I'm Mercedes. Yoga teacher, coach and founder of Yeotown. This is where I share my own retreats, classes and coaching, and where you can find your way to Yeotown.
My days are now mostly spent running the Yeotown spaces I founded, but yoga is where my journey into health and wellbeing began, and it's still where I feel most at home. My full spectrum Vinyasa Flow classes are creative, flowing and playful, with sequences that build towards those "almost there" moments.
Each practice is inspired by Positive Psychology and a single character strength, such as Curiosity, Zest or Patience, to create more space, levity and strength in both the body and the being. Whether you're new to the mat or teach yourself, there's always a way in.
Five days of full spectrum Vinyasa Flow, breathwork, hidden waterfalls, natural pools and wild swimming on the island I call home.
Begin the year on the mat at Yeotown Devon: full spectrum Vinyasa Flow, a coastal hike and nourishing food, from £950 all inclusive.
Immersive daily Vinyasa and evening practice at Malabar Hill, a jungle hilltop hideaway above Weligama Bay, with surf guided by Simon. One week only.
I hold a Diploma in Coaching from the University of Cambridge and a certification in Applied Positive Psychology Coaching. My one-to-one coaching focuses on strengths, career and job crafting, and the realities of building a life and a business while raising a family. My roster is currently full, but you're welcome to join the waitlist.
Every session begins with my Y.O.G.A. model: a few minutes of breath and movement to settle the body before we get to the heart of things.
We don't retreat. We don't reset. We realign.
Yeotown began on a farm in North Devon and has grown into a family of award-winning spaces dedicated to feeling strong in body and clear in mind. Outdoors and active every day, with nourishing chef-cooked food, it's not just working out but working inwards.
Where it all began, in the hills and on the coastal paths of North Devon.
Our island haven above Arco da Calheta, among fruit orchards and ocean views.
Food for complete wellbeing at our restaurants in Bayswater and Paddington,
Born in Ottawa, I found yoga at university in California and went on to train with teachers around the world, including a 500 hour training with Shiva Rea. In London I became one of the UK's leading Vinyasa Flow teachers, at triyoga and beyond, before co-founding Yeotown with my husband Simon.
Today I divide my time between Devon, Madeira and London with Simon and our two girls.
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