About
MIND BODY ZONE hosts classes, workshops and retreats in Yoga, Pilates, and Mindfulness.
Owner Louise Wallis has been teaching movement for over 20 years. (Scroll down for bio, qualifications & training).
Join Louise for a Flow & Glow Vegan Yoga Retreat in Dorset over the May Day bank holiday weekend: Fri 3rd - Mon 6th May 2019.
"My first authentic experience of Yoga was in India in 2004", says Louise. "It was part of the regime at the Nature Cure hopsital where I was speaking - along with a vegan diet - and worked wonders for the residents, including me. I've been vegan for 36 years, and that was the first time I'd seen Yoga and a vegan diet used together. This approach is now my specialism, as the two practices are a match made in heaven. There's a synergy, and combining them is a powerful prescription - grounding and empowering us to reclaim our bodies, minds, and ultimately our lives"
Louise created World Vegan Day in 1994 and co-founded Karamel, the Time Out award-winning vegan restaurant and music venue in North London in 2014.
In 2018, with fellow vegan Yoga teacher Rachel Spain, she co-founded Veganahata, an events company promoting Yoga and veganism via talks, retreats and workshops. The name is a fusion of vegan and anahata (the heart chakra).
Louise performs under the name Luminous, as a DJ and singer (in the band Luminous Frenzy) and was named one of the 'World's Top 100 Female DJs' in the first list of its kind by Shejay magazine.
TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING:
- Yin Yoga: Minds, Meridians & Moments with Norman Blair (Yoga Campus) June 2018
- Yoga Nidra intensive with Ben Wolff (Finchley Yoga) June 2018
- Teaching Yoga as a Therapy for Those with Anxiety & Burnout Syndrome (Mandala Yoga Ashram) April 2018
- Garuda Matwork Foundation - Teacher Training (Garuda Academy) March 2016
- Yoga Teacher Training (Vinyasa Flow with Mollie McClelland Morris - Yoga Alliance certified 200 hours) March 2015
- Pilates Level 3 Diploma (Future Fit Training) 2012
- Pilates Progressions (Mat Work) Advanced Level (Future Fit Training) 2007
- Pilates Progressions (Mat Work) Improver Level (Future Fit Training) 2007
- Pilates Teacher Training (Future Fit Training) 2007
- Dance Leader in the Community: Level 1 Certificate (Sports Council/Arts Council) 1997
- Exercise to Music - Teacher Training (Royal Society of Arts) 1996
Louise is a member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists, through which she holds public liability insurance.
