All Year: Private classes with Jana Czipin

Jana Czipin was born in Austria and in 15 years of practice has moved through different styles of yoga (Sivananda, Hatha, Astanga).

In 2005 she became a certified teacher from the Mysore Mandala Shala in India and in 2008 she studied at the school of TKV Desikachar (KYM) in Chennai (India), which focuses on Yoga therapy.

Since February 2004 she lives in Dahab, Egypt, and works there as a Yoga Teacher, she is extremely popular and Free Spirit Travel uses her both as an in-house teacher and also for private classes for those who need a more concentrated session.

Jana is an Austrian and a certified Astanga Yoga teacher. She studied also at the KYM in Chennai.

2011: October 16th   - 23rd

Susannah is a fully qualified British Wheel of Yoga teacher and has been practising yoga since childhood.

Her teaching style is intuitive and creative, drawing on her main influences of Hatha Yoga, Viniyoga and Astanga Yoga. Her dance background also brings into play a focus on alignment.

Susannah’s classes have a meditative quality and work on the principles of ‘Sthira and Sukham’ - (form and experience, strength and softness). So although her classes can be quite demanding they are also deeply relaxing. Her years of dancing have given Susannah an invaluable knowledge of the body, which enhances her ability to teach yoga. In addition she has studied both holistic massage and herbalism - and therefore has a very broad and balanced view of the body.

For Susannah yoga is about breath and bringing a sense of space and freedom to the body. She teaches Hatha Yoga, inspired by the Viniyoga System with its one-to-one approach, with an emphasis on connecting the breath and movement, enabling her students to work with their bodies, get to know them and to take responsibility for their personal well-being.

She applies this approach to all her classes where she ensures that adjustments and modifications are made for individual students - after all every body is different

Susannah studied yoga as a child and grew up within the yogic philosophy.

2011: October 30th - November 6th

Power Vinyasa Yoga with Babs Lehner-Platts

Power Vinyasa, which means breath-synchronized movement, is a more vigorous style of Yoga based on the performance of a sequence of poses such as Sun Salutations, in which movement is matched to the breath.

This class is led by renowned yoga instructor and fitness expert Babs Lehner-Platts. With her characteristic down-to-earth instruction and fun approach, you will be guided through a series of yoga postures that are physically challenging, yet can be done by the average participant! The easy-to-follow sequences practised with energy and enthusiasm, will produce amazing results!

Babs encourages you with clear instructions for each posture, giving detailed explanations and corrections on correct alignment throughout. The class is designed for any age or fitness level and make it the perfect program from the beginner to the more experienced student.

A Power Vinyasa class will typically start with Pranayama (breath control), then goes into flowing sequences of standing postures. This is followed by practicing Yoga Balances leading into mat work, which brings the focus to core stability to increase stamina, flexibility and energy levels. Deep stretches and relaxation will bring the class to an end.

Class contents vary from one session to the next to prevent complacency and to give the student constant challenges and goals to strive for. Whilst we believe that Yoga classes should always be fun, Babs encourages every student to remain mindfully focused on themselves and to explore not only their strengths but also the limitations of their body and mind.

Get ready to transform yourself and discover the Power of Yoga!
 

Flowing Yoga with Jana Czipin

Jana Czipin was born in Austria and in 15 years of practice has moved through different styles of yoga (Sivananda, Hatha, Astanga).

In 2005 she became a certified teacher from the Mysore Mandala Shala in India and in 2008 she studied at the school of TKV Desikachar (KYM) in Chennai (India), which focuses on Yoga therapy.

Since February 2004 she lives in Dahab, Egypt, and works there as a Yoga Teacher, she is extremely popular and Free Spirit Travel uses her both as an in-house teacher and also for private classes for those who need a more concentrated session.

On your yoga holiday in Dahab she will teach a morning class of Flowing Yoga, kept flexible and attuned to the needs of the different levels of the students.

The afternoon class will be a Hatha Yoga class with various breathing techniques in Pranayama and different methods of meditation. Classes are suitable for all levels of students, from beginners to advanced.

Dynamic Hatha Yoga with Stephan Coburg

Stephan became a teacher because of his passion for tai chi and yoga and to try to communicate that Yoga is more than just a system of exercise, but also as a spiritual practice, which is self –empowering and autonomous. He teaches in a way, which allows his students to develop at their own pace and encourages them to “feel the fear and do it anyway”. 

With a martial arts background by his first teacher, his father at the age of 8, Stephan developed the styles of Kung Fu and Wu Shu to an advanced level. At the age of 16, Stephan was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and under the tutelage of his uncle Master Huang JiFu (1934-1995) Vice Chairman of the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts, and founder of the British Chin Woo Athletic Association, he was taught Tai Chi and Chi Gong as a compliment to his chemotherapy and ultimately his recovery. 

It was during this time using TCM in combination to his chemotherapy, taught to him by his grandmother, that Stephan discovered yoga and it’s healing effects towards cancer and how yoga also complimented his knowledge in Tai Chi and Chi Gong. 

A few years later, Stephan met his Guruji, Master Tenzin Kendra Rinpoche, during a trip to Nepal, and became his disciple for 11 ½ years until his teacher’s death in April 2002.  During this period he was taught concepts and philosophies on the traditional Hatha style of yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Seamm Jasani or ‘gentle boabom’ the ‘Art of Self Medicine through Self-Defense’, Tibetan Medicine, Shamanic Healing and Energetic Medicine.

Stephan’s sadhana then led him towards many teachers around the world, who have all contributed to his unique style of teaching. He continues with his studies of the yoga system as taught by his Guruji, but over the years has been influenced and taught by other teachers including Swami Pragyamurti, in the tradition of the Bihar School of Yoga and Swami Satyananda, Sri K Pattabhi Jois in the astanga vinyasa tradition, Mysore, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa in the Kundalini tradition, California, Gingi Lee at the Sangam Yoga Centre in the astanga Mysore style and Gary Carter of Natural Bodies in the Scaravelli tradition, Stephan’s ethic is that he is the eternal student.

Stephan has been teaching since 1996, and is the Principal at The Radiant Hand, in health clubs and yoga centres in London and internationally. He also teaches at retreats in Dahab, Sinai, Egypt, Dalyan in Turkey, Cornwall in the UK and in Thailand and Malaysia in the Far East. He has recently returned from Bhutan having been requested to teach and train at an international luxury resort. 

He has given lectures on healing and vibrational medicine, and works also as a spiritual guidance therapist and healer of various traditions, including Tibetan Shamanic Healing, Pranic Healing, he is a Master Teacher in the Usui tradition and system of Reiki and is a practitioner of massage in acupressure, holistic, sports, Taoist/ Tantra bodywork and the Nuad Boran Northern Style Thai Yogic Massage.

When he is not working you will find him climbing the Himalayas in Nepal, white-water rafting in South America, trekking the jungles of Borneo, or in London with his family.
 
“Be the change you wish to see in the world” – Ghandi

2011: December 4th - 11th - 18th

These weeks will be taught by Jana Czipin (see details about her yoga below).

We are excepting numbers to be small so if there are 4 or less people instead of 10 classes over the week there will be 5 intensive classes and a public class which Jana teaches weekly to the Dahab residents and which you will be invited to join. The week will run even if only one person books and will operate as normal.

We are fairly  confident that numbers will be larger than the 4 minimum - especially as Dahab is the perfect place to do your Christmas shopping!

The sun will be shinning and Jana is a wonderful teacher.

 2011: December  18th - 25th - January 1st or 4th

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR

choose the dates that work for you - minimum stay 7 nights

Flowing Yoga with Jana Czipin

Jana Czipin was born in Austria and in 15 years of practice has moved through different styles of yoga (Sivananda, Hatha, Astanga).

In 2005 she became a certified teacher from the Mysore Mandala Shala in India and in 2008 she studied at the school of TKV Desikachar (KYM) in Chennai (India), which focuses on Yoga therapy.

Since February 2004 she lives in Dahab, Egypt, and works there as a Yoga Teacher, she is extremely popular and Free Spirit Travel uses her both as an in-house teacher and also for private classes for those who need a more concentrated session.

On your yoga holiday in Dahab she will teach a morning class of Flowing Yoga, kept flexible and attuned to the needs of the different levels of the students.

The afternoon class will be a Hatha Yoga class with various breathing techniques in Pranayama and different methods of meditation. Classes are suitable for all levels of students, from beginners to advanced.

You may come for any dates between December 19th and January 5th providing you stay a minimum of 7 nights

Jana Czipin  is teaching from December 19th to 26th and Ken Eyerman is teaching from December 26th - January 5th

 

Ken Eyerman twenty five years of experience in Bodywork and Movement is brought to this week, combining a unique blend of dynamic flowing Yoga with gentle inner sensing and Feldenkrais movement awareness lessons.

2012: January 8th - 15th

Flowing Hatha Yoga with Shira Bassi

Shira originally trained as a Sivananda yoga teacher in 2002 and has since expanded her knowledge to include Astanga yoga, Power yoga and Shadow yoga. She has also studied and practised meditation for over 11 years.

Shira has created a heart yoga practice which incorporates psychological tools from NLP, Hypnotherapy. Coaching into the body an awareness so as to shift each person to a self-loving body, whatever their own physical or mental constraint.

All of this is weaved seamlessly into the second half of special yoga sessions. We will do this special session twice during the week On other days our morning session will be a more active flowing yoga class, beginning with surya namaskar warm ups and pranayama as we move with breath in and out of the asanas.

The afternoon classes will be quieter and more meditative. The aim is to move away from time and space and transcend to bliss so one is not constrained, tapping into the centre of oneself, so that the body is the moving flow and the mind eases

As well as the yoga classes there will also be options of 1-to-1 classes and of having a life plan for 2012 created.

"Once a person is in a yoga state, the mind is opened up to receive positive, compassion, joy, happiness, acceptance, letting go of emotions etc.  Its about having a peaceful, quiet mind in the yoga practice, with no conflict in the posture.

I am the catalyst for another person being 100% committed to their lives, this passion comes through in my yoga. I am not just another yoga teacher, it is very much who I am a yogini." Shira Bassi

2012: January 15th - 22nd

Hatha Yoga with Julie Potter
Julie came to yoga in 1993 as what was then a weekly interlude from an over busy work and family life. By 2000 this had become more of a passion and she was persuaded by her own tutors to train as a teacher. She qualified with the BWY in 2004, and quickly developed into having a teaching week of 15-18 classes. Judith has her own studio, Yoga for Harmony in Windsor, which she established in 2006.

With early origins in Iyengar Yoga, Julie has experienced a wide range of teachers and yoga ‘styles’, but now has her personal interest in anatomical movement and alignment. Her main influences are teachers such as Gary Carter, Peter Blackaby, Monica Voss, Angela Farmer.

Julie’s intention for the week in Egypt is for students to have the opportunity and the time to look at aspects of their practise in depth and to develop their approach of self enquiry and self knowledge.

The classes are adaptable and encompass students of all levels of experience and ability. Whilst looking at traditional Hatha Yoga postures and pranayama Julie will be encouraging fun and freedom within the traditional structure.

2012: January 15th - 22nd

Private group this week (non-English).

2012: January 29th - February 5th

Dynamic Yoga with Leone Roberts

"I feel the use of both dynamic flow and held poses combined with skilled alignment, enables my students to progress safely, deepening their practice to enhance strength, improve flexibility and become more centred.
Static postures train students to observe and understand their alignment, allowing time to repose and quietly intensify the posture.
Dynamic Flow teaches synchronisation of breath and movement creating freedom and enjoyment"

Leone is a fully certified yoga teacher and also has an ITEC diploma in Anatomy and Physiology. She has been practising yoga for over 20 years.
On this holiday Leone will be teaching a dynamic class in the morning session and a gentle class in the afternoon session.
 

We will have 10 sessions of yoga over the week

2012: February 5th - 12th

Iyengar yoga with Sue Lovell

Sue Lovell teaches Iyengar yoga as a unique process capable of transforming our lives by giving us a deeper awareness of our body , mind and spirit as well as increasing strength and flexibility.

She has been practicing yoga for 15 years and teaching for 8 years in Derbyshire where she runs with partner Peak Yoga Centre. She holds is a Junior Intermediate level Teaching certificate

Sue’s approach to teaching on yoga holidays and workshops is to introduce a sense of serious fun generating an eagerness to learn, adding layers of understanding and clarity to students practise helping them to realise their full potential.

Her open and accessible style is geared to building confidence and poise in asana practice and deepening understanding of ourselves through pranayama (yogic breathing techniques).

The week will offer a 2 hour morning yoga asana class suitable to all levels of students and a short evening class.

2012: February 12th - 19th

Emma Burton has been a keen practitioner of yoga for the past eight years.

She completed her basic and intermediate teacher training in New York City with the Integral Yoga Institute and now practices as a Registered Yoga Teacher under the Yoga Alliance.

Emma's approach is rooted in the style of Hatha yoga combining physical poses (asana), breathing practice (pranayama), deep relaxation (yoga nidra) and meditation.

Her aim is to allow the holistic practice of yoga to heal and invigorate the entire body on a cellular level, to encourage full and efficient breath work, and to centre the mind.

Emma encourages a non-competitive approach in which individuals can safely challenge their physical and emotional edges to deepen their practice.

Within this space her students can connect to their uniquely wonderful bodies and the inner wisdom of the breath, whilst challenging the mind to stay present and grounded.

2012: Feb 19th - 26th

Flowing Hatha Yoga with Shira Bassi

Shira originally trained as a Sivananda yoga teacher in 2002 and has since expanded her knowledge to include Astanga yoga, Power yoga and Shadow yoga. She has also studied and practised meditation for over 11 years.

Shira has created a heart yoga practice which incorporates psychological tools from NLP, Hypnotherapy. Coaching into the body an awareness so as to shift each person to a self-loving body, whatever their own physical or mental constraint.

All of this is weaved seamlessly into the second half of special yoga sessions. We will do this special session twice during the week On other days our morning session will be a more active flowing yoga class, beginning with surya namaskar warm ups and pranayama as we move with breath in and out of the asanas.

The afternoon classes will be quieter and more meditative. The aim is to move away from time and space and transcend to bliss so one is not constrained, tapping into the centre of oneself, so that the body is the moving flow and the mind eases

As well as the yoga classes there will also be options of 1-to-1 classes and of having a life plan for 2012 created.

"Once a person is in a yoga state, the mind is opened up to receive positive, compassion, joy, happiness, acceptance, letting go of emotions etc.  Its about having a peaceful, quiet mind in the yoga practice, with no conflict in the posture.

I am the catalyst for another person being 100% committed to their lives, this passion comes through in my yoga. I am not just another yoga teacher, it is very much who I am a yogini." Shira Bassi

'Yoga For Joy' with Kathryn Banks

Kathryn's returns for another season at Blue #Beach. See pictures below of previous Free Spirit holidays she ahs taught on.

Her holiday will be a smooth blend of Yoga, Pilates and Chi Gung coupled together in new inventive ways to build on our foundation and relax into the presence.  Music may be involved to lift us higher into the joy of movement.

Kathryn trained and qualified in exercise to music RSA in 1989, Pilates in 1998, Body Balance in 1999, Astanga Yoga in 2003, and Hatha Yoga in 2004. She has trained with top teachers from around the world. 

Kathryn blends all aspects of her training into her Yogaflow classes.

(pictures below are from her last years trip to Villa Gokbel which everybody loved)

2012: March 4th - 11th

Flowing Hatha  & Sivananda Yoga with Samantha Pitt

An experienced yoga teacher who originally trained in the Sivananda yoga style, Samantha lives and teaches yoga in Dahab so will also be able to give you an insiders guide to the area and the village.

On this yoga week she will teach an uplifting Flowing Hatha morning yoga class and in the afternoon a more gentle class based on the Sivananda style of Hatha yoga.

Each class blends pranayama (breath work) to quiet the mind with energizing and restorative asana (postures) to nourish and strengthen the body, finishing with deep and peaceful relaxation to increase feelings of vitality and rejuvenation

2012: March 11th - 18th

Flowing Hatha Yoga with Tristram and Yvonne Carlyon
We believe yoga to be a science, a healing art, and a spiritual practice. Our teaching is adapted to meet individual needs, in the tradition of T. Krishnamacharaya. We honour yoga's ancient traditions and embrace pluralist values.

We work with playful warm-up exercises derived from Qigong, classical yoga asanas, and deeply restorative yin postures to nurture our physical and energetic bodies. We explore some powerful breathing practices (pranayama), and move into profound and healing stillness in guided relaxation and meditation.

As blockages are gently released, the potential arises for renewal and coming home to our true selves. Everyone receives individual attention and is offered appropriate modifications to help them get the maximum benefit and enjoyment from the practice.
 

2012: March 18th - 25th

Hatha Yoga with Jackie Coulson

Jackie has studied many forms of Yoga over the last 12 years, including Hatha, Iyengar, Vajrasati, Astanga, Sivananda & Scaravelli.

She holds teaching certificates in Hatha and Vajrasati Yoga and is Yoga Alliance 500hr accredited. She has taken great joy from inspiring her students in Brighton for the last 4 years. Jackie's teaching style is creative and fluid, partly due to her broad inspiration across disciplines.

Her Vajrasati training helps bring in a meditative feel to her Hatha flowing practise, incorporating the core principles of Sthira Sukham (finding the balance between strength or effort and ease) as well as an emphasis on postural awareness. Jackie's interest in the body also took her to India to study Yogic massage.

The morning classes will have a fluid, playful nature, incorporating some gentle sequences, flowing through postures with deep breath awareness, to invigorate the body and mind.

The evening practise will generally be more restorative and meditative. Even when the practise is challenging it will be deeply relaxing. We will also be exploring Pranayama (breathing techniques) and simple Mantra (chanting).

Jackie is known for her nurturing and supportive style that welcomes all abilities.

www.exhalebrighton.co.uk

2012: March 25th - April 1st

Jude has been practising yoga and meditation for over sixteen years and has been teaching for eleven years. Over the years she has worked with, been inspired and influenced by many wonderful teachers whose knowledge and teachings have enriched her practice - Erich Schiffman, Sharon Gannon and David Life, Shiva Rea and, currently, Sarah Powers.
 

She completed a Teacher Training Course with the Bihar School of Yoga (Satyananda Yoga) under the direction of Swami Vedantananda and assessed by Swami Pragyamurti, the Principal of the School. This course is recognised by and is accredited with the British Wheel of Yoga.

The yoga Jude teaches is a mix of the Yin style (focusing on the gently held postures that work on the connective tissue of the hips, pelvis and lower spine) and the stronger Yang practise that emphasizes muscular movement and contraction.

The combining of the two helps to create a balanced practice "on the mat" which can be helpful in balancing our life "off the mat". There is much emphasis on the flow of the breath and how we allow the breath to be the initiator for the movement of the body.

The sessions also include pranayama, relaxation and visualisation practices plus nada yoga and meditation.

2012: April 1st - 8th

Susannah is a fully qualified British Wheel of Yoga teacher and has been practising yoga since childhood.

Her teaching style is intuitive and creative, drawing on her main influences of Hatha Yoga, Viniyoga and Astanga Yoga. Her dance background also brings into play a focus on alignment.

Susannah’s classes have a meditative quality and work on the principles of ‘Sthira and Sukham’ - (form and experience, strength and softness). So although her classes can be quite demanding they are also deeply relaxing. Her years of dancing have given Susannah an invaluable knowledge of the body, which enhances her ability to teach yoga. In addition she has studied both holistic massage and herbalism - and therefore has a very broad and balanced view of the body.

For Susannah yoga is about breath and bringing a sense of space and freedom to the body. She teaches Hatha Yoga, inspired by the Viniyoga System with its one-to-one approach, with an emphasis on connecting the breath and movement, enabling her students to work with their bodies, get to know them and to take responsibility for their personal well-being.

She applies this approach to all her classes where she ensures that adjustments and modifications are made for individual students - after all every body is different

Susannah studied yoga as a child and grew up within the yogic philosophy.

2012: April 8th -15th

Power Vinyasa Yoga with Babs Lehner-Platts

Power Vinyasa, which means breath-synchronized movement, is a more vigorous style of Yoga based on the performance of a sequence of poses such as Sun Salutations, in which movement is matched to the breath.

This class is led by renowned yoga instructor and fitness expert Babs Lehner-Platts. With her characteristic down-to-earth instruction and fun approach, you will be guided through a series of yoga postures that are physically challenging, yet can be done by the average participant! The easy-to-follow sequences practised with energy and enthusiasm, will produce amazing results!

Babs encourages you with clear instructions for each posture, giving detailed explanations and corrections on correct alignment throughout. The class is designed for any age or fitness level and make it the perfect program from the beginner to the more experienced student.

A Power Vinyasa class will typically start with Pranayama (breath control), then goes into flowing sequences of standing postures. This is followed by practicing Yoga Balances leading into mat work, which brings the focus to core stability to increase stamina, flexibility and energy levels. Deep stretches and relaxation will bring the class to an end.

Class contents vary from one session to the next to prevent complacency and to give the student constant challenges and goals to strive for. Whilst we believe that Yoga classes should always be fun, Babs encourages every student to remain mindfully focused on themselves and to explore not only their strengths but also the limitations of their body and mind.

Get ready to transform yourself and discover the Power of Yoga!
 

2012: April 15th - 22nd

Dynamic Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Kelly Arnold

Kelly has been practicing yoga for over 17 years and a teacher since 2005.

She trained in beautiful Ubud, Bali with Louisa Sear, Emil Wendel and several other world renowned teachers at Yoga Arts, Byron Bay, Australia.

Kelly has taught extensively in Australia, Hong Kong and is currently teaching at Evolve Wellness Centre in South Kensington, GC Yoga Studios in Wimbledon and other clubs and studios all over London.

Her sequences are strong and dynamic with plenty of challenges but they are structured for all levels and for people from all walks of life.

Kelly brings her own unique style to her classes and encourages students to listen to their own body and breathe, staying with the level and variations that suit them depending on their experience and how they are feeling on the day.

The Dynamic Vinyasa Flow sequences are varied and include backbends, inversions, arm balances, focus on core stability along with funky and relaxing music. The classes will allow you to awaken the body slowly but are designed to make you sweat and then wind down with passive postures and a nice long savasana.
 

www.kellyarnoldyoga.com

2012: April 22nd - 29th

Sivananda Yoga with Diana Shipp

Diana Shipp, has over eleven years experience and specialises in the Sivananda style of yoga.

She is the owner of the extremely popular Kailasam Yoga Retreat in Kerala (pictures below), where she teaches the yoga classes from November through to March each year.

Diana teaches integrated breath and posture work, with spiritual awareness, based on classical Sivananda yoga and other traditions. She holds teaching diplomas from the British Wheel of Yoga and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashram in India.

Diana is an experienced teacher who has been teaching for the past 15 years. She has taught in the UK, Turkey, Bali, Crete, Spain and India.

On this holiday you will experience asana, pranayama, meditation, visualisation and relaxation in two classes daily. The yoga will improve your strength and flexibility and guide you to the calm centre of Being within.

This yoga will be suitable for beginners as well as more experienced students. Diana's approach is both joyful and imaginative, with emphasis on raising of consciousness through breath and body awareness, to bring you a feeling of well-being.

This holiday is suitable for all standards of yoga practitioner

2012: April 29th - May 6th

Hatha Flow Yoga and Pilates with Alessandra Margarito

This is a week devoted to improving the core strength of the participants

There will be a Hatha Flow Yoga class in the morning and a Pilates class in the afternoon.

Ideal for both beginners and intermediate practitioners who want to get back to basics, this week will strengthen your core as well as deepen your personal yoga practise.

The morning Yoga class will be based on the precision and breath work of Hatha yoga with emphasis on flow to create an uplifting yet grounding practise. We will work in a progressive manner throughout the week building a foundation for a strong integral practice. These sessions will guide you towards a deeper understanding of asana and the bio-mechanics of your body allowing you to progress through your practice without injury.

The early evening practice will be a Pilates matwork session, drawing from both the classical and the evolved repertoire. Over the week you will be introduced to a series of movements to develop and strengthen not only your core but the whole body thus perfectly complimenting the yoga practice.

Alessandra's creative approach to body alignment will benefit anybody who wishes to experience greater energy, dynamic relaxation and a sense of freedom in movement.

About Alessandra: Alessandra is an intuitive yoga teacher who is experienced at guiding students of all levels though the fundamental steps of their yoga practice. Her clear teaching approach is strongly influenced by studies of yoga anatomy giving her an understanding of how to ease bodies of all shapes and sizes into a comfortable beneficial practice.

Her teachers have included many renowned teachers, Judith Lasater and Doug Keller in particular have had a strong effect on her own practice as well as Susanne Lahusse with whom she has been practicing Vinyasa Flow Yoga for a number of years.

Originally trained as a Pilates teacher, her training included an insight into the world of physiotherapy with Carole Thatcher as well as corrective Yoga with Gary Carter. After training with Judith Lasater, and becoming an accredited Restorative Yoga Teacher, she started combining the precision and strength work of Pilates with the deep release work of Restorative Yoga. After studying Ideokinesis with Ursula Striker, a descended of Andre Bernard the founder of the movement, she introduced more fluid somatic movements to her teachings.
 

For more information about Alessandra go to her website
www.alessandramargarito.com

2012: May 13th - 20th

Flowing Yoga with Jana Czipin

Jana Czipin was born in Austria and in 15 years of practice has moved through different styles of yoga (Sivananda, Hatha, Astanga).

In 2005 she became a certified teacher from the Mysore Mandala Shala in India and in 2008 she studied at the school of TKV Desikachar (KYM) in Chennai (India), which focuses on Yoga therapy.

Now living in Spain, Jana lived in Dahab for 7 years and was our in-house teacher at the Blue Beach Hotel. Her knowledge of the village will add greatly to your enjoyment of this week.

On your yoga holiday in Dahab she will teach a morning class of Flowing Yoga, kept flexible and attuned to the needs of the different levels of the students.

The afternoon class will be a Hatha Yoga class with various breathing techniques in Pranayama and different methods of meditation. Classes are suitable for all levels of students, from beginners to advanced.

For more information about Jana visit her website at 

www.ayoga.at
 

2012: May 20th - May 27th

Astanga Yoga with Birgit Spohr

Birgit has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 8 years and gained her qualifications as an Astanga Yoga Teacher in Mysore- India.

Her classes are suitable for beginners and students with some experience. During each class there is a focus on a different body part with variations given to suit the level of experience of the individual student.

She offers excellent demonstrations of postures and gives clear verbal instructions. Birgit is a motivating teacher who creates a good balance between a physical workout and relaxation in her classes.

She also offers private classes tailored to your individual wishes, needs and ailments (i.e. Sciatica, Scoliosis, Asthma, high blood pressure etc.)

 

2012: May 27th - June 3rd

Having been trained by the International Sivananda Vedanta Centre, Jonathan has been teaching yoga since the mid 1990’s. He is also a qualified holistic massage therapist.

Using his relaxed yet professional style, combined with a sense of fun and friendliness, Jonathan brings out the best in both beginners and advanced students alike. During his classes, Jonathan encourages his students to notice the flow of the breath and to take their time with each asana, being present in the moment.

Jonathan has run holidays in France and Ibiza. After spending time living in California, Jonathan moved to the Findhorn Community in Scotland where he taught for two years.

He is now based at a Dynamic yoga studio in Brighton, as well as teaching privately. On this holiday he will be teaching flowing vinyasa yoga working closely with you and creating effortless flow from posture to posture.

Also a musician he continues to develop his music career with song writing and performance and uses this passion for music and the voice as an instrument to run workshops exploring the Yoga of Sound.

For more information visit his website

www.jonathanorchard.com
 

We are waiting to place the teachers below - all regular teachers at this venue

Hatha Yoga with Tyrone Duff 

Tyrone Duff  first discovered the path of Hatha yoga in India where he studied in the foothills with his teacher.

Following this he studied Hatha yoga in London with Fausto Maria at the Innergy Yoga Centre and completed a Sivananda teacher training course at the Vendanta Yoga Centre in New York, U.S.A.

Tyrone's classes are filed with humour and expertise, he has a loyal following and is a regular teacher with Free Spirit Travel. He currently teaches regular classes throughout London an is also a practitioner of Shiatsu.

left: Tyrone on his yoga holiday in Dahab

Below: pictures from his 2007 trip to Dahab

Mitch is an exciting and inspirational international Yoga Alliance teacher, who has been practising yoga for many years and has studied many styles of yoga.  He teaches classes in Winchester and annually holds yoga holidays to Egypt, Spain, Turkey.

His classes are designed for all levels from those new to yoga to the experienced and are based on classical Hatha incorporating a fusion of other yoga styles to suit everyone.

There is particular emphasise on warming up and stretching techniques to ensure no injuries occur and optimum strength and flexibility can be achieved. Mitch uses his intuitive sense of his own body, and those of his students in the class to dictate the pace, postures and type of practise used within any one class.

Mitch has a particular interest in encouraging men to try yoga and as a 6'6" ex rugby player himself can amply demonstrate what yoga has to offer them.   

Over the week he will offer a morning two hour invigorating class and a shorter relaxing and rejuvenating evening class incorporating breathing techniques, meditation and work on opening up the chakras.  

A sense of fun combined with a thoughtful practise will ensure that everyone feels at ease and have a great time.  

www.mitchyoga.com

Mary Niker is a very experienced Iyengar Yoga teacher. She teaches class the Thames Valley and has just returned from an extensive course in India.

She has studied yoga for over 19 years and been trained by many of senior teachers in the UK. Mary is dedicated to teaching Yoga with care and respect.

Students of all ages and backgrounds are welcomed on this yoga week. Growth and learning is encouraged at the pace you feel you are most comfortable with.  

Mary quotes " Through the practice of Iyengar Yoga we can not only combat stress, but achieve positive mental, spiritual and physical growth."

Jana Czipin was born in Austria and in 15 years of practice has moved through different styles of yoga (Sivananda, Hatha, Astanga).

In 2005 she became a certified teacher from the Mysore Mandala Shala in India and in 2008 she studied at the school of TKV Desikachar (KYM) in Chennai (India), which focuses on Yoga therapy.

Since February 2004 she lives in Dahab, Egypt, and works there as a Yoga Teacher, she is extremely popular and Free Spirit Travel uses her both as an in-house teacher and also for private classes for those who need a more concentrated session.

On your yoga holiday in Dahab she will teach a morning class of Flowing Yoga, kept flexible and attuned to the needs of the different levels of the students.

The afternoon class will be a Hatha Yoga class with various breathing techniques in Pranayama and different methods of meditation. Classes are suitable for all levels of students, from beginners to advanced.

Lauren Manning, Vinyasa Flow Yoga

Lauren has been practicing Yoga for 16 years and teaching for 14 of them. Originally from South Africa, she now spends her time travelling and teaching around the world - mainly in India, Turkey, UK and now Egypt. When asked what ‘style’ of Yoga she teaches, she uses the phrase 'Gentle Vinyasa Flow'. It is an eclectic combination of a number of different styles. She takes her influence from several approaches that have touched her, as well as from her own personal journey ‘on the mat’.

Initially a Sivananda trained teacher (California 1996), she has also explored, studied and taught Astanga Vinyasa, and appreciates the strengthening aspect of this powerful approach. In addition, she respects the preciseness of Iyengar, the gentleness and fluidity of Scaravelli and the softness and surrender of Yin Yoga.

Combining all these gems, her classes tend to flow – students move from one posture to another – starting gently and gradually building up momentum and energy, and then towards the end of the session, slowing down again in preparation for relaxation and the releasing of energy (on all levels: physical, mental, emotional) that comes about from the practice. Students usually feel both relaxed and energised after a class.