Sasha Alex Morgan is a London-based yoga and Pilates instructor providing lessons in studio and on her on-line platform, Sasha Alex Studio. We caught up with Sasha to be taught extra about her background and inspirations…
Inform us a bit about your self…
I’m a 27 12 months previous Pilates and Yoga teacher based mostly in London, however I like to journey round, instructing and sharing motion from stunning areas! I’ve been instructing in studios, at occasions and on retreats for about 7 years and I’m the proprietor of my on-line platform of 4 years, Sasha Alex Studio. I’ve a background in dance and fortunately found Yoga throughout some tough dance faculty years in London. Yoga rapidly grew to become a sanctuary for me, wherein I might deal with how motion felt over the way it seemed and on therapeutic my physique over punishing it. My best intention as an teacher is for others to expertise the ability of conscious and embodied motion too. I’m utterly in love with my work and the way it has related me to fantastic people, together with this group! I additionally love deep chats, the Huberman Lab podcast, chocolate orange (a lifelong obsession), sundown by the ocean, operating, espresso, psychology books and journey.
What does a typical day appear like for you?
I at all times begin my day with a ten minute meditation observe adopted by journaling with espresso. It’s got to the purpose the place my day simply doesn’t really feel proper with out it! I then could have a Yoga or Pilates observe at house earlier than performing some class prep, heading out to show at an occasion, to coach shoppers or engaged on my on-line studio, Sasha Alex Studio. About twice every week I energy prepare and sauna within the afternoon after which later within the day I might need calls, do some SA Studio video enhancing and social media posts. By early night I are likely to wind down by catching up with my associate, making a wholesome dinner and watching Netflix with some chocolate.
How did your Pilates journey start and what impressed you to grow to be a instructor?
Throughout my time at dance faculty round 10 years in the past we had ‘sculpt’ model lessons which weren’t dissimilar to up to date mat pilates and I had dabbled slightly on Youtube. Nevertheless at that time Yoga alone had my coronary heart and it wasn’t till just a few years into instructing Yoga and Barre, that I found a few inspiring instructors and developed a love for the depth and element of mat Pilates. I made a decision to coach in 2020 with STOTT Pilates and it turned out to be essentially the most transformative expertise when it comes to each my self observe and my high quality of instructing!
What impressed you to specialise in your observe?
I’ve a fascination with anatomy and with my dance background, having the ability to train efficient and exact alignment is vital to me. I particularly love up to date mat Pilates as a result of it permits the identical freedom on the mat as a Yoga observe can while being grounded in exact method based mostly on trendy anatomical analysis.
How have you ever seen your observe profit your college students?
In some ways! Bodily when it comes to higher physique consciousness, energy, flexibility, stability, coordination and having the ability to transfer with extra ease for all times. These bodily advantages typically result in decreased stress/higher nervous system regulation, extra focus and readability, extra self consciousness and self compassion, and most significantly I imagine, a way of being extra at house of their physique. I’ve had shoppers inform me how my lessons have remodeled their relationship with train, discovering that motion doesn’t have to be punishing to be efficient and that generally light motion is what we’d like most.
What’s your favorite quote or life motto?
‘Life is a stability between holding on and letting go’ – Rumi
What’s developing for you in 2024/2025?
I’m engaged on an app for the Sasha Alex Studio membership that can hopefully be able to launch by 2025 plus another new options. We even have the second SA Studio Tuscany Retreat in June 2025 which spots have been filling up for. Get in contact if you want to hitch us, this 12 months’s one was so magical! I even have some thrilling occasions with fantastic manufacturers to sit up for earlier than the 12 months ends in addition to instructing in Cyprus in early November!
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