our teachers

Hannah Fries

Hannah has been teaching yoga continuously for over twenty years. She has a wide variety of experience in teaching in-depth practices and applying them to modern life, believing in a grounded, person centred approach. She has trained extensively in classical Vedantic and Tantric yoga, and has a professional interest in somatic therapy, nervous system health and trauma aware healing.

Hannah’s original training with Bihar School of Yoga exceded 700+ hours, and she has since completed many further modules, including a six month course in Tantric meditation techniques. Hannah’s teaching style is clear and supportive, leading students to states of deep rest and awareness.

She has specialised further in yoga for women’s health, including in pregnancy, the postnatal period, menopause and senior years. Partnerships include those with charities which support bereaved parents, stroke survivors, people in recovery from substance misuse, and individuals with long term health conditions including CFS, long Covid and MS.

You are welcome to contact Hannah regarding any of our classes, workshops or teacher training.

Ameet Malhotra

Ameet has been teaching yoga since the early 2000s and is also a qualified occupational therapist, and a practising CBT and IPT Psychotherapist.  He has conducted clinical research in the field of yoga nidra.  When he’s not teaching yoga he works for the NHS in psychotherapy.  He has a background in music and is the founding artist of the We Are Made of Music project.

Holly Knight

Holly is a trained yoga teacher who specialises in women centred practice, therapeutic yoga and intuitive led movement. She runs monthly workshops at the Yoga Village, having joined us in the past few years when she was pregnant with her daughter. Holly’s upcoming Yoni Shakti Circles support and honour cyclical wisdom, creativity and sisterhood. 

Helen Johnson

Helen believes yoga is for everyone. As a children’s yoga teacher, and also a Primary school teacher, her aim is to provide fun, engaging, empowering and educational learning opportunities for children.

Helen’s kids’ yoga classes are imaginary adventures around the world and draw on the children’s own interests as inspiration. 

Sacred Singing team 

Our core team of sacred singers, Lauren, Bee and Joan hold an uplifting and joyful space for sacred song. They freely share their love of spontaneous sacred music from around the world, and all are welcome to these sessions regardless of background, creed or singing experience!

want to develop as a yoga teacher yourself? 

Hannah is now running regular 200+ hour courses, focussing on a personal journey through classical yoga and philosophy, and a supportive mentoring program. If you’d like to find out more, why not message or call us?