EMIL WENDEL – Yoga Philosophy, Meditation and Pranayama

Emil teaches yoga philosophy, meditation and pranayama on the Yoga Arts’ trainings. He has been living in Asia since the mid seventies, studying Indian thought as well as Chinese classical philosophy. His many years of residency in Nepal and India have brought about a passion for yoga, in particular, the aspects of breath and meditation in both the Buddhist and Hindu traditions. His courses offer a glimpse into the treasures of philosophy and their application in daily life as yoga practice and ritual, all in the original context.

CHRISTOPH KUMMER – Anatomy & Physiology and assistant Asana Teacher

Chris is a Yoga Anatomy Teacher and certified Naturopath. He began practicing yoga two decades ago and is also a qualified yoga teacher. His passion is to further the understanding of yoga, movement and health in the worldwide community. From 1988 to 1998 Chris studied nursing, Allopathic Medicine and Naturopathy in Germany and Australia. Chris’s approach to Anatomy is lively, entertaining and presented in a fun and comprehensible way. He refers to his teaching as “The Anatomy Show”! The teaching is based on the individual body and fits with a broad understanding complementing all yoga practices. Chris is co-founder and director of Kinda Yoga (www.kindayoga.com) with the vision to inspire the young generation to benefit from the joy of practicing Yoga. Chris has been teaching internationally on over thirty Registered Yoga Teacher Trainings over the past decade. He consults from clinics in Byron Bay and Sydney, Australia.

LUCY ROBERTS – Asana, Vinyasa, Astanga, Techniques and Teaching Methodology, Moving Meditation Dance.

Lucy works with Louisa Sear on the Yoga Arts’ Internationally accredited Yoga Teacher Trainings. She is a regular guest teacher on Sun & Moon Teacher Training Courses in Tokyo and teaches classes, workshops, and retreats internationally.

Lucy has practiced many styles of Yoga and studied with many different teachers over the last twelve years. Her longest and most revered teachers are life, nature and silence. Lucy’s teaching style is fluid, feminine, intuitive and creative. She merges classical yoga asana with mudras and stance from the sacred Indian temple arts, and the natural spirallic movements of spontaneous free-style dance. Studying craniosacral bodywork has informed her teaching and practice, working from the inside out to find an inner spaciousness and ease and a meditative presence grounded in silence. She loves the non-verbal aspect of hands on adjustments where so much can be communicated from body-to-body, when there is sensitivity and clear intention.

Lucy’s current passions are Odissi Dance, a very beautiful and devotional classical art from the temples of Orissa in East India, craniosacral bodywork, and everything else in between that brings wakefulness and joy. Born in Australia but home ‘on the road’, she currently lives between Byron Bay, Japan and India.

ROSE BAUDIN – Meditation, Pranayama, Ritual, Mantra & Agni Hotra (fire ceremony)

Rose Baudin has studied and practiced yoga for 35 years and has taught for 20. She met her mentor Swami Gauribala in Sri Lanka in 1971, and was initiated into the lineage of the Tamil Siddhas in 1984. During the 16 years she lived in India, she was instructed by master teachers in the various schools of yoga: Integral, Iyengar, Vini and Astanga as well as extensive meditation experience under the guidence of S.N. Goenka (Vipassana), Zen Master Hogen-san Yamahata (Soto sect) and Sayadaw U Janaka (Satipatthana Insight Meditation). She was introduced to and taught the ritual of Agni Hotra by Dr. Robert Svoboda who instructed her in the way of his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda.

Since 1986, Rose has been based in Australia teaching yoga classes and weekend meditation retreats, as well as instructing and lecturing for Yoga Arts. She has been conducting yoga intensives, residential retreats and seminars internationally for the past 14 years, including thrice yearly in French Polynesia and is a contributing teacher at Ayurveda and Yoga: The Essence of Life by Alix Johnson, a collection of interviews with 8 western yoga teachers.

MARIE BAKER – Teaching and Assisting Asana, Vinyasa, Hatha and Teaching Techniques

Marie first started practicing yoga to recover from the stresses of corporate life. She has studied many styles of Yoga Asana and Philosophy and has completed two Yoga Arts’ Yoga Teacher Training courses . Marie is dedicated to the essence of Yoga and furthers her study with her love of adventure by frequently traveling to India, Nepal and Bali deepening her practice and embarking on personal pilgrimages to sacred temples and mountains. When at home,Marie teaches in Byron Bay and teaches and assists on the Yoga Arts’ Teacher Training courses and retreats in India, Bali, Japan and Byron Bay. Marie lives in the hills of Byron Bay with her love and 2 cats… Marie practices asana, pranayama, meditation, mantra and studies Advaita philosophy.

KATE ROURKE – Asana

Kate was a sports enthusiast throughout her school and university days and was first introduced to Yoga in Byron Bay, Australia. There she quickly realized the holistic benefits of a regular practice and thus began her journey into Yoga. She completed the Yoga arts Certificate IV in Yoga Teacher Training in Byron Bay, having the invaluable opportunity to study alongside internationally recognised senior teachers on a daily basis. Kate also spends time in India exploring diverse modalities and incorporates all she has learnt in her teaching. Kate is a dedicated Yogi committed to the unfolding process. She has spent the past 20 years studying, traveling and teaching. She is passionate about Yoga and inspiring others to live an active life following their dreams. Her love of surfing and the ocean sees her now relocating from Byron Bay to Bali to fulfill her dream of running a Wellness Centre by the sea.

ADOLF M. BROWN – Anatomy & Physiology

Dr. Brown brings 15 years of clinical Chiropractic experience and 25 years of healing and spiritual studies in Eastern, Western and Shamanic traditions to synthesize a unique and effective system of healing including; Holistic Chiropractic, Applied Kinesiology, Cranio Sacral, Nutrition, Functional Medicine and Energy Medicine. Adolf is a highly skilled and caring physician with a unique ability to tune into chronic health issues and resolve them by restoring the body’s innate ability to heal. In 1998, Dr. Brown founded Gaia Clinic, a multi-disciplinary, holistic healing center in Tucson, AZ, USA. He is now living in Bali, Indonesia, where he does nutritional and integrative medicine consulting online.

FLO FENTON - Yoga Therapy, Asana

Flo Fenton has been practicing yoga since 1991 and teaching since 1997. During several long pilgrimages to India, Flo studied various styles of yoga from different Masters. Flo studied yoga in Melbourne with Glenn Ceresoli in the early 90’s and in 1999 Flo completed the challenging Yoga Arts Certificate IV in Yoga Teacher Training. Flo has since continued her studies with experienced teachers such as; Dena Weisman (nee Kingsberg) Matthew Sweeney, Clive Sheridan and various other teachers through the Satyananda Yoga Academy.

Due to Flo’s own inherited spinal instability and unusual spinal curves, she has always had a keen interest in finding optimum ways of working to produce strong and pain-free backs and hips. Flo is a highly regarded remedial, deep-tissue and trigger-point therapy massage therapist of fifteen years standing. Her skills in massage therapy and her long relationship with yoga have produced a special understanding of spinal misalignment, related postural limitations, and how to work in yoga to promote optimum results. Flo is also a qualified homeopath.

Flo has produced beneficial results working with students within a wide range of health and fitness, from quadriplegics to athletes, chronic fatigue and M.S sufferers to eating disorder patients. Flo is currently registered with Yoga Alliance at the highest possible level of teaching experience, ERYT-500.