About Us

Amanda Corsi is the founder of Docklandsyoga and retreats. The company was created in 2010. Born from the idea that in such a fast and stressful environment yoga could create an oasis of rest for city workers.

Through the years it has developed from just one  yoga class in a community centre to providing yoga and Pilates to the worlds biggest bank from Morgan Stanley to Citigroup... To London most exclusive gyms and to retreats around the UK and Europe.

A senior yoga teacher and a 500 hrs registered teacher under Yoga Alliance  UK. Amanda  has been studying  yoga and Pilates for over 20 years. She is also certified Stott Pilates instructor.

She has studied with some of the most experienced teacher in the world including Judith Hanson Lasater, Bernie Clark, Alex Medin, Jason Cradell and  Sarah Powers. She regularly travels to Europe, Asia and the US to take the right course with the appropriate teacher, keeping her updated and becoming one of the best in her line of work.

Amanda founded Docklandsyoga in 2010. As a former investment banker professional she discovered the importance yoga can have in order to counteract a stressful job and also to rebalance the physical body after many hours spend at a desk. 

She is now one of the most established teacher in Canary Wharf.  Her corporate clients include Morgan Stanley,  Commerzbank, Citigroup, Clifford Chance, Barclays.

Amanda is a permanent yoga and Pilates teacher at Europe’s largest  luxury health club www.thirdspace.london

One  of the few teachers in the UK to have been certified by Bernie Clark in Vancouver to teach Yin yoga and a level 2 teacher  with Sarah Powers.

http://www.yinyoga.com/yin_teacher_directory.php#London

She is also a fully certified restorative yoga teacher having completed her teacher training with Judith Lasater

http://www.restorativeyogateachers.com/#home/teacher-details/57fcc4c9b551c0d11ed5d2cb/

Her teaching style reflects her wealth of knowledge, her enthusiasm and her passion for movement, health and anatomy. Her classes are focused on anatomical alignment and precision to maximise their benefits. They are vigourous and challenging but never forgetting the importance of enjoying it, having fun and practising with a smile.

Patricia is an enthusiastic and passionate Pilates teacher and Personal trainer who started her fitness career over a 10 years ago, but she developed her movement skills through dance, gymnastics, and strength training already during her childhood and teenage years.
She likes to share her knowledge of the workings of the mind and body to help people to improve their physique and overall well-being, but above all she wants her participants to have fun.

Bea started her yoga journey in 1999 as part of her dance and movement training. During her career in the performing arts, her regular yoga practice helped her  to grow a healthier and more sensible body, able to quickly recover and prevent from injury. 

Bea has developed her studies  at the Himalaya Yoga Valley, with founder Lalit Kumar, studying traditional Yoga systems such as Yoga Nidra, Raja Yoga and Hatha, rooted in the Ashtanga tradition; furthered her training in England at the Yogacampus, specialising in Prenatal yoga with Uma Dismore- Tuli; and at The Yoga Clinic, with Alexandra Cat in Trauma Clinic Trauma Sensitive Yoga, (TCTSY, 20hrs foundation course).