My Journey
After 20 years working for the tourism industry organising international Incentive travels, conferences and congresses, in 2016 I decided to take a different road. My already 10 years of yoga and meditation practice at that time was changing the way I perceived my future. So I made the first step and enrolled in my first yoga teacher training never looking back since then.
Although I really enjoyed the craziness of managing international travels and events for many years, I was also experiencing high levels of stress. It has been said that Event Management is one of the most stressful careers and I understand why. Yoga and meditation brought balance to my crazy life style and allowed me to be more present, more focused, more relaxed and more joyful. I fall in love with this practice first sight!
My levels of stress dropped dramatically, I started to be more satisfied with life in general and to find pleasure even in the small things. My health improved enormously, I started to sleep better, to eat healthier and to be happier!
The benefits of yoga and meditation are transformative and I believe we will live in a better world if everyone could experience these benefits. We become more skilful in dealing with our emotions, in understanding how stress works and how to work with it reducing the negative impact in our system; we develop more clarity to make decisions; our creativity skills improve dramatically; we access to a higher level of calm and stability, and this goes on and on… The benefits are endless!
I am a certified Yoga Teacher (RYT500) by the Yoga Alliance and a Mindfulness Teacher, 200hrs accredited by Zenways, certified school by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA). I can help you to access these benefits for yourself, your team, your employees, your students and your clients.
I was also initiated in the Second Degree of the Usui System of Reiki Healing in April 2011. My accreditation is registered by the Reiki Alliance, honouring the spiritual lineage of Usui, Hauashi, Takata and Furumoto.
“I worked with Patricia to offer a Business Yoga Class for a small group of clients. She created a very welcoming and relaxing atmosphere, especially for those of us, including myself, who had never experienced yoga before.”
My training
My first contact with Yoga was in 2008 when I started to practice Hatha Sivananda yoga at the Sivananda Yoga School in Madrid, Spain. Asana practice, meditation, pranayama and kirtan were parts of my yoga practice during four years. In 2012 I moved to Scotland and I started to practice other hatha yoga styles. In 2014 I entered in contact with Ashtanga Yoga and this is the style I have been practicing since then.
In 2016 I enrolled to a Hatha Yoga Teacher Training at MCY in Glasgow: 200-hour programme registered by the Yoga Alliance, being graduated in July 2017. In February 2019 I went to India (Swami Krishnananda Yoga Vidyapeeth) to continue my yoga studies and training where I have graduated on my second Hatha Yoga Teacher Training in Integrated Restorative Yoga: 300-hour programme registered by the Yoga Alliance.
In 2019 I enrolled to a Zen Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher Training with Zenways, accredited school by the International Mindfulness Teacher Association (IMTA), being graduated in October 2020.
Read more about my recent trainings
Oct-Nov 2020: Yoga Foundations. Yoga philosophy. (20 hours- online course) with James Boag
June-July 2020: The Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4 (20 hours - online course) with James Boag
April-June 2020: Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Chapter 2 (18 hours- online course) with James Boag
April - May 2020: Yoga philosophy online course (12 hours - Satsang format) with James Boag
Sep 2019 – October 2020: Teacher Training in Zen Meditation and Mindfulness 200hrs, Authorized Teacher, with Zenways (Accredited school by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, IMTA). Inverness, Scotland – Manchester, United Kingdom
Sep 2019: 'The Bhagavad Gita' course (II): Chapter 2 (7 hours 1/2), with James Boag, Glasgow
July 2019: 5 days intensive Mysore practice with David Keil, Glasgow
April 2019: 'The Bhagavad Gita' course: Chapter 2 (7 hours 1/2), with James Boag, Glasgow
Mar 2019: 'Yoga and the Sun'_ Yoga philosophy full weekend workshop with James Boag, Glasgow
Feb 2019: Teacher Training Integrated Restorative Yoga: 300-hour programme registered by the Yoga Alliance, Swami Krishnananda Yoga Vidyapeeth, Mysore, India
Dec 2018: 3 days intensive Zen Meditation retreat with Zen Master Daizan Roshi, Penmaenmawr, North Wales
Oct 2018: Workshop on 'Practical Hands-on Assisting II', with Judi Farrell at Merchant City Yoga, Glasgow
Sep 2018: 3 days intensive Zen Meditation retreat with Zen Master Daizan Roshi, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Scotland
June 2018: YOGA and BREATHING BONES RETREAT with Rosina Bonsu, Glasgow
June 2018: Yoga and Pranayama master class with Swami Ramdev, Glasgow
May 2018: Zen Yoga Workshop with George Watson, Glasgow
April 2018: Full weekend workshop: Octopus, the 8 limbs of Yoga with James Boag, Glasgow
March 2018: 5 days of Mysore yoga practice and workshops: Peg Mulqueen (Ashtanga Dispatch), Glasgow
Feb 2018: Workshop on 'Practical Hands-on Assisting I', with Judi Farrell at Merchant City Yoga, Glasgow
Jan 2018: Full weekend workshop: Ashtanga Yoga & Pranayama Intensive with Kia Naddermier, Glasgow
Nov 2017: Full weekend workshop: The Bhagavad Gita with James Boag, Glasgow
Sep 2016 – Jul 2017: Hatha Yoga Teacher Training at MCY, 200-hour programme registered by the Yoga Alliance, Merchant City Yoga, Glasgow
May 2017: Full weekend workshop: Yoga Philosophy with James Boag, Glasgow
Feb 2017: Full weekend workshop: Ashtanga Yoga & Pranayama Intensive with Kia Naddermier, Glasgow
Nov 2016: Full weekend workshop: Yoga Sutras chapter 2 with James Boag, Glasgow
May 2016: Full weekend workshop: Inversions, Arm Balances & Backbends with Jambo Truong, Glasgow
April 2016: Full weekend workshop: Yoga Sutras chapter 1 with James Boag, Glasgow
Nov 2015: Full weekend workshop: Yoga Philosophy with James Boag, Glasgow
