Sue Pendlebury

Sue has been teaching yoga for the past ten years. Her background is in music, dance and theatre. Whilst taking a break from theatre she discovered yoga and subsequently travelled around India, America, Bali and England training in all forms of yoga with many renowned yoga teachers.

Over the years she has trained in other forms of bodywork and healing which she weaves into her teaching and practise. Sue's classes are enthused by her creative background.

Sue is the director of Yoga on a Shoestring which she set up in 2003.

Kath Roberts

Kath Roberts began practising yoga nearly 20 years ago and has subsequently trained in many forms of yoga, including Sivananda, Iyengar and Astanga Vinyasa yoga.

She has trained with many of the best international teachers including Graeme Northfield, Dona Holleman and John Scott and has completed a three year Diploma in Yoga Therapy and has worked with a wide range of people therapeutically, including asthma and ME sufferers. Kath aims to make yoga accessible to all.

Her teaching is grounded in the Iyengar style but is strongly influenced by the dynamic flow of Astanga Vinyasa. Kath has also received training in massage, cranial sacral therapy, reiki and homeopathy.

Emil Wendel

Emil Wendel has been living in Asia since the mid-seventies, studying Indian thought as well as Chinese classical philosophy. His many years of residency in Nepal and India have brought about a passion for yoga, in particular the aspects of breath and meditation techniques in both the Buddhist and Hindu traditions. His courses offer a glimpse into the treasures of philosophy and their application in daily life as yoga practice and ritual, all in the original context.

He is presently conducting courses for teacher training programs of Yoga Arts, Australia and Purple Valley, India. When not in Nepal and India teaching, practicing and researching, Emil is conducting his own workshops and retreats in Europe, as well as in Bali, Singapore, Australia and Japan.

Nigel Gilderson

Nigel Gilderson has been teaching both Ashtanga and Hatha Yoga since the early Nineties and is based principally at the Brockwell Lido in South London, but also gives classes at a number of other locations in London. His classes have a unique flow, incorporating influences from many different traditions, enhancing concentration, breath awareness, strength and flexibility.

Beyond that Nigel also runs both weekend workshops at some beautiful country venues in the UK, and takes courses of varying duration abroad in such countries as Greece, Egypt, Sri Lanka and France.

Tim Cummins

Shadow yoga classes are energetic and vibrant, embodying the grace and flow of a yogic dance. They place attention on the breath and subtleties of movement, whilst building stability in your centre (core) and breaking down deep seated stiffness in the hips, back and shoulders.

Tim’s classes will always challenge you to explore your limitations without ever pushing you beyond them, and will leave you feeling calm and rejuvenated.

Tim has been practising Shadow Yoga for 8 years, having come from a background in Astanga and Sivananda, and has completed a 3 year teacher training course at Islington Yoga where he continues to practise. He also continues to study with Zhander Remete and Emma Balnaves.

Lara Stapleton

Lara Stapleton is a hatha yoga instructor trained by the International Sivananda Vedanta Centre and also a qualified aromatherapist. In 2004 she launched Yogaroma which was set up to take you on a holistic journey. The combination of Hatha Yoga and Aromatherapy massage gives you the chance to take time out from your stressful and demanding lifestyles and bring balance to you life.

Hatha Yoga unifies mind, body and spirit and helps attain relaxation, self awareness, increased vitality and balance of mind. Lara's classes are based on the hatha yoga technique of relaxation (savasana), breathing (pranayama), warm up exercises and postures (asanas). The aim is to improve strength and flexibility as well as developing the ability to relax.

Tami Hafzalla

Tami Hafzalla has studied extensively with master teachers and scholars in the US, Australia, India, Thailand, and The Middle East. She teaches classical Vinyasa sequences rooted in the Krishnamacharya lineage.

Her style is dynamic yet she teaches with tenderness and compassion. Her verbal instructions are concise and her hands on adjustments are both skillful and nurturing. She aims to empower her students, challenging them to safely find their edge and expand themselves physically and spiritually.

Tami feels blessed that she has been chosen to share the delights of yoga and does so with humility. She teaches community classes, private sessions, specialty workshops and local and international retreats. Additionally Tami can be consulted for Ayurveda and serves as a labor support Doula.

Ali Gilling

Ali Gilling began studying yoga in india 15 years ago and has been teaching for ten. she has trained in many forms of yoga and meditation including Sivananda, Iyengar and Vipassana. She completed a teacher training certificate in Sivananda yoga. her classes have a dynamic flow from being inspired by her most recent teacher Clive Sheirdan.

Ali has been on many retreats and workshops with a variety of well known teachers. She teaches regularly in Oxford and on holidays abroad. Her passion for dance has found her studying and enjoying Egyptian and 5 rhythms dance.

Cathy Ebbels

Cathy Ebbels works as an artist and teacher, specialising in mosaic. She studied Fine Art and French at Exeter University and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse, and later qualified as a primary school teacher.

She has worked in Asia, Australia and Africa and has exhibited both in the UK and abroad. Over the years she has trained in a variety of different media and techniques and in 2003 began working in mosaic, finding it a wonderful medium through which to express her love of colour, shape and the natural world.

Much of her work now involves community arts projects such as mosaics for schools and public parks as well as workshops in carnival arts, withy sculpture and painting. Through her teaching she aims to share her passion for art and help others discover their creative talents.

Rachel Hull

Rachel Hull is an eloquent, highly skilled and caring teacher, who has a way of encouraging her students to feel nurtured, empowered and inspired to learn more. Using the Vinyasa (movement/breathing) system and ancient Ayurvedic wisdom, she weaves asana, pranayama and meditation together in a fresh, fun and organic way.

Rachel has been practicing Yoga for 19 years and is a trained Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant. Originally from Australia, she has spent the past year and a half in Shanghai, China, where she served as Senior Teacher and Director of the Teachers Training Academy at Y+ Yoga Center.

Liz Warrington

Liz has been teaching Yoga for the past 15 years, inspired by the work of Vanda Scaravelli whose beautiful book 'Awakening the Spine' has led to a revolutionary way of approaching the practice. It is through gentle encouragement and hands on teaching that she invites students to tune into the voice and spaciousness within and learn to follow the rhythm of the body, mind and breath, going with it rather than against. This makes not only for a very personal practice but also one that is highly creative and that evolves moment by moment. One that opens to the present, to freedom, the heart and the inner peace and tranquility that was always there.

Based in Brighton, and having worked out of Brighton's Natural Bodies - Yoga, Movement and Therapy Centre for 10 years, Liz now regularly leads workshops, holidays and retreats abroad in Europe and Asia. While her own practice has developed and deepened over this time through an increasing interest in and practice of Vipassana (Insight) Meditation.

Clare Calvert

Clare Calvert studied Fine Art at Camberwell and then MA at Chelsea Schools of Art. During her time at college she picked up yoga after getting whiplash from a motorcycle accident. She did her Teaching Training in Sivananda Yoga 15 years ago. After that she studied a lot with Shandor Remete and in Iyengar Yoga. She has also practised Ashtanga Vinyasa and Scaravelli Yoga and studied Qi Gong with Zi Xhing Wang.

Clare integrates her experience of all these forms to create a style of teaching that emphasises a strong, yet steady and gentle unfolding into the postures, with deep breath awareness. She also practices reflexology, massage and loves to dance!

Charlie Boardley

Charlie Boardley has been practising yoga for ten years and has studied with various schools in India. She also regularly trains with some of the world's most senior teachers to keep her teaching style fresh and innovative. Her classes are traditional Hatha Yoga inspired mainly by Sivananda and include relaxation, pranayama (breathing techniques), sun salutations and usually a dynamic flowing sequence of asanas (postures) bringing awareness into mindfulness, energy flow and core stability.

She likes yoga to be fun, sharing what she knows of this ancient philosophy in a down to earth and practical way. She always encourages people to work within their own limits and at the same time to challenge themselves. Charlie has completed courses in Polarity therapy and Reiki and brings a healing and holistic approach to her classes.

Belle Greenwood

Prompted by backpain, Belle took up yoga some 18 years ago discovering a positive shift not only physically; like a bubble of oxygen rising up though turbulent waters, yoga helped gain clarity to take the next best step forward - sometimes immediate clarity, sometimes not so immediate!

Drawing from her studies across a wide rage of traditions - Sivananda, Ashtanga, Iyengar and Scaravelli - Belle teaches flowing Hatha yoga weaving asana on the breath, pranayama and meditation according to level & context. Her aim is to help students establish a sustainable, safe and enjoyable practice, leading towards greater well-being, clarity and joie de vivre!

Alongside teaching, Belle continues her singing career, developing songwriting at present and performing too. She is qualified in Holistic, Indian Head and Facial Rejuvenation Massage. Belle is a practicing Buddhist.

Helen Noakes

Helen Noakes has been practicing hatha yoga for 17 years. She began her journey in Australia with the Iyengar system and finally found her way into her body with the magical teachings of Vanda Scaravelli. 

She trained to be a teacher with Gary Carter in the UK  and now travels globally working with the reclaim yourself team and giving training programmes in body work techniques such as Chavutti Thirumal\ Indian rope massage and  hot-stone therapy .

She brings this energy into her teaching. Her approach is to use the asanas and breathwork to release the spine from tension, allowing our bodies to "come home" and surrender to gravity. This gives space to experience what occurs naturally from the ground up!  -  the spirals, waves and curves eminating from the spine. This response enables us to find relaxation and joy in our practice. Helen is strongly influenced by the explorations of the five rhythm dance system and brings this lightness into the practice!

Sunnah Rose

Sunnah Rose has been practicing yoga for many years but became truly inspired during a trip to India. "It is amazing how your mind and body feel after just doing a few simple exercises. I love the awareness Yoga has given me of my body and mind. Yoga brings not only stillness and calm but also an indescribable energy and feeling of bliss."

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 the practice.

Jane Manze

Jane Manze was led to Hatha Yoga via a background in martial arts, dance, bodywork and an exploration of various Yoga styles over the past 18 years.

Inspired by the teachings of Vanda Scaravelli, Jane encourages students to find freedom, flexibility and strength in the body, by taking time within each asana and being present and attentive to the breath. Her passion for dance also comes into her teaching, where she invites the flow of postures and the breath to meet. This 'simple' breath focus ultimately gives us greater body/movement awareness.

Jane currently teaches groups and individuals in the Brighton area and leads holidays abroad. She trained at Natural Bodies in Brighton and in India. She has worked with many of Vanda Scarvelli's direct students.

Kate McKenzie

Kate McKenzie has been practising various forms of yoga all her adult life. She teaches Kundalini and Sivananda yoga. Her busy career as a singer/performer informs her approach. Her workshops explore the connection between breath, movement and chakra awareness in order to free the voice and enjoy greater well being and creativity.

Kundalini yoga has a wealth of practices which really help to balance, energise and develop the entire being. Kate has lead "Mantra Choirs" for fun singing and improvising in groups to free body, sound and soul! Other training includes massage, Reiki, First Nature voice and Indian Rag.

Jodi Boone

Jodi Boone teaches a blend of vinyasa and hatha yoga and offers a fluid, yet quieting, practice. She specializes in assisting people of all levels through hands-on adjustments, helping each practitioner move more deeply into their practice. She believes that the philosophical and spiritual teachings are an important aspect of yoga and integrates relevant readings and stories during her classes, drawing from many teachers, traditions and texts.

Jodi lives in Goa India where she co-directs Satsanga Retreat. She is an ayurvedic massage therapist, writer and doula and is currently working on her certification as an ayurvedic practitioner.

Louise Grime

Louise Grime first discovered yoga over 30 years ago and that was it. She knew that it was something she loved.

Since then she has travelled frequently to India to study, training and teaching in Ashrams and spending time at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune. She trained as an Iyengar Teacher in 1994 and that is still her main influence but she has a softer more flowing approach now. Her most important teachers have been BKS Iyengar, Shandor Remete, John Scott and Alaric Newcombe.

For the last 19 years she has taught in and around London mainly at Triyoga, The Life Centre and The Tabernacle.

Deepa Moodgal

Deepa is an intuitive Free Flow Yoga Teacher and therapist and has been involved in holistic living for over 11 years.

Her approach to yoga is based around creating fluid movements in the body, derived from the classical form of Hatha Yoga with elements of beautiful Vinyasa waves. She will often work with what her students present to her rather than working to a structure.

She brings humour, warmth and passion into her classes and her teachings are about guiding her students back to their true essence of peace,harmony and joyful living. She believes yoga is a universal gift and offers this gift to all whom she comes into contact with.

Brigitte Rooney

Brigitte has been practising/studying yoga now for around 20 years and teaching for six years. Brigitte had experience in Hatha and Astanga yoga before discovering Anusara which had a transformational effect on her yoga and her life.

She is now a passionate teacher of Anusara - Inspired Yoga and Dynamic Vinyasa Flow, vinyasa meaning flowing movement with breath culminating in heating and cleansing the body internally. Whilst paying close attention to postural alignment, she also promotes heart themed classes, fun, balance, partner work, pranayama, mudras, deep relaxation, yoga nidra and seated meditation within practice.

She encourages students to connect to their hearts and be expressive so that they feel the energy in each posture internally and the prana flows unobstructed giving a sense of freedom from both physical and emotional tension. Brigitte welcomes and invites students of all ability to be open to all possibilities, to embrace and expand upon the experience of yoga and life. "Our breath is the music and our body dances to it as we link creative and at times challenging flow sequences ultimately tuning in to supreme consciousness'. My teaching continues to pour knowledge into my life and I draw inspiration from my students as well as teachers, with whom I am so blessed to work with. Now as a teacher, I am more than ever a student, this journey is the most wonderful adventure I have ever undertaken and I feel so lucky and honoured to be sharing it".

LIndi Lu

A native of South East London, Lindi's yoga path has taken her to India, Egypt and France. But her loyalty largely lies with her community and to making yoga accessible for all. She has been inspired by Kundalini, Iyengar, Sivananda and Astanga Yoga which enable her to offer students a rounded experience.

Lindi has been practising yoga for fifteen years and started training as a teacher in Kundalini and Hatha since 2004. Her practice is also informed by techniques from Pilates, belly dancing and yoga for the face. She sees yoga as a magic bag of tools for improving health, releasing emotions and re-balancing the self.

She aims to make her teaching inclusive and varied, with an accent on fun. Laughter is an amazing form of healing. As they gain confidence and proficiency her students achieve discipline and continuity in their practice. Breath-work and flowing yoga are balanced with stillness and entering into the oneness created by the practice of yoga.

Yoga has changed Lindi's life, given her groundedness and direction. She continues to study yoga, and is expanding her teaching to include workshops and retreats so that she can take students to a deeper level.

Dory Walker (Dayadevi)

Finding herself on her first asana mat at 18, Dory has experienced the true spirit of yoga as transformational practise. She believes in the power of yoga to guide conscious evolution, individually and collectively. She brings the essence of the ancient teachings to her classes in fun and creative way with hatha yoga practises, meditation, profound relaxation and chanting.

A global adventurer, Dory has taught in Canada, New Zealand, India and Egypt, teaching retreats and teacher training courses. She is an Advanced certified teacher and has practised and studied many forms of Hatha Yoga (physical yoga) all of which influence and enrich her teaching. Her classes are fun and encourage students to discover their edge and use their practise as an art of transformation.

With a deep desire to immerse fully in the yogic way of life, Dory became a staff member of the highly respected Sivananda organisation and was very fortunate to study, practise and live in ashrams in India and Canada.

A practising therapist and Reiki Master, Dory gives intuitive treatments that draw on her wide ranging experience and knowledge from a broad spectrum of healing modalities.

Through her own self-practise and study she continues to develop experience and knowledge gaining fresh inspiration for her teaching.

Georgina Evans

Georgina was first introduced to yoga at the age of 16 while at boarding school in Yorkshire. She was taught Sivananda style yoga for two years and then left the path to explore other youthful delights. She returned to Sivananda yoga in 1993 after completing a BA in Fine arts at Goldsmiths College in London and the loosely pursued Sivanandaa yoga along with her interest in the visual and performance arts and dance. She discovered Astanga Vinyasa Yoga, Mysore Style, in 1999 and has been practicing Astanga yoga for ten years.

Georgina has a British Wheel of Yoga teaching certificate and has trained with leading yoga teachers in various styles, including Astanga Vinyasa Yoga with Sri K Pattabhi Jois, Hamish Hendry, Dena Kingsburg; Yin Yoga with Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley and Dynamic flow yoga with Shiva Rea. She incorporates aspects of alignment, strength-building and encourages inner reflection and self-healing through her sharing of yoga teachings.

Georgina sees yoga as a path of self-discovery leading to good health, happiness and healing. Her classes offer a warm, nurturing and safe environment in which to cultivate self-awareness by working with focus and commitment, softness and strength, and a connection to inner peace and joy.

Victoria White

Artist, photographer and art teacher Victoria White has exhibited throughout Europe to considerable acclaim, building up an enviable client list that includes Prince Albert II of Monaco, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson and Ralph Lauren. Most recently, her work was selected for the Royal Academy of Art Summer exhibition. Her work has regularly been featured in publications such as Vanity Fair, Tatler, The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Mail.

With her unique way of working Victoria sees a new an astonishing world: a world of parallel moments, of reflections, of the normally unseen and the coincidental. Her work continues to find the extraordinary and beautiful in the most ordinary everyday objects – whether it is glass panelling, bottles of water, or simply barren trees along side Tate Britain. The work reveals an insight into a previously unseen dimension.

For her recent paintings, Victoria has continued to be inspired by the natural process of creating images. Using glass panels to add paint to she has then photographed the process of one colour gently absorbing into another. This technique using mainly acrylic or gauche has produced some of the most vivid and striking results

Carol Macartney

Carol has over twenty years experience of teaching yoga and meditation. She trotted around the globe to practice with some of the worlds most influential teachers.

Her experience of yoga and love of nature are interwoven into the most integral, intuitive and blissful classes available today. She has run holidays all over the world and has facilitated in opening the only two yoga studios on the Isle of Wight, where she lives with her three sons.

Her love of life and yoga is contagious and all are welcome from beginner level to advanced. The practice Carol will be offering is a blissful cocktail of asana, pranayama, meditation and dance.

Nigel Shamash

Nigel Shamash trained as a yoga teacher in Pondicherry, India, as a young man in 1973 and has been teaching ever since. He is an accomplished singer and musician and includes a combination of sound, musical improvisation and movement in his courses, skillfully weaving together a synthesis of Eastern and Western approaches to the spiritual path.

He founded an alternative holiday centre in southern Spain, Cortijo Romero, in 1986 and is now based in southern France where he runs his own yoga centre, La Roane.

He is fun loving and welcoming with a special blend of humour and sensitivity.

Andrew Wrenn

Andrew Wrenn has been practising yoga for the past fifteen years and for him it is a way of life. He is a British Wheel of Yoga trained teacher with influences from the Iyengar, Ashtanga and Satyanada traditions, which he has passionately developed into a fusion of breath coordinated movement and classical postures which is adaptable to all abilities.

" I came to yoga (or yoga found me!) at a time in my life where I suffered from asthma and felt I had no real direction in life. I fully embraced the physical, philosophical and spiritual aspects of yoga which has transformed my health and given me a love and a zest for life. I have a close affinity with nature and the outdoors where I enjoy horse riding, cycling or simply sitting and watching the unfolding of the universe"

Further studies with Clive Sheridan, The Scandinavian School of Yoga, Tantra and Meditation and his involvement with Kalari Piat has brought a vibrancy, depth and clarity to his teaching which he hopes will inspire, promote well-being and reflection.

Ishwara

Ishwara (Neil Pendlebury) teaches Yoga and Meditation classes and retreats in South Lakeland, Cumbria. Ishwara is guided by the enlightened teachings and lives of Swami Sivananda Saraswati of Rishekesh and his disciple Swami Vishnu Devananda.

Ishwara began his Yoga and Meditation practice in London 1991, training in many of the Hatha Yoga's such as Kundalini, Ashtanga, Shadow, Iyengar and Sivananda Yoga until leaving for the Lake District in 2002. Prior to Yoga Neil was a keen footballer and athlete. Desiring, eventually, a more holistic, cerebral tool to work mind and body brought Ish to Yoga and India.

Training with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta (2003) helped Neil connect more deeply with the heart or bhakti aspect of Yoga and day to day living.
Today Ish teaches with a strong connection to the classical lineage of Asana, Pranayama, Bandha, Mantras and Meditation.

Ishwara is also a fully qualified practitioner of traditional Thai Yoga massage.

Laura Gilmore

Laura Gilmore has practiced yoga for 20 years now- since her teens. Laura has taught since 2001 and is qualified by Yoga Alliance (Ashtanga/ Hatha yoga), Birthlight (Pregnancy Yoga), Sitaram partnership (Postnatal/ children yoga) and has done further training through the Life centre (Ayurveda). From her very first class she felt the opportunity to "come home" to her body and otherwise busy mind! This sense of bringing an inner spaciousness and ease is what she hopes to share with her students. 

Laura has journeyed across a range of yoga traditions with many of the world's most experienced and respected teachers- she has studied Iyengar, Hatha and Ashtanga yoga in both the UK and in India.

She enjoys the opportunity of creativity when teaching Hatha & Vinyasa flow yoga, and also enjoys sharing the discipline of the Mysore tradition with Ashtanga practitioners.

She is able to bring the teachings of yoga alive to new students- bringing the philosophy alive through the physical practice, she can also guide experienced practitioners. Laura integrates meditation, simple breath-practices and yogic principles into her retreats. She teaches with a warmth and humour that brings many students back year after year. 

Susan Metwali

Susan has been a popular teacher in West London since the early 90s. Those who attend her classes range in age from 8 - 80 but she has become particularly sought after by older learners, many of whom attend her Age Well groups and have themselves practised yoga for many decades.  Susan has proven to be a great teacher for beginners because she allows people to develop at their own pace and gives lots of instruction and insight into the yoga work. Originally she trained as a teacher in the Iyengar school and therefore pays great attention to alignment and focus and safety in the asanas. Since that time she has broadened her experience with other schools and teachers and developed a style of teaching that is truly joyful and uplifting. 

"We are all individuals both physically and mentally. My aim is to teach yoga in way that  enables everyone to discover the practice that suits them and to realise that no matter whatever your age or ability, Yoga can really benefit your life."

Susan has visited Egypt many times in the past because she is married to an Egyptian. She will therefore be able to give lots of interesting information about customs and way of life not to mention some basic arabic language that you can try out in the local shops and restaurants if you so wish.

David Olton

David trained at the Stella Mann School of Dance (ballet), The Laban Centre (contemporary dance) and received his yoga teacher's diplomas with the International Yoga School (A.I .Y.S) and Sunra Yoga ttc.

David is the yoga teacher on sky's fitness tv channel and teaches classes and workshops in central london and internationally. His classes encompass the many different styles of training he has achieved over the years including Sivananda, Ashtanga and Pilates.

He is the creator of Yoga Ballet Fusion and has produced two DVDs.

Andrea Everingham

Andrea runs a successful Holistic Fitness Personal Training company, and has been teaching many styles of movement for mind and body for the past 15 years.

Her experience of wellbeing and happiness had always come from natural high of aerobic and dance classes that she taught, until she discovered yoga.

She practiced for 4 years before she trained in California as an Integrative Yoga Teacher, which studies and integrates all styles of Yoga. She went on to train as a Yoga Therapist gaining my 500hr level and certification by the International Yoga Alliance. Yoga is a discipline that you are always a student of very much like life, so I continued to study with some of Yoga’s leading teachers.

Andrea offers an integral practice, combining the challenge and energy of ashtanga, with the focus of alignment of Iyengar to the soothing and calming essence of stillness of restorative and yin postures. Her practices are for everyone, accessible for beginners and yet also offering more challenging variations .

Nicky Lowe

Nicky Lowe has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 2005 and practicing since 1997. Her classes are open to all levels and ages. Ready to answer questions and support your experience Nicky is a dedicated and enthusiastic teacher. She qualified in India through the Sivananda Vedanta School in Kerala, and is currently studying to qualify as an Iyengar Yoga teacher too. Nicky continues to enjoy workshops and training with excellent Yoga teachers including, Rajiv and Swati Chanchani, and Alaric Newcombe.

In her teaching there is an emphasis on engaging from the inside out with the nature and effect of Yoga Asana. Looking within. To truly feel the magic of the postures attention is paid to the alignment of the body, creating stability and openness to then experience the breath and meditative qualities of the Asana practice.

Michelle Cobbin

Michelle has been teaching yoga since 2001. She has 20 years experience working in the field of natural therapies.

Her approach to yoga draws upon 15 years of practice with inspirational teachers, all of whom have been influenced by the work of Vanda Scaravelli. Michelle draws on this experience and combines it with her long-standing interest in insight meditation (vipassana) from the Theravada Buddhist tradition.

Her classes involve cultivating patience and relaxation to become aware of where we hold tension, and bringing mindfulness to the simple mechanics of movement. This approach of developing curiosity in ‘how’ we practice enables us to release unhelpful habits of movement and find a sense of freedom in the body. This enhances our ability to become more grounded, stable and at ease – whether we are engaged in asana, pranayama or informal practice.

Michelle is based in Brighton, England, where she teaches yoga and runs a reflexology clinic. She also works as a freelance artist.