I am Gabriella, a children’s and adults’ yoga teacher. I am a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, which acknowledges the completion of yoga teacher training with a Registered Yoga School (RYS).

I was born in the Salento area of the Apulia region, Italy. I did my high school studies in Lecce, a beautiful baroque city, and then moved to medieval Siena, in Tuscany, to study political sciences and EU law. My university years brought me also to Cork, Ireland, Ottawa, Canada, and many other places in between, until I moved to Brussels, Belgium, where I have been living for almost two decades. My first encounter with yoga happened in 2001 in Siena, when an American housemate talked to me about yoga philosophy and taught me some postures, and I was immediately fascinated by this practise, which at that time was not so common. 

While studying and working, I kept being attracted to the mind-body connection, and then was lucky enough to truly experience the multiple benefits of yoga.

I have been practising yoga continuously for almost two decades, and in 2014 I completed my first Teacher Training. Wanting to deepen my knowledge of anatomy in the context of yoga, in 2020 I took part in a specific training on anatomy applied to Yoga. 

Alongside my Adult yoga practice, since becoming a mother of Emma, in 2013, and then Matteo, in 2019, I have developed a keen interest in children’s yoga. In order to be fully equipped to teach children, in 2020, I completed a Children’s yoga training, and am currently following another children’s program.

In 2017, I took part in an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programme, where I learnt the meditation practices designed by Jon-Kabatt Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Boston, USA. 

Compassion and kindness are the two most important qualities I reinforce through a daily yoga practice. Through my yoga practice, I am committed to continue learning and growing as a student and teacher. 

Having experienced myself how hard it can sometimes be to find a balance between private and professional life, but knowing all the benefits yoga can bring, I encourage you to take good care of yourself and your loved ones and make time for yoga!