Teachers

Abi Rogers

Abi is a Level 3 Matwork Pilates instructor and took up her teacher training after being advised to take Pilates by her physio and subsequently falling in love with the exercise! As well as teaching Pilates, Abi is an Actor and Performer and finds the Pilates works well alongside this.
Abi has also undergone courses in pre/postnatal Pilates as well as Pilates for common orthopaedic conditions including hypermobility, osteoporosis and arthritis. She loves helping people get moving, improving their core and feeling happier and stronger! She also loves to incorporate mindfulness into her practice so that clients can leave class feeling not only stronger physically but mentally too.

Aina Wethal

Aina is an experienced teacher who has taught athletes recovering from injuries, dancers, seniors, pregnant ladies to clients with chronic fatigue syndrome and stressed politicians.

Aina teaches vinyasa flow classes that take both inspiration from the heat building in ashtanga and the attention to alignment in lyengar. This unique blend of the two styles will allow you to detox through heat and approach the asanas safely through the careful attention to technique and correct alignment.

You will find yourself being led through creative and well developed vinyasa sequences that will open and prepare your body for more challenging peak poses later in the class.

Aina moved to London in 1994 to study contemporary dance at The Laban Centre and graduated with a BA(hons) degree in dance theatre.

However, the passion for yoga quickly took over and she spent many years in London practising ashtanga yoga, dynamic flow yoga, yin yoga, jivamukti yoga and lately Forrest yoga.

Aina has been inspired through studying with teachers such as Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, John Scott, David Swenson, Danny Paradise, Cat Alip-Douglas and Ana Forrest.

After completing a teaching course with the British School of Yoga in 2003 Aina started teaching classes in London until moving back to Norway in 2008.

Whilst in Norway, she decided to deepen her yoga experience through the 200-hour intensive Yoga Works teacher training course.

In July 2012 Aina qualified as a Thai Yoga Massage therapist with Mudita Thai Yoga Massage, London.

Aina is currently living in London juggling family, healthy living, and yoga.

She aspires to connect with her students intuitively and creatively in the journey towards physical and spiritual connection.

Annie Edwards

Annie has been teaching yoga in London since 2007 and trained via Yogacampus and the Special Yoga Centre. Annie has always been interested in the joy, fearlessness and enchantment of movement – but only truly came to know the power of yoga during injury and deep heart healing.

An English teacher, Annie draws inspiration from poetry, scripture, manifestation and the written word. As well as the physical side to yoga asana, she has a profound interest in integrating pranayama and yogic philosophy within her practice, teaching and lifestyle. Restorative yoga and Yoga Nidra are definitely Annie’s favourite classes to teach. Annie has been fortunate enough to study with Mathew Sanford, Nigel Gilderson, Anna Ashby, April Nunes, Graham Burns, Carly Mountain, Susan Lahusen, Zephyr Wildman, Shiva Rea, Seane Corn and Jo Manuel. Annie feels inspired by her mentors to share the courage, strength and magic found in being on her mat. Her favourite pose? Definitely savasana.

Alice Smith

Alice is a dedicated fitness professional with over 5 years of experience. She’s on a mission to make fitness enjoyable and accessible for everyone.
With her training as a Ballroom and Latin dancer, she infuses rhythm and joy into every class. She ensures that each session is not only effective but also a blast!

Alice holds a Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification.

Ben Ambrose

CJ White

With 12 years of experience as a personal trainer and rowing coach, CJ is passionate about helping people feel their best – strong, capable, and pain-free. His goal is to guide you on the path to long-term health, ensuring you have the strength and confidence to tackle any goal.
Drawing from the background in high-performance rowing and Olympic weightlifting, CJ will provide you with a well-rounded and complete fitness journey. Helping you build a resilient body that supports a vibrant, healthy life.

Claudia Torne

Claudia is a certified box exercise instructor, L3 personal trainer, and Level 1 CrossFit coach with a rich background in martial arts like boxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and MMA.

Claudia is passionate about helping people feel stronger — not just physically but mentally too. Her sessions focus on real technique, rhythm, and coordination while also improving fitness and endurance. Claudia brings a fun and focused approach that leaves you feeling empowered, challenged, and ready for more.

Daisy Edwards

Daisy’s background in dance and an upbringing that encouraged movement as a lifestyle has led her to teaching various styles of class. She holds a Level 3 qualification in Mat Pilates and loves the focus and specificity of the practice, alongside with its soft and calm nature. Although she takes pride in creating an inclusive and welcoming environment she hopes that people feel stronger and more aligned through her classes and enjoys allowing student to challenge themselves when needed and wanted!

Dan Breakwell

Dan has been teaching Yoga, Qigong and Mindfulness for over a decade, alongside a varied (and sporadic) career in TV, Theatre and Film. Originally training as a performer he eventually fled the acting world to become a Yoga teacher. During his return to education (MA in Theatre Performance), he researched the early influences of Eastern principles and practices over the development of theatrical training, and more specifically the interconnectivity between the body, presence/ awareness, voice and movement (sometimes referred to as the psycho-physical connection.) This led to him merging his passions and creating his Voice for Yoga teachers offerings on various Yoga teacher trainings around London. Whether he is teaching yoga, qigong, mindfulness or voice, Dan’s intention is always to support students in fostering a more playful and curious approach to their practice. Expect well rounded classes influenced by Daoist principles and mindful movement.

David Steer

Since certifying as a Yoga Instructor in 2021, the journey of becoming a teacher has been liberating. Through my yoga practice, I constantly explore my relationship towards my body, identity and environment. I take pride in where teaching Yoga has taken me including into LGBTQ+ inclusive spaces, activism, local community and teaching internationally. As a student, I am always looking to develop myself with an aspiration to delve deeper into trauma-informed practices. As an advocate for positivity and self-acceptance, my drive to teach Yoga is to encourage individuals to feel better about themselves and to be proud of what they can achieve. I work to bring this philosophy into every one of my classes.

Giovina Guerra

Giovina came to yoga about 13 years ago and clearly remembers that, after coming out of her first class, she felt so alive and present. Coming from a background of
dance, fitness and theatre body movement she has always been fascinated by the ways our body can communicate, feel and express while creating an inner safe space to develop self-awareness, acceptance and love.

She completed her 200-hours TT in Ashtanga Vinyasa in 2016, followed by a 50-hours Rocket training with ‘It’s Yoga’, led by Jamie Blowers and has been regularly teaching for the past 9 years.

In her classes, she aims to create a supportive, welcoming and pressure-free environment. The intention is to provide balanced challenges for the body and the mind, while inviting students to befriend their breath and to be curious about what unfolds on the mat, both externally but most importantly within their inner landscape. This gives the opportunity to inhabit those pockets of spaces ‘in-between’ and become present to what comes and goes, whilst cultivating a practice of intention, self-compassion, fun and gratitude.

Giovina has also completed additional trainings over the years, including: Yin yoga, Mandala, Rocket, Ashtanga, Pranayama, Aerial yoga and Hot Yoga. She is currently undertaking her 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training.

Besides teaching yoga, Giovina has also successfully completed her Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and is teaching Italian and Gentle Yoga at a Adult Education College, which she is really passionate about.

Imir Frazer

Imir has been practicing yoga since 2000, consistently studying to deepen her understanding of anatomy, the eight limbs of yoga, and yoga as a way of life; exploring traditional yoga systems, particularly Ashtanga Yoga, Dynamic Hatha Yoga and Vinyasa Krama (the linking of postures together in sequence, building towards a key asana). Imir’s teaching style is calm and friendly, her classes deep and challenging.

Following the tradition of ‘Guru Parampara’ (passing on the tradition of yoga in its pure form from generation to generation), Imir enjoys continued training with some of the world’s foremost senior teachers in Ashtanga Yoga (including David Williams & David Swenson), Yoga Philosophy & Meditation (Carlos Pomeda) and Anatomy (David Keil). She took her initial 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training qualification in 2010, followed by among others, a further qualification in Ashtanga Teacher Training in 2013 and a 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training qualification in December 2017.

Jacquie Hannam

Over the last 30 years Jacquline has gained an appreciation and an understanding of a holistic approach to life through a Yogic life style. Her practice has supported her journey in managing the challenges she has experienced from fibroids and endometriosis: in addition to a busy, hectic life. Exploring and learning during her practices, while gaining the wisdom that the tradition offers, the subtle aspect of healing and understand the connection between the many layers of our being. Her personal practice over the last 30 years has taught her the importance of a holistic consideration to health and well-being, leading her to an Akhanda Yoga teacher training (200hrs) in 2015.
She has since gain additional training in Yin Yoga, Face Yoga, Advance assisting and Ayurveda / conscious living. Teaching Yoga has given her the opportunity to share this passion, while on the journey of fully embracing all aspects of health and wellbeing that a yogic life style has too offers. Jacquie’s desire, is to hold space for others to explore being playful, strong, open and relaxed in the practice, as a means of finding peace, tranquility in our everyday life.

Jo Robinson

Joanne started practicing Hatha yoga in 2001, with dvd at home, feeling too embarrassed to go to a class.

Suffering with clinical depression and anorexia throughout her teenage years and early twenties, she was looking for an alternative and holistic approach in dealing with the sickness.

In 2004 she started practicing Bikram’s series of asanas while in Australia, and found what she had been looking for, and so much more!

The need to share and teach the yoga with everyone was something she couldn’t ignore, and subsequently went on to teacher training in Hawaii in 2007.

10 years later, there is no looking back. Having the ability to help people create positive change in their lives is what living is for.

The simplicity, accessibility and healing potential of Bikram’s method of yoga still excites her, and she looks forward to sharing it with many of you.

Joanne also underwent teacher training with renowned Vinyasa yoga teacher Stewart Gilchrist in 2015, while pregnant with her second child.

She believes you are never too sick, never too old, never too broken (or pregnant) to start from scratch and begin once again 😉

Joshua Noik

Having spent extensive time studying in Mysore, his approach to sharing any practice is firmly rooted in the Indian tradition and takes inspiration from his experience in Hatha, Iyengar, Yin and Ashtanga Yoga, with an emphasis on alignment; exploration; creative prop use; flowing, intelligent sequencing; and precise, yet evocative anatomical cues.

It is vital to Joshua that whatever he shares- be that āsana, chanting or prānāyāma- is an expression of warmth, creativity and compassion. Expect classes to be inclusive and accessible, yet challenging and authentic, often interwoven with aspects of the philosophy and spirituality that reside in the heart of the physical yoga practice.

Junior Valentine

Junior is a proud south London native born and bred with background in performing. Since the age of six he was thrusted on the stage and developed a deep love ever since for the arts and the discipline that it carries.

Junior’s yoga journey began a long long  time ago where he combined his performing with the yoga practice but he wasn’t fully ready to accept the practice in all its glory, it wasn’t till a few years later that he would fully embrace his yogic path and truly fall deep love for the practice. Junior began to notice the benefits of the mind body and soul union through yoga & meditation; it began to reawaken his unspoken connection that he shares with the universe.

Junior’s classes are fun energetic with a dash of sass, combing creative sequencing and a spirit of playfulness with a dose of inspiration to help deepen your practice with a hint of spirituality. He doesn’t take yoga too seriously he believes you take what you want and need from the practice.

Junior invites you to come and share in the joy, experience the authentic honesty with each other and like minded energies. Junior teaches Ashtanga, Mandala & Shamanism Vinyasa, Rocket & Yin yoga. And will also hold monthly sound healing Gong baths at Yoga house.

He’s venturing into Reiki, Thai Massage & Forrest yoga training this year to improve his thirst for knowledge. In his spare time catch him singing a tune, throwing some shapes, and getting dramatic when performing.

Kasia Blackwell

Yoga teacher, Alchemy Bowl practitioner and founder of Yoga House London; Kasia has been teaching Yoga regularly since 2016 and is a 500hr Yoga Alliance accredited Experienced Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500).

Trained in Vinyasa, Rocket, Mandala, Yin, Kids Yoga, Sound Therapy and Five Element Yoga.

Kelly Thomas

Teaching from the heart, Kelly believes in the practice of yoga as a creative space to heal, reconnect and restore both body and mind. 

Practicing yoga for over a decade, Kelly has teaching experience in trauma-informed approaches to dynamic flow and restorative yoga. Influenced by playful, embodied and functional movement, classes focus on how your body feels over how your body looks, exploring rich sensation through soft awareness of breath. In Flow classes, you can expect a creative, strong but inclusive practice, with space to rest and play. Options are offered for all levels of experience and energy, encouraging curiosity and self-agency throughout. Restorative classes focus on nourishing our nervous systems and using rest as a catalyst for reconnecting with our innate creativity and calm.

Lauren Hamilton Cleary

Lauren, a Lewisham native, first found yoga in her teenage years, initially focusing on Iyengar yoga, before exploring a variety of styles and eventually travelling to India to complete her teacher training in Ashtanga and Vinyasa.

Lauren teaches creative and dynamic flows, with a focus on alignment and breath. Her classes often including pranayama and guided relaxation. Lauren believes yoga is for everyone and welcomes everyone to her classes. She is a forever student, and is always seeking new experiences and knowledge, with her continued evolution reflected in her teaching. She is excited to share her love of yoga with you, and to practice together.

Leonora Lihou

Leonora is a certified personal trainer. Allowing her to offer a comprehensive & holistic approach to physical and mental fitness, combining the strength, flexibility, and mindfulness cultivated through yoga with personalized training.

Leonora’s journey began with a yoga class on YouTube, the next nine years have been a transformative and informative personal journey where she has grown in self-worth, confidence and self-love. Along this path, she has immersed herself in various yoga styles, including Ashtanga Vinyasa, Rocket, and Yin yoga, also studying Yoga Philosophy, Reiki, QiGong and Calisthenics adding up to over 500hrs of training & study.

The theme behind Leonora’s classes are ‘Sthira Sukham Asanam’ Strength & Easy, learning to bring that balance into our everyday life.

Lina Pettersson

‘Lina’s prenatal classes offer a safe and supporting environment for a special time that can be magical, but also feel new and challenging and when a little bit of extra kindness to ourselves might be needed. Her approach is calming and thoughtful classes which are gentle paced with freedom to let you practice at a pace that works for you.

The classes create a nurturing space for yoga postures to increase mobility as well as breathing and relaxation techniques for awareness; all to help you develop physical and mental strength in preparation for labor, and of course to connect with your baby. Prenatal yoga can also ease aches and pains connected to pregnancy and increase overall wellbeing.

Lina trained as a contemporary dancer before finding her way into yoga. She qualified in 2011 with appleyoga (vinyasa flow and hatha), and trained again in 2016 for pre & postnatal yoga.’

Livi Thynne

Livi came to Pilates through dance – having trained and worked professionally as a dancer. She finds Pilates is an extremely effective tool to build and maintain strength in the body as one, fluid, ecosystem. After 7 years of teaching Pilates she has seen first hand the difference it can make to a person’s overall wellbeing and comfort in their own skin. Livi’s classes focus on caring for the body and mind by fostering awareness and confidence, building strength while lengthening and releasing tension.

Maddie Capel-Bird

Maddie’s background in movement as a Contemporary dancer has a large influence on her teaching style and her classes are technical, flowing and fun and she aims to help students become more aware of their body. Maddie’s classes can be powerful and challenging, but dealing with injuries and chronic illness has allowed her to adapt her way of moving and teaching. Her intention is to help others move in an enjoyable, safe and confident way through the fun and energised practice of Barre.

Mat barre is a movement practice that incorporates techniques from disciplines including
Pilates, Yoga, Ballet & strength training. It works between small isolated movements and
long-range lengthening movement. This practice often uses props such as balls and bands.
Accessible to all this practice will leave you energised! Open to all levels.

Martyna Borek

Martyna is an Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Mandala yoga teacher who finds yoga to be both challenging and rewarding. She feels very fortunate to have explored many styles of yoga with teachers from around the globe. Martyna enjoys teaching a diverse range of students from complete beginners to advanced yogis. Her flows are dynamic, creative and rewarding, accompanied by upbeat music.

Meg Mackay

Originally from Seattle and now a long-time Londoner, Meg discovered yoga during her first pregnancy and it soon became a lifelong passion. That initial spark evolved into a deep and dedicated practice, ultimately leading her to become a yoga teacher. She teaches Pregnancy, Postnatal Yoga, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga.
Meg’s classes are all about reconnecting with yourself – physically, mentally, and emotionally. She loves a strong, empowering creative flow that builds confidence and self-love, but she’s just as inspired by the quieter, transformative shifts yoga brings on and off the mat. You’ll find elements of yogic philosophy and pranayama (breathwork) woven into every class, helping students tap into a deeper sense of awareness and presence.
Meg has a special place in her heart for pregnancy and postnatal yoga. She’s passionate about supporting women through every phase of the parenting journey and holding space for all the magic and messiness that comes with new parenthood. Her classes offer connection, strength, and a whole lot of compassion for wherever you are on your path.

Miriam Brightbart

Miriam found yoga at a time in her life when she was disconnected from her body and struggling with anxiety, and experienced deeply transformative effects from this wonderful practice that brought her back into her body and into the present. Miriam’s classes can be powerful and challenging, but invite plenty of opportunities for deep release and relaxation. Her classes weave together themes of self-love, body awareness and connection, working with breath to find union through mindful movement meditation.

Nataliya Potopalska

Nataliya’s first meeting with yoga happened back in early 2000 as part of a recovery period in her elite orienteering career while representing Ukraine on the international arena. High sport performance brings a lot of great experiences as well as injuries. Her injuries have healed through dedicated yoga practices over the years and self awareness. Yoga has helped her to build mental and emotional resilience that guides her through her life.

She has a master’s degree in Physical Education, the anatomy of the human body has always fascinated her. Through years of various training in Vinyasa and Forrest Yoga styles, she focused on anatomy, unique body ability and how the safety of the body leads to mental and emotional transformation.

Her immediate passion is to bring yoga to everyone and make it accessible to those who enter her class. She believes that practicing yoga promotes a healthy lifestyle.

Nataliya is a certified Forrest Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga teacher, registered as a Experienced Yoga teacher with UK Yoga Alliance. She shares her knowledge and experience through delivering CET (continued education training) for teachers on Anatomy and Hands-on Assisting.

Nicola Adilman

Nicola is a Canadian born, international dance teacher based in London. Her multidisciplinary work covers contemporary dance, choreography, and fitness. Nicola’s aim in class is to allow her students to tune into themselves, improve stamina and strength and engage with an environment of others. Her Barre class offers groovy tunes and a guarantee to sweat and leave feeling ready for whatever the day has in store for you. Her class is focused on presence, breath, mobility and pushing your inner and outer strength all while staying open and adaptable.

Paulina Tanye

Paulina is a spiritual teacher, intuitive healer, sound practitioner, and yoga teacher. Since she was a little girl, she has felt a strong connection to her intuition. Over the past 11 years, she has expanded her skills through a wide range of spiritual, psychic, and intuitive disciplines, including Angelic Reiki, Alchemy Healing, and Quantum Hypnosis.

Furthermore, she completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2020 (Vinyasa, Ashtanga & Yin-based) with Imir Frazer and has since implemented those practices into her work. She also trained in sound healing levels 1 & 2 with Selda Goodwin at Selda Soul Space using alchemy crystal sound bowls.

She holds certified Angelic Reiki training and workshops throughout the year, teaching others how to expand their intuition and learn to bring energy healing into their everyday life.

Paulina combines these practices to empower others to accept, love, and heal themselves, as well as to consciously evolve. Using her gifts and practice, she helps others learn and understand their blocks, gifts, and life purpose, and supports them in their unique journey through energy healing and Yin Yoga practice, so they can become more balanced and in tune with themselves on all levels.

Sadie Reid

Sadie is a fully qualified level 3 Pilates Instructor with specialist training in both Pre & Postnatal Pilates exercise.

She has been a Pilates instructor for 8 years and she also has a Degree and Masters in Dance & the Arts. She understands the importance of strengthening the body through exercise in able to deal with the stresses of everyday life.

The main focus of her class is to improve core strength, flexibility, joint mobility and strength through progressive moves that have a natural dance element. She also works on improving balance, coordination and posture and cater’s to everybody’s needs, providing adaptions when needed.

Come and revive your body and core.

Sam Warraich-Asad Ali

Yoga has been a part of Sam’s life for over 15 years. Following a life altering incident, yoga healed her in ways she didn’t anticipate. This led to her first teacher training and a seismic shift in her professional life. From the day she set foot in her first yoga class as a teacher, She knew this was what she was meant to do.

Drawing on the varied influences from different yogic modalities, her classes are creative and playful with an emphasis on alignment, mobility and strength. She teaches strong flowing sequences, encouraging her students to explore the full potential of their bodies.

Sammy Rainbow Furnival

Sammy is a London based yoga teacher, mover, shaker and life enthusiast. She has had the pleasure of training with teachers such as Bernie Clark, Sarah Powers, Ana Forrest, Michael James Wong and Dr. Melody Moore as well as studying with Elena Brower and Leslie Kaminoff. She is forever grateful to all of her teachers who have helped to shape her into the teacher that she is now.

Sarah Chambers

Sarah is a local Mum and qualified Level 2 Gym Instructor, who went on her own strength building journey after having her second child at 40 and realising how much fitness she had lost. Alongside turning that around, she decided to retrain as a fitness instructor herself, and is continuing her studies up to Level 3 and 4. She also holds her Kettlebells and Circuit Training certificates and loves introducing people to the benefits of strength training with dynamic, varied classes.

Sophie Simms

Sophie is a Level 3 Personal Trainer, her classes are all about making movement something you enjoy, not just something you tick off your to do list. Her classes are upbeat, supportive and fun, helping you feel stronger and more confident each time you show up.
Expect plenty of encouragement and an inclusive, welcoming space where you can try new things, give feedback, and meet yourself where you’re at.

Tara Facey

Tara has over seven years of experience within the fitness industry, with a background spanning sprinting, boxing, strength training, and calisthenics, alongside competing in HYROX events. Her approach to movement focuses not only on building strength and resilience, but also creating a deeper connection between mind and body.

Bringing a warm, bubbly energy into every class, Tara is passionate about making movement feel empowering, accessible, and enjoyable. Expect uplifting sessions, intentional programming, and plenty of good music — all designed to help you move well, feel strong, and leave with a smile on your face.

Ula Klaus

Ula is a passionate fitness professional, dedicated to helping people move better, feel stronger, and live pain-free. With a Level 4 qualification in Exercise for Lower Back Pain, along with credentials as a Level 3 Personal Trainer, Level 2 Gym Instructor, Advanced Hatton Boxing Academy Coach, and certified HIIT, Supple Strength, and Kettlebell Pro Instructor, Ula brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to every session.

Ula specialises in functional training using unconventional tools like the mace to build strength, mobility, and resilience for everyday life and athletic performance. Her programs blend resistance, cardio, and movement inspired by Yoga, Pilates, and Animal Flow, creating dynamic, challenging, and fun sessions.

Vanessa Abreu

Vanessa is a Portuguese/Mozambican dance artist, yoga, barre and dance teacher and a qualified nutritional therapist based in London. She completed a 200hrs TTC in Ashtanga & Vinyasa at Sampoorna Yoga, Goa, Restorative Yoga with Adelene Cheong, Yin Yoga with The Yoga People, Rocket with Kindred Yoga and Pregnancy Yoga with Tara Lee and Clare Daniell. Vanessa is interested in developing safe and healthy working environments. Care, physical and mental well-being appear as life ethea which ought to be cultivated. Vanessa‘s classes are a powerful and challenging moving meditation. They draw from anatomical principals with a strong emphasis on the breath. Vanessa has created an accessible practice which develops a grounding feeling through the use of yoga postures and functional, safe alignment. Her barre classes are energising and upbeat. Expect to work hard and have fun!