Sheffield and District Iyengar Yoga Association

SADIYA Teachers

The Certification Mark is a registered trade mark awarded to teachers who are approved members of the Iyengar Yoga Association (UK).
Only properly trained and certified teachers who have maintained their professional development are legally permitted to use this logo.

Joan Abrams

Joan lives near Glossop in Derbyshire, and has been part of the Manchester 'yoga scene' for countless years, practising with Jeanne Maslen, a senior teacher there. She holds the Intermediate Junior Level 3 Certificate and has a ‘Yoga Room’ in her home where she teaches individuals or small classes.
However, she is now a 'Sheffielder' - on Tuesdays. Her daughter lives here, her partner teaches here, and she now feels a very welcome part of the Sheffield Yoga Centre. She teaches the 'Older and Stiffer' Tuesday lunchtime class and helps with the Therapeutic class later in the day.
Tel.: 01457 763048 or 077886 72519
Email: JoanAbrams@hotmail.com
Classes: Sheffield Yoga Centre (Walkley)

Marios Argiros

Marios Argiros is a Senior Intermediate (L1) Iyengar Teacher who combines teaching yoga with his work as a classical musician. He came to yoga originally through neck and back problems he had been unable to solve with other therapies and found that Iyengar yoga had a transforming effect on his life and his work as a musician. Marios has studied and practised yoga for many years and completed his teacher training at the Manchester and District Iyengar Yoga Institute. He has studied with many eminent teachers, including the Iyengar family at the Ramamani Memorial Institute in Pune, India.
Tel.: 07976 373844 or (01663) 751269
Email: MariosA@hotmail.co.uk
Web Site: http://www.mariosyoga.com/index.htm
Classes: Sheffield Yoga Centre (Walkley), Manchester & District Institute of Iyengar Yoga and also in his Chinley Yoga Studio.

Dominic Batten

Dominic started yoga on the advice of an osteopath some fifteen years ago. He no longer needs osteopathy. He qualified as an Introductory Level teacher at Manchester in 2001 and is currently qualified at Intermediate Junior Level 3. As well as attending classes with Frances Homewood and Marios Argiros, Dominic has gained from practising with a range of teachers at Yoga conventions in the UK, and at other events in Greece, Portugal and India. He has attended sessions with both Geeta Iyengar and BKS Iyengar. Because of working full-time with the Safeguarding Children Team, Dominic is only able to teach one evening a week in Heeley.
Tel.: (0114) 264 9418
Email: Dominic.Batten@btinternet.com
Classes: The Institue (Heeley)

Mandy Bryce

Mandy Bryce has been practising yoga for over 16 years and completed her teacher training in 2007.
She attends classes run by Frances Homewood and has also had the opportunity of studying with many senior Iyengar Yoga Teachers including Jawahar, Faek Biria, Rajvi Metha, Margaret Rawlinson and Marion Kilborn.
She works full time as an organisational consultant and coach and has found yoga very beneficial in helping her to manage the demands of a busy work and home life. She is currently only able to teach one night a week.
Tel: 07855 340 746
Email: info@mandybryceassociates.co.uk
Classes: Sheffield Yoga Centre (Walkley)

Helen Clay

Helen has been teaching yoga in Sheffield (City Centre) since 1991 and has developed a particular interest in the use of yoga for therapeutic purposes. Commissioned by the GP practice at Foxhill to work with small groups of patients with chronic health problems, Helen has found that the yoga has brought them relief from pain and taught them degrees of relaxation that have improved their condition. Helen also works for OFSTED.
Tel.: (0114) 268 0458
Email: Helen.Clay@virgin.net
Classes:Sheffield Yoga Centre (Walkley)

Frances Homewood

Frances has been teaching Iyengar yoga in Sheffield since 1983. Her classes are enjoyed by beginners to intermediate level students and she is known for warmth and humour in her teaching. In 2005 she realised a lifelong dream of opening a dedicated Sheffield Yoga Centre so that people can practice in a calm and fully equipped environment.
She has studied in Pune, India with the Iyengar family on many occasions and feels very blessed to have had these opportunites.
She is a qualified Assessor and Teacher Trainer for the Iyengar Yoga Associaton (UK).
Tel.: 07944 169238
Email: SheffieldYogaCentre@tiscali.co.uk
Classes: Sheffield Yoga Centre (Walkley)

Iris Pimm

Tel.: 0162 9636341
Email: iris.pimm@zeronet.co.uk
Classes: Sheffield Yoga Centre (Walkley), Youlgreave (Peak District)

Emma Rattenbury

Emma has been practicing Iyengar yoga in Sheffield for nearly 20 years. She recently realised a dream by qualifying to teach at Introductory level. She has attended workshops and UK conventions with a range of senior teachers, including Geeta Iyengar, Jawahar, Rajvi Mehta, Margaret Rawlinson and many others. Over the last two years she has assisted her regular teacher, Frances Homewood, in her therapeutic class. She currently teaches one evening class a week at the Sheffield Yoga Centre, and is keen to start a day time one if there is sufficient interest. Emma combines her yoga teaching with working part time as a freelance consultant in partnership and organisational development.
Tel.: 0114 255 5817
Email: Emma.Rattenbury@blueyonder.co.uk
Classes: Sheffield Yoga Centre (Walkley)

Bridget Strong

Bridget started yoga as a way of coping with the pressures and demands of a young family and quickly became a convert of Iyengar Yoga. She works in mental health and can see how beneficial yoga can be to our whole wellbeing - both physical and emotional. She also plays the violin and has found that yoga has also helped with posture and avoiding the aches and pains that musicians often suffer from. Yoga has also helped manage and overcome chronic backpain.
Bridget qualified as an introductory teacher in 2007 and now teaches at the Sheffield Yoga Centre and in St Mary's community Centre.
Tel: 0114 255 0530
Email: BridgetStrongUK@yahoo.co.uk
Classes: Sheffield Yoga Centre (Walkley), St Mary's Community Centre (City Centre)

Pascale Vacher

Pascale started Iyengar yoga in 1994 with Frances Homewood and has qualified as an Introductory level Iyengar yoga teacher in November 2007. She regularly attends classes at the centre with Frances Homewood and Marios Argiros and many workshops with other senior teachers. Pascale now also teaches two weekly yoga classes at Siverdale School (Bents Green) and occasionally at the Sheffield Yoga Centre.
She is also a member of the SADIYA committee, deals with membership issues and maintains this web site the best she can (;-).
Her yoga practice also allows her to escape from a full-on family and working life and to forget about any unfinished work!
Tel: 0114 236 5177 or 079 4164 6418
Email: Pascale_Vacher@yahoo.co.uk
Classes:Silverdale School (Bents Green), Sheffield Yoga Centre (Walkley)

Wendy Weller-Davies

Wendy has been practising Iyengar yoga since 1992 and qualified to teach in November 2007. She has studied with many eminent Iyengar yoga teachers including Geetha and BKS Iyengar in Pune in 2004 (Geetha's 60th birthday celebrations), Rajvi Metha, Jawahar, Faek Biria, Marion Kilburn and many others.
Wendy began teaching at the Sheffield Yoga Centre in January 2008. She is also currently Chair of SADIYA, edits the SADIYA newsletter and is our representative on the IYA(UK) committee.
As a member of the full-time workers' "rat race", Wendy is particularly keen on the aspects of yoga that help us to achieve a balance in our busy working and personal lives.
Tel: (0114) 236 3039
Email: Wendy@wellerdavies.co.uk
Classes: Sheffield Yoga Centre (Walkley)