Hello! Welcome.

Here for the music lecture? Cool! First of all, in case we haven’t met, let us introduce ourselves (or skip on down to the next section if we’re already friends).

We are Good Life Yoga School, established to offer yoga and meditation training where tradition is respected, but a firm grounding in science and anatomy is integral.

At the core of our practice is the incredible impact MUSIC can have on the brain, nervous system and the body. It makes us move. And when we move in time to a beat, all together, magic happens (most of which is to do with hormone release, ventral vagal nervous system activation, and the illumination of multiple areas of the brain. But it still feels magic).

We also believe yoga should be accessible for all: physically, socially and financially, so all of our trainings have scholarship and bursary places available.

Want to know more about our team? Scroll down.

But first, the super fun stuff:

FREE: Psychology of Music Intro

Interested in what happens to your brain on music? Why music makes us want to move? And why it feels so good moving in time with it? Here’s a taster dive into the psychology and neuroscience of music, the brain and the body, and how it helps us move more efficiently and create flow state. With plenty of music…obvs.

You will have access to the video for 7 days, and can download the PDF to keep forever.

Hannah

  • Founder

    Co-founder and lead teacher of the yoga school, Hannah is a musician, dancer, teacher, and writer with 13 years’ experience teaching yoga, qigong and meditation, with particular interest in music’s impact on the brain, and how embodied practices can ease anxiety, trauma and mental health.

    After a an undergrad at Cambridge and a post-grad at the Royal Academy of Music, Hannah worked in theatre and the pop world before training in Ashtanga Vinyasa, the Rocket, Yin, Qigong, Embodied Yoga Principles and the neuroscience of mental health. When she is not teaching, she works as a writer, and an integrative psychotherapist, currently working clinically at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance.

  • Anatomy

    Osteopath, lecturer and yoga teacher Elodie leads the anatomy hours of our foundation course.

    Elodie wasn’t always a mover: it took the whole of 18 months before she decided it might be interesting to see what happened on the other side of the room, and therefore get up and walk! Since then, however, there has been no looking back. Moving to the UK from her native France to train as a contemporary dancer, she discovered yoga for its physical benefits, and eventually fell in love with the wider practice in all its variety, adaptability, physicality and spirituality.

    Elodie is the Exercise and Rehabilitation Lead for the M.Ost at the UCO School of Osteopathy, part of HSU. She also lectures technique to the part time students on this course, and tutors in the student clinic.

  • Accessibility

    Lawyer, disability advocate and bionic yoga teacher, Fiona leads sessions on accessibility for our foundation course, and co-teachers advanced trainings in Rocket.

    Fiona discovered Yoga back in 2014 on a sweltering hot day in Hong Kong when she was on maternity leave from her job as a litigation lawyer after having had her second baby in as many years. When she struggled not to pick up her phone as it started ringing during the class (to her now horror when she looks back on it!), Fiona started to realise that Yoga might be beneficial for her in more than just a physical way.

    Fiona got addicted to her Yoga practice fairly fast in true Type A lawyer style and went on to complete her first teacher training in Hong Kong in 2018. Since then Fiona has done advanced trainings with Patrick Creelman, Jason Crandell, Marcus Veda and Hannah Whittingham. She teaches Rocket Inspired 4 Beat Vinyasa to music and her classes focus on finding stillness and focus through the breath and proper alignment in the poses for every body. Fiona also teaches Yin, which has taught her to soften a lot in her practice over the years and to sit still with herself more.

    Fiona is a right below the knee amputee, having lost her leg in the Asian Tsunami of 2004. Her Yoga practice has had a huge impact on her physically, showing her directly through her body every day that her limitations are always much more mental than physical. It has also gradually helped her over the years to recognise and then deal with the trauma that she suffered as a result of her injuries. Fiona aims in her classes to teach her students to understand how to apply their Yoga practice to their lives to empower themselves to challenge any perceived limitations that they might have and invoke a sense of possibility, joy, and fun, so that both they and those around them can benefit from their practice.

  • Nervous System

    Yoga teacher and nervous system expert, Cecilia leads lectures on the nervous system on our foundation course and on the Yin & Mindfulness course. She is also our Senior Assistant for the foundation course.

    Coming from a background in psychology and mental health, Cecilia is passionate about the healing and transformative effects of yoga on mind, body, nervous system and individual as a whole being.

    Cecilia's journey with yoga began at university as a part time stress relief through the simple joy of movement with mindfulness. Cecilia was quickly captivated by the rich philosophical and spiritual roots of the practice and became enamored with the energy of ashtanga and rocket yoga; finding moments of peaceful silence in her ashtanga practice, while falling in love with the freedom and creativity she found within the rebellious spirit of the rocket. Yoga allowed her to reconnect with her body and mind with an attitude of loving-kindness and begin the work of breaking down mental patterns.

    Since her first 200hr training in Hatha & Vinyasa flow, she has trained in Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, pranayama, meditation and Rocket Yoga.

  • Teaching Assistants/Therapy Dogs

    Fred and Dana (pictured above) attend many of the London trainings.

    Fred, at the age of 14, has mastered significant lengths of uninterrupted meditation (or it could be an open-eyed nap, who knows?). Dana, 4, has achieved the art of receiving uninterrupted scratches and cuddles.