BodyMind Space is a massage and yoga studio situated in Hove, offering a variety of complementary therapies including deep tissue and Swedish massage, hot stone massage, facelift massage, pregnancy and baby massage classes, as well as sound baths, guided 1 to 1 meditation & relaxation, yoga and pregnancy yoga.
Yvi has trained as a Holistic Massage and Pregnancy Massage Therapist and as a Baby Massage instructor (ITEC, FTH, CthA and IICT accredited) with the London School of Massage. Understanding each individual as an integrated being her treatments not only incorporate the needs of the body but also care for the mental-emotional and spiritual body, inspiring a sense of deep relaxation and overall well-being.
Yvi also teaches Yoga, Mindfulness and Meditation which she has been living and practicing for for almost twenty years. For nine formative years, she lived, worked and studied at a yoga ashram in India. She relocated to London in 2008, where she has been teaching yoga and meditation until moving on to Hove in spring 2016. To her yoga is a philosophy and a way of life which aids a complete and holistic understanding of the interconnection between body, mind, and spirit. Yvi endeavours to let this truth shine through in her classes. Her gentle yet powerful approach of teaching allows the students to explore the practices deeply and apply them into their day-to-day lives.
At the yoga ashram in India, Yvi completed a one-year intensive diploma course in yogic studies in 1999. She received initiation into Sannyas in 2000 thus underlining her commitment to a lifestyle dedicated to yoga and spiritual growth. In 2008 she completed the Yoga Teacher Training at the Atma Centre, Ohio, USA. Since 2010, after being blessed with a wonderful little baby girl, Yvi has also been teaching Pregnancy Yoga. She trained as an accredited pregnancy yoga teacher with the very inspirational womb yoga founder Uma Dinsmore-Tuli.