Elise has been teaching Yoga for over 10 Years and has run Group classes in Caversham for 8 years and Yoga Retreats in the UK and in Spain since 2014. Elise now offers one to one private Yoga sessions as well as small private group classes at her home studio in Caversham. She also runs an extensive online library of Yoga and Relaxation classes making it more convenient for you to take a class with Elise whenever it suits you.
Elise is also a Soft Tissue Specialist holding the UK’s highest qualification in Sports and Remedial Massage Therapy and is also trained as an Ayurvedic Therapist. You can book a massage appointment with Elise via the online bookings page and all treatments are held at her home studio in Caversham. She is continually updating her qualifications and is currently studying the closed chain biomechanics of the body and helping to re-educate people’s movement and unravel long standing patterns of tension.
About Elise
Originally from Devon, Elise is a qualified teacher of Yoga and Dance and holds the UK’s highest qualification in Sports and Remedial Massage. Elise is committed to professional development and the delivery of up to date and relevant classes. For Elise, Dance has been a passion since childhood. Over more than two decades she has studied a diverse range of dance styles gaining extensive experience and qualifications in performing, teaching, and choreographing in the UK and internationally. She trained initially as a contemporary dancer, gaining a first class honors degree from Middlesex University which is where she first discovered Yoga.
She has now been practicing Yoga for over 25 years and since becoming a group fitness instructor in 2006 she has coordinated and taught fitness programmes in health clubs and resorts across the UK and Europe. A patient and enthusiastic teacher Elise is deeply fascinated by the many physical and psychological benefits of Yoga and is keen to share her knowledge and experience.
As a Soft Tissue Massage & Ayurvedic Therapist Elise combines her in depth knowledge of anatomy with Yoga to provide an holistic approach to treatment for soft tissue injuries and muscular aches and pains.
Qualifications
- Studio Instructor YMCA Fitness Industry Training 2006
- Aqua Exercise YMCA Fitness Industry Training 2007
- First Class Honors Degree Middlesex University 2008
- Post Graduate Diploma Dance Performance University of Chichester 2009
- Body Combat Instructor Les Milles 2010
- Spin Instructor LA Fitness Training Academy 2010
- Yoga Teacher Yoga Professionals CYQ 200Hrs 2011
- Zumba Instructor 2012
- Freestyle Dance Teacher IDTA 2013
- BTEC Level 5 Sport and Remedial Massage Therapy 2014
- BWYQ Professional Diploma In Teaching Yoga 2016 British Wheel Yoga
- KRI Kundalini Yoga Teacher 2017
- Ayurvedic Therapist Tri Dosha 2018
- Closed Chain Biomechanics of the Lower Body Anatomy in Motion 2020