TESSA
Vinyasa/Hatha Yoga Teacher
For me, yoga is being happy, healthy and feeling alive.
I first regularly practiced yoga in 2015 after moving to Dubai and discovering ‘Friends of Yoga’, an Ashtanga yoga group who practiced daily in my local park. Under the guidance of my brilliant teachers Hari and Babu, and as my dedication to yoga grew, I travelled to the south of India to further explore my interests. It was at this point that I decided to be a yoga teacher. Since then, I have gained my 200 Hours Vinyasa Flow qualification and have been privileged enough to study and train with teachers such as Michelle Almond, Taylor Harkness, Jason Crandell and Kirsty Gallagher. Last summer I completed a 85 Hour Pregnancy Yoga training with Sally Parkes, enabling me to facilitate Pregnancy, Post-natal and Mother and Baby Yoga classes.
Prior to teaching yoga, I was a teacher for 7 years, working in South Korea, Thailand and Dubai, as well as the UK. Yoga provides techniques to help people to feel calm; helping to lower stress and anxiety by introducing methods that can contribute towards improved mental health and well-being.
For me, yoga is being happy, healthy and feeling alive. It is breathing… being grateful for an amazing body that is strong and able to do so many wonderful things. My classes focus on the most common poses and their alignment, on finding stability through concentration on how to better focus your energy and most importantly, tune into the breath.
CAROLINE
Vinyasa Yoga Teacher
Caroline is a public health specialist who has been teaching health and fitness for almost 30 years.
Caroline's yoga journey started 15 years ago teaching a mix of physical yoga vinyasa or gentle flow suitable for beginners.
Using music and movement and breathing her flow yoga session suitable for all levels to promote wellness in mind and body.
MEGAN
Vinyasa Yoga Teacher
I first discovered Yoga just over ten years ago and my passion for the practice has deepened throughout the years. Inspired by how Yoga practice can care for your body both physically and mentally I then decided to study it further.
In 2016, I left the Ribble Valley to go volunteering and travel. Thailand was my first destination and there I taught Yoga for three months in an Orphanage and a Burmese Refugee School; here my passion to teach others about the practice really began. My path then lead me to India for two months where I studied and carried on teaching the practice of yoga.
After seven months of travelling, I then went to study Yoga Full time in Seville, in Southern Spain. After practising many traditions of yoga, it was Vinyasa Flow which had stolen my heart, and is now part of my daily routine. The Vinyasa Flow training explores the Eight Limbs of Yoga and also Hatha, Yin prenatal and restorative Yoga.
Feeling inspired and with a whole new level of enthusiasm to teach the mind, body and soul practice I came back to the Ribble Valley ready to share my love for Yoga with everyone. My teachings come from the heart, allowing you to fully connect with your very own practice and ensuring you will leave classes feeling nurtured and refreshed.
AMY
Yoga Teacher
Amy has been teaching at Tessa Clemson Yoga since the studio opened back in 2019.
I found my love for yoga while on a journey of self exploration, which started in 2014, and is still continuing to this day.
I’ve practiced in some beautiful parts of the world but it wasn’t until I came full circle and arrived back in the UK that I took the plunge and enrolled on my 200hr teacher training course in summer 2019.
Since then my personal practice has developed and progressed hugely, but so has my teaching style.
While I prefer to be pushed to my limits when practicing for myself - taking risks and trying new things, building a strong dynamic (I’m a fan of hot, power and rocket yoga), my teaching style is slower and more playful, yet challenging at the same time.
I like to provide my students with new and exciting options during class while still keeping the sequences uncomplicated and accessible to all.
It’s lovely to see progression in the people I teach, not just physically, but spiritually and mentally too, and I feel blessed to be able to impart just a little bit of my love for and knowledge of this practice on to others.
You can find me teaching back to back classes at Tessa Clemson Yoga on a Wednesday night from 6.30pm.
I’ve also recently completed my children’s yoga teacher training and will be looking to take my pregnancy yoga teacher training sometime in the next couple of years.
SHINE
Hatha Yoga Teacher
Shine has spent many years studying acupuncture, natural medicine and Hatha Yoga Therapy. He is a practitioner with over 12 years of experience across the UK, India and also the Maldives.
JORDAN
Hatha Yoga Teacher
Jordan has been practicing yoga for over 5 years learning the art of yoga, pranayama and meditation from teachers all over the world and has been teaching internationally and in the UK since 2021.
Jordans classes are predominantly Hatha/Hatha-flow style with a specific focus on the breath being at the centre of the practice following the 5 principles of yoga by Krishnamacharya.
She creates a warm, open, loving and safe environment for everyone to show up exactly how they are and her aim is for each individual to reach a state of peace and ease, both in the mind and the body and to find acceptance of who they are both on and off the mat.
HANNAH
Vinyasa & Hatha Yoga Teacher
Hannah offers a gentle & restorative take on Vinyasa & Hatha Yoga to leave you feeling calm, connected and deeply relaxed. Inspired by the interconnectedness, beauty & symbolism of nature, Hannah delivers classes that flow and coincide with the Phases of the Moon and the Wheel of The Year - allowing you to connect with your own true nature within. Hatha means “Sun and Moon” so expect classes that offer you time to realign, reflect, balance, slow down and therefore give you time to uncover and allow your inner light to shine bright like the sun.
Also a qualified Sound Healing Practitioner, expect each of Hannah's classes to conclude with a dreamy meditation and sound bath savasana.
After finding a deep sense of peace & stillness through 7 years of regular self practice, Hannah decided to embark on her Yoga Teacher Training in 2021 with the intention to dive into the divine history and expand her knowledge on this ancient moving meditation.
LOUISE
Massage Therapist/Midwife
“I am a practising midwife with over 35 years experience in caring for women, babies and families.
I have always held an holistic approach to healthcare and in 2013 I studied for a Level 4
qualification in Holistic Massage Therapy. I loved massage therapy so much that I invested in additional training for pregnancy/postnatal massage, advanced deep tissue massage, baby massage and facial rejuvenation massage.
I have also trained in Advanced Biomechanics for Birth, Rebozo and Closing the Bones.
I am a member of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and The Federation of Holistic Therapists.
Supporting people to heal is a feeling like no other and I aim for a holistic approach to healing body, mind and spirit.”
Contact Louise:
Phone: 07891 424358
Instagram: @lou_slater_massage