Floriane Palmier
My teaching style: Iyengar yoga forever! Because it is so complete that it can answer all our needs. As a teacher, I have only one goal: help the student to develop their self-awareness and to empower them. I know yoga is a transformative practice, because I went through many stages and I keep on practicing and evolving. I can testify yoga is accessible to everyone, because I had no particular predisposition so I can really understand what the students are facing. I’ve been a dedicated yoga student for over 15 years and have more than 1000 Hr training, I’m a certified Junior Intermediate 3 Iyengar®️ yoga teacher and love sharing my experience.
When I teach, I am there to help every student to experience confidence, energy, breathing, the feeling of oneness, support and perseverance. Practicing yoga in not a performance, it’s an experience and you don’t know how good it could be unless you start practicing.
About me: I was born and raised in South of France, as a child I was very close to nature and loved to lie down in the grass feeling the heat of the sun and the breath of the wind on the skin (what I always do as often as possible).
My first contact with yoga came through a book, that I bought in the 90’s when I was studying at university, but I missed a teacher. I finally found yoga when I was working in Paris in the financial field as a wealth manager, I wanted to learn yoga and to cope with the high level of stress of my job. I’ve tried several yoga classes, without feelings any special connection, but then I took my first Iyengar yoga class, and I still remember the emotion of that moment. I was hooked. I quickly started feeling the transformative effects through a regular practice and loved this impression of becoming me. I’m grateful to my teacher who encouraged me to develop a self-practice because whatever happens it’s always with me and I never feel lost.
I am very loyal and stable, Julien and I have been sailing together on the moving ocean of life for more than 23 years and we have been married since 2002.
I am inspired by: Artists - especially musicians who share with others their inner world, their vibration.
Guilty pleasure: Chocolate, coffee and superheroes… even if I don’t feel guilty about that.
Favorite food: Indian food
Most memorable yoga experience: It was during a convention, we started the session with Uttānāsana and stayed, stayed, and stayed and I thought, “that’s a long Uttānāsana”, so I started looking at the clock. After a long time, the teacher said, “if you think you can’t stay longer, then surrender to god,” and we stayed even longer. When we came back, 10 minutes after I started looking at the clock, I felt regenerated and completely at peace.