Yoga Teachers Guildford Yoga Shala

Hello! My name is Ananda. With a birth name with such a deep meaning, I feel that yoga has always been in my life.

My mum used to chant passages from the Bhagavad Gita as lullabies and I grew up gazing at an image of Krishna.

As most yoga practitioners, my practice falls under Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga (Eight Limbs Yoga).

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is my asana practice of choice, and it is how I met yoga.  I fell in love with it instantly! Not because of the asanas but the effect it had on my mind, I was hooked! So, I kept coming back. 

As a friend told me: “once you find your therapy, stick to it.”

In my quest to understand how things work, I have thoroughly studied human anatomy, physiology, neurobiology, neuropsychiatry… and keep studying. Can you ever know enough?

This naturally led to studying massage and specifically Thai massage.

I have been blessed with great teachers along my path. Some have been the teacher I wanted, and some the teacher I needed. 

I love to share my knowledge and experience with anyone that wants to learn.

Discover more about Ananda HERE

I have studied ashtanga yoga in India from 2012 & Mysore 2014  I have practiced yoga for over 20 years but only with devotion for 10 years  I love to share the teaching of yoga to help ease the stress of modern day living, and help students develop a healthy mind, balanced emotions and healthy body.  Ashtanga is where my love and devotion is, and will continue to travel back to India to study with my teacher Sharathji Jois  I am a dedicated student to learning and only share what all my teachers have taught me.  I specialise in beginner, mum&baby & pregnancy yoga classes and am also qualified in Hawaiian deep tissue massage 

 Find out more about Lisa HERE

In the 1990's, after receiving her Master of Science (BA) degree majoring in finance and accounting, Sari worked in the corporate world in Finland and in the USA. However, she has been following her Dutch husband's work assignments to Europe, Asia and Australia since 1997. During those years she has reinvented herself several times by getting a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology, by becoming a qualified yoga teacher and by learning to design websites. She is currently living in Hampshire with her husband and their 2 dogs. Both of their children are university students.

Sari's yoga journey started in 2005 with ashtanga yoga.  She has completed several different yoga teacher trainings and workshops over the years.  Sari teaches public studio classes and private small group classes in Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire currently. She is studying a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Religion, Philosophy and Ethics degree currently, and also educates herself about yoga philosophy and history continuously. Sari has always had a healthy lifestyle and has been into all forms of physical fitness and different kinds of sports. In addition to her daily yoga practices, Sari loves running, cycling and hiking outside in nature currently.

Katerina started her yoga journey in 2005 while studying at university. Since then she attended various yoga classes based in hatha tradition until she attended her first ashtanga class with Clive. She instantly fell in love with the practise and its philosophy.
Katerina embraces the ashtanga tradition on the mat but more importantly in her life and in 2014 she qualified to teach Ashtanga vinyasa yoga in Mysore India under her Indian teacher Jaiprakash.
Katerina attended various workshops with well known ashtanga teachers from all over the world and most importantly committed to her Mysore and meditation practice. Katerina teaches from her heart with love and compassion and encourages a safe, daily practice.
Katerina is also a qualified antenatal and post-natal yoga teacher and she encourages appropriate adjustments in the Mysore room.

Find out more about Katerina HERE