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Yoga Teachers

Gingi Lee

Gingi Lee's teaching philosophy is to inform and enable his students to benefit from a regular astanga vinyasa practice. He is a very open-minded and generous teacher believing that yoga is a living, growing knowledge that evolves throughout our life. Developing the meditative and spiritual side of yoga, students will benefit from his years of study and self-practice in this area.

From an early age, Gingi began his Tai Chi studies under the tutelage of his father, Sensei Richard Taibong Lee. Since the early 1990's, through his meeting and studying with Derek Ireland, Gingi has dedicated himself to the astanga vinyasa practice.

Gingi Lee is the Director of the Shala Yoga Centre in South London where Astanga Vinyasa, Restorative Moon practice, Birthlight Yoga for Pregnancy, Kids and Baby classes are held. The teachers at the Shala all share a deep love and respect for yoga which comes through their passion for sharing their knowledge with the students at the centre.

Edward Clark

Mr. Clark began studying yoga in 1979. Noteworthy among his teachers are Narayani and Giris Rabinovitch, but he confesses huge admiration for the Ashtanga Vinyasa, Sivananda, Iyengar and Viniyoga practices. The technique Tripsichore uses is a synthesis of many aspects of yoga. Tripsichore Yoga Theatre have thrilled audiences around the globe and havebeen hailed as some of the most innovative practitioners of vinyasa yoga.Tripsichore is about to reveal some of the secrets of their technique.Sequestered in their studio in London, England, the company has worked dailyfor the past 10 years to devise and refine yoga techniques of asana,pranayama, pratayahara, dharana, and dhyana.making excursions out to performtheir creations to audiences worldwide.. Until now, their techniques haveonly been taught to a very few.

Angus Ford-Robertson

Angus Ford-Robertson is a Yoga teacher and therapist. He has been teaching Hatha yoga worldwide for six years.

His contemporary and philosophical style draws on many diverse teachings including Sivananda, Iyengar, Scaravelli, Schiffman and some more dynamic disciplines. His practice is based on experience rather than theory; and is supported by a deep personal understanding of the healing process.

His passion for yoga is in leading students to discover their stillness within.

Nigel Gilderson

Nigel Gilderson's teaching incorporates a unique blend of different styles taking influences from Iyengar, Sivananda, and Astanga Vinyasa traditions. His classes emphasise synchronisation of breath and movement, encouraging strength, flexibility, good alignment and concentration.

Annoushka Hempel

Yoga trains the body, mind and soul to allow us entry into the magic world of inner meditation. Through the intense practice of Yoga Kriyas: postures combined with specific breath awareness including Mantra, the cells of the body are invigorated, electrified"¦made alive. As each student of yoga is gently pushed to find their "˜edge' and work that limit within themselves, the chattering of the mind gently ceases as the senses and intellect move inwards through the skin, muscle and bone - to reach that place of no name; to attain strength, peace, centeredness and self-awareness "˜the inner sanctum'. Beginners and advanced students alike will be gently pushed to ultimately challenge themselves, through friendly and specific guidance culminating in a deeper understanding of the hows and whys of yoga"¦ and the peacefulness that is the fruit of a fulfilling practice.

Annoushka first met yoga in 1987 exploring the teachings of Sivananda, Iyengar and Astanga Yoga. After 13 years of training in Asana practice she was introduced to the world of Kundalini Yoga. After becoming a certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation with training in Spiritual Counselling, Annoushka opened her first Yoga Studio in London in 2000. In 2003 she moved to Sri Lanka and opened a Yoga Studio in Galle. Following the tsunami she moved to Colombo and she continues to explore the world of Asanas and Kundalini.

Annoushka's yoga retreats incorporate asana practice in the mornings and Kundalini in the afternoons, using the posture practice in the mornings to prepare the body for the deep internally transformative work in the afternoons.

Heather Elton

Heather Elton teaches Astanga Vinyasa Yoga and Dynamic Hatha Flow in London and on international workshops. She began practising Hatha Yoga

in 1986. She has studied with Edward Clark and completed the

Tripsichore Yoga Theatre Teacher Training (2002); Richard Freeman

Teacher Training (2004); and has studied the Astanga Primary and

Intermediate series adjustments with Nancy Gilgoff in Maui, Prague,

Ireland and Goa. She also assisted Nancy during the Oxford Adjustment

Clinic 2004. She has studied Astanga with Sri K Pattabhi Jois, John

Scott, David Swenson, Matthew Sweeney, and does a regular practice at

Ashtanga Yoga London. David Life and Sharon Gannon (Jivamukti Studios)

in New York also are important teachers.

Heather Elton is a certified member of the Yoga Alliance (USA) 500

R.Y.T. She is also a Shamanic and Reiki practitioner.

Caprice Boisvert

Caprice Boisvert teaches Kripalu Yoga, a variation of Hatha Yoga that emphasizes meditation and breathwork. Her teaching style encourages people of all levels to approach their practice with compassion. She stresses the importance of alignment, technique and muscular efficiency while helping her students to explore deeper levels of inward focus and spiritual attunement. Caprice owns her own studio in Toronto, where she also teaches pilates. She considers teaching a privilege.

Georgia Marnham

Georgia Marnham is a qualified Iyengar Yoga teacher with broad experience, having practised Iyengar Yoga for over 15 years, while teaching in Australia, England and South Africa. She has studied with senior Iyengar teachers from many countries and in 2006 she spent a month in Pune, India at the RMYI with 80 other teachers from around the world for more advanced learning with the founder, BKS Iyengar, his daughter, Geeta and son, Prashant.

Georgia knows first hand the ability of yoga to rehabilitate and has a strong focus on the restorative and remedial benefits of Iyengar Yoga. She uses a clear and calm style of teaching with an emphasis on poses that reflect the individual needs of each student. Classes will make use of a variety of props allowing correct alignment within the pose, so that the body feels energised and not strained, which is the hallmark of the Iyengar style.

Stephen Thomas

Stephen Thomas studies and teaches a dynamic asana practice rooted in the Ashtanga yoga method. He shares his love for the philosophy of yoga, the science of breath and the intensity of physical transformation and weaves it together into his practice. "Through this practice we access the wisdom of yoga and the intelligence of prana and bring it into our

everyday life." On retreat, Stephen teaches asana in a manner that is playful, spiritual and physical. He also teaches pranayama and investigates Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and their relationship to life on and off the mat.

Stephen currently resides and teaches in Asia. He has studied in India, Thailand and his native Canada.

Jean Hall

Jean's classes deeply integrate alignment of the Iyengar Yoga style with the flow of the Astanga Vinyasa Yoga Series to focus, release & energise body & mind. She also incorporates pranayama (breathing technique), meditation & yoga nidra (yoga relaxation & sleep).

She personally has been practicing yoga for 19 years, and initially started the practice as a complimentary training to her profession as a performer & dance artist.

In 1995 she became a qualified Iyengar yoga teacher & since has continued to study other yoga forms in India (Sivananda in Kerela, Astanga with Pattahbi Jois in Mysore) & here in London.

She now teaches in London & internationally, running & teaching yoga retreats in places of natural beauty. Her pupils are of all levels, beginners to advanced to learning difficulties.

With a Masters Degree in Performing Arts & her indepth dance & broad yoga experience she draws on her diverse background to share & teach the gift of yoga.

Will Lane

Will Lane has been teaching yoga for five years and is accredited through the British Wheel of Yoga.

His style is to look at the needs of the individual and modify a posture accordingly to wake up the body and energy; to dismantle patterns of holding and re-discover natural spontanious breath. Doing the perfect posture is not so important as the awareness with which we move into and out of it.

Will teaches in a number of venues in Surrey and Hampshire, including Cannons and Holmes Place health clubs and two schools. He also teaches one-to-one, in an office and runs a private class. In addition he co-teaches on the Inner Yoga Trust foundation course (Hampshire).

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Alan Kelly

Alan Kelly has been practising yoga for ten years. Originally from Dublin, Alan qualified for the Yoga Alliance Teacher's Certificate at the Life Centre in Notting Hill. For the past six years he has primarily studied with Jean Hall, Liz Lark and Om Yoga New York. Alan teaches a deep Vinyasa style on an individual or group basis in London.

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Benjamin Arulanandam

Benjamin Arulanandam is Sri lankan and teaches Yoga and Tai Chi and fitness at the Lifestyle Health and Wellness Centre in Colombo. His main teacher in Yoga was Paddy McGrath. He also practises Pilates and Tae-Bo. He is currently training the Sri Lankan Tennis Squad. He is also a qualified martial arts instructor and chef.

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Samantha Trueman

Samantha Trueman is a gifted and compassionate Yoga Teacher and Ka Huna Massage Therapist currently working at Camp Eden in Australia. Samantha teaches a dynamic blend of Astanga and Iyengar yoga believing that the true essence of all practice lies in the ability to "breathe". She trained for 1.5 years in Australia's Gold Coast Yoga Centre under the guidance of her teachers Kameron Storey, Suzanne Gray and Mark Togni. Samantha continues to learn more about herself through her own practice and teaching and has been fortunate enough to work personally with International Teachers Sri Pattabhi Jois, Nicky Knoff, Glenn Ceresoli and Dena Kingsburg.

Samantha lives her life through the paths of Karma (selfless service) and Bhakti Yoga (the path of devotion) and believes that love is our greatest healer.

With guidance and compassion Samantha will challenge you physically through a flowing asana sequence focused on breath and alignment. Her approach to teaching is drawn strongly from her own experience and recognises that yoga like anything else needs to be embraced with a sense of humor and lightness. Samantha believes that her strength lies in the ability to take students on a deep inward journey through the physical postures of yoga with awareness, presence and love.

Samantha has also embraced Ka Huna massage as a sacred tool for channeling love into people's lives. Her knowledge of the human form makes her a powerful bodyworker focused on bringing peoples awareness to their physical and emotional bodies. Through loving touch and deep relaxation her clients receive profound healing for their body, mind and spirit.

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Allan Mourad

Allan Mourad has over 20 years of experience as a therapist and has developed an innovative technique to treat musculoskeletal injuries and illness called Myotherapy - a holistic and restorative treatment using therapeutic massage in combination with gentle yoga stretches, producing a powerful healing effect, eliminating pain and restoring movement. Myotherapy works on drawing the deepest and most problematic muscles to the surface by massaging them while stretched. It also focuses on the fascia, the most abundant tissue in the body. Any breakdown of the fascial system due to trauma, posture, or inflammation can cause abnormal pressure on nerves, muscles, bones and circulation. Myotherapy encourages the body's innate restorative powers by improving circulation and restoring the soft tissue integrity and balance of the body. Allan is committed to helping people to transform their lives and move towards improved health and well-being. Apart from operating a successful practice on the Gold Coast, his involvement in some of Australia's leading health retreats spans almost 12 years. He currently works at a new lifestyle retreat called Gwinganna. He practises yoga daily, and also tutors human anatomy at Griffith University on the Gold Coast.

Helen Langston

has over 20 years of experience as a therapist and has developed an innovative technique to treat musculoskeletal injuries and illness called Myotherapy - a holistic and restorative treatment using therapeutic massage in combination with gentle yoga stretches, producing a powerful healing effect, eliminating pain and restoring movement. Myotherapy works on drawing the deepest and most problematic muscles to the surface by massaging them while stretched. It also focuses on the fascia, the most abundant tissue in the body. Any breakdown of the fascial system due to trauma, posture, or inflammation can cause abnormal pressure on nerves, muscles, bones and circulation. Myotherapy encourages the body's innate restorative powers by improving circulation and restoring the soft tissue integrity and balance of the body. Allan is committed to helping people to transform their lives and move towards improved health and well-being. Apart from operating a successful practice on the Gold Coast, his involvement in some of Australia's leading health retreats spans almost 12 years. He currently works at a new lifestyle retreat called Gwinganna. He practises yoga daily, and also tutors human anatomy at Griffith University on the Gold Coast.

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Paul Harrold

Paul Harrold studied massage with Australia's leading Ka Huna Institute and has continued with them to become a facilitator and teacher. He operates his own private practice and currently treats people at Camp Eden - Australia's leading Wholistic Health Retreat. He has a passion for massage and teaching and loves holding sacred space for clients and groups of people. Recently he has discovered the benefits of a dedicated yoga practice.

Paul's dedication to bodywork goes beyond technique. He practises sacred table treatments incorporating the rythmn and flow of Ka Huna and the deep cleansing ritual of Heartworks Lomi Lomi, both originating in Hawaii. He also specializes in dynamic floor treatments which combine Polynesian Floorwork and Thai massage. His use of sound healing through voice and prayer creates sacred and loving space in which clients are invited to explore their physical, emotional and energetic body.

Samantha Trueman

Samantha Trueman is a gifted and compassionate Yoga Teacher and Ka Huna Massage Therapist currently working at Camp Eden in Australia. Samantha teaches a dynamic blend of Astanga and Iyengar yoga believing that the true essence of all practice lies in the ability to "breathe". She trained for 1.5 years in Australia's Gold Coast Yoga Centre under the guidance of her teachers Kameron Storey, Suzanne Gray and Mark Togni. Samantha continues to learn more about herself through her own practice and teaching and has been fortunate enough to work personally with International Teachers Sri Pattabhi Jois, Nicky Knoff, Glenn Ceresoli and Dena Kingsburg.

Samantha lives her life through the paths of Karma (selfless service) and Bhakti Yoga (the path of devotion) and believes that love is our greatest healer.

With guidance and compassion Samantha will challenge you physically through a flowing asana sequence focused on breath and alignment. Her approach to teaching is drawn strongly from her own experience and recognises that yoga like anything else needs to be embraced with a sense of humor and lightness. Samantha believes that her strength lies in the ability to take students on a deep inward journey through the physical postures of yoga with awareness, presence and love.

Samantha has also embraced Ka Huna massage as a sacred tool for channeling love into people's lives. Her knowledge of the human form makes her a powerful bodyworker focused on bringing peoples awareness to their physical and emotional bodies. Through loving touch and deep relaxation her clients receive profound healing for their body, mind and spirit.

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Padma Nair

Chavitti Thirummal is an authentic traditional massage that has been handed down through generations of Padma Nair's family. It originates from her ancestral homeland of Kerala, South India and Padma herself began to learn massage at the tender age of 10 from her grandmother Saraswasti Amma, a well-known healer. Living and growing up in Kerala, Padma has always been surrounded by Ayurvedic, herbal and yoga traditions, which are a natural part of her makeup. She has studied philosophy, psychology and is an advanced Sivananda Yoga instructor. Her years of experience and intimate knowledge of the body and mind has allowed the evolution of Padma's original style of massage. She has developed the ability to incorporate her family's healing traditions and also combining influences of her inspiring teachers she has had

throughout her life. She is one of the world's most experienced practitioners and teachers of this ancient art and is responsible for training countless students since 1990.

She has a Guest House and Massage Training Centre in Kovalam Beach, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

www.thekarmaworld.com

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Beth Cooper

Beth has been a therapist at Ulpotha for several years now, practising Ayurvedic massage, Reflexology and Cranio-Sacral therapy. Her visits to Sri Lanka have often been coupled with time spent in India, where she trains with her teacher in Ayurvedic medicine/massage/pancha karma.

She is a dedicated yogini and has been inspired by the many wonderful teachers she has had the good fortune to work alongside at Ulpotha. Last year she qualified as a yoga teacher with one of these teachers (Stephen Thomas) in Taiwan.

She presently works in the London/Brighton area as a therapist and yoga teacher.

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Gill Croft

Gill practises Shiatsu, Tuina, Acupuncture and Reiki. Having taught Shiatsu and Chi Gong for The European Shiatsu School since 1993, Gill has worked with some of the most powerful and respected teachers, and created courses for retreat settings, Healing Camps and intensive 10 day bodywork courses in Europe, India, and the UK.

Gill combines treatments to suit each client, according to which mediums are most appropriate, from the gentlest Reiki touch to full-on meridian stretches, cross fibre techniques and skeletal realignments. While working in Rehab, she has devised group setting Chi Gong and Ear Acupuncture sessions, which are especially beneficial to those clients who may be suffering from jet lag. When in the UK Gill lives and practises in West London.

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Rebecca Hayes

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Florence Dugowson

Massage

Florence Dugowson began training with the internationally-renowned Ayurvedic specialist Kiran Vyas, creator of the first Ayurvedic centre in France, in 1989. Having worked with him for many years, she is fully qualified in Ayurvedic massage, including Panchakarma, and has completed post-graduate studies in Ayurveda and pregnancy massage.

Flo has also studied reflexology and zero-balancing in England. Her practice includes both modality-specific treatments and a fusion of these three influences. She has been visiting and working at Ulpotha for ten years, exchanging knowledge and techniques with local practitioners. She is very much a part of Ulpotha.

Yoga

Flo is also a qualified yoga instructor. Originally trained by Gerard Arnaud in Paris, she has broadened her knowledge of different yoga styles through first-hand experience of the various disciplines taught by the many teachers who have worked at Ulpotha over the years. She has also completed another teacher training in Mysore, India.

Flo teaches in Paris, mainly on a one-to-one basis and to small groups. As a bodyworker she feels it is important to keep her eyes and hands on her students. She adapts her class intensity to students' needs and embraces the wide range of practices that yoga offers, from dynamic Vinyasa flow to the stillness of Yoga Nidra, Pranayama, and meditation. She uses Iyengar as the basis for her flowing breath-driven yoga which connects both to the inner self and to yogic principles. Interested in the link between the Ayurvedic system and yoga, Flo explores the therapeutic effects of a practice lived from within, using the breath as a tool through the Nadis to create movement where energy and matter have become stagnant. She enjoys teaching yoga as a pleasurable and liberating healer of body and soul.

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Diane Hudock

Diane Hudock is known for her eclectic style of teaching and hands-on

approach that brings together the expansive and healing principles of

Anusara, and the power of Ashtanga within a spontaneous, flowing

Vinyasa practice. She has developed her own unique philosophy for the

multi-dimensional beings that we are: do a consciously challenging

practice that brings you out of your comfort zone, in order to remove

fear, expand the mind, and create the greatest freedom in the physical

body. Diane has trained extensively in many schools of yoga, and has

been leading workshops and classes for eight years incorporating her

knowledge and wisdom in energetic medicine, body-work, and female

empowerment. She has been a contributing writer to various yoga

publications with her teachings on: unleashing creativity through

yoga, using the tools of yoga to break through fear and create the life

you want, and ultimate transformation. Her students have included many

world-class athletes, Fortune 500 CEO's, and celebrities. She credits

the transformative teachings of John Friend, Noah Maze, and Anthony

Benedati, for shaping her craft and enriching the path. Diane lives in

Los Angeles, California.

Anoushka Pletts

Anoushka has a strong Sivananda foundation but since qualifying three years ago she has undergone intensive training to explore her own beliefs of yoga as a human movement system. She has been taught by Shiva Rea, Suzy Daw and Jane Farrimond, all of whom have provided different takes on possible yoga approaches. She has then synthesised this knowledge which is currently imbedded with other schools of human movement such as Dahn Yoga to create her own unique and eclectic solution.

Within her eclectic mix, she has developed a unique approach to the postures by working closely with personal trainer Tom Marien of One Personal Training, Steve Clifford of Pulsing Massage and through reading about the different approaches to static vs. dynamic stretching. This physiological and anatomical knowledge has enabled her to create an approach based on "˜isolated ballistic and dynamic movements' which through regular use transforms the body's flexibility beyond any human movement solution she has ever worked with.

Class Structure:

Anoushka uses themes at the start of every class to give her students a tangible journey. Each class then revolves around the theme to demonstrate the versatility of yoga as a means of raising consciousness both in body and mind. She engages the mind by gently introducing theory and psychological tools to deepen the understanding obtained through the physical body. One can expect to see flip charts in her classes yet this does not leave you feeling baffled but rather enlightened given her ability to simplify theoretical reasoning. This is the intelligent answer to yoga made accessible to everyone. She ends her classes with reflective goal setting when the mind /body connection is at it's strongest so individuals can start to identify what it is that really matters in their life.

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Sandra Callender

Sandra Callender is an artist at heart. Her passion for the creative is inspired by 15 years of study and teaching in the healing art and science of yoga. A former resident and Programme Director at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts, Sandra taught yoga and self-growth programs in addition to training aspiring yoga teachers. Her love of yoga has prompted her to study with master teachers, including a year of study in Florence, Italy where she explored the work of Vanda Scaravelli. Sandra's teaching style encourages an awareness of alignment with a heart-centred focus. Students of all levels are welcome.

Sandra's work is informed by a lifetime of exploration in movement, bodywork and dance. Her knowledge and understanding of the body is grounded in 18 years of ballet training, in addition to certifications in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Kripalu Bodywork and DansKinetics.

In addition, Sandra is a Gestalt therapist specializing in women's health and fertility. Sandra creates community art installations using the universal elements of the Mandala and Yantra, in addition to leading yoga inspired retreats in exotic places like Bali and Tuscany, as well as closer to home in rural Ontario and the beautiful shores of Canada's Maritime Provinces.

Mark Maxwell

Mark qualified in Shiatsu at the European School of Shiatsu in '97. Shiatsu is a treatment based on the principles of Chinese Medicine using pressure and stretches to balance and unblock the subtle energy channels (Meridians) of the bodymind. An oil treatment helps to improve the flow of energy...So unlike many massage techniques it is very therapeutic as well as relaxing...

Whilst in Japan Shiatsu can be a rather painful treatment, the European approach

is more gentle but still highly effective for relieving all sorts of conditions...especially musculo-skeletal..clients can always ask for a soft

or hard session...

Mark has also studied Nutrition, Counselling, Stress Management and

Homoeopathy and has taught Chi Kung and meditation techniques which enables

him to give farely comprehensive complementary medical advice to his

clients...

Claire Farman

Claire has been practising yoga for 20 years. For the past 6 years she has been teaching, inspired by healing herself through yoga after a serious back injury. The yoga she teaches is Hatha based with a strong emphasis on meditation and spiritual awareness. Her classes accommodate both the beginner and more advanced student, leading to greater flexibility, strength and stamina for both body and mind. She teaches at Tri Yoga and Holmes Place in West London and specialises in developing private yoga practices to suit individual needs. She is also a qualified classical homoeopath and bodyworker.

Mika

Mika started yoga at aged 21 with Baptiste Marceau, one of France's foremost Astanga teachers, who was later to become a good friend and mentor.

Mika was a musician at that time, though yoga had such a pull for him that he left Paris a year and a half later to concentrate on teaching.

Many people were asking for private classes, so he started to travel the world, from New York to Israel to give classes!

In 2002 he met a swami in India who offered to teach him tantric yoga. For the next 3 years he travelled between Paris and Rishikesh in India. For the last 2 years Mika has been teaching classes in Paris and continuing with his private classes.

Granville Cousins

Granville has been practicing Yoga for 30yrs - 17 of them devoted to teaching. His Iyengar background has been enhanced by his time practicing with BKS Iyengar at the Ramamani Institute in Pune, India. He has been inspired to study with well known and respected Yogis such as Derek Ireland, Radha and David Swenson. Although Granville is recognized as one of the foremost Astanga teachers in the country, he is increasingly being drawn to the traditional practices of the ancient yogis. Granville places great importance on classical Asanas, Pranayama and Meditation which has led him to develop his dynamic yogAsana - a series of integrated asanas brought together in a flowing sequence concentrating on meditative awareness. His wide expertise enables all students to move confidently through his Yoga sessions ensuring everybody can develop their practice safely and with awareness.

Granville leads popular workshops and yoga holidays throughout the year in a friendly and relaxed way, with many yoga students returning year after year.

Cheze Darville

Cheze' Darville, Transformational Hawaiian Bodywork and Energetic Healing

This style of bodywork has its roots in the ancient healing arts of the Hawaiian

Kahunas or Shamanic Healers. Performed using fluid movements designed to connect the body, mind and soul to Source allowing the body to participate in its own healing process. Deeply relaxing yet energizing by increasing your mana or life force energy. Clearing cellular memory of trauma and stimulating the lymphatic flow allowing energy to flow more freely in the body. Alot more than just a massage-its a healing experience leaving you feeling cleansed, renewed and nurtured.

Deepa Moodgal

Deepa has been practising yoga for over 11 years, and has studied under

the guidance of some of the most renowned yoga teachers in the world. She

offers gratitude to her immediate teachers Shiva rea and Emma Henry who

continue to inspire her along her yoga path and also to her students and

friends for their continued support and encouragement.

Deepa's classes are strong yet nurturing - she encourages her students to

connect with their true feelings by breathing and staying present so that

they can begin to transform habitual patterns in their lives subtly.

In a class she will often work with the energy that her students present

to her rather than towards a specific structure or routine.

Deepa firmly believes that yoga is a universal path, it is much more than

movement on the mat, she encourages her students to take their movements

and breath into everday life so that they are able to embody the flow of

living and overcome challenges that they may be faced with.

She offers her practice and study of yoga to everyone, she believes that

yoga is a beautiful and invaluable gift for us all.



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