Lilley Harvey
Lilley radiates an infectious enthusiasm for yoga so that for anyone in its vicinity it is like being caught in a tractor beam. Beware. Once you enrol into Peacock Tree, it’s likely to be for life!
Lilley is a highly motivated and creative individual (with a background in fashion design). She has a naturally innovative approach to her teaching programmes – which inspire, delight and constantly challenge her students.
Lilley founded Peacock Tree Yoga in York in 2010. The York Yoga classes are rich and varied with blended flow sequences from both the Sivananda and Ashtanga traditions. Read more about Lilley here.
The Peacock Tree Yoga Team
Ali Sidaway – School Administrator and Yoga Teacher
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Helene Lecomte – Yoga Teacher
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Imogen Heald – Yoga Teacher
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Jason Scott – Ivory Tickling Ashtangi
The famous pianist and mathematician, Tom Leher, once said, “Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.” For classically trained jazz pianist, Jason Scott, it’s yoga that allows him to get the most out of life – and his piano! Yoga, he says, trains us to ‘play’ – to live – with steadiness and ease.
A highly accomplished ashtangi (currently working on the third series), Jason’s been committed to this dynamic practice since 2005, when he first discovered yoga in South America. One worn out David Swenson video cassette, a rigorous teacher training, hours of practice under the watchful eye of Joey Miles, and several trips to India’s Ashtanga Yoga Institute later, and Jason has emerged as one of the leading ashtanga teachers in the North of England.
Whether teaching a modified version of this versatile yoga system, variations on the traditional sequence, or talking students through the traditional Sanskrit counted Primary and Intermediate series, Jason brings warmth, humour and expertise to every class – so that everyone can enjoy the life (and piano) enhancing effects of a regular ashtanga practice.
Daniel Harvey ~ Adventurer & Architect
Everyone who knows Daniel can’t help but be amazed by his extraordinary levels of energy, self discipline and the speed of his professional output. Whilst living in India Daniel studied a yoga system called ‘Bheemashakti’ which required him getting up at 2 am and practising 9 hours of asana and pranayama daily for 48 days – fasting entirely for 3 days on each moon day during the period. Daniel enjoys extremes…
Daniel did his teacher training in Ashtanga yoga with Ajay Kumar in Mysore, India and currently practises with Joey Miles in Leeds. Recently his practice has matured to embrace a deep meditative work and he is currently inspired by the shamanic practices of the native South Americans.
Steve Poile ~ Veg Growing Wanderer
As a thoughtful & intelligent yogi, who loves to travel, Steve uses his yoga practice (which began in 2011) to centre himself wherever he may be – from Britain’s dales, vales, moors and shores, to the ashrams and yoga centres of India. Steve has a lovely teaching manner, making beginner students especially feel reassured.
He can also be found putting down roots (literally!) in his home town of York, growing his own vegetables in order to sustain an organic, vegetarian diet – and to use in the exotic dishes he creates, inspired by the cuisine he has enjoyed on his travels.
Steve’s title, ‘Yoga Siromani’, and his spiritual name, Isvara (Supreme Soul), were bestowed on him when he travelled to the foothills of the Himalayas, to the Uttarkashi Sivananda Yoga Centre – and suspended all communication with the outside world for an entire month!
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