Jivani Yoga Studio

Hello and Welcome to Jivani Yoga!

I’m Emma, the Founder of Jivani Yoga and Director and primary teacher of our programs. What began for me over 15 years ago as a purely physical practice, has grown in previously unimagined ways to become my life’s work and the fulfillment of my heart’s true calling. This path has taken me all over the world studying and teaching yoga & healing arts, connecting with all kinds of wonderful and interesting people and bringing more purpose to my life than I had ever dreamed possible.

After more than 10 years based in Asia, I now mainly split my time between Thailand, Northern Ireland and Southern California. Without a constant base, this website is becoming my virtual home studio. Here you will find details of our retreats and yoga teacher training programs around the world, including teacher bios, video testimonials and our Jivani Experience videos.

This website is growing and will soon feature a selection of virtual classes, online study opportunities and an exciting new mentoring program, so enjoy looking around, get in touch with any inquiries you may have, and come back to visit us again soon!Emma is a revolutionary teacher. Her vast knowledge and experience of yoga allows her to share with passion and truth. She is so real and so honest that you can’t help but let yourself be fully seen too. The Jivani team holds a space that enables you to feel safe enough to break and to feel loved, accepted and supported through the ups and downs of transformation and growth.” Corinne Kagan

About Jivani

Jivani is a Hindi word meaning ‘Becomes the Life’ or ‘Life Story’Most of us know when yoga came into our lives. Whether it was parental influence or an accidental introduction, we can easily remember the first class we attended and what it was that hooked us in. What is not so easy, is determining when yoga stops being merely a physical practice, and becomes something much more.

There is an energy that comes through yoga and it is one of undeniable and unavoidable transformation. Asana tends to be the gateway; you might start off on the mat chasing the holy grail of open hamstrings, but somewhere along the line as the great sage Bill Hicks would say, your third eye starts to squidgy clean, you become aware of your conditioning and learned beliefs and see how many of them make no sense. Your world view changes and with it your relationships with your loved ones, your lifestyle and your self. Yogi’s invariably come into contact with many other healing arts that permeate their being and it becomes harder and less important to define exactly what yoga is. At some point yoga simply becomes your life. This is the essence of Jivani Yoga.

We offer Yoga Alliance registered 200 & 300/500hr residential Teacher Training programs in paradise locations. They are invitations to join a deeply connected community and to be completely immersed in a personal journey of yoga and healing. A chance to pause, reflect upon your path til now and if your soul asks for it, to change your life story. To find your voice and let your heart sing your deepest truth, far away from the limiting beliefs of the tribe. Open hamstrings may be optional, transformation is not.