About me

Frederique Sardais, Yoga teacher Yoga Alliance 500 (Yoga Arts, Byron Bay, 2001), Adaptive Yoga teacher and teacher trainer ( Matthew Sanford, Mind Body Solutions, Min, USA)

In 2000 I travelled to Australia to dedicate 9 months to becoming a Classical Hatha Yoga teacher. I have had the joy and privilege of teaching for over 19 years, whilst also having the pleasure of remaining a student and learning from deeply inspiring teachers.

My areas of specialist training are: classical yoga, adaptive yoga (for people living with disabilities, trauma, disconnect) in the lineage of Matthew Sanford and Mind Body Solutions, peri-natal yoga (Birthlight Trust trained), varied yoga therapy modules.

Yoga brings me an incredible tool for self-care, whether to help me manage physical pain, the mental stresses of life, a changing body through pregnancy, living through grief or early stages of menopause, my practice has remained a great source of stability.

At the heart of my teaching is the wish to guide you to a greater place of ease, in body, mind, spirit. All done with a good dose of humour and light heartedness wrapped in years of expertise in my field. This is why I am so passionate about sharing the gift of Yoga with everyone, irrelevant of age, health and social circumstances.

In 2018, I returned to the States with 2 yoga teacher colleagues to personally train with Matthew Sanford and the Mind Body Solutions team. We were trained to start offering the Opening Yoga to Everyone professional training in adaptive yoga to teachers across Europe, a training so far only available in the USA.

In 2019 i trained in Aerial Yoga after 7 years of using the sling for personal use. I love how aerial yoga offers a combination of playfulness and scope for deep therapeutic release. I currently run monthly aerial yoga workshops in a stunning yoga studio near Chinnor, OXON J6 on m40 (see fb page YogiFredee for updates).

I am also qualified in Deep Tissue Holistic Massage and Vibrational Fascia Release Technique.

Being able to offer massage as well as a yoga has added a more wholesome dimension to my approach to wellness. Massage treatments with me are a blend of all my years of expertise with the body and movement through yoga and bringing informed touch to each person who comes to me. I love to find the balance between bringing relief, lasting change to problem areas and using the art of touch to create an overall state of deep relaxation and ease. I’ve had years of keen interest in the importance of healthy fascia for good fluid mobility and overall health and well-being. This therapeutic approach works amazingly well in conjunction with my yoga skills. Get in touch to arrange a treatment.

I live in Marlow, Bucks with my gorgeous daughter Maellys.

MY QUALIFICATIONS

CERTIFIED HATHA YOGA TEACHER (YOGA ALLIANCE 500) YOGA ARTS, BYRON BAY, 2001 (Astanga and Hatha Yoga with Louisa Sears, Glenn Ceresoli and Matthew Sweeney)

CERTIFIED BIRTHLIGHT PERI-NATAL YOGA TEACHER
(pregnancy and post-natal with Birthlight Founder Francoise Barbira Freedman), London, 2008

YOGA THERAPY FOUNDATION COURSE
Yoga Biomedical Trust, London, 2008.

YOGA AS THERAPY TRAINING
(with Doug Keller) Yoga Campus London, 2009

ADAPTIVE YOGA TEACHER: “OPENING YOGA TO EVERYONE”,  ADAPTIVE YOGA CERTIFICATE LEVEL 1 (2012) & 2 (2013) MIND BODY SOLUTIONS, Mn, USA (with Mind Body Solutions founder Matthew Sanford).

SPECIAL YOGA FOR CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA AND DYSPRAXIA CERTIFICATE, 2015,

SPECIAL YOGA FOUNDATION
(with Founder Jo Manuel) London

CERTIFIED AERIAL YOGA TEACHER 2019, by Aerial Yoga London, Richard Holroyd.

CERTIFIED VFRT THERAPIST (VIBRATIONAL FASCIA RELEASE TECHNIQUE) 2019, NEHC Academy, USA. A bodywork therapy focusing on pain relief through the fascia using the vibration and pressure of weighted tuning forks.

LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA IN HOLISTIC AND DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE

2020 Jing Advanced Massage Training, Brighton, UK.