Welcome to Hillistic Yoga

Elaine's Yoga Story

I grew up in the coastal town of Broughty Ferry,  Scotland and sport was my thing. Although I sustained a serious back injury as a child it was not until my late teens and as a student at Glasgow University that I started experiencing 24 hour back pain every day.

I dipped into yoga on and off for years but most yoga classes I had been to at the gyms seemed generic and didn’t resonate with my need for a good workout. But as I got older with a stressful job as a busy television producer and journalist where I was lucky enough to travel the world but with little time to exercise, my back problems escalated especially after the birth of my three children. 

Back to the yoga and a small class in London, where I lived for 12 years, led by a wonderful Indian girl called Anil who showed me another side to the healing power of yoga. I began to feel a difference in my body - in the way it moved and felt. My muscles started to feel ironed out and yet strengthened in a way I hadn’t experienced before. But the benefits were so much more than physical. I became calmer in my daily outlook and more mindful about what it was I needed in my life and where I wanted to be. Oh and my back? It’s never been better! 

After moving back to Scotland a few years ago, my personal yoga practice in Ashtanga and Classical Hatha yoga took hold and it became clear to me that what I really wanted to do was to tell the world about the healing power of yoga to the mind, body and soul. I enrolled on a 200-hour yoga teaching course with International Yoga Alliance Accredited CYS Teacher Training in 2015 and an intensive 60-hour Atmavikasa Classical Hatha Yoga Immersion course with renowned Indian yoga gurus, Yogacharya Venkatesh and Acharye Hema when they came to Edinburgh on tour.  I now teach yoga in the heart of Scotland. 

I am also a qualified CMA Registered Reiki Master Teacher.

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