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 several hundreds of individuals, she is interested in exploring how our internal physiological systems and external societal structures alter, mirror or betray each other. In her practice, she experiments with self-taught, intuitive methods across different mediums, venturing into the body as a container, receptor, and feedback marker all at once—a dynamic field for observing the interconnectedness of all things.
Simultaneously emotional and technical, spiritual and ecological, individual and relational, her fluid pedagogy is ever evolving, avoiding categorisation. Using breath intelligently alongside a subtle approach to movement, her teaching is non-hierarchical yet precisely guided, filled with playful imagery, fostering accessible sources of knowledge, agency, plurality 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 several hundreds of individuals, she is interested in exploring how our internal physiological systems and external societal structures alter, mirror or betray each other. In her practice, she experiments with self-taught, intuitive methods across different mediums, venturing into the body as a container, receptor, and feedback marker all at once—a dynamic field for observing the interconnectedness of all things.
Simultaneously emotional and technical, spiritual and ecological, individual and relational, her fluid pedagogy is ever evolving, avoiding categorisation. Using breath intelligently alongside a subtle approach to movement, her teaching is non-hierarchical yet precisely guided, filled with playful imagery, fostering accessible sources of knowledge, agency, plurality and collective responsibility.
photo ©Johanne_Issa, 2015