After practicing Pilates for many years as a physical practice to strengthen the core for surfing, Deborah decided to share her knowledge and passion for Pilates with others by training to be an instructor with HFE and BASI. Learning about the transformative and healing exercises that Joseph Pilates founded, Deborah connects these with motivational music to assist muscle lengthening and strengthening, injury recovery, postural correction, as well as relaxing and calming the mind, using breathing to soothe and heal. Deborah’s classes focus on the pilates principles of breathing, concentration, coordination, precision, and flow, providing dynamic pilates sessions which bring energy and joy.

Gio has always been connected to well-being, she was influenced by her grandmother who was a homeopath, yoga practitioner, and reiki healer. Gio has a background in psychology and counselling and has been practicing yoga since her first trip to Udaipur, India in 2008. She began her yoga teacher training in Neuroepigenetic yoga in 2021. She has deepened her study and practice of Yoga in different fields such as trauma-induced yoga and yoga for PTSD.  Gio is also passionate about Kundalini Yoga and has 100 hours of training.

Gio believes in the connection between the mind and the body. In her classes, all levels are welcome. She offers a traditional Hatha yoga practice, stretches, deep breath flows, and movement to release unwanted energies in our bodies and deep relaxation. Gio also works with the chakra system and meridians of the body.

After a decade of self practice, Sanam completed her 200h YTT with Jonathan Francis-Thompson and Vital Yoga school, in Ashtanga Vinyasa. She has gone onto complete specialist training in Pre and Postnatal yoga.

Her classes invite you to move the body and connect with the breath in a way that feels good. She likes to bring together elements from various yoga teachings to offer fun and varied open level classes.

Alexandria (she/her) is a yoga teacher and graphic designer living in East London. She began her 200hr yoga teacher training in 2021 under the guidance of Katarina Rayburn and Helen Russel-Clarke through Kindred School of Yoga, continuing on with an additional 50 hr Mandala Vinyasa training in 2023 with Dulce.

Mondays @ 6pm and Fridays @ 7:30am

Elisa is a fully qualified Mat Pilates Instructor with an accredited L2 & L3 Diploma. Her movement experiences are rooted in Dance & Movement practices. The following quote from Joseph Pilates describes for her the importance of movement: "Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.”

Her Dynamic Pilates class includes a gentle warm up and progresses into more intense exercises. Each class will end with some stretching to improve flexibility.

Tuesdays at 6:30pm

After discovering yoga in her early 20s, several years of practice later Rebecca completed a 200 hour training in Hatha and Vinyasa at State Yoga in London. She has since completed specialist Yin training with Norman Blair and is currently training in Daoist Flow with Jean Hall, Mimi Kuo Deemer and James Rafael. Her classes provide a space to inspire your curiosity and find home in the body, tapping into an internal tranquility through empowering and explorative breath-led movement. Off the mat, you’ll find her running round East London’s parks and canals, or pitching a tent by the coast for a weekend of surf and sand.

Yin Yoga: In this slower practice, each pose is held for up to 5 minutes to find release through the body's web of fascial tissue. Find space to explore the more meditative sides of the practice. A quiet practice to turn inwards.

Rebecca teaches on Tuesdays at 7:45pm.

Multi-instrumentalist, composer and sound therapist, influential within Drone and Ambient music. Simone’s work focuses on blurring the boundaries between sound art and sound healing. He has released many records and performed in venerable venues such as London’s Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Sadler’s Well Theatre, Royal College of Art, ICA, CCA, Natural History Museum,  as well as international festivals. Fully qualified Sound Therapist, specialises in the use of gongs, Himalayan and crystal bowls, tuning forks, synthesizers and string instruments (guitar, sitar). Simone has studied under masters of the craft such as Grand Gong Master Don Conreaux,  world-renowned sacred music Maestro Manuel Minguillon,  Sitar guru Pandit Shivnath Mishra and at a number of prestigious academies programs, including the University of Music and Performative Arts of Florence and  The British Academy of Sound Therapy.

Simone has also received Kriya Yoga and Nada Yoga training in India and he often incorporates these practices into his sound experiences.

https://www.sselvatico.com/, @sselvatico

Charlotte has been practicing yoga since 2014, and in 2020 did her first 200hr training under the guidance of Vidya Hessel. Since then she has gone on to complete a further 100hr in Ashtanga under the guidance of Shree Hari and further trainings in yin and restorative yoga alongside further courses in yoga Philosophy under the guidance of Susanna Barkataki.

Class

The class invites you to connect to your body and breath through movement, allowing you to truly tune in. Experience playful sequences adaptable for every student. All are welcome.

Charlotte teaches Vinyasa Flow on Fridays at 7:30am

Francesca has always taken part in sport or dance since she was a child in her native Italy; from ballet to volleyball. When she came to London, in the early '90s, she continued going to gyms for weight training and there discovered Yoga and Pilates. Initially, she was really drawn to yoga, which she had been practicing for over 25 years. Then, Francesca's first child was born. Her terrible sciatica which left me on crutches for a month. Her Acupuncturist suggested Pilates, the pain went away and she got back to who she was!  Francesca then started to really get into Pilates, to the point of training to be an instructor, and here she is!

Availability: Monday 19:45 - 20:45

Gosia teaches with warm and genuine energy straight from the heart. She shares her in-depth knowledge of Yoga, which she gained from the motherland India.  Whilst practicing classical Hatha Yoga for fourteen years she enriched her teaching with a form of Restorative Yoga under Judith Hanson-Lasater. Her classes are a fine balance between vitality and grounding. She works with a diversity of people with varying needs and abilities. This experience has increased her adaptability and observational skills, helping her students to understand and experience Yoga more clearly.

Sunday 13:30 - 14:30