Namaste!
Welcome to the Calderdale Yoga Centre Teachers | Jon Pearson |
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Jon Pearson began a life-long love
affair with yoga in 1983 at the age of 24. Over the last three decades, he
has extensively researched and practised most forms of traditional and
modern yoga under the guidance of leading exponents of the various fields.
He gained the British Wheel of Yoga Teaching Diploma in 1992 and since then
has gained extensive experience in teaching yoga throughout the UK and
abroad, amalgamating insights gained from different schools into an integral
vision of the yoga path which encompasses body, emotion, mind, soul and
spirit.
He has held a
meditation practice for 25 years, has completed approximately 20
yoga/Buddhist retreats and has been endorsed by Maarten Vermaase to teach
various Buddhist meditation practices in the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan
Buddhism. He founded the Calderdale Yoga Centre in 2009 and runs it along
the business principles of Karmic Management expounded by Geshe Michael
Roach.
Jon loves yoga!
He is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist (psychotherapy is a yoga practice by
most definitions) with practices in Hebden Bridge and Manchester. He is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist (psychotherapy is a yoga practice by
most definitions) with practices in Hebden Bridge and Manchester.
He is currently writing a book exploring the relationship between Yoga and Psychotherapy.
| | Julia Ackroyd | 
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Julia has practiced yoga since her early 20s when she met and studied with her personal teacher for many years. She has been teaching yoga for 25 years both privately and for a variety of organisations such as Adult Education and Leisure Services. She has taught for private gyms, and worked with people who suffer from mental health problems, H.I.V. and Aids. She is also a Remedial Masseuse and Reflexologist and has taught Tai Chi Chuan for many years
Her classes are aimed at all levels of experience, including beginners, and being qualified as a remedial yoga teacher she can advise on a variety of problems and offer adaptations where necessary. Classes may include warm ups, both static and dynamic postures with adaptations , pranayama (breathing techniques), relaxation, chanting, some philosophy, concentration and meditation.
Her aim is to help students to feel peaceful and relaxed on all levels. To feel revitalized with a sense of well being, and become more positive about their lives.
Yoga: Remedial Yoga Teacher (Yoga for Health Foundation) 1988. Intermediate Remedial Yoga Teacher (Yoga for Health Foundation) 1991. Pranayama Teacher Training (Philip Xerri) 2002.
Massage: Therapeutic Massage (International Therapy Examination Council) 1992. Sports & Remedial Massage (International Institute of Sports Therapists) 1993. Indian Head Massage (Root & Branch) 1998.
Reflexology: Reflexology (Bayley School) 1989.
| | Abi Lupton-Levy | 
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Abi [AKA Surya Kaur] first began practising Kundalini Yoga in 1988 when she attended classes led by Shiv Charan Singh in London.
Kundalini Yoga is a powerful, dynamic way to cultivate energy, serenity, personal power and spiritual awakening, As well as promoting stress-management, general fitness and flexibility. It combines all the yogic techniques of breathing, movement, stretching, meditation, mantras and relaxation, and will enable you to look great, feel great, relax, enjoy life and live in grace and gratitude. It facilitates the flow of pranic and spiritual (psychic) energy, in particular along the spinal energy channels and through the chakras. It works fast and goes very deep.
She qualified as a teacher of Kundalini Yoga in 2003 and has been teaching in Calderdale ever since.
Abi is also a qualified practitioner of Ayurvedic massage.
| | Caroline Dickson |
| A friend introduced me to hatha yoga in 1992 when I lived in Portsmouth. I loved it and continued to practice, going on to train in Sivananda Yoga and qualifying to teach in 1998 after a move to London.
I found a good teacher in Anne-Marie Zulkahari at the Yoga and Pilates Movement in NW London, where I continued to train and to teach some classes. She introduced me to the Vanda Scaravelli style of yoga which focuses on using gravity and grounding to lengthen and awaken the spine.
This style greatly influences my practice and teaching. I moved to Hebden Bridge in 2002 and have been running yoga classes here since then. I enjoy trying to create a relaxed and informal atmosphere in my classes where the emphasis is on posture work and the breath. |
| Donna Southwell |
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| | | | I discovered ashtanga yoga in Rishikesh in north India in 1998 and was immediately hooked. After travelling around the world and not really knowing what else to do with my life I moved to London to study with Hamish Hendry at Ashtanga Yoga London. I studied there for a few years with Hamish eventually teaching me to assist in the class, learning to teach the traditional Mysore method.
Over the years I have studied with Guruji and Sharath in Mysore for a number of months as well as studying with John Scott in the Uk. In London I taught at Triyoga and The Life Centre as well as privately.
We moved up north with our 2 young children at the beginning of 2009 with the intention of passing on our love of the practice. We have set up classes in Leeds, Todmorden and Hebden Bridge. With my husband, Joey Miles, I teach regular ashtanga workshops at the Claderdale Yoga Centre and have a regular Thursday night ashtanga class. I also run the occasional Mum and Baby Post Natal yoga course.
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| Julie Thompson |
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I completed a BWY Foundation Course in 1995, and more recently Teacher Training in Vinyasa Krama Yoga, as taught by Krishnamacharya from his lifelong student Sri Ramaswami.
Vinyasa Krama Yoga is a gentle, progressive yoga suitable for beginners and all levels. It links together body, mind and breath with each movement. Each step (Krama) builds on the last, so the asanas progress whilst the vinyasa helps you flow more deeply into a posture. Asana, Pranayama and meditation are all part of each class.
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