Open Studio 2026

It is said that we all come to healing in our own time and this was true for me when in 2000, I fell down a mountain snowboarding, breaking my back in four places and shattering my collarbone. After numerous unsuccessful operations, I decided to take matters into my own hands so that I might stand a chance of being mobile by the time I hit forty.

I began a regular yoga practice and as the ancient saying goes, ‘When the student is ready the teacher will appear.’ I moved back to Cornwall at the same time as Bridget Woods-Kramer, a world renowned Anusara teacher.  I did my first two teacher trainings with no intention of ever teaching yoga, I just wanted to further my knowledge for my own practice. It was Bridget who dropped the bombshell on me that she needed cover for a Saturday class that forced me into teaching my first class. I was completely terrified………but I loved it!

I spent six years studying and teaching with Bridget and have developed a style that is physically challenging with attention to posture and alignment and above all, playful. My experience has taught me to cherish the physical practice of yoga, but it is the connection between mind, body and soul that inspires my practice.  Over the last decade, my personal practice has moved towards Ashtanga and I have undertaken Ashtanga teacher trainings with David Swenson, Manju Jois and John Scott.

I have been teaching for 20 years and over this time I feel deeply privileged to have been taught by some of the worlds best teachers from a range of different schools of yoga, including Richard Freeman, David Williams, Sianna Shermann, Rod Stryker, Doug Keller, Bruce Bowditch, John Friend, Nancy Gilgoff, and Doug Swenson. In my classes I call upon the teachings of all of my teachers to best serve my own students, with a blend of the styles, techniques and adjustments I’ve learnt along my yoga journey. I am also co-founder and director of Lime House Yoga with my partner Emma and a dad to two wonderful children who constantly inspire and challenge me to be more present in the world and on my mat.

Jock teaches:

Mysore (Self-Practice) – Wednesdays | 7-9am

Dynamic Vinyasa – Wednesdays | 6:30-8pm

Rope & Flow – All Levels – Thursdays | 9:30-11am

Ashtanga Vinyasa – Saturdays | 8-9:30am

Amy began yoga with her mum in 1997. It’s been her refuge for grounding, healing and awakening ever since. Amy’s practice since 2008 has been Ashtanga and this remains the heart of her morning ritual. She teacher trained in the Ashtanga Self Practice method with John Scott and apprenticed for three years with Sarah Durney Hatcher. She completed Ashtanga’s fourth series under their generous guidance.

Amy’s practice is rounded out with pranayama, chanting and meditation and she loves to share these where she can. As an Ashtanga teacher Amy specialises in helping people to build an Ashtanga self practice suited to their constitution and life. She believes in keeping it accessible, maintainable and joyful. In this way the practice nourishes and supports the student’s growth rather than the student attempting to conform to an idealised image of each pose.

This individualising of self practices in Ashtanga draws not only on gems from her Ashtanga teachers, but also on her own self practice, her Trauma-Informed Training and outreach work and on her first training in Anusara Yoga with Bridget Woods-Kramer in 2005, which had a strong emphasis on bio-mechanical alignment.

Amy’s current Vinyasa Yoga classes are also deeply informed by this method; offering meditative flow sequences cued with an emphasis on alignment, energetics and breath. Amy also loves rest and recuperation practices and shares Restorative Yoga alongside her dynamic teachings at Lime House when opportunity presents itself.

Amy teaches:

Mysore (Self-Practice): Mondays | 7-9am

Gentle Vinyasa: Mondays | 10-11:30am

Mysore (Self-Practice): Fridays | 7-9am

The practices of yoga and meditation have been a way of life for me since 1998, although I had no idea in those early days to what extent they would profoundly change my life. It has been a journey of learning to trust that we are in exactly the right place at the right time.

I began teaching over 25 years ago, and even though in the beginning the subject was different, teaching has been my path since I left university. In 2000, I was initiated into the practice of Buddhist meditation with Goenkaji in the Vipassana tradition and since then have been taught and inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh and teachers from the Insight and Thai Forest traditions.

In 2005, my first yoga teacher, Beth Shay, took me under her wing as an apprentice. I then went on to train formally in the Anusara tradition and have been teaching yoga for 16 years. More recently, I have been practising with senior teachers in the Iyengar tradition and am grateful for the insights and guidance that all of my teachers have brought.

I first met Jock around 2007 when we crossed paths while training with Bridget Woods-Kramer in Cornwall. We quickly became friends and started practising together and covering each others classes and when Jock founded Lime House, he invited me to come and teach classes and workshops at their first, smaller studio at the back of Jock’s house. After a few years, Jock suggested we look into running a Teacher Training programme together, combining our different energies and areas of expertise to bring a comprehensive training to our students. We ran our first one in 2018 and they now run bi-annually, and I am so grateful for the ability to continue sharing these ancient teachings and the joy that teaching alongside a friend brings.

About 10 years ago, I began practising Ayurveda, which shares its underlying philosophy with yoga. After studying the Foundations of Ayurveda with Doctors Claudia Welch and Robert Svoboda, I understood this to be a key ingredient in spiritual practice. Raising our awareness of the state of our body and mind is not only conducive to good health, but is inherent in our journey towards knowing the inner essence of our being.

My weekly classes in Penryn include a mixture of flow and close attention to alignment in asana, pranayama and meditation. For me, the science of yoga can only be understood through embodiment of the teachings.

“Yoga is a quest to know the nature of the true Self. Since the philosophy of yoga views a human being to be a microcosm of the macrocosm, by connecting with our inner being, we connect with Universal Consciousness, whose nature is utter peace and boundless love. I can’t think of anything more important.” Lucinda

Just like so many of us, my story is not one of huge tragedy, but rather a series of situational experiences and choices that lead me along a path of continuous and ever increasing stressful demands and societal pressures. This left me unhealthy, anxious, depressed, confused and burnt out. Something had to give…

I was introduced to yoga in the form of meditation at a YHA hostel in Bristol, UK when I was 19 years old. I was experiencing daily panic attacks and after building up the courage to ask for help, I received no support from my doctor, which left me wondering if it was all “just in my head”. I didn’t feel heard or understood. In search an alternative, I started these Kundalini meditation sessions, which was a life-boat in the chaos that was my life. Over the years, I found myself turning to yoga at times when I felt lost and overwhelmed. I never understood why I felt so balanced and peaceful after a yoga class, until I decided to  give up my ‘proper city job’ and take some much needed time off, building a life where I felt authentic and true, and finding ways in which I could serve my community and make a difference to peoples lives.

I continue to be lead along a self-accepting path where I am able to truly listen to my heart and connect with what matters most, without excuses or apologies.  After spending some time in India, studying and connecting with the motherland, I have gained a huge respect for Yoga and Ayurveda and all that it can offer us. Yoga and Ayurveda are tools of self discovery.  These tools teach us to connect more deeply to ourselves – becoming aware of our humanity, finding balance, purpose and ultimately living a more full, loving and compassionate life.

Both my Yoga Teacher Training and Ayurveda Lifestyle and Massage Training were completed in India. My schooling has been very traditional and honours the Vedas, which I hope echos into every service I offer.

Roxi teaches at Lime House:

Ashtanga Inspired Vinyasa: Mondays | 6:30-8pm

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Samuel Boot is Cornwall’s first & only Level 2 WHM certified instructor, Holistic coach at CHEK Institute & experienced Yogi using Sauna, Sound & Breath work to promote Health & Healing.

Sam believes in the interconnectedness of life and that through consistent conscious practice, whether it be Breath work, Yoga, Hot & Cold Therapy, Sound Healing, Meditation & Mindfulness or High Vibrational Foods we can feel part of the whole and thus attain the profound benefits it has to offer.

Breathing together, in unison can be highly insightful for the individual and has many beneficial effects on the mind, body, soul which Sam is loves to facilitate. He has spent many years practicing various healing modalities throughout the world, learning from some incredible teachers along the way and under the guidance of Wim Hof himself. He feels strongly about sharing these teachings with others, providing, what he calls ˜tools for the toolbox of life’ to help navigate the twists and turns we all encounter, now more than ever it seems.

With over 10 years’ experience practicing various Yoga disciplines, Sam is passionate about Permaculture and recently qualified as a Holistic Life Coach at the CHEK Institute under Paul Chek. In December 2022 he qualified as the South West’s first and only Level 2 WHM certified instructor. He loves to work with sound to facilitate deep states of relaxation. Sam is a passionate surfer & Ocean lover; he believes in the natural healing powers of the body and that by being in physical touch with the natural world we can maximise the bodies capabilities.

Having a Tibetan father meant Nicki grew up with an understanding of Buddhism and the belief that we are all connected in some way or another. This developed for Nicki by exploring other practises and philosophies to understand how we, human beings, can bring about balance to tackle the challenges that the modern world may throw at us.

Nicki found yoga during a big transitional period, she did her first training in 2019 in Ashtanga in Mysore, India for her own personal practice and mental health and was so inspired by the teachings she wanted to sharing this beautiful and powerful practice. Since then she has done a Hatha and Vinyasa training in Bali, an Advanced teacher training in London, a Forrest training with creator Anna Forrest. She continues to learn and evolve from the practice and is forever a student of yoga.

Nicki’s aim it to create a non-judgemental space where everyone feels welcome no matter your background or experience. Guiding you through the yoga practices often inspired from different linages she always includes meditation, breath-work (pranayama) and mantras. Encouraging you to embrace your own body and channel your self love, finding stillness, bliss and inner peace. Her classes are playful and creative with opportunity to explore and challenge yourself.

Nicki teaches:

Forrest Inspired Yoga – Tuesdays | 9:30-11am

Lucy teaches retreats in the UK and abroad but feels most at home teaching above Porthmeor beach in Cornwall.

Lucy is a Level 3 Iyengar yoga teacher practising Iyengar yoga for over 30 years. She has been teaching since 1997 and regularly attends the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Institute in Pune. Travelling to India for guidance from the Iyengar family directly takes her back to the source of this profound practice whilst deepening her knowledge and understanding of the ancient wisdom, art and science of Yoga.

Josh Bolding is a graduate of Lime House Yoga’s 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training programme and his teaching style is full of both fun and compassion.

He is also co-founder of the international supplement brand Vivo Life and lead facilitator at Both Sides Retreats.

Josh aims to create spaces that are simultaneously grounded and expansive, offering an opportunity for self-enquiry through a curious exploration of movement, stillness and breath.