Angus Ford-Robertson is a Yoga teacher and therapist. He has been teaching Hatha yoga worldwide for six years.

His contemporary and philosophical style draws on many diverse teachings including Sivananda, Iyengar, Scaravelli, Schiffman and some more dynamic disciplines. His practice is based on experience rather than theory; and is supported by a deep personal understanding of the healing process.

His passion for yoga is in leading students to discover their stillness within.

For more information, please contact Angus at angus@batterseayoga.com or visit the website www.batterseayoga.com

Nigel Gilderson's teaching incorporates a unique blend of different styles taking influences from Iyengar, Sivananda, and Astanga Vinyasa traditions.

His classes emphasise synchronisation of breath and movement, encouraging strength, flexibility, good alignment and concentration.

Kathy has been practising different forms of yoga for over 20 years, and teaching since 1997. Her formal training includes Iyengar and Sivananda Teacher Training, a Yoga Therapy Diploma and a 3-year Astanga Vinyasa course with Graeme Northfield.  

She has also worked in depth with John Scott, Dona Holleman and Sarah Powers, who have greatly influenced her yoga and teaching style. More recently she has been working with Clive Sheridan and incorporating more pranayama and meditation into her practice and teaching.

Kathy has been teaching with Gingi Lee at his Astanga studio in South London for a number of years, and teaches in a Vinyasa flow style in other London studios and privately.  Her teaching is grounded in the alignment of the Iyengar system but greatly influenced by the dynamic flow of astanga, while incorporating more restorative practices as appropriate.  

Her hope is to make yoga accessible to all, whatever level. Having been a massage therapist she tends to use touch a lot as a tool for teaching.

Lorraine Mc Connon

Lorraine first studied with BKS Iyengar in 1986; she is been a life long practitioner of yoga since the age of 16yrs old and has continued to study and teach both at home and abroad since then.

Her teaching manner is warm yet precise, informed with the knowledge of over 20yrs teaching experience.

A full time yoga teacher based in London, Lorraine teaches yoga to many people from different walks of life, including school children, the corporate sector, the Metropolitan police  and trainee and qualified yoga teachers. Lorraine has contributed to several yoga magazines.

For details of published articles see: www.artofyoga.co.uk

Stephen Thomas studies and teaches a dynamic asana practice rooted in the Ashtanga yoga method.

He shares his love for the philosophy of yoga, the science of breath and the intensity of physical transformation and weaves it together into his practice. "Through this practice we access the wisdom of yoga and the intelligence of prana and bring it into our everyday life." On retreat, Stephen teaches asana in a manner that is playful, spiritual and physical. He also teaches pranayama and investigates Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and their relationship to life on and off the mat.

Stephen currently resides and teaches in Asia. He has studied in India, Thailand and his native Canada.

Will Lane has been teaching yoga for five years and is accredited through the British Wheel of Yoga.

His style is to look at the needs of the individual and modify a posture accordingly to wake up the body and energy; to dismantle patterns of holding and re-discover natural spontaneous breath. Doing the perfect posture is not so important as the awareness with which we move into and out of it.

Will teaches in a number of venues in Surrey and Hampshire, including Cannons and Holmes Place health clubs and two schools. He also teaches one-to-one, in an office and runs a private class. In addition he co-teaches on the Inner Yoga Trust foundation course (Hampshire).

Anoushka has a strong Sivananda foundation but since qualifying three years ago she has undergone intensive training to explore her own beliefs of yoga as a human movement system. She has been taught by Shiva Rea, Suzy Daw and Jane Farrimond, all of whom have provided different takes on possible yoga approaches. She has then synthesised this knowledge which is currently imbedded with other schools of human movement such as Dahn Yoga to create her own unique and eclectic solution.

Within her eclectic mix, she has developed a unique approach to the postures by working closely with personal trainer Tom Marien of One Personal Training, Steve Clifford of Pulsing Massage and through reading about the different approaches to static vs. dynamic stretching. This physiological and anatomical knowledge has enabled her to create an approach based on ‘isolated ballistic and dynamic movements’ which through regular use transforms the body’s flexibility beyond any human movement solution she has ever worked with.

Class Structure:
Anoushka uses themes at the start of every class to give her students a tangible journey. Each class then revolves around the theme to demonstrate the versatility of yoga as a means of raising consciousness both in body and mind. She engages the mind by gently introducing theory and psychological tools to deepen the understanding obtained through the physical body. One can expect to see flip charts in her classes yet this does not leave you feeling baffled but rather enlightened given her ability to simplify theoretical reasoning. This is the intelligent answer to yoga made accessible to everyone. She ends her classes with reflective goal setting when the mind /body connection is at it’s strongest so individuals can start to identify what it is that really matters in their life.

Claire has been practising yoga for 20 years. For the past 6 years she has been teaching, inspired by healing herself through yoga after a serious back injury. The yoga she teaches is Hatha based with a strong emphasis on meditation and spiritual awareness. Her classes accommodate both the beginner and more advanced student, leading to greater flexibility, strength and stamina for both body and mind. She teaches at Tri Yoga and Holmes Place in West London and specialises in developing private yoga practices to suit individual needs. She is also a qualified classical homoeopath and bodyworker

Mika started yoga at aged 21 with Baptiste Marceau, one of France's foremost Astanga teachers, who was later to become a good friend and mentor.
Mika was a musician at that time, though yoga had such a pull for him that he left Paris a year and a half later to concentrate on teaching.
Many people were asking for private classes, so he started to travel the world, from New York to Israel to give classes!
In 2002 he met a swami in India who offered to teach him tantric yoga. For the next 3 years he travelled between Paris and Rishikesh in India. For the last 2 years Mika has been teaching classes in Paris and continuing with his private classes.

Granville has been practicing Yoga for 30yrs – 17 of them devoted to teaching. His Iyengar background has been enhanced by his time practicing with BKS Iyengar at the Ramamani Institute in Pune, India. He has been inspired to study with well known and respected Yogis such as Derek Ireland, Radha and David Swenson. Although Granville is recognized as one of the foremost Astanga teachers in the country, he is increasingly being drawn to the traditional practices of the ancient yogis. Granville places great importance on classical Asanas, Pranayama and Meditation which has led him to develop his dynamic yogAsana - a series of integrated asanas brought together in a flowing sequence concentrating on meditative awareness. His wide expertise enables all students to move confidently through his Yoga sessions ensuring everybody can develop their practice safely and with awareness.

Granville leads popular workshops and yoga holidays throughout the year in a friendly and relaxed way, with many yoga students returning year after year.

Deepa has been practising yoga for over 11 years, and has studied under the guidance of some of the most renowned yoga teachers in the world. She offers gratitude to her immediate teachers Shiva Rea and Emma Henry who continue to inspire her along her yoga path and also to her students and friends for their continued support and encouragement.

Deepa's classes are strong yet nurturing - she encourages her students to connect with their true feelings by breathing and staying present so that they can begin to transform habitual patterns in their lives subtly. In a class she will often work with the energy that her students present to her rather than towards a specific structure or routine.

Deepa firmly believes that yoga is a universal path, it is much more than movement on the mat, she encourages her students to take their movements and breath into everyday life so that they are able to embody the flow of living and overcome challenges that they may be faced with. She offers her practice and study of yoga to everyone, she believes that yoga is a beautiful and invaluable gift for us all.

Cat De Rham has been teaching for 15 years. Schooled in both Astanga and Iyengar yoga, she teaches from the spirit of alignment.
 

Author of 'the spirit of yoga' this workshop will be focused on

1 - a grounding in the core principles of alignment
2 - exploring one's internal energetic landscape through asana
3 - pranayama and meditation.

Paula Weisman , originally from the U.S.A., is a dedicated student and teacher of yoga. She took her first yoga teacher training in New York City in early 2002, and began teaching that same year in the United States.
Later that year, she moved to Berlin, Germany to continue to teach. In Berlin, Paula completed a second teacher training, specializing in Anusara Yoga, and she also completed a teacher training in Pilates. She taught yoga and Pilates in Berlin for almost 3 years.
In 2005, Paula re-located to Singapore to teach yoga there for 2 years. In 2006, she completed a third teacher training with David Swenson, specializing in Astanga yoga.
Paula's classes are both fun and challenging, and her love of yoga is contagious. Her classes combine asana practice with breath awareness, leaving her students feeling uplifted and light.

Esther’s 10 years of extensive experience’s and knowledge of yoga allows her to easily adapt, adjust and accommodate all levels of abilities, encouraging and nurturing the individual to gain confidence not only in there yoga practices but in themselves.

Esther’s journey with yoga began in the East; she trained with The Sivananda Yoga Vendanta Centre, Kerala, South India. Her travels took her from the very tip of the country to the heights of the Himalayas, gaining a broad knowledge of the different tendencies and schools within yoga. She established the first school of yoga in Palolem, South Goa and taught at Ulpotha, eco village in Sri Lanka.
She is a fully qualified Yoga Therapist, having completed a 2 year, Yoga Therapy Diploma Course, Dip, Yth (YBT) with the Yoga Biomedical Foundation Trust, Islington, London and is inclusive on the National Health Service register of Complementary and Alternative Therapists.
She lives on the Isle of Man, and teaches courses on Vinyasa yoga and yin yoga. She is regularly hosting retreats throughout the year at Brightlife, Ramsey, IOM,www.brightlife.com. Esther has a growing number of students, whom she is treating therapeutically, adapting yoga to help people with health challenges. Yoga therapy is more effective than general yoga practice as a safe means of treating medical conditions. It retains ancient principles of yoga, and works holistically on all levels of the mind and body.

Vinyasa Yoga - discover the unique energy and spirit of the yoga that can transform your life
The structure of VINYASA YOGA makes you go through an entire spectrum of postures, some of which are displeasing or difficult. The series work like a combination lock. If you do the right poses in the right order, the mind and body automatically open up.
Ultimately, the most difficult challenge in this “YANG” practice is not the mastery of specific poses, but the mastery of the mind. What counts is not the ability to stand on the hands, but the ability to keep the mind steady and the heart joyful, no matter what posture you are in.

Yin Yoga - for yoga practioners looking for something beyond physical postures, Yin Yoga address the deeper spiritual dimensions of yoga
Yoga as practiced in the west is almost exclusively Yang or muscular in nature. The Yin aspect of yoga (using postures that stretch connective tissue) is virtually unknown but vital for a balanced approach to physical and mental health.
The main difference between a Yin and a Yang practice are that Yin postures should be held with the muscles relaxed and be held for a long time. Yin yoga postures gently stretch and rehabilitate the connective tissues that form our joints.

Sandra Callender is an artist at heart. Her passion for the creative is inspired by 15 years of study and teaching in the healing art and science of yoga. A former resident and Programme Director at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts, Sandra taught yoga and self-growth programs in addition to training aspiring yoga teachers. Her love of yoga has prompted her to study with master teachers, including a year of study in Florence, Italy where she explored the work of Vanda Scaravelli. Sandra's teaching style encourages an awareness of alignment with a heart-centred focus. Students of all levels are welcome.

Sandra's work is informed by a lifetime of exploration in movement, bodywork and dance. Her knowledge and understanding of the body is grounded in 18 years of ballet training, in addition to certifications in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Kripalu Bodywork and DansKinetics.

In addition, Sandra is a Gestalt therapist specializing in women’s health and fertility. Sandra creates community art installations using the universal elements of the Mandala and Yantra, in addition to leading yoga inspired retreats in exotic places like Bali and Tuscany, as well as closer to home in rural Ontario and the beautiful shores of Canada's Maritime Provinces

He also fell in love with Astanga vinyasa yoga and avidly attended many workshops and trainings. He eventually finished the Astanga practice as it was giving him imbalances and injuries.

After completing 2-year Iyengar yoga teacher training, Les now is an enthusiastic teacher of Iyengar yoga! He finds it to be a more mature and complete form of asana and pranyama practice. It is not stressful on the body, and it is extremely useful in treating disease, misalignment and imbalance of the body.

His yoga classes inform and enthuse students so they can develop and refine their own yoga practice and heal their own injuries, ailments, posture problems and imbalances. His classes are friendly and relaxed. He likes them to be fun, informative, healthy, challenging and imaginative, and overall, not too serious.

Les's classes are tailored around the students, so that each persons program is modified according to their own particular needs. He has a light hearted, pragmatic and down to Earth style of teaching, which students respond well too.
 

Gingi Lee's teaching philosophy is to inform and enable his students to benefit from a regular astanga vinyasa practice. He is a very open-minded and generous teacher believing that yoga is a living, growing knowledge that evolves throughout our life. Developing the meditative and spiritual side of yoga, students will benefit from his years of study and self-practice in this area.

From an early age, Gingi began his Tai Chi studies under the tutelage of his father, Sensei Richard Taibong Lee. Since the early 1990's, through his meeting and studying with Derek Ireland, Gingi has dedicated himself to the astanga vinyasa practice.