Playful, intelligent and powerful hatha yoga on the earth.Taking to the sky in the Aerial Yoga hammock.
Online classes available at Eve's subscription site www.eveyoga.co.za
09/10/2025
This is a pep talk for everyone and especially us women, who sometimes struggle to step into our strength, power and beauty.
It doesn't matter how young or old you are, how much you earn, if your body is changing and you are finding it hard to adapt or if there's a little voice in your head that isn't as complimentary as it could be.
Let it go and own your incredible, powerful, miraculous healthy body. Do those things that feed your soul as often as you can. đź’—
27/09/2025
When we first begin to practice inverted poses, like monkey pose or hip hang in the Aerial Yoga hammock, many students feel immediate benefits. Our spines elongate, we feel refreshed and energised, yet calm and relaxed.
A 2014 study showed that yoga inversions improved blood flow to the middle cerebral artery, which supplies our brain. This increased circulation enhances many brain functions like concentration, memory and thinking ability. Yet there is another lesser-known benefit of hanging upside-down that I would like to delve into — its role in boosting our immune system. A healthy immune system helps counteract what many medical researchers believe is the cause of most chronic diseases—chronic inflammation.
Remember that our body is made up of around 60% water. By reversing our usual relationship to gravity, we divert the flow of essential body fluids from our feet towards our heads. This helps venous return, which is the flow of de-oxygenated blood from our lower body back towards our heart. It also assists with the drainage of a liquid that is vital to our immune system, our lymph.
Read more about this fascinating aspect of our immune system in my latest blog.
Link in bio.
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20/09/2025
Don't miss this opportunity to attend a free workshop with the lovely Tina Hopff, Kundalini Yoga teacher....
21/06/2024
This morning I watched the sun peek over silhouetted mountains as the longest night of the year faded into a lustrous dawn. I felt the sun's contemplative pause, before it slowly begins moving in the other direction, eventually taking us into warmer times.
Today is also the final day of the online Yoga Strength Journey that I have been guiding for the past 21 days to a group of more than 20 enthusiastic students.
This is the first journey of its kind that I have shared, with a new pre-filmed class being released daily to members on my website. I really didn't know how it would be received.
I am so greatful for the way my students embraced the whole process, while sharing their daily experiences of each class and encouraging each other with words and images from around the world. Students joined from different parts of South Africa as well as Europe. One yogi even took part from a catamaran moored in the Grenadines.
Here are some of their comments:
' I feel like I'm using muscles I forgot I had.'
'Such a gift and so divinely timed. You present it to us with such grace and clarity! Loving every moment of strength building'
'Yes! I concur with all the positive things said about the course and the love plus clarity put into making it. Thank you Eve! I really enjoy having you in my home on my mat on a daily basis and building the blocks piece by piece to a stronger body. '
'This has been such an enlightening journey for me! Can’t yet do a lot of it, but I am feeling progress.'
'So refreshing and so very exciting ! I learn something new each time.
Your teachings are filled with passion and wisdom and I observe how your knowledge is deeply embedded in your cellular memory, which comes from your own practice and creativity. '
I will be running a Level 2 Yoga Strength Journey in our spring for those who want to join the fun.
17/06/2024
Have you ever experienced SIJ problems?
Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain or tension is such a common issue affecting yoga practitioners and sportspeople. Sometimes, there is a feeling of tension or being 'stuck" on one side of the pelvis, close to the sacrum. Other times, this issue can lead to lower back spasms or pain and a feeling of misalignment.
In the next of my series of therapeutic yoga workshops, we will explore yoga and movement techniques that can soothe SIJ and resulting lower back issues.
Participants will learn self-massage techniques to unlock the tension that can contribute to these problems. We will also focus on simple, subtle stability work to improve muscular support for the pelvis and prevent recurring injury.
We will discuss the differing methods used in yoga to deal with SIJ problems as well as unpacking the anatomy of this beautiful joint that is crucial in every step we take.
Yoga students, as well as teachers and movement professionals and anyone experiencing pain or tension in this area, are welcome to join.
Sat 20 July
10am-1pm
The Space Between
Ticket prices:
Early Bird R350 (until 30 June)
General R395 (until 10pm on 18 July)
Last minute R450
Please book on The Space Between website or Fit app under Events.
09/06/2024
Here's something special for the Garden Route locals. The quiet season is the perfect time for self care.
We are offering a winter massage special at The Space Between from now until the end of August.
If you buy a package of 2 massages, you receive R100 discount on each. These massages can be booked until the end of August.
My winter special prices:
Thai Yoga Massage or
Osteo-Thai for better breathing
2 x 90 min R1400
2 x 120 min R1900
Chi Nei Tsang abdomimal massage
2 x 1-hour treatments R1200
To take advantage of the offer, please book your chosen therapy on The Space Between Plett website or Fit App. Choose a pricing option and select: Buy a pricing plan.
You are welcome to contact me with any questions or for assistance.
I do treatments on Mondays and Wednesdays but at this time of year I am flexible.
Love and inspiration
Eve
01/06/2024
It was yoga that first drew me to Thai Massage.
I had never studied massage or bodywork, then I visited Thailand in my early 20's and instantly felt an affinity with these supported yoga poses and gentle facilitated stretches.
In 2009 I returned to Thailand to take a course and have been offering this flowing dance to my clients ever since.
The facilitator practises yoga as we work on the client, who experiences something like the surrender of savasana along with therapeutic accupressure along the channels or Sen.
Furthermore, the energy channels described in Thai Massage originate from the nadis - yogic energy lines found throughout the body.
The wisdom of ayurveda was brought from India to Thailand, where it was fused with elements of Chinese medicine to create the soothing and rejuvenating treatment we know as traditional Thai Massage.
Here's a sneak peek at one of the latest beautiful images taken by the amazing Vanessa Brewer of Avo Photography.
Locals in Plett can look forward to a winter massage special that I will be offering, starting in June at The Space Between Plett.
22/05/2024
This is your sign to start the journey....
Something I find with teaching a weekly or twice weekly yoga class is that although students do become stronger, more flexible and confident, it happens slowly. If my students practice at home, they progress faster and further.
But frankly, If you are just attending a weekly yoga class and not unrolling your mat at home, you might find there is not much of a change or a shift in your body. Difficult poses remain difficult and there's sometimes a sense of stagnation.
I fell in love with yoga at a young age and just organically began to practice more and more frequently at home because it made me feel so good. As a university student, it helped me cope with academic pressure and the agony of having to sit and study or write assignments for hours. When I started working, it was how I would unwind after work, or set an intention for my day first thing in the morning. Now that I have a family, it allows me to preserve some precious time for myself. Mentally, physically and spiritually, yoga has nourished me for years. I want to encourage my students to discover that too.
That is why I have created the 21-Day Yoga Strength Journey. This is the time frame that helps create a new habit through daily repetition. Students will learn different aspects of yoga strength in each lesson, to lay the foundations for a safe, healthy and enjoyable home practice.
Receive daily encouragement and inspiration, learn more about your body as well as the anatomy invoved in getting stronger. Feel the effects of your practice ripple out into your day and into your life.
Yoga is so much more than just stretching. Join me to find your inner strength. Link in first comment below.
10/05/2024
I have something special for all the mothers out there, and really, for anyone who cares for others.
I will be filming a gentle, nurturing yoga class tomorrow. It will offer an opportunity to slow down, breathe and tune into the subtleties in your body.
What better way to nurture yourself?
Comment: Happy Mother's Day below and I will send you the link to the class recording as soon as it's available.
Love and inspiration, Eve.
19/04/2024
I have something to confess...
Forget handstands and arm balances—if you want to know which pose I find the most challenging at the moment, I have to say its savasana.
It wasn’t always this way. I used to savour a deep rest in this supine pose to complete my practice, but these days I always seem to find an excuse to skip it.
My logical mind is fully cognizant that in this frenetic era, laden with distractions and overstimulation, savasana is the perfect medicine for our fraught nervous systems. Yet I have become like many others in this time who are addicted to movement while avoiding stillness.
There is a ream of reasons as to why the practice of lying on our backs and resting without falling asleep is so incredibly beneficial...
I go into more detail about that in my latest blog (link in first comment below). It will reveal why I have decided to put energy into improving how often and in what way I plan to practice this incredible pose.
Do you practice savasana at home?
05/04/2024
It's one of those very photogenic days- stormy skies, silver-grey ocean, and a burst of colour in the fynbos. Feeling blessed to be able to teach in this beautiful space.
04/04/2024
Next weekend! Please note the time change because of the Two Oceans Marathon in the morning and resulting road closures.
There are just a few spaces left: Calling all yogis, movers, bodyworkers and anatomy geeks. Do you want to immerse yourself in a few hours of learning about the psoas in depth? Our exploration will range from anatomy theory to movement practice and will reveal some surprises about this fascinating part of the body.
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I was drawn to yoga in my teens because I felt it would focus and calm my mind for studying at school. It became a constant that accompanied me through university. At that point I was introduced to Scaravelli-inspired yoga in Brighton. It resonated so deeply with my whole being, like a sigh of relief for my body. This was a practice that embraced our imperfections, allowed creative exploration, but most importantly prioritised what felt right above achieving a perfect shape in space.
After graduation I immediately embarked on a yoga teacher training and have been following this calling ever since. After moving back to South Africa at age 29 I started teaching a weekly class at first in Storms River. I have now been teaching yoga in beautiful Plett since 2008.
In 2009 I went to Thailand and trained in Thai Yoga Massage. This has been a wonderful complement to yoga. I find I understand the body more deeply with touch and through movement. Balancing and working with Sen, Thai energy lines, has added a whole dimension to my practice. This gentle dance of therapist and receiver can give the calm, blissful experience of yoga to those who, for whatever reason, dont go to classes.
Aerial Yoga was a new passion that I discovered in 2015 and have been teaching for a couple of years. How incredible to feel the spine elongate and release through the support of this beautiful fabric. It makes once inaccessible poses very tangible and brings in a new sense of movement and momentum. Students have often exclaimed: “I feel like a kid in a playground!”
I continue to develop and learn more about the body through my constant regular yoga practice, study of anatomy and the workings of the mind. I love to share this with my students and have in the last few years worked quite intensively one-on-one with students who have particular illnesses, injuries or physical difficulties. It is a constant learning exchange between teacher and student, for which I am most grateful.
