About

Alex Nathanson is a movement coach and Yoga teacher specialising in bespoke 1:1, private group and corporate wellbeing programmes. He has nearly a decade of teaching experience, combining yoga, breathwork, mobility and anatomy-informed assessment.

A previous career in sales and London property brings first-hand understanding of the impact of desk-based, screen-heavy, high-pressure work on physical and mental wellbeing. Having helped people navigate one of the most stressful moments of their life: moving house, Alex changed career in his late thirties with three clear intentions: to do no harm (Ahimsa) to share knowledge (Jnana) and to bring joy to moving the body (Santosha). As well as teaching more traditional power, vinyasa, and yin yoga classes, Alex has created his own unique fusion of yoga and Pilates (Yogalates) to help close the gap between aesthetic, spiritual, and functional movement and breathwork. He has also created a specialist mobility programme for those who enjoy racket sports.

Alex is wary of any strict orthodoxy. Everyone’s journey will be different and full of various guiding lights who help along the way. He helps clients understand their body with clear anatomical explanation of poses and breathing techniques. He encourages dialogue and joyful exploration in his classes.  

Some physical cultures embrace a mantra of seeking pain to achieve gain.  A.J.S. yoga turns this mantra on its head and reveals the beauty and power of taking the instruction literally: no violence or harming, no grasping or forcing.

In the spirit of joyful exploration Alex’s group classes are typically choregraphed to his unique eclectic musical playlists which follow the energetic arc of his sequences. Whether vigorous or slow, all classes place a strong emphasis on breathing mindfully and being in the moment. His intention is to give every student the freedom to celebrate their ability to move, however much it may be that day, and when the time is right, embrace the opportunity to surrender and be still.

Alex has a first-class honours degree in Classics with Study in Continental Europe from the University of Bristol where he played 1st XI football. He is a keen open-water swimmer who has escaped Alcatraz, swam from Asia to Europe across the Bosphorus, and from Britain to America (in the Virgin Islands).

300hr Teacher Training. 200-hour Power Yoga Teacher Training (The Power Yoga Company) 100-hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training (Triyoga).