About

Meet Carly Cole

Holistic health practitioner, working between India and London.

My journey

It was never just exercise

I started my yoga journey many years ago. I found it enormously helpful for managing stress, and I fell in love with the yogic path properly on a trip to India in 2017, staying at an ashram in the Himalayas. That was where I learned it is not an exercise class but a spiritual practice, with many different aspects to it.

It was at that time I knew I wanted to teach, and to build a healthier life for myself. I have kept studying ever since — and kept my own practice going alongside it.

Where I studied

An ashram in the Himalayas

India is where the yogic path stopped being exercise for me. I returned in 2023 to study Ayurveda, crystal healing, energy healing with the aura and chakras, meditation and kundalini yoga — and I continue to travel between there and the UK.

Carly at the Sivananda ashram, beneath a mural of Shiva
At the Sivananda ashram in India

Training

Qualifications

2020

Teacher & practitioner

Qualified as a children’s yoga and mindfulness teacher, and as a holistic health practitioner.

2023

India, a second time

Studied Ayurveda — the knowledge of life — alongside crystal healing, energy healing with the aura and chakras, meditation and kundalini yoga.

2025

Circles & temple dance

Trained as a women’s circle facilitator, and began learning Indian temple dance and Tantra.

Where I work

Between India and London

I work with small groups in intimate settings, and one to one online. I currently live between India and London — and through the UK summer months I work between Surrey and London.

Credentials

Formal qualifications

Alongside the training in India, these are the accredited diplomas and certificates I hold.

  • (QCF) Advanced Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Yoga
  • IAP & CPD Diploma in Health and Wellbeing
  • Holistic Health Coaching Diploma with DISTINCTION
  • Meditation Diploma with DISTINCTION
  • Kundalini Yoga Diploma with DISTINCTION
  • Mindfulness for children Diploma with DISTINCTION
  • Level 1 online 50 hours Rainbow Kids Yoga teacher training ( Internationally recognised)
  • Level 2, 95 hours Rainbow Kids Yoga teacher training (RCYT)
  • Baby Massage Diploma with Distinction
  • TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health Problems (RQF)
  • Certificate in Understanding Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace.
  • Paediatric First Aid January 2022

Work with me

Every consultation is tailored to the individual. Home visits and online sessions are both available.