Meet The Team

CURATOR

Vishwam is a Heart Minister, Trainer & Teacher, helping the wisdom of the heart to share itself around the world. Vishwam began formally teaching yoga in 2011 and has completed well over 500 hours of teacher training. He’s led classes across the UK, from Bournemouth to Shetland, as well as different areas in the USA — his country of birth.

Whether he’s offering an extra gentle class or a challenging asana practice, Vishwam’s approach is playful, poetic and deeply grounded in an awareness of yogic science. He’s also a writer, a gentle anarchist and a practitioner of permaculture who love to listen - to people, to the land, to life itself.

CURATOR

Kamala (also known as Elise Yuill Cohen) is known for her unique contemporary style of mantra music, which she offers alongside her husband Charlie Bishop. Formerly a folk-singer songwriter, Elise has released 3 albums & 1 EP spanning folk and sacred music genres, toured internationally. As heart music ambassador to Heart of Living Yoga her Lakshmi mantra album donates 50% of the proceeds to the foundation's charity work.

She also plays in the Freedom Fields Ceilidh band, teaches Yoga & Pilates Teacher, is a Women’s Circle Facilitator / Coach, and a devoted mother.

CURATOR

Hanuman is an intuitive healer, a heart minister, a heart of healing and heart meditation facilitator and trustee for the Heart Of Living Yoga Foundation. He loves to teach and serve with humour, integrity and love for the benefit of all.

Hanuman is part of the Heart Of Healing training team, guiding others in the gentle art of self-healing and in supporting the healing of others. He is also one of the Heart Festival organisers and enjoys creative engineering as well as being a non-conformist. Hanuman is a dedicated practitioner of the path of Jnana yoga.

SITE MANAGER

Rev Laura Ireland is an interfaith minister, the founder of Sacred Sister, and has her heart firmly based in her 30 years practice as an Aromatherapist and Holistic Coach. Her passion is to support women to discover and heal the life traumas that hold you back, so that you may know and share the true power that lies within you, to know your worth and to co-create magic together.

HEALING AREA COORDINATOR

Ammaprema has trained in several diverse healing arts and now specialises in working with cetacean consciousness, her collection of gongs/ crystal and Tibetan bowls and developing apprenticeships in Healing with Sacred Sound, with guides and clear intention. She deeply values and supports the work and ethics of Heart of Living Yoga, and practices both Gentle Yoga and Chi Gung alongside sound therapy. Ammaprema has visited some of the projects we support in Brazil and Sri Lanka.

She is helping the team co-ordinate the healing area of the festival.

SOCIAL MEDIA & WEBSITE VOLUNTEERS

Bhuwanaswari is a BWY Yoga Teacher with many years experience; teaching classes, workshops & retreats in the UK & Europe. Bhuwaneswari teaches Luna Rhythms Yoga and has an online academy where people may study with her remotely.

Govinda taught Yoga for many years before training as a Feldenkrais Practitioner & offers both group classes & individual Functional Integration sessions. He has a love for the Brazilian Amazon, & has spent time living with an indigenous tribe studying their healing modalities.