teachers
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Adelene Cheong
Adelene Cheong is registered with Yoga Alliance RYT500 and British Wheel of Yoga (BWY). She is a fully qualified Judith Lasater trained Relax & Renew® Restorative Yoga Teacher, and also trained in Yoga for Scoliosis with Elise Miller. Her recent years of practice and teaching have been greatly inspired by her teachers Donna Farhi, Judith Lasater, and the work of Vanda Scaravelli as expressed by Catherine Annis.
Adelene's teaching focuses on kinesthetic anatomy and healthy alignment, with an emphasis on breath and spinal integration within the body, promoting a harmonious relationship with gravity. Having practice various styles of yoga for the past 10 years, she integrates her experiences in her teachings, and is particularly interested in the therapeutic applications of yoga.
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Aki Omori
Aki Omori has studied many styles of yoga over the last 20 years and teaches mostly a vinyasa style of yoga that is gentle yet deep and informative. She is also a Somatic Movement Therapist and is recognised for her work in restorative yoga. Aki teaches from movement principles rather than simply achieving forms. She guides her students in a way that encourages them to find their own unique path that is honest and truthful. Her classes are known for their lightness and are fun yet profound. Aki is also an experienced Pranayama practitioner and is devoted to Advaita (non-dual) teaching. -
Alan Kelly
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Alaric Newcombe
Alaric has been practising Iyengar yoga since 1983 and teaching Iyengar yoga since 1991. He is certificated by the Iyengar Yoga Association (UK) as a Senior Intermediate Level 3 teacher. This is the highest level of qualification awarded by the Iyengar Yoga Association (UK). He has been taught by BKS Iyengar, his son Prashant, his daughter Geeta as well as senior pupils of Guruji in Britian and Europe. His initial training was by the Mehta's in London. Alaric has a dynamic and flowing teaching style which is focused and insightful. His extensive experience enables him to give precise individual adjustments and maintain concentrated group focus. He challenges inertia and ignorance with sharpness, compassion and humour. -
Alessandra Pecorella
Alessandra began exploring the roots of Yoga when she was 17 and has been practicing with great enthusiasm and curiosity for the past 20 years, following her mother Bhakta and artist. Her extensive studies in the Kriya Yoga tradition, Tantra, Ayurveda and the T. Krishnamacharia lineage (particularly Vinyasa and Ashtanga Yoga) infuse her Vinyasa flow teaching and daily life. Alessandra runs inspiring and challenging classes where she encourages the students to explore their full potential by connecting with their own natural rhythm. By threading breath, movement and intention, we find that inherent flow which underlies evolution. By working with Kramas (progressive sequences) her classes are accessible to all levels and she constantly encourages the students to follow and honor their own inclinations and personal dharma. She has been teaching for the past 7 years in London. She is featured in Claire Missingham Vinyasa Flow YOga Dvd. -
Alison Masterman
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. -
Amir Jaan
Classically trained in the spiritual Art of Kundalini Yoga at SKY, (the School of Kundalini Yoga), under the close observations of a host of world renowned and internationally revered Guru mentors, such as Guru Dharam Singh, Shiv Charan Singh, Darryl O’Keefe and Bridget Layton Minor. Having conducted thousands of public and private classes in London and across the world, Amir Jaan brings a reassuring calmness into any learning environment, be it a group or one-to-one. Even with a busy teaching schedule Amir remains an integral part of the Kundalini fraternity in London and across the United Kingdom. He works closely with his mentors and students to extend the reach and scope of this technology. -
Amme Poulton
A senior yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance, Amme began practising yoga in 1996 to heal her body after two knee surgeries. After completing an Ashtanga Training in San Francisco, CA in 2001, she began teaching yoga full time. Over the years, her explorations of yoga brought her to study with renowned teachers of a variety of styles, and she completed a Hatha Training in 2003, and Ana Forrest’s Advanced Training in 2004. Since then she has taught a challenging and dynamic practice that heals and detoxifies the body and mind. Emphasizing awareness through precision, meditation in motion, and the art of conscious embodiment, her classes challenge the body, engage the mind and quicken the spirit. -
Amme Poulton + Mollie McClelland
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Amy Ku Redler
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Anna Ashby
Anna Ashby has been studying and practising yoga for 20 years and has been teaching since 1999. She holds the highest level of certification by the Yoga Alliance – the Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 500 – and she also holds a B.A. in Modern Dance. The core of Anna’s yoga training and inspiration comes from many years of dedicated study and practice of Siddha Yoga Meditation.™ Anna’s teaching style blends an appreciation for alignment with a real love of movement. She teaches with a steady, upbeat and methodical approach to asana practice that encourages introspection, contemplation as well as fun. Anna regularly leads retreats + trainings in the UK and is on the faculty of the triyoga teacher training programme. -
Annabel Chown
Annabel began a regular yoga practice in 2001, while working long hours as an architect, and loved the way it made her feel more centred, spacious and grounded. She began teaching in 2007 and is certified to teach by the British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Alliance. She has enjoyed practising different methods, particularly Iyengar, Astanga, Yin and Vinyasa Flow, and is grateful to many wonderful teachers, including Sarah Powers and Dena Kingsberg. In 2008 she attended her first workshop with John Friend, the founder of Anusara yoga, and fell in love with the heart-opening grace, elegant alignment principles and playful creativity of this method. She continues to study with John Friend and other senior Anusara teachers such as Sianna Sherman and Bridget Woods-Kramer, with whom she completed a 200 hour training in Bali in 2010. Her teaching is clear, creative and uplifting, guiding students to explore their edge with compassion and mindfulness. Through the architecture of the asanas, the breath, and the placement of awareness, she invites people to connect with the spaces within, where we can uncover the fullness and authenticity of who we are, and all the potential we hold. -
Annie Carpenter
Annie started teaching yoga to children as a natural extension of her love of working with children’s theatre. Skilled at engaging children’s creativity and imagination, Annie makes classes fun and filled with animals and exciting adventures. Annie trained with Yoga Bugs, has an honors degree in drama and is a trained child counsellor. She teaches weekly classes at several schools in North London and has been teaching the Kids Yoga Club at triyoga for the last three years – where she is a huge hit with her students! -
Antonello Di Curzio
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Ayala Gill
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. -
Bridget Woods Kramer
Bridget Woods Kramer began her yoga practices in India in 1975 and embarked on an intense program of study to become a senior teacher. She has concentrated on teaching since 1988 and is Anusara's UK representative, certified in 2001 having studied with John Friend, the founder of the Anusara school of Yoga since 1994. Bridget enjoys an international reputation of excellence and travels all over the world giving Anusara immersion workshops, Teacher trainings, and in depth study courses. She teaches with enthusiasm, sensitivity and insight, conveying yogas potential to support us in living and serving with love. -
Cassandra Tyler
Cassandra has been practising yoga for 20 years and teaching for 10. She teaches fluid vinyasa flow. The key influences on her yoga are Clive Sheridan and Shiva Rea. For many years Cassandra was a dedicated Ashtanga practitioner. Her classes reflect her practice with a mixture of creative, opening vinyasa, pranayama and meditation. -
Caterina Hadjilias
Caterina Hadjilias teaches Shadow Yoga. She has been privileged to have been a longterm student of Shandor Remete (Natanaga Zhander) founder of Shadow Yoga, since 1996 and continues to study with him and Emma Balnaves worldwide. Caterina was first introduced to Hatha Yoga in 1980 and 1994 she qualified as an Iyengar Yoga teacher. In 2000 she decided to teach and practice only Shadow Yoga. She has been teaching in London for 20 years and runs retreats and workshops in her native Greece. Her interests include painting, the study of Ayurveda and the esoteric cultures of the east. for more info please visit www.yogaangarupamarga.com -
Catherine Annis
Catherine was originally a professional dancer and has been practising yoga for over 20 years. She originally studied Sivananda, Iyengar and some Ashtanga before gravitating to the teachings of Vanda Scaravelli. Catherine's daily yoga practice and teaching focuses on deepening physical awareness and alignment to reveal and release the natural freedom of the body, particularly the spine. She holds a Masters degree in ballet studies and is a qualified yoga instructor and Thai massage practitioner. -
Catriona Brokenshire
I have been practising yoga for about 27 years. I started teaching in 1995 after giving up a business career to travel in India and study yoga more deeply with Clive Sheridan. After attending teacher training classes with Godfrey Devereux at The Life Centre, I completed The British Wheel of Yoga teacher training course, while practising astanga vinyassa with John Scott for two years. In 1996 I began to work regularly with Shandor Remete, who became my main teacher and influence. For the last six years, I have been attending workshops and lectures with Swami Veda Bharati of The Himalayan Institute, who has inspired me to develop a deeper meditation practice. I have recently completed a 3-year Subtle Integration Therapy course, which explores healing through the energy body. My teaching style reflects the range of teachers and forms of yoga I have worked with through three decades. I attempt to be creative and spontaneous in my classes, without adhering strictly to any one particular style. My aim is to encourage students to experience and explore the richness and diversity of the yogic tradition - to challenge themselves physically, mentally and spiritually, while maintaining a sense of enjoyment and enthusiasm in their practice. -
Claire Best
Claire was first introduced to yoga through the practice of Zen Meditation. Her first Iyengar yoga class was in 1992. Feeling the benefits of yoga, she wanted to understand the postures in more detail and joined the Iyengar Yoga Institute in London and later embarked on the teachers training course. She also explored the teachings of Ashtanga yoga with John Scott and Shandor Remete and was part of a yoga theatre company called Tripsichore.To deepen her teaching skills, she returned to Iyengar Teachers Training with Alaric Newcombe and completed Level 2 in Iyengar yoga. Claire has been teaching from 1996. Her website is www.bestelements.co.uk -
Claire Missingham
Claire Missingham is a leading teacher of Vinyasa Flow Yoga, known for her passionate, dynamic and inspirational style of teaching yoga that incorporates both the physical and spiritual aspects of the yoga practice. Her classes integrate deep asana with the application of precise alignment, meditation, intention and prayer to enable us to create confidence, passion and deep awareness of living a conscious life. Claire was brought up by Sufi parents who spent much time in Morocco, and she is continually inspired by the Sufi teachings. Claire’s approach to Vinyasa Flow Yoga is as a dynamic, flowing form of breathing and postures, infused with humour, love, vigor, vitality and joy. -
Claudia Dossena
Claudia has studied yoga since 1998. She has completed the Iyengar teacher training programme with senior teacher, Alaric Newcombe. She currently holds the Introductory certificate and continues to study for Junior Intermediate with Alaric Newcombe. -
Corrie Preece
The daily ritual of coming to one’s mat…. working through the limitations of the body, mind and emotions; using the rhythm of the breath and the focus of the drishti, in order to graduate to a stillness and a connection (even if only fleeting), is for Corrie, the joy of the Mysore self-practice.
Corrie has been practising traditional Ashtanga yoga for eleven years and is committed to teaching authentic Ashtanga Yoga.
Corrie’s study of yoga is ongoing, it is her experience that all one could need for a life long journey of self-discovery, is held within the yogic scriptures and a dedicated asana practice.
Corrie teaches both Vinyasa and Ashtanga yoga – her teaching is strong, mindful, and from the heart.
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Dawn Lintern
Dawn worked as a theatre director until yoga gradually took over her life. She has now been practising seriously for around 12 years and teaching for almost seven. She focused on Ashtanga for several years, studying with practitioners such as John Scott, Gingi Lee, Hamish Hendry, Nancy Gilgoff and Danny Paradise. She has done teacher-training with David Swenson, with Narayani in Sivananda yoga and more recently Yin Yoga with Sarah Powers. Dawn teaches Ashtanga at triyoga and Hatha yoga at Yogahome and the North London Buddhist Centre, where she teaches a more personal, creative style combining the riches of her ongoing exploration into different styles of yoga and teaching. Dawn regularly teaches various workshops in London and two annual retreats in Sabina, in Italy. Her aim as a teacher is to give as much individual attention as possible, whilst tuning in to the group dynamic and energy of each class in order to encourage people to discover their potential and blossom. Dawn regularly travels to India and around the world to experience different teachers and styles of yoga in order to develop her own knowledge and skills as a teacher. -
Deanne Liew
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. -
Diana Harland
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Diana Holland
Diana is a fun, enthusiastic teacher with over 20 years teaching experience in yoga and pilates. Her style is grounded in the precision and depth of Iyengar yoga and she also embraces the lightness and creativity of other yoga styles into her classes. Diana qualified as an Iyengar yoga teacher and also holds a Yoga Alliance higher level (500) certification. She is a pilates instructor, qualified advance massage therapist and hypnotherapist and the author of Yoga-pilates: a flow motion book. Diana wishes to introduce all people to the joy of and healing benefits of yoga in her happy and supportive classes. -
Dimitris Thomopoulos
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Dina Cohen
Dina’s teaching is inspired by the fluid, breath-synchronised dance of Ashtanga, the precision and integrity of Iyengar, and the deep lake of meditative stillness that is Yin Yoga. She trained to teach Dynamic Yoga in 2000 with Godfrey Devereux in Ibiza and has since completed both the British Wheel and the Yoga Alliance 500hr, studying intensively with many renowned teachers including Sarah Powers, Donna Farhi, Clive Sheridan and Shiva Rea. “Yoga connects us to the rhythm of the breath, drawing us ever more deeply into the recesses of our physical and emotional bodies, allowing us to soften, release, surrender and let go. Dropping all that baggage leaves us feeling calm, energised and lighter, creating a spaciousness in which our innate healing potential can be revealed." -
Dina Karim
Dina Karim is an experienced and qualified Intermediate Level 3 Iyengar yoga teacher with 15+ years of experience. She has studied with Master Yogacharya Sri B.K.S. Iyengar, his daughter Dr. Gita Iyengar and his son Prashant and other world renowned yoga teachers such as Pattabhi Jois and Shandor Remete. She successfully ran her own yoga studio in Holland Park for seven years before she took leave to have two kids. Time Out rated her,"London's best kept yoga secret". www.timelessyoga.co.uk -
Eileen Gauthier
Eileen's yoga practice comes from both a traditional and an experimental background. On the traditional side, she's been practising Mysore style Ashtanga daily for many years and completed the Advanced A (or 3rd) series with certified teachers John Scott and Hamish Hendry.
In parallel and on the experimental side, she has been studying with the Tripsichore Yoga Dance Theatre company since 1999 and has toured and performed internationally as a member of the company since 2002. She is one of the yogis featured in the Tripsichore Yoga DVD released in 2006. The Tripsichore practice consists of asana sequences with a strong emphasis on hand balances, handstands and handstands variations.Eileen founded and ran Sukha Yoga Studio in London from 2002 until 2006, when she left the UK to further her own yoga studies both in Mysore and with inspirational teacher Rolf Naujokat. -
Erika Tourell
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. -
Fabio Culora
Fabio Culora completed a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies at University of London where he first encountered the Pilates technique. He trained as a Pilates Teacher with the Pilates foundation UK Ltd at Laban in matwork and studio practice and continues to teach there. He also works at GSA Conservatoire and E15 Acting School, teaching experiential anatomy, physical theatre and movement for acting, singing and dance. He is currently in training at the Institute for Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy to receive certification as a Somatic Movement Therapist. He also has a private practice. Fabio has been practising yoga since 1995, his understanding of this way of life influences his application of teaching Pilates technique in the context of triyoga. -
Gabriela Bozic
Gabriela Bozic, MA, holds a master's degree in linguistics and advanced certification in Jivamukti Yoga. Her classes integrate both physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of yoga into modern lifestyle without losing sight of the ancient and universal goal of the practice—liberation. Gabriela is known for her dynamic, passionate, life-loving and thorough approach in teaching, skillfully blending mystical and practical teachings of yoga in her classes. Her optimism and vivaciousness are contagious, therefore, you may find yourself laughing, dancing and singing in her classes too. Her personal goal is to inspire and motivate students to live an empowered life in truth, understanding and love and by integrating yoga into their lifestyle make this world a more loving, non-judgemental and peaceful place. She has been practicing and studying yoga since 1998, and has extensively trained with Sharon Gannon and David Life since 2001. Her deep interest and love for people, nature, yoga, philosophy, Sanskrit, mysticism and psychology have led her to study with many other known and unknown teachers from different spiritual lineages including R. Sriram, Gurmukh, Mark Whitwell, Satyarthi, Dr. Bayer and Mona Miller to name a few. She was co-founder and director of the Jivamukti Centers in Munich, Germany from 2002-2010. Currently based in London, UK, Gabriela leads workshops and trainings internationally and is an established presenter at yoga conferences worldwide. She has been featured in many international magazines and TV shows. She co-authored with Patrick Broome the book ”Yoga for Life: Reconnecting to Mother Earth with Jivamukti Yoga” published in German, Italian and Czech language. More info: www.gabrielabozic.com -
Gavin Frank
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Grace Barry Tait
Grace has been practising yoga for 15 years. She trained in India with the Sivananda school and Yoga Arts. Further training courses with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli for pregnancy yoga and Yoga For The Special Child and Yoga for children with Jo Manuel.
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Graham Burns
23 years working as a commercial lawyer in the City and even longer playing competitive sport gave Graham Burns a unique perspective on how yoga can help with the stresses of daily life. In all his teaching, Graham emphasises that the physical benefits of asana are only a small part of the joy of yoga. Much more important is the combined use of body, breath and mind to help us find our true essence. His dynamic but relaxed asana style is rooted in his studies of the Ashtanga Vinyasa tradition with Richard Freeman and John Scott, but Graham’s classes are imaginatively sequenced with a particular focus on their more subtle energetic effects, and typically also include both pranayama (breath work) and meditation/visualisation. Initially trained in California in 2000, Graham continues to study widely with many of the world's leading teachers, most notably his current principal teacher, Rod Stryker. As well as his more dynamic classes, he is also an experienced teacher of gentle yoga and yoga nidra and teaches and mentors students on one of the UK’s top yoga teacher training courses. Above all, Graham is known for his humorous and light-hearted approach to teaching, while still preserving the best elements of the yoga tradition. -
Helen Shepherd
After studying many different forms of yoga Helen found her home in the wonderful world of Vinyasa Flow Yoga. Working specifically with masterful hands on assists, these entwined with beautifully sequenced dynamic asana, ancient philosophies and mantra create exquisitely crafted classes. Helen studied intensively under Claire Missingham, currently mentoring and assisting teacher trainee’s in London along side running her own classes in Norfolk. -
Howard Napper
Howard is a yoga teacher with a gentle yet powerful approach to yoga. He does not teach a particular style, preferring instead to teach an intention that can be applied to any style. He believes that the main aim of a yoga teacher should be to support the needs of the individual rather than to promote a specific practice or technique. His love of yoga and understanding goes deep into this ancient tradition, which ultimately serves as a path to set us free. -
Huma Jalil
Huma was born and raised in the Himalayan foothills of Pakistan, where she was first introduced to yoga by a very dear friend. She moved to london to study (BSc. MA Social Anthropology) in 1998. During her time at SOAS, University of London her interest in studying the similarities and differences between the many cultures and inhabitants of the world was fuelled intellectually. Yoga provided a practical way of experiencing and embodying these differences while at the same time recognising that there is a universal intelligence that is common between each and every one of us. “My aim is to help students appreciate and nourish the gift of life in each moment. Being in their body-mind both on and off the mat.” Huma has been teaching yoga since 2004, training first in the Bihar School with Krishna Uprety in Nepal, Desikachar and his therapists at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in India, Moksha Yoga with Ted Grand in Canada and most recently she received her Advanced Certfification in the Jivamukti Yoga method. “I give thanks to all the students of yoga, past and present for preserving the practise through the desire to seek and nurture their true Selves. My practise is an offering to my ancestors, family, friends and to life itself. I teach Yoga in humble gratitude to my beloved teachers.” -
Isaac Mullins
Isaac began practising yoga at the age of 17 and quickly realised that its healing effects were essential to his life and well-being. By the age of 23 he was determined to become a teacher, both to deepen his own practice and for the opportunity to share what he had learned. He has travelled extensively in India, studying many styles including Ashtanga, Sivananda and Iyengar Yoga. He has been lucky enough to learn from many great teachers including Richard Freeman, David Swenson, Liz Lark, Padma Nair, Gusta (Shunya) and many more. Isaac is qualified with the British wheel of Yoga and is certified by the Yoga Alliance.
Isaac's gratitude to the teachings and teachers of yoga cannot be expressed enough and when compared to the masters of yoga he considers himself very much a beginner on the yogic journey. Through his teaching he wishes only to convey what he has learned and is learning through experience. -
Jane Kersel
Jane Kersel is the founder of SHED Method and owner of the ISHY yoga shala in Notting Hill. She is a much sought after teacher with a good reputation for helping her students to create space and health in their bodies, breath and minds, both on and off the mat, in an enjoyable and fun way. She has studied yoga and mindfulness practices for over 25 years with many of the world’s leading teachers in consciousness work including psychology, yoga, meditation, naturopathy and hypnotherapy. Each year she studies with her consciousness teachers: Hal and Sidra Stone in California. She also works on a one-to-one basis with clients using voice dialogue, hypnotherapy and yoga. She is a mother of two teenage children and knows at first hand how a yoga and meditation practice can help and support a woman through pregnancy and beyond. She is ERYT 500 trained, a member of the BWY, Birthlight registered and on the faculty of the triyoga Teacher Training. One of Jane’s loves is in helping women to connect to their innate feminine power and intuition – where 'being' states are as valued as 'doing' ones – intuition, as valued as knowledge. She runs regular women’s retreats at home and abroad, and will be teaching a new pregnancy yoga class in Chelsea with the theme of 'Cultivating the Divine Feminine for Birth and Beyond'. -
Jean Hall
Jean has been practising yoga for over 19 years and has been teaching yoga for 12 years. She teaches open yoga classes in London, mentors yoga teachers in training & leads yoga retreats in the U.K & throughout the world. After working as a professional dancer she qualified as a Iyengar yoga teacher in 1995 & since has continued to study different forms of yoga, namely Sivananda Yoga in Trivanadran & Ashtanga Yoga in Mysore with Sri K Pattahbi Jois. Her teaching focuses on developing healthy body mechanics, awareness & flow of breath, energy & alignment to balance & strengthen the body, while deep stretching & relaxation helps to release tension from within. -
Jeff Phenix
Jeff is a co-teacher on triyoga's teacher training course and leads worksops and retreats internationally. He is inspiring and popular because of his passion and unique style which emphasises the true spirit of yoga. Strong but soft, dynamic yet meditative - there is an emphasis in his classes on right and skilful action to find a balance between dynamic flow, correct and safe alignment and mindfulness to bring inner peace and harmony. He enjoys being creative and experimental - working with a variety of themes, ideas, different sequences and a range of postures, to help students deepen their practice and understanding. Classes incorporate the philosophy and spirit of yoga and have a meditative quality – learning to be present, not on 'automatic pilot', so that we can practise being as fully alive as possible in each moment in every day life - not just on the mat. Yoga has been a constant part of Jeff's life for the past 14 years since his discovery of it whilst travelling in India. The main influences on his teaching style include (in no particular order) the Anusara, Vinyasa Flow, Iyengar, Viniyoga, Jivamukti and Satyananda schools. He has studied with many of the world’s leading yoga teachers doing workshops, retreats and trainings with the likes of Shiva Rea, Donna Farhi, Godfrey Devereux, Sarah Powers, Aadhil Palkhivala, Richard Freeman, Tias Little, Rod Stryker and Simon Low. www.phenixyoga.com -
Jennifer Dale
Inspired initially by renowned Ashtanga Yoga teachers John Crawford Scott and Dena Kingsberg, Jennifer has gone on to develop a style that is a fusion of dynamic flow based on the Vinyasa yoga system with a slow and meditative approach that always incorporates alignment correction. Her love and reward for teaching is to see the transformations, progression and commitment that follow as a result of regular practice. Having lived and observed the benefits of yoga, after a number of years of teaching she co-founded Surya Yoga Studio in 2001 - 2010. -
Jo Lee
Jo is passionate about health and fitness from a holistic view point and she believes we need to be aware of balance in our lives in order to experience freedom in our bodies and from our minds…. Yoga shows us the way! Jo started her practice of yoga in 1998, qualified with the Sivananda School of yoga in 2005 and completed Sivananda advanced teacher training in August 2008. She is proudly and passionately passing on her knowledge to her students and is fully committed to teaching and practising yoga.
She has studied Anatomy and Physiology extensively during her study of Personal training, swimming coaching and massage therapy and regularly attends workshops and courses for her personal development. She also teaches pregnancy yoga.
Jo teaches hatha yoga classes to groups and individuals, her empathis being exploration, fun and challenge. With a supporting and encouraging approach she teaches from the heart. -
John Moran
John has been practising Yoga since 1994 and has studied many styles in depth. He teaches a flowing style where correct alignment is always observed and the integrity of the asana is respected. His classes are energizing and calming, joyful and challenging. Awareness and deep breathing are nurtured as part of the asana practise.
John trained with Anna Ashby and Joey Miles at Tri Yoga, graduating with distinction and is a member of the British Wheel of Yoga. -
Jonathan Sattin
Jonathan Sattin first learned to meditate in 1976 and has practised under his teacher, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, since 1985. He teaches from his own experience and believes that meditation is a key part of yoga - something that we take with us in the way we live rather than on the mat or sitting still. -
Joo Teoh
Joo started teaching in July 2007 after completing his first teacher training course with Matthew Raymond Cohen. In March 2009, he completed his 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification with Max Strom. His study of yoga asana and philosophy is also strongly influenced by his studies with Judith Lasater, Sarah Powers, Donna Farhi, Robyn Wexler and Mimi Kuo-Deemer. His energetic and dynamic Vinyasa flow sequences aim to clear the mind, cleanse the body and open the heart. Joo also teaches restorative yoga with the hope that somewhere within the movement of urban life, stillness and silence can prevail, and that his students, occasionally, will permit themselves to do less. Joo is eternally grateful to Cameron Tukapua, for lighting the path to his own heart, and to his family for their unerring support. -
Joyce McMiken
Joyce fell in love with yoga through Ashtanga and has had a consistent practice since 2001. She has been teaching since 2006 and is a qualified British Wheel of Yoga Teacher. Since qualifying she has had the good fortune to complete teacher trainings with lots of fabulous and inspirational teachers - David Swenson, Sarah Powers, Judith Hanson Lasater and Rod Stryker to name but a few (!) and makes regular trips to India to practice at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute. She teaches ashtanga, playful flowing classes with a strong focus on alignment and restorative classes designed to encourage people to soften and surrender to the body’s natural ability to heal.
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Karin Schrijvers
It is Karin’s intention to help students develop awareness as well as have fun during their yoga practice. While inviting each individual to explore his/her personal experience, she guides the students into and out of their poses with clear instructions that emphasise alignment and precision. Karin first took up yoga after her move from Belgium to Cambridge in 1994. But it wasn’t until 2000, when she experienced her very first Iyengar yoga workshop in California, that her true yoga journey began. Since then she has been practising Iyengar yoga and teaching alignment-focused classes in California, Singapore, Sydney and, now also, London. She is certified by the British Wheel of Yoga after having completed Triyoga’s Teacher Training course. -
Kate Ellis
Kate has been developing a yoga practice for over 15 years based upon her knowledge of the body and energy through her practice of Thai Yoga Massage. Her field of interest is how structural integrity creates an awareness and harnessing of energy. -
Kate Walker (Harrell)
Having grown up in New York and Los Angeles, Kate Walker (nee Harrell) started studying yoga in 1998. She was the weakest, most inflexible person in the yoga room, but persevered as the quiet and calm internal state was unlike anything she had ever known. After a few years of studying various styles, she began to feel that the strong, dynamic, flowing yoga classes she loved often lacked the time to breathe deeply and slowly, and alignment-based instruction to keep her safe and conscious. Kate now teaches just that style, qualifying initially through tripsichore yoga, then through Max Strom's advanced training, then working with other teachers worldwide, such as Seane Corn and Annie Carpenter. She specialises in teaching multi-levels, so that students can work with respect to their own bodies rather than their egos, with a goal of internal peace, patience, courage and grounded contentment. -
Kathy Roberts
Kathy has been practising yoga for over 20 years, and teaching since 1997. Her formal training includes Iyengar and Sivananda Teacher Training, a Yoga Therapy Diploma and a 3-year Ashtanga Vinyasa course with Graeme Northfield. She has also worked in depth with John Scott, Dona Holleman and Sarah Powers, who have greatly influenced her yoga and teaching style. More recently she has been inspired by Clive Sheridan and been incorporating more pranayama and meditation into her practice and teaching.Her teaching is grounded in the alignment of the Iyengar system but greatly influenced by the dynamic flow of astanga and vinyasa flow, while incorporating more restorative practices as appropriate. Her hope is to make yoga practice accessible to all, whatever level. -
Katie Heller
Katie Heller started practising Ashtanga in 1998. In 2001 she completed a teacher training course with David Swenson in 2001 and then decided to take a year out to travel the world practising with senior teachers such as Dena Kingsberg and her husband Jack, Rolf Naujokat and Kirsten Berg. Katie travels to Mysore, India every year to study at the Astanga Yoga Research Institute and was authorized by Sri K Pattabhi Jois to teach in 2004. She has a deep love and appreciation of Ashtanga yoga in its purest form and prefers to teach in the traditional way. In this way she pays respect to the tradition of teacher + disciple (parampara). She has been teaching at triyoga since 2004 and is also a qualified naturopath and medical herbalist. -
Katy Appleton
Founder and Director of appleyoga, Katy Appleton has been practicing yoga since 1995 and has taught internationally as a registered teacher with the Yoga Alliance since 1999. Originally a soloist ballet dancer, she danced across the world with the English National Ballet, complimenting her dance career with the power of yoga's movements, breathing and relaxation techniques. This background as a dancer gives her an extraordinary vision into how bodies move and influences her understanding of posture, alignment and energetic flow. Her integrated teaching style involves an eclectic mix of dynamic vinyasa, bhakti yoga, (the heart essence path), structured alignment, philosophy, mantra, sufi poetry and wicked musical vibes. Katy has studied many different styles with some of the world's leading practitioners, and draws on these experiences to teach her own form of yoga, known worldwide as appleyoga. She has published several yoga books and five bestselling yoga DVDs and she also appears regularly on Sky TV’s Body in Balance. Katy famously instructed Geri Halliwell in her yoga transformation in 2003. They created the best selling yoga DVD 'Geri Yoga', which broke worldwide sales records of over half a million copies and continues to hold the title of best selling fitness video of all time. -
Keef Miles
Keef Miles is a highly experienced and multi-certified international Yoga/Movement teacher and Thai-Yoga Masseur. He is a long term student of John Friend’s Anusara Yoga and one of the first apprentices of Susannah and Ya’Acov Darling Kahn’s School of Movement Medicine. His innate passion for life, people, words, humour, music, yoga and dance enlivens his work. His classes are uplifting and inspiring explorations and celebrations of the human spirit. He encourages people to access their hidden strengths and potential by guiding them towards a deeper awareness of their body, heart, mind and breath, and he helps encourage them to locate themselves compassionately in the present moment in relation to the elements and directions, past and future, divine source and great mystery. -
Kirsten Orchard
Kirsten Orchard, introduced the gyrotonic method to triyoga in 2010. Alongside her study of traditional hatha yoga, she has trained with the founders of three inspirational movement systems, each of which explore fluid, circular movement patterns in their own way; The Gyrotonic Method (Juliu Horvath) Garuda (James Da Silva) and Budokon (Cameron Shayne). Kirsten integrates elements of these methods, along with her own personal experience and teaching style to inspire and facilitate her students to explore new ways of opening up the body and the mind. -
Laura Denham Jones
Laura Denham-Jones has been teaching yoga for over 10 years and practicing for more than 25. She has completed teacher training in Ashtanga, Judith Lasater's Relax & Renew Restorative Yoga, Shiva Rea’s Vinyasa Flow and Body Arts and Science Pilates Mat Work. A keen runner, Laura has completed 8 marathons and many other races. She has contributed to "Yoga Magazine", "Runners World", "Health and Fitness" and "Zest" magazine and has been teaching Yoga for Runners workshops and courses at triyoga since 2003 and led retreats in France, Germany and Spain. Laura is continually exploring yoga, Pilates and running for mutual benefit, enjoyment and total well-being. -
Laura Gate Eastley
Laura comes from an Ashtanga background and this powerful practice has influenced the strong dynamic flow classes she now teaches. She trained with Brian Cooper of Union Yoga and was accredited by Yoga Alliance whilst also working as an assistant at the triyoga morning mysore class alongside her teacher Laurel Sutherland for 18 months during 2004/05. She has worked with several inspiring teachers including Dharma Mittra, Paul Grilley + Matthew Sweeney, plus of course Pattabhi Jois, but has been most recently influenced by her training with Shiva Rea and has developed a huge passion for vinyasa flow. She is eternally grateful to all her teachers and students. -
Leah Kim
Leah Kim graduated with a degree in Economics, but it wasn’t long before she realised her life would be much better spent on the mat than in a cubicle. Originally from California, Leah’s first teachers were Erich Schiffmann, Ally Hamilton, and Bryan Kest. She began teaching in Santa Monica, then in Hong Kong, and is now based in London. Leah is Nike’s Global Yoga Ambassador and travels on behalf of Nike’s yoga programme as their spokesperson and head trainer. Her style is rooted in Vinyasa Flow. -
Leela Miller
Leela Miller began studying yoga more than 20 years ago, and has been teaching yoga since 1985. Leela uses her knowledge and practice of many styles of yoga including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Sivananda and Shadow yoga to present a style of teaching that emphasises alignment, flow and inner awareness.
Much of Leela’s knowledge has been gained through reflecting on the challenges she faces in her own practice, supported by a growing awareness of the underlying intention the body has to heal itself and the inherent wisdom of the body. She draws heavily on her own investigation into and experimentation with certain practices in conjunction with the guidance of her teachers, rather than on a particular dogma and stresses cultivating one’s own voice as the teacher. -
Leila Sadeghee
Leila Sadeghee is an Anusara-Inspired Yoga Teacher and Therapeutic Bodyworker based in Fitzrovia, London. Her teaching is inspirational, bio-mechanically savvy, supremely fun, and driven by a deep commitment to serve people in opening to their highest potential, both on and off the mat. Using awareness techniques, bodywork, yoga asana, and deep listening, she assists people in doing the sweet work of coming home to authenticity and empowerment, one revelation at a time. Students and clients continually marvel at how much better they feel, how much more aware they are, and how powerfully graceful they feel in facing life’s challenges. Unique to Leila’s work is the way that the transformation takes place at the level of embodiment; clients and students literally change shape and move differently, opening to radical freedom in the body, the mind, and the heart. www.leilsadeghee.com -
Leonidas Mezilis
Leonidas Mezilis has a background in dance and drama, and is trained as a teacher in both Pilates matwork and dynamic yoga. He also works as a holistic masseur and has an excellent understanding of anatomy and movement. Leonidas’ classes are a mixture of technique and performance - dynamic, fun and inspiring. -
Lisa Sanfilippo
Lisa Sanfilippo, a designated Anusara-inspired yoga teacher, conveys the depth and breadth of yoga's potential with intelligence, lightheartedness, and humour. Her use of dynamic flow and held poses, combined with her skill in alignment and therapeutics enable students to progress quickly and safely, deepening their practice, becoming stronger, more flexible and more centred in their hearts. Classes are upbeat, inviting, fun, and encourage students to play, explore and enjoy their practices. Lisa has practised yoga since 1997, and has taught since 2002, having trained with John Friend, Anusara Yoga's founder and studied for many years with master teacher Sianna Sherman. Her meditation practice has been informed by TM and Vedic Meditation, providing a steadiness and delight to her journey through life. Lisa artfully draws upon a half decade of studies in yoga philosophy, with teachers including Carlos Pomeda, and Dr. Douglas R. Brooks (a leading US-based scholar in Hindu Tantrism) making her classes ideal for students wanting something deeper from their yoga. She credits her teachers and colleagues immensely, and honours her early influences including those of the Krishnamacharya lineage and vinyasa yoga. Lisa hosts creative, informative and fun workshops and retreats, and also works with students privately to address a wide range of health and wellbeing concerns including back problems, insomnia, childbirth preparation and paralysis. Lisa also mentors students and teacher trainees both specifically focussed on Anusara Yoga and training to teach yoga more generally, as a YogaCampus Mentor. She holds a BSc in Sociology from Brown University in the US, and an MSc from the London School of Economics and is fascinated by yoga off-the-mat, the creative writing process, literature, art, and loving this life. www.lisayogalondon.com -
Liza Miller
Liza came to the Pilates Method through her background in personal training and qualified with the Pilates Foundation in matwork and studio equipment. Liza’s classes are varied, dynamic and challenging. Her aim is to help students to achieve better breathing, posture and movement patterns that can be incorporated into daily life for improved health and well-being. -
Lizzie Gilchrist
After a chance introduction to yoga whilst at school during 1993-94, Lizzie has continually been drawn to the practice for the feeling of calm, strength, spaciousness it gives and its quietly transformative power. She believes yoga is a wonderful, life affirming practice and a healing tonic to the potential head led busy-ness and disconnection of everyday life in the western world. -
Lolly Stirk
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. -
Louise Grime
Louise Grime has been practising yoga for 30 years and teaching for 20. She lived and qualified as a Sivananda Yoga teacher in their Ashram in Kerala in 1989 where she was a member of staff. In 1994 she qualified as an Iyengar Yoga teacher at the Iyengar Institute in Maida Vale where she then taught. The major influences in her yoga life have been BKS Iyengar, Shandor Remete and John Scott. Her classes, which reflect her practice, concentrate on breath and alignment, starting with breath awareness and flowing from Sun Salutations into the asanas. -
Lucy Bruegger
Lucy's yoga journey began many years ago on a rooftop in India and she has never looked back. After studying in India, she trained with Max Strom in America, who she now assists on his international workshops in London. Lucy teaches vinyasa flow yoga with significant emphasis on the breath and its healing qualities. Her multi-level classes embrace each student, honouring their current stage in their practice. Her classes work on strengthening, opening and creating flexibility in the body. Safety, healthy alignment and a yoga that creates stillness and peace are principles at the core of Lucy's classes. Her teaching is non-dogmatic and encourages an open heart and quiet mind. Lucy is deeply grateful to all of the teachers that have helped her on her path. -
Luiza Hardwick
Luiza has been practising yoga for over 20 years and originally trained in the Iyengar tradition in London and with the Iyengar family in India.
Subsequently she was inspired by Donna Farhi to adopt a more expanded approach to yoga based on the principle of wholeness and in 2005 Luiza completed Donna's teacher training course. Her own practice also incorporates Qi Gong which she integrates into her teaching to give it a more subtle and energetic direction. She also has a working knowledge of Ayurveda and is a Master NLP Practioner. -
Maika Klaukien
Maika Klaukien has a dance background (BA + MA) and has been teaching since the age of 16. She qualified with the Pilates Foundation in 2003 (matwork and equipment) and has since specialised in rehabilitation from injury, working closely alongside Physiotherapists. Maika's main aim is to make Pilates understandable and functional for everyday activities. She will introduce the method as a way to enjoy moving with ease, flow and breath, while maintaining centre control and precision. -
Maja Kostrzewa
A native of Poland, Maja is a dedicated yoga practitioner with over a decade of experience. As a teacher, her deepest aim is to impart the immense physical, mental and spiritual benefits of a regular yoga practice, which will inevitably filter into the practitioner’s life once they come off their yoga mat.
Maja tries to keep her classes fun and down-to-earth, while still remaining fully focused on a structured, logical progression based on a mutual commitment to hard work and respect for the lineage of yoga. She believes that ANYONE can practice yoga. It is not exclusive to those who are physically gifted or to former ballerinas and gymnasts. If you can’t touch your toes or stand on your hands, that’s OK!
As a student, Maja is humbled to count Sri K Pattabhi Jois, Sharath Rangaswamy, Hamish Hendry among my teachers. She regularly returns to Mysore, India to further her study and deepen her knowledge of ashtanga yoga. -
Marcela Wakeham
Marcela has had a lifelong passion for movement: she has a degree in contemporary dance, and has extensively studied yoga, Pilates, Chakra balancing and Buddhist insight meditation.
Marcela’s classes are dynamic, challenging and full of grace with a focus on core strength, alignment and self-awareness. True to her Latin roots, Marcela teaches with passion ensuring her teaching is inspiring, heartfelt and fun with an emphasis on the deepening connection with the inner self through awareness of the breath.
A fascination with body mechanics has led Marcela to a continuous study of the anatomy of movement resulting in a deep, introspective knowledge of the body and its healthy alignment in the practice of yoga asana and Pilates. This in turn has led to Marcela being selected to teach on the Still Flowing yoga Teacher Training programme. -
Mark Hill
Mark has been practising yoga and meditation for 15 years and teaching full time for 10. His practice and teaching is influenced by Ashtanga,Iyengar,Sivananda and most recently Parayoga (Rod Stryker). Mark likes to encourage his students to feel their own balance as they play their edge with mind, body and breath. Mark has been a popular teacher at triyoga since 2001 and teaches regular classes on Wednesday and Sunday mornings. -
Martin McDougall
Martin has been part of Tripsichore Yoga Theatre since 1989. He has studied hatha yoga with Giris and Narayani in London and Chuck Miller in Los Angeles. He also works in the Theatre as an actor and writer. Martin has been teaching yoga for 14 years. -
Mercedes Ngoh
Born in Ottawa Canada, Mercedes has spent most of her life studying creative movement and its use as a form of self-expression and spiritual exploration. It was during her time living in California and working in the music and film industry that she began to practise yoga. As her studies and passion for yoga grew steadily more intense, she gradually moved into teaching.
Having studied various forms of yoga, the primary style Mercedes now teaches is Vinyasa Flow. Mercedes has studied with, and completed various certifications under, some wonderful teachers including Shiva Rea's 300hr Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training programme.
Mercedes teaches a vibrant and challenging class exploring Vinyasa Flow Yoga as a living science, art and practice, with the heart of the class being practice as a 'moving meditation'. www.mercedesyoga.com -
Michael Kazamias
Michael Kazamias is authorised to teach Ashtanga yoga by the KPJAYI in Mysore, India. He started practising yoga in 1999 and Ashtanga yoga in 2003. In 2005 he made his first trip to Mysore to study with Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharath. Many trips followed.
Michael has spent much time travelling around the world and practising with senior Ashtanga teachers in Goa, Koh Samui, Berlin and Tokyo. He received his authorisation to teach in 2009 and was invited to a special one-month teacher training course with Sharath in Mysore the following summer. In the winter of 2011 he was given the opportunity to assist Sharath in the main shala in Mysore.
In London he has been practising with Hamish Hendry, who he also assists, since 2004. -
Michael Saunders
Michael Saunders initially studied Yoga for 3 years at Kavailydharma Institute in Mumbai and Lonavla, India during the late '70's. He subsequently studied with BKS Iyengar and Mary Stewart He started teaching in London in 1981 and has been based there until the present. During the 80's he was a regular guest teacher at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona. Throughout the last 25 years he has conducted workshops in locations such as Sri Lanka, Nantucket, Turkey, Germany, Austria, France, Cyprus, Carmel and Lebanon. In London he has worked at Holmes Place, Esporta, Hogarth Club, Harbour Club, Riverside and The Peak. -
Mimi Kuo Deemer
Mimi has been practising yoga since 1995 and teaching since 2002. She is a faculty member on triyoga's teacher training and mentors teachers in training at Yogacampus. She takes great pleasure in creating safe, innovative yoga classes where students can work hard and relax deeply. Mainly, she weaves healthy alignment principles into enlivening, mindful, vinyasa flow, but also enjoys peppering her teaching with restorative yoga, meditation and qigong practices. Her main teachers in the Yoga world are Erich Schiffmann and Donna Farhi, who continually strengthen her belief that Yoga is the art of living. Above all, she values her students and self-practice as her main sources of inspiration. Mimi is the author of the DVD "Vinyasa Yoga: A Steady, Mindful Practice," and is also the co-founder of Yoga Yard, a studio in Beijing, China, where she taught for 7 years before moving to London. -
Mina Hosokawa
Mina started her relationship with yoga in 2000 and has been teaching since 2004. Mina's teaching style is very much focused on giving the students an understanding of what they're doing and why they're doing it so that they can maximise their experience. You will find Mina's class is down to earth with good humour. Sarah Litton is Mina's main teacher. She is a leader in the field of Yoga Therapy. Mina also studied under Rod Stryker.
Mina has trained as a pre-natal yoga teacher. She is also a mother of two children as well as a trainee doula. Her class helps pregnant students to swim through their pregnancy with a positive attitude whilst preparing their body and mind for labour and motherhood. -
Mollie McClelland
Drawing on her training in dance and anatomy, Mollie’s teaching focuses on deepening awareness of the connections of the physical, emotional, and energetic body in a flowing practice. With beauty and grace, she emphasises healing the body to heal the entire person through sensitivity and self-reflection coupled with anatomical precision within yoga technique. Mollie holds an advanced yoga teaching certification from Forrest Yoga Circle and has studied Ashtanga yoga with Sri Pattabhi Jois in Mysore. she is also a qualified Kundalini yoga teacher. She teaches and leads yoga retreats and training course in the UK, USA and internationally. www.molliemcclelland.com -
Monica Halper
Monica trained at the Yoga Works studio in Los Angeles. She taught there for several years before moving to London in 2006 and completing the Alan Herdman Pilates Teacher Certification for equipment and matwork. Her many layers of training have fostered not only a true love of teaching, but also a deep understanding of the anatomy of movement.
Monica brings joy and curiosity into her classes, encouraging students to work safely and honour the uniqueness of their individual bodies, while challenging them to discover their strength, flexibility and grace. -
Nadia Narain
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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Nadine Watton
Nadine first started practicing Yoga in 1999 as part of a healing process, recovering from a back injury she sustained during her training in ballet. She was hooked straight away and has been teaching since 2001.
Immersed in body work as a dancer from a young age, Nadine trained professionally in ballet and contemporary dance, and in addition qualified as a massage therapist in 2001.
A lifetime of body work has given Nadine a love and joy of physical movement, and has formed a rigorous training leading to a thorough understanding of the bodyʼs mechanics. This underpins a holistic appreciation the mind/body/spirit connection which she fully incorporates into her teaching. -
Naomi Reynolds
Naomi draws on her experience to teach light, uplifting classes that reflect the challenge of big city life without losing sight of yoga’s ancient roots. Working within the Krishnamacharya lineage she teaches dynamic Vinyasa using an ever-changing sequence of Asana (aligning breath and movement), which allows her to respond to the energy in the room. She looks to all aspects of life for inspiration and her classes focus on intention, meditation and mindfulness.
She has taught classes on four continents and has trained with many of the world’s best teachers, each of whom has contributed to her unique teaching style.
After working with injuries and illness she has developed a daily practice that emphasises the therapeutic benefits of yoga and her classes are designed for all levels.
Her love of the practice is evident in her teaching style and her classes will leave you feeling inspired and open to possibility. www.naomireynolds.com -
Nik Cervonaro
Countless hours in recording studios and sleepless nights for over 10 years is what attracted Nick to the practice of yoga. Yoga was a way for nick to focus and clear his mind from his work within the music industry. Nick’s inquiry into the practice has deepened over the last years, through dedicated exploration of the Jivamukti method. Nick humbly extends his gratitude to his teachers for their words and insight on the path. Nick feels privileged to teach and looks forward to being of service to every student that walks through the door. He hopes to inspire awareness that what happens on the mat is also ideally how to conduct ourselves off the mat. -
Nikki Slade
Nikki Slade has been facilitating voice-work for 20 years and in the last decade has been asked to offer chanting events and workshops in several centres in London. She was recently invited to lead kirtan at Jivamukti, a well known yoga centre in New York, where the much revered chant master Krishna Das made his debut. This year Nikki was also invited to chant for Avatar Sri Sharavana Bhava during his London visit. She has released two chant CDs: ‘Nectarine’, acclaimed by Talvin Singh, and her new release, ‘Monsoon’, is out now. www.freetheinnervoice.com -
Panilla Marott
Panilla is an established teacher at triyoga and her popular classes reflect a refreshing and uplifting approach to a yoga practice that is both insightful and safe. Panilla has been practising and teaching yoga for over 10 years. She teaches open and private yoga classes in London, mentors yoga teachers in training and leads yoga retreats in the UK & throughout the world. She believes that a regular yoga practice can connect us to our true nature and that yoga is an introspective path to self- transformation. Panilla draws her inspiration from renowned teachers such as Tias Little, Danny Paradise and Sarah Powers whom she has been working with for some years and continues to study with. She brings to her teaching the dynamic flow of Ashtanga, the principals of alignment from Iyengar and the meditative qualities of Yin yoga. She is a registered 500 ERYT yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. -
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Phillipa Gendall
Phillipa is an Ashtanga Vinyasa flow yoga teacher who was first introduced to Iyengar yoga twenty years ago. She was then lucky enough to become a regular student of John and Lucy Scott(Ashtanga yoga) in 1996. It was then that yoga eventually became her life and she has spent much of the last seven years in India; a senior teacher at Purple Valley Yoga Centre, Goa and eventually teaching on their annual teacher training programs .She has studied intensively with most of the highly regarded teachers in the world and has regularly returned to Mysore, India to study with Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Rangaswamy. Her teaching style is based around her own experience of yoga, mainly Ashtanga Vinyasa, based on the flow and grace of the breath linking the poses, but also emphasising the alignment and precision of Iyengar yoga. Her classes are physically challenging ranging from traditional counted ashtanga with the emphasis on developing an inner awareness and a cultivation of breath to a slow flowing class with a strong focus on alignment. Phillipa has also studied Yoga Philosophy, Pranayama and Meditation intensively in India following the Hatha Yoga tradition. She is registered with the Yoga Alliance as an advanced teacher RYT 500 hours. -
Rachel Shoer Geaves
Rachel Shoer-Geaves studied directly with Dr Moshe Feldenkrais and has taught for over 30 years at institutions including RADA, the Guildford School of Acting and triyoga. She has also been involved in Tai Chi for many years which is a strong influence on her approach. She is also a trained Alexander teacher and integrates this into her teaching. -
Rebecca Bogue
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Rebekah Hay Brown
Yoga quickly went from being a weekly class to a lifestyle approach in the mid-90s for Rebekah Hay-Brown. She originally began practicing Ashtanga Vinyasa and went on to experience many other forms of yoga. Rebekah gave up her former career in the fashion industry and journalism to teach in 2005, first in Barcelona and now in London. She holds a Yoga Alliance 200 teaching qualification from YogaCampus and is a British Wheel of Yoga Accredited Teacher. Wanting to offer people with health considerations more opportunities to practice and benefit from yoga, Rebekah has completed advanced studies in yoga therapy with the Yoga Biomedical Trust and yoga for pregnancy with Sitaram. She uses yoga as a complimentary therapy for muscular/skeletal issues and medical conditions and has a special interest in women’s health, fertility and yoga for pregnancy. -
Rivkah (Rebecca) Parker
Rivkah’s background combines both dance and yoga. She is a professional dancer who has studied yoga in Santa Monica with some of the most noted, inspirational Vinyasa Flow yoga teachers including Shiva Rea, Bryan Kest, Eric Schiffman, Steven Earth and Govindas. -
Robin Catto
Robin started practising yoga at university in 1988 and fell in love with it instantly. After pursuing a career in the music industry for several years, he decided in 1994 that the stresses of the rat race were not for him, so he and his wife, Emma, trained to be massage therapists and reflexologists before undertaking a marathon 3-year backpacking trip around the world from 1996 to 1999. They both did their yoga teacher training in Kerala, South India in 1997 and then spent time in Mysore learning Ashtanga vinyasa yoga from the world master, Sri K Pattabhi Jois. -
Rosy Sanders
Rosy is a former professional dancer and choreographer who worked on both sides of the atlantic in the worlds of theatre, dance, film and tv. She first studied pilates in the early 70s when it was introduced to England by Alan Herdman at the London School Of Contemporary Dance. She returned to it fulltime much later when severe osteoarthritis necessitated hip surgery and found Pilates to be paramount both pre and post op in maintaining strength and mobility. Rosy’s focus is the enjoyment of movement whilst paying attention to alignment, breath and the balance between strength and flexibility, which result in a fluidity and ease of movement. She believes in giving as much individual attention as possible, even in a group situation, and her teaching style benefits from her many years of experience and study in the worlds of dance, yoga, traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts, as well as pilates and alexander technique. Rosy enjoys working with people of all ages and abilities. -
Ryan Spielman
Ryan has been practising and teaching yoga for the past three lifetimes. Almost entirely self-taught, he has become an advanced practitioner, completing the Advanced A and B series in the Ashtanga Vinyasa system. A meditation teacher, a lay scholar and total geek for authentic spiritual teachings, Ryan has devoted his life to discovering and pushing the boundaries of human potential. As well as teaching yoga, he also leads and organises various groups in London and abroad dedicated to the exploration of consciousness and personal growth. www.trueryan.com -
Sarah Thompson
Sarah Thompson is a London-based Vinyasa Flow Yoga teacher who first discovered the benefits of yoga over ten years ago. Sarah continued to evolve her personal practice whilst working in the City and found that her time on the mat provided both a personal sanctuary and laboratory for creative expression. After completing her first Yoga Alliance teacher training in 2006/07, Sarah became passionate about passing on the teachings of yoga to others. Sarah has subsequently studied extensively with her main teacher, Claire Missingham, as well as with Rivkah Parker and Shiva Rea (on her 300-Hour Prana Flow Yoga Teacher Studies Programme). It is Sarah's intention to offer dynamic, challenging and transformational classes which both ignite and stoke the inner fire and explore the interplay between form and flow, specifically for the urban practitioner. For more information, please visit www.sarahthompsonyoga.co.uk -
Sarah Thum Bonanno
Sarah studied with Anna Ashby and Joey Miles on the triyoga teacher training. She has also completed a restorative teacher training with Judith Lasater, the world's foremost restorative teacher. Sarah's main focus is on creating space in the body and the mind, through safe and well-aligned yoga poses. She is particularly interested in the therapeutic benefits of yoga, and plans to undertake research on this during her studies of health psychology. Having experienced the transformative and healing nature of yoga, she hopes to share this with as many people as possible. -
Sarai Harvey Smith
Sarai is Authorised Level 2 to teach Ashtanga by the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute of Mysore, India (KPJAYI).
Sarai’s first experience of yoga was as a child, taught to her by her father, and, after practising sporadically throughout her teens, she discovered Ashtanga and the beauty of a daily practice in 1999. She began teaching in 2002, assisting at Ashtanga Yoga London for the following two years, and, since 2009, running the late morning Mysore program there. She has practised under the guidance of Hamish Hendry for nine years.
In 2003 Sarai travelled to Mysore, India for the first time to study with Shri K. Pattabhi Jois (Guruji). This trip was pivotal, and amongst other things, cemented her dedication to Guruji and the parampara, the practice, method of teaching, and above all, the journey of self-discovery. She returns to Mysore annually to continue her studies under the guidance of R. Sharath. Sarai continues to be inspired by the multifarious, transformational and heart centred power of the practice, and it is her joy to share this with others. She has a BA (hons) Humanities from The University of London. -
Saskia Vidler
Saskia began practising yoga in 1999. In 2000 she discovered the Ashtanga system which became her staple practice from there on. In early 2003 she travelled to Mysore to study with Sri K Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharath Rangaswamy. Following a motorcycle accident in 2003, she extended her stay in Mysore and used the practice, strengthening her knowledge of the system as a remedial tool. She remained in Mysore living, working (as a graphic designer) and studying daily at KPJAY for the consecutive five years, returning to the UK for three to four months at a time. Saskia was authorized to teach the Ashtanga system in 2005 by Sri K Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Rangaswamy. Whilst her regular practice comprises of the Astanga Vinyasa style of yoga, she has also practiced Yin yoga, Iyengar & Vinyasa flow yoga. Following her return from India Saskia travelled for the consecutive two years between the US and the UK where teaching yoga and working as a designer. Back in the UK since 2009, she predominantly teaches private clients, and covers classes around London. Saskia has taught regular classes at Turtle Yoga in East London and has been teaching yoga on retreats, detox and Ashtanga retreats at Kali Yoga in Spain. She mainly teaches Ashtanga Yoga, however also teaches Yin and Remedial Yoga. -
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Sissi Gill
Sissi Gill is a mother, stepmother and grandmother of twelve who has practised yoga for nearly thirty years in several countries. A certified Iyengar Yoga teacher, she has a particular interest in "late starters" of any age, and in people who are convinced that yoga is not for them but are willing to give it a try. She strongly believes that yoga helps us face the rest of our life with clarity, equanimity and courage. The focus of her teaching is on safety and she encourages students to work within their capacity. Her teaching style is relaxed, humorous and compassionate. -
Sophie Coats
Over the years Sophie has practised various styles of yoga, including Astanga Vinyasa Yoga, Sivananda and Iyengar. She trained as a yoga teacher after a skiing accident and knee surgery: yoga was a vital part of her recovery process and it was then that she truly appreciated the far-reaching effects of yoga on the mind, body and spirit. Sophie qualified and started teaching in 2006, devoting her practice and teaching to Anusara Yoga since then.
Sophie qualified as an Anusara Inspired™ Yoga Teacher in 2007 and continues to study with Bridget Woods Kramer, the senior certified Anusara Yoga teacher in the UK and with John Friend. Anusara Yoga has had a profound and life enhancing impact on her life, opening up her practice to deeper levels of awareness both within her physical, spiritual and emotional self. Sophie also studies pranayama with Yogacharya Ananda Leone, amazed and grateful for his insight into the power of the breath and what it truly to means to breathe. www.yogalotus.co.uk -
Sophie Peach
A dedicated Ashtanga student for over a decade, Sophie has studied in-depth with some of the world’s most renowned yoga teachers including Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, in Mysore, India, and Maty Ezraty and Chuck Miller (her first teachers) in the US. Sophie completed her Teacher Training at the original YogaWorks in Santa Monica, at the time when Maty Ezraty was the Head of the course and has spent considerable time studying with Erich Schiffmann continuing to incorporate his teaching methodology into her classes. -
Sue Darling
In 1990 Sue Darling took her first yoga class and since has never looked back. Inspired to find health and well being after a devastating motor bike accident, Sue quickly recognized the profundity of the yogic path. In 1993 Sue found her greatest inspiration and direction for her yogic potential when she met BKS Iyengar for the first time. That same year she started a three year Teachers Training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Los Angeles. Sue became a certified Iyengar teacher in 1998 and has since studied with BKS Iyegnar, Prashant Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar, and regularly with senior teachers Manouso Manos, Patricia Walden, Joan White (USA). Sue has recently returned from Los Angeles, where she has been teaching for the past several years. Sue was a resident teacher at The Iyengar yoga studio of Santa Barbara from 2008-2010. Sue is a practicing Buddhist on the path of loving kindness and part of a world-wide meditation teaching/study program. She brings passion for yoga, love of life and much joyful effort to her classes. -
Sue Delf
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. -
Sunnah Rose
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. -
Susannah Hoffman
Susannah studied yoga as a child and grew up within the Yogic tradition. Her teaching style is her own, incorporating influences from the many styles and traditions of yoga. She is inspired by the one to one approach of the Viniyoga System. Each student is treated as an individual, encouraged to work at their own level and take responsibility for their own well-being. Susannah is a fully qualified British Wheel of Yoga teacher. -
Susanne Olsson
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Tania Bond
Tania first began to practise Yoga ten years ago while completing a degree in Contemporary Dance in Auckland, New Zealand. This very soon developed into a devoted daily practice. She made her first trip to Mysore, India in 2004 to study with Sharath Rangaswamy of the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute. Tania started teaching yoga in New Zealand the same year. Since then she has made four trips to Mysore and have been Authorised by the Ashtanga Yoga Institute. Tania will endeavour to make annual trips to Mysore to continue her study and develop her practice. She has been consistently teaching for five years, the last two years in London. -
Tanya Goodman Bailey
Tanya has been teaching yoga since 1997 and is a registered biodynamic craniosacral therapist. Tanya’s qualification as a craniosacral therapist and experience in yoga therapy allows her to combine those two unique methods into a session of cranioyoga where apart from healing benefits of craniosacaral therapy you can also learn therapeutic yoga technique. -
Tim Cummins
Tim Cummins has been practising yoga for over 12 years. His Dynamic Hatha classes are strong and challenging with a unique depth that reflects his background in both Ashtanga and Shadow Yoga - a style of yoga that embodies elements of yoga and martial arts in a rhythmic flowing sequence. He is based in London, teaching open classes in yoga centres, and privately to small groups and individuals all over the Capital. In the last 7 years Tim has been completely dedicated to the school of Shadow Yoga, as founded by Zhander Remete. -
Tony Watson
From an ecclectic movement background in theatre, Pilates, dance and massage, Tony Watson originally trained as a dancer which is where he first discovered yoga and instantly fell in love with this ancient practise. He went onto study and explore various styles of yoga, largely inspired by the beauty and grace of the vinyasa method whilst holding a deep appreciation for sound alignment. Tony teaching style is entirely his own. He teaches from a perspective of experiencing the body from within, he is influenced by all styles of yoga, bodywork practices, somatic and cranio-sacral therapy principles enjoying creatively incorporating these themes to create a fluid practice. He deeply believes in the transformative qualities of yoga and in it's ability in cultivating awareness for conscious living. -
Veronika Kloucek
Veronika Kloucek has been practising various forms of yoga since 1997, most notably Vinyasa, Jivamukti, Sivananda and Bikram yoga. In 2005 she discovered Ashtanga yoga - now her primary practice and her passion, having experienced the profound effect it has had on her life.
A qualified teacher (RYT 500), Veronika's aim is to teach traditional Ashtanga yoga as a moving meditation and as a foundational practice for spiritual growth and transformation. Her classes are always fun focusing on breath, alignment and maintaining a steady flow to build strength, stamina and flexibility in the body and well-being in the mind.
Veronika gives precise, supportive adjustments to encourage more depth in the asanas teaching with sensitivity to students' bodies and support for their individual growth and development. Meditation is integrated throughout each class and included at the end. Veronika's students comprise of a wide range of age and ability, from complete beginners to advanced practitioners. -
Veronika Megyeri
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Yalckun Abdurehim
Yalckun studied ballet at the age of 11. After coming to London in 1991 he studied Ballet and Contemporary dance at the Central School of Ballet. Further research and study with Merce Cunningham took him to New York in 1997. He has taught dance at Xinjiang Arts Institute and was a lecturer on Beijing Dance academy's post graduate course 1989-1991. He danced with various dance companies around the world. Yalckun is a founder member of Shoreditch Pilates and Gyrotonic Studio London and Pilates studio at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington. He is fully qualified by Pilates Foundation UK and continues his on going study with master trainer Ann-Marie Zulkahari. In 2009 he was invited to teach on teacher training course at Ann-Marie Zulkahari Pilates Studio.
Yalckun's teaching concentrates on precision and dynamic flow of movement which relates to his dance background of more than 20 years.
