Ellie Grace

Ellie Grace is a yoga educator and teacher trainer with over a decade's experience in teaching and lecturing on yoga. She came to the practice during a period of traumatic grief and went on to train in Hatha, Yin, Restorative and Trauma Informed Yoga. She holds an MA in Yoga Studies from LMU California where her research focussed on the effects of grief and trauma on the mind and body and the ways yoga, meditation, writing and nature can bring about healing.  Ellie trains yoga teachers in trauma-informed practice and using yoga as a tool for social change and is the pioneer of university-credited yoga neurophysiology courses for medical students formerly offered at Queen Mary University London and now at The Universities of Bristol, Glasgow and Nottingham. Previously, Ellie developed and taught a course for undergraduates at LMU California on mind-body awareness through yoga and has lectured on LMU's Science & Theology course. She has created several online learning course for healthcare professionals on trauma informed yoga. She has worked with war veterans overcoming PTSD (UCLA), health clinics (Venice Family Clinic), private clients, NHS doctors, schools, universities, community groups, charities and socially-minded organisations seeking to create a sustainable, human-centred culture inspired by yoga ethics (The New York Times & The School for Social Entrepreneurs). Ellie also serves on the Board of Directors for The Yoga for Life Project.

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