ANNALISA GIOIA JOURNEY TO YOGA & SOUND

Annalisa’s aims to create space and time to reconnect with the true self, tuning inwards & restoring balance and harmony to the body & mind.

ABOUT ANNALISA

Annalisa is a Yoga teacher, Sound & Energy Healer, and mother of two. Yoga and sound meditation combined have restored balance to her life more than she could have ever imagined and Annalisa is now on a journey to share this knowledge with others.

 Recently completed her training as a Sound & Energy Healer with Charlie Christie at Thyme with Charlie. Annalisa is CPD and CMA certified in Extended Principles of Sound & Energy Healing.

 Charlie is a renowned sound and energy healer who shared her incredible insights passed down by shamanic healers in Nepal. I use Tibetan singing bowls that have been carefully sourced in Nepal and crafted by a 300-year linage of healers. Tibetan bowls are a beautiful multi-phonic instrument that take you on a journey of self-discovery, realisation, healing and deep relaxation.

Annalisa’s yoga journey started back in 2005 when she first discovered Hatha yoga. Over the past 20 years, and has practiced Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Restorative and Kundalini. Annalisa is inspired by these ancient teachings and the wisdom they hold. She has been fortunate enough to have practiced with Gregor Maehle, Monica Gauci and David Keil drawing inspiration from their teachings.

Drawn to learn more and deepen her practice of yoga, Annalisa embark on my 200hr Level 1 with Yoga Alliance and completed YTT training with Charlotte Anderson Sumner in Vinyasa. Training included in-depth knowledge of The Yoga Sutras, The Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita. Annalisa believe’s these scriptures support us beyond the mat in our day-to-day life and weaves this through her classes. 

  • " I found that Annalisa was really in tune with my abilities, giving reassurance and encouragement so I could do poses I didn't think I was capable of. I don't think I have had a yoga teacher who incorporates the philosophy of the practise into the class and personally, I found this helped me to connect with the practise in each session. I would happily do yoga with Annalisa and highly recommend her classes".

    Gursharn - Student

  • "Annalisa's classes have been a fascinating exploration of the spirituality of yoga. She's an incredibly caring, attentive and detail-oriented teacher, with every class carefully prepared and beautifully set up with bolsters, blocks, blankets and everything we might need for our practice. Though I've been to several other yoga classes over the years, this is the first where a teacher has shown such care in explaining the philosophy of yoga alongside the physical movements."

    Catherine - Student

  • ‘The classes always comes as a welcome break in the week. Annalisa's classes are thoughtful, focused and ultimately restorative. She teaches with kindness and without judgement, it’s wonderful’ 

    Lucy - Student

  • “I loved the Autumn flow to restore course with Annalisa. It was my first time back in the yoga studio for some time and the class was the perfect combination of movement and relaxation. Annalisa is great at guiding us all – giving adaptations and options along the way and I really rate her very personal style of teaching.”

    Alice - Student

YOGA & SOUND JOURNEY

Music and art have played a big part Annalisa’s life and career as a Fashion Designer. Annalisa is also classically trained in music, drawn to the profound effects of music since she was a child. Using music as a tool to support with neurodiversity and this has led Annalisa on to a journey of self-enquiry through yoga & sound meditation.

 

Annalisa love’s to guide practitioners on a journey of self-discovery by connecting to the physical body, the breath, and the inner self. Her passion is to use both yoga and sound meditation to support clients to find that inner stillness that we all crave in modern life, allowing them to align with who they truly are, and to restore balance and harmony in their lives.

‘The Self, pure awareness, shines as the light within the heart, surrounded by senses. Only seeming to think, seeming to move, the self neither sleeps nor wakes nor dreams’

— The Upanishads Commentary by Eknatha Easwaran