Hannah Penn (BWY Dip)

Hannah Penn is a director of Sheffield Yoga School. A full time, professional Yoga teacher she qualified initially with a 3 year British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Diploma Course.

She subsequently trained with Satyananda Yoga UK. Satyananada Yoga (now known as Bihar School of Yoga) teacher training is rigorous and intensive and is known for the quality of teachers it produces.

Hannah began practising yoga as a child in the 1970s. She taught her first Yoga class in 1995 and has been teaching full time since 1998.

She also designs greeting cards and runs Lovelush Cards.

Hannah’s extensive training includes:

  • 3 Year BWY Diploma Teacher Training Course (UK) with Sara Delamore 1995 – 1998
  • 1 year Study & Sadhana Course (London) with Swami Vedantananda Saraswati 2003
  • 1 Year Satyananda Yoga Integration Course (London & Portugal) with Swami Vedantananda Saraswati 2006/7
  • Yoga & Mental Health Module (London) with Amarajyoti & Shantipriya in 2011
  • Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Course with Sannyasin Amarajyoti. (Hannah was a co-tutor on this course in 2012)
  • Yoga for Addiction (European Convention – Holland) with Swami Rishivivekananda & Swami Shankardevananda
  • World Yoga Convention : Finding Solutions of Life Through Yoga (France) with Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati (Head of the Bihar School of Yoga)
  • World Yoga Convention : Spontaneous Yoga Living (Majorca) with Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
  • BWY Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training (UK) with Wendy Teasdill
  • Birthlight Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training (London) with Francoise Barbira Freeddman
  • ‘Going Deeper into Meditation’ : 4 day residential course with Swami Nishchalananda (Mandala Yoga Ashram):  2014
  • ‘Ashram Life, Yoga & Satsang’ : International Programme with Swami Niranjanananda (India) : 2014
  • 6 month Meditation Training Course with Swami Pragyamurti (UK) 2015
  • ‘Yoga, Mindfulness & Mental Health’, 2 day training with Amarajyoti, 2017
  • The Vasistha Method of Pranayama (Teacher Training Module) with Jean Lavers, 2019
  • The Teachings of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra  : Online course with Swami Nishchalananda 2020 – 21
  • Prana Vidya : 4 month course with Swami Gyan Dharma 2022
  • Swami Nishchalananda : The Chakras Online Course : Feb – November 2023
  • Peter Blackaby : Training For Teachers : January – June 2024

Hannah’s teaching experience includes:

One of Hannah’s Yoga greeting cards
  • Yoga for Pregnancy
  • Postnatal Yoga
  • Baby Yoga
  • Yoga for children in primary and secondary schools
  • Adult Education Classes
  • Yoga for managing depression and anxiety
  • Office Yoga
  • Work for Surehealth / Healthy living partnership
  • Yoga for pain management
  • Yoga for COPD
  • Chair Yoga