Amanda Hood

Amanda is a Senior (level 3) Iyengar Yoga teacher with over 30 years experience teaching, practicing and studying yoga. She teaches asana, pranayama, inclusive & private classes as well as mentoring teacher-trainees. 

Amanda loves to see community flourish and works to create an environment that encourages teachers, trainees and students to come together as equals in practice. 

Amanda was a founder and partner of Yarraville Yoga Centre in Melbourne’s West before moving to Newcastle in 2018. She was Senior Teacher and a founding partner at Hamilton Yoga for 5 years before establishing Newcastle Yoga in 2022.

Amanda has served on the Iyengar Yoga Association Board, and on the Ethics committee, and is a Teacher Assessor.