Trainer: Trainer identified by the Institute for Physical Education & Sport
Target Audience: All members of staff
Course Duration: 10 hours
Delivery Mode: Class-based
NB: Participants should attend in comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat and towel with them.
This one-hour yoga class is designed to promote physical health, mental wellbeing, relaxation, and overall quality of life. The sessions are suitable for beginners and can be adapted to accommodate different ages, abilities, and levels of experience.
Each class typically begins with gentle relaxation and breathing exercises to help participants center themselves and connect with their breath. This is followed by mindful warm-up movements to prepare the body for practice, leading into a carefully structured sequence of yoga postures. The session finishes with a short relaxation or guided meditation, leaving participants feeling lengthened, centered, and energized—challenged but not overwhelmed, and well supported in developing a calmer mind and a more resilient body.
Throughout the session, participants are encouraged to work at their own pace, listen to their bodies, and take breaks whenever necessary. The emphasis is on safe participation, mindful movement, and creating a positive, enjoyable, and inclusive experience for all.
To support your physical and emotional wellbeing, regular participation can help you develop:
Improved Flexibility & Mobility: Gently stretching and lengthening muscles to improve your daily range of motion.
Better Balance & Coordination: Enhancing body awareness, posture, and core stability.
Increased Strength: Building functional, full-body physical strength.
Stress Reduction & Enhanced Concentration: Using breathwork and mindful focus to calm the nervous system and clear the mind.
Emotional Wellbeing & Self-Awareness: Fostering increased self-confidence and a deeper connection between mind and body.
Amanda Vassallo is a Yoga Alliance certified 200-hour yoga teacher who has been teaching yoga since 2015. Her journey with yoga began at the age of 15, and over the years it has become an integral part of both her personal and professional life.
Amanda teaches Hatha and Yin Yoga, incorporating meditation, mindful movement and relaxation into her sessions. She has experience teaching people of all ages and abilities, from children through to older adults. Her teaching experience includes working with SportMalta, Active Ageing, various local councils, as well as leading her own personal yoga classes.
Alongside yoga, Amanda has a background in gymnastics, fitness and sports, giving her a broad understanding of movement, body awareness and physical wellbeing. She also recently completed a BA in Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Malta, further developing her interest in the connection between the mind, body and overall wellbeing.
Amanda is particularly interested in holistic healing, spirituality and spiritual metaphysics, and enjoys exploring how yoga and meditation can support greater balance, self-awareness and wellbeing in everyday life. Outside of teaching, she enjoys gardening and spending time in nature.
