Sophia has been practicing Iyengar yoga since 2006. She completed two years of teacher training at the Putney Iyengar Yoga Centre in London qualifying as a teacher in 2011, since then she has also successfully completed two more advanced teaching assessments. She sees yoga as a life practice that reaches far beyond our physical practice on the mat, studying yoga philosophy and practicing mantra and meditation as well as asana on a daily basis. Her teaching is sympathetic and positive, focusing on the individual needs of her students, encouraging them to gain a deeper understanding of alignment and how to work within each posture. She also brings her own experience and understanding of themes from yoga philosophy into class where appropriate. She believes that to be a good teacher you must always be a student, and therefore attends regular classes and workshops with senior teachers to continue her own training. As well as teaching yoga, Sophia has an ITEC level 3 Anatomy and Physiology qualification, and is a qualified Thai Yoga Massage therapist