Unit 4 Practitioners
Please find listed below the professional therapists who are currently practicing at Unit 4 Yoga and Natural Health Centre in Brighton.
Anna Lundkvist (Yoga)
Anna has been practising yoga for 10 years and she has recently completed a three years British Wheel of Yoga Teaching Diploma. Anna also has a background in education and yoga students will be able to benefit from her love of teaching.
Tel: 01273 553167 or Email
Cara Bowen (Yoga)
Cara's teaching is inspired by the much-needed calm and clarity that her practice brings to her life. Over the years, her interest in the more meditative aspects of yoga has increased, and she is currently studying with Sarah Ryan on the British Wheel's meditation module. She has previously completed the British Wheel of Yoga teacher's diploma with Peter Blackaby and Ulla Allanson.
Tel: 01273 386403 or Email
Chris McHugh (Yoga)
Chris is a doctor who believes yoga has many benefits and should be accessible to all. Her particular interests are in exploring the relationships we have with our bodies. If they have become fragmented ,then problems can occur. This approach uses awareness of unhelpful habits to bring about the possibility of change, leading to better integration and health.
Tel: 07771737416 or Email
Diane Farrell (Yoga)
Diane trained with Chloe Fremantle in London and is a member of the AIYP.Her primary interest is to encourage a lively curiosity in students about how we use our bodies both on and off the mat and how this reflects and informs the way we live our lives.
Tel: 01273-607662 or Email
Elaine Gibbons (Acupuncture)
Elaine Gibbons is a fully qualified and experienced acupuncturist and a member of the British Acupuncture Council. She has been practising acupuncture since 1993 and received an Advanced Licentiate in Acupuncture in 2000. She is particularly interested in supporting women with gynaecological problems, fertility and through pregnancy and childbirth. She has three children with whom she had home births. She is a founder member of Brighton and Hove Natural Fertility Centre at Unit 4.
Tel: 01273 562676 or Email
Emily Furman (Yoga)
Emily has been practicing Yoga for 28 years and teaching for 7. Her Teacher-Training was with Dona Holleman and Orit Gupta-Singh. She believes that yoga is a cumulative skill and a valuable tool for developing awareness, health, and physical and mental flexibility.
Tel: 07717 49 66 68 or Email
Heather Robertson (Yoga)
Heather has been practising yoga for 13 years and has been teaching since 2000.She completed a teacher training course in 2006 and is a member of the AIYP. Her classes are relaxed, fun and informative.
One to One tuition is also available on request.
Tel: 01273 570307 or Email
Houri Alavi (Acupuncture)
Houri worked as a teacher from 1992, before re-training as an acupuncturist. Since qualifying she has worked consistently with fertility, pregnancy, breech and induction treatments. She is a founder member of the Brighton & Hove Natural Fertility Centre, based at Unit 4.
Tel: (01273)705178 or Email
Janaki (Yoga, Meditation)
Drawing from a variety of yoga traditions Janaki teaches flowing hatha yoga suitable for beginners and experienced yogis alike. Combined with relaxation and pranayama her classes encourage students to move at their own pace. Although known as a ‘gentle’ teacher, Janaki’s classes are challenging with more advanced asanas for students as their bodies and minds allow. Expect a varied class and enjoy allowing your body and mind to relax as you safely stretch with yoga. Janaki has been studying yoga for 16 years and after completing Teacher's Training at Sivananda in Kerala, has been teaching for 10. Please visit my website in the links section.
Tel: 07905 494009 or Email
Jo Avison (Yoga)
Jo teaches and practices Structural Integration (through Yoga, movement and manual therapy) and is passionate about everyone having lively access to their own most adaptable potential and resilience. Her classes are designed to restore and rejuvenate the body, in a natural and accessible way; peppered with the relevant structural anatomy to understand how individually the body works; with quiet time to reflect and absorb the relaxation and the changes. Jo originally trained in Yoga with Pete Blackaby, John Stirk and Sophie Hoare and is a member of the AIYP and an E-RYT500 (Registered Yoga Teacher) with the Yoga Alliance USA, European Yoga Alliance and the Indian Federation of Yoga. Jo runs a 500 hour Certified Yoga Teacher Training approved by each of these bodies. (Please email for information). Jo is also a certified practitioner and teacher of Structural Integration and Anatomy Trains. (KMI /CTK). She is as fascinated by what animates us, as 'how' our bodies are animated through movement. Her classes are a light-hearted exploration of how we use our energy. www.asimplepractice.co.uk
Tel: 01273 552341 or Email
Karen Wykes (Yoga)
Tel: 01273 705062
Leonie Taylor (Yoga)
Leo has been practising yoga since 1996 and Vajrasati since 2004, having enrolled on the Vajrasati teacher training in June 2006. Leo's deep personal experience of yogic philosophy and practises, both on and off the mat, have enriched her life and inspire her teaching.
Tel: 07089075602 or Email
Lisa McRory (Yoga)
Lisa practiced gymnastics and dance as a child and young adult, but suffered from back problems and injury as a result. Taking up yoga in her early twenties on the advice of a physiotherapist, she has been practicing ever since, and teaching since 1996.
In her teaching Lisa strives to communicate with clarity the transformative power of Hatha Yoga, whilst respecting the anatomy of the moving human body, and the individuality of her students. Her approach is informed by the training she has been fortunate enough to receive over the years from yoga teachers Mary Stewart, Chloe Fremantle and Peter Blackaby.
Tel: 07968508647 or Email
Michael Gibbons (Osteomyology)
I qualified as a massage therapist in 1991 and work using many styles: Sports, Relaxation, Remedial, and Thai Yoga Massage. I am trained in Biodynamic Cranio Sacral therapy and Classical Manipulation inspired by the work of John McTimoney. I am trained as an Adult Education Teacher and teach Sports Massage, Advanced Massage and on the Foundation Degree in Complementary Healthcare, for Sussex Downs College and validated by the University of Brighton. I am also Director and Principal of the College of Classical Massage Ltd established 1999. From all my different trainings I consider myself a well rounded body therapist and from it I now practice what I call Structural Rebalancing, which is a term I feel encompasses all that I do. I am a member of the Association of Osteomyologists; The Association for Classical Manipulation and the British Complementary Medicine Association. These run strict codes of conduct and govern insurance to all their members.
Tel: 01273 562676 or Email
Peta Trousdell (Reflexology, Yoga)
Peta is a qualified experienced reflexologist and yoga teacher and has worked with a wide range of conditions since 1995. She works therapeutically and holistically and uses her experience of yoga teaching to enhance her reflexology practise. Much of Peta's work is concerned with enabling individuals to cope with stress and to alleviate anxiety. Additionally, a large part of her work is concerned with female conditions such as PMT, menopause difficulties, infertility problems and support for women who are pregnant. She also works with a wide range of other problems. Peta's work is primarily about allowing for individual transformation and release and above all honouring the wonderful intelligence of our bodies to effect change on all levels.
Tel: 01273 846722 or Email
Peter Blackaby (Yoga, Osteomyology)
Peter Blackaby has been teaching yoga since 1983, his continuing enquiry into the subject has led him to approach yoga from a humanistic perspective. He has also qualified in Osteopathy, Naturopathy and crainial Osteopathy. He currently practices as an Osteomyologist.
Tel: 01273 559904 or Email
Rachel Miller (Yoga)
Tel: 01273 241209 or Email
Sabine Schmid Blackaby (Feldenkrais)
Tel: 01273 239299 or Email
Sally Cranfield (Massage)
Tel: or Email
Taravajra (Yoga, Meditation)
I completed a three year British Wheel training with Pete Blackaby and Ulla Allanson. I also teach mindfulness meditation, please visit my website (www.mindfulyoga.co.uk)
Tel: 07985 314181 or Email
Wendy Watson (Yoga)
Tel: 01273541731 or Email