“The Awareness of Squareness”

ABOUT ME

I first started yoga in 1999 when a horse riding colleague got me interested in doing something that would aid my flexibility and suppleness.  This was when I met my first yoga teacher John Hawkins who ran the course with Buckinghamshire Adult Education.  At the beginning of his yoga career John trained with BKS Iyengar, so I am grateful to him for giving me the grounding in such an accurate and inspiring form of yoga.  I am still in regular contact with John, as you will see on this website.

 

In 2004, I enrolled on a British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Foundation Course run by Lorraine Newman in Aynho, Oxon.  This was an excellent introduction to various aspects of yoga that I had previously been unaware of and is a very good course for anyone looking to further their knowledge of yoga.   Having completed the course I was then eligible to attend a BWY Teacher Training Course.  After a successful interview I started the course with Swami Adhyātmananda (Fidelma Spilsbury) in Waltham St. Lawrence, Berks.  During this course I set up my yoga lessons starting with a core of good friends who still attend my classes.  I qualified as a Yoga Teacher in January 2007. In July 2008 I qualified as a TPOT (Teaching Practice Observation Tutor) with the BWY which enables me to assess student teachers during their Teacher Training Course.

 

Later that year I volunteered my services as Website Administrator to the BWY Southern Region Committee and within a year we had a brand new website which has proved to be a very important resource.  In October 2009 I was elected Regional Officer for the BWY Southern Region and am blessed with an excellent team of Committee Members.  In November 2011, I was re-elected as one of three Regional Officers to become a Trustee of the BWY and join the National Executive Committee for another year.  

 

Early in 2010 I completed a BWY Module on Pranayama.  This was run by Philip Xerri at the Harmony Studios in Windsor.  It was great to complete the course with the majority of my fellow teachers from my Teacher Training course.  The course has greatly enhanced my knowledge of Pranayama both as a practitioner and teacher.

 

The story continues…..

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