Meet the Team
Meet our Yoga team in Bristol
Ed Wood
Lead Yoga Teacher
Ed Wood is the Lead Hot Yoga Instructor of Yogafurie. Ed has a keen understanding of human anatomy and a broad, deep appreciation of Yoga practice, philosophy and principles.
Ed Wood started Yogafurie Hot Yoga back in 2012 and has seen it grow ever since. Ed Wood also runs hot yoga and yoga teacher training courses.
He brings all this experience to his friendly and informal classes.
Ed has always been interested in the anatomy and eastern practices. Before becoming a hot yoga teacher, Ed was a Tai Chi instructor. Ed has a background of martial arts, including as a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Sinead Duncan
Yoga Teacher
Hello! My name is Sinead. I’m one of the Directors here at Yogafurie and it’s very likely you’ll meet me at some point when starting at our studio.
You’ll find me teaching in our hot yoga classes, leading our retreats, assisting on our Teacher Training courses, or working behind our reception desk.
I am passionate about yoga as a tradition and hot yoga as a practice. For me hot yoga is the perfect medicine, it helps us to become present and to tune in to our bodies. This helps to manage stress levels, build strength and flexibility, boost confidence and improve our mood and sleep patterns. I take a keen interest in how the body moves and what we can do to boost our health and vitality – physically, mentally and emotionally.
If you see me, come say hi!
Elena De Luca
Manager
Hi to everybody! My name is Elena and I am the studio manager at Yogafurie.
You probably will see me most of the time here at the desk answering queries and managing the daily operational business!
I obviously love Yoga and love my job here! Hope you enjoy our fantastic studio like I do!
Namaste Hermanos!
Sharon Zurybida
Administrator and Receptionist
Ash Bond
Lead Instructor and Yoga Teacher
Hi! I’m a Hot Yoga Teacher and also a Lead Instructor for Yogafurie Academy Teacher Training.
In my classes we work with strengthening, activating, stretching, diving deep and playing lightly on the surface. I am trained in a number of styles – from Forrest and Vinyasa to Restorative and bodywork – all of which help me shape our classes around what you and your body need on that day. My hope is that together we can create a space that is accessible and a space that is as free as it can be from judgement and fear.
Emily Rowsell
Yoga Teacher
I teach a wide variety of yoga styles but mainly Vinyasa Flow and mindfulness. Through a dynamic Yoga Flow I am able to offer a release, on whatever level you may need it. Whether that’s to help find some extra comfort in your lower back or find a deeper connection to heal the body and spirit body.
I have developed my classes around what has helped strengthen my mind and body from the ups and downs of modern life, I am extremely dedicated to creating a nurturing and safe environment for yogis of all levels and love what I do!
You will find me teaching both Hot Yoga classes and Yogafurie Academy Teacher Training.
Tayler Hayes
Yoga Teacher
Tayler is a dedicated yoga teacher and practitioner who lives and breathes the practices of yoga, believing that they have immense healing and nurturing capacity for us all. Her classes weave together creative and intelligent sequencing, functional alignment and the wonder of yogic philosophy.
Tayler hopes for every one of her students to leave class feeling at ease in their own bodies: to feel still, strong and spacious in equal measure. You can find her on Saturday mornings for Classic Furie and on the Online platform!
Kate Hardcastle
Yoga Teacher
I started practicing yoga in 2002 after my partner passed away. Through yoga I found a way to manage my grief, connect to my breath and start to heal.
Yoga has been a part of my life since, helping to manage life’s ups and downs, including two pregnancies. I find huge joy through practicing and love to share this with others. I offer a friendly, innovative and nurturing approach to yoga.
My classes are accessible to all from complete beginners to regular practitioners; I work with you and your practice. Be prepared to go to your edge and be supported with every breath.
Joy Van
Yoga Teacher
Aaron Mulhern
Yoga Teacher
I was always interested in strength and conditioning but once I stepped into the hot studio I discovered a whole new terrain of movement done in a mindful, introspective way.
It’s a bit like tea; I don’t feel quite right without it and yet what makes it special is hard to get across.
When I am not at the studio teaching or practising I am generally chilling out with my three year old son or reading (anatomy and sports books if I feel proactive, fantasy if I need some down time).
If you ever have any questions then be sure to ask me, I’m always learning but I love to share what I’ve discovered so far.
Kate Samways
Yoga Teacher
Morven Hamilton
Course Leader for Yoga for Cancer Teacher Training
A YA accredited Senior Yoga Teacher, Morven Hamilton has been practising yoga since 1995 and teaching it since 2008.
Morven has been teaching and mentoring on yoga teacher training programmes since 2012. Her previous experience as a language and music teacher and university lecturer has given her almost two decades of teaching and group facilitation experience. During her time working as a teacher, teacher trainer and group facilitator she has seen yoga radically transform people’s lives.
She has worked extensively with people seeking the therapeutic benefits of yoga, including those suffering from anxiety, stress, insomnia and depression, CFS, COPD, cancer and those recovering from injury.
In 2011 Morven began her work at Penny Brohn Cancer Care in Bristol, the flagship centre for the UK’s leading complementary cancer care organisation. From 2011 to 2016 she worked closely with Penny Brohn clients, running yoga courses for people with cancer and their loved ones.
Over the years her approach has evolved into Healing the Whole Person, a mindful, whole-person approach to yoga for cancer. Mindfulness has played an increasingly important role in her own practice and daily life, and is integral to her teaching style. She has trained on the Breathworks Mindfulness for Health teacher training programme, directed by Vidyamala Burch.
Morven worked as a course facilitator at Penny Brohn Cancer Care for several years, delivering the Living Well course, a two-day intensive course for people coping with the impact of cancer. She works on a group and one to one basis with cancer patients and has run retreats and workshops for people with a diagnosis and their loved ones.
Skelly
Behind Reception Desk
I’m Skelly. I’m well travelled for a skeleton, I’ve been to Germany and back and I’ve made guest appearances at other studios around Bristol.
When I’m not making a great double act with Ed and the Academy Team, I’m busy hanging out behind reception.
I know A LOT about Yoga as I’m around for a lot of the Teacher Training and other courses. If you have any questions, I’m quite easy to get a hold of as I’ll always be at the studio.
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