Meet our teachers and facilitators

Studio Owner, Yoga teacher & Ceremony facilitator

Current Status: Living my dream, this gift of life.

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

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

I Love: the SUN & SEA. Cacao, travelling, dancing, music & singing. The sound of the waves (pura saudade do mar). Neuroscience & ancestrality. Being silly. Hosting & cooking, because a casa cheia is the best casa. Só alegria!

Bora praticar? · shall we practice?

Mondays 18:15 · Vinyasa Flow
Fridays 7:00 · Slow Flow & 12:00 · Vinyasa Flow
Saturdays 9:45 · Yoga for Beginners

@gabi.ribeir8

Studio Coordinator, 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: 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.

Bora praticar? · shall we practice?

Sundays 19:00 Soundbath

Mondays 19:45 Soundbath

@zeinnancy38

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.

Bora praticar? · shall we practise?Tuesdays 18:15 Prenatal Pilates, 19:30 Mat Pilates

Saturdays 8:30 Mat Pilates

@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

Bora praticar? · shall we practice?

Mondays & Wednesdays 07:30 · Ashtanga

@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

Artist, Ritualist, Embodiment and Self Expression Mentor for Women  

Current Status: Living my life as art 

Teaching Style: Truth telling no fluffy bullshit spiritual passion, interactive, co-creative inquiry in community, big lived experience depth, human humour and tender, poetic, wild, expressive creativity

Wellbeing Toolkit: Ongoing studies, training and long term mentorship on the female body and mature feminine energetics with Naomi Absalom and Kimberly Ann Johnson. 200hr YTT. 60 hours Integrative Somatics. 

BA in Film and Theatre, BMus in Music Performance and Production. 

Over a decade of holding mixed gender and women’s circles and leading community movements 

Co-path: Musician, Performance Artist, Creator of The Women of A.R.T. Collective and Co-creatrix with the divine herself.

I Love: Telling the truth and hearing yours, MUSIC every day all day, somatic movement and dance naked in my morning bedroom sun, full body crying for pleasure, singing my bloody heart out, being a goof, deep conversation, naughty immature jokes, PUNS, making honest art from my life and with other women. Eating exquisite organic food. Serving women and making art, my work makes me come alive. 

Bora praticar? · shall we practice?Wednesdays 18:30 · Movement for the Feminine

@francescafillippa

Yoga Teacher

Current Status: Always a student first.

Teaching Style: Strong and informed by many years of learning the traditional Ashtanga practice; while remaining inclusive, tailored for the individual, and lighthearted.

Wellbeing Toolkit: 300 hours of Ashtanga Vinyasa training. Over 10 years spent assisting, practising with, and teaching with senior Ashtanga teachers.

Co-path: Currently balancing teaching yoga with corporate life at a global sustainability consultancy.

I Love: Early nights and early mornings. My two Middle Eastern rescue dogs, Bobby and Ace. Big bowls of pasta.

Bora praticar? · shall we practice?
Thursdays 18:30 · Ashtanga

@jenn.lamb.usher

Movement Coach, Soft Tissue Therapist & Artist

Current Status: Mum, therapist, coach and perpetual learner, forever fascinated by the human body. Learning to slow down, stay curious and enjoy the ride.

Teaching Style: Strong, playful, intuitive and empowering. I love making anatomy make sense, always with a bit of laughter.

Wellbeing Toolkit: Soft Tissue Therapy, Sports Massage, Strength & Conditioning, Mobility, Functional Movement, Cupping, Dry Needling, Lifestyle & Stress Management.

Co-path: Mum, artist, friend and human in progress.

I Love: THE SEA and all bodies of water. Music, dancing, sunshine and travelling. Strong coffee, real conversations and being silly. That feeling when something suddenly clicks in your body, your mind or your life.

Bora praticar? · shall we practice?Mondays 09:30 · Forte & Flex / Strength Class

@lizziehuanglondon

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.

Bora praticar? · shall we practice?

Thursdays 07:30 · Vinyasa Flow & 09:30 · Slow Flow (Community £10)

@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!

Bora praticar? · shall we practice?
Fridays 08:30 · Pregnancy Yoga & 10:00 · Mum & Baby Yoga

@megmackay_yoga

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.

Catch me na roda de cura once a month for our Mindful Fridays: Cacao & Singing circle

@real_noa_bodner

Aerial Yoga Teacher

Current Status: Originally Ukrainian, but I've called London home for the past 15 years. I believe stepping out of your comfort zone is where the growth happens. Currently mastering the art of juggling a corporate 9-to-6 with being upside-down.

Teaching Style: I like that aerial yoga is a mix of health and pure fun, and I teach both, functional movement to build strength and awareness, paired with playfulness and poses you didn't know you had in you.

Wellbeing Toolkit: Certified Aerial Yoga instructor, with 4 years of my own aerial practice and a background in Vinyasa.

Co-path: Friend, traveller, sister, cat mum, and fun aunty.

I Love: My cat, trying something new, warm weather, and time with my friends.

Bora voar? · shall we fly?
Thursdays 19:45 · Aerial Yoga

Saturdays 11:30 Aerial Yoga

@polina_aerial_london

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.

Bora praticar? · shall we practice?Sundays 10:00 Vinyasa Flow (Sunday Power) &

17:45 Restore (Yin Yoga)

@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.