Karma Presents New Synchronicity Yoga Teachers
Samantha Walker from Karma is pleased to introduce eleven new Worldwide Yoga Alliance qualified yoga teachers. Ellen McGirr, David Smyth, Kathryn Murphy, Carly Sawers, Yolanda Lacey, Jason Cubbon, David Sykes, Kathryn Hodgson, Dawn Collins, Larisa Williams, and Eleanor Heywood-Jones are all graduates of the Synchronicity Yoga teacher training course which ran for the first time from October 2008 to April this year. At the same time, Karma itself has won officially ‘recognised’ status as a Worldwide Yoga Alliance school and teacher training centre.
Sammie, in conjunction with London-based Edward Clark of Tripsichore Yoga, has designed a dynamic and meticulous teacher training course under the Synchronicity Yoga brand. Drawing upon knowledge and advice from health professionals to tailor the training precisely to the requirements of the modern yoga practitioner, the six month course covered all the traditional aspects of yoga as well as incorporating the new, more spontaneous and mindful teaching skills that Synchronicity Yoga requires. The course ended with an intensive four-day programme in Jersey, and Sammie is proud to announce that eleven of her students are now qualified and ready to teach Synchronicity Yoga, worldwide should they wish. Most of the teachers are already familiar faces at Karma, the Yoga and Pilates Studio located on Victoria Street in Douglas, and many have taken up teaching positions there on qualifying.
About Synchronicity Yoga
In Synchronicity Yoga, Sammie has created a contemporary interpretation of yoga instruction which incorporates all the elements of traditional asana practice, but which is taught with the individual in mind in a much more passionate, up to the minute way. It is yoga with a twist; a new edgy, spontaneous practice that is tailored to client needs whatever their individual requirements. Synchronicity teachers have been trained to teach students to stay focused on the body and breath, be aware of their limitations, avoid distraction and thus create a safe and meaningful practice. It is a workout in the most enjoyable sense, aiming to help students reach and surpass perceived limitations in a considerate way, whether they be absolute beginners or advanced practitioners.
Synchronicity Yoga has been particularly formulated for those with an athletic or sports background. Fifteen years of teaching, much of the time in gyms and health clubs, has given Sammie a unique insight into the way yoga can assist where the trials of daily work, physical activity and life in general may have had an impact on the body’s ability to function at its best, manifesting itself as it does in back trouble, stiffness in the joints, repetitive strain injury and many other common physical complaints. In applying ancient yoga practices in conjunction with techniques grounded in modern physiotherapy theory and practice, Sammie’s goal is to have you understand your own body so well that you are able to use yoga to self heal: taking what you learn in class and adapting this to your life on a day to day basis.