teachers
Here you will find some of Surrey’s best yoga teachers –either with a brief biography and description of their teaching styles or class, or a direct link to their own website
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Yoga has occupied Steve’s life for about 12 years, in which time he has deepened his practice in India and elsewhere on his travels. He is formally qualified in the Sivananda tradition, and borrows from several styles, including Ashtanga and Vinyasa flow yoga, tailoring his teaching to suit the abilities of his students.
Mindfulness is at the heart of his practice and teaching, finding expression in both the physical and spiritual aspects of yoga as a part of everyday living.
His classes are structured for all abilities, and his timetable includes sessions for beginners, improvers, and even “senior” yogis.
Steve also offers yoga as therapy and private sessions, and holds regular meditation sessions and workshops
contact : steve@yoga-vita.co.uk mobile : 07793 006467
Sally has been practising yoga for more than 30 years. For half that time she has taught both adults and children, offered ante- and post-natal classes, and worked with special needs students and even prisoners.
After practising classical Iyengar yoga in London Sally trained as a teacher in the Inner Yoga method with Jenny Beeken. Inner Yoga aims to transform body, mind and emotions by combining intuitive understanding with classical yoga postures (asanas).
Sally’s classes are an all-inclusive mix of age, gender and ability; reflecting a philosophy of mutual respect and collective learning.
Sally has practiced yoga through three pregnacies, and brings experience and specialist training to her Friday morning sessions. She will offer two classes :
Ante-natal : a one-hour class for mums-to-be designed to improve core/back strength and posture, enhance breathing and relaxation and encourage better sleep.
Post-natal : a one-hour session for mums and babies (from 6 weeks), which will offer new mothers a chance to stretch, relax and unwind and bond with their new babies in a supportive and calm environment.
contact : sally_snowden@hotmail.co.uk mobile : 07807 032793
Diana has known both stress and bliss, and her path to the latter began with a weekend retreat taught by Ruth White (direct pupil of BKS Iyengar). Four years later she enrolled on Ruth’s Yoga Alliance 500 hour teacher training course and by the time she completed it she was teaching 7 yoga classes each week.
For Diana, yoga is all about finding a wholesome happy way to live. She says “It means living fully in the Now, without worrying about the past or the future. Being focused in the present moment, through yoga postures, breathing exercises and meditation shows you how to enjoy your life to the full”
She describes her style of yoga as eclectic, drawing from Iyengar training, periods of Ashtanga Vinyasa and Jivamukti practice, and a love of vinyasa flow. She teaches a mixture of static poses with focus on alignment, flowing sequences, breathwork, philosophy, and guided meditation, in other words…..
feel good yoga
Take a deep breath, roll back your shoulders and smile. Do it now. Doesn’t that feel good? Feel Good Yoga focuses on the breathwork, big opening stretches and positive philosophy that make you feel great. It is good for beginners, but not just beginners. It will challenge your balance, your strength, your flexibility and your assumptions about yourself, but only as much as you want to. This is Hatha Yoga with a smile!
contact : diana@sands.net mobile: