Kirsteen Ruffell

Kirsteen Ruffell is the Director of Birthlight Teaching and is one of Birthlight's experienced Perinatal, Postnatal and Well Woman Yoga Tutors. She is registered as an E-RYT® 500with Yoga Alliance and  a Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals. She has been teaching yoga since 1998 and began tutoring in 2008. Having taught in a variety of different spaces outside of yoga studios from hospital to Surestart to corporate settings she has always been keen to help every person feel the benefits of yoga appropriate to them. Kirsteen is passionate about nurturing students’ professional development on every training course and enhancing their ability to use new understanding creatively to best serve the students in their own classes.

Kirsteen developed a particular interest in Postnatal Yoga and has worked closely with Birthlight founder and pioneer, Dr Françoise Freedman, to develop specific practices for the postnatal year. Shadowing and assisting Françoise over the years has also ignited her passion for Well Woman Yoga and the deep and nourishing shifts it can bring. She continues to refine her practice and understanding through regular CPDs and Birthlight Conferences. Her background is in Hatha Yoga (Sivananda) and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and she started teaching Birthlight Perinatal Yoga in 2002. She is also a trained Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist (Karuna Institute). 

Kirsteen continues to be inspired by teaching Birthlight’s gentle and enjoyable yoga practices that work profoundly across languages and cultures to support women around the world traverse their life cycles. Over the years she has regularly led Birthlight training courses in London, Europe and beyond both in person and online.