About Angela
Angela is a UK-based Hatha Yoga teacher, mindfulness practitioner, studio owner and qualified counsellor with over twenty years’ experience supporting wellbeing, personal growth and therapeutic self-enquiry. Her work is rooted in presence, compassion and embodied awareness, offering practices that are inclusive, grounding and deeply relevant to modern life.
Her yoga classes are slow-paced, embodied, and breath-led, supporting students in reconnecting with their bodies and cultivating moment-to-moment awareness. Angela teaches with sensitivity and care, creating spaces where people of all backgrounds, abilities and experience levels feel welcome, safe and supported.
A Life Shaped by Yoga
Yoga has been part of Angela’s life for over two decades. Like many, her journey began with curiosity and exploration of different styles, but it was her discovery of Iyengar Yoga at the Liverpool Iyengar Yoga Studio in 2000 that truly anchored her practice. Under the guidance of Judi Sofa, Angela experienced yoga for the first time as sacred and transformative. This period laid the foundations for her confidence, discipline and deep respect for the tradition.
Her love for yoga led her to India in 2006, where she spent a month at the Shanti Bhavan Yoga and Massage Centre in Kerala, immersing herself in daily practice, Ayurvedic treatments and spiritual study. The following year, she returned to India for three months, travelling from north to south and practising yoga in ashrams along the way.
Her journey culminated in a deeply meaningful visit to The Root Institute in Bodh Gaya, where she attended a 10-day silent meditation retreat. Bodh Gaya is one of the most sacred sites in Buddhism, the place where Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree and became the Buddha. This profound immersion into silence, mindful awareness and Buddhist philosophy further deepened Angela’s understanding of the contemplative path and its connection to self-awareness, compassion and liberation, experiences that continue to shape and inform both her yoga and mindfulness teaching today.
Teaching Path and Ongoing Learning
In 2010, Angela began her formal teaching journey with the Inner Yoga Trust’s foundation course, inspired by the work of Vanda Scaravelli and its non-forceful, intuitive approach to asana. In 2012, she enrolled with Yogacampus, where a breath-led and personalised practice opened yoga to her in an entirely new way. She completed her 200-hour Yoga Alliance-accredited training in 2013 and has been teaching ever since.
Angela has continued to deepen her practice with some of the most respected teachers in the world, including Mark Whitwell and Paul Harvey, both of whom were long-term students of TKV Desikachar, son of the revered T. Krishnamacharya, widely regarded as the father of modern yoga. Krishnamacharya’s influence shaped many of the most well-known Indian yoga teachers such as B.K.S. Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois, and his legacy continues through this rich lineage.
Angela completed The Heart of Yoga teacher training with Mark Whitwell, who co-wrote The Heart of Yoga with TKV Desikachar, a seminal text that presents yoga as a deeply personal, breath-led and adaptive practice. Alongside this, Angela’s one-to-one mentoring with Paul Harvey, a direct pupil of Desikachar, further enriched her practice, offering depth, clarity and a profound understanding of how classical yoga principles can be skilfully applied to support modern life.
Her commitment to learning extends beyond yoga into mindfulness, meditation and therapeutic practice. In 2023, she began specialist training with the Mindfulness Network and is now on the internationally recognised pathway to teach mindfulness-based programmes in collaboration with Bangor University. Alongside this, she is currently studying for a BSc (Hons) in Reflective Therapeutic Practice at the Metanoia Institute, integrating mindfulness, counselling and somatic approaches into her work.
Building Community
Angela’s dream was always to create a welcoming space where people could feel safe, supported and at home in their bodies. In 2016, she opened Yoga Blackpool, a studio grounded in inclusivity, connection and community. The studio continues to thrive and evolve, reflecting her vision of a space where people can grow, heal and find peace.
After nine years of nurturing and growing her studio, Angela has proudly relaunched Yoga Blackpool as Yoga Rise Blackpool. This new chapter reflects an expanded vision, offering a wider range of classes, workshops and community clubs that support connection, wellbeing and personal growth in an inclusive and welcoming environment.
Yoga Rise Blackpool continues to honour Angela’s original intention: to create a space where everyone feels supported, seen and empowered on their unique path. Learn more at yogariseblackpool.com
Home and Heart
Angela is a mum to two boys, and lives in Poulton-le-Fylde with her partner Adam and their dog Bella. Originally from London, her journey eventually led her to Lancashire, where she found both home and roots.
Her lived experience, combined with her professional training, informs a compassionate, real and deeply human approach to her teaching. She honours the wisdom of her teachers and traditions with integrity, teaching from the heart with humility and care.
Angela’s intention is simple yet powerful: to support others in reconnecting with themselves, cultivating awareness, and finding greater ease, resilience and balance in everyday life.
