Yoga
Strength, Flexibility & Breathing
Yoga at Clarence House
We have two studios - the First Floor Iyengar Studio and the Ground Floor General Studio, offering
a variety of classes. Here you are bound to find a class to suit your needs, whether you are
a total beginner or highly experienced student.
All classes must be pre-booked with the teacher
Please view and download the current studio/class timetable here
Please scroll down to view our teachers’ biographies and contact details
Judith Van Dop
Certified Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher
“To practice Yoga is to constantly learn”
I am a certified senior level 3 Iyengar Yoga teacher.
Before establishing the studio in Clarence House, I was a long-time tutor for Penwith College and several schools in the area. I am qualified at a therapeutic level and as such have run back pain, pregnancy and remedial courses. I enjoy working with private clients either helping them to understand and improve their practice or helping them manage and alleviate health issues.
I am a teacher trainer/mentor and as such provide support to both trainees and teachers in the south west.
01736 360880
Tracey Wearne
Introductory level 2 Yoga Teacher
Tracey has been practising Iyengar Yoga for over 20 years. She qualified in 2006 under the guidance of Judy Van Dop and has since then enjoyed teaching both adult and children’s classes. Tracey is an enthusiastic and empathetic instructor who strives to improve her own practice by regularly attending classes and workshops by senior teachers.
01736 732699
Rachel Abbott
Introductory level 2 Yoga Teacher
Rachel has been practicing Iyengar yoga since 2004 then qualified as a yoga teacher in 2013, initially as an Iyengar teacher then moving into Experiential Anatomy yoga, attending regular training with senior teachers.
Rachel is particularly interested in how our yoga practice can support us with day to day activities to avoid repetitive injury, and improve our functional movement and mobility, taking yoga off the mat into our daily life. She also works as part of the social care team at a local detox and rehab, takes a keen interest in nutrition, gardening and is a practicing musician.
07568 592289
Emily West
Introductory Level 2 Iyengar Yoga Teacher
I went to my first Iyengar yoga class when I was 15 and yoga has been an important part of my life since then. Since training with Judith Van Dop and passing my introductory level 2 in 2017, I have enjoyed teaching my own classes at Clarence House and have provided cover for other teachers in and around Penzance. I attend regular classes and workshops with senior Iyengar teachers to remain up to date and to develop my teaching practice and knowledge.
I feel privileged to be able to teach something which can support my students’ physical and mental well-being. I aim for my classes to feel welcoming and inclusive
“YOU HAVE TO CREATE LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR YOUR BODY, FOR WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU”
BKS Iyengar
07970 184666
Maria Caldaralo
Yoga Instructor & Massage Therapist
200hr TTC with Still Flowing
60hr children’s yoga with Helen Clare
I have been practicing yoga for 19 years, and teaching for eight. My training with Gemma Mallol in Ibiza allowed me to explore the basics of yoga in depth and there was a focus on mindful movement practice, somatics, as well as breath work.
I’m also influenced by my teacher Gwyneth Saxton’s approach, and try to keep it light and fun, and encourage others to do what feels good for their bodies. Bringing in Andrew McDonigal’s words ‘No movement is inherently bad’ has also bought more inquisitive movement in my own practice, which I also bring to my classes.
I attempt to continually explore my own movement practice with curiosity, and I try to keep the classes fun and informal and accessible to everyone, regardless of age or ability.
Yoga with a somatic approach varies from other styles of yoga because it focuses on feeling your way into the asanas and is more about how you feel within the poses than how it looks on the outside. This lends itself well to my general feelings about functional movement. It is fluid and ever changing, how we feel and move differs from day to day, and there is no reason this cannot be a part of our yoga practice as well.