MEET THE TEAM
Eva Kristlova
About Eva
Hi, I am Eva and I run the Yoga Life Studio – hope you like it as much as I do! My aim is to provide a welcoming, supportive, safe and peaceful space for our local community and also those joining us online.
I am a professional yoga teacher who qualified with British Wheel of Yoga and registered Senior Yoga Alliance Professionals Teacher. I also offer Reiki Healing.
My classes range from a Gentle Hatha Yoga, Mindful flow, Restorative yoga to Meditation, Beach Yoga (on Eastbourne pebbles) or Aerial Yoga and SUP Yoga. Absolutely everyone can join my classes and find a practice that resonates and feels good for them.
I am also a published author at the OM Yoga & Lifestyle Magazine and YOGA Magazine. I write about all sorts of aspects of yoga and share sequences with the readers.
You will find me at the Yoga Life Studio most days, and if I’m not there I will be on the beach or Cuckmere river having fun, doing something yoga related. When I am done with the fun I am most likely to be answering your lovely messages and organising our next event.
Next time you are passing by come in and say hi!
Aggie Zadanska-Draper
About Aggie
Hello, I am Aggie (Agnieszka Zadanska-Draper). I have been practising yoga for over 7 years and teaching since 2014, when I completed my teacher training course with Yogacampus. I do not have gymnastic or acrobatic background and understand well everyone who feels infexible and cannot touch their toes. I teach yoga in Yoga Life Studio on Mondays at 7:30pm. This class is for all, regardless of their flexibility and body shapes. No need to worry about the strength and experience either! Expect to feel recharged and restored and with time to get stronger in body and mind!
Angela Whimpenny
About Angela
Hi I’m Angela, I am a qualified yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals.
I have a deep passion for yoga and have been practising regularly for many years.
I believe that yoga is for all and encourage everyone to jump on a yoga mat as often as possible.
Join me on Sundays from 09.00-10.00 a.m. to “Setup your Sunday”
Belinda Chavasse
About Belinda
Belinda has been working spiritually and energetically for the most part of her life and has qualified in Reiki, Shamanism, as well as in Sound. The beauty of Sound Healing is it is so easily accessible to all, and utterly uncomplicated as it frees us from constraints of the mind.
As a healer, she works with clients both locally and distantly and seeks to coach, support and facilitate individuals to empower themselves by helping them connect with their own innate wisdom.
Chantell Jenkins
About Chantell
Claire Nicole
About Claire
My name is Claire Nicole and I am qualified in Reiki 1,2 & Masters Degree and hold an aromatherapy degree. I have a passion for holistic therapies, yoga and dance. I practise Reiki sessions on a one to one basis to improve overall health, wellbeing and relaxation. I believe in treating the person as a whole and reconnecting with the soul in order to improve any physical manifestations. Sessions available at The Yoga Life Studio are on Wednesday & Thursday mornings and also Sunday afternoons. Others days/hours are possible in different settings within the town/countryside. I also now offer aromatherapy massages and combined Reiki/massage treatments prices starting at £30. Please check out my website www.angelicwaves.co.uk for further details or contact me direct. To book direct by appointment only call 07982119519. Prices for Reiki are 30mins /£25 1hr/ £30.
Connie Lodwick
About Connie
Hey there, my name is Connie…
For many years now, since the age of 18, I have always been interested & dabbled into the spiritual world. The more yoga classes I attended & the more books I read… I realised that I had an intense draw to the practice of yoga. It allowed me to feel grounded, overcome some truly difficult times & connect back to myself after the longest time of feeling lost & uncertain of who I was.
After spending several years practising yoga daily & reaping the many benefits it brought me. I decided I had a deeper purpose in this world, to deliver this practice to many more like-minded humans who needed to reconnect back to what matters.
In 2019 I ventured to India, the heart of yoga, to complete my 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training & it was a truly transformational experience. Shortly after, I returned back to the UK and started sharing my knowledge and spreading my passion for yoga with the world through weekly in-person & online classes, workshops & assisting on retreats, and I have been doing so ever since!
In 2023, I felt a yearning to return to the motherland, so I headed back to India to further my studies, where I completed my 300-hour Teacher Training & Level 1 Sound Healing.
I truly feel I have found my purpose on this earth & it’s to create a safe, welcoming and loving space to meet people wherever they’re at on their yoga journey and to assist the healing process through the multiple limbs of Yoga.
I teach Vinyasa, Yin, Hatha, Bhakti & Sound Healing.
I can’t wait to meet you & welcome you with open arms to my events ♡
Fiona Daly
About Fiona
Fiona discovered yoga in 1996 and trained with Sivananda Yoga in 2006, later studying Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Claire Missingham in London. Fiona has also trained in prenatal, postnatal yoga and Yoga Nidra with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and has also studied with Tias Little, Shiva Rea and Donna Farhi. Fiona encourages the individual yogi to develop and evolve at their own pace and to meet the needs of their current place of being; offering modifications and challenging asana along the way. She continues to expand on her knowledge of yoga and is constantly inspired by her students and teachers alike.
Join Fiona’s class on Wednesdays at 7.30pm
Fon (Kheethachanok Manotum)
About Fon
Sawaddee kaa, hello! My name is Fon and I am a Thai Yoga Teacher. For most of my adult life I’ve worked with stray animals in various charities in South East Asia. I started practicing yoga looking for some positive way to deal with the emotional burden that my work used to lay on me. The regular practice of yoga allowed me to find a better balance, in my personal and professional life.
In more recent years I have decided to take this passion to the next level and started the path to become a Registered Yoga Teacher.
I have studied Anusaranga Yoga with Kru Dutchi, in Northern Thailand, and started practicing Ujjayi breathing, mindfulness meditation and bandhas.
My hope is to be able to share with others what I’ve learnt (and I’m still learning): Yoga has given a lot to me, and I’d like to give something back to others.
I am very new to Eastbourne and look forward to meeting you at the Yoga Life Studio!
Georgina Warrick
About Georgina
Hello, I am Georgina I’m a Eastbourne/ St Leonards/Hastings based yoga alliance qualified 200 hour teacher. I am also trained in pregnancy yoga, postnatal yoga, mummy and baby yoga and meditation.
I strongly believe that yoga is for everyBODY and I teach very gentle and relaxing yoga that is accessible to everyone. Beginners are more than welcome and no flexibility is required.
In today’s busy world I believe it is essential that through our yoga practice we slow down and rest and relax .Come and join me on the mat and enjoy some much needed and well deserved relaxing ‘me time’.
I teach on Thursdays at Yoga Life Studio Gentle yoga and relaxation (yoga nidra) for stress relief 5.30pm-6.30pm
You will also find me often covering for Eva when she is away teaching retreats.
Really look forward to practising with you.
Louise Neter
About Louise
For the last ten years I have studied and experienced first-hand transformative change. This time of study with this change has brought me home to who I truly am. Back to connecting with Nature and the The Natural Rhythms of Life. I am inspired to share the Well Being tools of my training with others to support transformative change with kindness and understanding.
For me, I continue along the Well Being Path. Sometimes I stumble, sometimes my head is held high, and my arms swing lightly by my sides. There has been no fixing, no changing. No getting things right.
What there has been…. Is a growing awareness of being damaged but not broken. Of picking up tools for Self Care and along the way deeply listening to the stories my body has held on to.
My time of study with the Shiatsu College Hastings, with my tutor Annie Cryar has led me to become a Shiatsu Practitioner and a Scaravelli Inspired Yoga Teacher.
Mary Thornton
About Mary
Mary’s ethos as a practitioner is to look at everyone as unique, taking into consideration their physical & emotional wellbeing, while supporting them to achieve optimum mobility and function through education and movement.
She graduated as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 1997 and started her career working within the NHS, developing skills in areas such as orthopaedics, respiratory/ ICU, amputees and neurology, before specialising as a senior clinician in muscular skeletal outpatients and women’s health. During this time she treated a vast array of muscular skeletal symptoms and obstetric / gynaecological care within a hospital, community and GP setting.
In the private sector she has practiced at the Sussex Centre for Sports Medicine, Sportswise, often working with professional athletes as part of their rehabilitation programme.
In 1998 Mary started her Pilates training with the DMA Clinical Pilates, Australia then continued to train with Stott Pilates, Canada, as well as completing a years equipment based certification course with the Pilates Foundation UK. She also holds qualifications in Garuda and has completed a 200 hour Yoga Alliance teacher training course, as well as being a registered Pink Ribbon Mastectomy rehabilitation & Menopause Yoga practitioner.
Mary went on to open her own clinic; The Clinical Pilates Studio in 2007 – 2024 with the vision of developing an holistic clinic to empower people through movement and give them the tools to live a healthy and active life what ever their ability.
Mary’s special interest in Women’s Health & Hypermobility syndromes led her to develop “The Reconnect to your Pelvic Floor Method”, an online educational programme for Women with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.
Mary’s love of movement and sharing knowledge has led her to be a guest lecturer for many renowned institutions such as the Chartered society of Physiotherapy, Brighton University, Pilates Method Alliance, Fascia Symposium UK, Pilates Method Alliance USA, Pilates Foundation UK, Alan Herdman’s – Celebration of Movement and Balanced Body.
Mary also runs and presents her own Clinical Pilates Teacher Training CPD courses and is an accredited CIMSPA Educator Partner.
Nick Neter
About Nick
I have been studying and working with Shiatsu since 1993. I enrolled at Zen School of Shiatsu in London in 1996 and completed my professional training at the Shiatsu College, Hastings in 2004. I now work at the Yogalife Studio, St Lukes, Stone Cross, the Natural Fitness Centre and Sweetapple Studio in Eastbourne. I also run monthly donation-based Shiatsu clinics at various locations in and around Eastbourne. In 2011 I completed a B’Sc Hons. at the University of Brighton in Multidisciplinary Healthcare where I carried out research into the effects of Shiatsu on back pain.
Qigong has been part of my Shiatsu practice since 1995, being an integral part of our Shiatsu training. In 2013 I completed my Diploma of Qigong Teaching with the Shiatsu College, Hastings and run regular classes in and around Eastbourne. I have taught Qigong at both St Wilfrids and St Michaels Hospice and the Hellingly Centre.
In 2014 I co-founded and helped to build the Well Being Centre near Eastbourne, an environmentally friendly and holistic health centre for complementary and transformative healing work, in all its forms, on the edge of Pevensey marshes. This was born out of my passion for supporting and promoting complementary health and wellbeing locally that is accessible for all. I have also enjoyed sharing Shiatsu and teaching Qigong at numerous festivals over the years, including Glastonbury, Elderflower Fields and Sun and Moon Festivals and have been fortunate enough to co-organise Retreats in Greece every year for the past 10 years.
Nick Neter B’Sc Hons FrSS DipQi DipSh
Safia Bowley
About Safia
I have been practising yoga for 20 years, but began sharing it with others in 2012 after taking a BSY teacher training course. Since then, I have held regular Friday morning Let-go-of-the-week Hatha sessions, incorporating breath work, energising stretches (seated and standing, with modifications where needed) and nurturing relaxation. I believe that yoga is for everyone, and love helping others investigate the effects of a gentle but regular practise, which can be truly powerful, refreshing and calming for both body and mind. Join us on Fridays at 10:00.
Find out more about Safia
Samir Mlik
About Samir
Sunny Heskell
About Sunny
Zoe Maskell
About Zoe
My Name is Zoe Aidenne Maskell and I have been practicing yoga for over six years now.
My passion for yoga started just before lock down when I was dealing with all my university assessments. Yoga brought me back to the present moment and slowed my mind down.
This led to me wanting to learn the deeper roots of yoga and so I booked my yoga training in Portugal for a month. I absolutely loved it! I reaped the benefits of yoga and knew it was something that I wanted to share with others.
I’ve never looked back and I feel so grateful for everything that yoga has taught me.
My class blends playful energy with a chill vibe, perfect for anyone looking to move, breathe, and challenge themselves—just a little. Expect creative flows, accessible options, and a few moments that might push you (in a good way). Whether you’re here to unwind, work a bit harder or smile, there’s space for you on the mat.