I took my first yoga class with Kale Leaf at the Fremantle Yoga Centre in 1993 and since then I've been blessed to have been mentored by and studied under many senior Iyengar teachers. I attended classes with Geeta and Prashant Iyengar during an intensive month of study at RIMYI (Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute) in India, which was an absolute highlight in 2015. Then with Abhijata Iyengar in Pune in February 2019, Also with Birjoo Mehtha in Bellur, Karnataka, India in 2019.
In 2009, wanting to further embrace and share my passion for the practise, I began teaching Iyengar Yoga and since then, after 5 assessments, I have attained a Junior Intermediate Level 2 teaching qualification. I am a full time Iyengar yoga teacher and in March 2017 expanded my role to Yoga School owner, a long time dream finally realised. The learning and growth that has brought personally and professionally is astounding and continues. The Iyengar system also offers ongoing mentorship and levels of assessment to continue to refine my teaching skills.
The injuries and ailments that impacted my students abilities inspired me to return to practicing remedial massage (first studied as part of a Naturopathy Diploma in 1999) to raise my understanding and ability to assess a broad range of musculoskeletal dysfunctions. I gained a Diploma of Remedial Massage in 2013.
Guruji, BKS Iyengar
About Iyengar Yoga:
Iyengar Yoga is a disciplined and deeply researched system developed over 75 years by Yogacharya BKS Iyengar, who is acknowledged as having been instrumental in bringing yoga to the western world.
“Yoga means union. The union of the individual soul with the Universal Spirit is yoga. But this is too abstract a notion to be easily understood, so for our level of understanding I say that yoga is the union of body with the mind and of mind with the soul”. – BKS Iyengar, Tree of Yoga.
When we practice Iyengar Yoga we:
Use the body as a tool to undertake a practice of self study, an inner journey to better self knowledge and connection with our innermost being
Build a capacity for mental focus and awareness and in so doing come to better understand ourselves as physical, mental, emotional and spiritual beings
Refine and clarify our perception – by training the mind to be still, we gain mental clarity and allow deeper discernment to emerge, both on the mat and in our daily lives
Develop greater awareness of our own natures and tendencies and this brings with it the potential for self transformation
Exercise and develop self discipline, restraint and a capacity for acceptance and surrender – in the process experiencing a deep sense of stability, peace and contentment