Yoga - Overview

I am a highly motivated and passionate Yoga teacher with many and varied experiences. In 1999 Yoga Teachers Association, today it is known as Yoga Australia, was formed and I was a part of the original team. I am still a member today.

Now my objective is to assist as many children and teachers as possible to manage in this ever changing world in which we live. It would be a pleasure if, in some small way, I can show students and teachers alike how to relax, be calm and enjoy their journey.

Having worked in schools as an integration aide, Special Needs teacher and sports trainer, I have witnessed the stress and strain that impacts both students and teachers.

My Yogic journey has run over 40 years. I have been inspired to continue studying and understand Yoga at a great depth. My studies started with Shanti School of Yoga in Sydney and they include:

* Diploma of Yoga, 4 year course including: Asana (posture), Mediation, Sanskrit (language), Philosophy, Anatomy, Ethics, First Aide, Understanding Personal Differences.

Then post graduate studies in:

• *  Yoga for Special Needs
• *  Pre and Post Natal Yoga                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        From this base point, with research and many hours of and a lifelong approach to study and learning in my field, I set up my own Yoga studio and Yoga Teacher Training School. This expanded to my teaching Post Graduate courses in:

• *  Yoga for Children (ages 6 – 17 years)
• *  Mums and Bubs
• *  Children with Disabilities
• *  Inner Cor Evolve, for persons surviving stroke
• *  Aged persons: 60 + and Gorgeous which includes mat yoga, chair yoga, wheel chair yoga, and also in-bed yoga, (for those who are so restricted)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Yoga has lead me on many paths. Some of the places I have worked are:

• *  Schools both junior and senior, including: Morongo Girls’ College, Geelong Grammar, Geelong College, Wesley, Our Lady of Sacred Heart College, Newtown Primary, Montpelier Primary,       Bell Post Kindergarten.
• *  Hospitals: St. John of God in Geelong, Royal Women’s Melbourne.
• *  Indigenous communities in Geelong and Broome.
• *  Many Corporations and work places, large and small including: ATO, Care Super, Deakin University, First National Real Estate.
• *  Barwon Prison
• *  Clinic for Eating Disorders
•  *  Vipassana’s (3 day Meditation silent retreats): Tasmania, Victoria, NSW, Western Australia, Queensland. These groups included Years 11 and 12 students who attended prior to their final exams, as well as teachers, corporates and yoga devotees.

• *  Speaker and presenter: Vietnam, USA, Bali, and throughout Australia.                                                                                                                                                                                                           My writings on Yoga and its benefits have been publishing in several publications: Yoga Australia, International Yoga Teachers Association, Australian Corporate Wellness and many local papers. I have been invited to speak on radio several times. Further to this I am a published author of the following books:

• *  Officise made easy, (Harmony 2 Press, 2008)
• *  Famously Unknown Quotes by a Famously Unknown Author, (Harmony 2 Press, 2016)