Jonquil Cooper

Jonquil Cooper is a wellness practitioner, yoga teacher, filmmaker, author and storyteller with a relationship with India spanning over 30 years. She first arrived in India in 1992, the period in which her book It’s Not Yoga, It’s You! is set. In 2002, she returned to make her first documentary film, India and Beyond. In 2010, she made a second film, The Pilgrim: A Journey to Mount Kailash in Tibet, working alongside Academy Award winning collaborators. She has been teaching yoga and wellbeing practices for over 30 years, working internationally, in London, and for 10 years in Mumbai. She has worked extensively with children and teenagers, teaching self-awareness, mindfulness, communication and emotional resilience and has also taught wellness and presentation skills in corporate and creative environments. Her second book, What Yoga Is Not, is a continuation of her journey. She is now based in Goa, choosing to live and continue her work in India as an act of respect and reciprocity to the land that has taught her the most.