Teachers and Therapists at The Space:
Ginny Moffett
CLASSICAL HATHA YOGA, GOLDEN YOGA, DYNAMIC YOGA, ANTE-NATAL YOGA, YOGA FOR TEENAGERS, FAMILY YOGA
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Fire Angel (Ginny Moffett) began practising Classical Hatha Yoga in London in 1986 with Frances Houlahan at Dance Works and attended regular classes at the Sivananda Centre. In 1989, she went to California and trained to teach Vinyasa Ashtanga Yoga with Ganga White and Tracey Rich at the White Lotus Foundation. She set up her first yoga class in West London at the Quakers Meeting House. In 1990 she left for East Africa and the Sudan where she taught in the private, corporate, educational , medical and humanitarian sectors. She returned to the UK in 2002 and settled in Buckinghamshire where she is presently teaching. In 2007, she qualified with the British Wheel of Yoga.
In January 2009, Ginny opened The Space-Yoga & Healing Studio in the market town of Thame, South Oxfordshire offering a wide variety of yoga classes and therapies. Recent teachers include David Williams, Danny Paradise, David Sye and Phillip Xerri.
Ginny is also a qualified Reflexologist and qualified with the Bayly School of Reflexology in 1990.
website: http://www.fireangelyoga.com
Vicki Austin
CLASSICAL HATHA YOGA, SIVANANDA YOGA
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'I started teaching Yoga 10 years ago after deciding that my chosen profession (PR and Marketing) was no longer for me. I had practised Yoga for about 5 years and found it calmed me and helped me manage a busy and stressful job.'
Vicki trained with the Sivananda Vedanta Organisation, a tradionalist Yoga organzation based in India and founded by the great Yogi and teachings of Swami Sivananda.
Training is based on the ancient gurukula teaching system which integrates the student's daily life in an ashram (yoga retreat centre) as a fundamental part of the teacher training course itself. This allows for a firm foundation on which to build a teaching vocation, self discipline, self practice and an awareness of the true nature of yoga.
Vicki is based in Buckinghamshire and teaches general classes in the area.
Simon Stalley
CLASSICAL HATHA YOGA AND MEDITATION,
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Simon started practicing yoga in 2002 with Ginny Moffett ( Fire Angel Yoga). Years of playing various sports and working in a physical job resulted in a collection of aches and pains and endless trips to the osteopath. Simon quickly discovered the benefits of yoga which led him to complete the BWY foundation course in 2008. In 2011 he completed his Diploma with the British Wheel of Yoga under the tutor Maarten Vermaase of the Mahasiddha Yoga Group. Simon has been teaching Yoga for seven years. His classes combine sequenced classic Hatha Yoga posture work with breath awareness, relaxation and meditation. He has a gentle approach and a natural spiritual connection.
Surinder Kaur
KUNDALINI YOGA.
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Surinder Kaur has studied Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, Spiritual Philosophy, Applied Numerology and Karam Kriya Counselling for 17 years at the Karam Kriya School in London. She has been teaching Kundalini Yoga for 8 years.
Through this practice she has become responsible for and committed to the unfolding of herself as a fully conscious human being. This is the greatest healing and one which she seeks to share by teaching the technologies of Kundalini Yoga and Karam Kriya.
Kundalini is the Yoga of Awareness. It is a comprehensive system of exercises, breathing, meditation, chanting and healthy mental projection. It cultivates our inner awareness and develops the relationship between our own life energy and that of the universe. The exercises and meditations help develop strength and commitment and clear sub-conscious blocks that prevent us from being fully present in our lives. Using sound vibration in the form of chants and the seeds of self-healing are sown, re-minding us of our original perfection. Kundalini Yoga is an invitation to become your highest potential. It is Yoga in the true sense: Union of your finite self with the Infinite Self.
Sasha Norton
ASHTANGA VINYASA YOGA.
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Sasha started practising yoga to help ease her stressful lifestyle working in IT and to complement her more conventional exercise options at the gym. After 17 years in IT, in 2003, she made a career change by taking up a Hatha Yoga teacher training programme studying with Bob Smith (author of Yoga for a New Age) and KI McGraw from the Hatha Yoga Center of Seattle.
Sasha is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200 hour level with the Yoga Alliance and a Level 2 (Exercise and Movement) Instructor with the Register of Exercise Professionals.
Sasha's preference is for a dynamic, physically challenging style of asana practice (Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga) leading to a deep state of relaxation in preparation for meditation.
She teaches public classes aswell as intensives and yoga retreat holidays.
Testimonials: 'You are still my inspiration Sasha' - Lynda , Johannesburg 'Thanks to you, I am really into yoga now and cannot live without it' - Ania, Oxford 'I really enjoyed your Ashtanga class...my arms have just about stopped aching now!'- Jacqui, Aylesbury
Wendy Ryan
RESTORTIVE YOGA,
MEDITATIONS,
BEGINNER'S ASHTANGA YOGA.
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'My yoga story started when I was 16. Ten years ago I met Danny Paradise and was inspired to start a dedicated vinyasa practice. I have a gentle flowing approach to this form and combine Reiki to create a gentle healing transformative practice,
For me Yoga means union; that is the coming together of the physical, emotional, mental and spriritual aspects of our being . A yoga practice that brings more light into the body, opens the heart and assists in personal transformation and healing.
I have taught Yoga on healing retreats, at college, one to one and have worked as a dance therapist with the the disabled , the elderly, and the dying.
I am also a massage therapist, advanced Reiki master teacher, Shamanic practioner and Re-birthing therapist.
My yoga classes are designed to heal and transform and to be medicine for the body, mind and heart, helping you connect to the sacred within.'
Clare Bingham
IYENGAR YOGA. FAMILY YOGA
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Clare began practising Iyengar Yoga in 2003, is a member of the IYA (UK) and since October 2010 holds the International Iyengar Yoga Certification Mark. She has been taught by senior Iyengar Yoga teachers who have studied directly with BKS Iyengar in Pune, India.
Clare aspires to the progressive nature of Iyengar Yoga which enables all ages and levels to work towards the full pose, starting with the aid of props where necessary. The systematic and progressive teaching of the yoga poses enables continual improvement, advancing on to more challenging poses. Clare a sufferer of eczema for many years, found that her eczema flare-ups ceased after the first two years of regularly practising Iyengar Yoga and her asthma has also greatly improved with decreased use of inhalers. The improved quality of breathing has benefited the body by giving it more energy and therefore a better quality of life. Her knee has also strengthened which due to a skiing accident had been weak and prone to collapse.
Denise Irwin
DYNAMIC HATHA FLOW.
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Denise has been teaching since 2002 and qualified with the British Wheel of Yoga in 2004 with Maarten Vermaase. She has also qualifield as a Meditation teacher and teaching Yoga to Children through the British Wheel of Yoga.
Denise Irwin began practising Yoga at the age of 18 after walking past an advertised class and going in, knowing absolutely nothing of what lay ahead. Yoga was about exercising the body, yet there was something more. She practised with Mary Stewart and Maxine Tobias in London in classical Iyengar Hatha Yoga style. Since then, she has explored Yoga in many forms in the UK, USA, India and Nepal. These include Kripalu, Ashtanga, Sivananda and Scaravelli Yoga with amazing teachers including: Shiva Rea, Sandra Sabatini, Donna Farhi, Mohini Chatlani, Howard Napper, Simon Low, David Olton. She brings their inspirations into her teaching. Her own style of teaching draws from all her yoga experience so far, which culminates in a practise that is led by the breath, with movement aimed at building strength and stamina and improving flexibility with the vital element of slowing down the thoughts. Denise has also practised Kum Nye and Tibetan Healing exercises. 'Essence and energy, body and breath are indivisible; when the body does not move, essence cannot flow; when essence cannnot flow, energy becomes stagnant' ( Sun Ssu-Mo).
Julie Cade
GOLDEN YOGA POST-NATAL YOGA
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I have been practicing yoga since Active Birth classes in 1985. I eventually went on to train with the British Wheel of Yoga and qualified in 1999. I have trained with various teachers over the years and have been particularly drawn to the Scaravelli school as well as Viniyoga teachers. I teach yoga for all and specialist classes designed for pregnant women and women with new babies. I also offer one to one yoga classes for anyone who would like specialist attention.
I think that yoga can benefit everyone: whatever your age or starting point you will take something away from each class. Over the years, I've noticed how regular yoga classes improve not only the body but also affect mental attitude. Many of my students find that yoga brings effective relief from stress and helps them work with, and accept all the challenges life brings. I believe that yoga classes should be enjoyable events in a place where you can feel safe, relax and laugh. Inevitably the heightened awareness and mindfulness that develops from a yoga practice spills over into life .
Eva Paoli
BABY YOGA & BABY MASSAGE
Yoga is an integral part of my life – it helps me to be calmer, kinder and happier, both as an individual and as a parent. I’ve taught baby massage since 2007 and Birthlight Baby Yoga since 2008. I’ve also recently trained in yoga for children, and hold classes at my children’s school in Buckingham.
Babies and children have open hearts and minds so practising yoga with them is a joyful experience. I feel very lucky to have such a fantastic job. I am currently training to teach yoga to adults too and look forward to qualifying in Autumn 2012.
Lynn Patton
FAMILY YOGA
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Lynn has been practicing Yoga for eight years and teaching for two. Her teaching style and her own practice is primarily drawn from the vinyasa flow style of yoga in which a fluid flow of postures is led by the natural waves of the breath. It is a style which is welcoming to all abilities and ages. As well as teaching adult classes, Lynn is passionate about sharing the gift of yoga with children.
Practicing yoga can help children feel calm, peaceful, strong, confident and can help them develop skills which they can carry off the mat into their daily lives. In these classes, children will enjoy a playful but meaningful approach to yoga through animal poses, yoga games, crafts and stories. They will learn to be aware of the connection between their breath, body and mind They will develop strength , flexibility and coordination and learn how to relax and feel a sense of inner peace.
Tina Wells
Tina Wells has practiced yoga for over 30 years attending classes in Hatha Yoga, Integral Yoga and Dahn Yoga. More recently she qualified to teach Tai Chi Chih whilst living in California and is currently one of the few accredited teachers in the UK. Thich Naht Hann's teachings in Mindfulness have strongly influenced her philosophy and way of life.
Judit Grant McLoughlin
THAI FOOT MASSAGE & SPORTS MASSAGE
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Judit is a graduate of Stonebridge Associated College's Foot Health School and holds an Advanced Diploma in Foot Health as well as a BSc Hons Degree in Parasitology from King's College, London.
Judit trained with Danne Montague-King, the Carlton Institue and the London School of Traditional Massage ( Thai Foot Massage).. She has qualified as a Wilde-Pedique Toenail correction specialist trained by LCN at Beauty Concepts Internatioinal. Judit is in a perfect position to offer a much more holistic approach to foot care and foot health, combined with great-looking pampered feet. A unique fusion of health and beauty.
Judit is also a member of the Register of Foot Health Practioners.
Jen Webster
BOWEN THERAPY
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Health and Wellbeing has always been my focus, but unlike many practitioners I come from a formal medical rather than holistic background. I qualified as a nurse in London in 1980 and have spent my nursing career in Operating Theatres in London as a Theatre sister and after a break for children, for the last 15 years in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
I qualified as a Bowen practitioner with the European College of Bowen studies (ECBS) in 2008, am a member of the Bowen Therapists European Register (MBTER) and one of the first Bowen practioners in the UK to be registered with the Complimentary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC).
The Bowen Technique is a holistic, remedial therapy based on the work of Australian, Tom Bowen and was brought over to the UK in 1993. The Bowen practitioner uses sequences of gentle, precise moves over muscles, tendons and soft tissue, interspersed with periods of rest. Most common conditions that have responded to the Bowen technque are back, neck and knee pain, migraines, sports injuries, frozen shoulder, carpel tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, chronic fatigue (including symptoms of ME, MS and MND), hay fever , asthma and kidney problems.
website: http://www.jenwebsterbowen.com
Melissa Berry
HYPNOTHERAPY & HYPNOTALES, PAST LIFE REGRESSION THERAPY
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Melissa studied at the Psychotherapy and Hypnosis Training Academy in London and was awarded her diploma in Clinical Hypnosis in 2007. She also completed a counselling course as part of her training.
Hypnotherapy is a relaxing and safe therapy which can help bring about positive changes. From time to time we all need help to strengthen and support our natural desire for positive change. Hypnotherapy provides a key to unlock ourselves from negative patterns both past and present, leaving us free to create positive choices and change for the future.
I work closely with clients to create a safe, supportive space for them to explore any problems and aim at all times to assist in finding appropriate solutions and improvements.
The same principles are applied in my HYPNOTALES workshops, in which I work with small groups dealing with more general matters such as stress relief, confidence building and relaxation.
Melissa currently also practices at Thame Therapy Clinic and from her home.
Hypnotherapy can help with: Psychological and emotional problems, stress, low self-esteem, negative habits eg smoking, alcohol, eating and sleep problems, pain control and healing, personal relationships, performance enhancement eg exam nerves, public speaking, sports performance. Melissa also offers Past Life Regression Therapy.
Charlotte Schuman
NATURAL VISION TRAINING
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After ten years of being short-sighted, Charlotte discovered the Bates Method of natural vision improvement in 2001 and within weeks had improved her vision to 20:20. This had such a positive effect on her life, that she decided to train to become a teacher of vision improvement at the Bates College of Vision Education in London.
More recently Charlotte has attended courses led by international vision trainer Leo Angart in London, and, inspired by his simple yet immensely effective approach to vision improvement, she now teaches his methods. Drawing on her background in the Bates Method, as well as her knowledge of Angart's techniques, she is able to help a broad spectrum of visual problems in both adults and children, ranging from short-sightedness (myopia), long sightedness (presbyopia/hypermetropia), squints, astigmatism,eye strain, oversensitivity to light and dry eyes, to glaucoma, macular degeneration, retinal pathologies and discomfort or complications following eye surgery. Although progress depends in part on the client's outlook, motivation, and lifestyle, natural vision training is an effectve, fun and safe and much less expensive alternative to glasses and surgery. It is suitable for all age groups. As one client put it ' The Bates Method has been a revelation...the results are astonishing'.
website: http://www.seeing.org
Sue Stewart
SHIATSU STYLE ACCUPRESSURE MASSAGE
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After completing stage 2 of Shiatsu studies, I qualified for a diploma in Acupressure from the East West School of Shiatsu in Farnham, directed by Jamie Hamilton MRSS(T). I am continuing to study stages 3 and 4 for a diploma in Shiatsu.
I found Shiatsu through trying various treatments for aches and pains induced by sport ( mainly tennis) and stress ( work). For me personally, the treatment was very effective and deeply relaxing for the mind and body.
I am a member of the Shiatsu Society. www.shiatsusociety.org.uk
Acupressure has been found to be beneficial for re-tuning the body to relieve stress, fatigue, tension, anxiety and for promoting general good health and well-being. It is a form of massage which uses Shiatsu techniques including: pressure appropriate to the client's body condition, holding, stretching and massage. The treatment is given through clothing with the client lying on a futon or sitting in a treatment chair.
Laura Gilroy
HOLISTIC MASSAGE
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Laura Gilroy is a qualified I.T.E.C Level 3 Holistic Massage Therapist.
As a mother of three young children, I appreciate the need to set aside a little time to stop, let go and re-focus on the important things in life.
Holistic massage can be used for relaxation, stimulation or rehabilitation of the whole body or part of it. It promotes suppleness, improves circulation and helps with stress.
Laura is based in South Oxfordshire and treats at The Space on Sundays.
Holistic massage treats the whole person. I will tailor my massage to suit the client's needs on the day of the treatment- this treatment may vary from session to session as the aim is to bring about aphysiological and psychological balance and so creating a healthy body and mind state.
Blaine Wilsworth
HOLISTIC MASSAGE.
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Blaine was born and educated and in South Africa. She left in 1988 to travel extensively, eventually settling in Buckinghamshire and raising twin sons.
She has worked mainly with racehorses as well as running her own gardening business for 3 years.
In 2004, she qualified with an ITEC diploma in Anatomy, Physiology and Holistic Massage and has been practising freelance ever since. A keen triathlete and rider, Blaine understands the benefits of pre and post exercise massage, as well as massage for purely relaxation purposes.
Karen Mander
Karen has been teaching Hypnobirthing for 8 years and is highly recognised by midwives and birth professionals. She is currently guiding couples who are giving birth to their 3rd child using these methods. She passionately believes that conception and bih is a life affirming gift to be enjoyed and welcomed