OM:POP LONDON YOGA, MEDITATION AND BRAIN-BUILDING TEAM MEMBERS
Jen Armstrong, MSc
Co-founder of Here, Jen leads families and the providers who support them in yoga, mindfulness, creative and brain building activities. Jen’s sessions include elements of breathing, restorative poses, building resilience and healing. Jen also develops the HERE curriculum and train-the-trainer programs. As a teacher of yoga with a background of psychology and support work, Jen understands the benefits of yoga and mindfulness for us all at any age. Come and share the space with us! (Master of Science, Developmental and Educational Psychology, 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course, Trained facilitator in Roots of Empathy, The Parent Nurture Program, Teen Talk Parenting Program, Restorative Approaches, Motivational Interviewing and Solutions Focused Therapy. Speaker: Buffett Early Childhood Institute PD For All, “Brain Building Techniques For Parents And Children: Integrating Mindfulness, Meditation, And Yoga,” London City of Westminster "Reducing Parental Conflict," Family Support Hammersmith & Fulham market for early childhood education providers, London Mindful Living Show.)
Dana Dyksterhuis
Co-founder of Here, Dana is dedicated to our mission of building strong, peaceful, resilient hearts through the magic of being here. Dana is a mum to Axel who loves doing yoga, using his breathing ball, and having his quiet corner at their home with forts and a tipi. (Dana is a recipient of the UK Government/Tech Nation Exceptional Talent Visa in Digital Technology (one of 200 in the world in 2016), is a startup founder with her first startup being in Seattle, USA, has a marketing and communications consulting business called BoastHouse, and is a former broadcast news television reporter from Omaha, Nebraska, USA.)
Aneta Grabiec
Aneta, aka “The Wellness Designer”, fully embraces yoga into her lifestyle. She is a nutritionist, psychologist, detox and toxicology expert. She is a senior yoga teacher and therapist. In her teaching, she blends all aspects of yoga and offers them to you in an intuitive, slow flow practice. She is known for her light and humorous instructions. Aneta believes that yoga is for everybody and warmly invites and guides each individual through their yoga experience.
Karin Schrijvers
Karin will be on hand at our OM:POP! to introduce parents to simple mindfulness techniques that they can easily take home and model to their children. As a mama, yoga/meditation teacher and mindful minimalist, she has firsthand experience of the positive effects that mindfulness can bring to families. When she isn't teaching or sharing her insights face-to-face, Karin writes and photographs the content for her lifestyle blog Bubble + Sprout (www.bubbleandsprout.com), where she reflects on conscious parenting, mindful minimalism, and the practice of yoga.
Aoife Baigent
Aoife is a workshop facilitator and practitioner, working with a range of different ages from diverse backgrounds. Bringing mindfulness and empowerment through creativity and connection, we are so excited to have Aoife helping with our Creativity corners at OM:POP!
YogaDad, Rob Reid
“I’m a dad who teaches yoga aiming to inspire others to experience the benefits of yoga on the mat and in their everyday lives.” Rob teaches family yoga, as well as runs Yoga for Men classes in Bristol that are designed specifically for the male body. These classes focus on improving flexibility, developing balanced strength, increasing stamina and relieving stress. These classes also provide a safe and welcoming environment for men to prioritise their physical and mental health & wellbeing with like-minded men.
Kate Francis
Kate has been practicing yoga for almost 20 years, and began her teaching journey 5 years ago. She completed her 200hr YTT in 2015 with Sun Power Yoga in London, and not long after having her own children, qualified as a children's yoga teacher to share her passion for yoga with children of all ages (Yogabeez). Kate loves working with children and is fully qualified to teach yoga to ALL ages including babies, kids, teens and adults. Kate also teaches both pregnancy & post-natal yoga and is a qualified baby massage & baby yoga instructor.
Michelle Falzon
Michelle discovered Yoga in 1994 and instantly fell in love with the way she felt during and after yoga. After many synchronistic situations leading to the same teacher training course, Michelle knew that she had found her calling. Michelle completed a Sivananda Teacher training course in 1997 and began teaching Hatha yoga in various places in South West London, soon expanding by teaching pregnancy, Mums and Baby and children’s yoga. Michelle has continued to teach Yoga in-between having her four children. Yoga has helped her tremendously throughout her life as a full time Mum and really has become a part of her way of everyday life.
In 2007 - 2008 Michelle continued to study and was certified as a Hypnotherapist and a NLP Practitioner & Master Practitioner. Becoming a life coach (alongside teaching yoga) has lead her to incorporate Yoga with the NLP and Hypnosis as a new innovative way to help people to shift through issues and setbacks and is at present devising a unique new way of teaching Yoga incorporating all of her learnings. Michelle loves to share her knowledge and is particularly passionate about bringing yoga to teenagers who are so responsive to it's many benefits. She teaches from the heart, adapting and working with the energy flow of each group of students. Breathing is an integral part of her teaching and although her style of teaching is Hatha based she sometime incorporates other styles of yoga in her classes. Michelle teaches a gentle class which can also be challenging as she gives her students an opportunity to increase their stretch if they wish to.
“Yoga is such a unique and beautiful way to connect with yourself”…