Teachers at a Glance
Sue Pendlebury has been teaching yoga for the past seven 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. |
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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.
She 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. |
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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, of Australia, and Purple Valley, of 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. |
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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. |
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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 4 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. |
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Ali Gilling began studying yoga in india 15 years ago and has been teaching for 10. 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.
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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 teachers 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. |
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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 give 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. |
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Kester Lunney has had the opportunity to study and train in many traditions of yoga, meditation and philosophy.
He is the founder and Director of Shambhala Yoga in the Gulf of Thailand and currently teaches professional golfers on the European PGA tour.
Kester's classes are an uplifting and interesting melting pot of styles and teaching methods inspired by his travels and studies. In keeping with the tradition of viniyoga, attention is given to each individual's needs and the body/breath relationship is emphasised leading to a deeper observation of oneself with self-acceptance and Love.
Kester has practised various martial arts since the age of 8 and is also a keen musician. |
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Tami has been practicing yoga for 12 years and teaching for 5. She is classically trained in the Ashtanga, Iyengar and Viniyoga systems. Tami has spent the majority of the past 9 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. |
TAMI HAFZALLA
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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. |
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Liz Warrington is inspired by the work of Vanda Scaravelli - best known for her beautiful book Awakening The Spine - Liz has been studying and practising Yoga since 1988 and trained with some of the few fortunate to have worked directly with Vanda. Sharing her passion for the body's ability to undo and the mind's to gain clarity through the practice of yoga, Liz teaches that yoga is more about a state of being than about the poses; that it is to do with the ground beneath our feet, the space around us and the breath. As we take tension out of our bodies, the postures come to us and we experience lightness and well-being. Teaching in Brighton for the last 12 years Liz regularly leads workshops and holidays in Europe and Asia. |
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Amanda Evans is a British Wheel of Yoga Teacher. Her teaching spans 25 years and
includes: astanga vinyasa, hatha yoga, pranayama, restorative yoga and
meditation. Ama teaches regular classess in Brighton and London, her
teaching is influenced by her contemporary dance background and inspired by
the work of Vanda Scaravelli and Donna Farhi.
The breath, flow and movement
coordination provide the foundation from which Ama teaches. Ama has a keen
interest in Ayurveda and is researching this with the help of Ayurvedic
doctors in South India where she holds Ayurveda and Yoga retreats for
healing and balance.
Please see www.amasuyoga.com for more information.
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Charlie Boardley has been practising yoga for 10 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.
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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. www.yogabelle.co.uk |
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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, DJing 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.
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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 realease the spine from tension allowing our bodies to "come home". |
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Joanna Pearce teaches Astanga Vinyasa, Hatha and Yin Yoga.
She is a direct student of Sri K Pattabhi Jois and an assistant at Dharma Shala, the home of Astanga Yoga London. She has worked with many international teachers including Nancy Gilgoff, Donna Farhi and Paul Grilley. Joanna teaches according to the traditional Astanga method, whilst taking a practical approach to the needs of the individual.
She brings an enthusiastic and adventurous spirit to the challenges of Astanga Yoga and aims to help students develop a light hearted and self directed approach to their practice. |
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Scarlett Dee has been travelling through Asia practising yoga and meditation for more than 15 years and sharing her experience of yoga to students of all levels internationally for 4 years.
Initially trained in Ashtanga and Dynamic yoga, Scarlett encourages a common sense, practical, light hearted, fun and creative approach to yoga in the hope that students can advance their understanding and practice as a tool of self-discovery and development.
Through her work as a holistic therapist Scarlett has gained a profound knowledge of the human body enabling her to teach with a high degree of sensitivity and guide students to explore their potential whilst honouring their limitations.
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Natalie Preston's connection with yoga first began in India 11 years ago. She has since explored many forms of the Hatha Yoga tradition and the healing arts. Her eclectic background is mainly inspired by the beauty and precision of BKS Iyengar and the free spirit of her much loved teacher, Clive Sheriden.
Natalie's particular forte is in the therapeutic field where she teaches "appropriate practice" for happiness and health, according to the changing conditions and stages of ones life.
Jules Allen began practicing yoga 10 years ago following a serious car accident. In learning how to apply yoga to help heal and regenerate himself he has subsequently been able to use this knowledge to help others.
His personal style of teaching is a subtle blend of Iyengar, Astanga, Scaravelli and Sivananda. His goal as a teacher is to support the student to find stillness and silence through their practice. |
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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, and has worked with many of Vanda Scarvelli's direct students.
Alongside her yoga teaching, Jane teaches Egyptian Dance and performs with Paris-based 'Compagnie Al Fajr'. |
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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,Reikki, First Nature voice and Indian Rag. |
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| Jodi Boone has studied yoga for 11 years and feels it has been her greatest teacher and gift in life. With a background in Iyengar, Vinyasa, and Ananda yoga, a gentle, devotional style of hatha yoga based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, Jodi draws from these traditions to create a fluid, strong, and meditative practice. Her motivation for teaching is to share the beauty and power of the physical and philosophical aspects of yoga, encouraging students to dive deeply inward, connect spiritually, and nourish themselves. Jodi lives in Seattle where she teaches yoga classes, specialty workshops on the chakras, and retreats locally, in Mexico, and Costa Rica. She also works as a freelance writer for NGO's, serves as a doula for expectant parents, and guides free community meditation classes. |
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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.
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Frankie Jennings is both a yoga teacher and a devotional singer. Her yoga classes involve working with the breath, asana, relaxation and meditation and are based on the Sivananda Tradition, where she has completed both the Teacher Training and Advanced Teacher Training Courses. She is also influenced by a number of styles of yoga that she explores as part of her own practice (Ashtanga, Jivamukti, Yin, Satyananda). She has a degree in Health Sciences: Complementary Therapies –this lends great experience to her classes which are taught with lightness and humour.
Her personal journey with yoga and sound, and the discovery of her powerful voice, had such a profound and transformative impact on her life that she passionately shares this with students and friends through the Sound of Devotion gatherings and chanting sessions as well as teaching group, corporate and one to one yoga classes in and around London. www.onebodyonesound.com |
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Kate Harrell has been studying yoga for the past 10 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, The Life Centre, Virgin Active gyms and others.
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