"The greatest risk of life is not to take any." Unknown.

Val is a yoga instructor and qualified Thai massage teacher and is one of our resident yoga instructors on our TTC, teacher training courses Kathmandu, Nepal.

Background

Val was born in 1977 of Colombian parents, in the French Guyana Creole melting pot, a stretch of Amazonian forest between Brazil and Surinam. After her international studies in France in tourism, languages and communication, Val pursued an initial professional career starting from Disney in Florida to the Health Division of the UN Body, the World Health Organization in Geneva. She continuously added experiences to her multicultural roots. It is this continuous blending that naturally brought her to Yoga, building a union linking everyone’s differences.

A Yoga Alliance Certified teacher, Val dedicates herself to holistic health, yogic practices and has been teaching since 2007. She is a Massage Therapist, Teacher of Thai Massage and studies Hygienic nutrition. Currently she mostly lives in India and Thailand.


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Credentials

YOGA
Val is Registered with Yoga Alliance at 200 level since December 2007 and a student of Paul Fanny studying food combining, advanced lifestyles & philosophies, and advanced applied nutrition since August 2008.

“Val is an excellent therapist and yoga teacher. She has been trained with Masters in the field and this reflects in her work. Transparency, sensitivity and professionalism are her strength.”

“Val is a loving Yoga teacher and transmits her message with warmth and understanding. Her class sequencing is superb and combines elements of anatomy, philosophy, physiology and immense creativity. A wonderful ability to hold the class together.” -Lance Schuler, Integrated South Pacific Yoga Academy Graduated in Australia in May 2008 under the guidance of Lance Schuler

THAI MASSAGE

Val is an affiliate teacher of the Thai Massage School of Chiang Mai (TMC) and has teaching Diplomas recognized by the Thai Ministry of Education for teaching:
• Traditional Thai Massage
• Thai Foot Massage
• Thai Table Massage
 
As part of her TMC obligations she has been teaching Thai Massage and Thai Foot Massage in the Juvenile Detention Center of Chiang Mai & has been giving massage to elderly and disabled people of Yokananda Foundation.
 
She has attended several schools in Chiang Mai, Thailand including but not limited to:
• Thai Massage School of Thailand (teacher level)
• The School of Massage for Health
• Master Pichet Boonthume
• Sunshine Massage School
 
She can’t stop expressing her interest in the art of touch and keeps taking Alternatives Therapies courses for short or longer periods in diverse topics such as Meditation, Hygienic Nutrition, Relaxation Techniques, Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy…. and others

She feels as a student that everyday has to explore whatever triggers her "curiosity" in order to continue to expand her knowledge in the art of intuition.
 
Val performs:
• Chinese oil Tui Na Massage
• Thai Massage
• Therapeutic Thai Massage
• Thai Aromatherapy Massage
• Herbal compress Thai Massage
• Thai Foot Massage
• Ayurvedic Body Massage
• Ayurvedic Kalari Marma Massage
• Shiroabhyanga, head massage
• Massage for Pregnancy and Babies
• Integrated Cranio-Sacral Gentle Touch
 
Val has taken First Aid Courses at the Red Cross in Paris.

She speaks fluently English, French and Spanish and has basic knowledge of Portuguese and holds a MA in International Relations and Diplomacy.

...Val's background