Yalda Younes came to dance by chance, to yoga through injury, and to experimental work by way of breath.
She trained in flamenco in Spain, primarily with Israel Galván in Seville; in yoga practice, philosophy and therapy at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai; and in video and electronic arts between ALBA in Beirut and ESEC in Paris. She also followed Klein Technique™ classes with Hannah Hegenscheidt in Berlin, and a Fire & Water® WATSU course with Shinzo Fujimaki in Madrid.
Having had the privilege of cultivating intimate relationships with the breath of hundreds of individuals, she became interested in exploring how internal physiological systems and external societal structures mirror, betray, or sustain each other. In her practice, she experiments with self-taught, intuitive methods across different mediums, venturing into the body as an ever-changing receptor, container, and feedback marker: a dynamic lens for witnessing the interconnectedness and impermanence of all things, and the ways we resist, respond to, or accept change.
Simultaneously emotional and technical, spiritual and political, individual and relational, Yalda’s fluid pedagogy is continuously evolving, resisting categorization. Her teaching is precise and patient, rich in playful imagery, fostering self-knowledge, contentment, grace, agency, and collective responsibility.
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She trained in flamenco in Spain, primarily with Israel Galván in Seville; in yoga practice, philosophy and therapy at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai; and in video and electronic arts between ALBA in Beirut and ESEC in Paris. She also followed Klein Technique™ classes with Hannah Hegenscheidt in Berlin, and a Fire & Water® WATSU course with Shinzo Fujimaki in Madrid.
Having had the privilege of cultivating intimate relationships with the breath of hundreds of individuals, she became interested in exploring how internal physiological systems and external societal structures mirror, betray, or sustain each other. In her practice, she experiments with self-taught, intuitive methods across different mediums, venturing into the body as an ever-changing receptor, container, and feedback marker: a dynamic lens for witnessing the interconnectedness and impermanence of all things, and the ways we resist, respond to, or accept change.
Simultaneously emotional and technical, spiritual and political, individual and relational, Yalda’s fluid pedagogy is continuously evolving, resisting categorization. Her teaching is precise and patient, rich in playful imagery, fostering self-knowledge, contentment, grace, agency, and collective responsibility.
photo ©Johanne_Issa, 2015