Yoga Zone 116 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144

Director Isabelle Danko

mob:0421594478 or info@yogazone.com.au

TEACHERS PROFILES

Isabelle Danko

Isabelle Danko , director and principal teacher at Yoga Zone has been practising yoga for over 20years. She has worked with the Iyengar family in India many times, and has been certificated and qualified by the R.M.I.Y.I

Her teaching style has evolved over the years, and she offers her students a dynamic form in the tradition of Shadow Yoga ( www.shadowyoga.com ) developed by master teacher Shandor Remete

About Shadow yoga

The universal energies HATHA -- SUN/ MOON are brought into balance within the body through various activities that still the mind. This balance is achieved by the disciplined practice of asana (posture), pranayama (breath control), mudra(hand gestures) and bunda (internal locks and seals).

The Shadow www.shadowyoga.com form is very dynamic. There is rythum in the movements, the postures are accessable, fluid and graceful, and offers a complete yoga programme for the complete beginner to the well seasoned practitoner.

There are 4 set sequences called Preludes

These preludes are learnt as a set form. For this reason we request that you attend one of our short courses in yoga and not take the study casually. These courses can be 5, 6, 8 or 10 week in duration. And are open to ALL levels of experience, and will run continually throughout the year.

For experienced practioners we offer an open class/full practice format(not course) for students who have done prelude courses and who are experienced in bundas.

Getting Started

Preliminary course – for those with little or no experience. This is an ideal way to start yoga. You can be of any age, background or fitness level. This course will establish some fimness in the postures and begin to work with breath control. This course sets the context for further yoga studies.

Balakrama -- starting point , for students who have completed the preliminary course or who have worked with the bundas previously. Strengthening

Chaya Vivaranum --opening the Shadow. Stabilises breath

Chaya Sanchalanam -- moving the Shadow. Internal power

Chaya Mandala (circling the shadow). Cultivation of prana through the retention of breath.

Isabelles Schedule of classes

Preliminary Courses/Intro to Shadow Yoga 5 week duration

NO CLASSES ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

CLASSSES with Isabelle NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED

Completion of Courses and or knowledge of the Bundas is a prerequisite for these classes.

Monday 6pm - 7.30pm

Tuesday 6am - 7.30am

Wednesday 6pm - 7.30pm

Thursday 6am - 7.30am

Saturdays 8am - 9.30am

Sun 10am - 11.30am

Antenatal Yoga Saturdays 11.00am-12noon

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Allison Watt

About Iyengar Yoga

B.K.S.Iyengar developed this hatha yoga style, which stresses understanding the body and how it works. Students focus on symmetry and alignment, using props such as belts blocks, blankets and chairs to achieve postures. Each pose is held for a longer amount of time than most other yoga styles. Iyengar yoga focuses on precision, it helps improve strength, flexibility and balance, requiring the practioner to be in the present moment. www.bksiyengar.com .

Iyengar yoga focuses on precision ,improved strength,flexibility and balance.This requires the student to focus exclusively on the present moment,clearing the mind and bring a sense of peace and stillness.

Over the 24 years of yoga practice and study Alison has trained with many senior teaches both within Australia and abroad (ie White Lotus Foundation (USA), She holds a Dip Ed, has been certified by I.Y.T.A. and holds a Iyengar yoga qualification and certificate

INTRO TO IYENGAR YOGA COURSE 5 WEEK Duration

Beginners are welcome to join the open/general classes after 2 Introductory courses.

Alisons Schedule of classes

Mon 10am open class all welcome

Tuesday 7pm open class all welcome

Thursday 6.30pm open class all welcome

Please note no class or courses on public holidays . No class on Easter Monday (17 April) or Queens birthday ( 12/6/2006)

Beginners are welcome to join the general /open classes after completing the intro course

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Hugit Rubinstein

About Synergy Yoga

Hugit has been teaching yoga for over a decade.
Her introduction to yoga was through practising Ashtanga Vinyasa. Further on her search led her to Shadow Yoga where she studied with Zhander whenever he came to Israel to give workshops and later in Australia too.

Hugit has also has done an apprenticshipan at the Yoga Arts Academy with Prahlad.
Resently she was introduced to Synergy Yoga, developed by Simon Borg Olivier and Bianca Matchless of Yoga Synergy Sydney, Australia ,an east meets west yoga .
What she teaches is a result of these three rich yet different approaches to Hatha Yoga.

Tuesdays 9.30am-11.00am

Thursdays 9.30am-11.00am

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About Sonal Agrawal and Childrens Yoga/Mummy and me classes

Sonal Agrawal has been practicing yoga for many years. She is privileged to have done most of her yoga training at Shivnanda Ashram , India . She has also done the teachers training course at Kaivalyadhama, the world renowned yoga school at Pune , India . She is due to complete the Radiant Child Yoga Program™

(Levels 1 and 2) in May 2006 and is committed to her own daily yoga practice.

The strong seeds of a healthy body and blissful mind were sowed by her father who is a medical practitioner for 30 years. She is now passing on the same legacy to her two year old daughter, Mahi.

Mahi started playing various yoga poses (with tree pose and cat pose being her favourites) with her mother when she was one. Today, the little girl amazes everyone with her flexible body and joyous nature.

Sonal, a mother and teacher, has made a lifelong commitment to yoga and the visible results in her daughter have further inspired her to share the fun and blessings of yoga with more and more children.

Currently she teaches yoga to babies, toddlers and tykes and to mothers and babies together (mom & me).

NO BOOKINGS NEEDED for any of Sonal's classes

NO kids classes during the school holidays

Mom and Me yoga: - Fridays 10am-11.00am

Mom and Me yoga is a mother and baby yoga class designed to get the postpartum mother back in shape while enhancing the natural bond between mother and baby. For the mother, the class focuses on postpartum needs such as regaining alignment, toning the pelvic floor and re-establishing core strength. Mothers become stronger and healthier while providing a playful and bonding atmosphere for the baby.

Senior kids yoga (8-15 yrs):- Wednesday: 4.00 to 5.00 pm

Children in this class learn more flowing yoga sequences such as sun salutation which promotes self-confidence, learning skills, flexibility and strength. This also helps them to master breathing and relaxation techniques and challenging yoga poses. The physical movements introduce kids to yoga's true meaning: union, expression, and honour for oneself and one's part in the delicate web of life. Yoga stories and partner work makes the class live and exiting.

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