The framed ‘Asylum/Asylimb Definitions’ in the studio lounge area, sums up her attitude and feelings towards her business and her students perfectly. Viv loves the idea of students ‘coming home’ to the studio and finding a degree of familiarity each day with the class being taught, sufficient enough so that you get a gauge on how you feel but also varied enough to keep you on your toes and continue learning.

“What we are doing during each class is also all about improving what happens to you off the mat too. The poses will test you physically but on a deeper level, enable your mind and body to become more connected.”

Vivi’s life is filled outside yoga with the other things she’s most passionate about. A keen home gardener, she grows most of the fresh vegetables the family need all year round in her purpose-built raised veggie beds, as well as an array of flowers. She is also a coffee connoisseur and a great home cook, specialising in fresh and fusion.

Vivienne, Viv, Vivi… take your pick. Not just the owner of the studio but a real fan of hot yoga too, whose passion comes through in her teaching as well as her own practice. Vivi is a true leader, a compassionate teacher who encourages students to deepen their awareness and understanding of both their bodies and minds to maximise personal potential.

The framed ‘Asylum/Asylimb Definitions’ in the studio lounge area, sums up her attitude and feelings towards her business and her students perfectly. Viv loves the idea of students ‘coming home’ to the studio and finding a degree of familiarity each day with the class being taught, sufficient enough so that you get a gauge on how you feel but also varied enough to keep you on your toes and continue learning.

“What we are doing in during each class is also all about improving what happens to you off the mat too. The poses will test you physically but on a deeper level, enable your mind and body to become more connected.”

Vivi’s life is filled outside yoga with the other things she’s most passionate about. A keen home gardener, she grows most of the fresh vegetables the family need all year round in her purpose-built raised veggie beds, as well as an array of flowers. She is also a coffee connoisseur and a great home cook, specialising in fresh and fusion.

After leaving the Police, Ian fulfilled a prolonged dream to write a book and in the process, discovered a greater passion for writing than he could have imagined. He then began writing full-time, using his previous police career as the inspiration for a series of crime novels that have become bestsellers.

He started practicing yoga at Hot Yoga Asylimb in 2018 to improve his physical and mental well-being. His earlier career had left several mental and physical scars which regular classes had a soothing effect on.

Practice soon became another passion — as is Ian’s way he throws himself into everything he does with complete commitment.

In 2019 he completed an intensive, month long teacher training programme in Bali, where he qualified as an internationally accredited yoga instructor at the end of that month. Ian began formally teaching in February 2020.

He’s found both practicing and teaching really helps the writing process.

He started practicing yoga at Hot Yoga Asylimb in 2018 to improve his physical and mental well-being. His earlier career had left several mental and physical scars which regular classes had a soothing effect on.

Practice soon became another passion — as is Ian’s way he throws himself into everything he does with complete commitment.

In 2019 he completed an intensive, month long teacher training programme in Bali, where he qualified as an internationally accredited yoga instructor at the end of that month. Ian began formally teaching in February 2020.

He’s found both practicing and teaching really helps the writing process.