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Meet the Faculty

The teachers behind every Shala training — senior, specialist and experienced. Each module of our 200-Hour and 300-Hour programmes is led by a dedicated subject expert, so you learn from those who have devoted their careers to the practice they teach.

12+Specialist Senior Faculty
2,000+Students Trained Worldwide
25+Specialist Courses Per Year
200+Combined Years of Teaching Experience
Portrait of Gingi Lee- Founder & Co-Director of the Shala & The Shala School of Yoga
Gingi Lee
CO-FOUNDER · 200-HR LEAD · ASSISTS & ADJUSTS
Lead instructor for Pregnancy Yoga Course
Alexa Dean
PREGNANCY · POST NATAL BABY & ME
Portrait of Anne Malone, lead teacher for Sacred Sound and Ceremony Course
Anne Malone
SOUND
Portrait of Charli Van Ness, lead teacher on 200 hour course programme at the shala school
Charli Van Ness
200 & 300 HR LEAD
Portrait of the teacher trainer for Yoga Philosophy Club course at the Shala School of Yoga
Daniel Simpson
YOGA PHILOSOPHY
Portrait of Dina Cohen, teacher trainer of Chair Yoga Teacher Training at the Shala School
Dina Cohen
CHAIR · MENOPAUSE
Portrait of Ellie Grace Lead teacher for Trauma Informed Yoga Course
Ellie Grace
TRAUMA
Portrait of Emma Landolt Lead teacher for Elemental Mandala Vinyasa and Nidra Teacher Training
Emma Landolt
ELEMENTAL MANDALA · ELEMENTAL NIDRA
Portrait of Jennie Wadsten-Sharma, lead teacher trainer on the Shala's 300-hour training
Jennie Wadsten Sharma
THEMING · YOGA NIDRA
Dr Matthew Clark
YOGA PHILOSOPHY · YOGA HISTORY
Portrait of Melanie Cooper Lead teacher for Pranayama, Yoga Nidra and Yin course at the Shala school of Yoga
Melanie Cooper
300-HR LEAD · YIN · PRANAYAMA · YOGA NIDRA
Norman Blair
Norman Blair
YIN YOGA
Tash Tubaña
Ella Milroy

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