Ulpotha
“What makes this place so special is the beautiful natural setting, the gentleness of the local people, the delicious food, the ambience.” Gloria Siegert
Introduction
The 'Best Yoga Retreat in the World' (Observer magazine), Ulpotha is a beautiful private hideaway open to guests for part of the year. Attracting some of the world's top yoga teachers, it is the perfect place to relax and unwind.
In keeping with the laid-back atmosphere, the twice daily yoga classes are inclusive but optional. Each guest is also treated to a weekly pampering massage, or can pay a bit extra for daily Ayurveda treatments.
At Ulpotha the most popular activity is simply being, enjoying the exquisite surroundings and the company of your hosts and fellow guests. Days can be spent sunbathing or snoozing in hammocks, watching the mango-eating monkeys and diving kingfishers, hiding out in a treehouse, hiking up to the local monastery, cycling to the village, swimming or kayaking on the huge lake. Evening is usually announced by a stunning sunset and a communal meal laid out in the ambalama, or traveller's rest. At the end of the day, you will inevitably fall soundly asleep to a frog lullaby.
Lodging
Traditional adobe huts with raised rooms and a pitched roof of thatch palm fronds. These beautiful huts are spacious and airy and equipped with comfortable beds and mosquito nets. They are decorated with traditional furnishings and designs. When you return to your hut from a swim in the lake, a massage or yoga session you will often find that fresh floating flowers have been placed in a bowl of water by the entrance. Huts have views of the luscious paddy fields or gardens.
The food is simply delicious and very healthy. It is almost entirely vegan, naturally wheat free, with an abundance of fresh vegetables, organic red rice and tropical fruit freshly picked from the gardens on site. A good opportunity to detoxify your system without fuss. There are always many different dishes served at each meal and you can easily pick and choose from those depending on your taste or dietary requirements.
The water at Ulpotha is drinkable - Ulpotha means water source and there are several wells with uncontaminated water.
Feeling peckish? Drop into the 'Kade' hut on site where food is offered any time of the day: choice of tropical fruit or baked things, sweet or savoury; or request a fresh king coconut drink.
Location
Ulpotha is a traditional working village cradled on the one side by low mountains and a lotus ringed lake, and on the other by tiny emerald green paddy fields. The huts are dotted amongst the garden and jungle. Bicycles are available to explore the nearby village (20 min).
Here you are off the beaten track yet in the heart of Sri Lanka's cultural triangle. Ulpotha lies conveniently close to the ancient sites. It is also only a two-hour drive from the popular hill country town of Kandy.
Nearest
...swimming facilities: the huge lotus ringed lake on site with it's silky water, which is fed by the natural spring from the local mountain.
...shops: a small casual shop on site selling sarongs and a selection of tops, bags, purses and other textiles. The next village with stalls and 'supermarkets' is about 20 min by bike. The taylor from that village will come to you and offer to sew simple clothes as per your request.
...restaurants: The next village offers take-away, traditional Sri Lankan string hoppers etc made from rice flour, about 20 min bike ride away. Though you are unlikely to desire them as you are well catered for at Ulpotha.
...other attractions: One excursion per week is offered. Local places of interest include: the lion rock of Mount Sigiriya, the Dambulla rock temple, ancient cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, the latter with the famous reclining Buddha.
...airport: Colombo International airport, Sri Lanka. A driver from the resort will collect you at whatever time you arrive. The cost is £60 per van, which can be shared between passengers; please pay the driver directly in Pounds. The journey takes about 3 hours depending on traffic. Note that due to time difference and journey time your flight will depart before the day of arrival.
Activities and prices
Ulpotha is open for 13 fortnightly periods between June and August and from November till March. Between these times it is closed to allow the village time to revert to its natural state between visits. There is a maximum of only 19 places for guests per holiday.
Winter 2008/09
| 23 Nov - 7 Dec | Iyengar Yoga with Les Smith |
| 7 Dec - 21 Dec | Astanga Yoga with Kathy Roberts |
| 21 Dec - 4 Jan | Hatha Yoga with Nigel Gilderson |
| 4 Jan - 18 Jan | Dynamic Hatha Yoga with Claire Farman |
| 18 Jan - 1 Feb | Iyengar Yoga with Lorraine McConnon |
| 1 Feb - 15 Feb | Fully booked. |
| 15 Feb - 1 Mar | Astanga inspired Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Jean Hall |
| 1 Mar - 15 Mar | Anusara style Yoga & Shamanic Healing with Cat de Rham & Jo Bowlby |
| 15 Mar - 29 Mar | Astanga Yoga with Mika |
Please note, the above schedules may be subject to change.
Prices are on a full board, twin sharing basis, inclusive of optional yoga, herbal steam baths, one excursion and one holistic massage per week. Flights are not included. Guests are encouraged to visit for a fortnight with bookings running (ideally) from Sunday to Sunday.
Personalised Ayurveda treatment packages are available separately - see below.
Two-week holidays normally cost £1,300 per person (each extra night £95).
One-week holidays cost £650 (each extra night £95).
The per night rate (for stays of less than one week) is £100.
The Christmas/New Year holiday costs £1600 for the two weeks (each extra night £115). Where available, one-week holidays cost £800.
Ayurveda Treatment Programmes
The Ayurveda Treatment Programmes are charged for separately and available for a minimum of one week at £200 per person. There are also ten days (£300); two weeks (£400); three weeks (£600); four weeks (£800 per person). Pre-bookable as capacity is limited.
Ayurveda has been used for health and wellbeing for over 5000 years. It can complement modern medicine. Ayurveda treats the body, mind and spirit of a person as a whole entity, and works on the basis that the mind and body affect each other and together can overcome disease and strengthen the immune system.
A one or two week programme can be very beneficial for general rejuvenation or a gentle detox. Allow two weeks or more for deeper health benefits.
The resident doctor will offer consultations at the beginning and the end of the holiday. Treatments are prescribed for each guest individually, including head, face and body oil massage; herbal baths or steam baths; freshly prepared herbal medicines and elixirs.
Note: The Ayurvedic doctor requests that guests allow at least 2 days to acclimatise in the country before commencing any treatment. And Ayurveda treatment programmes need to be for a minimum of one week.
More background info on Ayurveda.
Children Policy
Children are very welcome and, in general, enjoy the freedom that Ulpotha offers immensely, however there are no special facilities.
Children can stay for free if they share a bed with an adult. If they need to occupy a separate bed then Ulpotha charges half price for under 16s; full price for over 16s (as they have limited accommodation). Two kids sharing one bed will be charged 50 per cent each. No cots etc are available.
Green Footprint
What is being done for the environment and the local community?
The focus has been on restoration of an ageless agricultural way of life including bio-diverse organic farming and reforestation of the land and its immediate surroundings. Revenue from guests holidaying at Ulpotha are spent supporting the local community. In addition, the village operates and supplies a free, year round Ayurvedic clinic treating around 100 local villagers a week.
Guestbook
“Peace, serenity, laughter and love are in abundance. Thanks to everyone who made my stay a life-changing experience. I had the most amazing time and feel like a new woman. It certainly was the best place to go to sort out my head and body. I had an unforgettable experience and made lots of great friends. Many thanks to Neal's Yard Agency.” Niki, coach/consultant, Jan 07
“The most enlightening and rewarding two weeks holiday I've ever had. Perhaps the best holiday ever. It has also been a time of self-discovery - I never thought a workaholic could relax so easily! Thank you.” Bunny
“Thank you for organising my trip over Christmas and New Year. I had an absolutely amazing holiday. It is a place like nowhere else - I came home feeling completely renewed. I hope I'll be able to return.” Barbara P., marketing manager, Feb 07
“Ulpotha is a discovery - it tells you things you simply cannot hear from a distance. Who needs air-conditioning when you have the breeze coming fresh off the just-harvested paddyfields. And who needs a bathtub when you have the lake, and water lilies, and sheltering mountains. And who needs electricity when you have coconut oil to illuminate the sumptuous dinners, and the healthy glow of friends faces. And who needs a car when you have your trusty bicycle to take you through the village lanes and around the other lakes, where the people wave you on, and you can savour the precious space. Thank you for making this a place where we can come to remind ourselves of how good it is to be alive!” Damian M.
“The unique nature of the location, the village folk and the other guests made it a truly memorable holiday. The Yoga instructor was particularly good - taking the time to focus on each individual's strengths and weaknesses. Our Yoga has certainly improved and the whole ‘back to basics' experience has given me a new outlook on holiday planning!! Thanks for your patience and support leading up to our trip.” Alan N., Aug 06
“A wonderful paradise. I have been to many retreats and Ulpotha is the number one. What makes it so special is the beautiful natural setting, the gentleness of the local people, the delicious food, the ambience.
If you want a proper retreat and are looking for something spiritual (without it being imposed) then this is the right place. You can be totally on your own if you wish and go on lots of little walks without seeing anyone (except some monks) or you can choose company.” Gloria S., psychologist, June 06
“Beyond my wildest dreams... Thank you for having a special vision and sharing it with a lucky few. Thank you for being welcoming and helping us all to relax and enjoy.” Paula, Jul 05
“This is a place of balance, harmony and peace, and we have experienced all three with profound effect. A magical and wonderful place. Thank you to all the people who have shown us nothing but kindness and gentleness.” Lisa B., Jul 05
“A conduit to well-being, higher consciousness and new friends in a paradisical environment. Thanks to the beautiful people who make it all work.” Robin, Jul 05
“...walking up the steps and seeing the lake for the first time is a picture I'll always remember.” Kate, Jul 05
“The Ayurveda treatment I had was wonderful… such a wonderful experience and each day was different – from a massage with a small amount of oil to litres of oil being poured over me and then baked in their steamer. It was a wonderful cleansing process and I would recommend it. I did feel absolutely wonderful afterwards and I don't think my skin will ever quite feel as soft and moisturised is it did that week. Thank you so much for a magical, healing time in a very, very special place. The dilemma is whether to go back and tell everybody how amazing this utopia is or whether to try to keep it a secret so that it will always remain as it is. Thank you.” Mary F., Jul 05
“One of the most beautiful and untouched places I have ever been on Earth. The perfect place to be.” Paula, Jan 05
“This is undoubtedly the most beautiful place I have ever been.” Penny S., Jan 05
“This is paradise on earth, and I will never forget it.” Lisa S., Jan 05
“It's rare to find an environment that exudes harmony in every respect.” Caroline, Dec 04
“I feel like I got to feel Sri Lanka from the ground up here. This place will stay in my heart.” Scott B., Dec 04
Yoga Teachers
Jo Bowlby
Jo Bowlby is a western shaman with a practice based in London. Over the past 20 years she has trained in and studied many spiritual and non-spiritual disciplines from Eastern martial arts and Yoga to contemporary psychotherapy and NLP counselling.
For the last few years Jo has been studying with Dr Alberto Villoldo, founder of the Four Winds Institute learning the energy healing tecniques of the Q'ero (the mountain Shaman of Peru) and the teachings of both the Laika (Inca wisdom keepers) and some of the traditions of the Native American medicine men and women.
Jo has received the full rites of the Inka Shaman in Peru from the Q'ero elders.
The workshop is based on the wisdom teachings and energy medicine of the Q'ero, the Inca shaman of Peru. Jo teaches some of the key ancient techniques used in Shamanic Healing from sand paintings to soul retrievals, including simple energy practices which can be incorporated into one's day to day life.
Sandra Callender
Sandra Callender is an artist at heart. Her passion for the creative is inspired by 15 years of study and teaching in the healing art and science of yoga. A former resident and Programme Director at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts, Sandra taught yoga and self-growth programs in addition to training aspiring yoga teachers. Her love of yoga has prompted her to study with master teachers, including a year of study in Florence, Italy where she explored the work of Vanda Scaravelli. Sandra's teaching style encourages an awareness of alignment with a heart-centred focus. Students of all levels are welcome.
Sandra's work is informed by a lifetime of exploration in movement, bodywork and dance. Her knowledge and understanding of the body is grounded in 18 years of ballet training, in addition to certifications in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Kripalu Bodywork and DansKinetics.
In addition, Sandra is a Gestalt therapist specializing in women's health and fertility. Sandra creates community art installations using the universal elements of the Mandala and Yantra, in addition to leading yoga inspired retreats in exotic places like Bali and Tuscany, as well as closer to home in rural Ontario and the beautiful shores of Canada's Maritime Provinces.
Granville Cousins
Granville has been practicing Yoga for 30 years - 17 of them devoted to teaching. His Iyengar background has been enhanced by his time practising with BKS Iyengar at the Ramamani Institute in Pune, India. He has been inspired to study with well known and respected Yogis such as Derek Ireland, Radha and David Swenson. Although Granville is recognized as one of the foremost Astanga teachers in the country, he is increasingly being drawn to the traditional practices of the ancient yogis. Granville places great importance on classical Asanas, Pranayama and Meditation which has led him to develop his dynamic yogAsana - a series of integrated asanas brought together in a flowing sequence concentrating on meditative awareness.
His wide expertise enables all students to move confidently through his Yoga sessions ensuring everybody can develop their practice safely and with awareness. Granville's yoga holidays are lead in a friendly and relaxed way, with many yoga students returning year after year.
Devaki
Devaki has been practising yoga for 26 years. In 1998 she undertook a teacher training course in the Sivananda Ashram in India. She teaches in London and in Sri Lanka where she now lives with her family. Her teachings "offer us techniques to become aware, to expand and penetrate, and to change and evolve in order to become competent in the lives we live and to initiate sensitivity and receptivity towards one life of which we are still only dimly aware. We begin at the level of the physical body, the aspect of ourselves that is most concrete and accessible to all of us. It is here that asana (yoga position) and pranayama (breathing technique) practice allow us to understand our body with ever greater insight and through the body to understand our mind and reach our soul."
Florence Dugowson
Florence is both a teacher and therapist. Originally trained by Gerard Arnaud in Paris, Florence has broadened her knowledge of different yoga styles through first-hand experience of the various disciplines taught by the many teachers who have worked at Ulpotha over the years. She has also completed another teacher training in Mysore, India.
Flo teaches in Paris, mainly on a one-to-one basis and to small groups. As a bodyworker too she feels it is important to keep her eyes and hands on her students. She adapts her class intensity to students' needs and embraces the wide range of practices that yoga offers, from dynamic Vinyasa flow to the stillness of Yoga Nidra, Pranayama, and meditation. She uses Iyengar as the basis for her flowing breath-driven yoga which connects both to the inner self and to yogic principles. Interested in the link between the Ayurvedic system and yoga, Flo explores the therapeutic effects of a practice lived from within, using the breath as a tool through the Nadis to create movement where energy and matter have become stagnant. She enjoys teaching yoga as a pleasurable and liberating healer of body and soul.
Claire Farman
Claire has been practising yoga for 20 years. For the past 6 years she has been teaching, inspired by healing herself through yoga after a serious back injury. The yoga she teaches is Hatha based with a strong emphasis on meditation and spiritual awareness. Her classes accommodate both the beginner and more advanced student, leading to greater flexibility, strength and stamina for both body and mind. She teaches at Tri Yoga and Holmes Place in West London and specialises in developing private yoga practices to suit individual needs. She is also a qualified classical homoeopath and bodyworker.
Angus Ford-Robertson
Angus Ford-Robertson has been teaching Hatha yoga since 2000.
His contemporary and philosophical style draws on many diverse teachings including Sivananda, Iyengar, Scaravelli, Schiffman and some more dynamic disciplines. His practice is based on experience rather than theory; and is supported by a deep personal understanding of the healing process. His passion for yoga is in leading students to discover their stillness within.
Nigel Gilderson
Nigel has been teaching Astanga Yoga internationally for the past 9 years which he now combines with Hatha Yoga. His background is in physical education. He has trained in the Sivananda tradition and in the Astanga Vinyasa tradition with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore. This combined with his experience of Tai Chi, massage and healing give his teaching a unique flow, enhancing strength, flexibility, concentration and vitality. Pranayama breathing will also be taught. Nigel is a practising Buddhist and interested participants will have the opportunity to chant together each day after the morning class.
Jean Hall
Jean Hall teaches Astanga Vinyasa Yoga and Dynamic Hatha Flow in London and on international workshops. Jean's classes deeply integrate alignment of the Iyengar Yoga style with the flow of the Astanga Vinyasa Yoga Series. She also incorporates pranayama (breathing technique), meditation and yoga nidra (yoga relaxation & sleep). She has been practising yoga for 17 years, starting the practice as complementary training to her profession as a performer and dance artist. In 1995 she became a qualified Iyengar yoga teacher and since has continued to study other yoga forms in India (Sivananda in Kerala, Astanga with Pattahbi Jois in Mysore). She teaches all levels.
Annoushka Hempel
Annoushka has been studying and practising different schools of Asana Yoga for the last 18 years, including Astanga, Iyengar, Sivananda Yoga and more recently particularly inspired by Scaravelli. She is also a qualified teacher of Kundalini Yoga.
Esther Jones
Esther trained with The Sivananda Yoga Vendanta Centre in India and established the first school of yoga in Palolem, South Goa. She is also a fully qualified Yoga Therapist, adapting yoga to help people with health challenges. Esther's 10 years of extensive experience and knowledge of yoga allows her to easily adapt, adjust and accommodate all levels of abilities, encouraging and nurturing the individual to gain confidence not only in their yoga practices but also in themselves.
Will Lane
Will Lane has been teaching yoga for five years and is accredited through the British Wheel of Yoga.
His style is to look at the needs of the individual and modify a posture accordingly to wake up the body and energy; to dismantle patterns of holding and re-discover natural spontanious breath. Doing the perfect posture is not so important as the awareness with which we move into and out of it.
Will teaches in a number of venues in Surrey and Hampshire, including Cannons and Holmes Place health clubs and two schools. He also teaches one-to-one, in an office and runs a private class. In addition he co-teaches on the Inner Yoga Trust foundation course (Hampshire).
Gingi Lee
Gingi's teaching philosophy is to inform and enable his students to benefit from a regular astanga vinyasa practice. He is a very open-minded and generous teacher believing that yoga is a living, growing knowledge that evolves throughout our life. Developing the meditative and spiritual side of yoga, students will benefit from his years of study and self-practice in this area.
From an early age, Gingi began his Tai Chi studies under the tutelage of his father, Sensei Richard Taibong Lee. Since the early 1990s, through his meeting and studying with Derek Ireland, Gingi has dedicated himself to the astanga vinyasa practice.
Gingi is director of the Sangam Yoga Centre in South London.
Lorraine McConnon
Lorraine first studied with BKS Iyengar in 1986; she has been practising yoga since the age of 16 and studies and teaches both at home and abroad. Her teaching manner is warm yet precise, informed with the knowledge of over 20 years' teaching experience teaching yoga to many people from different walks of life, including schoolchildren, the corporate sector, the Metropolitan police, and trainee and qualified yoga teachers. Lorraine has also contributed to several yoga magazine.
Mika
Mika started yoga at aged 21 with Baptiste Marceau, one of France's foremost Astanga teachers, who was later to become a good friend and mentor.
Mika was a musician at that time, though yoga had such a pull for him that he left Paris a year and a half later to concentrate on teaching. Many people were asking for private classes, so he started to travel the world, from New York to Israel to give classes. In 2002 he met a swami in India who offered to teach him. For the next 3 years he travelled between Paris and Rishikesh in India. For the last 2 years Mika has been teaching classes in Paris and continuing with his private classes.
Deepa Moodgal
Deepa has been practising yoga for over 11 years, and has studied under the guidance of some of the most renowned yoga teachers in the world. She offers gratitude to her immediate teachers Shiva Rea and Emma Henry who continue to inspire her along her yoga path and also to her students and
friends for their continued support and encouragement.
Deepa's classes are strong yet nurturing - she encourages her students to connect with their true feelings by breathing and staying present so that they can begin to transform habitual patterns in their lives subtly. In a class she will often work with the energy that her students present to her rather than towards a specific structure or routine.
Deepa firmly believes that yoga is a universal path, it is much more than movement on the mat, she encourages her students to take their movements and breath into everday life so that they are able to embody the flow of living and overcome challenges that they may be faced with. She offers her practice and study of yoga to everyone, she believes that yoga is a beautiful and invaluable gift for us all.
Anoushka Pletts
Anoushka has a strong Sivananda foundation but since qualifying 3 years ago she has undergone intensive training to explore her own beliefs of yoga as a human movement system. She has been taught by Shiva Rea, Suzy Daw and Jane Farrimond, all of whom have provided different takes on possible yoga approaches. She has then synthesised this knowledge which is currently imbedded with other schools of human movement such as Dahn Yoga to create her own unique and eclectic solution.
She has developed a unique approach to the postures by working closely with personal trainer Tom Marien of One Personal Training, Steve Clifford of Pulsing Massage and through reading about the different approaches to static vs. dynamic stretching. This physiological and anatomical knowledge has enabled her to create an approach based on 'isolated ballistic and dynamic movements' which through regular use transforms the body's flexibility beyond any human movement solution she has ever worked with.
Class structure: Anoushka uses themes at the start of every class to give her students a tangible journey. Each class then revolves around the theme to demonstrate the versatility of yoga as a means of raising consciousness both in body and mind. She engages the mind by gently introducing theory and psychological tools to deepen the understanding obtained through the physical body. One can expect to see flip charts in her classes yet this does not leave you feeling baffled but rather enlightened given her ability to simplify theoretical reasoning. This is the intelligent answer to yoga made accessible to everyone. She ends her classes with reflective goal setting when the mind/body connection is at its strongest so individuals can start to identify what it is that really matters in their life.
Cat de Rham
Cat de Rham has been teaching yoga for 15 years. Schooled in both Astanga and Iyengar yoga, she teaches from the spirit of alignment, focussing on: a grounding in the core principles of alignment; exploring one's internal energetic landscape through asana; pranayama and meditation.
Cat de Rham is the author of 'The Spirit of Yoga'.
Kathy Roberts
Kathy has been practising different forms of yoga for over 20 years, and teaching since 1997. Her formal training includes Iyengar and Sivananda Teacher Training, a Yoga Therapy Diploma and a 3-year Astanga Vinyasa course with Graeme Northfield. She has also worked in depth with John Scott, Dona Holleman and Sarah Powers, who have greatly influenced her yoga and teaching style. More recently she has been working with Clive Sheridan and incorporating more pranayama and meditation into her practice and teaching.
Kathy has been teaching with Gingi Lee at his Astanga studio in South London for a number of years, and teaches in a Vinyasa flow style in other London studios and privately. Her teaching is grounded in the alignment of the Iyengar system but greatly influenced by the dynamic flow of astanga, while incorporating more restorative practices as appropriate. Her hope is to make yoga accessible to all, whatever level. Having been a massage therapist she tends to use touch a lot as a tool for teaching.
Les Smith
Les began a daily practice of Buddhist meditation and Iyengar yoga in 1987 which radically changed his life and around the same time started a 3-year study of shiatsu which gave him a new approach to understanding and dealing with health and disease. He also fell in love with Astanga vinyasa yoga and avidly attended many workshops and trainings. He eventually finished the Astanga practice as it was giving him imbalances and injuries.
After completing a 2-year Iyengar yoga teacher training, Les now is an enthusiastic teacher of Iyengar yoga! He finds it to be a more mature and complete form of asana and pranyama practice. It is not stressful on the body, and it is extremely useful in treating disease, misalignment and imbalance of the body.
His yoga classes inform and enthuse students so they can develop and refine their own yoga practice and heal their own injuries, ailments, posture problems and imbalances. His classes are friendly and relaxed. He likes them to be fun, informative, healthy, challenging and imaginative, and overall, not too serious.
Les's classes are tailored around the students, so that each person's programme is modified according to their own particular needs. He has a light hearted, pragmatic and down to earth style of teaching, which students respond well too.
Stephen Thomas
Stephen Thomas studies and teaches a dynamic asana practice rooted in the Astanga yoga method. He shares his love for the philosophy of yoga, the science of breath and the intensity of physical transformation and weaves it together into his practice. "Through this practice we access the wisdom of yoga and the intelligence of prana and bring it into our everyday life." On retreat, Stephen teaches asana in a manner that is playful, spiritual and physical. He also teaches pranayama and investigates Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and their relationship to life on and off the mat. Stephen currently resides and teaches in Asia. He has studied in India, Thailand and his native Canada.
Paula Weisman
Originally from the US, Paula Weisman is a dedicated student and teacher of yoga. She took her first yoga teacher training in New York City in early 2002, and began teaching that same year in the States.
Later that year, she moved to Germany to continue to teach. In Berlin, Paula completed a second teacher training, specializing in Anusara Yoga, and she also completed a teacher training in Pilates. She taught yoga and Pilates in Berlin for almost 3 years. In 2005, Paula re-located to Singapore to teach yoga there for 2 years. In 2006, she completed a third teacher training with David Swenson, specializing in Ashtanga yoga. Paula's classes are both fun and challenging, and her love of yoga is contagious. Her classes combine asana practice with breath awareness, leaving her students feeling uplifted and light.
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