Laura Hinde

Laura Hinde has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 1995 in Canada, New York, The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, London and St Albans. She trained with her teacher Faustomaria Dorelli. at his Innergy Yoga Centre in West London and with the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Society. Her studies of Raja Yoga with Fausto are at the core of her understanding and teaching of Yoga. She is also influenced by her practice of Vipassana Meditation, since 1995. She has taught Pregnancy Yoga since 1995, studying with Janet Balaskas at The Active Birth Centre and developing her own practice during her two pregnancies. More recently she has completed The Khalsa Way Pregnancy Yoga Teacher’s Training Program with Gurmukh at Golden Bridge Yoga, New York. Her interest in Baby Massage, Post-Natal Yoga, Baby Yoga and Tots Yoga has grown with her own children. She has studied with Peter Walker and Birthlight, as well as completing a Post-Natal apprenticeship at The Active Birth Centre. Her classes incorporate what she has learned from personal experience.

Finlay Hinde

Finlay Hinde began practicing Kundalini Yoga in 1994 with his Chinese Medicine teacher, Guru Dharam Singh Khalsa, and Qi Gong with Tinh Thong Nguyen. During his years as an Acupuncturist, Herbalist and Sound Healer, he also practiced Kashmiri Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga and Vipassana Meditation. In 1998 he found his teacher Faustomaria Dorelli., who could demonstrate Classical Yoga integrated with our modern western predicament. After Sivananda teacher training in 2000 he married one of Fausto’s student teachers, Laura. Together they set up The Yoga Hall in St Albans. Since then Finlay has studied spiritual philosophies with Georg Feuerstein, Thomas Hubl, Terry Patten and Integral Life. Finlay teaches all levels of Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation, Raja Yoga and Kirtan Chanting. He is a Certified Integral Therapist practicing Upstairs at The Yoga Hall.

Lou Stanion

Lou Stanion began practising Hatha Yoga in 2004. In October 2006 she met her mentor, Faustomaria Dorelli and continued her studies at Innergy Yoga Centre in London. That same year she qualified as a Yoga teacher with the Sivananda Organisation. Since then she has trained with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli (Womb Yoga & Total Yoga Nidra) and Judith Lasater (Restorative Yoga). She has studied with and been inspired by Angela Farmer, Donna Farhi, John Stirk, Sarah Powers and Chinnamasta Stiles. She is a qualified Teen Yoga teacher and has practised Vipassana Meditation.
Lou is a qualified Minded Yoga Therapist (working one-to-one and with small groups), a Reflexologist and a Red School Menstrual Medicine Circle Facilitator. She practises Upstairs at The Yoga Hall.
Lou has undertaken Shadow Work training with John & Nicola Kurk, This led her to the ‘Women in Power’ programme, an initiation that unearths and honours buried aspects of the feminine soul and psyche. She continues to staff on this programme, supporting women both during and after their initiation. In 2014 she co-founded Red Tent St Albans with Laura Hinde.

Lou teaches Hatha Yoga, Womb Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga and Seasonal Yoga.

Liz Egre

Liz Egre teaches Seniors Yoga on Mondays 10:15 to 11:30am.

Larissa McGoldrick

Larissa McGoldrick is a certified level 2 Iyengar Yoga teacher with over 15 years experience from the USA. She is also a nationally licensed and certified acupuncturist with a busy private practice in St Albans. her studies include many years under the tutelage of acupuncturist and Taoist priest Jeffrey Yuen in New York City. After many years as a dancer teaching and performing internationally with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in New York City she changed her profession to alternative health. She was a core teacher at the Iyengar Institute of Greater New York and coordinated the Iyengar Yoga program at Columbia University in New York City. Her main senior Iyengar teachers include the late Mary Dunn, Richard Ward, Gabriela Giubilaro, and Alaric Newcombe. In July 2009 she spent a month in Pune, India, at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute where she studied directly with Geetaji and Prashantji Iyengar.

Dorit Noble

Dorit fell in love with Nia at her very first class in Cape Town while visiting family. It was a ‘coming home’ to her body and even though at that point, she had no intention of teaching Nia, after six months back in London, she felt compelled to train as there were no classes or teachers in London. Dorit became a Nia teacher in 2005 and it changed her life. She is so happy to have found this joyful sensory-based movement practice that support herself and others in living connected to their body

Anahata

Anahata has been practising Dance, Pilates, Yoga and Meditation for many years. Drawn to the studies of Vedanta Philosophy, Integral Yoga and Bihar School of Yoga, she discovered the healing powers of the breath and became a teacher of Yoga. She qualified in Pilates & Yoga for children and adults REP Level 3 BWY. She trained with Swami Vedantananda Saraswati of the Bihar School of Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga with John Scott and Sri Pattabi Jois, and has developed her own style of Core Strength Yoga. Since 2004 she has been focusing on bringing Yoga into the curriculum, teaching at Schools and Colleges, students and staff and continues her work to bring Mindfulness and Yoga Core Strength into the Community (also teaches for MS Society). Ana teaches the weekly Teens Yoga class and a Monthly Core Strength Workshop.

Heidi Shott

Heidi qualified with June’s School of Yoga to teach yoga to children and teaches the Kids Yoga class on Thursdays 2.00 – 2.30pm.

Irene Campbell

Irene Campbell trained with Yoga Professionals in London and teaches Yin Yoga at the Yogahall. She also teaches Hatha Yoga and Yoga Nidra. She has been practicing yoga for over 20 years (attending her first yoga class when she was pregnant because she had heard that ‘yoga is good for you’). Her classes have a strong focus on mindful movement to benefit body, mind and heart.

Irene is enthusiastic about the benefits of yoga for all ages, and has taught people aged 15-91. Her special interest lies in yoga for managing stress as it allows her to combine her previous work as a stress counsellor with her love for yoga. She regularly attends workshops with leading teachers from varying traditions to continue her learning.

For more information visit https://www.yogavita.co.uk/

Nicky Frewin

Nicky Frewin attended her first yoga class whilst working as a dancer in Lisbon, Portugal – learning that not being able to understand nor speak a word of Portuguese was not an essential criteria for her first yoga experience! Years later, and after many a yoga class at The Yoga Hall, Nicky and her family discovered Big Dog Little Dog and they all completely fell in love with it. After attending many workshops, Nicky decided to train to teach this yoga herself, to spread this family yoga joy to many other local families. Nicky also finds yoga often sneaks into her other work as a Creative Dance Teacher!