Jyoti Harvey.
Movement for real life.
Yoga teacher with 27 years of experience. Founder of Over 50s Yoga and co-founder of Jyoti Yoga & Wellness.
Short biography
Jyoti Harvey is a yoga teacher with 27 years of experience and co-founder of Jyoti Yoga & Wellness. Through Over 50s Yoga and the app, she makes movement approachable for people in midlife and beyond, with chair, supported standing and mat options.
Extended biography
Jyoti Harvey is a yoga teacher and co-founder of Jyoti Yoga & Wellness. She discovered yoga in India in 1999, trained as a teacher and continued learning and teaching there before returning to the UK to teach in Winchester. Since 2020, she has continued her live teaching online through Over 50s Yoga, bringing a warm, gentle and practical approach to students in midlife and beyond. Her 27 years of experience now inform the app she created with Alan Spong. Its YogaBuilder feature assembles personalised sessions from her real teaching videos, based on the user’s time, mobility and focus areas.
Presenter introduction
Our guest is Jyoti Harvey, a yoga teacher with 27 years of experience and co-founder of Jyoti Yoga & Wellness, making movement more accessible in midlife and beyond.
Teaching background
Her published training history includes Birthlight pregnancy yoga, first aid study for yoga teachers and a contemporary 200-hour teaching programme studied in 2020. She has continued learning from teachers in India and other countries.
Read Jyoti’s teaching background ↗
Suggested questions
- What do people over 50 find intimidating about yoga?
- What did teaching online teach you about making movement accessible?
- How can someone begin with a chair or a short break at their desk?
- How does YogaBuilder adapt sessions to the individual?
- What changes when a real teacher’s experience becomes an app?
Formats & production
Enquiries welcome for interviews, panel discussions and guided movement demonstrations. Contact the media team to agree availability, location or remote format, timings, pronunciation and any equipment needed.