Hotpod Yoga
Hove

Chris Wilkinson

Danielle Elphick

Danielle teaches a strong yet soft and playful vinyasa flow. In all of her classes, she encourages students to find a personal practice in each class and to strive towards moving in a way that feels good rather than how it looks.
Danielle’s light hearted humour allows for a bright and welcoming energy in every class.

Bryony Hamerton

An experienced yoga teacher & Yoga therapist Bryony has been sharing her love of yoga since 2008 and is just as passionate about the many benefits of Hot Yoga today as she was back then.

Jen Allbrook

Originally training in the beautiful but brutal art of professional ballet, Jen fell into her first hot yoga class because it was very cold outside and she needed to stretch. Quickly falling in love with what it did for her mind and soul, aside from the obvious physical benefits, fast-forward several years and she has since gained over 350 hours teaching experience. From completing 200 hours in Greece to adding Yin, Restorative, Mindfulness and Pre & Post Natal Yoga to her repertoire, she teaches across studios, workplaces and with various brands in both Brighton and London. Her style is warm, technical and always encourages students to deeply tune into themselves.

Katie Furness

At 19 yrs old, I attended a Hot Yoga class and was hooked. Over the years I felt drawn to Vinyasa Flow due to its dynamic nature and more recently Restorative Yoga as I love experiencing how the long holds create space in my joints and between my thoughts.

In 2004 I gained my Degree in McTimoney Chiropractic in Oxford. Soon after this I fractured my elbow from a bike accident and not wishing to go down the Western Medical route, I flew to Thailand and was pretty much fixed up in a few weeks through massage. I love the East and have total respect for their methods of healing so I decided to stay for a year training.

2 years ago I retired as a Chiropractor to take some time for me and focus on Yoga, Sports Massage and lecturing. I am currently an accredited Massage Tutor.

‘Movement is Life’ is my premise as movement brings healing, I love to share my knowledge and learn from others, I really look forward to meeting you and supporting you on your Yoga journey at Hotpod Yoga.

Elena Jane

Elena’s intention is to empower people in their personal growth and relationship with self, wanting to touch peoples lives in a positive way with the skills that she has. Elleblends the powerful elements of movement and breath with a love of yoga, dance, art and mindfulness to help community to open, deepen and be present with their individual experience. She has a gentle approach, encouraging compassionate self acceptance through curiosity and self enquiry, guiding through opening and strengthening in embodied movement.

Zara Esmaeili

Zara has been practicing yoga since 2009 when she stepped into her first hot yoga studio in her early 20’s. Until this day, it has been the most consistent thing in her life. In 2014 she completed her 9 week teacher training in Thailand and since then, has been teaching all over the UK as well as running retreats and workshops. She holds the space with intention and support, leaving you feeling more grounded and connected with yourself. Her classes transition between dynamic and gentle. Zara teaches with a light touch and is in tune with what the students need and welcomes everyone onto the mat no matter where they are on their yoga journey.

Lisa Cuerden

Lisa is a highly experienced yoga, breathwork and meditation teacher. She has completed 1500+ hours of yoga, meditation and breathwork trainings in Los Angeles, Bali, India, Ibiza and London with some incredible teachers and guides most recently in 2019 Lisa completed an incredibly challenging 300 hour teacher training with well-known teacher Dylan Werner in Austria.
Lisa’s own ‘personal’ training used to be very weight training focused achieving British Deadlift Champion in 2012 and then broke her own record again in 2013, due to going through a challenging experience in regards to her health she decided to stop this and connect a little deeper with what her body and mind really required. ‘My experiences have taken me on a transformational journey learning to be at peace with my mind and my body.

Yoga has changed my life for the better and I am loving this journey’. Lisa will bring her vibrant, fun, open hearted self into the pod to encourage you listen deeply into your entire being to make every single practice on your mat a deeply powerful experience

Isis Du Jour

Isis is a passionate and experienced Yoga Teacher, SUP Yoga Teacher and Teacher Trainer based in Haywards Heath, UK.
Her yoga journey kicked off after her first trip to India in 2007 and she started teaching yoga in 2014,
whilst living in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since 2017 she is based in the UK.

Isis was drawn by the many changes which occur when you integrate yoga into your daily life.
Through further study, of the physical & philosophical aspects of yoga, she really became convinced,
that yoga will always be an important part of her life and lifestyle.

Meghann Thomas

Meghann is a Yoga Teacher and Holistic Coach with over 8 years of teaching experience. Her classes weave breath, movement and stillness seamlessly together in a divine dance of connection and expansion. Guiding you to look deeply inside, to reconnect with your body and mind, to expand your inner awareness and to spark the journey of healing and transformation within.

Fran Hodgson

Fran is a registered 300hr vinyasa yoga teacher, having obtained her qualification from SPACE yoga studio, Brighton. Fran’s style is more dynamic and she will show you ways into different postures that feel most appropriate for your practice and your body. Fran never stops being amazed by the mini transformation that takes place when she steps on her mat. Stepping on feeling one way, and leaving feeling completely different; that is what brings her back to her mat again and again.

Emily Kennedy-Barnes

Emily Kennedy-Barnes. A Yoga Alliance RYT 500 teacher who specialises in Vinyasa Flow, Somatic Yoga and Restorative Yoga. A student of the illustrious Jason Crandell, Anna Sugarman and Sarah Williams.

Emily’s classes offer a smooth and solacing yet playful and revitalising yoga style. Using a varying selection of yogic practices and philosophies to the rhythm and vibes of eclectic music, supported by a mantra of inclusivity.

Lily Henley

Lily is has been teaching yoga within the Sussex area for over 5 years. Having completed her teacher training at a local studio, where she now teaches, she went on to explore yoga all it’s forms on and off the mat. Lily is trained in vinyasa flow, restorative and yin with a heavy teaching emphasis on listening to your body and moving with the seasons. Having worked separately in support services Lily believes in the power of holding space for others and using mindfulness as a tool for healing.

Gary Vaughan

Gary completed his Yoga Teacher Training at Hotpod Yoga Teacher Training in Hackney, in 2022.

Gary came to explore his yoga practice from a personal journey of sustaining life changing injuries. His teaching style is one that allows space for curiosity and exploration of your unique body.
Gary holds and encourages a space of giving consent to yourself during your practice on the mat, and self-acceptance of your body and practice.

Lauren Alford

Lauren’s main love and passion has always been martial arts but unfortunately with contact sports can come a lot of injuries. After sustaining some damage to her neck she was recommended yoga as part of her recovery and she has never looked back. 

Since becoming a yoga teacher in 2017, Lauren’s passion for good, healthy movement has grown. She likes to teach strong yet reflective practices that allow space for acknowledgement of how the body is feeling and reacting in a posture.

Lauren’s ethos is yoga is for everyone and will never place pressure or expectation on you to do every posture if that doesn’t feel right for you in that moment.