YOGA
About me
I'm a Hackney-based yoga teacher with over 20 years of personal practice and six years of teaching, working across Flow, Hatha and Yin, often woven together with sound. My teaching is grounded in anatomy, individual variation, and a genuine attention to what's happening in someone's body, not just how a pose looks.
I teach regular weekly classes, cover classes across multiple studios, and run workshops and sound baths.
I also teach Pilates, which you can find out more about here.
Classes I teach
Yin, Yin/Yang, Restorative, Slow Flow, Yoga Nidra, Yoga with Meditation, Vinyasa, Hatha, Sound with Meditation, Meditation, and Menopause Yoga.
The Functional Approach
All of my teaching is grounded in the functional approach: teaching bodies, not shapes. I'm not interested in how a pose looks. I'm interested in what it does for the person doing it, and in helping students feel what's actually happening in their own body rather than chasing an image.
Yin Yoga & Anatomy
Anatomy is central to how I teach. Yin yoga is my specialism. I've trained for 90 hours across Norman Blair (who brought Yin to the UK) and Jo Phee of the Paul Grilley lineage. Grilley is one of the originators of Yin yoga and one of the first teachers to draw attention to the natural bone and physical variations between all bodies, developing an approach that adapts the pose to the individual rather than asking the individual to match a shape. My training with Jo Phee included time at the bone morphology lab and cadaver study at King's College, seeing these skeletal variations first-hand. That experience fundamentally shaped how I teach. When you've seen how differently bodies are built at the bone level, you can never go back to teaching one shape for everyone.
How I Teach
That training shapes everything I do: slower cueing, close attention to individual bodies, and a commitment to safe, sustainable practice. In yin, I teach students never to work beyond 75% of their range, a principle from my training with Jo Phee that I carry across all my classes.
Yin Yoga & The Nervous System
I came to yin yoga because I found it profoundly helpful for managing stress, and that remains where I work most deeply in the practice. Yin offers something that more active styles can't reach: a direct route into the nervous system, helping the body shift from a state of doing into genuine rest. For many of my students, this is the most transformative part of the practice. I also programme many of my yin classes and workshops around the meridian system and Traditional Chinese Medicine, particularly where there's a seasonal element, working with the body's energy in relation to the time of year.
Dynamic & Flow Classes
My flow and dynamic classes are challenging, with an emphasis on building real strength as you move. I want students to activate muscles and develop functional strength alongside a sense of flow and nervous system regulation, not just moving through shapes quickly.
Yang & Yin Combined
Some of my most popular classes combine yang and yin: active, dynamic sequences flowing into longer, quieter holds. These classes are designed to help students explore the relationship between strength and release, and above all to come into their body, developing the interoception and proprioception that keep a practice safe and honest over the long term.
Beyond my formal training
Alongside my certified training, over 20 years of personal practice and around a dozen retreats mean I've built up a wide personal repertoire. I find most yoga styles are within my range, so I'm often able to step in and teach classes like restorative, meditation or breathwork with confidence, even outside my formal certifications.
Training and lineage
Hatha Yoga, 200 hrs, Ellie Ramsby-Herrera, Leyton Yoga (September 2022)
Yin Yoga incl. Yang Flow & Shoulder Anatomy, 60 hrs, Jo Phee (Paul Grilley lineage) (August 2025)
Yin Yoga, 30 hrs, Norman Blair (September 2022)
Menopause Yoga, 40 hrs, Petra Coveney (April 2024)
Where I teach
Regular weekly classes at EVOKE and LIM in north London. I've also often covered classes in various studios including Yoga Home, Hello Studio, The Movement Studio and more.
I also run regular workshops combining yoga and sound. Plus, I collaborate with others to deliver very special seasonal and bespoke events.
Forthcoming events & workshops →