Teachers
Our Experienced Teachers
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Helen Macnair
Helen’s yoga journey began in 1990 in her early 20’s. She began teaching in London in 1997 and is a registered senior teacher with Yoga Australia. Helen is passionate about creating a community minded yoga space.
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Pip Curnow
Pip teaches a variety of practices based on a foundation of Hatha Yoga. She finds this practice the perfect balance of stretch, flow, relaxation and meditation. She has also has qualifications in Yin Yoga, Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga.
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Liz Pool
Liz has a life- long passion and interest in the holistic practice of yoga. She loves a variety of styles and finally completed her dream of becoming a qualified yoga teacher in 2016.
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Julie Hatfield
Julie was captivated by yoga from her first class, nearly 20 years ago! She loves sharing the magic of yoga in a way that is accessible and empowering, in keeping with her training in the hatha vinyasa tradition and her studies in Psychology.
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Rowan Kearnan
Rowan is an Electrician by trade and has practiced yoga for many years. Yoga truly became a part of his life when he found himself on a path to work through chronic physical pain. Yin yoga is his passion and became a place of therapy for him during this time.
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Dee Finlay
Dee did her first yoga class when pregnant with her first son in 1982. Many years later she did a 3 year yoga diploma and lived in an ashram for a year where she practised yoga teaching and living a simple life.
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Mandy Marks
Mandy’s yoga journey started over 20 years ago, when she began her training in India, it was a revelation! She deepened her practice and gained a more thorough understanding of yoga philosophy. She is delighted to have the opportunity to be able to share and help others with their yoga journey.