 Students responses to the 'Opening to Insight' Intensive in Amsterdam, October 2011:
"Donna's vast experience and knowledge of Yoga is obvious. She epitomises the vibrancy we all aspire to."
~ Prue
"Donna has a great way of making a big group feel small and cosy. With humour and sharing of personal experiences she makes you feel comfortable and at ease. She is just a radiant personality who you like to be close to!"
~ Selle Postma
'Spinal Integration' Intensive - Melbourne, April 2011
"In doing this intensive with Donna, I felt I was in the hands of someone with pure integrity - a committed, open teacher who made you feel a part of her journey, as a senior researcher as well as a peer."
~ Phoebe Dougall
"I came with no expectations - only experience of past workshops with other accomplished teachers who mostly structured the lessons around asana. In contrast, this blitzed all!! Donna is a master presenter and educator. The information given powerful and instantly useful, delivered in a well measured series for ease of understanding."
~ Adrienne Lewsam
"The best Yoga workshop I have done and I have done quite a few. The material presented is of inestimable value and I look forward to exploring it, making it my own and sharing it with my students and friends."
~ Stanley Lithco
""Donna's indepth knowledge of the spinal column is outstanding. The intelligence of the information is remarkable. Donna helped me bring my awareness internally to a level that I have not previously experienced."
~ Lilly Markaic
"Donna's work has completely transformed the way I practice and teach. It makes asana so much more accessible, safe, enjoyable and meaningful to the complete practice of Yoga."
~ Jen Schrader
"Donna is a goldmine of creativity, contemplation and anatomical expertise."
~ Bansi Somaiya
'Spinal Integration' Intensive - Pittsburgh, October 2010
"This intensive can serve any conscientious teacher that wants to work therapeutically with clients. Donna knows functional anatomy like no other teacher I have encountered."
~ Linda Meacci
"A measure of a true expert in a subject field is the ability to break complex principles into understandable bites. Donna excels in this area! I came away with a knowledge of practical anatomy that is very useful."
~ Sharon Hicks
'Moved From Within' Intensive - Amsterdam, October 2010
"Donna inhabits 'awareness'."
~ Kasia Lubicz 
'Spinal Integration' Intensive - Christchurch, June 2010
"Donna is such an experienced and knowledgeable teacher yet she presents in such a 'human' way with a great sense of humour and the ability to sense exactly the mood of the participants at any time."
~ Lisa Morrison
"I've had a huge degree of relief from back pain as a result of what I've learned on this course."
~ Margo Perpick
"Every workshop I have attended with Donna has illuminated and validated my practice and teaching methodology in profound ways. Thank you."
~ Claire Szabo-Cassella
"By the end of the Spinal Integration Intensive I felt like I didn't have a spine. No place in my body harboured the least amount of tension. Beautiful!"
~ Kitty Brown
Engaging the Inner Body in Hobart, July 2010
"Donna's workshops are always profoundly expansive. She is a pioneer and dedicated explorer, researching new techniques that add layers of depth to your practice and magically she imparts this information in an eloquent, accessible way."
~ Lisa Mitchell
'Opening to Insight' intensives held in Sydney and Hobart:
"Donna teaches you how to 'own' and deepen your Yoga practice in a way that no series of one-hour Yoga classes ever will. Her clarity of instruction and insight have had a profound effect on my own practice and my ability to serve my students needs well. Articulate and eloquent, her nuggets of information are pure gold and her imaginative instruction leaves a lasting impression."
~ Lisa Mitchell
"Donna is a Yoga pioneer - always presenting fresh, innovative material in simple easy-to-grasp style. I honour Donna's depth of understanding and embodiment of what she teaches. I honour Donna's humility, her fun-loving spirit, her modelling of Yoga as a life practice - Donna's absolute presence with each student who asks a question, her gentleness and considered response is a gift to all those present. Thank you again Donna!"
~ Jen Hall
"This workshop helped me to gain a deeper understanding of the blissful nature of my practice. It gave me access to a whole new way to practice and to allow whatever comes up to guide the way the practice evolves."
~ Leonie Nielsen
"Sometimes our words ask for a prescriptive 'how-to' because the language of exploration and enquiry is missing from our vocabulary. By encouraging questions (all of them) and then deftly rephrasing and remodelling, Donna expands our vocab of enquiry and shows us a toolbox of queries and techniques by which we can enter that process of enquiry for ourselves. Sometimes it's not the answer Donna gave but the modelling of how to open that question up which was most instructive."
~ Nancy Gibson
 'Spinal Integration' Intensive in Adelaide, September 2009:
"I have been teaching with the principle of ahimsa for several years, emphasising
respect for one's body and choice in one's own practice, but this workshop has revealed to me that I hadn't truly 'got' it. I was saying these words and at the same time, trying to look like a 'good' Yoga teacher, ie flexible, aligned, strong. . .etc. Donna has woken me up to the idea of Yoga for my body, for my life, for my dharma, a Yoga born out of love and respect for myself and rooted in the pursuit of steadiness and the understanding and embracing of oneness."
~ Lisa Fabry
"The Spinal Integration Intensive is a fabulous programme to gain the tools and knowledge required to achieve optimal spinal health and spine/body unity. Whether you are a teacher or student, I highly recommend taking this course, which is delivered with warmth, professionalism and a reverence for each individual."
~ Suzanna
"What an amazing five days! I have gained many new insights regarding my own movement patterns and in assessing those in others from Donna's Spinal Integration Intensive. These will be invaluable in my work as a physiotherapist and Yoga teacher. Thank you Donna."
~ Georgie Davidson
'Moved from Within' workshop held in Christchurch, August 2009:
"I did not know what to expect from one of the most revered teachers of Yoga. . . to my delight, Donna's workshop reaffirmed some of my most deeply felt truths and reminded me of the inherent mysteries of the human body and of life. Her great intelligence, humility and humour made a huge impression on me and my Yoga practice, which has now deepened immeasurably. Donna has not given me all the answers, rather she's helped me to learn to love the questions. Thank you."
~ Annabelle Boelema
"Donna has confirmed through her teaching and coaching the beauty of Yoga as an art and a science. She created a "thinking" environment in this course where she encouraged me to see my questioning and thinking about the practice of Yoga as a friend and not an adversary. What a wonderful way to experience the spiritual element of Yoga. Thank you."
~ Annabe Tredoux
"This workshop has renewed my enthusiasm for my own practice and has given me a lot to work on which will also be invaluable for my students. I am so grateful for Donna's willingness to share her experience and evolution of her own Yoga life/journey with me."
~ Lisa Morrison
"This workshop has given me the tools to feel what a Yoga asana should feel like and where the works is meant to begin. It confirms what I begun Yoga feeling - beauty, grace and enjoyment. Thank you."
~ Bonnie Menzies
Cohesion workshop - U.K. and Ireland:
"This intensive and Donna's way of teaching has re-ignited my joy of Yoga practice."
~ Karen Mee. Manchester, U.K.
"I learned more in these five days than a years worth of study."
~ Philippa Bellis. Manchester, U.K.
"This Yoga intensive is an investment for life!"
~ Sally Tuxwuth. Manchester, U.K.
"Donna translates the Rishi's ancient wisdom into the modern tongue, allowing the truth of Yoga to be lived and breathed by the 21st century person."
~ Emma Locke. Dublin, Ireland.
"This work feels very distilled. It has a clarity and a precision."
~ Jamus Wood. Manchester, U.K.
"I have attended four of Donna's workshops now. After each one my commitment to Yoga and the Yogic path becomes deeper."
~ Patricia Brown. Manchester, U.K.
"My second workshop with Donna has taken me another step further to home. Her knowledge and experience is boundless... It felt as though the workshop was tailored specifically for me."
~ Georgina Brennan. Dublin, Ireland.
"My frame of mind has totally changed within five days. It was a real inspiration!"
~ Anne Walley. Manchester, U.K.
"I appreciate Donna's broad, broad knowledge and her ability to draw on so many aspects from poetry to horseback riding to make her points. Honestly, the material was a good frame; but who Donna is and the joy of being with her was the most valuable teaching for me."
~ Heidi Singfield
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