Hello, namaste and peace be with you. At Seed to Soul we offer nature yoga and mindfulness, sound healing, permaculture and gardening workshops, retreats and camps. We are a Yoga Alliance International certified yoga school as well as Permaculture educators certified by the Permaculture Education Institute.
We are called Seed to Soul because we feel that every seed yoga and and nature plant in us goes straight to our souls and every seed we plant (no matter if it's an actual plant, a feeling or an idea) nourishes our soul. Every step we take on this journey opens up so many more paths to learning, growth and happiness. Practicing yoga and connecting with nature nourishes not only your body, it also feeds your soul and helps you feel part of nature's cycles again, something that is sorely lacking for so many of us in today's fast, urbanised, often impersonal lives. Connecting to ourselves through yoga and nature helps us discover so much about about minds, our feelings and our actions.
Seed to Soul aims to bridge the world of nature and inner transformation. We invite you to join us on a journey from earth to spirit, from the physical (seed) to the metaphysical (soul) through our offerings of yoga, nature connection, mindfulness, gardening, sound healing, and more.
Vision:
To create a regenerative, nature-connected community where holistic well-being, environmental stewardship, and soulful creativity thrive in harmony.
Mission:
To offer transformative experiences through yoga, sound healing, mindfulness, and ecological living practices that empower individuals to reconnect with themselves, others, and the Earth.
About Christina:
Christina is a yoga instructor, sound healer and permaculture teacher. She started her working life as a photojournalist. She loves being a mum of three and has written more than a dozen kids books, six of which were published (including a Mindfulness Manual and a kids yoga book) while the others were personal books for her kids. From her first Permaculture course in Goa, India, Christina was hooked as she felt its principles fit in perfectly with what she had been teaching in her kids yoga and nature classes.
Christina is a 500-hr+ certified yoga teacher and completed her permaculture design certificate (PDC) in 2020 with Permaculture Education in the US as well as the Permaculture Educators Course with Morag Gamble at the Permaculture Education Institute in Australia in 2022, which included a second PDC as well as teacher training. She completed the Green Educators training with the Green School Bali and holds a diploma in Equine Facilitated Learning with a focus on nature education from Athena Herd in the UK.
Christina has been been teaching soil and sustainability sessions with eedama as well as eco literacy, gardening, nature photography, nature yoga and her Roots and Tunes programme at The Arbor School, Dubai's only eco school and has run a permaculture workshop series for parents there. Additionally, she works as consultant at the Emirates Soil Museum at the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture. She also teaches in her learning garden as well as other venues in the UAE and beyond. Christina is also a passionate ukulele player and founder of India's first and still only ukulele festival, the Mahalo Ukulele Festival.
More years ago than she cares to remember, Christina started her work life as journalist and photojournalist. She holds a BA in Journalism from Marquette University, an MSc in Journalism from Northwestern University and an MA in Photojournalism from the University of Westminster. You can view her portfolio, writing clips and books she has authored at ChristinaFernandes.com.