The YOUnicorn trainers
Saffron Van Rossem
Saffron believes creativity and movement are the best medicine. Saffron found yoga in 2008, at a time when she was struggling with depression, anxiety and lack of self-esteem. Yoga opened her eyes to the real peace of the present moment, and continues to give her the tools to work through fears, develop healthy relationships with herself and others, and find the courage to express her creativity into the world. The transformation of her own well-being fuels her desire to share the practice with others.
Saffron is a professional aerial silks performer internationally, qualified partner acrobatics teacher, hula hoop artist and functional movement and anatomy nerd.
Saffron is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of CircAsana and is passionate about blending the art of introspection with expression. She loves combining creative play-filled movement, anatomical alignment and strength intelligence with the body-mind magic of yoga to unleash the YOUnicorn within.
One of her favorite things to do is develop CircAsana's community circus in Nicaragua and choreograph acts that teach the principles of yoga and happiness science through circus spectaculars.
Amy Rowland
Previously a banking and finance lawyer in Australia and Japan, Amy left her corporate career to run away with the circus and do more yoga. She performed as an adagio acrobat in Australia, studied at circus school in China, street performed in Serbia, traveled with clowns in Mexico and practiced plenty of yoga along the way. Her travels landed her in pretty Popoyo-land on Nicaragua's Pacific Coast, where she spent 5 years at Magnific Rock hosting yoga retreats and developing deep connections with the local community.
After various circus related injuries, and learning more on the mindful magic of yoga, Amy began working with her fellow YOUnicorn Saffron to develop a new style of yoga designed especially for those interested in beautiful, creative movement expression: CircAsana.
Today, Amy is a hand-standing, aerial-yogi acrobat, who spends her time researching and experimenting with using circus and yoga to empower individuals and communities. She is extremely passionate about combining circus, yoga and education for social impact in Nicaragua through the CircAsana programming.