What students are saying about the recent '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
Students responses to the '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
What students are saying about the '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
'Revitalising your Yoga Practice' workshop in Sydney:
"This Yoga workshop supports a necessary evolution in approaching a daily practice. It has helped me to trust in the freedom I always knew existed in my practice."
~ Hal Simms
"Donna led us on a deep inner exploration, unafraid to take us beyond the known, the experienced, into new territory where we could hear the body speak."
~ Christine Whitelaw
"Donna is blessed with the ability to skillfully and compassionately guide students towards their inner stillness and the courage to then let them experience what arises from that place."
~ Marjie Lesko
"The intensive reminded me that I can step out of the box and make my Yoga practice mine and be creative with adapting postures to suit me. It reminded me to slow my practice down so I have the time and space to listen to my inner guidance to ascertain what I need both in Yoga and in life."
~ Tina Wild
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
'Yoga of Self-Compassion' intensive - Sydney, November 2008:
"Donna's intensive took my understanding of Yoga and how my life can continue to change through my practice to a whole new level. Rather than striving towards something 'out there', I learnt to happily turn inwards and truly listen to my body and ultimately sense the wisdom of my Big Mind'."
- Linda Stephens
"If anybody wants to 'stretch' what they already know to a new dimension and incorporate creativity into their Yoga practice, I'd highly recommend a workshop with Donna."
- Lynne Tome
"I'm back in the moment. After 10 years suffering from pain after an horrible accident. It was the first time that I could release my left shoulder and move my body in freedom. Now I'm almost 100% happy without being 100% perfect."
- Susanne Sachs
"Through Donna's lessons and philosophy she has helped me cross a bridge over unsettled waters with clarity."
- Liz Young
"I discovered that through self-compassion I could heal and work with my body. I've been struggling with an injury for the last two years. I've tried acupuncture, chiropractors and physiotherapists, but how best to discover that the best healer was within me. Asking my body to move instead of forcing it, being compassionate instead of angry with it. What an amazing journey!"
- Maika Bonet
"Living in an isolated county area I feel that an intensive with Donna Farhi is one of the most valuable things I can do for myself. She always challenges and presents material in a fresh way. I find that with just one workshop a year I gain a wealth of information to keep me exploring in my practise all year."
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