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Olivier Charles

Leader Teacher・Asana・Anatomy ・Methodology ・

Olivier Charles is a full-time yoga teacher, a Certified Yoga Therapist, Ayurvedic Health Counselor, and Yoga Alliance Continued Education Provider based in Japan. His teaching is known for providing a dynamic mix of strength, stability, approachable anatomy, and humor throughout the classes he offers across the globe. Olivier provides a practical approach through lecture and asana to understand the anatomy of commonly injured areas and how to frame your yoga teaching to address and prevent such injuries. While striving to find depth in the shallow, “yoga until 100” has become his motto.

Olivier discovered Yoga while living in London in 2003. Suffering from back pain and running injuries, yoga became an essential tool in his recovery, and later a passion in its own right. Always a student at heart Oliver has recently completed the Advanced Yoga Anatomy course with Tom Myers, building on his understanding of the body and yoga practice even further. Olivier was teaching at Sampoorna Yoga for 7 years polishing is teacher training skills then spend 5 years as  Earth Yoga Village deepening his intention as the lead teacher and also developing the course content for the 200-hours, 300-hours and yin teacher training courses. Over the years, Olivier has found that the key to a successful practice is honouring the physical body’s limitations – and moving fearlessly into the possibilities of greater strength and flexibility through patient and persistent practice. He has a light hearted, compassionate and playful approach to teaching, and helps his students to grow through self-observation without judgment. Having spent time teaching on trainings and retreats in India, Europe and Japan for the last 12 years, Olivier  owns and runs a yoga retreat centre and a yoga studio in West Japan with his wife, Hiromi.

Olivier cherishes his private life and believe privacy is a luxury of the new age.

Nichiren Buddhist (SGI) for over twenty years. when not in Goa. He brings to the YOGART COLLECTIVE team an extensive knowledge of yoga integrating the best elements of modern yoga, anatomical precision and buddhist teachings. 

Teaching in RYT200, RYT 300 and Yin YTT

Olivier Charles
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