I am a qualified IYA*, IYTA* and Heart of Yoga Assoc. teacher with 40 years study and teaching experience. I lived and taught yoga at Sivananda Ashram (Beacon Yoga Centre, Fremantle) for 9 years where I was a student of Swami Venkatesananda and completed the first IYTA training to be offered in WA. Venkatesa worked hard to ensure that all of us, his students, received a complete training in the Eight Limbs of Yoga (astanga). After Venkatesa’s death, I continued my yoga studies with Sri TKV Desikachar and other senior teachers from the Krishnamacarya Yoga Mandiram (KYM), Chennai India, focussing on the study of vedic chant and yoga cikitsa (yoga therapy). In the mid-90s I met and travelled to India with Mark Whitwell to study again at KYM & continued to study with Mark in Perth, Melbourne & Bali. Since 1994, I have been studying the profound meditation and compassion teachings from Tibet under the guidance of Buddhist masters, including Sogyal Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. I founded the Heart of Yoga School and the Centre for Wisdom & Compassion Studies in Albany.
“I feel such an immense gratitude to my teachers who had the patience to transmit the yoga & wisdom teachings of India & Tibet to me. The teachings have blessed my life with a deep understanding that informs all aspects of my life, making it happier, healthier and wonder-filled.”
My love of sacred sound culminated in the release of my first CD in 1999, The Healing Sounds of Vedic Chant.
In December 2002, after many requests from students, I released a daily yoga practice CD for those wishing to establish a home practice – Do Your Yoga Bless Your Life. Tracks from this CD are available for download.
*IYA – Integral Yoga Association
*IYTA – International Yoga Teachers’ Association
I salute my precious teachers who constantly inspire and guide my work