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Adele has practiced many styles of asana yoga over the past 18 years but really discovered the benefits and depth of yoga through meditation about 4 years ago during a chronic illness while her two boys were small. Since moving to the Northern Beaches a few years ago from Tasmania, Adele left her career as…

Liz is a children’s creative therapist and kids yoga teacher. She sees yoga as an incredibly beneficial and healing practice for both adults and children. Liz has been practicing and loving yoga herself for more than 10 years, and is passionate about helping kids discover its magic early on. She is striving to heal the…

Martina was born in Italy and moved to Australia to complete her studies in Environmental Science. When she joined the corporate world, she discovered yoga as a powerful way to relax, clear her mind and achieve a better balance in all aspects of her life. But it wasn’t until she began her life-changing pregnancy yoga…

In 2013, Karen left a successful full-time career in marketing to pursue a more balanced life. She began practicing yoga and, what started as form of exercise, turned into a way of life for her. She soon began the two-year Yoga Studies diploma in Satyananda Yoga and has been a yoga practitioner now for over…

Shaila has trained extensively in yoga, both in Australia and India, and is also a qualified Pilates instructor. She has a Diploma in Yogic Studies, which involved two years of full-time study, as well as training under the guidance of yoga master Swami Niranjanan and a Saraswati at the Bihar School of Yoga, India, where…

Julie has always wondered deeply about the nature of existence but it wasn’t until she was rocked by mental health issues that Yoga beckoned. In her first Yoga class, almost 20 years ago, she learnt not to compare herself with anyone else and to accept herself for who she was and where she was at.…

Claire completed her Yoga Teacher Training Diploma with Satyananda Yoga at Mangrove Mountain. She has been teaching yoga for seven years at various schools across the Northern Beaches, including her regular and much-loved Yin Yoga classes at Manly Yoga. She has always enjoyed the style of yoga taught at Manly Yoga because it encompasses the…

Sam has spent 20 years teaching a system of yoga that understands how to deeply listen to our individual needs and respond to them appropriately. A holistic health practitioner, shiatsu therapist, kahuna bodyworker and advanced yoga teacher she incorporates all her tools and experiences for the students in the classroom and the season they are…

Alex has been practicing yoga for over 20 years, and teaching for nearly as long. In 2000 she began her three-year Yoga Synergy training program with founders Simon Borg-Olivier and Bianca Machliss. Over the last few decades she has studied with many other renowned teachers including Clive Sheridan, Shandor Remete, Donna Farhi and David Burgess;…

Michael was introduced to yoga some 30 years ago at Manly Yoga. From the first class, his curiosity was aroused and he found it a wonderful balance to the busy world of working in advertising. There was no epiphany, just a growing interest that set him on the path to formal yoga study and teacher…