy couldn’t.

“ When I started yoga I needed a teacher to empower and reassure me that my way of practicing yoga was enough. I never had that, so I have now become that teacher for others”

Fun Facts

  • Just outside London meaning I’m lucky enough to have the bustle of city life and the rural peaceful countryside nearby!

  • The thing that surprises most people that I do not teach yoga full time I’m actually a wellness teacher and behaviour specialist full-time in education. I love helping children with emotional and behavioural needs that create barriers for them to thrive. My students say I’m like a teacher, big sister and mum all rolled into one for them. Nothing makes me happier than helping young children.

  • Things I enjoy aside from yoga and teaching yoga, is walking my dog with hubby through the countryside, escaping to cute tea shops to journal, and read , hang out with my best friend and god daughter which normally ends with random dancing, eating cake and laughing until we have cramp!

  • I try to go, and I was 17, and I hated it was far too slow. I then refound it, mainly through mindfulness and meditation back in 2011 and it wasn’t until 2016 did I properly begin asana. I was really drawn to the spiritual aspect at a time in my life, where I was crippled by stress, anxiety and depression. Do you think I love most about Yoga is how it is a holistic practice movement benefits of mind, and hold of mindfulness benefit of the movement. It is such a deeply nourishing and respectful practice.

Yoga is a practice that can support our physical, emotional and spiritual selves. It has transformed my life through healing my mindset towards my past, my body, my whole self.

It is a diverse practice that encourages us to deepen our awareness to the present moment whether on the mat or off. It is a holistic practice that our bodies and minds need now, in todays modern world, than ever before. If you are ready to open your mind and heart to the benefits holistic of yoga, I am here to guide you.

Esther Marie ox

A N O T E F R O M M E T O Y O U

I wanted to create a yoga community that was based on using this body mind practice to look after one’s well-being, and this is what I’ve done.

I can’t promise you that by joining EMY studio, you will be able to handstand within the year, but I can promise you that through joining EMY you will learn ways and develop skills to not only expand your own practice in a way that feels good for your body, but also to take care of your physical, mental and emotional well-being better.

My classes are rooted in mindfulness, attuning to your body and connecting to your breath for grounding. I teach in an intuitive way, focusing on a holistic approach to seeing movement as meditative and a form of medicine. I want to bring back the benefit of practising yoga for the practice itself, not with the intention to nail a pose or work towards one.

I didn’t start Yoga for its physical benefits, I started Yoga for my emotional and mental health and this is at the heart foundation of my community and what I stand for as a teacher.

We spend so much time in our heads nowadays that we’ve lost that connection with being present and enjoying where we are right now. Each of my classes are designed to help you shift out of thinking and into feeling, to move out of your mind and into your body and teach you how to tune out of of all the noise of the world, and tune in to you.

I don’t care if you can’t touch your toes, if you can’t do a backbend, if you can’t do a headstand, it really doesn’t matter because that part of Yoga is such a small part.

What I care about as a community leader and teacher, is that you want to look after yourself better , you know you deserve time for yourself, and that you are absolutely enough as you are in this moment.

My mission is to share the many benefits of yoga, for body, mind and spirit, that can be accessed from home, after a long day at work, at the weekend and through practice not perfection. Yoga was able to heal wounds at 12 years of psychotherapy couldn’t within me. It’s a practice that is the gateway to finding ourselves and You don’t need to quit your job, move to Bali, have 100s of crystals, have a 3 hour morning routine or meditate for hours on end, to transform your life through yoga. All you need is to want to practice. The rest takes care of itself.

I’m so honoured to be your guide on your journey,

With love,