Crest Yoga

Welcome to Crest Yoga, Yoga Classes, workshops, courses, and one-to-one therapeutic sessions located in Sidcup, Bexley, Hextable (Swanley), South Daranth (Dartford), and beyond.

My name is Clair Yates and I'm a full-time, experienced yoga teacher, teaching accessible yoga classes for all ages and abilities, therapeutic yoga in small groups and one-to-one tailored to the individual's needs.

For those who want to deepen their yoga practice, I teach workshops, and courses including the British Wheel of Yoga Foundation Course, plus a yoga retreat someone sunny each year - this year Turkey in May and Italy in July.

Though I’d dabbled in yoga for many years, it wasn’t until 2004, when suffering from a bad back, that I began going to regular yoga classes. At the time I worked in investment banking and the classes were a welcome relief from desk-based work, helping to free my body and mind from the restrictions of office life.

My back soon improved but that’s not why I became hooked. Though I couldn’t put my finger on it, I began to feel happier and more comfortable living in my own body and I wanted to know more. My curiosity led me to the British Wheel of Yoga Foundation course, which I completed in 2008.

The course led me to see my whole life differently and at the end of 2008, though everyone thought I was crazy, I volunteered for redundancy. My intention was to broaden my horizons, travel, and spend more time practicing and studying yoga. Encouraged by my teachers I enrolled on the triyoga Teacher Training course in 2009.

Yoga is still my favourite subject and on top of the British Wheel of Yoga’s mandatory Continuing Professional Development, I continue to train to enrich my teaching and practice of yoga.

I strive to make my classes accessible to all, I've trained in yoga for people with disabilities, I’m an Accessible Yoga Ambassador and I continue to strive to make my classes and teaching an inclusive and welcoming space for everybody.