Meet the Teachers
Sleeping Giants brings together teachers and practitioners from across the world of yoga, movement and sound. Each one brings something distinct to the gathering, from ancient lineage practices to contemporary healing arts. Together they make up a programme that has something for every level and every kind of practitioner.
More teachers will be added to the line up as we get closer to the event.
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David Sye
David Sye is the creator of Yogabeats, a dynamic practice born out of extraordinary circumstances while working as a radio journalist during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s. Using music to carry people through stress and conflict, Yogabeats evolved into a globally recognised system for transformation through movement. He has taken his work to conflict zones, refugee communities and youth programmes around the world, and his Yoga Beats Conflict fund is supported by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Yogabeats, Breathwork, Partner Meditation
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Lisa Hood
Lisa Hood has been teaching yoga and holding space for over 18 years, bringing a background as a professional dancer to everything she does. Her practice draws on Mandala Vinyasa, Yin Yoga and ritual, weaving in moon cycles, ceremony and the deeper philosophy of the body and mind. She has taught for communities including Lululemon, Sweaty Betty and the Deliciously Ella app, and holds over 500 hours of yoga alliance training. Her sessions are creative, grounding and built around genuine connection.
Creative Vinyasa Flow, Yin Yoga, Ceremony and Sound Healing
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Arachai Haorang
Arachai grew up in the rice fields of Northeast Thailand before moving to the north east of England, a journey that gave him an unusually wide perspective on people and how they live. His travels since have taken him from Mongolia to Mexico, through India on pilgrimage with Shiva Babas, back to his ancestral village in Thailand, and eventually to New Zealand where he spent two years with a Maori master carver learning about traditional ways of life and medicine. For the past seven years he has been sharing that breadth of experience through music, movement and sound.
Live Looping, Full Moon Music and Dance, Sound Healing
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Nicole Windle
Nicole has been teaching yoga since 2015, when she completed her training in Goa after years of study across Bali, Thailand, Vietnam and India. Her background as a dancer gives her a deep understanding of the body, and her teaching blends movement and stillness in equal measure. She is the founder of The Soul Space, a retreat company that has hosted nearly 50 retreats and over 500 guests across the UK and Europe. Her sessions are known for being warm, grounded and accessible.
Jivamukti, Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, Kirtan
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Atmashant Kaur
Atma is a Kundalini Yoga teacher and yoga therapist whose work sits at the intersection of personal healing and the natural world. She is the founding director of ReNatured, an initiative bringing together yoga and nature-connected therapies in support of mental health and ecological awareness. Her teaching draws on breathwork, bioenergetics, Kundalini Yoga and contemplative practice, and is grounded, rhythmic and heart-centred. She partners with Kerry-Ann Taylor through WomanKind, offering immersive ceremonial experiences for women at key life transitions.
Women's Circle, Kundalini Yoga
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Kerry-Ann Taylor
Kerry-Ann is a massage therapist, Closing of the Bones practitioner and ceremonial space holder whose work is rooted in supporting women through the significant moments of their lives. Having spent over a decade sitting in women's circles herself, she brings a deep understanding of what it means to be witnessed and held. Through WomanKind, her partnership with Atma Kaur, she combines bodywork, breathwork, movement and rebozo wrapping into gatherings that are warm, grounded and genuinely transformative.
Women's Circle, Massage
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SolOM (Pranav Badia)
Pranav discovered the handpan during the pandemic while working as an aerospace project manager, and it changed the direction of his life. Drawing on the wisdom of Himalayan traditions and his own practice of yoga and breathwork, he founded SolOM with a mission to bring sound and mindfulness together in genuinely immersive experiences. He collaborates regularly with musicians, yoga teachers and sound healers, and brings a rare combination of technical precision and meditative depth to everything he does.
Handpan Meditation, Sunrise Sessions, Breathwork, Kirtan and Chanting, Ecstatic Dance
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