Australia
The owner of the beautifully crafted HARA Beyond Movement Studio and principal instructor, Suzanne McCarty is a fully certified Pilates instructor and a Principal Level Pilates trainer member of the Pilates Alliance Australia, an Authorized GYROTONIC® method trainer and Pre Trainer, GYROKINESIS® method master trainer, a registered Level 2 Yoga teacher and Yoga Therapist with Yoga Australia, and a certified Yoga Therapist IAYT, International Association Yoga Therapists.
Sandra is the Director of Essence of Yoga having commenced an informal apprenticeship with Rebecca Richards, former director of Yoga Spirit Studios in 2003; she completed formal studies with the Integral Yoga Academy of Australasia in 2004.
Fuyuko is a certified Hatha Yoga teacher and a certified iRest Meditation Yoga Nidra® Senior Trainer, Retreat Leader, Supervisor, and Mentor. She specialises in private one on one, small group and corporate yoga lessons in her studio in Gold Coast, Australia. She also has been offering iRest Trainings, workshops, and retreats internationally.
Joan Miller first started to study with Donna in the USA in 2000. After graduating with Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy and Kripalu teacher training. Completing the Advanced Yoga studies with Donna in 2001. Joan is also a qualified Pilates instructor.
Regan is a Dance and Yoga teacher who believes in the power of connecting the mind, body and breath. Her belief is that Yoga is a practice for every body and teaches from a place of mindfulness and nurturing creating a safe space for students to find their own practice.
Kerry’s background as a massage therapist was the starting point for her Yoga journey – her fascination with functional anatomy was fueled by the beauty, strength and grace of the postures and she was thrilled to find a way to offer her clients a more comprehensive approach to long term spinal care and core stability issues.
Yvette has been practicing Yoga for 30 years and teaching Yoga since 2000. She has assisted Donna with the Advanced Teacher training in New Zealand and workshops in Sydney.
My approach to yoga is simple: ‘Listen to your body’, ‘Feel good’ and ‘Have fun’. My classes help guide you, through a process of self-inquiry, towards a compassionate understanding of your own body.
Janine believes the mind, body, soul connection is a sacred one, and one that should be nurtured and inspired. With that mentality she teaches her classes from her heart creating an uplifting, safe environment for students to begin to explore and expand within their own body and consciousness.
Mark O’Brien has practiced Yoga for 20 years and left a successful career in advertising to follow his heart by opening Qi Health & Yoga in Sydney. He has become one of Sydney’s in-demand teachers training teachers and leading retreats in Australia and overseas.
Gena Kenny has taught yoga for more than a decade and has authored the top selling ‘Gift of Yoga” book and dvd. Gena discovered yoga through an injury in her previous career as a firefighter. Yoga helped her to not only overcome her physical injury but also helped her to gain life skills to make major life changes and move forward on her true path.
Sal Flynn’s formal and informal training blends the disciplines of Yoga Therapy, psychotherapy, education and contemplative practice. Sal’s clients are often people living with or managing the affects of major life transitions, anxiety and depression, grief and trauma.