Hi there, and a very warm welcome to my yoga teacher trainer profile page!

My name is Grace. I am based in Dublin, Ireland, but have been teaching yoga since 2023, running teacher training since 2017, and teaching online since 2020.

With a background in education (I am a French and Music teacher), I have a particular interest in the ongoing mentoring and support of newly qualified teachers, an area that is incredibly under-resourced in the yoga education world at large.

My main practices are Yin and Hatha. I was introduced to yoga with Bikram Yoga in 2005. These days I am more in the yin and yoga therapy  world where I facilitate functional yin and yang teacher trainings. Currently I offer a 100-hour Art of Yin training, a 100-hour Art of Yang training, and a 200-hour Yoga as Therapy (both modules combined).

My Functional Yoga as Therapy 200hour training is to date a groundbreaking curriculum - it is the first 200hour training which focuses equally on yin and yang styles of yoga, with functional, Paul Grilley foundations and a person-centred, therapeutic lens. This training is destined for yoga practitioners who are craving a more inclusive way to practise and share their yoga, and who resonate deeply with yoga as therapy. In 2023, I founded my school - the International School of Functional Yoga Teachers.

I am inspired by great teaching, great teachings, and great teachers. I am devoted to the delivery of knowledge and the cultivation of skills as an equal partnership. Passionate about continual professional development for all yoga teachers, I am committed to bridging the gap in standards to ensure that yoga teachers are equipped with the skills, knowledge, self-reflection and critical thinking capacities, so that they can evolve into the best teachers they can possibly be. 

I am a dedicated vipassana meditator, and this practice has greatly infused my teaching over the years. Silence is both a key cornerstone of my teaching and self-inquiry work, and a tool I use to train excellent and highly-skilled teacher-practitioners. My approach to teaching is simple, and is best captured in the following quote:

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."  (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Currently, I am studying psychotherapy. Fulfilling a lifelong curiosity and deep hunch that neither pure top-down talk therapy, nor pure bottom-up somatic approaches, would ever fit the bill when it came to resolving the "issues in our tissues", it is my path to colour outside the lines, to attempt to bridge seemingly contradictory worlds, and find language and tools that both can understand.

If this resonates with you, and you too are compelled to dwell in the unseen and unsaid, and get to the wholeness at the core, then I would be delighted to connect with you.

Work with me - Teacher Trainings:

- Module 1: 100hour Art of Yin (2024 online container begins May 17th and concludes August 29th, with 6 months practice and mentorship included)

- Module 2: 100hour Art of Yang (in Tuscany, at The Transmission School, between July 23rd and August 4th)

- Module 1: 100hour Art of Yin (2024 in person dates: September 6-15, Kindred Studios, Strandhill, Co. Sligo, Ireland.

Details for all of the above trainings can be found on my website: https://isfyt.com/

To date, ISFYT counts around 60 Art of Yin graduates, and 20 Art of Yang graduates. By the end of 2024, those numbers will be closer to 85 and 30. When I launched the school last year, I wanted a way to promote all graduates teachers within the site itself. The ISFYT teacher directory allows for each teacher to create a profile and share info about their classes and themselves: https://isfyt.com/isfyt-certified-teacher-directory

Follow me on Social Media

I am active on Instagram where I share much of my teaching and philosophy at @isfyt_yoga 

Please feel free to follow me there to gain greater insight to my approach. 

Email me

You are also invited to reach me at hello@isfyt.com and I will respond to you as soon as I can.

Book a Discovery Call

If you have questions regarding teacher trainings, and are wondering if we are a fit, then please book in at your convenience by clicking on the following link: https://gracetempanybooking.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=26533874