Your teachers share a love of teaching, practising and learning. They are here to guide you into the physical, meditative and subtle body practices, that they are deeply inspired by. We hope you come to know them too.
I have been inspired by many extra-ordinary teachers in my life. My deep love of yoga and meditation has been strengthened by extensive training in body, mind & meditation with Sarah Powers, Insight Yoga Institute. My mindfulness training also draws from the work of Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, my studies with the Mindfulness Training Institute Australasia and Dr Rick Hanson.
For 30 years I have taught, coached & mentored individuals, groups & teams, inviting them to focus on developing their strengths, while moving beyond barriers that limit their potential and their possibility to thrive.
Come and take a journey with me through the body, into the heart and into deep reservoirs of vitality, ease and peace.
E- RYT 500
I have come to understand the incredible support that mindfulness and calming breathing techniques offer us, as we meet tricky situations in our daily life. My broader career has been as a dental surgeon in hospitals and in private practices in NZ, London and Edinburgh.
Yoga, Meditation and Road cycling are an integral part of my life. My mother Jacqui introduced me to yoga when I was ten and meditation followed when I was a teenager. I have loved studying extensively with Sarah & Ty Powers, Insight Yoga Institute. My mindful meditation study has been inspired from time spent on retreat with neuro-psychologist – Dr Rick Hanson.
Yin Yoga is what I am drawn to teach in S p a c e. It’s a peaceful, mindful and revitalising practice. The breath is also an intrinsic part of nourishing the body and calming the mind. Yin invites us to return to our natural range of motion. We settle and inhabit shapes that are simple, still and deeply restorative. I look forward to enjoying S p a c e with you.
RYT 200
Movement has always been part of my life. Growing up on a farm we were always on the move, playing sport and then, in my teens, training full-time as a dancer. Dance led me into a passion for diving deep into the academic side of movement and I studied to become a physiotherapist. Exploring yoga throughout my twenties & thirties culminated in yoga teacher training in my forties. I completed my 200 hour RYT in 2013. Since then I’ve immersed myself in short courses in Yin Yoga, Somatic Stress Release, Yoga Anatomy, Yoga Chinese Medicine and Ayuverdic Medicine.
Each time I come to the mat, to teach or to practise, it’s different. I like the idea of yoga being an anchor. From this anchor we can explore our inner impulses and move, breathe and explore edges. Fully embodying wholeness is nourishment that brings joy to ourself and to others.
RYT 200
Physiotherapist – NZRP, ACC Registered, Post Grad MT.
The word yoga means so much to me. It is a coming home, regardless of where I find myself physically. It is a space I can authentically express my deepest self, a state I get to witness all that I think I am and embrace the infinite possibilities of what could be!
I have been a full time yoga teacher since 2013. I love to imbue a balance of yin, yang, meditation and yoga philosophy into each offering. I have been continuing to expand my knowledge and more recently into Shaking Medicine, based on TRE-Tension, Stress and Trauma Release (Dr. David Berceli PhD).
Daily meditation, sauna and hiking are all forms of celebrating life for me. When I am not teaching you can find me trail running, reading non-fiction, enjoying matcha or eating everything that Queen Sally’s Diamond Deli offers.
RYT 200
I was born in Mexico City and I come from a family of professional musicians.
After finishing classical guitar studies at the School of Fine Arts, I moved to Montreal, Canada to study Jazz music. Here I came in contact with the power of ancient Yogic practices and so began yoga accreditation at the Yoga Sivananda Vedanta Ashram. Until I arrived in NZ in 2017, I taught and studied around the world: Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga at Jivamukti, Berlin; Nepal for Sound Healing with Tibetan Bowls, Gongs, Bells and Mantras; classical music of India on Sitar, Esraj and Bansuri and voice techniques in Calcutta and Varanasi.
During my classes, I explore sacred techniques to harmonize physical, mental and emotional energies with the sound of Tibetan bowls, Mantras, Mudras and other Yoga offerings: This is a journey in and a journey out to the frequency of peace.
ERYT 200 hr
I am a passionate yoga teacher and my teaching integrates asana, philosophy, meditation, pranayama breath control and music.
I was born in the sunny Canary Islands (Spain). In 2017, I moved to Australia and devoted a year to yoga teacher training at the Byron Yoga Centre in NSW.
I then began to teach yoga in Byron Bay and I travelled and taught in the Canary Islands & in Sri
Lanka before finally arriving in NZ and making Wellington my sangha.
When I’m not teaching or practicing yoga I’m employed in graphic design, delving into spiritual books or looking out for waves to surf and sunshine to drop into.
I’m looking forward to meeting you when I’m back from travelling and studying.
RYT 500
I was drawn to yoga as an adolescent seeking permission to simply be.
My mindfulness practice blossomed when I was welcomed into a women’s meditation community in Berkeley, California. Before following my heart to Aotearoa, I studied Ashtanga and vinyasa with Sam Vetrano, Tina Bock, and Irene Pappas; Sanskrit under Dr. Sally J. Sutherland-Goldman; Integral Yoga with Joel Altman in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
I’m passionate about sharing yoga as practice to lead a simple, kind, and blissful life.
My teaching blends compassionate inquiry, play, and practices to open channels of gratitude for this one human life and body we inhabit.
(Currently I’m away from Space, being a new mother to a sweet new being)
200-RYT