04/12/2025
Hi, I’m Adriana, and I’m the person behind this project. At first, I didn’t want my name or face to be prominent, but friends – and a bit of gentle pressure from followers 😅 – have encouraged me to say hello.
For me, yoga is the ongoing practice of recognising that everything around us is constantly changing, and that clinging too tightly to what will inevitably shift brings suffering. Learning to loosen my grip has brought a real sense of freedom. Often this understanding doesn’t arrive as a thought, but through practice itself: in a quiet moment after class, in a few steady breaths that soften the day, in experiencing the body as a doorway into self-discovery.
Sol Centre is a labour of love born from this. I dream of creating a place where people can move, breathe, rest, and slowly come to trust their own experience. A place to build community, to train teachers, and to help people find a little more light through yoga ✨🙏🏽
I come from a small city in Bolivia 🇧🇴 and have been living in North London, near Sol Centre, for over 18 years. My grandparents were pioneers in opening a public sauna in their city. I grew up loving saunas; after we moved to a bigger city in my teens, my mum would take me every week to her favourite one, and I kept this ritual all through university. When I moved to the UK, it was surprisingly hard to find a sauna that wasn’t inside a gym, and the idea of creating a space that brought together yoga and sauna began to grow quietly in the background.
Combining these two things I love – yoga and saunas – feels like a dream come true. I hope the community will support us and that we can grow and thrive together.
Alongside teaching, I’m also a yoga scholar and researcher. I trained with the British Wheel of Yoga, completed an MA in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation at SOAS, and I’m now a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the Open University, focusing on yoga. These studies inform my teaching, but they sit behind a simpler wish: to offer a space where people feel welcome, seen, and able to explore practice in their own way.
I truly can’t wait to open our doors.
With love,
Adriana
