pregnancy yoga classes

Amy has over 20 year’s experience of working with individuals and organizations as a yoga, pilates & massage teacher with a vast range of experience with different client groups & with parents & babies. She has studied extensively in Thailand and India and is Director of the Metta College where she runs Diploma courses in massage (www.yogamassage.co.uk). She currently teaches at triyoga, The Life Centre, The BBC & runs numerous workshops & holidays.

One of triyoga's most popular and best loved teachers, Nadia Narain has a balanced, down-to-earth approach to her teaching combined with a deep belief in yoga's ability to transform our lives. Creating classes that are both fun and challenging, Nadia draws on her 15 years of study with some of the world's most renowned teachers including Gurmukh, Eric Schiffman, and Cyndi Lee during an advanced teacher training. She has also studied in-depth with Christopher Titmuss during her 10 years practice of Vipassana Meditation. Nadia was inspired and trained in pregnancy yoga by Gurmukh Khasla 14 years ago and has returned to LA many times since to study with her. Nadia has also completed an assistant midwifery course with Ina May Gaskin, publisher of ‘Spiritual Midwifery’ and ‘Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth’ and founded triyoga's own Pregnancy Teacher Training programme.
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Sue Delf is a British Wheel of Yoga trained teacher. Since qualifying in 1993 she has studied with many different teachers in different traditions including Astanga, Iyengar, Yoga Therapy and Pregnancy Yoga (Birthlight trained). She is influenced by the rich teachings of her mentors:- Simon Low, Francoise Freedman (Birthlight), Baron Baptiste and her primary teacher Gill Lloyd. Gill is a direct student of TKV Desikachar. Desikachar is one of the most respected yoga teachers of modern times and is the torchbearer of the rich teachings of his father, Professor Krishnamacharya. The heart of the teachings is that the yoga is tailored to suit the needs of each individual.

Sue has recently completed a yoga therapy post graduate course in the Krishnamacharya tradition in the UK and at the KHYF in Chennai and has completed the BWY module Yoga for People Living with Cancer.

Sue is co-presenter of the DVD ‘Beat Fatigue with Yoga’. She is a teacher trainer for the Yoga Academy and a Foundation Course Tutor for the British Wheel of Yoga.

Deanne has been practising yoga for 16 years and is inspired and influenced by Vanda Scaravelli, Sophie Hoare, John Stirk, Peter Blackaby, Angela Farmer and Donna Farhi. Deanne trained with John Stirk and Sophie Hoare in 2000. Further training with children and pre-natal care includes : 2 training modules for The Special Child with Sonia Sumar and a Yoga Bugs module, also a 2 year course as a Birth Educator with Yogabirth, founded by Lolly Stirk and Yvonne Moore. Deanne currently teaches in yoga centres and schools and runs her own independant classes. Deanne's work prenatally has led her to start attending births as a Doula, Birth assistant. Deanne lives with her partner and child in North West London.

One of triyoga's most popular and best loved teachers, Nadia Narain has a balanced, down-to-earth approach to her teaching combined with a deep belief in yoga's ability to transform our lives. Creating classes that are both fun and challenging, Nadia draws on her 15 years of study with some of the world's most renowned teachers including Gurmukh, Eric Schiffman, and Cyndi Lee during an advanced teacher training. She has also studied in-depth with Christopher Titmuss during her 10 years practice of Vipassana Meditation. Nadia was inspired and trained in pregnancy yoga by Gurmukh Khasla 14 years ago and has returned to LA many times since to study with her. Nadia has also completed an assistant midwifery course with Ina May Gaskin, publisher of ‘Spiritual Midwifery’ and ‘Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth’ and founded triyoga's own Pregnancy Teacher Training programme.
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Deanne has been practising yoga for 16 years and is inspired and influenced by Vanda Scaravelli, Sophie Hoare, John Stirk, Peter Blackaby, Angela Farmer and Donna Farhi. Deanne trained with John Stirk and Sophie Hoare in 2000. Further training with children and pre-natal care includes : 2 training modules for The Special Child with Sonia Sumar and a Yoga Bugs module, also a 2 year course as a Birth Educator with Yogabirth, founded by Lolly Stirk and Yvonne Moore. Deanne currently teaches in yoga centres and schools and runs her own independant classes. Deanne's work prenatally has led her to start attending births as a Doula, Birth assistant. Deanne lives with her partner and child in North West London.

Sunnah has been teaching since 2002. Having trained with many different teachers, she combines her experience to bring a deeply relaxing class intent on releasing the spine alongside a gentle vinyasa (flow) Hatha yoga, bringing creativity and dynamism to a practice. She has also trained with Yogabirth to become a Yoga for Pregnancy teacher and Childbirth Educator.

Erika teaches a dynamic vinyasa flow class, integrating her experience of Iyengar, Ashtanga and Hatha yoga by emphasizing awareness of mind, body and breath whilst focusing on correct alignment. Erika believes that, while yoga does make our bodies stronger and more flexible, yoga's greatest gifts lie in helping us to heal on the inside by helping our minds to become more peaceful and by opening our hearts to grace. She aims to provide a safe, nurturing environment to allow her students to develop their own understanding of yoga in an enjoyable way.

Erika has been practising yoga for over 16 years and teaching for 10 years. Since 1989 she has worked as a holistic massage therapist and is presently studying Cranio-Sacral Therapy. From 1992-95 she lived in Thailand and India studying meditation, Buddhism, yoga and shiatsu. It was during that time that she first discovered the delights of a disciplined daily self-practice. On her return to London she continued her study with a senior Iyengar teacher. After the birth of her first child in 1996 her teacher encouraged her to undertake teacher training so in 1998 she commenced a 3 year course with The British Wheel of Yoga. Since she qualified she has received instruction from many renowned teachers including Clive Sheridan, Shandor Remete, Tias Little, John Scott, Danny Paradise and Shiva Rea covering many different styles of yoga. She has also been greatly inspired by Amritananda Mayi (Amma) and Krishna Das in Bhakti yoga (the path of devotion}. With the birth of her second child in 2004 she acknowledges her two daughters as her greatest teachers on the path of Karma yoga (selfless-service) and is constantly inspired by their natural joy and zest for life.

Ayala has been practising yoga since she was six years old, and teaching since 1997. She is trained as an Iyengar yoga instructor, giving a depth and sensitivity to practise and teaching, and has studied with BKS Iyengar and his daughter Geeta in Pune, India. She is inspired by practices that support living with deep connection and love, and as such draws from Tantric teachings as well as Buddhism and Taoist (Yin) yoga. Ayala has been practising Vipassana meditation since 1994: she regularly attends silent meditation retreats, and has completed a Dharma Facilitation Training with Christopher Titmuss as a means of deepening her practice and understanding of the Buddhist suttas. She draws from all of these practices to support the whole person, body, mind and heart, in a journey towards wholeness and integration. Ayala's passion for yoga during pregnancy has arisen out of her own experience of yoga during her three pregnancies, and knowing the potential for birth to be an extraordinary and exhilarating experience! She has worked with renowned pregnancy yoga teacher Judith Lasater, and trained with Francoise Freedman from Birthlight. Ayala is also a trained doula, helping women to embody these teachings throughout labour and into motherhood.

Deanne has been practising yoga for 16 years and is inspired and influenced by Vanda Scaravelli, Sophie Hoare, John Stirk, Peter Blackaby, Angela Farmer and Donna Farhi. Deanne trained with John Stirk and Sophie Hoare in 2000. Further training with children and pre-natal care includes : 2 training modules for The Special Child with Sonia Sumar and a Yoga Bugs module, also a 2 year course as a Birth Educator with Yogabirth, founded by Lolly Stirk and Yvonne Moore. Deanne currently teaches in yoga centres and schools and runs her own independant classes. Deanne's work prenatally has led her to start attending births as a Doula, Birth assistant. Deanne lives with her partner and child in North West London.

Alison has been practising yoga for over 13 years and teaching for 4 years. She studied at the Sivananda Ashram in the beautiful setting of Neyyar Dam in Kerala and found it to be a life-changing experience. She has taught a number of classes across London in the last 4 years. She teaches in a relaxed non-competitive environment combining the physical asanas with breath to aide relaxation. She believes in each person finding their own level and watching their flexibility improve, their physical strength grow and concentration levels increase. She qualified to teach pregnancy yoga under the tutelage of Francoise Freedman who set up and runs Birthlight. Her pre and postnatal classes are taught in a safe and nurturing environment, based on learnings from Francoise and Alison’s own pregnancies in the last 2 years.

Sue Delf is a British Wheel of Yoga trained teacher. Since qualifying in 1993 she has studied with many different teachers in different traditions including Astanga, Iyengar, Yoga Therapy and Pregnancy Yoga (Birthlight trained). She is influenced by the rich teachings of her mentors:- Simon Low, Francoise Freedman (Birthlight), Baron Baptiste and her primary teacher Gill Lloyd. Gill is a direct student of TKV Desikachar. Desikachar is one of the most respected yoga teachers of modern times and is the torchbearer of the rich teachings of his father, Professor Krishnamacharya. The heart of the teachings is that the yoga is tailored to suit the needs of each individual.

Sue has recently completed a yoga therapy post graduate course in the Krishnamacharya tradition in the UK and at the KHYF in Chennai and has completed the BWY module Yoga for People Living with Cancer.

Sue is co-presenter of the DVD ‘Beat Fatigue with Yoga’. She is a teacher trainer for the Yoga Academy and a Foundation Course Tutor for the British Wheel of Yoga.

Ayala has been practising yoga since she was six years old, and teaching since 1997. She is trained as an Iyengar yoga instructor, giving a depth and sensitivity to practise and teaching, and has studied with BKS Iyengar and his daughter Geeta in Pune, India. She is inspired by practices that support living with deep connection and love, and as such draws from Tantric teachings as well as Buddhism and Taoist (Yin) yoga. Ayala has been practising Vipassana meditation since 1994: she regularly attends silent meditation retreats, and has completed a Dharma Facilitation Training with Christopher Titmuss as a means of deepening her practice and understanding of the Buddhist suttas. She draws from all of these practices to support the whole person, body, mind and heart, in a journey towards wholeness and integration. Ayala's passion for yoga during pregnancy has arisen out of her own experience of yoga during her three pregnancies, and knowing the potential for birth to be an extraordinary and exhilarating experience! She has worked with renowned pregnancy yoga teacher Judith Lasater, and trained with Francoise Freedman from Birthlight. Ayala is also a trained doula, helping women to embody these teachings throughout labour and into motherhood.

Lolly Stirk is a leading light in her field. Her yoga career, which has spanned more than three decades, has been dedicated to creating and developing the ideal practice for pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond. She was one of the first teachers to combine childbirth education with yoga. Many teachers have influenced her over the years including Donna Hollaman, Vanda Scaravelli and her husband John Stirk who continues to inspire her. Over the years her passion for her work has led her to training teachers which she continues to do. For many years she lectured at Thames Valley University to midwives on Yoga in Pregnancy and Birth and as a founder member of the Active Birth Movement she campaigned for the rights of women to move freely during the births of their babies.

Alison has been practising yoga for over 13 years and teaching for 4 years. She studied at the Sivananda Ashram in the beautiful setting of Neyyar Dam in Kerala and found it to be a life-changing experience. She has taught a number of classes across London in the last 4 years. She teaches in a relaxed non-competitive environment combining the physical asanas with breath to aide relaxation. She believes in each person finding their own level and watching their flexibility improve, their physical strength grow and concentration levels increase. She qualified to teach pregnancy yoga under the tutelage of Francoise Freedman who set up and runs Birthlight. Her pre and postnatal classes are taught in a safe and nurturing environment, based on learnings from Francoise and Alison’s own pregnancies in the last 2 years.

Alison has been practising yoga for over 13 years and teaching for 4 years. She studied at the Sivananda Ashram in the beautiful setting of Neyyar Dam in Kerala and found it to be a life-changing experience. She has taught a number of classes across London in the last 4 years. She teaches in a relaxed non-competitive environment combining the physical asanas with breath to aide relaxation. She believes in each person finding their own level and watching their flexibility improve, their physical strength grow and concentration levels increase. She qualified to teach pregnancy yoga under the tutelage of Francoise Freedman who set up and runs Birthlight. Her pre and postnatal classes are taught in a safe and nurturing environment, based on learnings from Francoise and Alison’s own pregnancies in the last 2 years.

Tara Lee teaches dynamic yoga and specialises in pregnancy and post natal yoga. She has been practicing yoga for 15 years and teaching for 6 years. She began teaching pregnancy yoga when she became pregnant with her first child. Tara has a Pregnancy yoga DVD guiding women through pregnancy and birth. She is also a qualified shiatsu practitoner and has two children.Tara's website is taraleeyoga.com

One of triyoga's most popular and best loved teachers, Nadia Narain has a balanced, down-to-earth approach to her teaching combined with a deep belief in yoga's ability to transform our lives. Creating classes that are both fun and challenging, Nadia draws on her 15 years of study with some of the world's most renowned teachers including Gurmukh, Eric Schiffman, and Cyndi Lee during an advanced teacher training. She has also studied in-depth with Christopher Titmuss during her 10 years practice of Vipassana Meditation. Nadia was inspired and trained in pregnancy yoga by Gurmukh Khasla 14 years ago and has returned to LA many times since to study with her. Nadia has also completed an assistant midwifery course with Ina May Gaskin, publisher of ‘Spiritual Midwifery’ and ‘Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth’ and founded triyoga's own Pregnancy Teacher Training programme.
www.nadianarain.com