Meet The Team

Our teachers come from all walks of life and a variety of professions. We all share a passion for supporting women (and birthing people) through pregnancy, birth and life as new mums! Everyone here has completed their LushTums Teacher Training Courses to a Standard of Excellence and we are delighted to be a part of their journey.

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Founder

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    Clare Maddalena

    FOUNDER & CREATOR OF LUSHTUMS

    A yoga teacher since 2003, Clare created LushTums in 2007 after the birth of her first child, having felt first-hand how beautifully yoga supported her through pregnancy, birth and early motherhood. Now a Senior Yoga Teacher, doula and FEDANT-accredited antenatal educator, she has trained over 150 LushTums teachers across the UK and beyond. You’ll still find Clare teaching her much-loved classes and workshops in Brighton & Hove.

    Brighton & Online

Teachers in the South East

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    Clair Edwards

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    Clair trained in 2013 on our first teacher training course.

    Brighton
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    Katherine Wilding

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Kath teaches in Patcham on the outskirts of Brighton.

    Patcham
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    Anna Richmond-Ried

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Anna teaches in Shoreham in the Adur area.

    Adur
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    Kate Anderson

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA AND ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Kate trained in 2013 on our first teaher training course.

    Haywards Heath
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    Sarah Harding

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA AND ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Sarah trained in 2013 on our first training course.

    Haywards Heath
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    Vashti Ballard

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Vashti teaches in Worthing and will soon be adding Postnatal Yoga too.

    Worthing
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    Amy Hebben-Wadey

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    Amy also teaches Women’s Yoga classes and WiggleBums Yoga

    Eastbourne
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    Mae Dewsbery

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA AND ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Mae trained in 2013 on our first course and teaches in Hastings.

    Hastings
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    Katie Reynolds

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA AND ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Katie’s lovely classes are warm and welcoming.

    East Surrey
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    Candy Elsbeth

    PREGNANCY YOGA AND ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Candy also offers a range of services to support bumps & babies.

    Chichester
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    Ruth Egerton-Stein

    PREGNANCY YOGA & BIRTH PREP CLASSES

    Wonderful Ruth, with decades of teaching dance and becoming a grandmother.

    Chichester
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    Josie Pepa

    HOLISTIC BIRTH COACH & PREGNANCY YOGA TEACHER

    Mum of 3 and passionate about pregnancy and postnatal transitions.

    Lewes

Teachers in the East

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    Emilie Gourgue

    ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Emilie used to practise as a midwife and now teaches LushTums in London and online to English and French speakers

    West London + France & Belgium
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    Rebecca Riboldi-Young

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Rebecca teaches in Hamstead, North London

    North London
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    Emma White

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Coming soon to South West London!

    South West London
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    Chloe Free-Taylor

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    You’ll find Chloe offers LushTums classes plus other services to mums and babies in Kent.

    Cranbrook Tunbridge Wells
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    Kat Slack

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Kat offers a ranges of lovely classes to pregnant women and mums in Ramsgate

    Ramsgate
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    Eszter Dobsi

    ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Eszter offers classes in English and Hungarian locally in Billericay and also online in Hungarian.

    Billericay Hungary
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    Ruth Edwards

    ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Ruth offers a range of classes to support mums, bumps and babies.

    Milton Keynes
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    Kate Moult

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Kate offers a range of bump and baby classes in St Albans.

    COMING SOON
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    Sam Kirrage

    Midwife Sam was a LushTums mum turned LT teacher and offers Pregnancy Yoga & Birth Prep.

    COMING SOON
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    Ashley Asiedu

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Join Ashley in North Chingford, East London for birth and baby classes.

    East London

Teachers in the West & South West

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    Clair McGill

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA & WOMEN’S YOGA

    Clair is our OG Bristol teacher. She is also a doula and holistic sleep coach.

    DOWNEND & REDLAND
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    Kim Mousley

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA AND WOMEN’S YOGA

    Kim also offers hypno-birthing courses and is a birth and postnatal doula.

    Hanham Keynsham Bristol
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    Kate Bulman

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA AND WOMEN’S YOGA

    Kate also offers fertility yoga and doula support.

    Horfield Redland Bristol
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    Katrina Cialfi

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Join Katrina in Patchway, Bristol.

    Patchway Bristol
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    Chloe Giuffrida-Sage

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Join Chloe in the Bedminster area of Bristol for fun and nourishing classes.

    Bedminster Bristol
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    Chelsea McKillop

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Join Chelsea in the Downend area of Bristol.

    Downend Bristol
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    Mary Hillyard

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    Mary teaches in Bath and from her garden studio in Wick.

    Wick Bath
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    Marie Hanley

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA & WOMEN'S YOGA

    Creating community for mums in Andover, Pewsey Vale and surrounding villages.

    Pewsey Andover
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    Sophie-Jo Lusted

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Join classes from bump to baby.

    Worcester Malvern
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    Thea Abbott

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    Classes launching in Devon soon!

    Totnes Devon
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    Dulcie Batt

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    Dulcie offers hypno-birthing and lovely retreats and supports women from bump to baby.

    Bournemouth Poole
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    Jenna Foster

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA AND ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    You can also join Jenna for hypno-birthing and her Mother’s Collective initiative.

    Wimborne
  • Emily Wimperis Pregnancy Yoga in Ross-On-Wye

    Emily Wimperis

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Physio Emily offers nourishing classes in ovely Ross-On-Wye

    Ross-On-Wye

Teachers in Wales

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    Tracy Pink

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA, WOMEN’S YOGA & KIDS YOGA

    Plus parent craft classes and everything in between.

    Monmouth Ross-On-Wye
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    Nicola Rous-Morgan

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA AND ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Midwife Nikki now offers LushTums classes along with hypno-birthing courses.

    Port Talbot
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    Claire Walby-Kettle

    ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Plus Claire runs a range of fabulous mum and baby interactive classes.

    Swansea
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    Rebecca Smith

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    Join Bex for her local supportive and nurturing cloasses.

    Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly
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    Gabi Chaney

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    And coming soon, Antenatal Education Courses too!

    Penarth
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    Laura Wynn

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    Creating community for mums and mums to be.

    ABERGAVENNY

Teachers in the North, Scotland and Ireland

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    Jaina Bhana-Mistry

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    Plus yoga for all with Jai.

    Manchester
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    Jade Moore

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    Creating community and bringing the joy of yoga to mums-to-be and mums.

    Tameside
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    Amy King

    PREGNANCY YOGA & ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Helping mums-to-be in pregnancy and birth.

    Derby
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    Anna Skatun

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Offering LushTums Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Prep classes in and around the local area.

    Edinburgh
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    Kelly McDonald

    ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Preparing you and your birth partner in pregnancy for giving birth and having a baby.

    Belfast

We’ve gone global!

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    Sasha Kolbusz

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA

    Sasha teaches in downtown Manhattan.

    New York USA
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    Lizzie Hodkinson

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Plus lots of regular yoga classes!

    Vancouver Canada
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    Habby Sævarsdóttir

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Sharing movement and birth education.

    Reykjavík Iceland
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    Halla Björg Lárusdóttir

    PREGNANCY YOGA

    Midwife and birthing hub teacher.

    Reykjavík Iceland
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    Emilie Gourgue

    ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Teaches classes to French speakers in London, France and Belgium

    France
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    Eszter Dobsi

    ANTENATAL EDUCATION

    Classes for Hungarian speakers in the UK and Hungary.

    Hungary
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    Cat Belini

    PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL YOGA & WOMEN’S YOGA

    - Coming soon -

    AUSTRALIA

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