Penny Chaplin
She started teaching herself from a book and first met B.K.S. Iyengar in 1971 when he was teaching in London. As his direct student, she visits Pune yearly. She has been teaching since 1974. She teaches the Teachers Class, Intermediate and General classes and runs the Senior and Intermediate workshops at Iyengar Yoga London. She is a Moderator and Teacher Trainer for IY (UK). For many years she was actively involved in The National Teachers Association, and she currently sits on the Assessment & Teacher Training Committee of IY (UK).
Janette Browne
Marco Cannavo
He teaches Beginners, General and Intermediate classes and has visited Pune several times. He is an assessor for the UK Iyengar Yoga Association and is currently the chair of our teaching committee, and a member of the Board of Trustees.
Alaric Newcombe
Judy Lynn
She practices yoga to remain well, and her instruction is marked by clarity, simplicity, and humour. She studied with the Iyengar family at RIMYI in Pune three times and has served as the chair of our Teaching Committee and as a trustee.
Judy is an IY(UK) assessor and served on IY(UK)’s Assessments & Teacher Training Committee for 15 years as, variously, the Junior Intermediate timetable organiser, the Chair and Vice Chair.
Stuart Miller
experience as a Chartered Physiotherapist, in two NHS trusts, informs Stuart’s teaching confidence.
Jackie McCaul
here and has been teaching full time for the past 18 years. Qualified to Level 2, she has studied with senior teachers from all over the world and has been to Pune to study at the Institute.
Korinna Pilafidis-Williams
and also a bespoke class for people with neurological issues including Multiple Sclerosis. She is a teaching mentor and trainer. For many years Korinna has been the editor of Dipika (the centre’s magazine), one of the oldest yoga magazines in the UK.
Khaled Kendsi
He has attended classes in RIMYI in Pune several times, where he studied with the Iyengar family and helped in the medical classes. Khaled is qualified in Immediate Life Support and works as a Cardiac Physiologist for the NHS.
Keiko Onishi
practice all through her busy working life in the financial sector.
She has been teaching since 2006, having done the teacher training courses at Iyengar Yoga London since 2003, and gained her Level 3 certificate in 2013. She has visited Pune on four occasions, and continues her study and practice with senior teachers, as well as attending workshops by visiting senior teachers from overseas.
Kate Rathod
She gave up a career in graphic design to pursue her passion for her yoga practice and has been teaching since 2003. She has attended classes in Pune and continues to study with senior Iyengar yoga teachers.
Kristyan Robinson
hometown in Ontario and tried to teach herself. Her Iyengar yoga practice began when she moved to London in 1989. Kristyan has been a student of many of the teachers at Iyengar Yoga London. She has been to Pune to study at RIMYI and gained Level 2 in 2019.
Hazel Sainsbury
Newcombe. She continues to learn from teachers in the UK and India.
Judy Smith
teachers. Judy is author of the book Iyengar yoga: Classic Yoga Postures for Mind, Body & Spirit which was published in 2004.
Judy Waldman
background as an Art Psychotherapist makes her appreciate the creative balance of mind and body in yoga.
She trained here at Iyengar Yoga London, certified as a teacher in 2007 and received her Level 3 certification in 2017. Judy has been fortunate to have studied with the Iyengars on several occasions at the RIMYI Institute in Pune including February 2020, and with Geeta and Abhijata Iyengar in the UK.
Celia Henebury
continues to be inspired. She has found the practice of Iyengar yoga a lifelong source of creativity and joy. She enjoys the philosophy that Iyengar yoga imparts and likes to share as much of this as possible in her classes, with humour and a continued shared exploration.
Rita Di Tano
enthusiasm for yoga developed, she was drawn to the Iyengar method because of its focus on alignment, precision, sequencing and concentration.
She completed her Iyengar yoga teacher training and has been teaching Iyengar yoga since 2014. Rita continued her studies and training and qualified at Level 2 in 2019. She is passionate about Iyengar yoga and has extensive experience teaching beginners and students who are new to Iyengar yoga.
She continues to practice and study with senior Iyengar Yoga teachers at Iyengar Yoga London and attends retreats workshops, with visiting senior international Iyengar yoga teachers.
Paul Jackson
Vale and qualified as a teacher in 2019. He particularly resonates with the method’s precision and attention to detail.
Through his engagement with all aspects of yoga, he has witnessed its transformative power. He seeks to share this passion with his students.
His calm, focused teaching style combines precise instruction and explanation with clear demonstration. In his classes you can expect challenging physical work followed by deep relaxation with attention to the more subtle levels of yoga practice.
