Rachel Lovegrove: Senior Level 3 Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Mentor, and Director of Orange Tree Iyengar Yoga
With over 25 years of experience, Rachel Lovegrove is a highly respected Senior Level 3 Iyengar yoga teacher and mentor. She founded Orange Tree Iyengar Yoga and is renowned for her pragmatic, open, and supportive teaching style, which encourages students from all backgrounds to realize their full potential through the transformative power of yoga.
Rachel's passion for yoga stems from her deep commitment to helping people navigate mental and physical health challenges by integrating yoga into their everyday lives. Having personally experienced the healing and transformative qualities of Iyengar yoga, she brings a profound understanding and care to her teaching.
Rachel began her yoga journey in 1998, training rigorously in both the UK and India with some of the most esteemed Iyengar teachers, including BKS Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar, and Prashant Iyengar. She later completed a prestigious 3-year Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics course with Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics in California. Today, she resides in Hampshire, UK, where she offers a variety of classes, including online and in-person tuition, monthly workshops, annual retreats, and mentorship programs for teacher training.
Rachel continues to deepen her knowledge through regular study with renowned teachers such as Abhijata Iyengar, Corinne Biria, Jayne Orton, and Sheila Haswell. In addition to her teaching, she is the director of IYOGA Fest, an annual Iyengar Yoga Festival in Southampton, where she brings Iyengar yoga to a wider community.
Her commitment to the Iyengar method and its potential for healing makes her a passionate advocate for the practice. Whether through her workshops, retreats, or mentorships, Rachel is dedicated to guiding her students to grow, heal, and thrive through the discipline of Iyengar yoga.
About Rachel
What to Expect from Your Yoga Class
Safe, Methodical, Progressive
You will be taught in a safe, methodical and progressive way to provide a clear learning path. Poses and methods will be demonstrated and explained so that you can practice in a way that is safe for you. Modifications will be given for certain issues, injuries or illness so that you never have to miss your practice but the practice will support you in all stages of your life.
Weekly Focus Themes
We focus on a different theme of poses each week so that you learn to develop strength, flexibility, stamina, concentration and relaxation across a wide range of movements. In addition, you start to build your repertoire of poses so that you can eventually have your own home practice sequences to try out at home, in-between your taught sessions.
Ongoing Support
Rachel provides on-going support to all her students whether through one to one private tuition, email/telephone support or in-class advice on applying modifications to suit your particular needs.
Therapeutic, private and group classes are available.
Contact lovegrove@orangetreeyoga.com or 07725 1120043. to discuss your goals and condition, and we will help you find a class that works for you.
What Is Iyengar Yoga?
Iyengar, is a form of Hatha Yoga, named after BKS Iyengar, that has an emphasis on detail, precision and alignment in the performance of posture (asana) and breath control (pranayama). The Iyengar method builds strength, mobility, stability and health through the functional application of asana (postures) and sequences in harmony with the body’s natural anatomy and physiology. Classes are often quite physically demanding and require plenty of focus, but the benefits are massive! Iyengar Yoga classes are systematic, and beginners will start with the basic level poses and build gradually to more complex themes and asanas (poses) as they gain more experience and practice. No student should ever feel out of their depth at any stage and Iyengar Yoga teachers are trained over years (minimum 6 years to certification) to ensure student safety.
