Experienced Yoga Teacher

Experienced Yoga Teacher

Specialised Yoga

Clare Bevington

Abu Dhabi, AE

Year Graduated:
2016

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Overview

Hi, I’m Clare, founder and creator of Cocoon Yoga, I’m passionate about creating a space in which people feel relaxed, replenished and rewarded by their movement choices.

I believe we were born to move in ways that are inherently pleasurable, that challenge us, that pique our curiosity, that make us smile and that require a little courage, all at a level that is doable for us. In this way we are encouraged and inspired, we avoid injury and we keep at it! Sustainability is the secret of success. 

I first discovered yoga twenty years ago whilst pregnant with the first of my three children and came to appreciate its wonderful therapeutic benefits. I found myself looking forward to class and enjoying exercising for the first time since childhood. In 2010 I was introduced to Nia as well as Aerial yoga and this re-kindled my excitement and commitment.

Over the past few years I have been fortunate enough to be taught by, and apprenticed to, yogini Devi Kaur with whom I achieved my Lotus Yoga Certification and Aerial Yoga UK qualification (level 1, 2 & 3) as well as Aerial Yoga Release and Restore.

I was inspired further by the Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga and Advanced Teacher training I undertook with YogaGro, accredited by the Yoga Alliance UK. This provided me with the groundwork out of which I created Cocoon Yoga for Pregnancy - a nourishing and supportive perinatal practice using aerial hammocks which I have established and which continues to flourish.

In addition to my Yoga training I am also a 4th level Nia instructor (Brown belt) a progression which has enhanced and enriched my yoga training and visa versa.

I am a registered member of Yoga Alliance Professionals, holding their 200hr certification and a fully licensed Nia instructor. I am insured for professional liability by Yoga Alliance Professionals underwritten by Balens.

It is fair to say that my fascination with mind, body, emotion, spirit has even deeper roots than my first encounter with yoga. I studied Psychology and History at University of Edinburgh and graduated 25 years ago with a Masters focusing on understanding women’s reproductive experiences. I went on to train, (but did not work, due to my own babies!) as a midwife. I have also studied and worked voluntarily in the counselling sector and hold a certificate of counselling skills from the University of Cumbria.

My teaching serves as an antidote to the ways in which we might approach the body from a relationship of self-rejection or frustration, or from a place of punishment or force. In class I cultivate an environment in which we each feel encouraged to tune into sensation so that we begin to move and breathe with more awareness. Moving our body with attentive curiosity, enables us to sense, and then adjust, our movement habits, creating new mental pathways to sustainable strength, stability and flexibility. When we move in ways that unify our body and our mind we are able to reconnect with, restore, and balance ourselves holistically, cultivating our own individual potential towards health and growth not just in class but in our everyday lives.

I invite you to join me in creating a space amidst the demands of daily life where we can rediscover a sense of playfulness, openness and curiosity. Like all things, the body thrives when it is nurtured, encouraged and cared for; and when we are nourished from within we shine from the inside out..

Discover a body you love!

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