Donna Noble is an Writer, Wellbeing Coach, Facilitator, Activist, Licensed Grasp NLP Practitioner, and the Founding father of Curvesomeyoga. She has been an authorized Yoga Trainer since 2011 and practising yoga for the reason that late Nineties. Donna teaches Internationally in addition to everywhere in the UK at Workshops, Conferences and festivals. She has written and been featured in quite a few digital and print media – Type Journal, Om Yoga & Way of life Journal, Elephant Journal on BBC Radio London and Channel 4 on varied subjects overlaying range & inclusion and physique positivity. She additionally co-created the UK’s first Black Wellbeing and Health Competition in 2020.
Her debut guide “Educating Physique Optimistic Yoga” was revealed in August 2022 and contributed to the Anthology: Forgiveness is the Hardest Factor”.
Inform us a bit about your self…
I’ve many roles: Writer, Wellbeing Coach, Facilitator, Yoga Trainer and Educator , Activist and Founding father of Curvesomeyoga. I spent 20+ years working inside the company world.
My yoga journey started within the late 1990’s and I grew to become an authorized yoga instructor in 2011 and educate varied types of yoga internationally (vinyasa, Physique Optimistic, Accessible, Chair, Scorching, Yin, Aqua and Being pregnant Yoga). I’m additionally a Licensed Grasp NLP Practitioner.
My ardour for sharing the advantages of yoga stems from the proud therapeutic it supplied me after I suffered with Bell’s Palsy.
Curvesomeyoga was based in 2014 from a want to supply accessible and inclusive yoga displaying that everyone can do yoga no matter form, measurement, ethnicity, potential or gender. The place anybody is welcome to return and expertise yoga on their very own phrases.
What does a typical day seem like for you?
As an entrepreneur, my day varies and is predicated on my present focus. It’d contain making ready displays and facilitating workshops. Teaching or mentoring purchasers, educating yoga, sat at my desk in Zoom conferences or writing. If I’m feeling drained and it’s doable, I’ll have a nap as I imagine that self care is essential – making time for yoga, meditation or going for a morning run.
Then stress-free as a lot as doable within the night when I’m not educating.
How did your yoga journey start and what impressed you to turn out to be a yoga instructor?
My yoga journey started within the late Nineties when a colleague noticed an image of Madonna with one leg behind her head in Eka Pada Sirasana. A lot to my shock, she prompt we give yoga a strive. Just a few years later, a great pal, Errol, prompt I ought to have a plan B. Finally, after practising Yoga for a few years, I made a decision to finish a Yoga Trainer Coaching Course at Triyoga. I believed that I may doubtlessly educate Yoga, and my logic was that I may do that after I retired.
Nevertheless, the Universe delivered sooner than I anticipated, and I retired from the company world and have become a Yoga Trainer a lot before I may have anticipated.
The realisation got here that I used to be destined for an additional path while finding out on a Grasp NLP Practitioner Course. I used to be requested what was happening in my life. I defined that I didn’t know what to do by way of my profession as my position was been made redundant. I used to be knowledgeable that unconsciously, I already knew. It was defined to me that after I talked about Yoga, I “lit up”, and after I spoke concerning the present position, the other occurred. It was so simple as that. In that instantaneous, I made a decision that I’d full the Trainer Coaching course, then fly to LA to attend Scorching Yoga Coaching.
What was to have solely been a nine-week journey morphed into six months of travelling and educating earlier than returning to London to proceed the yoga journey. Changing into a yoga instructor was by no means a part of my authentic plan.
What impressed you to specialize in range & inclusion, and physique positivity ?
I by no means set out with the intention of turning into a Physique Positivity advocate. My journey began with a easy want to share how Yoga had performed a transformative position serving to me heal from the trauma of Bell’s Palsy. As my journey developed, I grew to become more and more the physique’s innate talents and needed to share my expertise of therapeutic.
One other key second was studying an article titled “Fats Women Do Yoga” by Deborah Coughlin in The Guardian (October 2014). The article chronicled her disheartening expertise as a yogi and left a profound influence on me. I grew to become so obsessed with this newfound perspective that my mates discovered me tiresome in my enthusiasm. At this level, I confronted a alternative: both keep shut up or do one thing about it. I selected the latter, resulting in the creation of Curvesomeyoga, geared toward making Yoga extra inclusive and numerous, displaying that each physique is a yogaBODY. Although I didn’t have all of the solutions, I felt compelled to achieve these ignored within the yoga group.
Quick ahead to 2020, I noticed a paradox within the yoga world: because it grew in recognition, it appeared to turn out to be much less numerous. An invite to take part as a panellist on the ‘Black Ladies in Health’ occasion was a singular and empowering expertise. Being surrounded by black girls who shared their tales and experiences led me to understand that there was a urgent want for protected, judgement-free areas inside the black group. Little did I do know on the time that this expertise would in the end result in co-creating the UK’s Black Wellbeing and Health Competition.
Moreover, I used to be approached to supply Range and Inclusion modules on Trainer Coaching programs each in America and the UK, and this development felt completely natural.
My purpose has at all times been to make sure that as many people as doable are spared the discrimination and exclusion that I’ve confronted. Witnessing the dearth of range and the invisibility of sure populations within the yoga group, I felt compelled to make a distinction.
Inform us about your guide?
“Educating Physique Optimistic Yoga” is a information to spreading acceptance, and self-assurance by yoga. It ensures that each particular person who steps onto the yoga mat feels welcome to return simply as they’re. It’s the essence of yoga that rejoices in the great thing about each physique, each inside and outside
With sensible suggestions, in addition to info on social justice and body-positive yoga off the mat, Educating Physique Optimistic Yoga is a well-rounded useful resource that offers yoga lecturers the boldness to host inclusive and welcoming lessons for all.
This guide celebrates all that yoga is. It breaks down all obstacles and exhibits us that yoga has open arms for anybody who needs to practise. A liberating take a look at how anybody might be a part of what yoga has to supply mentally and bodily. Donna shares her knowledge and previous experiences to indicate us the origins of yoga, unconscious bias and the way we will all be extra inclusive in terms of yoga.
“A celebration of yoga for all.” — Fearne Cotton
It has been described as a guide that each yoga instructor ought to learn!
How have you ever seen yoga profit your college students?
I’ve witnessed how my college students achieve confidence and belief of their physique by their yoga follow. Studying to honour and take heed to their physique in addition to letting go of self judgement and appreciating the power and resilience of their as they start to note all of the issues it does for them with out asking.
I’ve seen this by how college students realise their our bodies true potential. Seeing practitioners start to understand that they’re extra than simply how their our bodies look and witnessing them appreciating their power.
Yoga has helped my college students discover a sense of calm and steadiness of their lives. Permitting them to let go of stress, to take heed to their innate knowledge and to decelerate and be current within the second. They can see past the bodily points.
Listening to how they take yoga off the mat into their day by day life as they respect that the true yoga begins off the mat.
Being extra accepting and seeing that every one they want is within them.
Seeing how they take the yoga off the mat into their day by day life.
What’s your favourite quote or life motto?
“Range is being invited to the occasion, and inclusion is being requested to bounce” – Verna Myers In truth, I really like this quote a lot that I tailored it: “Range is being invited to yoga, equality is having the ability to entry yoga, and inclusion is being allowed to follow” – Donna Noble
What arising for you in 2023 / 24?
I’ll be internet hosting a particular weekend Physique Optimistic Yoga Retreat from Could tenth to twelfth in Kent. You will get all the main points about this occasion at this hyperlink.
The continued work on my second guide.
Remaining open to new alternatives that come my means.
Prioritising extra time for pleasure and self-care to maintain a wholesome steadiness.
Exploring new journey adventures whereas persevering with the guide tour.
Above all, staying devoted to the mission of being the change I aspire to see on the earth.
Discover Donna
Web site https://thenobleartofyoga.co.uk
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/donnanobleyoga/
