All our teachers have been trained in the Satyananda Yoga tradition through Bihar School of Yoga, India or one the the European or Australian Academies. The training they receive is of a high quality, with international recognition.
Adhyatm
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After first coming to Yoga at 14yrs Adhyatma rediscovered it in her late twenties and went to study at the Bihar School of Yoga in 2001. For the last ten years she has been teaching in the community, including private, corporate, antenatal, and in schools and prisons.
Adhyatma is the co-founder of Yoga Education in Prisons Trust and is currently teaching in two units in the Rimutaka mens prison of the Wellington area. She finds these classes the most rewarding due to the positive response she gets from the prisoners and sees the obvious changes that occur within a short period of time after some regular practice of simple postures. “Prisoners claim they sleep better, have less physical pain, and are more able to manage their reactions to external events that are beyond their control”
Gyanidhi (Jane)
Gyanidhi has a variety of experience of teaching in the community; from children to those with special needs.
She is passionate about teaching and sharing yoga practices of practical application so others too can enjoy and benefit from them. She is currently teaching in several units at Christchurch Mens prison – Paparua.
Brendon Sakey
I tried my first yoga class under some pine trees in the Himalayan foothills in my early twenties and loved everything about it. I am a social worker with experience working in the drug and alcohol field, including past group work in the Auckland prisons. As I was facilitating drug and alcohol groups both in prison and in the community I noticed so many people eager to learn more practices and skills to manage their stress and achieve more peace in their lives.
Currently I am studying the diploma of yoga studies from the Satyananda yoga academy in Australia. I have a passion to incorporate yoga into health services and prisons as I believe this is an invaluable approach to wellbeing in our communities.
