A sanctuary for self nurture, growth and healing in South London, the Shala Yoga Centre is a well established yoga centre with a reputation for exceptional teaching. For over 20 years, our focus has been on enhancing well-being through yoga.
Our sister organisation The Shala School of Yoga offers 200 hour Level 1, 300-hour Level 2 and CPD yoga teacher trainings for personal and professional development.
An introduction to the Shala Yoga Centre and the yoga classes we have on offer.
Learn to use sound to create some tranquility & put energy into your classes or practice
This rich 4-day course with lead teachers Melanie Cooper and Gingi Lee is designed for yoga teachers who wish to deepen their understanding of asana and refine how they teach asana based classes so it they are alive, multi-faceted, inspirational – and moving with modern times.
This comprehensive 6-day training interweaves theory with a holistic, technical, spiritual and practical approach to teaching yoga to pregnant women. Led by Birth Doula, Yoga Teacher and Childbirth Educator Alexa Dean, this course gives you the skills and knowledge to confidently and safely teach pregnancy yoga.
Inspire & Ignite Your Teaching Path series led by Charli Van Ness. This series of training days brings to you a variety of themes to inspire, refresh and refuel you as a teacher as well as give you a wealth of content from which to create workshops and retreats for your students.
Part 1 of our Inspire & Ignite Your Teaching Path series, this is a creative, informative and inspiring training day to spark new ideas and reinvigorate your teaching.
For anyone interested in studying with us, we warmly invite you to join us for this FREE event with our lead teacher trainers Gingi Lee and Melanie Cooper . This will be an opportunity to join us in person (or via livestream) for two evening practices (flow followed by nidra), and hear more about our training programmes, plus ask your questions.
A FREE 2-hour session exploring what it means to be socially engaged as a yoga practitioner.
Still the body to still the mind with a deliciously relaxing and meditative afternoon of Yin Yoga. Long-holds of floor-based postures encourage the deeper muscles and connective tissue to release. As we slow down space is created for quiet self-reflection.
Enter the new year with fresh vision and purpose by joining us for this 1-day in-person retreat on the cusp of 2024: a bespoke blend of mindfulness, meditation, and breathwork practices to nurture and prepare you for a graceful and confident entry into the new year.
An immersive journey of diverse yoga practices, community, and rejuvenation. From invigorating vinyasa sequences to soothing meditation, incorporating music, poetry, and ancient wisdom – following the five central tenets of Jivamukti yoga.
A magical New Year’s Eve event of gong, mantra, meditation and sound healing. Let the transformational vibrations of sound take you on a meditative journey, releasing blockages and stress, quieting the mind and reviving your heart and spirit. Welcome 2024!
Join internationally renowned restorative yoga teacher Adelene Cheong for a FREE webinar exploring the art and science of restorative yoga. Here she will discuss the intrinsic benefits of a restorative yoga practice and how to ‘rest’, to ‘relax’ and to ‘restore’ is a natural vital process in our lives, which supports optimal physiological functioning and promotes healing and growth.
Read more about Restorative Yoga Teacher Training HERE.
yoga classes
Most classes at the Shala Yoga Centre are in studio and some memberships offer on demand recordings.
A liberating and versatile practice, which can decompress, strengthen and stretch the whole body, improve circulation, boost digestion and dramatically lift your mood.
A flowing, rhythmic practice with a strong focus on the breath and movement as a form of meditation.
A quiet focused Ashtanga “self-practice” class where yoga becomes a moving meditation connecting mind, body and soul through the breath.
Join us every Wednesday for this intimate session for mums & babies to learn and experience baby massage and yoga.
A beginners class to improve stamina, strength and flexibility, providing the foundations for a safe and beneficial yoga practice.
An energising, grounding and flowing open level yoga class.
A fun and challenging dynamic class to build strength, flexibility and get energy flowing.
A fusion of yoga & bodyrolling, a unique and profound form of yoga and therapeutic work, which reorganises the mechanics of the body, elongating muscles, releasing the spine and improving alignment, mobility and flexibility.
An integration of meditative practices with elements of yoga, qigong, free movement, meditation and breathwork to encourage a profound sense of well-being and connection to body and mind.
Nourishing mind, body and soul, our pregnancy classes support, inform and empower women through pregnancy, towards a conscious and positive birth experience.
A soulful class to coax you into a deep state of rest and contemplation; unwinding, rebalancing and nourishing body, mind and spirit.
A gentle and meditative yoga class that blends yin, restorative and nidra practices in a slow, nourishing and deeply relaxing practice.
Special offers. Featured or new services. Plus a selection of news.
Our 300-hour training is for teachers who have already completed their level 1 (200–hour) training and offers a plethora of benefits as a working yoga teacher.
What exactly is yoga and what is it for? There are many different answers in ancient texts, and few of them apply to modern life without being reframed.
“Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body and spirit for the rest of your life”- Ina May Gaskin
Yoga is many things to many people. When we ask this question on our teacher training programmes we usually end up with many words scrawled all over the whiteboard. It is hard to define as it is so expansive and all-encompassing. Here we have chosen 8 words we associate with yoga.
What is yoga nidra and how can it help me? Yoga nidra is a fast-track method to switching off and accessing deep relaxation, but it is also so much more…..
For over 10 years now meditation and mindfulness has been successfully used within some healthcare settings as a treatment plan for mental health. David Behren’s, our breathwork, mindfulness and meditation teacher talks about how perspective taking is an important part of mastering the mind.
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