Gillian W.

Unwind Massage & Wellness Studio

630 South Orange Avenue, Suite 103, Sarasota, FL, 34236

Gillian was introduced to yoga while completing high school in England. She was drawn to the transformative, therapeutic nature of the practice and continually sought classes through many moves and jobs. Landing in Miami in 1992 she attended classes in Iyengars alignment based yoga while attending massage therapy school. Enthralled by the ability of the body to revitalize and realign itself through the yoga practice she began teaching and attended workshops with Manuso Manos, Patricia Walden, Kevin Gardner, John Schumacher, and other senior Iyengar instructors. Gillian moved to Sarasota in 2001 with her husband, Cliff and took a hiatus from teaching to raise their two children, Sarsen and Reece. She more recently embraced the heartfelt Anusara Yoga style and enjoys how this complements her alignment based and massage training, bringing a fun expansive nature to her teaching. Gillians classes combine safe, therapeutic alignment-based instruction appropriate for all levels, simple breath work and a subtle intention to celebrate and express our spirit from inside out. Gillianapproaches each class like a mini workshop. In class students take apart the asana, engage the building blocks of the body and put it all back together feeling lighter, brighter and stronger. Her classes are appropriate for all ages and body types, students learn from what each bring to the class as an individual. Gillians vinyasa approach can help students explore old poses in new ways, move towards advanced variations, and be more mindful of transitions as well as the individual postures. Gillian offers individual massage therapy to complement one's exploration of body, heart and mind.