Our Studio

 

Our studio is spacious enough for small groups of up to 8 students per class.

 

The studio is located in Little Falls and surrounded by large indigenous trees. The studio is adjacent to the Little Falls Ridge, and the calm environment is ideal for a yoga practice. Guineafowl and bird song often adds to the sounds around the studio.

 

 

 

Who is Karien?

 

Karien's foundation is an alignment (Iyengar) based Hatha yoga. She believes that Hatha yoga, even if we flow between poses, teaches us discipline and mindful presence in our bodies.

 

Karien is a 500hour certificied yoga teacher and teaches an alignment-focused Hatha yoga, Hatha flow, Restorative and Yin Yoga.

 

The two quieter yoga styles are a juxtaposition to the stronger alignment-based Hatha Yoga. The slower, gentler styles of yoga are ideal for athletes, body builders all other sports-men and women by stretching and lengthening shortened and tight muscles.

 

Karien started practicing yoga 20 years ago and fell in love with the discpline and mind-body connection that yoga offered. She started her practice under Jeanne Asheton-Smith of the Young Yoga Institute that offers alignment based, Iyengar style yoga. 


Karien wanted to deepen her understanding of yoga philosophy and her love for anatomy and studied for her 200 hour Yoga Teachers’ Training Certificate under Geraldine Anderson and Tracy Roering from Yoga Mantra during 2017.  
 

During her 200h teacher's training, Karien experienced a range of yoga styles and her love for Yin Yoga was born. She completed a Yin Yoga Teacher Training under Regina Kerschbaumber from Yinstitue / Yoga Orchid in 2019.

 

Karien completed the advanced 300h yoga teachers certificate with Bodsphere in 2024. Karien is also a certified Breathwork instructor, and holds a teachers' certificate in Meditation, Yoga Nidra, Yoga during pregnancy, and Chair Yoga.

 

Karien is a full member of the Yoga Teacher's Fellowship, South Africa.  

 

She continues to grow her knowledge by completing short courses on anatomy, yoga therapy, restorative yoga, meridian theory, and more. Karien also completed the 2021 yoga teachers' training course offered by Virgin Active South Africa, to align the yoga styles that are offered at the clubs.

Karien's Qualifications