Shakti Spirit Yoga - Rachel Hull: Workshops, Teacher Training, Retreats

Bali Home \| Training Details \| Gallery 6-Week, Level-1 Teacher Training Intensive, Bali, Indonesia 5 September - 17 October, 2010
The Shakti Spirit Training has been running succesfully in Goa, India for the past few years, and this is the second time it is being offered in Bali. Yoga is about transformation and freedom! The Shakti Spirit Yoga Teacher Training is designed for practitioners who love the Hatha Yoga system, including postural alignment, prop usage & Vinyasa Flow Yoga, and would like to learn more about integrating their practice with Ayurveda and Yoga philosophy. Once a foundation in safe alignment is established we focus on conscious movement and breath, by linking the postures together into intelligent and flowing sequences (vinyasa). We also include sequences that are not Vinyasa Flow based, but are none the less intelligent in their design. The Shakti Spirit approach is very interested in the energetic aspects of the practice, such as the flow of prana in the body, or the effects on the gunas and doshas. We are as interested in what happens 'off the mat', as much as what happens 'on the mat'. We believe Yoga should be available for everyone, not just the super bendy. With this in mind, this course is not about training to become a contortionist, although of course we are working with the physical body, at times intensely. We are interested in working with real people, with real bodies and the real issues that they are dealing with. AIM OF LEVEL 1 TEACHER TRAINING: The aim, by the end of this training, is to have the confidence and skills to become an excellent assistant teacher, and to start teaching Yoga to beginning as well as intermediate level students (please note: teaching beginners is actually the most challenging group to teach. The skills you learn on this training will be an invaluable aid towards this aim). We hope to train you in the art of 'seeing who is in front of you', and give you skills to understand how to address this particular person's needs. As well as the skills to 'think on the spot' when dealing with the situations that arise in a public class. Of course this takes time, and much of this learning happens once you get yourself out there and start teaching. This training is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level although our hours total approximately 230.

Shakti Spirit Yoga Bali 2010 Teachers List

Rachel Hull - Director, Senior Asana Teacher & Ayurveda - Rachel Hull, the director and senior teacher is known for her precision with alignment, her knowledge of prop useage, as well as her ability to encourage each participant to practice in a flowing, graceful way that is suitable for their individual body.

She commenced pre-natal Iyengar classes when pregnant with her son, and has been practicing Yoga for 23 years and teaching for 12 years. She has taught on at least 18 Yoga teacher trainings between Australia, Indonesia, India, China & Malaysia. Rachel is an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant who trained for 2 years with an Ayurvedic Dr. She is based in Ubud, Bali.

Rachel Hull

Dr Sujatha Kekada - Ayurvedic Consultations & Philosophy, Cooking & Home Remedies - Dr Sujatha Kekada is a certified Ayurvedic Dr (B.A.M.S), who completed her degree in Karnataka, India. Dr. Kekada has worked as an Ayurvedic Doctor in one of the most respected and successful clinics in Kerala, South India. She has also practiced as a consultant in Europe and at one of the top health retreats in Asia- Como Shambala. Dr. Kekada’s knowledge of Ayurveda combined with her warm and caring attitude has facilitated deep healing for many people. As a mother of two, Dr. Kekada is also able to offer sound advice for pre-and post natal care, including appropriate medicines and treatments.With her husband and children, she now has a home base in Ubud, Bali. Each participant on the training will receive a consultation, and personal health advice from Dr Kekada, as well as a personalised treatment. She will also share Ayurvedic cooking and home remedies with us, and provide us with a healthy Ayurvedic dinner once per week.

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Dr Sujatha Kekada

Anna Smallwood was first introduced to yoga in 1998 part of her intensive training as Professional Contemporary Dancer. She completed a Bachelor of Dance at the Victorian College of The Arts, Melbourne, and maintained her yoga practice whilst working as a dancer. She immediately fell in love with Vinyasa Flow & Ashtanga Vinyasa practices, as they allowed her to find freedom through movement, yet unlike dance, are driven by the breath. In 2005 Anna completed her yoga teacher training at Brahmani Yoga, Goa, India, with Julie Martin, and has returned to India each season since then, to both teach at Brahmani Yoga, and to deepen her own yoga practice. Anna has worked on teacher training courses with both Brahmani Yoga and Shakti Spirit Yoga. She enjoys sharing her understanding and love for yoga with others, and witnessing the transformation it brings to her students. When Anna is back in Australia she is teaching on the beautiful South coast of NSW.

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Anna Smallwood

Emil Wendel - Pranayama & Yoga Philosophy- Emil was born in Switzerland and has been living in Asia since the mid-seventies, studying first Chinese Classics and Taoism in Taiwan, and then Sanskrit and Indian Thought on the Subcontinent. This early research was made possible through a six-year grant by the Department of Education of his home country. The many years of residency in Nepal and India have given Emil an exceptional insight into the depth of Indian Civilization and its underlying currents.

One of his mentors was the late Professor Saraswati Prasad Ghimire. The affiliation with him and other Pandits covered research in Hindu and Buddhist literature, as well as thought and ritual in their original context.

We are very happy that Emil will join us half way through the training from the 30th September, for pranayama and meditation morning classes, as well as afternoon Yoga philosophy classes.

James Newman - Anatomy of Movement - James has been a devoted Yoga student for 10 years and is certified to teach in the Anusara, Kripalu and Vinyasa Krama styles. Since 2005 he has studied extensively - over 350 hours - with Srivatsa Ramaswami - Krishnamacharya's personal student for 30 years. He has also completed a 200-hour program on Yoga sequencing at KYM - the Krishnamacharya family school in Chennai, India.

James thinks learning should be fun, and teaches anatomy in a practical and hands-on way, relating it to asana as much as possible. He is a Level 4 - Cranio Sacral therapist as well as a deep tissue massage therapist, and holds a B.A Degree in the History of Philosophy.

Emil Wendel

James Newman

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