Teaching Team
Jivana (or Jarrod)
Jivana has been a passionate student of Yoga for over 16 years. In 2001 he completed a two year part time ‘Diploma of Health - Yoga’ course with the Council of Adult Education and has been teaching regularly since. Around this time Jivana felt strongly drawn to the teachings of Integral Yoga went on to deepen his experience as a student and teacher of yoga by completing the Integral Yoga Basic and Intermediate Teacher Training courses.
Shanthi
Having explored many different styles of yoga in Australia, India and the
USA (including Iyengar, Sivananda, Gita and Shadow Yoga), Shanthi has primarily
studied Integral Yoga for 14 years. She has completed all three levels of
Integral Yoga Teacher Training (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced) and is also
certified to instruct Children's Yoga, Yoga for the Special Child, Prenatal and
Postpartum Yoga and Yoga of the Heart, for people with cancer, cardiac disease
and other health conditions
A member of the Integral Yoga Teachers
Association and the Yoga Teachers Association of Australia since 2001, Shanthi
has staffed basic and intermediate teacher training programs and has led
numerous workshops on hatha yoga, Sanskrit chant, yoga in daily life, deepening
your practice, relaxation, breathing practices and meditation.
With
postgraduate degrees in psychology and undergraduate majors in music, psychology
and linguistics, Shanthi brings to her yoga teaching a clear understanding of
the mind-body connection, finely tuned listening skills, empathy and awareness.
She enjoys adapting classes to suit the individual needs of both beginners and
advanced students, helping them to extend comfortably at an appropriate pace.
Shanthi is grateful for the physical ease and inner calm she has experienced
through yoga and hopes to see you at a class soon.
Marie
Marie
has studied yoga in
Marie enjoys teaching beginners and experienced students. She encourages all students to maintain their natural condition of a peaceful, clear mind in a sound, healthy body. Her small, personal, hatha yoga classes include physical poses, deep relaxation, breathing exercises and a short meditation, practiced in a peaceful, easeful, non-competitive way. Each student progresses at their own pace. Marie regularly runs courses and workshops in meditation and deep relaxation. She is available to teach classes to children and to lead private classes in meditation, relaxation and hatha yoga. Her teaching and lifestyle reflect her great respect for the wisdom of Integral Yoga.
Mitra
Mitra
has been teaching integral Yoga since 2000 after discovering yoga for himself
and experiencing the benefits he was compelled to teach it and share those
benefits. He felt it was too good not to share. At its essence Mitra sees yoga
giving us a set of tools that we can use to get more out life, to be better and
do better for ourselves and those around us. It helps us to deal with the
challenges and savour the joys that life brings.
Mitra works in a
rehabilitation centre as a Community Linking and Leisure Specialist supporting
people recovering from brain injuries, stroke, amputation or spinal cord injury
to return to a balanced enjoyable life in the community. Since training as a
yoga teacher he has also found ways to share yoga through running meditation
groups, relaxation sessions and hatha yoga classes for patients and
staff.
Atman
At an early age Atman
developed a keen interest in philosophies which addressed the human condition.
After much reading and experimenting with different practices, a resonance with
the teachings of yoga became apparent. A little over ten years ago he began
attending Integral Yoga and found in the teachings of Swami Satchidananda a
breadth and practicality which, for him, shed light on the world’s great
philosophies. His enthusiasm led him to undertake teacher training in 2003 and
2004 to teach beginners and intermediate classes. Along with the physical
component of yoga (asana) Atman enjoys chanting (kirtan) and regularly practices
meditation.