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Soul Studio Owner, Teacher and Massage therapist.

Having discovered yoga at the age of 16, Kate underwent initial training and then began teaching in her home region in the Manawatu. To broaden her teaching knowledge Kate began travelling internationally and gained experience teaching in multiple retreat settings.

Kate loves motivating others to improve their wellbeing while supporting the commitment of communities to their long-term health and fitness. In addition to teaching yoga Kate has a Diploma in Relaxation & Wellness Massage and Balanced Body Mat Pilates.

Teacher and Coach.

Sarah came to yoga with a background in dance, aerobics instruction, business coaching and corporate wellness, Sarah knew she had ‘found her thing’ from her very first Bikram class. Going on to study in beautiful Koh Samui, Sarah has now been teaching yoga for more than a decade.

She is deeply passionate about making yoga inclusive for everyone and has a particular fondness for supporting new souls as they begin their yoga journey.

Marketing & Events Manager, Yoga Teacher

Alex brings over twenty years experience in the movement industry, with qualifications in hatha and vinyasa yoga, yoga nidra, prenatal & postnatal exercise, mindfulness, mindbody coaching, dance & a Diploma in Nutrition.

Alex loves encouraging people to explore how they can use what they learn on the mat in their everyday lives by weaving in micro moments of ritual, nourishment, and mindful movement.

She is a Holistic Wellness Coach, a Mum to three, and loves herbal tea, and kitchen dance parties.

Often plagued with niggles and injury from playing multiple sports at a competitive level, Lizzie began her yoga journey when she just 16, attending classes with her mother. Yoga soon became an essential part of her life – allowing her to find a balance with sports training.

Lizzie completed her first 200-hour yoga teacher training in Biscarrosse, France with Yoga Beach House in 2018 and has passion for both vinyasa and restorative/yin yoga. She loves holding space for people to be present and find peace in their day. When she’s not practising yoga, Lizzie plays premier club and representative hockey.

Originally from Walnut, California, Kim’s personal health journey began when she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at age 14. After years of feeling disempowered by this illness and invasive medical intervention, Kim chose to learn how to take her health into her own hands.

From 2016 – 2019, she completed trainings in yoga, meditation, tantra philosophy, aromatherapy and further pilates education, and in 2020 Kim completed the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in Holistic Health Coaching. Kim joins Soul Studio Hot Yoga as teacher, studio support and health coach and facilitator.

Sayaka began her yoga journey in her home country, Japan, in 2011. She transitioned from a dance career – and her yoga practice helped her realize her own inner beauty, and to cultivate self-love and compassion.

To dive deeper into yoga, Sayaka attended a 500-hour hot yoga teacher training in L.A in 2014. Since then she has taught in 20 countries world-wide and joined several trainings, including Touch-Care Therapy, Acro Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and Art of Teaching with Donna Farhi. She is passionate about sharing tools like asana, pranayama, meditation, and the practice of yoga off the mat.

Dan began attending yoga classes at night school 23 years ago and became hooked on the intensity and challenge of hot yoga in 2006, which aided his mental stability, focus, emotional wellbeing and flexibility.

Dan trained in leading Laughter Yoga, and went on to attend Donna Farhi’s Advanced Yoga Teacher Training which taught him about the importance of safe and mindful alignment in the body. His classes are taught with care, breath and alignment with the aim of helping students to release stress, reset and practice finding a calming, easeful space.

Rosie discovered the practice of yoga as a teenager and went on to complete a foundational 200HR training in Traditional Hatha Yoga in Spain. Since then she has been fortunate to teach in a number of countries around the world, and has continued her learning in Thai Yoga Massage, Trauma-Informed Yoga and Yin Yoga.

Rosie has also completed a Masters in Counselling and brings a passion for mental health and the therapeutic benefits of yoga to her classes. She hopes her classes are a safe and welcoming offering for newcomers as well as experienced yogis, bringing breath and movement into harmony with a soulful playlist.

Tamara is an energy therapist and a yoga instructor (RYT 500). An expert in mind, body and spirit healing, Tamara has spent many years studying and trialling every kind of alternative, complementary and spiritual healing modality that has crossed her path. It’s been a lifelong passion and fascination.

Along the way, Tamara has been certified as a practitioner in a number of healing modalities, including ThetaHealing, EFT Tapping, Kinesiology, Reiki, and spiritual healing.

Nathan’s Yoga journey began one fateful day in a hot class, Dad and sister in tow encouraging him. Nathan had no idea the change that was about to happen. It was so clear that he needed Yoga in his life. And with the years of yoga practice he became a happier person. All he wanted to do was share that.

In 2019 Nathan completed Hatha and Vinyasa Flow teacher training in Bali. He loves teaching and is grateful to be able to provide a service to everyone.

Since attending her first Yoga class in her early twenties Nina deeply fell in love with the practice of Asana. It not only freed her from her chronic lower back pain also brought her mentally to a state of peace and balance. It also taught her the powerful connection between body and mind and the power of the breath.

Nina went on attend her YTT at the Timo Wahl Studio for 7 months in 2018 in her hometown Frankfurt, Germany. As a teacher she loves to help others to (re)connect with their bodies, to strengthen/ work with them in a safe and mindful way and to discover the powerful connection between body and mind.

Practicing Asana, meditation and pranayama techniques can be so powerful on and off the mat.

Julie’s yoga devotion started when she became a mother and provided a brief but necessary escape from her favourite humans. That hour on her mat gave her the space to breathe, process feelings, and embrace challenges. Hot Yoga gave her the transformational experience she craved, falling in love with the physical detoxification and mental clarity that comes from practicing in the heat.

Her classes reflect her breath-based Hatha training from the Akasha Institute in Bali, as well as the kaleidoscope of teachers and styles she has been fortunate to encounter. Set to modern music, her classes are designed to flow as a moving meditation, linking breath to movement and building endurance.

Weaving together 15 years of experience with movement as medicine for mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being,

Mari began yoga in the midst of dance school in London and immediately recognised the gold in the practice, which became a place of refuge in the demanding environment of professional dance. She has since immersed in the philosophy and study of yoga and body-based therapies, completing over 1000 hours of study in Classical Non-Dual Tantra, embodiment, somatics, biomechanics, humanistic psychology, Hakomi Psychotherapy, Body Mind Centering®, and trauma-sensitive yoga, facilitating. She is also a registered ACC provider for group Trauma-Sensitive Yoga.

Forever a student, these experiences and teachings have been a huge part of Mari’s own healing journey and she is committed to providing up-to-date, authentic, embodied, and compassionate guidance to support others on their unique journey back home to themselves, too.

April’s journey with Pilates and yoga began at a young age when she first attended classes with her mum at 17. However, it was during her years working as a teacher aide at Hohepa School in Hawkes Bay that her deep love for Pilates truly flourished. She discovered how movement could be a powerful way to release tension, restore balance, and create a deeper connection with both the body and mind.

Inspired by her own experience, April is now a Balanced Body-trained instructor committed to guiding others on their own movement journey. She believes in the transformative power of mindful movement and is dedicated to helping others build strength, awareness, and a sense of ease in their bodies.

Sahar’s teaching grew as a natural progression from her personal yoga practice, shaped by her South Asian roots. She began as a Soul Studio member before stepping into the role of a teacher. Blending traditional wisdom with modern movement science, her classes are inclusive, grounding and invite students to deepen their sādhanā beyond the mat.

Marg discovered yoga after years of running began to take a toll on her body. She still wanted to be challenged and changed and so in 2005 attended her first Bikram yoga class. It was love at first sight. After a lifetime of chronic asthma she found her breathing and posture improved, her chest opened and medication could be reduced.

In 2015 she went to teacher training in the USA and taught at a local Bikram studio on her return. She’s crazy passionate about this particular series as the challenge of it not only physically heals bodies, the addition of the heat and dialogue provides a discipline and focus that’s transformative to mental strength and wellbeing. She is so excited to be able to share her love of the 26/2 practice at Soul Studio.

Cheena is a devoted student of yoga, and teaching blossomed as a natural extension of her journey.

She is captivated by what brings us alive within our bodies, and her classes invite space and curiosity to explore our ever-changing inner landscapes.

With a background in music, she loves to weave elements of sound into her classes – whether through an energising playlist or a nourishing sound bath.

Her offerings are informed by Embodied Flow, Yin Yoga, and Non-dual Tantra.