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I’m a 27 12 months outdated Pilates and Yoga teacher based mostly in London, however I like to journey round, instructing and sharing motion from lovely areas!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 troublesome dance faculty years in London. Yoga rapidly grew to become a sanctuary for me, wherein I may concentrate on how motion felt over the way it seemed and on therapeutic my physique over punishing it. My best goal as an teacher is for others to expertise the ability of conscious and embodied motion too. I’m fully in love with my work and the way it has related me to great people, together with this neighborhood! 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 to be for you?
I at all times begin my day with a ten minute meditation apply 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 may have a Yoga or Pilates apply at residence earlier than performing some class prep, heading out to show at an occasion, to coach purchasers or engaged on my on-line studio, Sasha Alex Studio. About twice every week I power practice and sauna within the afternoon after which later within the day I may need calls, do some SA Studio video modifying and social media posts. By early night I are likely to wind down by catching up with my accomplice, making a wholesome dinner and watching Netflix with some chocolate.
How did your Pilates journey start and what impressed you to change into a instructor?
Throughout my time at dance faculty round 10 years in the past we had ‘sculpt’ type lessons which weren’t dissimilar to modern mat pilates and I had dabbled just a little on Youtube. Nonetheless 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 probably the most transformative expertise by way of each my self apply and my high quality of instructing!
What impressed you to focus on your apply?
I’ve a fascination with anatomy and with my dance background, with the ability to educate efficient and exact alignment is necessary to me. I particularly love modern mat Pilates as a result of it permits the identical freedom on the mat as a Yoga apply can while being grounded in exact approach based mostly on fashionable anatomical analysis.
How have you ever seen your apply profit your college students?
In some ways! Bodily by way of larger physique consciousness, power, flexibility, stability, coordination and with the ability to transfer with extra ease for all times. These bodily advantages usually result in decreased stress/higher nervous system regulation, extra focus and readability, extra self consciousness and self compassion, and most significantly I consider, a way of being extra at residence of their physique. I’ve had purchasers inform me how my lessons have reworked their relationship with train, discovering that motion doesn’t should be punishing to be efficient and that typically light motion is what we want 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 affix us, this 12 months’s one was so magical! I even have some thrilling occasions with great manufacturers to look ahead to earlier than the 12 months ends in addition to instructing in Cyprus in early November!
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