YOGA & PIlATES TEACHERS
Anita Mikedis
Yoga Teacher
Anita is a Gita Hatha Yoga trained teacher with 900 hours of training. She is an experienced Hatha Yoga teacher who teaches relaxing, energising and inspiring classes. Her class is a great way to start the week - setting the tone and intention for your day and week.
Anita teaches Tuesday mornings at 10am
Giulia Crema
YOGA TEACHER
Life on this earth is transient and constantly evolving. However, there is a space of stillness and silence behind all of life’s fluctuations, a deep reserve of peace and energy that we draw upon when we practice Yoga.
The primary intention of Giulia’s teachings is to access these spaces of stillness by synchronising breath and movement. She inspires to create a sense of openness and self-awareness. Her Slow Flow Vinyasa classes are a balanced fusion of pranayama, asana, mantra and meditation and are suitable for beginner and intermediate Yogi’s.
Giulia was a devoted practitioner before travelling to Rishikesh, India and completing her 200hr Teacher Training. She is studying to be a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and often draws upon her knowledge of eastern philosophies in her teachings.
Giulia teaches Slow Flow
Tuesday 5-6pm from 17 July 2018
Wednesday at 9.30am and Sunday from 5-6pm
Cathy Prowse
YOGA TEACHER
Catherine has primary training in Gita Hatha Yoga with 900 hours of training. She is passionate about the practice of yoga and its benefits, she teaches a gentle yoga class that is designed to balance her students physically and mentally and feed their spirit. Anyone can join in and benefit from her classes which are enriched by her continued education in teaching yoga, meditation, human anatomy, relaxation and esoteric studies.
Since graduating Catherine has mentored trainee yoga teachers, sharing her wisdom and experience with them.
Catherine has had a diverse range of teaching experiences, she has taught in the corporate sector, at a yoga school, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre and secondary school students.
Cathy Prowse teaches Wednesday evening Restorative Yoga class at 6.30pm. Restorative yoga is a minimalist practice that uses props to support the body and promotes relaxation and health.
Grace Wong
YOGA TEACHER
My journey into yoga began ten years in an old gym near here. Through regular yoga practice I found great solace and balance to my hectic day job and a sense of calmness I could not find in other activities in my life. To deepen my learning I went on to train under Di Lucas and Lucille Wood, veterans in the Australian yoga space. Through my training to become a Gita hatha yoga teacher a new world was opened to me - encompassing the true meaning of “yoga” – to unite our physical selves with our spiritual aspect – and what it means to live a fulfilling life.
I teach a Gita style of hatha yoga (900 hours of training) – an accessible form of yoga that is possible for anyone of all shapes, beliefs, sizes and experience. Gita yoga focuses on developing a well-balanced body and mind through a specific sequence of postures interspaced with relaxation and breathing techniques, allowing us to take charge of our lives rather than being controlled by our emotions or circumstances. I have a special interest in breathing techniques (also called pranayama). Breathing to me is an external sign of how we are feeling and functioning inside. By re-learning to breathe deep and exhale slow, we can remain a calm point in an increasingly chaotic world.
I teach general hatha yoga classes Saturday mornings at 8am and at 10am.
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Leanne Beveridge
YOGA TEACHER
This style of yoga targets the deep connective tissues of the body (vs. the superficial tissues) and the fascia that covers the body; this yoga is to help regulate the flow of energy in the body.
Yin Yoga postures are more passive postures, and is unique in that you are asked to relax in the posture, soften the muscle and move closer to the bone. Yin offers a much deeper access to the body. Postures are generally held for three to five minutes,trying to access the deeper tissues such as the connective tissue and fascia.
Many of the postures focus on areas that encompass a joint (hips, sacrum, spine). As we focus on increasing our flexibility in the body and the mind Yin yoga is a wonderful way to maintain that flexibility.
A great yoga for both active and non-active people who really need to work into the fascia, muscles and down towards the bone.
This intimate practice of yoga requires students to be ready to get reacquainted with the self, with feelings, sensations, and emotions.
Rebecca Divjak
YOGA TEACHER
Originally from Sydney, Rebecca has lived in many places but has made Melbourne her home for the last sixteen years. Her long-term interest in health and wellbeing led her to the Pilates method ten years ago at her local gym. Instinctively feeling that there was more to this exercise modality than meets the eye she quickly sought out teachers and studios that offered a greater level of expertise. After feeling the wonderful benefits, that regular practice brings to the body, mind as well as the spirit, in 2015 she decided to further her understanding by gaining her Certificate 4 to teach mat classes with National Pilates Training Australia.
Her love of teaching and sharing the method led her to advance her study by undertaking the Diploma of Professional Pilates Instruction with NPT (graduating in June 2018).
Rebecca’s classes will both nurture and challenge you whilst working towards added mobility, stability and strength of the entire body. Whilst focus and precision will be asked of you, playfulness is not forgotten!
With a background in the hospitality industry as well as holistic medicine (Bachelor of Nutrition) she can appreciate both the gourmet and ‘food as medicine’ ends of the spectrum. When she’s not doing Pilates you can usually find her cooking up a storm in the kitchen or scheming about her next travel
destination.
