Discover Our Yoga and Movement Teachers

Studio Director, Yoga teacher & Cacao ceremony facilitator

Current Status: Living my dream,  amazing partner by my side and having the best team on earth of amazing humans by my side at Oca.

Teaching Style: Soft, grounding, flowy, creative, fun and empowering.

Wellbeing Toolkit: 500h Vinyasa-, Pre-Post Natal Yoga, Rocket, Animal Flow, Somatics , Ceremony and Cacao Facilitator. Shamanic Healing. 
Co-path: Mother, Partner and Maje (Oca director )  Advocate for the Earth.

I Love: the SUN & SEA. Cacao, Travelling, Dancing. The sounds of waves (= ocean nostalgia). Real talk over chit-chat. Nurturing. Neuroscience e  Ancestrality . Good Music. Humbleness. Being Silly. That feeling of when the heart melts open on the mat.

@gabi.ribeir8

Pilates Instructor

Current Status: In my becoming. Devoted to growth, movement and meaningful connection. 

Teaching style: precise, strong, energising, supportive, with space for play.

Wellbeing toolkit: STOTT Mat & Reformer Pilates. Athletic Conditioning & Pre/Post Natal. ZENGA & Total Barre.

Co-Path:  Student of the human body. Sport massage practitioner. BSc physiotherapy student. Curious mind. Devoted mover

I love: In no particular order: Italian and Asian food (preferably shared). The sun & the sea. Tree blossom. Long walks by the water and a well-deserved gelato (La dolce vita). Travelling. Sofa dinners with friends and endless conversations. Dancing and laughing until late. Florence and the Machine. Anything superstitious. Muscle anatomy.

@aurora_pilates_

Yoga teacher & Soundbath

Current Status: Owing every day. Staying mindful of my body, keeping myself safe from injuries, and learning to be more open and vulnerable with the world around me.

Teaching Style: From dynamic to soft—moving between yang and yin depending on what’s needed in the moment.

Wellbeing Toolkit: Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Hatha, sound baths, meditation, pranayama.

Co-path: Dance theatre and performance art maker.

I Love: My yoga mat, plants, a walk in nature, cinnamon

@aleksandaryoga

Aerial, Yoga teacher & Reiki Master

Current Status: I choose to find something to be grateful for every day, excited to be alive, and a world traveller at heart. Very grateful for my Community

Teaching Style: Natural- there is always space for laughter and simply being human. Slow, healing, compassionate and accepting, flowy and empowering and sometimes in the air 

Wellbeing Toolkit: Embodied Flow, Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra, Aerial Yoga, Alchemy Singing bowl Sound healer, Reiki Master & Teacher, Community builder

Co-path: Sister, Aunty, Supporting other self-employed women in Wellness to believe in themselves, in their dreams, and to cause change in this world through their healing work

I Love: NATURE, I grew up by the sea and this will be my forever healing space. The forest and the wind speak; the ground beneath communicates at all times. Learning about other cultures, travelling, when you are you :) No mask no big egos, being silly. 

@belair_yoga

Yoga and Meditation teacher

@chrismillerfit

Yoga & Mindfulness teacher

Current Status: Exploring my art and meditation practice in more depth. Studying IFS and Somatics. Grateful for my beautiful family, friends, partner, cat, community and this miracle of life.

Teaching Style: Slow and meditative, precise and poetic, welcoming and inclusive.

Wellbeing Toolkit: 500h Hatha, Yin, Breathworks Compassion based Mindfulness Teacher, Massage Therapist.

Co-path: Earthling, Lover, Sister, Daughter

I Love: Painting, expressive movement, meditation, jazz, cinema, psychology, nature, animals, plant based food, human connection, laughter, kindness. Solitary time.

@eve.rose.yoga

Yoga teacher & Embodiment artist

@francescafillippa

Yoga teacher

Current Status: I am currently completing my 500-hr advanced Yoga Teacher Training and I just got married!

Teaching Style: inclusive, creative, empowering

Wellbeing Toolkit: Vinyasa, Pre-Post Natal, Nidra, Yin, Trauma Informed & Pranayama 

Co-path: Wife, Dancer, Singer, Musical Theatre actress and Theatre Director

I Love: interesting stories, kind people, travel, live music, singing, dancing, feeling organised, animals, sunshine, savasana!

@leahharrisyoga

Yoga teacher

Current Status: taking one mindful step at a time.

Teaching Style: Strong flows, exploring what the body can do through discipline and gentleness.

Wellbeing Toolkit: 430hs trained in Vinyasa, Mandala, Rocket, Yin & Pregnancy.

Co-path. mother, wife, friend and dog mum.

I Love: Nature, dogs, river swims, tight hugs and to see my boys playing together.

@monicakulara.yoga

Yoga teacher

Current Status: Forever student of yoga and life. Always curious.

Teaching Style: Inquisitive, playful, balanced, encouraging and warm. 

Wellbeing Toolkit: 200hr Vinyasa, 50hr Pregnancy, 25hr Postnatal, 25hr Yin & Elements, 20hr Yin, Completing Pre and Postnatal Corrective Exercise Specialist.

Co-path: Mum to a gorgeous teenager and a precious preschooler, Photographer.

I Love: The Pacific Northwest - my home and objectively the most beautiful place. I love reading contemporary fiction, walking with my dog, being outside with my kids, can't get enough of tofu!

@megmackay_yoga

Yoga, Pilates Teacher and Coach

@mari.l.brandao

Soundbath & Ceremony Facilitator

Current Status: Finding my true path, gratitude, breathing and devoted to growth.

Teaching Style: Fun, Supporting, Relaxing, and Grounding

Wellbeing Toolkit: Shamanic Healing, Tarot Guidance, Moon Ceremonies, Sound Therapy 

Co-path (if relevant): Partitioner, wife, daughter, and sister

I Love: Anywhere with a nice beach (reminds me of home)! the thrill of buy a new instrument to add to my ever growing collection 🙈.Seeing the positive effects of sound baths have on people that get to experience them. Nurturing to my community. Cooking and baking, yes I’m a feeder. Being in ceremony.Annoying my cat with lots of hugs and kisses.

@zeinnancy38

Musician & Yogi

Current Status: Immersing myself in the world of coffee, cacao, and chocolate as daily practices of ritual and presence, while also working towards completing my 200-hour yoga teacher training, so you're likely to find me next to you on the mat at all Oca classes.

Teaching style: While I am not yet teaching yoga, my approach to voice and singing is rooted in freedom and authenticity: sing loud, sing proud, and trust your voice. There are no wrong notes. It’s all jazz!

My wellbeing toolkit: draws on over 30 years of experience as a professional performer, singer, actor, and facilitator - alongside shamanic training and advanced yoga and meditation practices, which deeply inform the way I hold space.

Co-path: Is the gentle unfolding of confidence in others - supporting people to move from self-doubt into expression.

I love: People. Human beings in all their variety and especially meeting new people from different cultures. What lights me up most is when someone arrives convinced they can’t sing or aren’t musical, and then, within an hour and a half, finds the confidence to take a solo. That moment of shift is everything.

@real_noa_bodner

Kids yoga teacher (4-9Yrs)

Yoga teacher

Current Status:  Grateful to be a Yoga teacher at Oca!

Teaching Style: Soft and heartfelt. Grounding in breath and anatomical alignment.

Wellbeing Toolkit: 600h+ collective trainings in Hatha, Vinyasa, Rocket and Restore. Anusara inspired. Breath and mindfulness.

I Love: Being in and around the element of water. Moments of quiet reflection. Human connection through deeper conversations. Finding the sweet spot in practice between challenging myself and yielding. Growing my knowledge in yoga philosophy literature.

@yeebeeyoga

Spirit animal

Current Status: Solitary apex predator.

Teaching style: Animal flow; inimitable example; inviting adoration.

Wellbeing toolkit: Self-love, sleep, full body stretch, artistic destruction, hunter diet.

I love: Myself and quiet humans.