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Yin Yoga Teachers
This directory contains the names and contact information for yoga teachers and studios outside the United States
who offer Yin Yoga classes and workshops. If you can not located someone near you who offers
Yin Yoga, join the Kula discussion group
and ask for assistance locating a teacher. If you are a teacher who would like to
be listed here you can apply via the Kula board as well. To navigate within the directory simply
select a country or city from the list below and go from there.
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Australia
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Sydney
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Trish Flynn Sydney
Trish spent many years dancing professionally and choreographing various projects both overseas and in
Australia. In 1989 Trish began her journey with yoga when she became pregnant with her first daughter, and
continued practising yoga for a number of years. In 2004 she studied to become a teacher at Samadhi Yoga
in Sydney and the rest is history. Since meeting Sarah Powers in 2007 at a teachers' workshop
Trish realised her true calling in Yoga as a teacher of Yin Yoga. Trish has a student base that includes
school students, gym yogis, professional footballers, dancers
and private clients from all walks of life.
Trish believes that life without Yoga is one without light and shade, a life without the amazing tools to
experience life to the fullest, with joy. "The greatest lesson that Yoga has taught me is the ability to find
stillness and calm within you, a place where there is no judgement and no anger. I have found a place where I
can feel safe and peaceful with myself and a place from where I can begin to accept, nurture and grow as a
person. To be happy is a choice we can all make and give back to the Universe."
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Email: Trish.Flynn@bigpond.com
Phone: 61 4 05773111
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Belize
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Sally Haggerty Caye Caulker, Belize
Sally Haggerty, RYT, has been a yoga and meditation practitioner since 1990 and a Kripalu Certified Teacher since
2000. She has integrated Yin Yoga as taught by Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers in her practice and teaching since
2003. She specializes in sessions to reduce stress, cultivate a meditative practice, to keep the body and
mind supple - and to bring lightheartedness to the practice of yoga. Sally has had training in comparative
anatomy, positional therapy, Phoenix Rising, yoga for children, and assorted other areas of yoga interest,
and is a learner in Buddhist teachings and qi gong. She has offered classes since 2000 in Harpswell
(near Brunswick and Bath), and continues teaching classes at her home and in the greater Brunswick area,
as well as on Caye Caulker in Belize, Central America.
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Web: www.greatislandyoga.com
Email: info@greatislandyoga.com
Phone:207-729-7883
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Bernie Clark
Vancouver, B.C.
Bernie Clark has been teaching yoga and meditation since 1998. He has a bachelor degree in Science from
the University of Waterloo and combines his intense interest in yoga with an understanding of the scientific
approach to investigating the nature of things. His ongoing studies have taken him deeply inside mythology,
comparative religions and psychology. All of these avenues of exploration have clarified his understanding
of the ancient Eastern practices of yoga and meditation. His teaching, workshops and books have helped
many students broaden their own understanding of health, life and the source of true joy.
Bernie's yoga practice encompasses the hard, yang-styles, such as Ashtanga and Power Yoga, and the softer,
yin-styles, as exemplified in Yin Yoga. His meditation experience goes back to the early 80's when he
first began to explore the practice of Zen meditation. During those days, while he struggled with the
conflict between practice and theory, Bernie also worked as a member of the executive team of one of
Canada's oldest and largest Hi-Technology companies, assisting it to become a world-renowned leader
in its field. He has two children who have launched successful careers of their own.
Where is Bernie Teaching right now?
Currently Bernie is teaching at Yin Yoga at
Semperviva Yoga in Vancouver. The
Yin Yoga classes are held Sunday nights at
6:15 pm and Thursday nights at 7:15 pm. The Sunday class is followed by an hour long meditation class. He is also
leading two Hatha classes each week [Mondays at 5:30 pm, and Saturdays at 9:30 am]
and two Power Yoga classes [Wednesdays at 7:30 pm and Thursdays at 5:45 pm]. Bernie is also a part of the
faculty conducting teacher training at several studios include the
Prana Yoga & Zen Centre,
Flow Yoga
and with the South Okanagan Yoga Association aka SOYA
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Web: www.yinyoga.com
www.semperviva.com
Email: BernieClark@yinyoga.com
Phone: 1-604-734-3524
Studio: Semperviva, Vancouver, B.C.
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Diana Batts Vancouver, B.C.
Diana took her first yoga class during high school moving between stacks of books on the floor of the local
school's library. Since then yoga has become more than a part of life but a path to life. Always learning and
deepening her practice, she enjoys sharing with students her wonder of yoga, balancing her flowing classes
with breath, alignment, strength and ease.
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Web:
www.semperviva.com
www.thespacevancouver.com
www.thepathyoga.com
Studios: Semperviva Yoga Studios, The Space, and The Path
Yoga Studio, all in Vancouver, B.C.
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Cameron Gilley Vancouver, B.C.
Yogi (and Yoga Teacher), Martial Artist, Energy Enthusiast, Skateboarder, Snowboarder, Skim boarder,
Surfer, Writer, Rocker, Amateur Astronomer and Voracious Student of The Great Mystery - Cameron has
always sought the less-traveled path in his lifelong pursuit of enjoyment and insight. Upon recieving
certification to teach Hatha Yoga, he has been passionately sharing in his Search with students.
Drawing from his experience in Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Power Yoga, Martial Arts and Meditation, in
each class Cameron devotes his energy to creating a space for students to access their own innate
presence through posture, flow, breath and awareness. Whatever your walk of life, Cameron invites
you to come experience for yourself the liberating and life-affirming bliss that is YOGA...
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Web:
www.semperviva.com
Studio: Semperviva, Vancouver, B.C.
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Jason Hagemeister Vancouver, B.C.
Jason began practicing yoga in the early 90's in an effort to find some balance in his busy life and law
practice. In the years to come the balance would shift until he replaced his legal career with those
things in life closer to his heart. Jason maintained a steady practice in a variety of types of yoga -
including Kundalini, Hatha, Bikram's and Power Yoga. In 2001 Jason met Kelly and they would go on to
marry and open the doors to Flow Yoga Studio. We all have our strengths and weaknesses and Jason
emphasises that yoga should be less concerned with self-improvement than with self-acceptance. Jason
and Kelly have developed their own version of 'Flow' yoga which is firmly grounded in the Ashtanga
tradition while incorporating what they consider to be the best aspects from the other traditions
they have experienced
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Web:
www.flowyogavancouver
Email:info@flowyogavancouver.com
Phone: 682 FLOW (3569)
Studio: Flow Yoga, 101-1409 W Pender, Vancouver, B.C.
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Kelly Colleen Vancouver, B.C.
Kelly began practicing yoga and meditation in 1997 with the intention of finding peace in her busy
life and challenging job as an editor of an up and coming magazine based in San Francisco. She took
her first Ashtanga Yoga class at It's Yoga Studio and fell in love with the grace and fluidity of
the practice. She was soon managing the studio and teaching full-time as well as becoming an
integral part of the studio's Teacher Training Program. Her training has been influenced by many
eclectic teachers including Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, Sarah Powers, Larry Schultz, Paul Grilley and
David Swenson. Kelly's teaching style is Vinyasa Flow, fusing together elements from Ashtanga,
Hatha, Power and Yin Yoga
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Web:
www.flowyogavancouver
Email:info@flowyogavancouver.com
Phone: 682 FLOW (3569)
Studio: Flow Yoga, 101-1409 W Pender, Vancouver, B.C.
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Debbie Dawkins Vancouver, B.C.
Debbie is Yoga Alliance certified (YRT200-Hatha) with additional certificates in Yin Yoga and Prenatal
Yoga. A yoga practitioner since 1999, with a firm belief in healing through wholeness, Debbie believes
each of us has the ability to help ourselves return to original design. Having experienced the benefits of
Yin Yoga on sports injuries first-hand, Debbie is passionate about teaching this method to others.
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Web:www.heartcentreyoga.ca
Email:Ddawkins@aol.com
Phone: 604-294-4954
Studio:Heart Centre Yoga
3978B Hastings Street
Burnaby, BC
V5C 6C1
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Wendy Eyton Vancouver, B.C.
Wendy’s primary focus is
working with people who are in rehabilitation or who experience high levels of stress. She teaches private
and group classes using a variety of techniques including yin yoga, restorative yoga, hatha yoga, meditation,
breathing & nutrition to reach the unique needs of each client. Wendy works closely with a variety of
professionals including pilates teachers, chiropractors, acupuncturists to ensure each client is effectively
treated. She took her primary hatha Yoga training at Prana Yoga College. She has since studied yin with
Bernie Clark and restorative yoga practices which are incorporated in to her teaching. Wendy has been
actively teaching yoga in Vancouver BC since 2003 and is passionate about the endless benefits the practice
of yoga can offer.
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Web: www.thebiomatpractice.com
Email:we (at) thebiomatpractice.com
Phone: 604-646-0199
Studio: Inner Space Yoga
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Catherine Merlin Vancouver, B.C.
Catherine made sure there was space for yoga in her daily life ever since her first yoga class, ten years ago
with Grant Couture from Wandering Yogis. As by magic, all fell into place in her life. She started teaching
four years ago to respond to her need to share her discovery: the inspiration that flows in and enables her
to embrace life fully.
Always learning and deepening her practice, one of her workshops was with Bernie Clark where Catherine
enjoyed the deeper connection and understanding she felt she acquired with her body during Yin yoga classes.
Now she encourages her students to try and include Yin yoga classes to deepen their weekly yoga practice.
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Web: www.happyyogis.com
Email:transwiz@shaw.ca
Phone: 604-438-8616
Studio:Forufera
505 Hamilton Street (Mezz level)
Vancouver, BC,
Canada, V6B 2R1
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Robyn Ellingson Vancouver, B.C.
Robyn became a yoga teacher after exiting the corporate world, in 2005. She has received her 200 and
500 hour hatha yoga teaching certifications and certification in yin yoga. She continues to expand
her knowledge of yoga and teaching by attending workshops with master teachers throughout North America.
Inspired by ‘feeling good’ Robyn’s light-hearted and common-sense approach to teaching yoga helps students
learn the foundations, while encouraging playfulness and having fun in class.
She teaches at The Yoga Practice, Sweat Co. Studios and Fit City for Women. Robyn's yin classes are
meditative and introspective in nature, allowing students to strengthen the mind while allowing for
flexibility in the body.
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Email:robynellingson@shaw.ca
Studios:
The Yoga Practice
Sweat Co. Studios
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Danielle Hoogenboom Vancouver, B.C.
Danielle Hoogenboom is the founder of Love Light Yoga and praises the art of yoga as the origins of her physical healing and the source of
her spiritual strength. She has been practicing for 9 years and is certified in Hatha, Yin and Prenatal Yoga. Danielle strives to share the
beauty of Yin Yoga that teaches us how to restore the balance in your own lives through personal awareness and devotion to inner freedom
from habits and repetitive nature. Learning to approach our bodies and minds creatively, passionately and mindfully is our greatest challenge.
"My teaching is a creative expression of my life and an extension of my artistic practice. I share a fusion of my studies, interpretations
and experiences to help people find their radiance again and continue to shine it bright. Yoga is love in action and a powerful tool
for social change"
Danielle currently teaches in numerous studios in Vancouver.
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Web: www.lovelightyoga.com
www.daniellehoogenboom.com
Email:danielle@lovelightyoga.com
Phone: 778.989.5446
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Elle Scott Vancouver, B.C.
Elle is a curious cat. She is constantly seeking and investigating life at all angles and yoga has been an integral tool in her
self-discovery. Elle continually draws on inspiration from Buddhist teachings, meditation, daily life and the sheer joy of being
present and in the body she was given. She enjoys bringing insight into her classes where each student can find a seed for their
own growth and development emotionally, physically and spiritually.
Elle's specific Yin training consists of 100hrs Yin & Anatomy training with Paul Grilley and various workshops with Sarah Powers
and Bernie Clark. Elle strongly believes in on-going professional study and most importantly - seeking the little lessons in every day life.
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Web: www.amritayoga.ca
Email:elle (at) amritayoga.ca
Phone: 778-238-0781
Studios: YogaforthePeople, Inner Space Yoga & Semperviva
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Lori Lucas Vancouver, B.C.
Lori teaches all levels of Classical Hatha, Yin, Prenatal, Baby & Me, and Kid’s Yoga throughout the Lower Mainland, and privately.
She believes that yoga is for everybody, and has a great passion for working with pregnant women and their families. Lori's classes
provide a warm and supportive, down to earth environment in which students can feel safe to connect with their body wisdom. She is also a
Birth Doula, a member of the Doula Services Association, and a member of the Yoga Association of BC. You can take a class with Lori in
the Yaletown, downtown, Mt.Pleasant and East Vancouver areas.
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Web: www.yogawithlorilucas.blogspot.com
Email:yoginilori (@) gmail.com
Studios: Mount Pleasant Community Centre
@ #1 Kingsway
(Main St @ Kingsway)
604-257-3080
Roundhouse in Yaletown
at the corner of Davie & Pacific
604-713-1800
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Birgit Nilson Comox, B.C.
Birgit has a strong background in Kinesiology and has been teaching Fitness and Pilates classes and Fitness Instructor Training courses
for 20 years. An avid Yoga practioner for many years she became a Yoga teacher in 2002. She is trained in Hatha, Ashtanga and Vinyasa style
and has just recently included YIN in her repertoire. Birgit was fortunate to take the Yin teacher training with Bernie Clark and feels that
this style complements all other activities and provides a beautiful balance. Her education and her passion provide her students with a safe
and comfortable environment for practice.
She is presently teaching vinyasa style and YIN classes at the Recreation Centre in Comox, the Kingfisher Spa and at Island Pilates and
Fitness in Courtenay.
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Email: b.nilson@shaw.ca
Phone: 250-339-9665
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Lori Charko North Vancouver
Certified in classical Hatha yoga, Yin yoga, Prenatal yoga and Personal Training, Lori has 17 years of experience teaching
fitness and yoga. Her SFU studies of kinesiology, health and fitness, along with world travels and a caring nature, have her guiding
students through safe and enjoyable classes. Inspired by teachers such as Sarah Powers, Shakti Mhi and Bernie Clark, Lori leads by
example and loves to diversify teachings by incorporating positive lifestyle ideas, yogic inspirations and some philosophy into her classes.
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Email: info (at) bodyharmony.ca
Phone: (604) 929.YOGA (9642)
Studio: Body Harmony
#301 - 972 Marine Drive,
North Vancouver
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Nicholas Papakentris North Vancouver
Nicholas has been practicing Yoga since 1998. His passion for this ancient practice grew into becoming a certified
Yoga teacher in Hatha, and recently completed teacher training in Yin Yoga with Bernie Clark. He is also the Director of the Soma
Yoga Retreat in Greece, where he teaches and tour guides in the Greek islands.
While in Vancouver, Canada, he teaches at
the Body Harmony Studio as a Yin Yoga instructor. Since his first Yoga class, he realized he wanted to share his experience
and teach others the wonders of Yoga. Join Nicholas on your next Yoga Holiday on one of the Aegean's most beautiful islands, Nisyros.
He presently travels between Canada and Europe, teaching the amazing benefits of Yin and Hatha Yoga.
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Web: www.somayogaretreats.com
Email: nicholaspapakentris (at) yahoo.ca
Studio: Body Harmony
in North Vancouver
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Sandra Tonn Powell River, B.C.
Sandra has been practicing and studying yoga for more than a decade. She loves teaching yin yoga
and is also a certified hatha and kids yoga instructor. In addition to her dedication to yoga,
Sandra is a registered holistic nutritionist, natural health journalist and speaker, and whole
food nutrition teacher. She works with the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, the alive Academy
of Natural Health, and is on faculty of the Canadian Initiative for Elder Planning Studies. Her
health and yoga articles are read nationally in health magazines such as Health Action magazine,
alive magazine, Health'N Vitality, Natural Living, and Good Life Connoisseur. She is a member of
Health Action Network Society, EarthSave and the Western Wilderness Foundation. Sandra is also an
avid backcountry hiker and skier, an ocean kayaker, and enjoys organic gardening and photography.
Go to her website for more information about Sandra, her classes, or to read her published
articles.
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Web: www.sandratonn.com
Email: Sandra_tonn@telus.net
Studio:
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Julia Shields Maple Ridge, B.C.
I teach Yin Yoga as well as Hatha, Hot, Yogalates, Pilates, Yoga for runners and many other styles.
We also incorporate many of the yin yoga poses in our yoga for runners and in our gentle and restorative yoga classes.
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Studio: Free Spirit Yoga
Web: www.freespirityoga.ca
Email: julia@freespirityoga.ca
Phone: 604-463-0346
Rockridge
13354 237 A. St.
North Maple Ridge V4 R 2V9
Thornhill
26098 102 Ave East
Maple Ridge V2W 1K4
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Carly Forest Victoria, B.C.
Carly has been teaching yoga in and around Victoria since 2002. She has studied in residence at the Sivananda Ashram in
California and has studied Yin yoga with Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley. To further her study and practice, Carly completed the
Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. This program has deepened Carly's
grounding in the philosophy and practice of both Yoga and Buddhism.
Carly’s style provides her students with a range of Mindfulness-based philosophy woven through the asana practice. With warmth
and encouragement, Carly provides a safe and nurturing environment for her students to explore the deep physical, emotional and
energetic releases possible with a yin style practice.
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Web: www.carlyforest.ca
Email: carly.forest@gmail.com
Studio: Hemma
1247 May Street,
Victoria, BC
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Prasar (Robert) Smith Victoria, B.C.
I am a certified with Yoga Alliance (RTY-200), having completed my teacher training @ Moksana Yoga Studio
and Yin Teacher Training, with Bernie Clark. What brought me to Yoga was, at first, a way to heal and help
repair my body from 30 years of distance running. I discovered that Yoga presented, not only a physical
practice, but one that enriched my spiritual awareness.
In my classes, whether it be Yin or Hatha, I try to integrate pranayama and mediation along with challenging
poses in a fun dynamic class that it suitable for all levels. My teachers include Bernie Clark, Elizabeth
Peckham, Padma Nair and Vishvi Ji. I have spent 5 months in India deepening my personal practice, which I
hope will expand my teaching abilities. The styles of yoga that have influenced me are Yin, Sivananada and
Akhanda.
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Email: prasarsmith@shaw.ca
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Erin Routley West Vancouver, B.C.
Erin has been working in the alternative healthcare industry for over 10 years. Her background consists of
studies at the University of British Columbia in the Human Kinetics Faculty of Preventative Health and an
extensive array of treatment therapies in the Healing Arts. As a teacher of both Yin and Yang Yoga, Erin
began to blend movement, meditation, and massage as a means to create balance and clarity to guide others
along this path. A joy for living and desire to diversify led her to healing centres all around the globe.
Teaching and studying in SE Asia, Europe, Hawaii, and Ireland has given Erin an outstanding view of
wholistic therapy.
Atlantis Therapies strives to manifest a nurturing, supportive, and therapeutic environment to cultivate
this awareness for each client's individual needs.
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Web: www.atlantistherapies.com
Email: erin@atlantistherapies.com
Phone: 778-997-0797
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Lauren Roegele
White Rock, B.C.
Lauren is a Yoga Alliance certified Ashtanga Vinyasa Teacher with certification in Yin Yoga and is
currently undergoing the extensive Anusara certification. Lauren has a deep connection to the healing
benefits of her Yoga practice. Many surgeries and complications, resulting from being hit by a car, lead
Lauren to seek out a practice to help her find her way through pain and back to herself.
"Through my practice I've learned to listen to my body - to search through every inhale and exhale, and
examine my every thought. My breath connects me to my heart. I want to inspire people through yoga - inspire
them to connect with their breath and look deep within their hearts."
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Web: www.laurensyoga.com
Email: lroegele@gmail.com
Phone: 778-223-8897
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Canada
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Alberta
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Ruth Williams Edmonton
Ruth decided to try this "yoga thing" almost 10 years ago for a lark and has not looked back since.
She was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and came out to Alberta just over a year ago to practice as
an attorney. Upon moving to Edmonton she discovered Moksha Yoga Edmonton and found in it a second home
and wonderful yogic community.
From the moment Ruth took her first yin yoga class she immediately felt a deep connection to the practice. It marries the physical and
meditative benefits of yoga perfectly. She has just completed a yin yoga training course at the Sea-to-Sky Retreat Centre in British
Columbia lead by Bernie Clark. Ruth is excited about sharing her passion for yin yoga with her fellow yogis at MYE.
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Email: rwilliams1027@yahoo.ca
Web: www.mokshayogaedmonton.com
Studio:Moksha Yoga Edmonton
14927-111 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5M 2P6
Phone: (780) 481-3070
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Angie Ackerman Sherwood Park
In December 2006 Angie tried a YIN yoga class in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. It was everything she loves about
yoga - floor postures, long passive holds, specific to hips, and especially no YANG (strength or sweat).
She returned home to Edmonton & could only find one YIN class in the city & it was not timely or close by.
Despite that, every Wednesday she made the trek into town for Kyle's Yin class. It was worth every
inconvenience to get there & back. She then researched training so she could share this incredible
style of yoga with others. After a weekend with Paul Grilley she started teaching YIN at Yoga for
Today in Sherwood Park
The YIN classes she teaches are true YIN with no Yang postures or flow. Angie makes it clear to all of her
student's that as wonderful as YIN may be it is a compliment practice to the Yang yoga & should not be one's
only Yoga. She also considers it to be advanced & therefore does not allow beginners in her class.
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Web: www.yogafortoday.ca
Web: www.breatheyoga.ca
Email: angie@breatheyoga.ca
Phone: (780) 464-4206
Studio: #169, 51149 Range Road 231
Sherwood Park
Alberta
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Canada
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Ontario
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Gayle Poapst Kemptville, Ontario
Educated as a nurse, Gayle has repeatedly witnessed how yoga complements western medicine and empowers practitioners to take
responsibility for their own health and wellness. After a 20 year career in health care, Gayle now focuses her efforts on
healing through yoga.
Gayle brings a nurturing gentle energy to the class creating an environment where students can go within to discover their
true selves and make positive life changes from the inside out. Knowing that each student is their own greatest teacher,
she simply guides them on their quest for union of mind, body and spirit.
Gayle is a Registered Hatha Yoga Teacher (RYT) with over 1000 hours of teaching experience and the owner / operator of
Bodhi Tree Yoga. She teaches Hatha, Senior's, Back Care and Yin Yoga classes.
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Web: www.bodhitreeyogacentre.ca
Email: gayle (at) bodhitreeyogacentre.ca
Phone: 613-258-5775
Studio: Bodhi Tree Yoga Centre
28 Prescott St.
Kemptville, Ontario, Canada
K0G 1J0
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Storme Van Rassel North Bay, Ontario
Storme is currently teaching at the Vinyasa Studio in North Bay, Ontario. She has trained with Paul Grilley
and Sarah Powers at White Sulphur Springs in CA and with Sarah again at Kripalu. She is a registered teacher
in the Kripalu methodology and has studied and participated in Vipassana.
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Email: stormevanrassel@gmail.com
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Marla Ericksen Ottawa, Ontario
Marla is a versatile and spirited presenter who thrives on empowering people through the fusion
of fitness and Yoga. She has just launched her first DVD “Yoga Inspired Functional Fitness” which
blends the Yin and Yang Taoist forms with ashtanga based vinyasa. In the fitness realm, she is
creatively pioneering the mind-body movement while honoring the ancient practices of Yoga and
meditation. In her role as a Yoga instructor, her classes respect the principles of functional
fitness training. Marla was recognized as Presenter of the Year in 2002 by the Canadian
Association of Fitness Professionals. Marla is on the advisory council for Can Fit Pro, a
member of IDEA, part of the NIKE Elite Fitness Training team, and manages her career through
Empower M.E. Lifestyles, an Ottawa-based entrepreneurial venture in LIFE!
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Web: www.MarlaEricksen.com
Email: Marla@MarlaEricksen.com
Phone: (613)728-2333
Studio: Santosha Yoga Westboro
346 Richmond Road
Ottawa, Ontario K2A 0E8
(613) 235-5378
www.santoshayoga.com
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Mark Laham Ottawa, Ontario
Mark Laham, innovative yoga instructor and seminar leader, teaches the ancient wisdoms of the East combined
with modern principles of the West to individuals from all arenas of life. Through yoga classes, development
workshops and corporate seminars on stress management, he motivates his students to succeed in all aspects of
their lives.
Through the study of quantum physics, biochemistry, psychology, and of course, by gaining every day life
experience, Mark spent many years expanding his knowledge of consciousness. Sharing his own skills and
experiences, he encourages his students or audience to work hard to achieve their financial, relational,
physical, mental or spiritual objectives.
Mark has the ability to deliver complex subjects in a manner that everyone can comprehend and incorporate
into their day to day lives. His ability to share wisdom, practices, experiences and life lessons while at
the same time, inspiring and entertaining his audience make him a truly unique speaker and teacher.
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Web: www.marklaham.com
Email: info@ottawayoga.com
Phone: 866-531-2652
Studio: Rama Lotus Yoga Centre
340 Gladstone Avenue,
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K2P 0Y8
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Tracey Soghrati Toronto, Ontario
Tracey’s vision is to share yoga philosophy & practice in a manner that is authentic, accessible and applicable to
modern day life. Her classes are grounded in a sound knowledge of the physical body and a humble perspective on the power
of the mind. She seeks to incorporate self-inquiry as a tool of self-realization in every practice. She specializes in
delivering classes (yin & vinyasa) that are healing and invigorating for all levels of the body.
Tracey has the honour of co-directing Spynga's 200-hr yoga teacher training with Sari Nisker. As well, she is the director of Toronto's
first 40-hr yin yoga teacher training program. Tracey has completed over 1000 hours in yoga teacher training of various
lineages (Jivamukti, Yin, Prenatal, Yoga Therapy) and her primary influences include Sharon Gannon & David Life, Bernie
Clark, Sarah Powers, Susi Hately Aldous & Jeannine Woodall. Her formal education includes post-secondary studies in
molecular biology, nursing, critical care nursing, parenting/child development education, perinatal care, swedish
massage and thai yoga massage.
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Web: www.soghratiyoga.com
Email: traceybelanger@gmail.com
Studio: Roots Yoga Studio
889 Younge: Yoga & Holistic Lifestyle
Spynga The Yoga & Cycling Studio
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Cathy Keenan Toronto, Ontario
Cathy has been practicing yoga for 10 years and is grateful for the unconditional support it has given her
throughout the many changes in her life.
After completing her yoga teacher training in 2003, Cathy continued to seek out the teachings of many internationally well
respected practioneers. It wasn't until studying with Paul Grilley that she took a serious interest in learning more about
acupuncture and Chinese medicine. In pursuit of a deeper understanding of the mind/body connection and an interest in
complimentary therapies Cathy completed her diploma in acupuncture and is currently working towards her doctoral in
Traditional Chinese Medicine. Teaching yin yoga allows her to blend the two things she loves (yoga and TCM) and
share it with others.
Cathy is a member of Yoga Alliance and the Canadian Association of Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine (CAATCM).
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Email: cathydkeenan (at) yahoo.com
Web: www.theyogasanctuary.net
Studio: The Yoga Sanctuary
95 Danforth Avenue, Suite 301,
Toronto, Ontario
Phone: 416-461-6161
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Alex Belcourt Toronto, Ontario
My journey through yoga over the past thirteen years has taken me to many different teachers and a variety of traditions. It was with
curiosity and an openness to integration that led me to choose the eclectic 500 hour Teacher Training program at the Octopus Garden Yoga
Centre in Toronto.My ongoing studies continue in Yoga, Buddhism and Transpersonal Psychology at the Insight Yoga Institute (IYI) in San Francisco and it
is at the IYI that I have had the great fortune of studying the art and practice of Yin yoga and Functional Anatomy with Sarah Powers
and Paul and Suzee Grilley.
I run an intimate, community-based studio in Toronto. My
classes reflect a blend of the energy enhancing holds of Yin yoga, the breath and flow of Ashtanga, the precision and alignment of
Iyengar, the therapeutic and personalized breath flow of Viniyoga and meditation in the Vipassana tradition. Different classes emphasize more of
these elements than others but it is my personal belief that a well-rounded practice needs to embrace both the active (Yang) and the passive
(Yin) principles in order to find balance. As with everything, this applies off the mat as well as on.
Everyone is welcome. Namaste.
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Email: alex.belcourt (at) mac.com
Studios: The Yoga Room
840 St Clair West
(Third Floor)
Phone: 416.710.8656
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Maureen Rae Toronto, Ontario
Maureen began her yoga journey at age 13 when first introduced to 'stretching' as part of her school physical fitness program.
The key fit the lock! ... the door opened ... and the rest is history!
She is a well-known international presenter and has presented annually at Canada's premier CanFitPro Conference since its inception
17 years ago. Maureen's main yoga teacher is Erich Schiffmann of Santa Monica, California. Angela Farmer, of Greece, and T.K.V. and
Kausthaub Desikachar, both of India, have been instrumental in broadening the scope of her yoga studies.
Maureen’s Yin studies, with Paul Grilley where he so diligently explains his intelligent approach to skeletal variation, have cast new light
onto the physical aspects of teaching asana. Every body IS different! And Yin Yoga honours that.
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Email: info (at) mraesyogastudio.com
Studios: Maureen Rae's Yoga Studio
5324 Dundas Street West
Etobicoke, Ontario
M9B 1B4
Phone: 416-716-7589
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Canada
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New Brunswick
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Stephanie (Calhoun) Guitar Fredericton
My personal passion for Yoga found its way in to my teaching arena after injuring myself
during a yoga practice. I was studying Massage Therapy at the time, and completely
immersed in anatomy and physiology, but still never put the pieces together. Then during my
200 hour Kripalu Yoga teacher training, we studied the Anatomy for Yoga DVD by Paul
Grilley, and I discovered skeletal variation. Since that time, I have spent 250 hours in study
with Paul & Suzee Grilley and have completed their 100 hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training
twice. I have been teaching Yin Yoga consistently for nearly three years now, and have been
leading workshops, and weekend teacher trainings in Yin Yoga.
I am currently developing curriculum to begin a 300 hour Satori Yoga Teacher Training hour teacher training of my
own, with 200 hours being Yang ~ Hatha Vinyasa, and 100 hours being Yin Yoga. I plan to
offer the first course in the fall of 2010. Other influential teachers of mine include Krishna
Das, Sharon Salzberg, Jillian Pransky and Shiva Rea, and I am currently furthering my
education with Atlantic Yoga Teacher Training in Halifax, to complete their 500 hour
module in the Kripalu lineage.
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Email: enlighten.satori (at) gmail.com
Studio: Satori ~
Centre for Well-being
441 King St., Suite 202
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 1E5
Phone: 1-506-260-2249
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Cheryl Pinto Moncton & Shediac
Cheryl discovered her love for yoga during an Iyengar class in Vancouver over 15 years ago. She continued to practice in the
Iyengar tradition for the next few years until discovering Ashtanga yoga. In recent years she has incorporated a meditation and
Yin Yoga practise to deepen her understanding and experience of yoga. Cheryl is grateful to her many teachers, including Sri
Pattabhi Jois, David Swenson, Tim Miller, Richard Freeman, Gioia Irwin and Fiona Stang. She recently returned to Moncton after
two decades in Vancouver, where she taught classes as a certified teacher and consulted in health care information technology.
Cheryl's primary intention for practice is mindfulness and her classes offer a unique balance of challenge and calm.
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Email: Cheryl.pinto23 (at) gmail.com
Phone: 506-351-0428
Studio: Upstairs Yoga
(in my home:
87 Weldon St, #6,
Shediac, N.B.)
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Canada
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Saskatchewan
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Chris Nykoluk Regina
Chris has been a yoga and meditation practitioner since 2005. She teaches Restorative, Hatha and Yin Yoga - her Yin Yoga
teacher was Bernie Clark in Vancouver. Chris specializes in sessions to reduce stress, cultivate a meditative practice and keep the body
and mind supple . "Yoga has so profoundly touched me and changed my life that I want to share it and teach it - teaching yoga is very
gratifying". Chris teaches at YogaMala in Regina, a yoga studio in a restored historic bank building with hardwood floors and
beautiful brick walls.
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Email: yogamala (at) sasktel.net
Studio: Yoga Mala
Phone: (306)352-9642
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China
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Hong Kong
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Hazel Tsui Hong Kong, China
Hazel has completed a Diploma in Teaching Yoga and studied Pranayama, meditation, Yoga Philosophy, anatomy,
Hatha, Yin and Hot yoga. She is a qualified Advanced Personal Fitness Trainer, Fit-ball instructor,
BOSU Balance Trainer, Foam Roller of Myofascial Therapy and Judo Coach.
Hazel teaches Hot Foundation Series, Basic Hatha, Yin yoga, Mom & Baby yoga, Kids yoga, Pre-Natal Yoga,
Aerobics Fit-ball Class and Personal training. She currently teaches at various homes, studios, health
centers, work places, mYoga, and California Fitness across China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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Web: www.hazeltsui.cc
Email: ht@hazeltsui.cc
Phone:852-95011124
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Fione Lee Hong Kong, China
Fione has been practicing and teaching yoga for the past 6 years, ever since she was introduced to yoga
through dance, 10 years ago. In 2003, SARS brought health to her attention. In 2004, she received a Yoga
Instructor Certificate, which started her teaching journey.
She is a qualified 200 hours Yoga Arts (Australia) & Yoga Alliance teacher. Also she has Yin Yoga
Teacher Training, Prana Flow Yoga Teacher Training Certificate, Pilates Certificate from POLESTAR
Pilates Education (USA), qualified Advanced Personal Fitness Trainer(AASFP), Sport Massage and
Fitball Personal Trainer. She draws her influence from various styles of yoga, and other
fields: Pilates, Fitball, Feldenkrais Method, Gyrokinesis, Tai Chi Dowing, and Partnering Dance Technique.
Fione believes everyone can have a peaceful, healthy lifestyle.
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Web: www.hk.myblog.yahoo.com/wellnessyogahk
Email: wellyogahk@ymail.com
Phone:852-91709751
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Keiko To Hong Kong
Bio to come...
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Web: www.yogalimbs.com
Email:keiki@yogalimbs.com
Phone: 852 2525-7415
Studio:Yoga Limbs
33rd & 34th Floor,
69 Jervois St.,
Sheung Wan,
Hong Kong
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Web: www.yogalimbs.com
Email:ann@yogalimbs.com
Phone: 852 2525-7415
Studio:Yoga Limbs
33rd & 34th Floor,
69 Jervois St.,
Sheung Wan,
Hong Kong
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Phil Williams Yunnan, Lijiang
Phil is a student of Paulie Zink, having studied with Paulie for several years. Phil is certified by Paulie as a teacher.
Phil has been practicing various forms of Daoist exercises since 1978. He also studied Classical Chinese medicine from a
Chinese family for 11 years and obtained an MS degree in acupuncture. He now runs a small college of Daoist arts in China.
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Web: www.daoistyoga.cn
Email: webmaster@daoistyoga.cn
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Minami GAO Shanghai
Minami engaged in yoga in Y2001, since then, Yoga has been a significant part of her life. At present, Minami is
a fulltime yoga teacher, who is qualified with multiple yoga instructor certificates, and has more than 3000 hours
teaching experience.
Minami is one of the earliest Yin yoga teachers in China. In addition Minami is a Yoga Alliance Certificated
Teacher (Hatha Yoga 200 hours) and is qualified by KRI (Kundalini Research Institute) as a Kundalini Yoga teacher.
She currently teaches at various homes, studios, health centers in Shanghai.
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Email: gao.minami@gmail.com
Phone:86 13 817 559 435
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Yu Hong Yan Zhuhai, Guang Dong
I am currently teaching at the Lotus Yoga studio in Zhuhai, Guang Dong Province, China. Zhuhai city is
adjacent to the South China sea, borders Hongkong and Shenzhen to the east by 36 nautical miles, and Macao to
the south by land. I have been practising yoga since 1993. I studied under, and have been inspired over the
years, by Peter Scott and Michel Besnard. I gained my teaching qualification in October 1998 after graduating
from the Australian Training Fitness Pilates Institute and Australian Yoga Alliance under instruction
from an Ashtanga school. I have been studying and practising Yin yoga with Michel Besnard since September 2002 and have
been teaching in China since May 2004. My aim is to introduce yoga to my students in the hope that they can
experience the benefits as I have over the past 14 years.
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Web: www.lotusyoga.cn
Email: riviereliu@yahoo.com.cn
Phone:86-756-3321277 or 3321299
Studio:Lotus Yoga Studio
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France
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Paris
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Elaine Rudnicki Paris
Elaine discovered yoga when she was a professional contemporary dancer, bringing her from her
native Canada to New York and Europe. A certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, Yin and Vinyasa Yoga teacher and
Thai yoga massage therapist, Elaine has a yoga therapy clinic in Paris, France where she receives clients in individual
sessions. She has studied yin yoga with Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley, is a registered Group Facilitator of the Phoenix
Rising Yoga Therapy Stress Reduction Program and teaches Yin Yoga Workshops and Stress Reduction Programs in France.
Her experiences in art, science and spirituality naturally have brought her to the emerging field of body-mind
therapies. As a therapist and yin yoga teacher, Elaine proposes a unique blend of mindfulness-based practises,
Buddhist psychology and the holistic yoga system for the body, mind and spirit.
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Web: www.yogastudioparis.com
Email: info@yogastudioparis.com
Phone: (33) 683 44 31 82
Studio: Yoga Studio Paris
175, boulevard Pereire
75017 Paris France
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Cecile Roubaud Annecy & Paris
Yoga is a lifetime journey, teaching us step by step the art of "sama" which is about finding balance between the body,
mind and spirit. I started Yoga learning Hatha Yoga in France. It's in Mexico, under the guidance of teacher Amado Cavazos,
that I fell in love with the Ashtanga Yoga practice. I have since had the opportunity to study while travelling with
internationally renowned ashtangis such as : Michael Gannon, Sharat Rangaswamy, Danny Paradise, Baptiste Marceau, Rolf
Naujokat , Chuck and Maty and many more.
While practicing the very Yang Ashtanga style of Yoga, I found myself in deep need of balancing this practice with different
spiritual paths. I have since started practicing Vipassana meditation and a more gentle yoga such as Yin Yoga. I had the great
chance to train with Bernie Clark. Through my teaching, I share my experience of Yoga as an integral and balanced approach
to reach wellbeing and inner peace. I am dedicated to helping my student to find and develop their own great potential and power.
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Email: ashtangannecy@gmail.com
Web: www.ashtanga-yoga-annecy.com
Studios: Rasa Yoga Rive Gauche, 21 rue Saint Jacques in Paris
Saturday 5H00pm and
Jour de Spa 17 rue Sommeiller in Annecy
Tuesday 7H30pm,
Thursday 6H15pm
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Greece
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Nisyros
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Nicholas Papakentris Nisyros, Greece
Nicholas has been practicing Yoga since 1998. His passion for this ancient practice grew into becoming a certified
Yoga teacher in Hatha, and recently completed teacher training in Yin Yoga with Bernie Clark. He is also the Director of the Soma
Yoga Retreat in Greece, where he teaches and tour guides in the Greek islands. While in Vancouver, Canada, he teaches at
the Body Harmony Studio as a Yin Yoga instructor. Since his first Yoga class, he realized he wanted to share his experience
and teach others the wonders of Yoga. Join Nicholas on your next Yoga Holiday on one of the Aegean's most beautiful islands, Nisyros.
He presently travels between Canada and Europe, teaching the amazing benefits of Yin and Hatha Yoga.
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Web: www.somayogaretreats.com
Email: nicholaspapakentris (at) yahoo.ca
Studio: Body Harmony in Vancouver
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Japan
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Tokyo
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Dani Rippingale Tokyo
First introduced to yoga in New Zealand in 1995, I have practiced and studied different traditions of yoga
over the years in Canada and India. In Tokyo, I teach classical Indian Hatha Yoga (Sivananda), Yin Yoga and
Yin/Yang Yoga. With my background in psychology, I am infinitely inspired by how the practical and ancient
tradition of yoga offers practitioners a means to heal and grow. Yoga connects us with every aspect of
our life, helping us to appreciate life the way it is... moment by moment. In my classes, I aim to create
an atmosphere where students can awaken to their inner teacher and create a flexible and peaceful body,
mind and spirit through breathe awareness and energy flow.
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Web: www.thatgirldani.com
Email: info@thatgirldani.com
Studio:Yoga Tree, Hiro-o
and the PEMA gallery studio, Shibuya-ku
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Takako Nakazato Tokyo
I started practicing yoga about 10 years ago. Since then I have been practicing several kinds of hatha yoga
in Tokyo and other countries. I teach Ishta yoga, Anusara yoga, restorative yoga, prenatal yoga and Yin Yoga.
I am a qualified yoga alliance teacher and certified therapeutic massage & body worker. I have completed a
teacher training course with Sarah Powers in 2007. Since I started practicing and teaching Yin Yoga, my
yogalife has totally changed. Yin yoga makes us calm and peaceful, important in a busy city like Tokyo.
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Email: taco-n@cf-tokyo-vf.jp
Studios:Under the Light Yoga School
Sengawa Yoga Studio
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Mexico
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Malta
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Hannah-Marie Martin Malta
Hannah began practising yoga and Buddhist meditation in 2000 as a means to introducing calm and balance into a
hectic British lifestyle. After completing the Yoga Alliance certification programme, Hannah was drawn to studying
Yin Yoga specifically, as a means of easing the joint stiffness experienced after a combination of long-distance
running and long meditation sittings.
Hannah now practices and teaches yoga centred around the complementary principles of Yin Yoga and Vipassana
meditation techniques. Hannah's classes focus on encouraging balance, harmony and ease in lifestyles, and
yoga classes are tailored in order to meet these aims. She hopes to raise awareness of Yin exercise principles,
whilst making yoga accessible to all.
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Web: yogawithhannah.com
Email: info@yogawithhannah.com
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Mexico
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Puerto Vallarta & Rivera Nayarit
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Maria Abad Puerto Vallarta & Rivera Nayarit
Maria was introduced to yoga in 1985 in her native Venezuela. At that time her interest awakened a desired to explore the practice
further. During the years she has had the privilege of developing her own practice in classes, workshops and teachers trainings with
internationally known teachers. She has been teaching since 2004, she is registered with the Yoga Alliance as an E200-RYT500 and,
she is the Director of Teachers Training Program at Yoga Vallarta studio.
Maria guides intuitive, flowing Vinyasa and Yin sequences from beginner to advance levels. She is known to experiment by incorporating
and fusing techniques from her various trainings backgrounds such as: Yin-Taoist, Iyengar- Restorative, Asthanga-Vinyasa and, even
Laughter Yoga. Her practice focuses on breath awareness and emphasizes proper alignment to maximize performance and to prevent injury.
Her goal is to provide a safe, effective environment that meets the needs of each individual.
Maria leads public and private yoga sessions at studios, spas and private events in Puerto Vallarta and Rivera Nayarit, Mexico.
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Personal Web: www.yogainpv.blogspot.com
Email: pvyogini (at) gmail.com
Studios: Yoga Vallarta
and Arbol del Yoga
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Sissy Gonzalez Edo, Mexico
A profesional dancer and actress discovering in one of my tours to china yin yoga and reflexology , besides my
ashtanga practice I found in yin yoga another way to explore the body to have my own lab. I look for mr Paul Grilley,
I contact him read his material. Bernie Clark's material, Dr. Motoyama's material and start a new adventure in the body. I
own a studio where I teach yin yoga and this summer I will take the teachers training with mr Grilley
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Email: amalayoga (@)yahoo.com.mx or
informes (@) amalayogastudio.com
Web: www.amalayogastudio.com
Studios: amalayoga studio
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The Netherlands
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Amsterdam
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Anat Geiger Amsterdam
I have been studying yoga intensely since 1996 and the more I study the more Yoga seems to expend and unfold. Different styles offer diferent
approaches, and with an open mind we can always find one that will suit us at any given time and need. The main purpose in my classes is to reduce
constriction, physical, mental or otherwise, and create a feeling of presence and well being that can maybe be carried out of the class and into
the world.
I studied Classical Yoga with Tersa Caldas, Centered Yoga with Dona Holleman and Yin Yoga with Paul and Suzee Grilley, and am co-founder of the
YogaGarden studio in Amsterdam.
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Personal Web: www.anat.nl
Email: anandi@xs4all.nl
Studio: YogaGarden
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New Zealand
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Auckland
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Daphne Luke Auckland
A Canadian from Vancouver, Daphne completed her 200 hour training at Trinity Yoga and the nine day David Swensen
Ashtanga teacher training in 2006. She is also trained in pre-natal yoga. She got into yoga in 2001 due to a youth
of very hardcore sports. In a nutshell her back and body were stuffed. Daphne hasn't looked back since; “Yoga has
so profoundly touched me and changed my life that I wanted to share it and teach it. If I can help one person the
way Yoga has helped me, then this teaching journey is a huge fullfilment”. She taught at a large Yoga studio
and a sports club in Spain for a year before coming to New Zealand. She currently teaches Vinyasa Flow at the
Hibiscus Coast Leisure Centre in Stanmore Bay as well as Yin Yoga at the Yoga Sanctuary.
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Web: Yoga Sanctuary located in Mairangi Bay
Phone: 64 021 883 817
Email: ahimsa.yoga@hotmail.com
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Jessica Powers Nelson
Dedicated to assisting individuals open to Grace, Jessica Powers teaches an intuitive, organically integrative practice
where body and spirit meet and move together. Drawing from a variety of Yoga traditions including Viniyoga, Vinyasa,
Yin, and Restorative, her teaching focuses on heart-centered movement, breath-work, and meditation. Jessica’s
training as a Reiki Master, dedication inquiry into Goddess Spirituality, and ongoing study of Aromatherapy
complement and combine with the physical practices to offer an energetically nourishing container for the
process of Yoga to unfold within. Each class aims to encourage a positive relationship between the Self
and body-temple and bring forth the inner wisdom and light that shine within each individual. As her own
teachers have done for her, Jessica hopes to hold space and provide support for students to trust
themselves as they move through this lifelong practice.
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Web: www.3gracesyoga.typepad.com
Phone: 64 021 2975797
Email: 3gracesyoga@gmail.com
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Singapore
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Singapore
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Sarah Manning Shanghai, China
A Brit, trained with IYTA Australia (1996), Back Care (2001), Yin Yoga with Bernie Clark (2005). 15 years of hatha, backcare
and prenatal teaching and supported several teacher training programmes in Shanghai. A focus in holistic, nurturing and supportive
yoga and currently studying Yoga Therapy with the Indian Yoga Institute.
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Web: www.singapore.comoshambhala.bz
Email: smanning (at)symys.com
Phone:65 8161 9580
Studio:COMO Shambhala
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Victor Chng
Victor has been practicing and teaching yoga for the past six years. He drew his influence from various styles
of yoga from classical to modern yoga systems. His style is goal oriented and precise. He believes a complete
practice requires exploring both the polarity of Yin and Yang yoga to bring oneself back to "centre". Only
by experiencing the two extremes will one be able to come back to the "middle". Therefore, Victor emphasizes
on being awareness of the changes that takes place throughout the practice and being in the moment.
Victor met Paul Grilley in 2004 Dec and has completed a teacher training with Paul
on Yin Yoga. Paul has given Victor his full support to teach Yin Yoga in his own capacity. Victor holds
gratitute to his teacher on giving him permission to teach Yin Yoga. Since 2005, Victor has been teaching
Yin Yoga in Singapore and China.
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Web: www.yogainasia.com
Email: info@yogainasia.com
Phone: 65 9826-0088
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Jo Phee Singapore
Jo holds a 3-year Diploma in Satyananda Yoga Teaching with the Satyananda Yoga Academy (Bihar School of Yoga) in Sydney, Australia
and a 200hrs Teaching Certificate with Australia's Yogarts School. She has completed teacher trainings with Shiva Rea (Vinyasa Flow Yoga),
David Swenson (Ashtanga Yoga), Aadil Palkhivala (Purna Yoga), Ana Forrest (Advanced Teacher Training), Tias Little (Yoga Anatomy)
and Erich Schiffmann (Moving Into Stillness & Meditation). She started teaching Yin in early 2005 and is one of the pioneer
Yin teachers to offer Yin Yoga in Singapore. She has completed teacher training twice with both Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley
and continues to study under their mentorship. She currently devotes her teachings primarily to the mindfulness practice of Yin Yoga.
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Email: jo.phee@yahoo.com
Studios: True Yoga Singapore
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Spain
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Barcelona
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Jose De Groot Barcelona in Catalunya
Jose de Groot first studied Journalism, then Social Therapy and worked for a few years as a therapist in different
institutions in Holland. Unsatisfied with the line and method of work, she went looking for a different and more
holistic way of working with people.
Jose was inspired by yoga's healing effects on a physical, psychological
and emotional level and saw possibilities of combining her therapeutic background with Yoga classes. After a
Yoga Teacher Training in 2006, she started teaching in Barcelona. But not until Jose took her first Yin Yoga
class at the end of 2006 with Daniel Ackler (Yogui Day), did she realize what her true calling was. Amazed by its
softening, calming and deep opening effects on all levels, Jose started to integrate more and more Yin into her own
practice and teachings, until finally teaching complete Yin classes since 2007. She studied
Yin Yoga with Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers; moreover meditation styles like Kriya Vajra Yoga and Vipassana
influence Jose´s teachings. Jose guides her students in a clear, direct and compassionate way, adapting the
practice where necessary to the specific personal needs of each student. In doing so, all of them can freely
experience and observe their bodily sensations, emotions, flow of breath and fluctuations of the mind.
Jose teaches her classes in Spanish, English and Dutch (her mother tongue).
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Web: www.yogajosedegroot.blogspot.com
Email: yogajosedegroot@hotmail.com
Phone: 0034-667825562
Studios: Yoga school, Mandiram Yoga Dinámico
also at Kannon Gyo
and at Guru Guru
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Dharamchari Sudaka Valencia, Spain
I started practicing yoga in 1987 as a high school student and went on to do Iyengar yoga teacher Training after University in Leeds, UK.
After a year in Thailand, attending some Vipassana courses, I developed a strong affinity with meditation. I have always felt that
body-work, and meditation are deeply interwoven practices. Discovering Yin yoga via a yoga buddy in 2002 I took to this approach
with much enthusiasm, seeing a very obvious and clear demonstration of what I always felt to be the case.
I was fortunate then to go on and do some workshops with Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers to help develop and give confidence in teaching
this method. I teach around Valencia, mainly in Spanish. In my classes, which are largely based on the Dynamic yoga form
(Godfri Devereux) I blend a more Yin approach. In retreat and workshop contexts the Yin yoga poses provide an easy gateway to
experiencing oneself more deeply and reaching into those nooks and crannies other forms of yoga simply cannot reach.
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Web: www.sudakayoga.com
Phone: 34 638 31 71 38
Email: dh.sudaka@gmail.com
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Thailand
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Chang Mai
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Sara Avant Stover Boulder, Colorado
Sara is a Phi Beta Kapha and Summa cum Laude graduate of Columbia University's Barnard College, as well as an
Anusara-Inspired Yoga Teacher, RYT 500, and Director of The Living Yoga Initiative, a RYS 200 based in Chiang Mai,
Thailand, where she lived from 1999-1008. Now based in Boulder, CO, Sara teaches internationally. Sara integrates
Buddhist Insight Meditation, Yin Yoga, Anusara Yoga, Viniyoga, and feeling awareness into an individualized,
breath-centered and poetic approach to practice that inspires students to move and live from their hearts. She
specializes in women's and pre/postnatal yoga and is also a freelance writer, Sara's work has been published in
Fit Yoga, Yogi Times, Yogi Times Business, Pilates Style, Natural Solutions, The Huffington Post, and Yoga Journal.
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Web: www.fourmermaids.com
Email: sara@fourmermaids.com
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Josephine Ong Hua Hin, Thailand
Josephine Ong has been practicing yoga for about five years. She holds an International Dilploma in Ashtanga
Yoga from the Sivananda Institute of Chennai, India. In 2005, she completed her Yin Yoga Teacher Training
Course with Bernie Clark. She teaches Ashtanga, Hatha, Power, Vinyasa Flow and Yin Yoga in both English and
Mandarin. In December 2006, Josephine founded Shantih Shala in Hua Hin, Thailand.
The many experienced teachers she has practiced with include Master Vyankatash
Reddy, David Muehsam, Duncan Wong, Rachel Hull, Lorraine Arronson, and Matthew Sweeney. She firmly
believes in the mantra of “the student is
the teacher, and the teacher is the student” which rewards her journey both as a teacher and
practitioner. More importantly she reminds everyone to relax and HAVE FUN while yoga-ing!
You can view a more detailed biography of Josephine here.
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Web: www.shantihshala.com
Email: josephine@shantihshala.com
Studio:Shanti Shala in Hua Hin, Thailand
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Turkey
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Ankara
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Ozlem Gocek Ankara
I started my work on Yin Yoga in 2005. In 2006, after a 100 hour-long training, I received my "Yin Yoga and Meditation Teacher's
Training Certificate" from Sarah Powers. I attended the 20-hour trainer certificate program the same year, again by Sarah Powers.
In 2007, I attended the "Yin Yoga, Anatomy and Meditation Trainers Certificate" program of 100 hours organized by Paul Grilley and
Sarah Powers and completed 220 hours on Yin Yoga.
After receiving my Hatha Yoga Trainer certificate from the Vivekananda Yoga Institute (India) in 2003, I started teaching yoga.
I have worked with various trainers on different techniques, which led me to Anusara Yoga. In addition, I became a certified Yoga
Bugs teacher in 2005 and have been teaching yoga to kids ever since. I have a published book and articles on children's yoga.
I am happy that Yin Yoga is a part of my yoga practice, both as a student and a trainer. I believe
that Yin Yoga and its philosophy, shows the way to freedom, peace and happiness for the benefit of all beings.
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Email: ozlemgocek@gmail.com
Phone: 90 (532) 211 1358
Studio:Yoga Darshan - 90 (312) 441 1928
www.yogadarsan.com
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Semra Weathered Istanbul
"Inner Balance - The Center for Healthy Living" was opened in 2003, the fruition of a dream to bring Semra
Weathered's (E-RYT500) education and experience from the Untied States to her homeland in Istanbul, Turkey. The goal of
Inner Balance is to bring balance to people's lives using the different methods of, Yoga, Meditation, Hypnotherapy and
Reflexology. With her association with the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania and Rishikesh, India the Yoga
and Meditation programs incorporate the teachings of the Himalayan tradition. Since 2008 she became very much involved
with the style of Yin Yoga and included it in her teaching routine. In June 2009, she participated in Paul and Suzee
Grilley's Yin Yoga workshop in London. In March 2010 she attended Gateway to the Subtle Body: The Inner Secrets of
Hatha and Kundalini Yoga Himalayan Institute, Honesdale, Pennsylvania. In March 2010 she attended a 6 day workshop for
Insight Meditation & Yin Yoga with Sarah Powers in Connecticut.
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Email: semrich@mac.com
Phone: 90 (216) 372 3731
Cell: 90 (533) 813 7483
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Devrim Akkaya Istanbul
Between 2006 and 2007, I attended the yoga teachers training with Zeynep Aksoy and David Cornwell at Cihangir Yoga. Following a 200 hours
training, I have received the certificate acknowledged by Independent Yoga Network (IYN). In 2007 I have received the certificate for
completing the Yin yoga teachers training from Sarah Powers. After the teachers training on Yin Yoga and Anatomy with Paul Grilley,
in 2009, I started practicing more intensively Yin Yoga.
Attending intensive training workshops with Tias Little, Sharon Gannon & David
Life, Peter Sterious, Godfrey Devereux, I continue teaching and learning from my practice. Being also a Reiki instructor, I started my
Reiki training in 2002 with Gülcan Arpacioglu. In 2005, I took the training on original Reiki techniques with the Reiki Master William
Lee Rand. In 2003 I have completed my training in emotional freedom techniques (EFT).
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Email: devrimakkaya@hotmail.com
Phone: 90 (535) 210 4321
Studio: Cihangir Yoga
www.cihangiryoga.com
Meclisi Mebusan Yokusu
No: 15, 4th Floor
Cihangir, Beyoglu.
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United Kingdom
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Scotland
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Elizabeth Henshall Edinburgh
I love Yoga! I have been a yoga practitioner for over thirty years and have recently trained in lovely Yin Yoga and
Restorative Yoga approaches. They have deepened my practice immeasurably, especially as I am well over fifty and my
body soooooooo appreciates the gentleness and quietness of these two practices. My background is psychotherapy and I
enjoy now being able to bring a more holistic way of working with clients and classes. we truly are body-mind and
spirit being
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Web: www.yin-yoga.net
Email: admin@restorative-yoga.net
Phone: 44 (7) 889087731
Studio:Restoring Health,
Gilles Centre,
Strathearn Road
Edinburgh
www.restorative-yoga.net
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Jude Murray (Mahashakti) Glasgow
Jude has been practising yoga for sixteen years and has teaching diplomas from the Union Yoga and the
International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres . She is a Yoga Register Teacher (YRT) with the Independent
Yoga Network (IYN) and a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance UK. Jude studied Yin Yoga with
Paul Grilley in 2005 and delights in being able to teach and share this profound practice. A sensitive
and intuitive practitioner and teacher, Jude's aim is to assist people in achieving more relaxed and
balanced lives, using a blend of techniques drawn from a range of healing traditions as well as from
the philosophy and practice of Yoga.She teaches regular Hatha and Yin Yoga classes and workshops in
Glasgow and in Argyll on the beautiful West Coast of Scotland where she also runs Yoga and Holistic
retreats. Her Hatha classes following a flowing style strongly influenced by the flow and dynamic
practice of Ashtanga and the Iyengar emphasis on alignment.
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Web: www.mahashakti.co.uk
Email: mahashaktiyogi@aol.com
Phone: 44 (0) 7721 468039
Studio:ROKPA House, 7 Ashley Street,
Glasgow, G3 6DR.
www.glasgowrokpa.org
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England
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Sally Lander Cambridge
Sally teaches 9 classes a week in Cambridge and Hauxton. She trained with Mary Stewart and started teaching in 1999.
Mary worked with Iyengar in the 1970s and then with Vanda Scaravelli. Sally is registered with the Association of
Independent Yoga Practictioners, and accredited with the British Wheel of Yoga. She started her interest in Yin Yoga
with Paul Grilley’s book in 2005 and has been working this way in her own practice regularly since then. Sally started
a Yin Yoga class in January 2009, following a teacher intensive with Sarah Powers in September 2008.
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Web: www.nightingale-yoga.webeden.co.uk
Email: yoga@nightingale3.demon.co.uk
Phone: 44 795 007 1964
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Janice Wong Derbyshire, Glossop
During a class the body, breath and mind are sensitively integrated through fluid and rhythmic movements of
steady vinyasa flow and passive long held yin poses, linking breathing exercises, meditation and relaxation
practices. There is an emphasis on the internal energetic system, to nourish and bring vitality to the organ
and meridian systems. Thus allowing the body, breath, mind and spirit to connect and restoring a sense of well
being, balance and harmony. Experimenting with these "tools" of yoga will enhance our physical and mental
health, whilst cultivating a deeper sense of awareness and inquiry.
I am particularly fascinated by the energetic and internal systems of the body and how with the right tools
can bring a sense of "wholeness" and well-being. My practice of Yin Yoga, meditation and fascination with
Chinese medicine has led to further studies with Sarah and Ty Powers - both very inspirational teachers, whom
I have completed my teacher training in Yin Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation.
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Web: www.yogainglossop.co.uk
Email: janice@yogainglossop.co.uk
Phone: 44 7951 012 358
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Louise Croome Derbyshire, Bakewell
Louise holds a British Wheel of Yoga Teaching Diploma and has practised many forms of Yoga, with a particular
interest in Yoga Therapy. Regular classes are taught on a Monday Evening at the Medway Centre in Bakewell and soon
to have classes in North Staffordshire. the class is a Dymanic Hatha Yoga class which incorporates both Yin and Yang
poses. These classes are drop in. All levels welcome. Louise also runs weekend Workshops
specifically in Yin and Yang Yoga where we are guided in to a deeper practise. Email or call for more details.
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Studio: Medway Centre, Bakewell
Web: www.yogamania.co.uk
Email: louise@yogamania.co.uk
Phone: 44 1538 304561
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Elizabeth Smith Essex
I fell in love with Yin Yoga in Edmonton, Canada and felt an immediate deep affinity with this beautiful yogic practice.
I flew to Chicago to do my Yin Yoga and yoga anatomy teacher training with Paul Grilley and later with Sarah Powers in London.
I started teaching at one of the yoga studios in Edmonton and within a treatment centre for women recovering from eating disorders,
knowing the profound capacity of Yin to help us re-inhabit our bodies, to come home to ourselves, to listen deeply to our bodies
and respectively respond. I have now returned back to the UK and feel honoured and privileged to share the teachings I have
received at Shambhala Studios in Leigh on Sea and in Southend. I teach purely Yin Yoga and utilise soft music in my classes,
sharing information about Yin Yoga, Taoist philosophy and meridian theory interspersed with periods of silence.
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Web: www.yinyogainessex.co.uk
Email: liz@yinyogainessex.co.uk
Phone: 44 7551 648092
Studios: Shambhala Studios
11 Leigh Cliff Buildings
Maple Avenue
Leigh on Sea, Essex
and at
Calm Space Studio
Southend, Essex
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Gonca Alban London
I teach various styles of hatha yoga as well as yin yoga. I have completed a Yin Yoga and Mindfulness
Teacher Training Intensive with Paul and Suzee Grilley and Sarah Powers and a Yin Yoga Teacher
Training Intensive with Paul and Suzee Grilley. I believe yin yoga has had a profound effect on
my life and I enjoy sharing this practise with my students. I have also trained under the British
Wheel of Yoga in London and have been studying breath-based movement, pranayama and meditation
with Maarten Vermaase.
I teach in various gyms around London and give private classes in my studio in Islington, North
London. I'm also happy to teach in student's homes or offices.
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Web: www.gonca-alban.com
Email: gonca_alban@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: 44 7718 967 614
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Living Yoga London
Living Yoga brings Yin Yoga to you -- in the comfort of your home. Private 60 and 90 minute yoga classes are
being offered at discounted rates in the London areas of Hampstead, Belsize Park, Primrose Hill and Swiss Cottage.
Your yin yoga instructor is qualified under yoga master Victor Chng, having completed a yoga TTC in Malaysia,
and continued yoga practice in Singapore. She is registered as a Yin Yoga instructor under YogaInAsia. The yoga
classes will combine some elements of Yang Yoga to warm up the body, but will focus mainly on the Yin Yoga practice.
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Web: www.livingyoga.eu
Email: info@livingyoga.eu
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Nova Milesko London
Inspired by her mother's 30 years of practice and teaching, Nova/Karuna has passionately devoted herself to Yoga since she was a child.
Having studied with many of the foremost names in Yin and Vinyasa, today her unwavering commitment and focus have earned her an extensive
and growing reputation as an innovative and inspirational Yin Yoga teacher (RYT500).
Nova currently runs a private Yoga Therapy practice in London, where her clients have included many prominent people and organisations.
She also runs regular yin workshops, retreats and classes across London. She was also lucky enough to work with the Canadian Armed Forces
to teach yoga and meditation to cultivate calm and relaxation post-tour, and the Canadian Olympic Swimming Team commissioned Nova to teach
Yin Yoga, Pranayama and Mediation sessions prior to competition. Nova's unique sequences and fun style have inspired students across the
world, and at her studios in Koh Tao, Thailand and Kensington, London UK.
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Web: www.affinityyoga.com
Email: info@affinityyoga.com
Phone: 44 208-965-3380
Studios: Balance Yoga Earth,
Alchemy centre in Camden
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Sadhana Ali Manchester
Sadhana Ali is a qualified Yoga and Pilates teacher and has completed her Yin and mindfulness meditation
teacher training with two wonderful and inspiring teachers Sarah and Ty Powers.
"Teaching and practising Yin Yoga allows me to explore the relationships between the body, breath and
stillness and their yoga."
Sadhana Ali's philosophy is to allow students to practice mindfulness and listen
to their body through the breath. Her yogic beliefs are based on
Patanjali's eight-fold path and her Islamic and Bangladeshi
background. Her classes incorporate posture work, mudras (symbolic
hand gestures), pranayama (breath expansion techniques), bandhas
(energy locks), meditation and stillness. Sadhana Ali is a British Wheel of Yoga teacher.
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Web: www.sadhanayoga.co.uk
Email: sadhana@SadhanaYoga.co.uk
Phone: 44 7870 694 533
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Mathew Godebski Manchester
Mathew Godebski has been teaching Yoga and Mat-Work Pilates in Manchester and the North West for several years.
He has led numerous workshops and courses at various locations around the UK.
Mathew has completed yoga teacher training courses with Sarah Powers and Paul
Grilley (YinYang Teacher Training January 2004), the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres, David Swenson
(1st & 2nd series Ashtanga Yoga) and John Scott. He has qualified to teach Pilates with Northern
Fitness (Modern Pilates) and East Midlands and Pennine Training.
Mathew holds regular Yin Yoga
classes and workshops.
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Web: www.yogapilates.co.uk
Phone: 44 0161 865 4995
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Caroline Horrocks Norfolk & Norwich
Caroline has been practising yoga for 14 years and teaching for 5. She holds A C.H.Edu Dip.Yoga and is a Yoga
Register Teacher. Originally from a classical dance background, Caroline worked within the flowing yoga styles
yoga of Vinyasa and Ashtanga. In 2002 she discovered Yin yoga during a weekend workshop with Sarah Powers. The
weekend was a turning point in both her teacher training and her own practice. The attraction to the passive
Yin style was immediate. Here was a calmer and more reflective style which, complemented perfectly the more
active forms. Caroline went on to study the work of both Paul Grilley and his teacher Paulie Zink. Paulie has
been a particular inspiration and Caroline continues to study the medical aspects of QiGong as well as other
forms of energy practice.
The classes taught by Caroline combine both passive Yin and active Vinyasa (Yang) sequences to provide a
balanced practice cultivating breath, rhythmic movement with inner reflection and stillness. She believes
passionately that yoga is for everyone, whatever age or fitness level. Yoga has no end goal, the prize is
in the journey.
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Web: www.yoga4wellbeing.com
Email: caroline@yoga4wellbeing.com
Phone: 44-0775-411-6410
Studio: Check the web site for details
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Barry Todd North Manchester
I have been practising yoga since the seventies when at univ. I have been a qualified adult education
teacher for 17 years adding a Hatha Yoga Teaching Diploma (BSY) in 2004 and teaching hatha yoga for the
Adult Education Authority in Greater Manchester. I began practising Yin at the Manchester Yoga Shala in
2004 and also run my own studio at the Mind & Body Centre, Bury in North Manchester. I currently run yin
yoga and hatha sessions at the centre and also at a modern gym complex in Rochdale.
My studio is at the Mind and Body Centre Bury Greater Manchester - visit the website for class details and times.
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Web: www.mindandbodybury.com
Email: mail@mindandbodybury.com
Phone: 0161 764 1440
Studio: Mind & Body Natural Health Centre
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Mike Morris Nottingham
Mike’s love of Yoga began in the early 1970’s, when Yoga was much less popular than it is today. His current
style of choice is Yin Yoga. Mike’s discovery of the work of American Paul Grilley and of Yin Yoga has been
a revelation to him. Mike believes that a key aspect of Yin Yoga is that it is non-dogmatic in that it allows
the practitioner to access poses according to their unique individual structure – that it is simple and
direct and is accessible to everyone – and that it works. Yin Yoga is therefore a truly universal Yoga.
Mike also believes that in the fullness of time, Yin Yoga will gain increased recognition for the superb
practice that it is and will become as well known and as well practiced as such established and
distinguished Yang styles as Iyenga Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga.
Mike became a certified Yoga teacher in 2003. He is a Yoga Register Teacher (YRT) with the Independent
Yoga Network (IYN) and a member of the British Yoga Teachers Association (BYTA).
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Web: www.yoganottingham.co.uk
Email: s.young6@ntlworld.com
Phone: 44-115-911-0732
Studio: Check the web site for details
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Penny Roberts Oxted & Islington
Penny Roberts has been teaching yoga for over 15 years and trained with the British Wheel of Yoga and also has a
Yoga Therapy Diploma. Penny completed the first Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Paul and Suzee Grilley in July 2008.
Penny teaches Yin Yoga and also specialises in Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga and 1-1 sessions (Therapy or private class).
She is also a Senior Therapist at the Yoga Therapy Centre in Islington, London, and a mentor for trainee Yoga Therapy
students.
Yin Yoga classes are held on Mondays 7.30 - 9pm in Hurst Green, Oxted, Surrey, UK; on Wednesdays at 9.30 - 11am in
Limpsfield, Surrey and 8 - 9.30pm in Caterham, Surrey.
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Studio:Yoga Therapy Centre
www.yogatherapy.org
Email: penrobyoga@hotmail.com
Phone: 01883 723227
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Andrea Kwiatkowski Peterborough
Andrea is known for her passionate, dynamic and inspirational teaching that incorporates both the physical and
spiritual aspects of yoga from the lineage of T Krishnamacharaya. Andrea believes yoga can enable us to
create self awareness, acceptance and compassion for living a full and spiritual life.
Andrea is a Diploma Course Tutor with the British
Wheel of Yoga and a Jivamukti certified yoga teacher under her mentors Sharon Gannon and David Life. She is
involved with the Jasmine Trust and Jivamukti yoga London yoga centres and regularly teaches on retreats
both here and abroad. Andrea set up Santoshayoga giving a percentage of all
profits to charities concerned with animal welfare and cancer including the Sue Ryder hospice in Peterborough.
She studied Yin yoga with Sarah Powers in 2004 in London and completed a Yin and
mindfulness training with her again in Wales in 2007.
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Web: www.santoshayoga.co.uk
Email: info@santoshayoga.co.uk
Snail Mail: 32 Stanton Square,
Hampton Hargate,
Peterborough PE7 8BB
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Regina Kerschbaumer Surrey
Regi is an experienced Yoga Teacher, Reflexologist and Bowen Therapist. She qualified in 2005 as a
teacher at the Ruth White Karuna Yoga School (Yoga Alliance Registered - 500Hrs) and YogaBugs in London.
She trained with Paul & Suzee Grilley (2006, ’07 and TT Intensive Aug 2009) in Yin & Yang Yoga and with
Sarah Powers (2007 and 08).
Regi has a unique style of teaching that unites student and teacher in an atmosphere of fun and well-being,
allowing them to explore the relationships between the body, breath and stillness in their yoga. She teaches
with warmth and enthusiasm and ensures clarity in her explanations - enabling the students to visualise and
work with the Chakras and meridians within the inner body. She believes that Yin Yoga is as mentally
and spiritually beneficial as it is physically beneficial - yoga creates change from within – balancing
the body and mind.
Regi has several weekly Yin & Yang Yoga classes for adults in Purley and Croydon in Surrey. She also presents
Yin & Yang workshops in the UK, Ireland and Greece.
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Web: www.regikyoga.com
Email: yogaorchid@btinternet.com
Phone: 44-560 158 0413
Classes: Check the web site for details
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Lydia Beaman Swansea and South Wales
Yin provides a deep stretch yoga that targets different areas of the body in each practise session. Lydia teaches
innovatively with progressive postures and weekly themes, providing an intelligent mix of mind-body evolution.
Modern and traditional techniques with western and eastern philosophies create an interface with which to centre,
grow and transform. Each practise session will thoroughly explore your flexibility and Lydia's passion and
individual attention will help you find an appropriate edge with which to yield and awaken in a fluid and
satisfying program. Lydia's unique classes calm and challenge, invigorate, and inspire you to freedom of
movement and thought. Yoga Evolving, movement for the moments of a journey.
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Web: www.yogaevolving.com
Email: info@yogaevolving.com
Phone: 44-7790-019680
Classes: Check the web site for details
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Caroline Walker Mid-Wales
Caroline Walker has practiced yoga since 1997, and has completed Yin and Mindfulness meditation teacher
training with Sarah Powers. She is currently a student teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga. Caroline is also a
certified Budokon instructor, one of only two in the UK, and feels that the two practices complement one
another perfectly, both physically and philosophically.
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Web: www.myspace.com/budokon_in_wales
Email: budokonwales@hotmail.co.uk
Phone: 44-1686-413735
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Planet Earth
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Heike Dorsch Sailing the World
Heike has been a yoga practitioner for over 5 years. She has learnt and continues to learn from various
reknown teachers like David Williams, Shakti Mhi and also Yograj Dr Kajal. To deepen her practice and
understanding of yoga, she completed her 200-hour level teacher training recognised by Yoga Alliance.
She pursued her teacher training in Yin Yoga and is focusing her teaching on Yin/Yang classes. She truly
believes that each student is a unique individual, and that this uniqueness is a cause for celebration.
Through honest feedback she encourages the students to identify their strengths and weaknesses, and
provides them with the knowledge to bring balance between them. Principles of alignment and technical
precision are used to ensure a safe practice.
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Web: www.baju-sailing.com
Email: heike.dorsch@googlemail.com
Studio:Our sailing catamaran Baju
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