Lisa Haylock · Teacher · Lifelong student

Yoga has been a steady thread in my life—a practice of presence, healing, and deep listening. After several years of dedicated practice, a longing for deeper understanding led me to India and Nepal, where I spent six months immersed in study and tradition. I completed my initial 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at the World Peace Yoga School in Rishikesh and later found my primary teacher, Yogacharya Bharath Shetty, in Mysore.

Since then, I have returned to Mysore multiple times for continued study and advanced training. These experiences continue to inform my relationship with practice—rooted in tradition, shaped by lived experience, and always evolving.

Yoga, to me, is far more than physical movement. It is a way of making peace—with the body, the breath, the present moment, and the world we inhabit. At its heart, yoga is a personal practice: one that supports steadiness through change and offers a way to return to what is essential.

My teaching has always emphasized accessibility, sensitivity, and self-inquiry. I value practices that are grounding rather than performative, supportive rather than forceful, and rooted in awareness rather than achievement. Whether through movement, breath, stillness, or reflection, my intention is to create space for connection—within oneself and with the teachings themselves.

Eight Limbs Yoga was born from this understanding: that practice is not something we perfect, but something we return to, again and again.