North London Yoga Centre

North London Yoga Teachers

Pembe Wright

Pembe opened The North London Yoga Centre in May 2014 with the aim that yoga should be available to everybody. She has been practising for over 30 years and completed the teacher training with Sivananda in 2009. Further training includes The Advanced Teacher Training Course, Yoga for Pregnancy, Yoga for children, Yoga for Seniors, Yoga for Autism & ADHD and Yoga Therapy. She specialises in Yoga Therapy and Yoga for Scoliosis and is able to adapt any posture to suit the individual. She teaches and adjusts with care and attention to the needs of every student.

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Wendell Henckel

Henckel has been studying, teaching and practicing meditation for the past 50 years. He founded The School of Philosophy in Trinidad and Tobago and ran it for 16 years. Now he shares his knowledge and practices on Meditation with others to stimulate its growth and understanding, so that many more can enjoy the journey of Self discovery, through the practice of Meditation.

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Retheesh Kuttappan

With over 15 years of personal practice, and 8 years teaching experience Retheesh was born and studied extensively in India. He qualified as a teacher at the Sivananda Vedanta Ashram and the Sthalam8 Ashtanga Centre in Mysore working in both Hatha and Ashtanga yoga styles. Following years of personal study he gained a professional qualification to enable to share his love of yoga and to pass on to his students the benefits to be gained from regular practice. He is a dynamic teacher always bringing a sense of fun to his classes.

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Carol Stevens

Carol has been practicing Hatha yoga since 2004 and qualified as a Yoga Teacher with CAMYoga in 2014. She is also a qualified yoga therapist so is able to work with individuals and any issues that come up. Carol likes to focus on awareness/mindfulness and her classes are suitable for all levels, ages and abilities.

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Ellen Georgiades

Ellen has been practicing yoga for over 16 years and is a qualified British Wheel of Yoga Level 4 instructor. She has experience in teaching beginners, intermediates, over 60’s and dynamic/vinyasa flow classes. Ellen focuses greatly on alignment and breath awareness, and her passion for yoga is reflected in her teaching.

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Emerita Pavasare

Emerita is a holistic therapist and also a music teacher. She offers extensive holistic therapies including many types of massage, Tibetan cupping, Japanese Reiki and Ayurvedic treatments. Sound therapy with Tibetan Bowls is a powerful tool and Emerita now brings this therapy to a weekly group session at the Centre allowing her to beautifully combine her skills as a therapist and a talented musician.

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Jacqueline Whyte

Jacqueline is an Anusara Inspired teacher and also trained with Yoga Bugs, Yoga'd Up, Calm for KidsTeens and is qualified in Pre/Post Natal Yoga. She began teaching in 2007 and has experience in pre-schools, schools, alternative therapy centres, corporate organisations and gyms and one to one lessons. Jacqueline teaches to bring warmth, nurturing and positivity to her students.

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Carmen Burby

Carmen was inspired to do the Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training in 2013 after working in the Corporate world for many years. In 2015 she completed the Sivananda Advanced Teacher Training in the Himalayas. She now teaches group classes as well as one to one lessons and Chair Yoga for seniors. Carmen believes that yoga helps to build strength, stamina and mental clarity and her classes are based on the Classical Sivananda teachings.

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Yuli Michalaki

Yuli trained in Himalayan Hatha Yoga with Yogi Ashokananda and qualified in 2016. Himalayan Hatha is based on authentic traditional principles of Yoga with roots in ancient tradition. This form of yoga works through the entire body cleansing and revitalizing the whole system. Yuli is a dedicated practitioner and enjoys encouraging students on the wellness path. Her classes are strengthening yet supportive leaving you with a real sense of well being.

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Margarita Echanove

Margarita has been practising yoga for over 15 years. She completed her Teacher Training Course with Sivananda in Spain and would love to share her experience of Yoga with others. She believes that a regular yoga practice helps you feel more balanced in every aspect of life as well as develop strength and good health. Her classes include breathing exercises, sun salutations, yoga postures and deep relaxation.

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Maria Georgiou

Maria has been practising yoga for over 10 years and is a qualified British Wheel of Yoga instructor. She has experience in teaching all levels of Hatha yoga. She loves the versatile and fluid qualities of yoga and how it constantly changes your focus and awareness of your body and breath. In her classes she aims to create space in both the body and the mind and she lives by the words. “Be yourself and the rest will follow”.

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Abbi Sandham

Abbi has been working with pregnant women as an antenatal teacher and breastfeeding counsellor with Birth Companions for over eight years. In 2016 she trained with YogaBirth (a 200 hrs accredited by the RCM) and practised a Scaravelli-inspired approach to yoga before qualifying as an antenatal yoga teacher in 2017. With four children of her own, Abbi appreciates first-hand how beneficial yoga can be for expectant mums. She loves to teach small and intimate classes, leading students in a gentle and restorative practice and providing a space and opportunity to breathe, relax, re-energise and prepare for child birth through yoga.

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Lia Kousoulou

Lia has been practicing yoga since the late 1990s. She completed her teacher training with Yoga London in July 2018. Her classes are based on flowing sequences of postures. Lia is a strong but sensitive teacher and her classes leave you feeling positive and energized.

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Book now at North London Yoga Centre, specialising in Sivananda teaching

Pembe Wright

Wendell Henckel

Retheesh Kuttappan

Carol Stevens

Ellen Georgiades

Emerita Pavasare

Jacqueline Whyte

Carmen Burby

Yuli Michalaki

Margarita Echanove

Maria Georgiou

Abbi Sandham

Lia Kousoulou