Our Teachers

Hi, my name is Grace and I am a Senior Yoga Alliance Teacher, fully insured, with over 18 years teaching and bodywork experience. I founded Central Wellness in 2015.

I am registered RELAX AND RENEW® LEVEL 1 Restorative yoga teacher and a Yogacampus Yoga for Stress and Burnout  specialist teacher. I am an experienced body worker specialising in Therapeutic Massage and most recently trained as a Positive Psychology Practitioner for professional development and personal wellbeing.

I teach weekly Vinyasa Flow Yoga classes which are intelligent, thoughtful sequenced movements with mindful breathing helping to release patterns of tension held in the body and understand the importance of the body-mind connection to mental wellbeing. Along side my classes I hold regular workshops and retreats in restorative yoga and meditation.

My teaching is founded in the philosophy of the yoga tradition, but with the modern approach of Positive Psychology of evidence-based self-help tools raising your level of happiness, meaning and satisfaction in life.  Instead of the more traditional ‘disease approach’ of focusing on the problem, Positive Psychology concentrates on a  person's strengths, optimism and resilience.

Hello, my name is Julie. I enjoy teaching Hatha and Yin Yoga. I started practicing Yoga over 10 years ago and quickly discovered the benefits of Yoga in my life, physically, emotionally and spiritually. I wanted to train as a yoga teacher to pass on the benefits to others and in 2019 I was given the opportunity and I completed a 200-hour Hatha training course in Nottingham. After qualifying I became interested in Yin yoga and its contrasting focus of yielding allowing and nourishing completing a 50-hour training course. I am passionate about yoga being accessible to all and to this aim I encourage the use of props and adaptations in my classes. My classes have a strong spiritual focus based on the traditions of yoga philosophy. I wish students to go away with yogic tools to utilize in their life. I am delighted to be teaching at Central Wellness.

Upon finishing his degree in Philosophical Studies in 2008, John took to travelling to experience the world. Eventually landing in Hong Kong, John’s first yoga class was a hot class and soon after he found Ashtanga Vinyasa as the practice for him. The focus and discipline this system provided helped John truly commit to the yogic path.

A few years later, it was a trip to Thailand to study with Paul Dallaghan and his team which helped John discover new depths to his practice. John found great benefits from the Kriyas, Pranayamas and Mantras he learnt there, developing a meditative aspect which helped bring clarity and calmness to his life. During his years in Hong Kong, John is also very grateful to Connie for guiding him with his asana practice.

“The beauty of your practice is in your breath” is the mantra John bases his classes from. John believes that even in the most energetic classes there should be a firm grounding quality and stillness of the mind. Keeping his teaching simple and humble, John hopes to guide his students with proper alignment and attention to their breath.

Hi my name is Sophie. My yoga journey started over 6 years ago where I instantly fell in love with the practice, I enjoyed the feeling it gave me and how it helped to reset my mind. Shortly after I attended my first yoga class with Grace at Central Wellness and I was immersed in the whole philosophy of what yoga was about other than the feeling of being more supple.

Yoga helped me in so many ways and I feel really passionate about passing this on and helping others. I qualified as a Vinyasa Flow instructor at Frog Lotus in Spain. After the 200hr intensive training I became a fully qualified yoga instructor. I loved deepening my knowledge and learning a lot more about the anatomy as well as yogic philosophy which i feel are such amazing tools for us all to take into everyday life to help us live a more simple happier healthy lifestyle. My drive is to now pass on my knowledge and go on the journey with you all to find that inner peace balance and have fun while doing so!

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