YinWave Experience and Credentials

Why Trust YinWave?

Founded by Chris Abay, YinWave brings together over 20 years of yoga practice, thousands of teaching hours, international training and a grounded therapeutic approach to movement, stillness and nervous system care.

This is not fast yoga. It is not fitness-led yoga. It is careful, intelligent practice for real bodies, real lives and real recovery.

YinWave is the quieter current where sound, stillness and fascia meet.

YinWave by AbaYoga, is an established local yoga studio serving the Sanderstead and Warlingham community since 2017.

Our work is rooted in experience, professional training and continued study. We specialise in slower, therapeutic practices including Yin Yoga, myofascial release, Yoga Nidra, Gong Baths and nervous system-informed movement.

Students come to YinWave for depth, warmth and careful teaching rather than performance or pressure.

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Chris Abay practicing therapeutic yoga in stillness

Chris Abay

Chris Abay is the founder of AbaYoga and YinWave.

He is an E-RYT 500 yoga teacher, Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider and Master Gong Practitioner with more than 4,000 teaching hours.

Chris has studied and practised yoga internationally, with training and learning experiences across Australia, India, Portugal, Miami and the UK.

His teaching now focuses on Yin Yoga, fascia release, sound meditation, Yoga Nidra, functional movement and accessible practices for strength, balance and confidence.

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Professional Standards

YinWave is connected to recognised professional yoga standards through Yoga Alliance registration and continuing education.

Chris is registered as an E-RYT 500 teacher and YACEP provider. YinWave by AbaYoga has also developed a fully accredited Yoga Alliance teacher training 200 hour Teacher Training program rooted in Yin Yoga, anatomy-informed teaching and intelligent practice design.

Professional development is not treated as a badge. It is part of the way we continue to refine the teaching, protect students and offer classes that are safe, thoughtful and relevant.

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International Training & Continuing Study

YinWave is shaped by many years of study and practice, including yoga training in India, Australia, Portugal, Miami and the UK.

This international training has helped shape a teaching style that is grounded, therapeutic and respectful of individual bodies.

Rather than asking students to fit into fixed shapes, YinWave encourages practice that adapts to the person in front of us.

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Title imaga for YinWave 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

Our Teaching Approach

At YinWave, yoga is taught as a therapeutic practice, not a performance.

We focus on:

  • Slow, deliberate movement

  • Fascia release and tissue hydration

  • Nervous system regulation

  • Breath and stillness

  • Functional strength and balance

  • Accessible options for different bodies

  • Depth without force

Yin Yoga class at YinWave therapeutic yoga studio in South Croydon

Begin Your Practice

Whether you are joining a weekly class, booking a Gong Bath, exploring fascia release or considering teacher training, YinWave offers a quieter and more intelligent way into yoga.

You are welcome here.

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Student Trust.

YinWave carries the history and community trust of AbaYoga, while offering a clearer specialist focus for the future.

Students often describe the studio as warm, calm, welcoming and deeply supportive.

We believe trust is built through consistency: clear communication, careful teaching, professional standards and a genuine respect for every student who walks through the door.

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Meet the Team

  • Chris Abay practicing meditation at YinWave Yoga studios in Sanderstead

    Chris Abay - Founder - Yin Yoga Teacher & Gong Master

    FOUNDER

    With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience.
    They set the tone for everything we do.

  • A woman with dark hair in a black long-sleeve shirt practicing meditation or prayer, with her hands pressed together in front of her chest and her eyes closed, in a softly lit room.

    Corrinna Goodman

    Chakra Flow Teacher & Crystal Bowls

    A teacher who values constant learning. Corrinna’s own practice is at the heart of her deeply mindfull and sometimes challenging classes.

  • Yinwave teacher Dani meditating

    Dani Facey

    Hatha Yoga Teacher

    Creative and energetic in equal measure, our Dani brings fresh ideas to every class. She turns insights into action and helps resonate the true message of Yoga at the studio.

  • YinWave Teacher Ezye

    Ezye Moleda

    Movement Yoga Teacher

    Friendly, attentive, and always ready to help, our Brazilian movement queen is uniquely warm, supportive and human in her approach.

  • A woman with blonde, wavy hair and blue eyes, wearing a black sleeveless top and a silver necklace with a circular pendant, sitting at a table with a notebook, smiling at the camera.

    Christina Hubbard

    Yoga Teacher

    Supportive, energetic and unstoppable our US Vinyasa teacher is a self-confessed Yoga asana addict. Christine brings amazing ‘current’ to her classes