Meet Morven
Accredited senior yoga teacher and teacher trainer since 2008
Teaching classes, workshops, retreats and yoga teacher training in the South West of England and internationally.
More about Morven
A YAP accredited senior yoga teacher and teacher trainer, Morven Hamilton has been practising yoga since 1995 and teaching it since 2008. Her previous experience as a language and music teacher and university lecturer has given her over two decades of teaching and group facilitation experience. During her time working in this field she has seen yoga radically transform people's lives.
Her approach is playful, creative and meditative, informed by her own dedicated practice and her own transformative experience of yoga. Yoga has helped her to overcome anxiety, depression and, recently, the effects of breast cancer thanks to her regular practice.
She is non-dogmatic in her teaching and encourages her students to intuitively find their own expression of yoga while offering clear guidance along the way. Morven teaches with humour and a strong intention to demystify yoga, making it inclusive and accessible to everyone.
When you come to class with Morven you can expect Hatha yoga informed by mindfulness and varied contemporary approaches to the body and movement. Her main influences come from Scaravelli yoga, Body Mind Centring and Anusara yoga.
Morven is currently teaching in Weston-super-Mare on a weekly basis, with classes running online and retreats in the UK and Europe.
She has worked extensively with people seeking the therapeutic benefits of yoga, including those suffering from anxiety, stress, insomnia and depression, CFS, COPD, cancer and those recovering from injury. She is a trained Yoga for Menopause teacher and runs workshops and courses to support women through the menopause transition years.
Morven runs the Yoga by Nature 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training course in North Somerset and the online Teach Yoga for Cancer programme.
At a glance
A YAP accredited Senior Yoga Teacher and teacher trainer, Morven Hamilton has been practising yoga since 1995 and teaching it since 2008.
TEACHING STYLE
My approach is a playful, alignment based method which leads the practitioner to embody the yogic precepts of calm, kindness and wonder.
I teach Hatha yoga informed by modern movement science, somatic experiencing and experiential anatomy training.
SPECIALIST SKILLS
Yoga therapy for people living with:
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Cancer
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Menopause symptoms
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Stress, Anxiety & Depression
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Insomnia
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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Injury Recovery
TRAINING & ACCREDITATION
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Yoga Alliance Professionals (YAP)
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Senior Yoga Teacher & Teacher Trainer
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15000 hours of training and teaching experience
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Breathworks Mindfulness Advanced Teacher Training
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Kundalini Yoga
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Ayurvedic Yoga
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Health and Wellbeing Coach Primary Certificate
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Yoga for Menopause Teacher Training
EXPERIENCE
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15000+ hours of teaching and training worldwide since 2008
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2010 to 2016 Penny Brohn Cancer Care (PBCC) yoga teacher and group facilitator
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Extensive experience teaching yoga classes and running retreats for people affected by cancer
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Yoga trainer and mentor since 2013
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8 years yoga studio management and teaching
"I really enjoy the Wednesday yoga classes run by Morven. Even though yoga can sometimes be seen as a 'gentle' exercise I always come away feeling energised. It's a great way to switch off from everyday concerns and Morven's teaching ... is knowledgeable and accessible."
Sarah, Weston-Super-Mare