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  • Yin Yoga & Gong Bath for Release with Charlie Merton - 10th March 2023

    In this magical evening workshop led by Charlie Merton, we will be invoking the life force of Spring as we approach the Spring Equinox. The Equinox is the balance point of night and day, it is at this time we can bring equipoise into our being. Balance is a dynamic dance back and forth, a softening of life’s give and take, and through the regenerative power of slow yin yoga and an immersive gong sound bath, we will invite this harmony into our being. ....

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  • The Path of Sakti with Kavitha Chinnaiyan - 9th June 2023

    The Path of Sakti with Kavitha Chinnaiyan - 9th June 2023

    We have full hearts and open minds at MA&Y after an incredible evening spent with award-winning author and cardiologist Dr Kavitha Chinnaiyan, exploring how to embrace our creative energies and discardthe restrictions of societal conditioning. Our studio was filled with yoginis, some of whom travelled from far overseas for this one-of-a-kind event; Dr Kavitha's only London workshop this year! Together we explored the practices and theory which allow us toopen the doors to enriched wellbeing and the power of creative essence. Thank you Kavithaji for sharing your teachings and wisdom withsuch kindness and perspicacity. We are truly inspired to follow the Path ofŚakti! ....

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  • A journey to the soul with Father Joe Pereira - 23rd/24th May 2023

    A journey to the soul with Father Joe Pereira - 23rd/24th May 2023

    We were recentlyso honoured to welcome Father Joe Pereira to MA&Y for a 2 day workshop on the teachings of the Kripa Foundation Iyengar Yoga. Father Joe Pereira is the founder of the Foundation which helps those affected by substanceabuse. He has worked alongside Mother Theresa and was a student and friend of BKS Iyengar. His workshops expand one's understanding of the spiritual dimension, as he takes us on a journey from the body, in physiology and neurology, through the subtle consciousnessof the soul. His work is profound, yet accessible to all, via teachings rarely shared in the West. We are deeply inspired and grateful to Father Joe Pereira for sharing his wisdom and ....

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  • Back to Wall with Linn H E Haraldsvik - Saturday 6th May 2023

    Back to Wall with Linn H E Haraldsvik - Saturday 6th May 2023

    Kida! Our incredibleKrav Maga students were put to the test this weekend as we welcomed ExpertLevel 2 Krav Maga Instructor Linn H E Haraldsvik to our studio for her Back to Wall workshop. Focussing on self defence in confined spaces, this essential workshop taught us how to turn problems into opportunities and the environmentto our advantage! Self defence is all about personal safety and quick thinking. Finding yourself in a self defence situation when cornered or pushed into a wall does not mean game over, and under Linn's expert guidance, we took our ability to deal with attacks of this nature to the next level. The studio walls on the other hand may need some time to recover! A ....

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  • Join us for our Meditation Discovery Workshop - 27th February 2022

    Join us for our Meditation Discovery Workshop - 27th February 2022

    Meditation Discovery Workshop 4-6pm Sunday 27th February 2022 Join meditation teacher, Catherine Turner for a profoundly relaxing experiential exploration of meditation. Most of us want to meditate - we intuitively need that re-connection beyond external distractions and our thoughts - so what’s stopping us? We’ll explore the preconceptions which hold us back - such as you have to sit cross legged, youhave to be peaceful - and experience ways we can connect to the natural stillness within us all. During this 2 hour session, we’ll immerse ourselves in deeply calming guided meditations as well as discussing practical steps to make meditation daily habit ....

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  • Workshops and Events

    To celebrate the opening of our brand new full time venue in Earlsfield, MA&Y is proud to offer monthly workshops and events. These will be held in the evenings during the weekend and will cover a wide range of topics including movement based practices such as yoga asana, Krav Maga, martial arts and self defence, as well as philosophy, meditation, gong baths, kirtan and exclusive talks with specialists in their field, to name just a few. This page will be constantly updated, so make sure to check it regularly and sign up for our mailing list, or if you have a specific request, please feel free to get in touch! UPCOMING WORKSHOP FREE - Women's Only Self Defence workshop. Sunday ....

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  • YOGA TEACHER TRAINING @ MA&Y

    YOGA TEACHER TRAINING @ MA&Y

    We are so excited to present a brand new Yoga teacher training course at MA&Y! Are you interested in finding out more about yoga ? Would you like to know the correct alignment of asanas? Delve into 2500 years of yoga philosophy? Learn about Anatomy & Physiology and how it relates to movement? Deepen your personal practice, as well as train to become a yoga teacher . If so, join us for 200hrs yoga teacher training under the guidance of a hand picked faculty of expert teachers and scholars. The course will start September 2019 and will run over 18 months. Regular meetings will take place each month on Saturday afternoons and Sundays. It will offer ....

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  • Christopher Hareesh Wallis

    Philosophy Christopher Wallis, also known as Hareesh, is a scholar-practitioner with thirty years of experience, having been initiated into the practice of yogic meditation at sixteen, and fifteen years of formal education. His degrees include a B.A. in Religion and Classics from the University of Rochester, an M.A. in Sanskrit from U.C Berkeley, an M.Phil. in Classical Indian Religions from Oxford, and a Ph.D. in Sanskrit from U.C. Berkeley. His doctoral dissertation focused on the role of spiritual experience in the tradition of Tantric Shaivism. Additionally, he received traditional education at yoga ãshrams in upstate New York and India, training in meditation, ....

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  • Tim Goullet

    Anatomy & Physiology Tim Goullet graduated with a B.Sc. in Sports Science and worked as a fitness consultant before training to be an osteopath. He has taught at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine for over 20 years and runs a busy clinic in Chelsea Triyoga. Tim also teaches original and thought-provoking workshops on biomechanics, exercise technique, rehabilitation and health. He has practiced yoga for 15 years and co-authored the book ‘Healing Yoga with Liz Lark. ....

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  • Sara Zemmel

    Guest Teacher Originally an Ashtangi and with original teacher training in Ashtanga and Baptiste Power Yoga (and still with a lot of affection for those dynamic practices), Sarra has since trained with Mimi Kuo-Deemer and Judith Hanson Lasater. 
She now incorporates many aspects of somatic movement into her teaching and personal practice and believes in the enormous therapeutic power of learning to listen our embodied intelligence. She will often combine somatic enquiry, body-scanning, visualisations and body and heart-led movement with a more recognisably traditional vinyasa yoga flow. She teaches small group classes and privately in Walton on Thames and is a firm believer ....

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Joanna J

All yoga instructors are top professionals, kind and attentive for everyone participating in their classes, they make all aspects of yoga enjoyable and welcoming, starting from relaxing music in a room, taking us for a journey of opening our hearts, stretching, breathing, finishing for relaxation. Classes are challenging but with different options to suit different people. 
Thank you, I will definitely come back.

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