Naomi Kumar
I value inclusivity and accessibility exceedingly highly. Every person should be able to approach their class confident that they are welcome, accommodated for.
I seek to bring challenge and encouragement to every person in every class that I teach. Providing a space where everyone can feel supported to engage to their highest standard on any given day.
I have a vision for the community seeking to deepen the support networks between students, facilities, and with myself. The connections we make and the friendships we build in class can provide tremendous benefits outside of the class room.
I know that people come to class not only for their physical health but also for their mental, social, emotional and artistic wellbeing.
"We have worked with Naomi on several projects, and each project was a huge success.
Naomi was an integral part of our special education course offered to our first year students studying Montessori Education. Using her experience in the field and within the sector, she delivered several classes for these first years and offered practical insight and experience to the students. When asking the first years what they thought, they considered Naomi to offer incredible advise and insight in a relatable way.
Additionally, we hired Naomi for several sessions of classroom yoga. She delivered a bespoke session for various students at SNMCI and was able to create an atmosphere of peace and serenity during a normally stressful exam period.
We would highly recommend using Naomi Kumar for any speaking engagement or yoga movement course. She was professional and kind, authentic and daring; a perfect combination for any corporate or casual setting."
"Naomi's teaching style is friendly, very informative and very accepting of the varied bodies, abilities and energy levels that come to your classes. She is very respectful of peoples' boundaries when they don't want hands-on adjustments and she adapts easily to assist in other ways. She makes the classes relatable and less intimidating by telling us about the difficulties she can have with certain yoga poses or that if you wobble in balances or that your muscles hurt after certain poses or sequences then that's normal. While she is still very much the teacher of the class, this really helps to not have you on an unattainable pedestal of The Teacher"
"Naomi provides a concrete framework and then use's her emotional intelligence and observation aptitude a lot to read her collaborators' needs. She always seem to have multiple little projects you're running to help specific students while providing that broader structure for the whole class to progress togeather. She is continually adapatble and is always highly engaged with the intrests of the community"