After years of dabbling in and out of different styles of yoga, I was introduced to my first hot yoga class in 2010. It was love at first sweat, I left the room feeling lighter and brighter and desperate to get back in! Hot yoga has helped me become calmer, resilient and more focused.
I believe the benefits are endless physically and mentally, some changes are subtle but some are profound. Classes vary from one to another but the act of moving meditation is always the same which makes me love and want to share the practice with those willing to try.
In 2019 I took the plunge and joined Sadhana’s first Hot Yoga Teacher training! What a journey of discovery that was!! I love teaching and watching how students grow from class to class, watching their journey. Their strength and perseverance is so inspiring and heart warming. In 2022, I add to my teaching by qualifying in Yin and in 2023, Yoga Nidra.
In my first Bikram yoga class, I wore sweatpants and a long-sleeve shirt and had to leave the room, thinking I would never go back in.
I decided to try Bikram yoga again in the fall of 2010.I was actually trying to find a way to keep warm because the heat wasn't working properly in my apartment. After my first two weeks at the studio, someone convinced me to take part in a 30 days challenge. Once I finished the 30 day, I decided to double it and make it a 60 day challenge.
After six months of practice I started teacher training and attended the Spring TT in LA in September 2011. I have been happily practising and traveling ever since and I am so grateful for the people I have come across during my yoga journey.
I entered my first yoga competition in 2013 as a way to improve my practice. In 2015 I won the Italian Yoga Championships and this led to my first win at the European Yoga Championships in 2015, this was followed by wins in 2017 and 2019. The National Yoga Championships are the top level of honour for a Yoga.I won two World Championships in 2016 and 2018.
I am happy to be able to teach at Hot Yoga South. It's a very welcoming and friendly environment where people come together to share the same interests and passions. It feels like a family, welcoming from the very beginning. I fit in, just like soy sauce on rice.
I bring energy, respect, drive, confidence, awareness and laughter to my classes. I encourage students to have an awareness of their body, mind and the process of practicing yoga.
Yoga is not just a job; it is a way of being and relating to the world. Teaching and practice are inextricably linked in an ongoing process of self-discovery and transformation.
I have always been fascinated by the creativity of the body in motion, and understanding how the body works in order to better guide my students in their practice.
I strive to share with the students the awareness that you grow and become more yourself by challenging your preconceptions and being open to new experiences. It’s never too late for yoga and never too late to change your life.
Originally from N.Ireland, he moved to London in 2003 to study Musical Theatre at the prestigious Arts Educational Schools in Chiswick gain a BA Hons Degree (2:1). After graduating, Conleth went on to have a 12 year TV/Theatre career, appearing in musicals in London’s West End and all over the UK!
He took his first ever Bikram yoga class at in July 2007 and has been hooked ever since. During the pandemic, Conleth found Bikram Yoga as his ‘saviour’. ‘I felt a real urge to learn something new and gained the courage to extend my professional life into my second passion – Bikram Yoga’. Conleth only graduated in November 2022 and is currently teaching at 7 studios across London. Conleth’s classes are upbeat, fun and driven by positivity and passion.
‘I am so happy that I did my teacher-training. I absolutely LOVE teaching! For me, yoga is like a language, every single day you can learn a new word and be inspired’.
As well as being a yoga teacher, Conleth is a successful Singer/Songwriter with 3 albums under his belt and has performed his original music all over the world, from the UK to Europe, Australia and more!