our teachers

Tammy McCann

Tammy’s practice is rooted in Buddhism, she has explored the teachings and practises of many different traditions, which fuelled her love of philosophy and inquiry. Yoga played an important part throughout these earlier explorations and led her to the decision to train formally.

In 2018 she completed a two-year 500-hour yoga teacher training that gave her a solid grounding in yoga’s spiritual and physical elements.. Since then she has completed extra training in restorative and somatic yoga and is passionate about sharing the benefits of these practices.

Tammy’s classes are playful and accessible, while also being heartfelt and informed by a deep belief in the healing power of yoga.

Charlie Quan

Charlie teaches the gentle yoga online for BNHF.

Charlie’s yoga and Pilates journey began over 20 years ago in dance training. Both practices helped her stay flexible, strong, injury-free, and calm. Her love for yoga grew from here and she became inspired to pass this feeling onto others through teaching.

Charlie began her yoga training in 2010 (350hrs with Frog Lotus Yoga in both Italy and India) and is also qualified and has led classes in Pre-natal yoga.

Charlie is a big fan of Mother Nature and a lot of her yoga teachings are inspired and have a connection to the natural world.

Megan Lloyd

Megan is a qualified as a 200hr hatha and vinyasa flow teacher. She also works as an Occupational Therapist within a NHS mental health team with extensive experience working with a range of mental and physical health conditions. Megan integrates these therapeutic skills as well as yoga philosophy into her classes.

Tiffany Mendel

Tiffany began teaching yoga classes in 2013 and is now in the process of completing her training as an accredited Yoga Therapist.

Passionate about healing she has experienced repeatedly the benefits of yoga whether it be in support of everyday life or in times of difficulty.

Tiffany has experience supporting people with CFS, M.E., anxiety, depression, PTSD , menstruation symptoms, insomnia, general burn out, scoliosis as well as other back problems and general low mood.

Weaving in yoga philosophy, encouraging agency and connection are all at the heart of her classes.

Helen Moss

Helen has been practising yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2008. She offers practices as a collaboration, not a one size fits all or a therapist knows best situation. What is comfortable, challenging or restful for someone is unique to them. Helen invites people to uncover ways they can bring a greater sense of ease and steadiness to their movement, breath and thought.
Her work is done with kindness, humility and at its heart, a deep sense of welcome.

Her teaching blends the wisdom of yoga and mindfulness lived and therapy trainings, nature, neuroscience and from being another human just doing her best.

Lisa Nicholls Rider

Sarah Pailthorpe

Sophie Gibson

Sophie has been practicing Qi Gong for 25 years.  After a burnout and health scare, her Qi Gong practice was central to her recovery and she made the decision to train as a teacher. She has been teaching for two years.

With a background in social justice, Sophie is passionate about the importance of access to healing practices.  Witnessing the benefits of Qi Gong for students across a range of physical, emotional and mental health needs is an ongoing source of inspiration.

Connection to nature and daoist philosophy are woven into her warm and welcoming classes.