Raili Maripuu

About

Raili Maripuu is co-founder of Thames Wellness Academy and founder of Goyoga Tallinn. She is a native Estonian based in the UK, with more than 20 years of yoga practice and over a decade of teaching. Her daily Ashtanga Yoga practice began in 2009.

Her main teachers are Lino Miele (Italy) and Hamish Hendry (UK). Raili is one of Lino Miele's Recognised Teachers. She graduated in June 2016 from Lino Miele's Ashtanga Yoga in-depth study (500 hours) and continues annual further study in Italy and India.

In 2016 she founded Ashtanga Estonia, the traditional Ashtanga Yoga school behind Goyoga Tallinn, and developed a systematic assistant-teacher training programme that has run annually since 2019. In the UK she leads the Ashtanga Yoga programme at Yoga Reading and teaches regular weekly classes at The Little Yoga Studio in Twyford.

Together with Katia Major, she co-founded Thames Wellness Academy to raise standards of further education for the wellness sector: teacher-led programmes, professional credibility, and learning that holds up in real studios.

Teaching and specialties

Raili teaches Ashtanga Yoga in the traditional parampara method, with an encouraging studio style that helps students build a steady personal practice.

• Traditional Ashtanga Yoga (Mysore and led classes)
• Teacher education and assistant-teacher training design
• Studio leadership across Tallinn, Reading and Twyford
• Long-form training for Thames Wellness Academy pathways

Explore related pathways: Foundation Training, CPD and Workshops.

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