Zael is a yoga therapist and educator based between London and Florianópolis.

Zael began her yoga teacher training in 2019 while working as a secondary school teacher. She fell in love with moving at a slower, gentler pace. Teaching yoga to staff and students became a much-needed contrast to the stress and demands of education. She could carve out space for safe, playful exploration and give permission for dysregulated, overwhelmed bodies to rest.

She is a Yoga Therapist, Supervisor and Integrative Psychotherapist trainee with The Minded Institute (NCIP-certified). She completed further qualifications in Yoga Therapy for Children's and Adolescent Health, Perinatal Health, and Chair Yoga. She is working towards her 820-hour certification to become an internationally accredited yoga therapist.

Her roles as a teacher, yoga therapist and integrative psychotherapist trainee mean she's adept at holding a safe container where people can practise new skills and feel encouraged to carry them into everyday life and relationships. Throughout her career she has supported, motivated, and celebrated small wins with young people, and in her coaching and mentoring relationships.

Yoga offers a philosophy and practical tools to notice our patterns and become more attuned to sensation: the tightness of dread in the abdomen, stiffness in shoulders, or tension held in the hips. Over time, we learn to breathe and move in ways that soften the belly, fill the lower lungs, and expand the space between the collarbones, helping us stand taller from strong foundations.

The yoga Zael teaches and practises is always trauma-informed and grounded in ahimsa: kindness toward every part of ourselves, so we can extend outwards to those we care for, work with, and live beside.