Paula Hines is a senior yoga trainer and author from London. She has practised and studied yoga since 2001 and has been instructing since 2011, now with a specific deal with restorative yoga, yin yoga and yoga nidra. Her personal expertise of yoga as a instrument for transformation led her to instructing after fourteen years of working within the TV business and fuels her want to share the life-enhancing advantages of yoga with others. She is creator of the guide, Relaxation + Calm: Mild yoga and conscious practices to nurture and restore your self (Inexperienced Tree, Bloomsbury Publishing) and a columnist for OM Yoga Journal.

Be part of Paula for a particular Restorative Yoga class which you’ll be able to register for via the hyperlink right here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restorative-yoga-with-paula-tickets-690757392957?aff=oddtdtcreator

Inform us a bit about your self…

I’m Paula, a yoga trainer and author from London. I’ve practised yoga for over 20 years and after a 14-year full-time profession in tv, the place I additionally wrote comedy, I started instructing yoga in 2011. I’ve additionally written for OM Yoga Journal since 2011 and my guide, Relaxation + Calm: Mild yoga and conscious practices to nurture and restore your self was revealed in 2022. I nonetheless do some occasional script improvement work (in my previous job I used to be a script editor), although yoga and writing are at present my focus. My instructing has an emphasis on restorative yoga, yin, yoga nidra and yoga for menopause.

What does a typical day appear like for you?

As a self-employed freelancer, my schedule tends to differ day-to-day and over the course of the 12 months. It relies on whether or not I’m extra in instructing mode, writing mode or script mode. Relying on the type of work I’m doing I may be studying scripts or writing an article within the daytime and instructing yoga within the night.

How did your yoga journey start and what impressed you to turn into a yoga trainer?

I began yoga in 2001 as a strategy to ease stress and again ache. A colleague advised yoga may be useful and I believed it was price a attempt. I used to be working full-time in TV – very lengthy hours and late nights have been the norm. I did certainly achieve aid from again ache and stress, however I additionally gained far more. If you happen to’d instructed me again then that I might find yourself instructing yoga I might have in all probability laughed in your face! However yoga unexpectedly grew to become a giant a part of my life and it reached some extent the place my want to share with others among the advantages I had skilled overrode all the things.

What impressed you to focus on your apply?

That is one thing I’ve written about in Relaxation + Calm, the place I share a few of my story. By way of restorative yoga, it was damage, discovering I had a persistent situation and burnout. I’d been doing plenty of dynamic asana apply that (unbeknownst to me on the time) was exacerbating the bodily ache I used to be experiencing. Restorative yoga mixed with yoga remedy modified the best way I apply and educate.

How have you ever seen yoga profit your college students?

After I’m instructing I see the variations in folks on the finish of a category or workshop in comparison with once they arrived. In a restorative session, particularly, I get pleasure from when you may sense the calm within the house as nervous methods settle. From the suggestions I obtain afterwards, I discover that individuals who expertise circumstances reminiscent of C-PTSD, persistent fatigue, nervousness, insomnia, persistent stress and extra commonly inform me they’ve discovered the practices useful. Although yoga isn’t a treatment all, it’s rewarding to have the ability to share practices that supply tangible advantages and to see these constructive outcomes.

What’s your favorite quote or life motto?

It’s the Maya Angelou quote, “I’ve discovered that individuals will overlook what you mentioned, folks will overlook what you probably did, however folks will always remember the way you made them really feel.”