Find inner peace
and the best version of yourself.
Experience the true essence of living a good and stress-free life.
With me, you can discover the depths of your mind and soul along with strengthening your body.
Always curious
On and off the mat
I found healing through yoga and want to share that with others. It has been a great stress-reliever in my own life, and I want to help people with busy lives find calm. Showing up daily on the mat helped me become less rigid and structured with myself off the mat.
Frequently smiling
Everyone can enjoy and experience
I want to make yoga more accessible, so everyone gets to enjoy and experience the benefits of yoga and thereby contributing to positive change in people’s lives.
Forever learning
Balance
I love yoga because it brings you in to the now while you develop a better relationship and understanding of your body, mind, and spirit. It’s all about finding balance on and off the mat.
I simply love practicing and sharing yoga
I believe that any yoga practice leaves room for a lot of modifications, so it can be adapted to the person coming to it. I make an effort to make all asanas (postures) accessible to everyone through modifications and the use of props.
I am very passionate about proper alignment and adjustment for a healthy and safe practice, so students can enjoy the full benefits of yoga.
There is something for everyone for wherever they are right now. Yoga meets you exactly where you are. I bring a positive demeanour, lots of energy and relaxation to classes.
Ashtanga Primary
Yoga Chikitsa, meaning yoga therapy
Through regular practice, you’ll start to notice your focus, willpower, and body awareness growing. Along with a deeper sense of confidence both on and off the mat. Over time, the Primary Series also works on a more subtle level, helping to clear blockages in the body’s energy channels (Nadis), so your energy can flow with greater ease and balance.
Ashtanga Secondary Series
Nadi Shodhana
The Secondary Series is designed to cleanse and strengthen the nervous system while opening the body’s subtle energy channels (Nadis). This dynamic sequence activates the sympathetic nervous system, inviting you to meet challenge and intensity with mindfulness and steady breath. Through deep backbends and hip openers, you learn to stay calm and centered even as the body works hard. As the practice settles into the finishing poses, the nervous system shifts into a parasympathetic state, allowing you to rest deeply and leave the mat feeling balanced and refreshed.
Traditional Hatha
Maintain balance
Hatha Yoga combines movement, breath, and mindful awareness to bring balance to body and mind. Classes include postures, breathing techniques (pranayama), and mudras—hand & body positions that help focus the mind and direct energy. You’ll also explore pratyahara (turning inward) and dhyana (meditation), cultivating calm, clarity, and inner strength.
Yin yoga
Slow down
Yin Yoga is a quiet, meditative practice that works deeply into the body through gentle, longer-held postures. It targets the connective tissues—ligaments, joints, fascia, and the body’s energetic meridians—rather than the muscles, offering a perfect balance to more active (Yang) styles like Vinyasa or Ashtanga.
s the breath slows and the body softens, you move into a deeply restorative state that supports the parasympathetic nervous system, allowing time for rest, healing, and renewal. Yin is the perfect practice to slow down, release tension, and reconnect with yourself.
Guided meditation
Let go
Guided meditation invites you to turn inward with curiosity, exploring the deeper layers of the Self. As the nervous system calms, the mind settles into stillness, making it easier to observe the quality of the chitta, the subtle mind or consciousness. Over time, this practice cultivates a steady, peaceful awareness that carries beyond your meditation.
Professionalism, passion and attention to detail – a perfect combination
I attended several classes by Judith, in a larger and in a small group, and I will certainly come again when in Goa. I extremely enjoyed Judith’s yoga classes. The classes are well-structured, the flow of poses is highly natural yet challenging enough for my level. During the practice I received plenty of personal attention and my physical capacities were taken into account. It was so fulfilling to complete the practice and feel that I learned a lot, as a yoga journey never ends. Judith’s warm personality and high professionalism made a lasting impression. Many thanks to Judith for this wonderful experience!
Trusted and highly experienced Yoga teacher
I have had the pleasure of being guided by Judith both in class environments and within a private lesson. I found her to be not only highly skilled and knowledgeable, but also kind and patient. I achieved my first headstand with her because I trusted her. I can highly recommend her.
A beautiful teacher, a beautiful person
My husband and I had the privilege of attending several of Judith’s classes over 2 weeks at the Bamboo Yoga retreat in Goa. Her authenticity and depth of knowledge was revealed in her calm clear and precise teaching. We felt fully supported when encouraged to find a deeper breath or movement. She held the class attention and taught in such a way that honoured this ancient practice. Off the mat Judith is a beautiful and friendly person.
Classic and authentic teacher
Truly loved Judith’s guidance in both hatha and yin yoga. She is dedicated to teaching you each asana the way it is suppose to be and feel and is able to push you gently into a new, deeper level of stretching and lengthening your muscles. A classic, authentic and very good teacher!!
Holiday Yoga!
Thank you for a fabulous session! We really enjoyed having a yoga session during our holiday to Goa and you were a great teacher! Super friendly and knowledgable, you put us all at ease 🙂
Lovely to meet you…
Best teacher
You will be a very good teacher, I liked your experience, your behavior and your way of learning.
Thank you Judith !! 🙏🏽
It has been a pleasure and an honor to have Judith as a guide, supporter and teacher during our YTT last year in Varkala. She has been an essential part of our path , making it an unforgettable experience. Thank you for sharing with us your love for yoga and for accompanying us with such warmth. I hope we can practice together again soon.
Great Yoga Teacher
Dear Judith
You whetted my appetite for Ashtanga last November and I look forward to seeing you again this year! Best wishes from Germany
Simply the best…
Dear Judith
You whetted my appetite for Ashtanga last November and I look forward to seeing you again this year! Best wishes from Germany
Inspiration
My wife and I had the privilege of meeting Judith and attending her classes she was taking at bamboo yoga retreat.
This requires having experts to beginners in the same class Judith does this with ease, being kind to people is in her D N A .
If you need assistance she is always there and knows if you need a push or more comfortable position .
Judith even recommended the best DJs to go and see !
I got inspired by Judith to improve my handstands and I wish she could run classes closer to my home.
Judith is fantastic at giving the joy of yoga
Thank you so much
Namaste 🙏
I consciously chose to complete my yoga teacher training in India, the birthplace of yoga, to fully immerse myself in the yogic lifestyle and explore the depth of its ancient teachings.
My teachers, all Indian, embody the essence of yoga, and I return to study with them every year, as I am forever a student. I can only teach what I truly know, and by deepening my own knowledge and experience, I become a more well-rounded teacher—able to guide students beyond the asanas and into the full richness of yoga.
After 15 years of yoga under a variety of teachers, I reached a point where I wanted to deepen my practice and explore yoga beyond the physical poses, gaining a broader understanding of its philosophies and techniques.
My Indian teacher, Dipu, introduced me to a different style of yoga than I was used to: Sivananda Hatha Yoga. For the first time, I truly felt the calming effects on my mind and experienced genuine inner peace. This inspired me to deepen my practice further and explore learning opportunities in India.
Following Dipu’s recommendation, I visited Sivananda Ashram in Kerala for a yoga retreat, fully immersing myself in the yogic lifestyle; practising asanas, pranayama, meditation, mindful relaxation, and living simply with a balanced diet and positive mindset. I discovered how discipline and simplicity can bring profound insights, and, most importantly, I realised that everything I need is already within me.
I completed a 200-hour Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga teacher training course, a true journey of the Self through the Self into the Self. It was intense, challenging, and transformational, requiring dedication, effort, and perseverance. Through this experience, the yogi within me was awakened.
Immediately following my 200-hour teacher training, I taught drop-in Hatha and Ashtanga classes, sharing what I had just learned and beginning to apply my training in a real teaching setting.
I began teaching Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa classes at Bamboo Yoga Retreat, in surroundings that were deeply conducive to yoga, supported by a wonderful team and inspiring guests. It was here that I truly found my voice as a teacher and began to experience—and share—the profound effects of yoga, shaping me into the teacher I am today.
I returned to the source, continuing my studies with the same teacher as my 200-hour training, and completed a 300-hour Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga teacher training course. This experience deepened my journey into the Self and remains the greatest gift I have ever given myself.
I assisted as a teacher for a 200-hour Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training course, honing and evolving my teaching skills while fine-tuning and deepening my alignment and adjustment techniques, supporting the students on their journey.
I began teaching online drop-in Hatha and Ashtanga classes to advanced practitioners from around the world, sharing yoga across borders and connecting with a global community of dedicated students.
I have been teaching private yoga classes, offering personalised guidance to help students deepen their practice, refine alignment, and explore yoga beyond the physical postures.
I taught Hatha, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, and Guided Meditation, sharing a range of practices that support students in developing strength, flexibility, mindfulness, and inner calm.
I dedicated this time as a gift to myself, focusing on my own practice, sharing and learning, improving my teaching, reconnecting with old friends, and meeting new ones. During this period, I also became certified in Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra.
I taught Hatha, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Guided Meditation, and Yoga Nidra, offering a variety of practices that help students cultivate strength, flexibility, mindfulness, and deep inner calm.
Connect with me
Contact me to enquire about my availability and costs for private or small group yoga lessons, a series of classes, to teach at your yoga school or for bespoke online classes or specific programs.
Email namaste@joyousjudyyoga.com
WhatsApp +91928434283
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Canacona, Goa, India
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“Yoga is the practice of tolerating the consequences of being yourself.”
The Bhagavad Gita