April Walters

Yoga Teacher, Meditation Guide, Freediver, Traveller & Storyteller

Pronouns: She/ Her/ Hers
Location: Bali, Indonesia

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ABOUT ME

With more than a decade on the yogic path, April has woven together a life of exploration, devotion, and deep curiosity. Born and raised in England, April’s love for other cultures, travel, tradition, and movement took her all around the world. She lived and taught as a nomad for over 10 years. April now calls Bali home.

After graduating in Religion, Philosophy, and Ethics, April travelled widely to explore different lineages and lived philosophies. Her early journey led her to China to study Buddhism, where silent meditation, study of ancient texts, and practiced self self-inquiry became central to her practice. April’s asana practice came through a calling for physical, mental and spiritual healing, Yoga became the space where she could reform her relationship with herself and her body. Through her committed practice April cultivated deep reverence and devotion to the divine within. Yoga provided April “the foundation from which [she] move[s] through every aspect of life” this inspired her to understand deeper the power of Yoga. In 2018, she completed her 200hr YTT with School Yoga Institute. She credits this as a turning point on her journey where she discovered her voice as a teacher and was inspired to teach, guide and cultivate connection on a deeper level.  

Inspired by her personal experiences, April has trained as a meditation teacher, breath work guide, and completed certifications in Yin Yoga, Energetic Anatomy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Yoga Nidra, cultivating a gentleness and introspective depth that infuses her classes. She views the body as our sacred entry point of awareness and has deepened her studies through Yoga Anatomy, Trauma Informed Yoga, Pre&Post Natal Yoga, Holy Fire Reiki, and Ayurvedic Massage. She completed her 300hr YTT with Indra Institute in 2021 with a specialism in Ayurveda and Trauma Informed Yoga. April inspires deep and reverent connection in her classes, offering a practice of embodiment, connection and inquiry. 

April’s curiosity expands beyond the mat. She is passionate about freediving, a practice that harnesses yogic awareness and invites profound surrender to the wisdom of the water. As a freediver she experiences connection to the ocean’s stillness and sees parallels between underwater immersion and meditation. In recent years she has combined these loves by facilitating freedive & yoga retreats, guiding students to discover the silence within while immersed in the natural world. Her classes often emphasise the synergy of breath, body, mind and water, inviting participants to explore their edges in both stillness and movement.

April embraces the experiences of life, a life long student of culture, tradition and connection. Beyond teaching April explores the facets of human existence through writing. A lover of movement, when April isn’t on the mat or underwater, you’ll find her hiking, surfing, cycling, dancing, living a life of balance she’ll slow down to write and read. Most importantly cuddle her cat, cook for friends, build beach fires and gaze at the moon. Her greatest joy comes in exploring hidden corners of the world, and knowing the people of those place. April treasures the joy, abundance and balance of everyday life and strives to create spaces where students feel seen, supported and free to express themselves and embrace the joy of being not doing.

She believes in the privilege of learning, living and teaching, and views her role as a facilitator as a gift. Since joining School Yoga Institute in 2021, she has blossomed from teacher trainee to lead facilitator, guiding groups through Mystical Yoga Teacher Trainings around the world and contributing to SYI’s vast content library. 

April honours the ancient wisdom passed down from her teachers while staying open to new perspectives. Her teaching invites students to remember their innate wholeness and to reconnect with the world around them through breath, mindfulness, play, sincerity and authentic community.