The SUPTA Team
Sasha Chisholm
Sasha Chisholm
Sasha Chisholm
Introducing Sasha Chisholm, co-founder of SUPTA.
A 500hr Yoga Teacher, in Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Yin, Sasha qualified in Goa, India with the Kranti, Sampoorna and Preksha Yoga Schools. Also a Stott Pilates mat work teacher (Harmonise Training Academy), Sasha has been delivering yoga and Pilates classes in Sussex and Surrey, on and off the
Introducing Sasha Chisholm, co-founder of SUPTA.
A 500hr Yoga Teacher, in Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Yin, Sasha qualified in Goa, India with the Kranti, Sampoorna and Preksha Yoga Schools. Also a Stott Pilates mat work teacher (Harmonise Training Academy), Sasha has been delivering yoga and Pilates classes in Sussex and Surrey, on and off the SUP, since 2016.
Passionate about being on, in or near the water, Sasha is a BSUPA Level 2 Instructor and is active in the SUP community, regularly participating in a wide range of SUP events and challenges.
New for 2019 and 2020 are SUP & Sail Adventure Escapes in Croatia!
Helen Keates
Sasha Chisholm
Sasha Chisholm
Introducing Helen Keates, the other Co-founder of SUPTA.
Helen has been teaching yoga since 2008, originally qualifying with CYS in Surrey, going on to complete her 500hr qualification with YogaLondon in 2016.
Helen had a beautiful daughter, Holly, in November 2019, right in the middle of setting up SUPTA!
You can now find Helen teaching
Introducing Helen Keates, the other Co-founder of SUPTA.
Helen has been teaching yoga since 2008, originally qualifying with CYS in Surrey, going on to complete her 500hr qualification with YogaLondon in 2016.
Helen had a beautiful daughter, Holly, in November 2019, right in the middle of setting up SUPTA!
You can now find Helen teaching Ashtanga, vinyasa and yin yoga in classes, workshops and retreats local to Maidstone. And in the warmer months, you'll find her putting 'blue therapy' into action, offering all sorts of SUP wellbeing (Yoga, Meditation, Fitness, SUP Intros and Progression Sessions) in and around Kent.
Helen has been teaching SUP Yoga since 2014, qualifying with SUPfit. She fell in love with paddleboarding on local rivers and lakes, seeing nature from a new perspective, and is now a BSUPA Level 2 Instructor, and SUP Yoga ambassador for Hatha Paddleboards.
Our Governing Bodies
Partners
Hatha Paddleboards
Helen and Sasha are both delighted to be SUP Yoga Ambassadors for Dan and Tara at Hatha Paddleboards, who are based in Devon. Their boards and equipment are beautiful, innovative and superb quality.
Check out their website: www.hathaboards.co.uk
BSUPA
Sasha and Helen have both trained and qualified with BSUPA and are stoked to have all SUPTA courses endorsed by them too.
BSUPA aims to protect and promote the sport of paddle boarding in the UK by providing safe entry routes and sustainable ongoing club activities for SUPers, alongside quality and participation-rich events for all abilities.
For info about their training courses, visit: www.supta.org.uk