Ayanna Prevatt

• Sweat Factor: 3-5
• Alignment Focus: 4
• Spiritual Philosophy: 3
• Music: None
• Pregnancy Trained: Yes

• What should people expect from your class?

  A strong slow vinyasa practice, combining a love of movement with healthy alignment; a safe and welcoming space in which to explore, enjoy and question the yoga tradition, challenge yourself, and develop a sense of body-mind awareness

• If you weren’t a yoga teacher, what would you be?

  I already do those other things alongside my yoga teaching. I have been a dancer and a journalist, and I currently lead a centre for academic communication at UCL, teach politics and international relations and work as a yoga therapist. But if I wasn’t doing any of this, I might be a political economist investigating how to overhaul capitalism, and I would dance and sleep more
  

• What advice would you give to your 16 year old self?

  Be brave making decisions and be kind

• What do you do outside the Studio?

  Yoga (practising it, reading about it, attending training/workshops), dance (doing it, watching it), being with my family (including my three children) and friends (preferably with good food and wine)

• What’s your favourite asana and why?

  Downward dog because it makes me feel grounded and alive in my body and handstands because they are so challenging