Meet The Teachers
Charlotta Martinus
Founder of TeenYoga; Director of the Teen Yoga Foundation; Senior Teen Yoga Therapist, Author.
Nick Kearney
Dr Nicholas Kearney is an expert in teacher training and has participated in a large number of EU financed projects, working for the Commission since 2002. He is also a yoga teacher and the Research Director of the Teen Yoga Foundation.
Shirley Telles
Dr Telles is the Director of Patanjali Research Foundation, India, since 2007. She has a MPhil and PhD in Neurophysiology, both on the effects of yoga practice. She has authored 7 books and around 198 research papers. She is an enthusiastic practitioner of yoga.
Sat Bir Singh Khalsa
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Director of Research at both the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts and the Kundalini Research Institute in New Mexico. Editor in Chief, International Journal of Yoga Therapy
Judy Sampath
Senior Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist. Founder of Yoga Headspace and Co-Founder of Yoga United
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Annessa Rebair
Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at Northumbria University. Suicide Prevention, safe spaces; Trustee of The Teen Yoga Foundation
Jess Funke Maspes
Sales and Relationship Marketing Expert, Mindset & Business Coach; (Teen) Yoga Teacher and Trustee of the Teen Yoga Foundation.
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Jess uses her 25+ years of corporate experience, to help other yoga teachers grow their client base, earn more and work less, with a relationship centred marketing approach that feels authentic and that produces results!
Pippa Richardson
Pippa is a yoga teacher, body-based therapist and Founder of ‘the girlness project’ - an initiative that seeks to support the emotional and physical wellbeing of girls and young women. In addition to this, she works in a clinical setting working with both young people and adults in Intensive Day Treatment Program for Eating Disorders.
Lorna Mann
Lorna is a trained executive and personal development coach, six-time marathon runner and a journaling advocate. Whether working together as coach, mentor or strategist, Lorna's mission is to ensure you and/or your business don't stand still.
Suzy Segura
Founder of the Yin Tribe, which runs weekly classes and seasonal workshops for young people in Cheltenham.
Zakiya Bishton
Founder of Mindwalk Yoga; at the heart of our mission is Black women’s wellness and a desire to rebalance the representation of Black women in the well-being sector.
Lisa Harwood
Registered Nurse and Yoga Teacher. Co-author of the ‘Yoga for Me’ approach to teaching yoga to teens and adults with Learning Disabilities. Lisa has written articles on behalf of Teen Yoga for SEN Magazine.
Florendia Buckingham
Florendia Buckingham manages the Teen Yoga Retreats project, in amongst her other work which includes teen yoga and working with a refugee charity. Claire Laho also volunteers her time with the Retreats project in addition to teaching yoga to teens.
Tanya Cruz
Manager of Yoga In Schools and qualified accountant. Tanya is very passionate about getting yoga into schools as know the huge benefits physically and mentally for our children.
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Natalie Freeman
Yoga Teacher and founder of Yoga for Any Body, promoting inclusivity for all.
Anna Bing
Secondary school teacher and teen yoga teacher promoting the importance of mental health policies in education.
Claire Marie Tamplin
Mother of two, Secondary School Teacher of English, Teen Yoga Specialist and 200hr YTT: Claire Tamplin, has worked in education for over a decade and vows to break the mould and teach the ‘whole’ child.
Sir Michael Dixon
President of the College of Medicine and Private GP to Prince Charles. Sir Michael Dixon will be giving the opening address to the TeenYoga Summit.
Claire & Livi Saunders
Claire is the founder of YogaBright and she will be teaching a class with her daughter Livi on yoga for neurodiversity, drawing on Livi's own experience of autism. Livi is 15 and trained as a TeenYoga teacher at 13; she is also a TeenYoga Ambassador.
Claire Laho
Claire is the founder of Angel Yoga in Surrey, which teaches adults and children and hosts yoga retreats in UK and Europe. She trained with Teen yoga in 2016 and runs twice yearly Mother & Teen Daughter Retreats in Spain.