The Hatha yoga classes I run are a traditional type of yoga that integrate yoga(asanas) with breath work (pranayama) and will teach different techniques of meditation too and advise on the benefits.
Last updated March 14, 2017, 7:09 p.m. UTC
About me
I am an experienced Sivananda teacher trained in 2005 at Gaunt’s House Wimborne Dorset.
I first started yoga at a lunch time class at work when I was only 25yrs, and within no time I was covering for the teacher s during their absence. I was then inspired by my teacher Karen Burt who was running lunch time yoga classes.She asked if I would teach one of the lunch time classes, which I did and before long I also trained through the Sivananda Vedanta Institute after taking her advice.
Yoga really changed my life at a time when I was going through a lot of stress with my professional accountancy exams and bringing up teenage twin daughters. After training as a yoga teacher, I gave up my final year of accountancy training.
I realise now the stress was not just the lifestyle but also due to a lot of other issues such as lack of confidence, low self- esteem etc. My knowledge and practice of yoga and spirituality has helped me dissolve these issues and become a much more balanced person.
I was recently out of work for over a year last year, moved three times in one year, in order to reduce my living expenses and living a simple life. Without yoga it would have been impossible to cope with the difficult time.
Yoga helps to withdraw away from the worries, connect with your inner-self and feel the peace within.( One with the Body, mind and Spirit)
During my year of unemployment, I also trained to teach the visually impaired. This is very challenging but very rewarding.
I started teaching the class in Jan 2012 and within a few weeks the progress was huge. Physically more able students, some with ME and other physical impairments. The progress was also more apparent on the mental level, where they showed a good ability to relax and meditate. They are able to dissolve their insecurities on the physical and mental levels with yoga.Without their sense of site, they have a very strong sense of hearing and they use it well. One of them said “I listen to every word you say”. They have a good power of concentration too. It is very rewarding to hear that they really enjoy and look forward to every class and I am very privileged to be able to help them.
I am now a full time yoga teacher offering classes to gym's, organisations and run classes at the Newbury Wellbeing Centre as well as Hagbourne Village Hall.
Two of my students take private sessions and my work with them is to improve what they are trying to achieve and this is very rewarding.
