Chris Abay is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher E-RYT 500 and Master Gong Practitioner with over 20 years teaching experience working with the best Yoga trainers around the world including: Keenan Crisp, Jamie Clark, Jo Phee, James Crossley & Lucas Rockwood.

Certifications include:
500 Hours Yin Yoga: Australia & India
200 Hours Vinyasa Yoga: Australia & Bali

100 Hours Gong, Breathwork & Yoga Nidra: UK
80 Hours Rocket & MFR: UK & USA
75 Hours Aerial & Gravity: Barcelona

Click Here to see Chris’s professional accreditation With Yoga Alliance, the highest designation attainable internationally. Chris is also a Yoga Alliance Teacher Trainer & student mentor.

A note from Chris…

“Hi I’m Chris, I was born and raised in Richmond and I dropped out of a “successful” corporate career, after discovering Yoga whilst living in Sydney.

After moving to South Croydon I taught in several church halls until eventually I gained enough momentum to renovate and open my own studio on May 4th 2019 (may the fourth be with you!).

I’ve had many teachers around the world but my body is becoming my deepest teacher
Age, injury and shoulder surgery have taught me to respect the body differently.

For a period, recovery took me away from stronger physical practice and much deeper into Yin Yoga, Myofascial Release, breathwork and stillness.

But recovery eventually taught me something else.

The body needs strength as well as softness. Movement as well as stillness. Yang as well as Yin.

That insight now shapes the next evolution of YinWave.

I teach Vinyasa Wave to develop strength & coordination balance with Yin Wave to create space and support recovery. My workshops go deeper with Gong, Breathwork and Yoga Nidra to explore stillness.

My aim isn't to teach harder yoga or softer yoga. It's to help people develop a more intelligent relationship with what their body needs.”