Children, Families and Schools Teaching Dru Yoga since 2010, and Mindfulness since 2016, Erika is dedicated to sharing practices for assisting her students everyday lives. Erika is dedicated to sharing practices and tools with both adults and children that can help them in their everyday lives. Erika aims to live by yoga perspectives - living from a place of connection, presence and compassion. She has trained in teaching children yoga and mindfulness, and has been teaching children since 2012. Erika truly values each individual – adults and children alike. With a deep respect for the ancient yoga tradition and practice of mindfulness, Erika aims to offer her students inspiration and empowerment, with a sense of fun and a down-to-earth approach. Her teaching is inspired by the practices that have helped her so much in cultivating a sense of inner peace and inspiration in her own life. Her yoga teaching has grown alongside of her journey of motherhood and her children continually teach her to be present and grateful. Erika aims to integrate yoga perspectives into everything she does - joyful, mindful parenting and relating; living from a place of connection, presence and compassion; and truly valuing each individual. Erika is also passionate about the practice of mindfulness and has post-graduate training in teaching yoga and mindfulness to children. She completed training with Mindful Schools in 2016 with the aim of teaching mindfulness to children in schools. Through this, she discovered a deep learning and wisdom within mindfulness, and an understanding of mindfulness as a distinct practice, though with similarities to yoga. She then integrated mindfulness into all her teaching and includes a specific mindfulness component in her classes. Her work with, and program for schools is centered around the wellbeing components of the NSW school curriculum/syllabus. Erika offers both adults and children practices and tools that are practical as well as inspiring, with the aim that these can be easily applied into her students everyday lives.
