About us.
Modern living asks more of a human than a human was built for. The sitting alone would do it, but then with screens and constant noise on top, while everything that used to restore us gets squeezed out of the day.
We really get it. We both had dedicated practices to keep us grounded and focused, but it’s easy (well, easier..) when you’re on your own. After welcoming our daughter we had much less time and that meant that we had to reassess and redesign how we practiced to make sure it was effective and delivered the results we needed to continue living well.
The Human Lab is what came out of that. We take what we know from contemplative traditions and modern movement science, from how you move to what you do with your attention, and we teach it plainly for the life you actually have.
Markus
Trained in yoga, movement science and breath, on top of a lifetime of physical activity including a decade of boxing. He spent his career in learning and development for sensitive industries, including nuclear power, military and diplomatic academies. That's where he learned how to teach something so it holds under pressure.
Co-Founder
Holly
Movement teacher with specialist training in pre and postnatal movement and Yin Yoga. Most of her work is with women who want to understand what their bodies are actually doing, including how energy and strength shift across the month and through pregnancy and the years after it. She teaches people to read their own body and respond to what it needs that day.
Co-Founder
Chief Inspiration OfficerOphelia
Ophelia arrived in 2025 and changed how both of us practise.
She's the reason the work had to get more efficient, and she's the lab's first subject.