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Our teachers

Guided by People Who
Understand Movement.

Different goals need different guidance. Meet the teachers behind our classes, Personal Training and Teacher Training, and what each one knows best.

Teacher matching

The right teacher depends on the goal.

Someone new to yoga, someone working on balance and someone building a deeper backbend need different kinds of attention. If you book Personal Training, we help you choose the teacher whose strengths and teaching style best fit what you want to work on.

Kantesh

Lead Instructor & Managing Director12+ years teachingDynamic training

Kantesh is the Lead Instructor and Managing Director of YOGA LIFE, with more than 12 years of teaching and dynamic training. He focuses on personal training and teaches Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and sound healing. He meets most new students at their first assessment, where he learns about your goals, your history and any limits, then decides which teacher you will work best with. If you want one-to-one work of any kind, start with him. He also teaches a few group classes each week.

Teaches

Hatha
Ashtanga
Vinyasa
Sound healing

Suits

First assessments, and one-to-one work of any kind.

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Prakash

Senior Teacher10+ years teachingVinyasa training

Prakash is a Senior Teacher with more than 10 years of teaching and Vinyasa training. Prakash teaches flowing classes led by the breath, where each movement follows an inhale or an exhale, and runs yoga nidra, a guided lying-down practice for deep rest. Prakash teaches Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and yoga nidra. Choose Prakash if you like a continuous, flowing class, or if you are coming for deep rest and want to leave the studio calmer than you arrived.

Teaches

Hatha
Ashtanga
Vinyasa
Yoga nidra

Suits

Students who want a flowing class, and anyone coming for deep rest.

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Manju

Senior Teacher10+ years teachingPower training

Manju is a Senior Teacher with more than 10 years of teaching and power training. Manju teaches the strongest classes at YOGA LIFE, covering Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Power yoga. These classes are a good match if you want to build strength rather than work around something, and they reward students who already practise and want to be challenged. If you are new, begin with a foundations class first and move up to Manju's classes as your strength grows.

Teaches

Hatha
Ashtanga
Vinyasa
Power yoga

Suits

Building strength rather than working around something.

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Vicky

Senior Teacher6+ years teachingDynamic training

Vicky is a Senior Teacher with more than 6 years of teaching and dynamic training. Vicky teaches Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Dynamic classes at a quicker pace, for students who already practise regularly and want to take it further. These classes suit people who are comfortable with the basics and enjoy moving without long pauses. If you are still learning the poses, start with a slower foundations class and join Vicky when you are ready for more.

Teaches

Hatha
Ashtanga
Vinyasa
Dynamic

Suits

Students who already practise regularly and want to move quicker.

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Swaroop

Senior Teacher6+ years teachingDeep backbend training

Swaroop is a Senior Teacher with more than 6 years of teaching and deep backbend training. He works on backbends and on opening the upper back and shoulders, and teaches Hatha, Gentle, Vinyasa and Twisting classes. Most of his students sit at a desk all day, so his classes focus on releasing tight shoulders and building toward deeper backbends step by step. Choose Swaroop if desk-bound shoulders and a stiff upper back are your main complaints.

Teaches

Hatha
Gentle
Vinyasa
Twisting

Suits

Desk-bound shoulders, and anyone building toward deeper backbends.

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Chetan

Senior Teacher4+ years teachingTwisting training

Chetan is a Senior Teacher with more than 4 years of teaching and twisting training. He teaches slowly and explains a lot, so you understand why you are doing each pose, not just what to do. He teaches Hatha, Gentle, Vinyasa and Twisting classes, and he is usually the teacher we introduce a nervous beginner to. Choose Chetan if this is your first yoga class, or if you like to be told the reasons behind the movements.

Teaches