I started Floating Yoga & Wellness School after working in the yoga and wellness industries for many years. I've helped run a super successful yoga studio in San Diego, the biggest paddle yoga company in the world, an adventure and retreats business, traveled around the world, and finally decided that it was time to make my move onto the water. I sailed around the Caribbean on my boat, Barefoot Adventures, and brought my favorite teachers to my favorite locations for unique, fulfilling retreats. These days my home base is in Bend, Oregon, but I'm working hard to get back on the water!
Floating Yoga & Wellness School's Guiding Mission:
Yoga should be accessible and affordable to all ages and abilities. It should be fun and add to your life. It should empower you to reach your goals, to better yourself, and to balance out all your other interests and responsibilities.
Floating Yoga & Wellness School's Guiding Mission:
Yoga should be accessible and affordable to all ages and abilities. It should be fun and add to your life. It should empower you to reach your goals, to better yourself, and to balance out all your other interests and responsibilities.
Helen Cloots
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I consider myself a career yogi, aspiring writer, amateur sailor, adventurer, world-traveler, good friend, people connector, master brainstormer, constant-work-in-progress, and life-long student.
I eat chocolate pretty much every day, sing loudly in the car when no one's listening, and always feel the urge (and sometimes give in) to dance when I'm in a big open room. If I had to do adulthood all over again and I couldn't be a yoga teacher or writer I would probably be a professional ballerina. I'm still very much a kid at heart and I love being outside. I function best when I'm moving a lot; my days off are mostly spent hiking, bike riding, swimming and paddleboarding when it's warm, doing yoga and pilates, catching up with friends, or taking naps (all that movement makes me tired). I'm the middle of three sisters and I grew up in Southeast, Texas. Most of my extended family is in Belgium, and my sisters and I were lucky enough to spend a lot of our summer vacations with cousins in Europe. (My French is by no means perfect but I love any chance to practice!) I've lived in Houston, New York City, San Diego, and am really looking forward to taking the floating life to many more tropical locales. Below are some of my "credentials." If you're ready for a yoga retreat or training and want to know if I'm a good fit for you, take some online classes with me, set up a skype date, or email me and we can chat more! (And it's totally okay if I'm not the right teacher for you; I can help point you in the right direction.) - Led / Co-led 20 yoga teacher trainings (Wild Thing Yoga, Spirit Yoga, Balancing Wellness, San Diego Paddle Yoga, assistant for trainings at La Jolla Yoga Center & Akasha Yoga) - Hosted retreats / workshops around the world - Extensive experience in vinyasa, hatha, beginners' yoga, advanced yoga, corporate wellness & yoga, therapeutic yoga (depression & anxiety, drug & alcohol recovery), and chair yoga - Reiki Level 2 & Advanced Skills Certified through Sharna Langlais 2016 - Certified Nutritional Consultant through Natural Healing Institute 2010 - 200 Hour Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher under Carolina Vivas, 2010; Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 2012 - Workplace Wellness Consultant, WELCOA 2009 - Wellness Blogger, Balancing Wellness 2008 - Master of Public Health, Columbia University 2007 - Bachelors of Arts Sociology, Rice University 2005 |
