About

“Perhaps it is the welcoming space she creates, or it could be that you feel totally accepted, or perhaps it is the clear instruction delivered in melodic tones, often with gentle humour and humility. However she does it, Mahailia  enables her students to totally 'get' yoga, and she greets and nurtures enthusiasm so that before you know it, and even in spite of yourself, you have progressed.

With the commitment and dedication Mahailia displays towards the practice, along with the support and encouragement she offers her pupils, it is evident that she is a skilled and natural teacher. I know that the health benefits will continue on many levels as long as I am practising and 'Yoga-ing' with Mahailia...”
- Amanda

Yoga has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. As a child, I visited ashrams with my mother and my first job was helping in the kitchen at a yoga centre. So I have always had yoga. And as cliched as it is, yoga is the one thing that has kept me regulated throughout all the chaos that life seems to entail.

I first trained to teach Ashtanga yoga at 30, and over the past decade, I’ve deepened my practice with training in children’s yoga, mindfulness, and pranayama (breathwork) with some really wonderful teachers, including David Swenson, Eddie Stern, and Robert Moses. I studied Ayurveda, worked with Macmillan Cancer Support to help people affected by cancer move more, and now balance life as a Wellbeing Development Manager and a mother.

I've been lucky to practice under the guidance of incredible teachers, including Nancy Gilgoff; the first western woman to be taught Ashtanga back in the 70’s, who sadly is no longer with us. I now practice under the guidance of the lovely Amy Hughes.