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| On route to my first Yoga experience, Bahia de Conception, Mexico 1983. |
Subsequently, back in Australian I began to attend classes here and there. In the late eighties I again travelled overseas for a couple of years, this time by bicycle, always meeting people, once in a while that spoke of or practised Yoga and this would re-kindle that little flame inside that burned for Yoga. In 1988, after returning to Australia I commenced a 4 year Diploma course in Homoeopathy, graduating in 1992 with Dux of Homoeopathic Studies.
In 1990 I attended a Yoga class with Kale Leaf
of the Fremantle Yoga Centre.
Kale has proved to be a great teacher for me, in Yoga and in Life and
for many others as well! I haven’t attended any of his classes for some
years now, but we still get together and practise, sometimes Yoga,
sometimes a little music.
In 1993 I started teaching my first Beginners level classes and later began teaching Restorative Yoga.
In 1993 I started teaching my first Beginners level classes and later began teaching Restorative Yoga.
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| A cool Winter's morning,Udaipur,India,1999. |
One
of the great things that Kale had set-up at the Fremantle Yoga Centre
was a twice weekly therapeutic Yoga class. I assisted and learnt much
from him in these classes from 1992 until 2001. I took over one of those classes in 2007. They offer
a wonderful opportunity to look at people more closely on an
individual basis. They form an excellent ground for trainee teachers to learn how to handle just about anything that walks through the
door of your average “drop-in” class. Of course the participants
enjoy these too, they get wonderful adjustments and learn how to adapt
their practise to suit their existing condition.
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| Udaipur, Rajasthan, 1999. |
My
practise had been for many years mainly Asana based, much of it from
Iyengar or Iyengar inspired teachers. Later I experimented with
Pattabhi’s Ashtanga and some Ashram styled Hatha classes. Being a keen
reader I informed myself to a basic level on the Philosophy of Yoga and
this was further stimulated through meeting Emil Wendel. Pranayama has
always fascinated me, the idea of holding ones breath had taken me since
childhood, having always been a keen snorkeler. Many of the Iyengar
based teachers gave some Pranayama instruction over weekend intensives
and to this has been added some great teachings from Simon Borg-Olivier,
Emil Wendel, Clive Sheridan and especially, Paul Dallaghan and O.P. Tiwari. This has been supplemented through
reading the classic Hatha Yoga texts, the work of Srivatsa Ramaswamy and
many others.
In
1999 I was invited to teach Yoga to the participants of Maharani Tours
to India and this was repeated in 2000 and 2001.
In 2009 I taught in Amorgos, Greece and again in 2011.
In 2013, I conducted some Yoga therapy classes in Bangkok and again returned to India, this time to the green south, Kerala, where I taught a nine day retreat. Finishing up the year, I was fortunate enough to teach in Mexico City. 2014 saw my return for the third year to undertake further pranayama study through the Kaivalyadham tradition with Paul Dallaghan in Thailand and later in the year to conduct a retreat in Tamil Nadu & Kerala of India.
For much of 2015 I was a away, again a few weeks in Thailand studying pranayama with O.P. Tiwari and then from August through November I was in Central America and Mexico. There I had the good fortune to spend 10 days in a silent meditation retreat under the tutelage of Sahajananda of the Hridaya Yoga school. I highly recommend this man, he has a deep wisdom and is entirely engaging. Later in the year I taught a retreat in two spectacular locations of Mexico, Tulum & Guanajuato.
2016, now for the fifth time, saw a return to Thailand studying pranayama again under both Tiwari and Dallaghan.
In 2017 I again returned to the wonderful Greek Island, Amorgos. There I taught a health and vitality themed 8-day yoga retreat. 2019 again saw a return to Amorgos, this time teaching the benefits of ice/cold water-bathing to a group of French yoga retreat participants. It is hard to imagine a more beautiful location than Amorgos, to date it remains my favourite of all the Greek islands I have visited.
In 2005 I began teaching Yoga Teacher Trainees, subjects such as Yoga Therapy, Pranayama, Adjustment technique, Mudras, Bandhas, Inversions and Yoga Nidra.
In 2009 I taught in Amorgos, Greece and again in 2011.
In 2013, I conducted some Yoga therapy classes in Bangkok and again returned to India, this time to the green south, Kerala, where I taught a nine day retreat. Finishing up the year, I was fortunate enough to teach in Mexico City. 2014 saw my return for the third year to undertake further pranayama study through the Kaivalyadham tradition with Paul Dallaghan in Thailand and later in the year to conduct a retreat in Tamil Nadu & Kerala of India.
For much of 2015 I was a away, again a few weeks in Thailand studying pranayama with O.P. Tiwari and then from August through November I was in Central America and Mexico. There I had the good fortune to spend 10 days in a silent meditation retreat under the tutelage of Sahajananda of the Hridaya Yoga school. I highly recommend this man, he has a deep wisdom and is entirely engaging. Later in the year I taught a retreat in two spectacular locations of Mexico, Tulum & Guanajuato.
2016, now for the fifth time, saw a return to Thailand studying pranayama again under both Tiwari and Dallaghan.
In 2017 I again returned to the wonderful Greek Island, Amorgos. There I taught a health and vitality themed 8-day yoga retreat. 2019 again saw a return to Amorgos, this time teaching the benefits of ice/cold water-bathing to a group of French yoga retreat participants. It is hard to imagine a more beautiful location than Amorgos, to date it remains my favourite of all the Greek islands I have visited.
Presently my teaching
schedule is composed of: Beginner, Experienced and Therapeutic classes, private
tuition/therapy, presenting intermittent Teacher Trainee modules along with
half-day long Pranayama and Yoga Nidra Intensives.
