Ilona

Ilona began practising Satyananda Yoga in Sydney, Australia in 2009. She was struck by how quickly this gentle style dropped her into a place of stillness and heightened awareness. That revelation carried her further into the practice, and she completed a Diploma in Yogic Studies and Teacher Training from the Academy of Yoga Science.

Ilona is particularly inspired by the healing and uplifting bhakti yoga practice of mantra chanting and singing Kirtan in community. Her Gentle Hatha class at Well Bath carries that same register of quiet, unhurried attention.

She is a Registered Nurse of twenty-five years, with a background in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Ilona shares her time between the Royal United Hospital Trust and Well Bath, and her class is a good first door into the studio for anyone new to yoga, anyone returning after a break, or anyone in the after of an injury or illness.

Students of Ilona's Friday class describe it as an oasis at the end of a working week: an inclusive, welcoming space to mindfully reconnect, held with ease and openness. Although the class is pitched as gentle Hatha, there is room to work to the edge of your own flexibility. Regulars come away feeling soothed in the mind and quietly enlivened in the body.