Esmeralda Smit

In 2008, back home in The Netherlands, Esmeralda started her yoga journey and she immediately felt the mental and physical benefits of Yoga. It helped her with stressful situations at work and her energy levels and flexibility improved. ‘The awareness that Yoga gives you is one of the best things you can do for yourself’ she says.

To deepen her own practice and out of curiosity Esmeralda started a 3-year Hatha Yoga Teacher training and qualified in 2014 in The Hague. When she started covering a few classes for her Yoga teacher and using Yoga in the classroom where she worked as a special needs teacher, she felt this could be something for the future. Meanwhile she had moved to Manchester, UK to live with her husband and not long after that, she left education. Esmeralda teaches classes for adults, children and additional needs. She also works part-time as a therapy assistant in Wythenshawe Hospital, where she is part of the exercise team to support adults with Cystic Fibrosis.

Esmeralda’s classes are based on classic Hatha Yoga and often have a theme related focus to the time of the year and the anatomical areas to help balance body and mind.

If you like an approachable teaching style, a calm atmosphere, a little challenge in class, focus on movement and breath, then you will enjoy her classes. All classes include a short meditation and a well deserved relaxation.

Esmeralda is also available for relaxing body massage bookings.