Guest Facilitators
Kara-Leah Grant
200hr Yoga Teacher Training
Kara-Leah is a Non-Dual Teacher influenced primarily by Classical Tantra and committed to liberation in this lifetime. Her strength is in living and practicing the teachings and then being able to communicate them to people in an accessible way.
Kara-Leah is also an internationally-renowned author, with three books to her name (so far!). She is an award-winning writer, who has dabbled in short stories, and written two screenplays, with her third on the way.
She divides her time between teaching Tantra, writing the next Big Project, and supporting people in their journey of healing and awakening – which is often one and the same thing.
Sanyasi Pragyadhara
+300hr Yoga Teacher Training guest facilitator- Mantra, Bhakti Sadhana, Sanskrit
Sanyasi Pragyadhara is a lineage-trained Yoga practitioner with over 15 years of teaching experience rooted in the classical, integrated systems of Yoga. She holds a Masters in Yoga Psychology from the Bihar School of Yoga in India and continues annual immersive study there, deepening her connection to traditional philosophy and practice.
Mantra and meditation form a central pillar of her work. Through The Pure Yoga, she facilitates a dedicated community immersed in mantra and meditation practices, offering regular gatherings that explore sound as a transformative pathway of awareness. Mantra chanting is woven into her classes, workshops, and retreats, including immersive retreats in Bali, where students are guided to experience mantra both as a powerful support to asana practice and as a stand-alone sadhana.
She has designed and led Yoga Teacher Trainings and previously taught on the Diploma of Yoga at the Wellpark College of Natural Therapies. Her teaching bridges theory and lived experience, offering embodied education grounded in clarity, integrity, and accessibility. Based in Torbay, she runs a boutique home studio supporting students from beginners to experienced teachers in integrating traditional Yoga into modern life.
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Robin Kelly
+300hr Yoga Teacher Training guest facilitator- Leading workshop in Non-Violent Communication (NVP)
Robin is a yoga teacher (RYT200), musician, theatre-maker, choir leader, and a generally curious type. Robin ran an independent theatre company (Last Tapes) until 2020. From 2016-2020, Last Tapes Theatre toured a production of his (auto)biographical theatre/music show 'Valerie' around NZ, Australia, and to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it won the Fringe First Award in 2018. Outside of the yoga studio and the rehearsal room, he trained as a molecular biologist and now works to support life science innovation as a business consultant and advisor. Robin has a drive for understanding and nurturing community - supporting people to have access to a place of inspiration, safety, kindness and belonging. This pursuit has led him to training in Nonviolent Communication as a tool to facilitate connection, empathy, and self-expression.
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a powerful framework developed by Marshall Rosenberg that supports honest expression and compassionate listening. NVC invites participants to slow down, notice judgments, and reconnect with what they are observing, feeling, and needing so that communication arises from clarity rather than reactivity. In the context of yoga practice, NVC deepens the capacity to hold space with empathy, give and receive feedback skillfully, and navigate conflict in ways that strengthen trust and connection. Just as yoga cultivates awareness in the body, Nonviolent Communication cultivates awareness in relationships, helping practitioners embody ahimsa - nonviolence - not only on the mat, but in the way they speak, listen, and lead.