Claire is the founder of Big Heart and is a yoga teacher with a holistic and inclusive approach to wellbeing. With a background in marketing, she discovered yoga as a way to stay grounded and balanced while training for marathons and managing a high-pressure career. Over time, yoga became more than just a personal practice; it became a calling. Claire trained with Calli Popham where she honed her skills in helping students regulate their nervous systems and reconnect with their bodies. She continues to expand her expertise through a 1,600-hour Yoga Master program with Yogamu and her personal studies in India.

Claire is also passionate about bodywork offers Ayurvedic Yoga Massage at Big Heart Yoga. This therapeutic practice combines deep tissue massage with yoga-inspired stretches to relieve tension, improve flexibility, and enhance overall well-being. Rooted in Ayurvedic principles, these sessions provide a nurturing and restorative experience, perfect for those seeking to release stress and reconnect with themselves.

Cheryl is a creative, empathic spirit with a deep love for exploring the natural world and the magic within it. As a lifelong learner, she’s constantly reading, journaling, and expanding her knowledge across a variety of interests, from mythology and astrology to yoga and energy healing. Her practice draws inspiration from the cycles of nature, the lunar phases, and elements of ancient traditions, offering a unique blend of spirituality and accessibility to everyone, regardless of their beliefs. Cheryl’s passion for crafting, music, and movement adds a playful and therapeutic touch to her work, encouraging connection with the self and the universal energy we all share.

Rooted in the beautiful surroundings of Shropshire, Cheryl’s family—her two children, a loving husband, and a black cat—provides the foundation for her creativity and adventurous pursuits. With an impressive array of qualifications in yoga, holistic therapies, and mindfulness, she brings a wealth of knowledge and safety to her practice. Cheryl’s mission is to create spaces for growth, healing, and connection, helping others align with their own rhythm and find joy in their journey.

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Nina is a passionate teacher and loves connecting and passing on the benefits of Yoga & Pilates. Nina’s journey started 13 years ago working at various gyms, teaching a variety of classes for all different abilities.

Training in Pilates 6 years ago, then paved the pathway of interest in the mind and body benefits of Yoga soon after. Currently trained in various disciplines, including Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra.

Lynn Michelle's journey into the well being arts began 25 years ago when she discovered her first yoga class, here in Telford, at was then, the old Madeley Court School refectory! 

Her teacher inspired her to start her journey which led her to martial arts, Wado Ryu and kung fu, Qigong and Zen.

She completed her training to become a 1st Dan in Wado Ryu, Level 1 Kung Fu coach teaching childrens after school clubs and achieved  teaching diplomas with distinctions as Yoga teacher for adults and children,  Qigong Instructor and Zen Meditation Teacher and Practitioner. 

 Through these disciplines Lynn discovered that kindness is true strength and true strength is kindness. She brings the best of these arts to  her classes so you can feel inspired, uplifted and revived on your own path in life.

Being a carer to my wonderful son who has the biggest, kindest heart ever and has a complex range of difficulties has made me slow down and become more patient in life and has given me a huge insight into the world of disability and what that means in everyday life.

Lynn and her son have found the benefits of a daily practice with accessible, calming moments of stillness & movement. This practice will help you too create an aura of relaxed confidence and gentle strength, revitalising your body & mind 💗

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Jenna shares Yoga with a passion. She began journeying through the self at the age of 8 when a friends mother handed her a meditation tape after a family trauma. Since then Jenna has continued to explore the inner workings of existence, enquiry of self and believes that our yoga practice is a method of healing from the inside out; she is living proof of this.

 Jenna shares from experiential knowledge and participation in the method. Primarily Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, where the Ujjayi is used as a mantra to clear away the unnecessary thought in the mind. This can then develop to reciting the vinyasa count, or any other mantra you choose to enable you to quieten the chatter; and hear you own, inner, higher self speaking.

Starting her teaching in 2014 after intense study in Australia and India the following 5 years led her to John Scott, who she studied with in Italy, Spain, Croatia, London and India. Jenna uses the practice as a profound evolutionary and healing tool that can be applied to every moment of every day. She has learnt to gracefully value the human condition by taking a close look at the fluctuations of the mind, and how we can live a happy life despite the challenges we all face.

 We are all our own greatest teacher. Jenna is here to open the door for you. But it is you who must walk through. Based between the UK and India Jenna is an Independent teacher who is not your typical Ashtanga teacher. Rather than a strict approach, she uses a loving nurturing but disciplined method of guidance to ensure all students are able to embody the practice in their own anatomy, with great regard to biology and biography of her students. You are already perfectly designed. Allow me to empower you to remember who you are. Before the questions, before the answers.

Marion has been a student of yoga since 2016, coming to practice as a means of working to manage the pain she was experiencing due to Joint Hypermobility Syndrome and fibromyalgia. She stayed for the powerful soul engineering that yoga practice allowed her to tap into, making her physically, emotionally, and spiritually stronger.

Marion is fascinated with the concept of the subtle energy body and the effects that yoga has on our energetic wellbeing, firmly believing that looking after these energetic building blocks within us can lead to a healthier, happier life. All paths eventually lead Marion to tantric philosophy and practice.

Tantra is an energy focussed practice that encourages becoming a witness to the body in all forms, encouraging us to focus on raising our energetic vibration. In her practice Marion aims to create a space that allows people to hold honour their emotions, build meaningful connections with their body, grow through trauma sensitively, and become aware of the power of movement on the energetic body and nervous system.

As an energy therapist she holds qualifications in crystal and tuning fork therapy, reiki, and EFT, all of which will occasionally be blended into her classes.

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Maggie Nock ~ Special Yoga Practitioner

Maggie is a Shropshire based Special Yoga Practitioner who works with children and adults with SEND and their families. Since completing her practitioner training in the summer of 2022, Maggie has worked in a variety of settings trading as Wolf Yoga for Special Needs. With a background of over 20 years teaching in Special Education, Maggie delivers the Special Yoga methodology combining the practices of movement, breathwork, relaxation, sound and singing, massage and energy, and mindfulness.

The benefits of Special Yoga include: balanced body and mind; increased body and spatial awareness; development of motor skills; self-regulation; improved posture; flexibility, strength and muscle tone; reduced anxiety and depression; improved sleep quality.

Special Yoga sessions are for all the family, and are ‘grounded in love, respect for ourselves and compassion for those in our care.

Everybody has the right to shine.’ Jyoti Manuel

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