Leontine Merkies
Certified iRest meditation teacher
Leontine Merkies is a teacher in the area of psycho-education and has devoted most of her working life to a combination of teaching & coaching in the educational system and supporting people with the tools of yoga and meditation.
Having experienced for years the deep inner satisfaction herself that comes from a yoga & meditation practice she became a yoga instructor on Aruba in 2006 where she integrates elements of different styles into her gentle, always adaptive classes. Since then she developed further as a meditation teacher.
In 2013 she had her first encounter with iRest and fell in love immediately with these teachings on the direct path of meditation. Since 2020 she is the first Caribbean certified iRest instructor. She integrates aspects of iRest not only in daily life but in all of her classes and sessions; either in formal iRest classes, courses and short retreats or in special Rest & Restore events out in nature at the oceanside, accompanied by live musicians or sound bowls.
She also offers one on one sessions (dyads) either personally or online; with teens/adolescents till elderly people.
Languages: English, Papiamento, Dutch and Spanish.
Specialties:
Breathwork (improvement of breathing and energy)
Stress & Anxiety symptoms
Sleep problems
Learning difficulties