Hayley North – Yoga/Movement Teacher & Holistic Chef
Hayley originally trained in dance at The Merseyside Dance & Drama Centre, The Urdang Academy of Performing Arts and the London Contemporary Dance School.

Later she completed a 3yr Yoga Teacher Training at Natural Bodies in Brighton and has been teaching consistently since 2002, both in the UK and internationally.

Classes are a deep yet playful exploration, via the physical body, into yoga as a state of being. Through guided movement, breathwork and asana practice students are encouraged to explore deep within the body, identify and undo habitual patterns of tension, and allow a more primal intelligence to unfold. Working from a space that invites movement as an expression of the breath and the fluid awakening of the spine – from a place of ‘not-doing‘ – the body mind begins to find integration and its connection back into universal forces and our place within nature.

The emphasis is on creativity and stillness in movement. Using ancient traditions and complimentary practices to provide grounding and the framework for adaptation, this approach encourages individuality and self- expression, is heart-felt and transformative.

Inspiration comes from Dance, Yoga, Chinese Healing Arts, Kinetic Integration, Feldenkrais, Contact Improvisation, Continuum Movement, Body Mind Centering, Shammanic movement practices, Krishnamurti….nature, life, living, and love.

Hayley also works as a freelance and private chef and is a co-founder of Levity Cuisine. She specialises in a holistic approach that is highly nutritious and energetically aware. This is a practice that becomes an embodied way of life supporting health and wellbeing at a cellular level.

She is also experienced in providing catering for retreats and workshops that is tailored to support the practices on offer.

Shell Sugden – Reflexologist & Chef
Shell began practicing Yoga as inspired by Vanda Scaravelli some 12 years ago. Learning to listen and give space to the body with sensitivity, a door of somatic experiencing was opened, and it marked the beginning of a journey of growth and self exploration, guided by her love of nature and the voice of inner intelligence.

Shell is a qualified Reflexologist, and has studied Nutritional Therapy at the College of Natural Nutrition. She is passionate about creating healing foods that support spiritual practices and provide nourishment on many levels, and in the last 4 years has catered for festivals and retreats in the UK and abroad. Her personal diet has been high in living foods for the past 7 years, and she has worked for pioneering companies in the Raw Food Industry, such as Raw Living, Raw Gaia and The Raw Chocolate Company.

She is currently compiling all her living-food recipes and tips for health and healing into an ebook, and plans to study Cranio-Sacral therapy in 2010.

Shell is also a co-founder of Levity Cuisine.

Rosie Blunden – Reflexologist &Trainee Yoga Teacher
Rosie stepped into the world of movement and body work in 2005 when she began her training as a reflexologist. At the same time she discovered yoga inspired by the teachings of Vanda Scaravelli. Rosie worked closely with and was taught yoga by Hayley North for years, being encouraged to discover her own body rhythm and look to nature for inspiration. From here began her journey of self exploration, which she feels would be incomplete without our privilege of each other’s reflection, and that with nature. Rosie went on to complete a yoga teacher training course in India which focused on meditation, chanting, and traditional Indian hatha and ashtanga yoga. After embodying the traditional essence of yoga, she then returned to England to complete further studies inspired by V Scaravelli, taught by Gary Cater. This course focused on anatomy and learning to read the body’s internal and external environment influenced by intelligent movement.

As a qualified reflexologist of 6 years, Rosie was interested in how she could work with women through this form and so in 2010 decided to study reflexology for fertility. This is a practice that she considerer’s sacred and therefore wants to tread lightly on this journey, working with people when the need arises. Rosie continues to practice reflexology in Brighton, at festivals and on retreats.

When not working with or studying body work, Rosie continues to work with children and food. As a qualified playworker and a current teaching assistant at a special needs school, Rosie cares about child development, communication and our daily impact on children as adults. As part of this Rosie is also immensely passionate about nutrition for children, and is using her own food journey to discover the nutritional nourishment we have available to us today. Rosie has worked as a cook in children’s nurseries, festivals and yoga retreats and is constantly working towards combining her experience as a practitioner to be able to offer information to children and adults alike.

Rupert Johnson – Yoga/Movement/Qi Gong Teacher & Holistic Massage Therapist
Rupert combines a variety of esoteric practice to create an environment for those interested in exploring the mystery of being alive. Through the dissolving of physical, emotional and karmic tension, he balances the active and receptive aspects of nature with a light-hearted, cheerful approach.

As a teenager he delved into several martial arts before finding Hupgar in 1997, a Tibetan style of Kung Fu. Hupgar presented an opportunity to explore many aspects of the Tao and Buddhism through an in-depth spiritual system combining Tai Chi, QiGong, Meditation and Fighting Forms. He continues to progress with Kung Fu and QiGong, finding inspirational teachers to complement his knowledge.

In 1998, Rupert discovered Yoga and enjoyed Ashtanga and Iyengar classes before finding an approach inspired by Vanda Scaravelli. This subtle yet profound work deepened his ability to listen and brought a fresh understanding to his physical structure, movement and breath. He then went on to complete a three-year teacher training programme and later studied with various teachers in India.

He received his first Shamanic Healing in 1999 and became intrigued by the ancient wisdom of the earth. This lead to further investigation through books, seminars and courses with various Shamanic practitioners around the world. He helps facilitate Sweat Lodges and gives sessions in Journeying, Magical Passes and Recapitulation.

Rupert gives healing treatments in massage, energy work and sound vibrational healing (harmonic over-toning).

James Foulkes – Yoga/Qi Gong/Tai Chi Teacher & Cranial Sacral Therapist
James Foulkes has been studying personal development for more than 8 years. His diverse set of practices includes Yoga, Meditation, Qi Gong, Kung Fu and shamanic movement practices. He is also training in Cranial Sacral Therapy and Chinese Medicine. James enjoys finding parallels between these practices and feels the basis of them is unity, integration and wholeness.

James grew up in England and has moved to Washington D.C., after 8 years working within a corporate environment. He was initially drawn to yoga after a basketball career left him with a series of injuries.

His approach to yoga is based on the work of Vanda Scaravelli, an Italian who studied with J Krishnamurti, BKS Iyengar and TKV Desikachar for 2 decades. James completed a Teacher Training Course based on this approach, at Natural Bodies Yoga, Movement and Therapy Centre in Brighton.

His practise and teaching combines elements of Yoga Asana, Freeing movement, Pranayama, Meditation, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Kung Fu and Cranial Sacral Therapy. His emphasis is on finding freedom within form, structure within chaos and on playfully exploring the energetics of practice. He brings information from many related fields together with the aim to to enhance understanding. Through this process he hopes that this will enable each individual to find a doorway to their own unique experience.

James lives in Washington DC and has a busy practise of classes and private work. He teaches in Yoga studios, apartment buildings, corporate offices and takes outpatients for the GW Centre for Integrative Medicine.