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. She 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

Tim Cummins initially started practicing Sivananda and then worked closely with a British Wheel teacher before coming to Astanga. He practiced Adsanga yoga for over 3 years.

Tim now practices Shadow Yoga & has been for 5 years. He is presently completing a 3 year teacher training course at Islington Yoga which has deepened and expanded his understanding of Hatha Yoga. It includes the application of Ayurveda & the guidance of marmasthana (using the vital energy junctions in the body to inform movement & posture).

Tim's diverse yoga background informs his classes. They are versatile, varied, energetic and vibrant, with attention on the breath and subtleties of movement. Tim will always challenge you to explore your limitations without ever pushing you beyond them. His classes are aimed to have you leave feeling calm and rejuvenated.

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.

Lee Carter

Lee Carter has been teaching Hatha Yoga for the last 6 years. Her background is in the arts and contemporary dance. Meeting Faustomaria at Innergy Yoga Centre in West London inspired Lee to explore and integrate the spiritual and physical practice of yoga into her life.

She did her teacher training with Sivananda and regularly does retreats and courses with a variety of renowned teachers. For Lee teaching yoga has been an an amazing opportunity to show people a practice that really empowers and supports you in your everyday life.

Tami Hafzalla

Tami has been practicing yoga for 12 years and teaching for five. She is classically trained in the Ashtanga, Iyengar and Viniyoga systems. Tami has spent the majority of the past nine years travelling around the world in a process of self study and personal pilgrimage. Tami compassionately challenges her students to safely find their personal edge and achieve new levels of expansion on the physical and spiritual planes.

Tami's teaching style comes from the truth of her life's experience. She weaves meditation and pranayama into her classes and believes the physical postures are a gateway to a deeper understanding of the self through connection with the breath, movement and the present moment. Tami is also deeply inspired by visual art. She is a photographer and painter.

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.

Rachel Auburn

It was through discovering yoga at the Innergy Centre & the teachings of Krishnamurti that created a turning point in my life.

Having come from a background in music production, DJ-ing and fashion, I had been outwardly focused, so for me yoga sent me on a voyage of deep personal self discovery. I trained in Sivananda & have an interest and knowledge in many forms of asana. I bring a creative and energised feeling to my classes with attention to breath work & relaxation, aiming to give a positive and enjoyable experience.

I currently teach at the West London Innergy Yoga Centre with Faustomaria Dorelli and at other venues and centres in London.

Helen Noakes

Helen Noakes has been practicing yoga for 14 years. She began her journey in Australia with the Iyengar system and finally found her way into her body with the magical teachings of Vandha Scaravelli.

She trained to be a teacher with Gary Carter at Natural Bodies in Brighton and now co-directs the Brahmani Yoga Centre in Goa, India. Helen has been a bodyworker in Indian rope massage, hot-stone therapy and deep tissue for 12 years and operates her massage school from Goa.

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".

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.

Kate Harrell

Kate Harrell has been studying yoga for the past ten years, having come to yoga through a double degree in drama and eastern philosophy at Vassar college in New York. She focuses on the synchronisation of breath and movement to find an inner sense of peace, emphasising a non-competitive, non-dogmatic approach. Her classes are dynamic, strong, flowing and meditative, with a sense of humour and fun.

Kate was originally qualified through Tripsichore Yoga Theatre, and has since completed Max Strom's advanced teacher training in Venice, California. She borrows from many styles, including astanga and Iyengar, to create a strong flowing vinyasa practice. All levels are catered for as she offers different options constantly. This encourages students to honour their level, with patience and humility.

Kate believes strongly that yoga helps to free your heart and quieten your mind. She teaches in london at Triyoga London, The Life Centre, Virgin Active gyms and others.

Emma Brading

Emma Brading sailed internationally as a professional yachtswoman for eight years, before settling on the Isle of Wight to bring up her children.

She has been practicing yoga for a decade and teaching since 2000. Emma's inspiration is drawn from her own practice and her deepening interest in Theology. She has studied with Tantric teachers and those steeped in the traditions of Sivananda and Ashtanga, so she finds herself exploring an imaginative and flowing evolution of asana and pranayama which improves strength and flexibility - ultimately leading to stillness and rediscovering our birthright - peace.

Emma still believes that integrity and joy are the greatest gifts you can bring to your mat and the ongoing practice of life.

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.

Natasa Cvetkovic

Natasa Cvetkovic teaches various Yoga styles including vinyasa flow, restorative Yoga & Pranayama. She has a diploma in teaching dance and much experience as a choreographer making her classes smooth, flowing and dynamic. Natasa is also certified to teach the Alexander Technique, Feldenkreis, Pilates Spiral-dynamik and is a personal trainer, giving her an excellent ability to read and understand the body; she is a specialist in back, knee and other body issues that we all seem to have at some point in our lives.

Natasa studies yoga with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, BKS Iyenger, Rodolphe Milliat, Nancy Gilgoff, Rolf Naujokat, Lino Miele, Petri Raisanen, Paul Dallaghan and others.

Jo Walter

My Yoga journey began in 1997 with a Vipassana Meditation in Kathmandu and I was left hungry for more. On my return to England I sort out various Yoga schools and found Ashtanga Yoga which I did exclusively for 5 years.

I took my first Teacher training in Bangalore, India in 2003, followed by a second, 9 month teacher training in Byron Bay, Australia with Yoga Arts. This took my practice to a whole new level and introduced me to the different yoga styles - Iyengar, Hatha, Yin as well as yoga philosophy. It was on this training that I met Clive Sheridan who is my main yoga teacher and friend.

My practice and teaching is Vinyasa flow. I draw from my Ashtanga roots but no longer follow the exact series. I bring into my classes influences from Iyengar and Anusara yoga and maintain a strong emphasis on Pranayama and meditation. It is wonderful to be able to share what I've learnt and to be a facilitator for other people's 'yoga journey'.

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".

Dakini Running Bear

Dakini Running Bear is an open-minded and nurturing practitioner and teacher with more than 15 years of experience in the healing arts.

Initially studying therapeutic massage in her homeland of Northern California, her passion for true healing quickly included a diving into 'yogic' life. Working, studying and practice has guided Dakini's travels within USA, Europe, and India.

She has developed an eclectic style of healing and teaching which blends in-depth physical exploration while deepening the connection with inner awareness and harmonious community living. Dakini embodies a truly hands-on and heart open approach to yoga, healing, and life.

Vinyasa Yoga is simply a conscious linking of breath and body movement. While the asanas (postures) and other techniques are based on ancient healing practices and rituals, in Vinyasa Yoga there is an empathsis on creativity, dedicated focus, and riding the edge of our own limits while surrendering to the perfection of the 'now' moment.

The trajectory of each class is always designed to take the needs of the individual as well as the class into account as we evolve. The ultimate aim of yoga is to increase awareness, consciousness, and true freedom.

It is a beautiful life-long journey where health and happiness are by-products of the path. In utilizing the tools of asana and yoga we start where we are and work with the body the we have to develop greater health and joy.

Phillipa Gendall

Phillipa is an established international Ashtanga and Vinyasa flow yoga teacher. She was first introduced to Iyengar yoga twenty years ago and a few years later became a regular student. She was then lucky enough to become a regular student of John and Lucy Scott (Ashtanga yoga) in 1996 it was then that yoga became her life and took her to spend much of the last seven years in India.

Being one of the senior teacher at Purple Valley/Brahmani Yoga Goa and eventually teaching on there 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 with the flow and grace of the breath linking the poses but also emphasizing the alignment and precision of her studies in the Iyengar yoga system. She feels a yoga practice should be made to fit your body, rather than your body fit the practice. Her classes are physically challenging with the emphasis on developing an inner awareness and a cultivation of breath and flow.

Phillipa has also studied Yoga Philosophy, Pranayama and Meditation in India following the Hatha Yoga tradition. She is registered with the Yoga Alliance as an advanced teacher (RYT 500 hours) and registered with the sports professionals as an advanced level instructor.

She is now based and teaching in London.

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.

Jane Sleven

For Jane, Yoga is a way of life; deeply nourishing for the body, senses, mind and spirit. After many years of practicing and teaching a very nurturing, gentle Hatha Yoga, including chanting and philosophy (nothing too strenuous...) Jane discovered Astanga Vinyasa Yoga and immediately knew this method was the most relevant and potent she had thus far encountered. Her original teachers in this form were John Scott and Shandor Remete over several years. Since then she has travelled far and wide, studying with many wonderful teachers of different approaches, ultimately finding the greatest teacher to be her own practice, and the privilege of sharing Yoga with others through teaching.

Jane sees Astanga as a most beautiful moving meditation, available to anyone with a sincere approach and a willingness to be patient and persevere for the fruits of the practice. Although we are naming different Yogas here, they all flow from the same source, and all forms are designed to bring forth the very best in each individual. Jane's students speak of her warmth, patience and her ability to convey complicated concepts and asana instructions in a very clear and understandable way.

Matt Gluck and Dorna Djenab

Matt Gluck and Dorna Djenab started Yoga when they were children, learning the techniques of pranayama, relaxation and meditation from their parents, in order to deal with childhood stress. They both became dedicated to yoga many years later, when life provided the insight of the role that it plays in helping us be ourselves, relax and enjoy life.

Matt is a British Wheel of Yoga and Life Centre qualified teacher. He has been teaching Hatha Yoga full time for twelve years and Chinese martial arts, including Tai Chi and Qi Gong, for twenty. He mentors for the Life Centre in Notting Hill Gate, helping Yoga teachers in training. Dorna qualified through the British School of Yoga. We both teach our own classes and clients and run workshops and retreats together every few months.

They promote safe and simple practice, with the effect of stilling the mind through a withdrawal of the senses and understanding of the ego. They are flexible in approach, technique, mind and word. The bodymind intelligence always tells the truth. Teachers and students are for inspiring eachother; Shiva and Shakti dance.

Ashley Bond

Ashley has been teaching yoga for over 10 years having studied and taught Sivananda, Ashtanga Vinyasa and more recently Iyengar, all of which she integrates into her own teachings.

She has been blessed enough to have had the opportunity to teach all over the world from Iceland to Thailand to England and has been based in Goa for the past 5 years where she has been one of the teachers at Brahmani Yoga (formally Purple Valley Yoga).

Ashley’s teaching style is fun and light-hearted and she feels that "yoga" can sometimes be a bit too serious! It’s about opening up the body and allowing the breath and energy to flow, whilst at the same time enjoying your practice. She feels that yoga is a lifestyle and should continue off as well as on the mat.

Bringing variety and energy into her classes including yoga philosophy, pranayama, meditiation and readings, Ashley encourages her students to work within their own capabilities.

She has been practising the healing arts and massage for 15 years including Reflexology, Thai Massage, Holistic Massage, Re-Balancing and Chavutti Therimal (massage by foot pressure) and was the therapist at YogaPlus in Crete for three years.

Ashley says - "My yoga practise has completely changed my life and I feel so lucky that I can share my knowledge with others; it’s such a gift!"