Best Iyengar Lessons Leicester Near Me

4worldlovers: Zoë Martin has been offering yoga and yoga therapy in the heart of Leicester since 2005. She is a very experienced yoga teacher and yoga therapist having trained extensively with the Centre for Yoga Studies (cYs). She is also registered with the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) and the Complementary & Natural Healthcare council (CNHC).

Zoë runs weekly classes providing a welcoming, supportive, and caring teaching environment open to all levels of experience.

She offers individual sessions for those looking to develop or deepen a personal practice or for those whose health might require a tailored approach.

She endeavours to honour the teachings of old and share the spirit of yoga in new, practical, inclusive and accessible ways. Her work is influenced by over two decades of personal study and practice.

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4worldlovers:
Eka yoga is set up by me, Erica Burton-Sandrey and aims to make yoga, mindfulness and meditation accessible, engaging and fun for all.


I have had yoga in my life ever since I can remember. My grandparents took me to my first yoga class as a toddler and I have been practising visualisation techniques, yoga postures and meditation since I was a teenager.

I am a Calm for Kids and British Wheel of Yoga teacher. I am also qualified in Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra. I have a full and enhanced DBS check, first aid and safeguarding training.

Eka yoga is about making yoga, mindfulness and meditation accessible and engaging for all - young, old & special.

I have a Fine Art and Philosophy degree and spent a decade working in the public arts working on commissions involving public engagement and interactivity. With this in mind, my classes are often interactive and endeavour to connect with the philosophy of yoga, relating it to our day to day lives.

I and other immediate family members, young and old are diagnosed with a range of neurodiverse conditions including, Dyslexia, Autism Spectrum Condition and ADHD. Living with these challenges has meant the need to find new strategies for dealing with anxiety, emotional management / regulation, boosting self-esteem, supporting sensory regulation and developing focus.

I have found practising the varied aspects of yoga excellent in offering a tool kit for supporting those with SEND, for example:

Breath Awareness & Control - for developing strategies to manage anxiety, to engage the parasympathetic nervous system (triggering the body's rest & reset autonomic nervous system) boosting natural immunity

Yoga Asana (postures) - for activating muscles (to flush stress hormones through the muscles of the body) and developing proprioceptive awareness

Mindful Attention of the body & mind - for growing awareness of inner physical and emotional feelings, developing interoceptive awareness.

The benefits that yoga has brought to myself and my young sons have included; strategies for reducing anxiety, better physical strength & balance, fine motor work, body awareness - interoception, developing emotional awareness & regulation strategies, developing focus, supporting sleep and growing a general feeling of kindness to ourselves and others – accepting who we are.

‘Yoga is an ancient form of exercise that focuses on strength, flexibility and breathing to boost physical and mental wellbeing. Yoga is now commonplace in leisure centres, health clubs, schools, hospitals and surgeries.’

I teach a range of different types of classes from children's class in schools and colleges to strong, dynamic adults sessions.

All classes include practising yoga postures, partner yoga (family sessions only), breathing techniques for focus and calming, meditation and visualisations.

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Online and In Studio weekly classes for beginners, intermediate, advanced students, teachers & teacher trainees, co-led by Senior Iyengar Teacher: Isabel Jones Fielding (East Midlands most qualified Iyengar teacher) and Intermediate Iyengar Teacher Geoffrey Fielding.

Isabel and Geoffrey co-direct and built IYoga Studio West Bridgford, and as well as being the area’s most experienced yoga teachers, have decades of experience as therapeutic movement practitioners: Geoffrey as a registered Osteopath for 3 decades, and Isabel as the international pioneer of ‘musical interaction therapy’ and as a choreographer, and director of inclusive arts education charity Salamanda Tandem.

The weekly IYoga Studio Iyengar yoga class programme is uniquely tailored and designed for people and includes everyone, to support each and every student’s health and well-being, enabling individuals to grow, learn and develop on their own terms.

Most of our classes are in Hybrid mode using a state of the art AV system, so can be accessed in person and online, with fantastic sound and visuals used for the large scale international yoga conventions we run as well.

For adult students who have attended Iyengar Yoga classes regularly for at least 1 year, or have attended our foundation courses, or by permission of the teacher. Students will be expected to know the principles of Iyengar yoga.

For teachers, mentees and experienced students who have attended Iyengar Yoga Classes regularly for over 3 years, and have a regular Iyengar yoga practice. Students will be expected to be able to practice Sarvangasana (shoulder stand) and Sirsasana (head stand), and know the alternative poses.

For adult students who have attended Iyengar Yoga classes regularly for at least 18 months, or by permission of the teacher. Students will be expected to know the basic principles of Iyengar yoga and be able to perform Sarvangasana (shoulderstand) with correct equipment .

Thursday Beginners Level 1 Class: 5.30-6.45pm This in studio only class works really well for beginners to Iyengar yoga, students who have studied other forms of yoga, and would like to learn Iyengar Yoga, and also makes a great class for improvers or those returning after a long break.

Saturday Intermediate Level 1: 9.30-11am For adult students who have attended Iyengar Yoga classes regularly for at least 2 years, or by permission of the teacher. Students will be expected to know how to perform Sarvangasana (shoulderstand) with correct equipment, and Sirsasana (headstand) with wall support, and know the alternatives.

Saturday mentoring workshops for Trainee Teachers 12-4pm For Trainee Teachers registered with IY(UK) and IYoga Studio West Bridgford who have attended Iyengar Yoga classes regularly for at least 3 years. Led by approved Iyengar Yoga (UK) mentor Isabel Jones Fielding

4worldlovers: I have been practising Iyengar yoga for 32 years. After many years as a student, I undertook the rigorous two-year Iyengar yoga training programme at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in London to qualify as an Introductory yoga teacher, subsequently taking further qualifications to reach the teaching level Intermediate Junior level 2.


Iyengar yoga has been a very important and deeply valued part of my life throughout adulthood. Teaching yoga was a natural progression , building on my long years of practice and study with teachers all over the UK.

My own professional development continues: I attend regular classes with Jayne Orton in Birmingham, one of only two advanced level Iyengar teachers in the UK, and online classes with Abhijata Iyengar. In December 2014 I studied directly with Geeta Iyengar for ten days in Pune, India. In July 2017 I was taught by Geeta Iyengar again, during the month studying directly with the Iyengar family and their senior teachers at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune.

I have a special interest in scoliosis (curvature of the spine). I have a mild scoliosis myself and this has prompted me to study with Elise Browning Miller, a senior Iyengar teacher with scoliosis, from California. I have studied with her and assisted her on several occasions over the last few years.