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about Balance Bec
My name is Rebecca Black. I am a lover of nature + mountain sports ~ an adventurer ~ a ponderer + a devoted nose breather. I am an experienced yoga teacher guiding movement, breathwork, meditation + energy management practices.
There was a time when my days were filled with boardrooms, deadlines + high heels. For years, I balanced both my teaching + corporate law career progressions, until the appetite for life, learning + integrity-driven success finally took the lead.
So in 2014, I breathed in the enormity of possibility, breathed out + consciously chose the wild, expansive path beyond the boardrooms.
Since then, I’ve learned again + again that the human body is remarkably resilient + intelligent — and that yoga is a powerful way to awaken that self-regulating wisdom within. It helps us check in, notice + support the body’s innate ability to repair, recover + heal.
My work is to support that inner intelligence. I offer practices + experiences that help you reconnect with your most grounded, capable, healthy + vibrant self:
CLASSES
Community Classes (€12-€15)
Private Group / Individual (from €80)
EVENTS + RETREATS
Mountain-focused wellbeing experiences designed to ground you deeply, connect you with yourself + others + create the clarity needed to expand your body, mind + sense of possibility.
WORKSHOPS /ATELLIERS
Deep dives into specific themes, techniques, or categories of yoga + their applications to support you off the mat in your day to day life or specific to your mountain sports performance.
IMMERSIONS
For teachers + experienced practitioners, including CE accreditation for Yoga Alliance members.
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‘IT’S ALL ABOUT BALANCE’
Finding balance + harmony in our lives, is a moment to moment challenge ~ balance in work, in our social world + in the quality of life we create.
So much lives in that balance: our health + fitness, intellectual growth, creative expression, emotional life, family life, finances, spiritual wellbeing + our relationships with ourselves, with others + with the world around us.
There are countless variables pulling + shaping us. No wonder Project Balance can feel like a wild ride.
Whether life feels synchronised or complex + messy, I turn to the natural world + the universal laws that govern it. They remind me what steadiness looks like.
Nature, in all its seasons, offers endless examples of rhythm, balance + synchronicity. Nature is balance.
And so I choose to live seasonally ~ in the French Alps ~ to experience life alongside nature’s gifts. To bloom when it blooms, to slow down or settle when it’s still, to adapt, learn + grow. To respect the process. To try, to fall (often), and to keep finding ways to thrive as a more balanced human being.
Yoga Influences
Snowboarding was my first mountain love, but by my mid-twenties my body began to feel the strain. I turned to yoga hoping to ease the aches, improve my flexibility + restore some balance.
Very quickly, I realised how physically unbalanced + mentally unfocused I actually was. I was really stiff, limited in many postures + unable to balance on my feet ~ never mind my hands. But something in me recognised the practice as good medicine, so I kept returning.
Over time, yoga became a regular ritual + offered the physical therapy I needed: greater flexibility, strength, proprioception + agility which translated directly to improve my snowboarding + mountain sports experience.
To my surprise, yoga gave me far more than a physical workout + enhanced sports performance. It introduced me to an equally powerful work-in ~ a space that offered mental clarity, stress regulation, energetic support, self-inquiry + a whole new adventure in conscious living.
I am Scottish, born to Scottish parents, though I spent most of my childhood abroad ~ living between the Netherlands, the Middle East + the Far East before settling in Scotland turning 16. These early cross-cultural experiences deeply influence my worldview, my practice + the way I teach
My teachings + practice are further shaped + refined by a variety of studies in the science of yoga + meditation, pranayama, yoga for sports + athletes, yoga for kids, Myofascial Release, Yoga Medicine®, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qi Gong, 5 element Seasonal Flow, Sivananda (Hatha), Vinyasa, Kundalini, Yin + Forrest yoga; Functional Anatomy, Hands-on Adjustments, Acupressure, Ayurvedic studies, Meditation, Breathwork, Numerology, Astrology + Reiki.
I practice yoga through the lens of these influences ~ applying the methods, insights, + theories that have proven effective + are alive in my own experience.
I teach yoga as a blend of ancient + modern roots, inviting students to explore practices that offer real, practical benefit in the fullness of todays world + modern life.
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I believe yoga is a powerful tool for cultivating a balanced body + mindset ~ helping us navigate life’s stresses + strains while guiding us toward a more purposeful way of living. The best part? Yoga is accessible to everyone, at any stage of life.
Sharing this practice in the mountains throughout the seasons is what I am most passionate about.
Over the last 17 years, I have developed a style of yoga designed to support + complement mountain sports + lifestyle, while keeping us in tune with seasonal mountain energies. I call it Mountain Yoga.
Mountain Yoga blends the ancient wisdom of Hatha yoga, lessons from Nature, Traditional Chinese Medicine, the 5 elements + cosmic cycles with modern science-based tools ~ functional anatomy, neuro-centric approaches to movement, mindfulness + wellbeing.
Having trained as a snowboard instructor (Level 2 under the Canadian system) in 2009, I integrate snowboarding teaching methodologies into the yoga practice to enhance skills, awareness + balance both on + off the snow.
For me, yoga + mountain sports coexist naturally ~ weaving my interests, passions, + work together to support wellbeing in mountain life.
In winter, our mountain yoga practice is called Snowga, practiced mainly indoors with on-snow sessions when the weather allows. In summer, we take our practice out of the studio to the great outdoors, to various stunning mountain-scapes where we can tap into the energy of the mountains + the power of nature.
Read more about SNOWGA HERE
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