Our contributing writers

Yoga Abode's wonderful team of freelance journalists and yoga practitioners are experts on yoga and health:

Caroline Sylger Jones is a Times Online Spas & Lifestyle expert and the author of Body & Soul Escapes and Body & Soul Escapes: Britain & Ireland (Footprint Books). She writes a weekly column on wellbeing for The National in the UAE, and contributes articles on wellbeing and travel to the British media. A dedicated yoga practitioner, Caroline completed a two-month introduction to iyengar yoga teacher training with Glenn Ceresoli in 2007. Based in Devon, she is at her happiest whilst walking the South West coast path.

Cathryn Scott is a freelance journalist based in Cardiff, writing on everything from music to homelessness, with a special interest in yoga. She has practiced yoga for ten years, and  is currently studying for a British Wheel of Yoga teacher training diploma with Andrea Fox. She can be contacted at cathrynscott@hotmail.com

Inna Costantini has practised yoga for eight years, experimenting with a variety of styles - from asthanga to sivananda, hatha, bikram and shadow. Inna recently completed an intensive yoga and ayurveda teacher training course in India. She is fascinated by yoga in all its forms. Inna is also a passionate about all things ‘green', and spends much of her time working for environmental charity Trees for Cities, as well as teaching yoga in India.

Joanna Johnston writes for us on ayurveda. She set up AyurvedicYogi to help make ayurvedic and yogic wisdom readily available. The focus is on practical diet and lifestyle advice, to help minimise physical illness and mental stress. She is a Sivananda yoga teacher and an ayuvedic practitioner, after studying for a BSc in ayurveda with Manipaul University. She has completed extensive clinical training in both large hospitals and clinics India. See www.ayurvedicyogi.com

Sally Parkes is Yoga Abode's technical expert. Sussex-based Sally has been practising yoga for ten years and teaching for six. She has a degree in Sports and Exercise Science and is also a qualified personal trainer and pilates teacher. To contact Sally see www.sallyparkesyoga.com - or email sallyparkesyoga@hotmail.co.uk

Libby Green is a dedicated yogi, having first taken to the mat when she was 19 years old. Her current practice is a mix of astanga, kundalini, and dynamic, and she plans to study to be a yoga teacher in the US next year. She now juggles a life as an full-time ethical consultant with a home in the country. In her former life, she was a journalist in Indonesia, and has written for the Independent on Sunday, and the London Evening Standard. She can be contacted at wedoyoga@gmail.com

Emma Hicks has been a teacher, practitioner, and yoga author for fifteen years. She began with the study of iyengar and hatha yoga, pranayama and philosophy, then furthered her studies in the ashtanga discipline. She maintains a dedicated daily practice and today continues to study ashtanga yoga and Sanskrit. She teaches throughout India and from her studio in Richmond, Surrey - see  www.ashtangalondon.com or email info@ashtangalondon.com