2025
MONDAY
7.30pm - 8.30pm
WESTON-SUPER MARE
LOCATION: Clarence Road East, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4BT.
PARKING: Free on street parking outside the venue.
COST: £8 pay as you go.
BOOKING: There is no booking system, if you have been before just turn up otherwise please enquire for details and availability.
TUESDAY
7pm - 8pm
CLEVEDON
LOCATION: Greyfriars hall, The Church of the Immaculate Conception Marine Hill, Clevedon, North Somerset, BS21 7PP.
PARKING: Outside the hall is space for approx 6 vehicles, as well as free on street parking.
COST: £8 per class or a 10 class bundle is £70 to use as and when.
BOOKING: There is no booking system, just turn up, there’s plenty of space.
** NO CLASSES on 7th October & 14th October 2025 as the hall is being decorated. **
(page updated September 2025)
Also classes at the following local Health Clubs: the Club at Cadbury House in Yatton / Congresbury; and Nuffield Health in Weston-super mare. Both of which require club membership.
These are mixed ability classes incorporating various mobility drills and longer held yoga postures (asanas) to develop strength and flexibility.
My teaching and my own practice is influenced by the yoga schools and styles of Ashtanga Vinyasa, Vinyasa Krama, Iyengar and Sivananda, as well as the classic texts.
If class times are not suitable for you then a one-to-one tuition is ideal. The yoga teaching can be tailored to suit your needs and ability. It might be a one time class or on going. The time and venue to suit, such as the privacy of your home. Alternatively it could small group tuition if you have friends who would like to join you. Covering the whole of North Somerset, but locations further afield possible.
I’ve been practising yoga for 25+ years and teaching for over 20. I have taught at health clubs, private venues, corporate classes, and individual tuition.
I love the minimalist simplicity of yoga, you just need yourself and a yoga mat (which isn't always necessary). Even a short 15 minute practice reaps benefits instantly as well as long term. You can do a practise to feel invigorated or to wind down prior to bed. You can focus on building strength and joint stability or increasing flexibility, or both at the same time, all whilst developing mindfulness.
I take pleasure from always learning whether it is from the huge body of yoga knowledge, ancient and modern, or other physical health and strength training systems such as gymnastics and callisthenics. Besides practicing the physical postures of yoga, I also do a separate daily pranayama (yogic breathing techniques) and meditation.
I am certified to teach Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga through the It's Yoga Teacher Training Course backed by Yoga Alliance obtained in 2002. It involved 200 hours of comprehensive training in asanas, pranayama, and practice teaching.
I have General Liability Insurance as a Yoga Instructor (Standard) - which covers teaching groups and individuals all the usual yoga disciplines i.e. Postures, Breath work, Relaxation techniques, Meditation & Mindfulness Techniques and Cleansing Practices.
1998 Attended first Yoga class: a 10 week beginners course in Ashtanga Yoga in Birmingham.
1999 onwards attended numerous Yoga workshops and classes starting with David Swenson, and also Richard Freeman, Danny Paradise, David Williams, John Scott, K. Pattabhi Jois, Beryl Bender Birch, Yogi Ashokananda, Diane Long (student of Vanda Scaravelli), and Katy Appleton.
2001 Vipassana 10 Day Silent Retreat, Victoria, Australia.
2001 Visit Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, Mysore, India.
2001 Krishnamurti Foundation (week long study), Chennai, India.
2001 Sri Aurobindo ashram and visit Auroville (experimental township), Pondicherry, India.
2002 Stayed at the San Francisco Zen Centre for one month.
2002 Certified to teach by Yoga Alliance at It's Yoga (San Francisco, USA) with teacher Larry Schultz.
2002 Started teaching Yoga in Birmingham UK.
2007 - 2008 Studied Ayurvedic Nutrition and Lifestyle with the European Institute of Vedic Studies (EIVS Ltd).
2008 Studied Ayurvedic Massage, also with (EIVS Ltd).
2013 Sivananda Yoga Centre, Neyyar Dam, Kerala, India.
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