“I am seriously loving hot yoga! There is no ego in the classes at Yoga Corner, all the teachers are friendly, always smiling, and have an amazing knowledge of the practice. I cannot rate the classes here highly enough!”
Our team of teachers are passionate, welcoming, understanding and of course fully qualified. Classes are suitable for all levels of experience, and our teachers understand what it's like to step into your first yoga class - we've all been there!
Here's a little more about them, but remember, we're really all about you - creating the most supportive, welcoming, and open environment for you to find your hands, your feet, and your self on your yoga mat.
Amy Leonard-KING
Amy is passionate about sharing yoga. Her own experience with the practice was a slow and steady evolution into what is now not only a daily practice, but touches every aspect of her life.
After completing her BCom at Melbourne University and then working a corporate job for 5 years, Amy's wish to create a 'job' that was her passion and life's work lead to taking a first Yoga Teacher Training whilst living abroad in London, and subsequently spending recent years travelling and studying under Yoga teachers from different lineages including Hatha, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Anusara, Jivamukti and Yin Yoga both here in Melbourne and all over the world. The Yoga Corner studio is Amy's dream come into reality, and was many years in the making, the creation of a place for people to come and connect back to the truest part of themselves.
Amy is humbled and inspired by the opportunity to share her love and joy of the practices of Yoga with anyone willing to take that first step onto the Yoga mat. More than exploring the physical practice in her classes and linking awareness of the breath, Amy's passion lies in sharing the deeper philosophy and ancient teachings that take us to a more subtle and profound understanding of ourselves, drawing us closer to our original state of truth, consciousness + bliss. Amy brings a calming presence to her teaching, whilst challenging students both physically and mentally, offering up ways to both ground + find our centre, as well as expand beyond our perceived limitations. She links the ancient practices of Yoga with how we can access these ideas in our modern lives.
EMMA PYTHIAN
Emma has been practicing yoga for over a decade. Initially attracted to the physical benefits, it was the profound positive effects on her mental and emotional wellness that had her hooked on the practice. First discovering Iyengar Yoga, Emma has explored many methods and loves to integrate meditation and pranayama into her classes.
As a full time professional, Emma understands the pressures of the modern world all too well and yoga has become a necessary ingredient in daily life to find balance and inner peace.
She is passionate about sharing the practice with others and giving back to the yoga community
Kasia Wilson
Five years ago Kasia's passion for yoga was reignited and as it grew so did her desire to teach. Her Yoga journey started many years prior to arriving in Australia, born in Poland and having lived in the UK and Ireland, Kasia had further desire to travel and decided on a trip to India to do a Yoga teacher training course. That experience and travel around India planted a seed and 12 years later Kasia has changed career and sought a new path teaching Yoga.
Super excited, bursting with energy and love for the practice Kasia has great passion for both teaching and continuing to be a student.
She feels passionate about how individual we all are, how we all need to listen to our bodies and ensure we have a safe practise that supports us throughout our life.
“Yoga to me is a practice of Self love in every moment. Challenge yourself…modify if you need to but make sure you look after yourself…and no matter what stay connected with the breath.”
KELEIGH LYNCH
Keleigh originally hails from Boston, where she grew up and attended college, graduating from Lesley University with a BA in Holistic Psychology; Yoga as Therapy in 2010.
Her yoga career began when she was accepted into a college semester intensive study program at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. A few months after completing the semester’s studies of yogic philosophy and practice, Keleigh returned to Kripalu to obtain her Yoga Teacher Training Certification in 2009. She has been teaching ever since.
Keleigh moved to Melbourne in November 2018 from San Francisco and is a User Experience Designer. She spends the majority of her time-off adventuring with her 9 year old groodle, Mammút, who made the move to Melbourne with her.
LOUISE MAGUIRE
Our prenatal teacher Louise, has been intrigued with pregnancy, babies and human physiology since a young child.
After school, Louise completed a Bachelors Degree in General Nursing but soon recognised the shortcomings of today's health industry and the necessity for holistic therapies to become more mainstream.
Her passion for yoga ignited when she noticed the benefits she was gaining from the yoga classes her GP had recommended. After easing her back pain, stress and other symptoms, Louise felt inspired to share this amazing practice with others.
She soon began studying the teachings of Yoga, completing her 200hr training with the Classical Yoga School of Scotland and her passion didn’t stop there.
She has since completed certificates in children’s yoga with Rainbow Kids Yoga and in pre/post-natal yoga with Bliss Baby Yoga.
For the past two years, Louise’s teachings have been solely focused on Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga. She is also currently studying to become a Pregnancy, Birth and Postnatal Doula.
LINDA BROWNE
From the first time Linda stepped on a yoga mat at Yoga Corner back in 2014, she knew it was going to be a lifelong love affair.
Like a lot of practitioners, she started doing yoga as a form of physical exercise. Linda loved the physicality of her practice and the way a strong, sweaty practice made her feel. It didn’t take long for a dedicated daily practice to become part of her life and with that came all the other benefits. Yoga transformed and changed Linda’s life in a way she never imagined and ignited a passion that lead to her completing her 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Ubud with Radiantly Alive.
Linda holds space for her students to explore, feel and discover what yoga can be for them. She wants nothing more than to share her passion and the magic and beauty of yoga so that students can connect their breath and movement and journey to the stillness within.
LYDIA RICHARDS
One of Yoga Corner’s longest serving teachers, Lydia is a true believer in the sacred wisdom practices of yoga and the clarity, confidence and calm a regular practice can bring to your life. Lydia first came to yoga while working a stressful corporate job, turning to the practice as a method of both physical exercise and relaxation.
Her love of the practice eventually led her to leave behind the corporate world and head to Bali where she completed her 200 Hour Vinyasa Flow teacher training at the Power of Now Oasis in Sanur.
Since then, Lydia has undergone further study in yin + restorative yoga, meditation and Bhakti Yoga and – recognising the human curriculum as one of our greatest teachers – Lydia just loves to explore how yoga philosophy can be applied to our busy, modern lives.
These days, yoga is to Lydia more of a remembering of that which we are free of the bondage of the mind, body and emotions - and views practice as an opportunity to drop back (even momentarily) into the joyful bounty of the heart. Here everything and anything is possible.
MICHELLE SMITH
Michelle has a vibrant history with Yoga, growing up with her mother who is a registered Yoga teacher, the practice was seamlessly weaved into her life as a child. Through her teenage years she continued to practice, however, it wasn't until her early-20's working in corporate marketing in the Middle East that she met the true benefits of the practice. Yoga became a gateway for Michelle to connect with a deeper part of herself, while supporting her through several sports injuries and consequent surgeries. When Michelle undertook her training to teach Yoga, it felt like a coming home. She teaches a fluid, soft yet strong vinyasa, with a passion for journeying people to a place of clarity, calm and feeling a little more at home in their bodies. Michelle also teaches Yin where she weaves in elements of her studies of Chinese medicine, daoism, taiji and qi gong.
NATASHA PAIN
Natasha first discovered yoga as a way to compliment her dance training. In 2013 she graduated with a BA Dance from the Victorian College of the Arts and found a natural progression into yoga completing her 200hr teacher training in 2017. During her studies, Natasha realised her passion for teaching the art of the moving body through yoga.
From having a keen interest in anatomy, her own practice and method of teaching focuses on alignment and at the same time allows for the joy of movement and meditation in motion that is yoga. Natasha’s classes give each student the opportunity to take what they need from their practice with breath and movement connection as the foundation.
Whether you’re new to the practice, or a seasoned yogi, Natasha's classes are accessible to everybody.
We're always on the lookout for passionate yoga teachers, please get in touch if you're interested in joining our team.
We do however kindly ask that you first visit the studio first as a student to ensure that you feel our studio and offering is a good fit for you.
Come and say hello and then please then email us at info@yogacorner.com.au