ERIKA SHAPIRO
TEACHER TRAINER


About Erika Shapiro
Erika is a Senior Yoga Teacher, registered with Yoga Alliance Professionals. She teaches Vinyasa flow, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga, meditation and mindfulness in the context of group classes, private tuition, corporate workshops and well-being days and teacher trainings, for those wishing to embark on the path of teaching yoga.
Erika is the lead teacher on the teaching team, she writes content and supports the creation of value added educational online content for teachers. She teaches on the 200 hour programme, as well as on the advanced teacher training.
Erika is passionate about sharing the power that a yoga and meditation practice can unleash within us, helping us live a healthier, fuller, more balanced and attuned life. Her yoga classes are non-dogmatic and encourage students to find their own way of practicing within their range of motion and ability. Her classes are challenging both physically and mentally, but at the same time accessible and inclusive. Erika is a true teacher and is interested in sharing her love of yoga, meditation, mindfulness and Eastern Philosophy to facilitate clients learning and growing in their practice, under her experienced guidance.
Erika qualified as a 500 hour RYT yoga teacher in 2009 with the Art of Contemporary Yoga (registered with Yoga Alliance US), under the guidance of Joanne Avison (author of Yoga: Fascia, Anatomy and Movement), Alex Filmer-Loch (Author, teacher, therapist) and Linda D’Antal (founder of Treehouse Yoga).
She has continued her training path since and qualifying with Bo Forbes completing her Integrated Yoga Therapeutics online training as well as graduating on a 200 hour meditation, stress management, applied philosophy and eastern psychology Training with Alexander Filmer-Loch from Inside Meditation.
Erika has studied yin yoga and restorative yoga over the years attending workshops with Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers at Triyoga and completing her advanced Yin training with Norman Blair.
Erika is trained in pre and post-natal yoga and with Sally Parkes Yoga and also holds a foundation certificate in Psychotherapy and Counselling.