teachers at evolve
annabel chown
Annabel has been teaching since 2007 and is a British Wheel of Yoga, and Yoga Alliance (200 hours) certified. She takes her inspiration from many teachers and traditions, including Iyengar, Astanga, Yin and Vinyasa Flow. Increasingly inspired by the heart opening grace of John Friend’s Anusara Yoga, over the past couple of years she has been attending workshops and trainings with him, as well as senior Anusara teachers, Sianna Sherman and Bridget Woods Kramer. Classes are typically breath-led, flowing, and dynamic, yet holding poses within sequences to refine the alignment and thus experience the most expansiveness and juiciness out of each pose.
Annabel teaches an Open level Hatha class from 5.45-7pm every Tuesday & Thursday
caroline gamble
Caroline first tried yoga when she was eight, doing just two poses: Tree and Lotus. It was a moment she remembers very clearly because she knew straight away that yoga brought her happiness. It wasn’t until she reconnected with yoga in her teens and developed a regular practise that she understood why: yoga helps her detach from head noise and connect with her heart’s truth. Learning to live from her heart rather than her head brought many changes in Caroline’s life, including leaving a city career to start the journey of teaching yoga. Her teaching style mirrors her self-practise: a blend of dynamic flow to energize and open the body, and longer held postures to go deeper within. As a teacher, Caroline’s greatest hope is to give people the space to connect with their heart and feel the peacefulness that this brings.
Caroline teaches an Open level Gentle Flow class every Thursday and Friday from 12.30-1.30pm
claire king
Claire began practising yoga while working in the London media industry and found that a regular ashtanga yoga practice brought balance and peace to her life. She has been practising ashtanga regularly since 2005 and is committed to a daily practice under the guidance of her teacher Ryan Spielman with whom she completed her formal yoga teacher training (Yoga Alliance RYT200). Claire teaches the traditional ashtanga yoga system with compassion and care, keeping an open heart and mind. Through her teaching Claire hopes to convey the physical and mental benefits of yoga that are available to everyone regardless of physical ability. Her classes emphasize practice as a moving meditation, a tool to quieten the mind and learn acceptance of whatever arises.
Claire teaches Ashtanga Vinyasa Mondays 10am-11:30am
corinne blum
Corinne Blum is a former professional dancer with the San Francisco Ballet. After an injury took her away from dance in 2002 she began a career as a choreographer, choreographing along side internationally known artists. She also taught and coached both students and professionals in the ballet and contemporary world. Keeping in the performing arts medium, she acted in feature film and national theatre. Alongside being an artist, she is a life coach and mentor for The Authentic Self and Authentic Relationships. Corinne also does movement therapy and has worked with clients, actors and dancers in San Francisco, New York, Berlin and London.
dina karim
Dina Karim is experienced and qualified Intermediate level 3 Iyengar yoga teacher with 15+ years of experience. She has studied with Master Yogacharya Sri B.K.S. Iyengar, his daughter Dr. Gita Iyengar., his son Prashant and other world renowned yoga teachers. Iyengar Yoga is a form of Hatha Yoga developed by B.K.S.Iyengar of Pune, India. With its main emphasis on detail, precision and alignment together with its use of appropriate props Iyengar Yoga tailors the practice in a safe way to the individual’s ability. It is ideal grounding for beginners and experienced students wishing to bring deeper understanding to their practice. Through regular practice the student will develop an optimum flow of energy as well as improved breathing and relaxation.
Dina teaches an Open level Iyengar class every Monday and Wednesday from 9.45-11.15am and a Yoga for Pregnancy class every Thursday from 9.30-11am
elinore burke
Elinore has been practicing yoga for more than fifteen years and teaching for six. Early on she trained in the Bihar Yogic Tradition of Northern India and later was captivated by the strength and grace of the Ashtanga form, her daily practice during the past ten years. She journeys regularly to Mysore, South India, to study at the Shri K. Patthabi Jois Yoga School, as well as attending workshops for Ashtanga and massage with world-renowned practitioners. Elinore teaches both traditional Ashtanga and more experimental Vinyasa forms. Her dynamic classes emphasize moving with awareness, building strength and breathing correctly while enjoying the experience of a meditative flow.
Elinore teaches an Open level Ashtanga Vinyasa class every Wednesday from 6-7.15pm
francis d’angelo
Francis became attracted to yoga in 1995. The Gym thing wasn’t working and running was a bore. There had to be another way? Being at the time a massage therapist (in Ibiza of all places) and unable to find a bodyworker that chimed with himself, he set out to find an answer to question. By chance, he was invited by a friend to a yoga class being held at a very cool house, in an atmospheric part of town. Although having never done yoga before, the thought of getting out of the very hot Sun was too tempting. It was new, different, difficult and challenging.The class finally ended with them all laying in corpse pose, for what seemed like an age……… and that’s when it hit him. An epiphany of sorts and the solution to his problem. Since 1998 he has taught Hatha Yoga. His learning journey has taken him to The Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Kerala,South India,The 7 Centers Yoga ashram in Sedona, Arizona, USA and most recently on a 3 month intensive to The Scandinavian School of Yoga and Meditation in Sweden. He continues to learn from every student he encounters. His teaching journey has taken him to some amazing places such as Bhutan, Thailand, Ibiza (of course), Italy and even Zanzibar. His client list includes Sienna Miller, Mario Testino, Jade Jagger and Gary Lightbody,the lead singer of Snow Patrol. His philosophy on Yoga is on the developing experience of the self. Shining a light on the inner landscape of the body with the use of the conscience breath to facilitate awareness and finally the letting go of judgement (mental release) to allow oneself to really enjoy the practice of yoga (union) in a harmonious and sometimes humorous way. He caters to all levels of student in his yoga classes, from the complete beginner to the fully equipped yogi/yogini. Namaste.
golnaz maleki
Golnaz was introduced to yoga in 1997, when her gym-going days were no longer an option, due to major surgery. Yoga became her source of physical exercise. After years of practicing the physical aspect of Yoga, Golnaz realised she wanted to learn more about this beautiful Science. Initially for her own self-knowledge, Golnaz undertook her teacher training at Fulham Yoga Shala. It was during this training that she had an “AHA” moment, and realised that her entire past had lead her to that moment, the moment of discovering her Dharma. Since graduation from the Shala, Golnaz has furthered her knowledge and craft through countless workshops and seminars with world renowned Yoga teachers such as Rod Stryker, Aadil Palkhivala, Tias little. Yoga is now her life, her passion and her path. She feels such an honour to be able to teach others and, if only in a small way, help better their day.
Golnaz teaches an Open level Hatha class every Wednesday from 5.45-7pm
gordon coxon
Gordon Coxon spent the early part of his musical career working with such luminaries as the mime artist Lindsay Kemp, the Velvet Underground’s John Cale and punk star Toyah Wilcox. He later ran an improvising electronic jazz combo, the Space Cadets, and, more recently, began composing and recording music incorporating the sounds of nature, notably birdsong, along with devotional material such as Shamanic poetry and Buddhist chant. Gordon was drawn to the gong several years ago through a deepening involvement in yoga and meditation and it has since become his main sphere of interest. He studies with Grand Gongmaster Don Conreaux – the world’s foremost authority on the gong – and offers gong baths regularly in group sessions and on a one-to-one basis in Brighton and London. He currently employs a beautiful 32 inch Paiste symphonic gong, a 28 inch Chinese wind gong, temple cymbals and chimes.
Gordon hosts a Gong Bath event every other Thursday from 6.30-7.30pm
helena trippe
Helena started practising Iyengar Yoga in 1999. After years of swimming regularly without adequate stretching, Helena found that despite being challenged by the yoga classes, she was rewarded with renewed vitality and clarity of mind. Two and a half years of training under the UK’s most senior Iyengar teacher ensued and Helena is now a qualified teacher.
Helena teaches Iyengar on Mondays and Wednesdays 7:15pm-8:45pm
jenny fleming
Jen has been practising yoga for 12 years and is a Sivananda based Hatha Yoga Teacher. She likes to combine different flowing sequences following the breath with holding asanas for longer and being still, relaxing. She has been teaching in and around London for the past 2 1/2 years.
Jenny teaches an Open level Hatha class every Sunday from 1.30-2.45pm
karen russel
Teaching various physical disciplines and helping people to a fitter, healthier lifestyle has been my passion for the last 25 years. After a long career as a professional dancer, choreographer and dance teacher, working extensively in some of the top professional training establishments in London, I discovered the joy and countless benefits of yoga some 12 years ago.
In May 2005 I completed The Life Centre Teacher Training Course and since then have been teaching yoga, from West and Central London through to the City, whilst continuing to study and develop my own practice.
In addition to my regular classes, I have run workshops and courses in Pregnancy Yoga, Yoga for Runners and Cyclists, and YogaDance and have taught Restorative and Rehabilitation Yoga to individual clients. I have recently qualified to teach Garuda Matwork, a wonderful blend of yoga, Pilates and dance and hope to be setting up classes very soon.
My classes are dynamic and flowing, incorporating challenging sequences, with a strong emphasis on core stability, correct alignment and use of breath. I teach with compassion, physical empathy, humour, and the complete conviction that I can help each individual in my class to a greater understanding of their own physique and its potential.
Karen teaches Yoga Flow every Sunday 3pm-4:30pm
kelly arnold
Kelly (www.kellyarnoldyoga.com) is firstly a Yoga teacher and has been practicing for over 17 years and teaching since 2005. She trained in beautiful Ubud, Bali with Louisa Sear, Emil Wendel and several other world renowned teachers of Yoga Arts, Byron Bay, Australia. Kelly has taught extensively in Australia, Hong Kong and all over London but it was at The Essence of Living Yoga and Pilates in Australia she discovered Pilates and began attending regular classes. She began her Pilates training with APPI here in London and has been teaching mat based Pilates classes since 2009. Kelly has the ability to structure her classes for all levels and for people from all walks of life; she brings her own unique style to the classes she teaches. As Kelly is also a certified massage therapist she believes in the importance of meditation, relaxation and massage as a way to deal with the many stresses that daily life can bring.
Kelly teaches a Level 2 Yoga Flow class every Tuesday from 9.30-10.45am and a Level 2 Vinyasa Flow class every Wednesday from 7.30-8.45pm
kate douglas
Kate has been teaching in the UK for the past ten years. Her background in dance greatly complements her teaching as it gave her an in depth understanding of the body and its requirements. Her style of yoga draws on elements from the many different styles she encountered on her travels throughout India, Australia, Asia, Amercia and the wilds of Mongolia, creating a free flowing style with an emphasis on alignment and breathing.
Kate teaches a Level 1 Yoga Basics class every Monday from 5.45-7pm
louise grime
Louise first discovered yoga over 30 years ago and has taught in and around London for the last 19 years. She has studied, trained and taught in the famous Ashrams of India 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.
Louise teaches an Open level Hatha class every Monday from 5.30-6.45pm
martin mcdougall
Martin McDougall has been practicing yoga since the late 1980′s. He has studied Sivananda yoga with Giris and Narayani, authors of The Book of Yoga, at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Centre in West London. At the same time he started working with Tripsichore Yoga Theatre, a dance based Theatre Company devoted to realizing the expressive potential of yoga postures. An active member of the company for ten years, writing, choreographing, and performing all around the UK, Martin continues to work with Edward Clark, the company’s founder, creating music for the company’s performances. The pair has also developed a unique style of ‘Yoga Comedy’. In 2008, they wrote and produced a noir yoga radio play, ‘Kill the Guru’. It received glowing reviews in the States and led to Yoga Journal inviting Martin and Edward to produce a full-length yoga comedy stage show which they performed at Yoga Journal conferences throughout following the year. Martin has been teaching yoga for 16 years. He teaches regular classes at Triyoga, Evolve, and Soho Gyms. He also gives workshops for Yoga Journal Magazine in the States as well as teaching young actors and singers at leading drama schools and the Royal College of Music . Martin’s classes reflect his creative background and lack of dogma. He is particularly interested in the power of breath and it’s role in creating a strong intuitive practice that is free of fear.
Martin teaches an Open level Yoga Dynamics class every Friday from 9.30-11am
mary parkinson
A self-confessed sports fanatic, Mary came to yoga while working as a personal trainer in the mid 90s. Intially attracted by the power and energy of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, she quickly started to explore other schools of yoga and has trained widely in Sivananda, Iyengar, Anusara and yoga therapy among various others. A qualified teacher since 1999, she is able to draw on her rich and varied experience. With nearly 30 years of 12 step recovery under her belt too, Yoga for Recovery is a personal dream.
Mary teaches an Open level Yoga for Addiction Recovery class every Wednesday from 3-4pm
mercedes ngoh
Born in Ottawa Canada, Mercedes Ngoh (www.mercedesyoga.com) has spent most of her life studying creative movement and its use as a form of self-expression and spiritual exploration. It was during her time living in California and working in the music and film industry that she began to practice yoga. As her studies and passion for yoga grew steadily more intense, she gradually moved into teaching. Having studied various forms of yoga the primary style Mercedes now teaches is Vinyasa Flow. Most of her studies have been in California where she has completed a handful of 200hr certifications under various expert teachers. Her latest teacher training certification was with Prana Flow creator Shiva Rea when Mercedes completed Shiva’s 300hr Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training programme. Now an E-RYT through Yoga Alliance, she conducts the only month long 200hr Vinyasa Flow Yoga teacher training intensive in the UK. Mercedes is also co-founder and director of Yeotown Radiant Health Retreat (www.yeotown.com) in North Devon; a haven for connecting deeper to nature, others and oneself. As an avid traveller, she conducts Vinyasa Flow classes, yoga retreats and workshops internationally throughout the year.
Mercedes teaches a Level 2/3 Vinyasa Flow class every Tuesday 7-8.30pm and Saturday 11-12.30pm. She is currently on maternity leave.
mollie mclelland
Mollie started a yoga practice at age 17 while apprentice with the Milwaukee Ballet Company. After becoming injured dancing, she studied religious and cultural studies in university, especially focusing on the practices of yoga and Japanese Buddhism. Unable to suppress her love of movement and expression of the body, she danced for four years with Xpressions Contemporary Dance Company, in Pittsburgh PA, before moving to the UK. She has taught yoga for 8 years at yoga studios, community centres, education environments, to people ranging from professional dancers to children to adults with physical and learning disabilities. She is honoured to teach in the evolve community.
Mollie teaches an Open level Power Hour class every Monday from 1-2pm and an Open level Yoga Flow class every Tuesday and Thursday from 7-8.30am
nicole miller
Nicole initially trained as a ballet dancer from the age of 4, and went on to dance and teach professionally in the United States. Due to her interest in helping others gain a better awareness of their bodies, Nicole became a personal trainer before realising her greater connection to yoga. Through studying with a variety of vinyasa yoga teachers in Colorado, Nicole decided to gain her teaching qualifications through the traditional Sivananda school in the Himalayan mountains of India.
Alongside her lifelong dedication to her yoga practice, Nicole is currently studying Transpersonal counseling and psychotherapy. As a yoga instructor, Nicole brings her multidisciplinary knowledge to inspire her classes.
“It is a pleasure to see students develop confidence, as they begin to adjust their lifestyles to suit their growing need for balance, and come to realise what magnificent individuals they truly are.”
rachel okimo
Rachel Okimo (www.urbanshala.tumblr.com) has been working with creative movement and yoga for more than 10 years. After training with the Alvin Ailey Dance School and completing a BA in choreography, Rachel lived and worked for many years, as a professional dancer in New York. Rachel travelled to India in 2005, where she completed her first teachers training. Since then, she has immersed herself in the dynamic yoga practice and has completed several 200hr certifications in addition to developing her own unique dynamic style. Rachel believes that the creative play and spontaneity within your yoga practice is the key to unleashing inspiration and expression on and off the mat. Her class incorporates music, dynamic sequencing and breath to encourage a creative play between you and the yoga experience. Rachel teaches in both London and Berlin and is currently launching a global yoga project, infusing art, music, yoga and cultural exchange together, to bring yoga out of the studio and into the playground of our cities.
Rachel teaches a Level 2 Yoga Flow class every Monday from 7.30-8.45pm and Thursday from 9.30-11am, and an Open level Power Hour class every Wednesday from 1-2pm
rali gineva
Rali graduated from White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara,LA where she completed her 200 hour certification. Training with Mercedes Ngoh, Ganga White and Shiva Rea her classes integrate Dynamic Vinyasa sequences emphasizing strength, flexibility and balance, healing and detoxifying the body. Be ready to heat up, get an”after class glow” and transform yourself.
Rali teaches a Level 2 Vinyasa Flow class every Saturday from 11-12.30pm
sarah thompson
Sarah Thompson teaches Vinyasa Flow yoga throughout West and Central London. A teacher since 2007, Sarah has been evolving her practicing for over ten years and has studied with both Claire Missingham and Shiva Rea. Sarah is an avid skier and has just returned from several months of backcountry skiing and ski-touring in British Columbia, where she also taught ski-specific yoga.
Sarah teaches a Level 2 Vinyasa Flow class every Thursday from 7.15-8.30pm
sivaroshan sahathevan
Sivaroshan is a level I & II trained Kundalini Yoga teacher, learning under the Tutelage of Karta Singh, founder of the Amrit Nam Sarovar International School (ANS). He is committed to the ‘practical’ application of Kundalini Yoga and making it accessible to everybody, regardless of their background or circumstance. Sivaroshan draws upon over 10 years of spiritual eastern practise, which includes Raj Yoga, Buddhism and Ashtanga. His teaching style is direct, uplifting and compassionate. His aim is to empower students to find their personal strength and joy. He is also an accomplished energy healer with experience in several modalities and is currently training to be an IAYT Certifed yoga therapist, with the goal of taking the teachings into a new depth of application.
Sivaroshan teaches Kundalini Yoga Sundays 12pm-1:15pm
Trained with YogaArts in Byron Bay, Austrailia, Sue has spent her life involved with movement and dance and started practising yoga ten years ago after a back injury. At first she was looking to strengthen her spine and found the confines of the mat limiting, but with time and patience discovered listening to the breath opened up a whole new level of being. She uses the alignment principles from Iyengar to build a safe foundation and then following the breath to open the body in a flow to build juice/rasa, creating a moving meditation to find the essence of ‘just being’. She have been graced with the example of many wonderful teachers. In gratitude to these teachers she passes on the gems that resonate in her practice and the inner teacher of her heart. She has been inspired by ‘Shadow-Yoga’ and the ‘Prana Flow’ of Shiva Rea. More recently she has been integrating the ISHTA (Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantric and Ayurveda) principles from the lineage of Alan Finger under the guidance of Katrina Repka.
Sue teaches an Open level Yoga Flow class every Tuesday from 12.30-1.30pm, Wednesday from 9.30-11am and Saturday from 3-4.30pm
una laffan
Una began practicing Yoga while studying psychology at University, where she found the tools that helped deepen her understanding of the union of body and mind. She took her first Teacher Training in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Michael Gannon in Mexico City in 2004, and has since travelled to the U.S and India to study with wonderful teachers including Sri K Pattabhi Jois, Sharath, M.S Viswanat, Shiva Rea and Sofia Diaz. She has also studied other forms of movement and dance therapy and is a certified Zero Balancing Practitioner.
Through the years she has enjoyed exploring and teaching the practices that enlighten and enliven our spirit and our connection with our body and nature. “Yoga has taken me on a journey of finding the inherent pleasure and freedom of feeling, moving, understanding and expressing our aliveness through our body and breath.”
Una teaches the Power Hour class Tuesdays 5:45-6:45pm
veronika megyeri
Veronika has been studying and practicing yoga for 9 years. She is certified by the British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Alliance and recently qualified as an Anusara-Inspired Yoga Teacher. She has been and continues to be inspired by her teachers: Anna Ashby, Brigitte Woods Kramer and founder of Anusara Yoga, John Friend. Veronika’s teaching style is based on the intelligent and elegant method of Anusara Yoga. She focuses on healthy alignment and balanced action in a light-hearted, playful manner. She encourages students to recognize their potentials and to truly tune in to the flow inside and outside while enjoying what each practice offers.
Veronika teaches an Open level Hatha class every Tuesday from 7.15-8.30pm