The Himalayan Tradition of Yoga Meditation combines the wisdom of Patanjali’s Yoga-sutras, the philosophy and practices of the Tantras, and the specific oral instructions and initiatory experiences passed on by a long line of saints and Yoga masters.

Pari has also studied under the most senior teachers trained by BKS Iyengar himself at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Insititute in Pune, India. Pari has been teaching in Malaysia since 2006, where he was appointed as Head of Yogazone’s Teacher Training Course.

To date, Pari has trained more than 100 yoga teachers, both here in Malaysia and in India. Pari currently teaches at Cinq Energies International Therapy Centre ( Solaris Dutamas ), Yogshakti ( Ampang ) and Chi Fitness, Bangsar Shopping Centre.

Pari teaches classic, authentic Hatha Yoga and specialises in pranayama (breath practices), yoganidra (subtle relaxation practices) and yoga philosophy. He is known as a compassionate teacher who ensures his students practise in a correct and safe manner in order to avoid injuries, whilst gaining the full benefits of each posture. His classes can be tailored to suit practitioners of all levels, from beginners to advanced.

Apart from teaching yoga, Pari is also an accomplished classical guitar player.

Pari is available for private, group and corporate classes. For more information, he can be contacted at paritoshsharma21@yahoo.com or 014-6472729.

Download Pari’s full CV here.

- Studied Diploma in Ashtanga Yoga at Al Holistic School of Yoga, Singapore.
- Studied at Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, Mysore, India.
- Studied Diploma in Architecture Technology at Singapore Polytechnic.
- Certified by Simon Borg Oliver for Anatomy of Hatha Yoga Course in 2007.
- Certified by John Scott for Ashtanga Advanced Course in 2009.
- More than 10 years of teaching and training experience with yoga legends such as the late Sri Pattabhi Jois, Matthew Sweeney, Lance Schuler and Louisa Seers.
- Spoke and demonstrated at the “Gatherings of Great Minds” conference 2010.
- Spoke and demonstrated at the RED Carnival AIDS Awareness Day 2010.
- Active involvement in fundraising for the Pink Triangle Foundation.
- Taught and train yoga in Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia.
- Known for bringing his passion to his classes to each and every individual.
- Strong following with celebrities, TV hosts, actresses, singers and songwriters (Atilia, Ida Nerina and others).

Louise is a yoga and dance teacher from the UK. She has a background in contemporary dance and graduated in 2005 as a Shiatsu therapist and also qualified in Indian head massage and hot stone therapy.

Since starting yoga, she has trained under yoga teachers from around the world, completing her own teacher training in India. Louise extended this training to the area of pregnancy yoga with Sitaram and has a passion for working with mothers-to-be.

Through her love of yoga, she has gathered an in-depth understanding of the physical body and how it relates to the more subtle energy body. A believer in continual personal improvement and development, Louise is also inspired by teachers such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Michael Rose and Sarah Powers. It was during a stay at Plum Village that Louise received her name Harmony of The Heart from Thich Nhat Hanh.

Louise is currently teaching Hatha and Pregnancy Yoga in Kuala Lumpur until April 2011. She is available for one-on-one and group lessons in Suasana Sentral Level 38 (KL Sentral), YogShakti (Ampang), Fitfor2 (Bangsar Village) and Cinq Energies (Solaris Dutamas). Contact Louise for more info:

Louise Dixon
Tel: 010-2866864
Website: http://www.harmonyoftheheart.co.uk/yoga/

Karen has worked in the corporate environment and also in a clinical setting as a psychologist in Kuala Lumpur. She is also an aspiring author with her first book to be published in August 2010.

As a psychologist, she has borne witness to the constant dissatisfaction in the lives of the rich, successful and famous. she has also seen the psychosomatic illnesses that people developed due to mental and emotional stress, lack of self esteem and disillusionment.

Throughout this however, Karen has continued to progress her yoga practice with many teachers including Ann Barros, a senior Iyengar teacher with over 30 years experience, who taught and guided her on how to teach yoga for conditions such as sciolosis, backpains and insomnia.

Karen’s passion for yoga led her to train under the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre (Registered Yoga Schools RYS®) founded by Swami Vishnu-Devananda, a committed student of Swami Sivananda from Rishikesh, India. Living the yogic lifestyle in an ashram following the gurukala system under the guidance of Swami Atmaramananda, Swami Krishnadevananda and Swami Durgananda. During this time, she has became even more convinced that there is so much more to yoga than just fancy poses and health benefits.

Since then, Karen has extended her learning and practice to Ashtanga Vinyasa as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the teaching methods of B.K.S. Iyengar. To further advanced her training, she has also studied the speciality of prenatal and postnatal yoga with Sonja Rzepski who is based in New York.

Karen strongly believes the most important thing she has learned regarding being a teacher is to always remain purely as an instrument of yoga and that remains her aspiration. To facilitate and allow yoga to unfold gracefully and gently into each students life, at their own individual pace. That they may reap all the benefits through sincere practice, inquiry and discipline.

Karen humbly wishes each eager student, a wonderful journey of discovery and experiencing of the beautiful practice that is yoga – a journey one will not regret – the journey to inner peace and self realisation.

When KL-based yoga teacher Jason Isaac Collar was to try a yoga class for a bad back, he could never have anticipated the journey that followed. Jason tells his story:

“I had suffered from lower back pain for many years due to a birth defect called Spina Bifida. Spina Bifida, which literally means ‘cleft spine’ is characterized by the incomplete development of the brain, spinal cord and or meninges which is the protective covering around the brain and spinal cord.”

Jason decided to give yoga a try after reading an article suggesting yoga can help treat niggling lower back problems.

“My first yoga class was in the central business district – Jalan Brickfields. The class, which was taught by my Guru Manisekaran of Malaysian Yoga Society, was made up of a series of fixed postures, culminating in deep relaxation. My immediate sensation afterwards was that my back felt amazing, something which for many years I had not felt. I also felt peaceful and incredibly contented – a feeling that stayed with me for many hours.”

What made Jason launch his career as a Yoga teacher?

“Well, I guess I was very much in the state of transition. My initial intention was to further my experiences in the Recreation Department because I am a trained swimming, aerobic, golf and fitness instructor. However, during a conversation with my Guru Manisekaran, sometime in year 2005, he said: ‘You are good at it, why don’t you be a yoga teacher?’ This indeed was a defining moment for me. I decided that I wanted to share the benefits I found in Yoga with ALL.”

Thereafter Jason went on to pursue the Malaysian Yoga Society teacher training program accredited at Malaysian Yoga Society. When he completed the Malaysian Yoga Society teacher training program, his mind was set and that was when he knew he wanted to teach Yoga. Like the saying goes, the rest was history!

Quite quickly Jason found different places to teach – leisure centers, fitness centers, offices, and sports clubs and even on a coach trip.

“When I look back on what’s happened and how things have just fallen into place, I know and believe it was meant to be. Through teaching Yoga, I have the rare privilege of leading people back to themselves – out of their busy minds and back into their bodies, turning into the body intelligence we all possess. I am an “IRYT®”s (International Registered Yoga Teachers) with The International Yoga Federation and I am also Registered Teacher with Yoga Alliance International, a world-wide association, was set up by Swami Vidyanand. Yoga Alliance International supports the integrity of Yoga practices and philosophy throughout the world, marking the commonality of the Universal Spirit.”

Jason’s personal biodata is as follows:

NAME: Jason Isaac Collar
DATE OF BIRTH: 18th August 1971
NATIONALITY: Malaysian
HEIGHT: 172cm
WEIGHT: 72kg
TEL: 012-366 0454
E-MAIL: jason_isaac@hotmail.com

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Executive Committee Member, Malaysian Yoga Society
“IRYT®”s (International Registered Yoga Teachers)
International Yoga Federation
Certified Instructor & Life Member
Life Saving Society Malaysia
Registered Teacher, Yoga Alliance International

Currently, working as a freelance Personal Trainer, yoga and swimming instructor at;

• Fitness Clubs (Yoga)
• Celebrity Fitness (Promenade One Utama, Wangsa Walk Mall, Sunway Pyramid, Mid Valley, Lot 10, Subang Parade and Bangsar Village)
• Sweat Club (Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel)
• F1 Fitness One (Owner – Wong Ngai Hong, the only IFBB pro bodybuilder in Malaysia)
• Recreational Clubs (Yoga & Personal Trainer)
• The Waterfront Sports & Club Center (Desa Park City KL)
• Canopy Club, (Setia Eco Park, Shah Alam)
• American Express (Main Office KL)
• Schools (Swimming) Sekolah Sri KDU®, Kota Damansara with Advance Aquatics National Aquatic Centre (Kompleks Sukan Negara) with Pro Swim, One Club (Kota Damansara) with Aqua Nuzt

Jason is also a personal yoga teacher and trainer to a number of VIP clients in Malaysia.

Mohanan Aringadamadam is a yoga teacher/instructor in India, having taught yoga to people of all walks of life in India, China, South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.

He is currently looking for opportunities to offer classes and workshops for Fitness Centers, Yoga Centers, Spa, Hotel, and Corporate Offices in Malaysia.

Various styles of yoga are offered including Corporate Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Asana and Pranayama, Yoga Hot,  Hatha Yoga and Gentle Yoga.

For more information, please contact:

Mohanan, International Yoga Teacher
Gayathri, H.No.1,Plot No.25,
5th Street, Guruswamy Nagar
Anakaputhur, Chennai 600070, India
Please contact me : mohan_aum@yahoo.com

Hanim practiced under experienced Iyengar Teachers namely Karin O’Bannon and Birju Metha. She has completed a Teacher Training Course in Mysore, India, under Master Bharath Shetty.

In Kuala Lumpur, Hanim’s earlier exposure to yoga was under Parul Mehta who is a strong proponent of Iyengar Yoga, and Shilpa Ghatalia who is the owner of Jivshakti based in Ampang. She has practiced yoga almost a decade and started teaching over 6 years ago, doing different styles of yoga including Hatha Yoga (mainly Iyengar style), Integrated Astanga and Hatha from Mysore, and Yin Yoga. While in Mysore, she also studied basic Yoga Therapy series.

Before yoga became the big ‘religious’ issue, Hanim was invited to demonstrate yoga poses for 15 minutes for TV3′s morning programme called ‘Malaysia Hari Ini’ which was shown LIVE.  She appeared for few weeks and was even invited to have regular appearance due to the high ratings and great responses.

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Hanim can be contacted via mobile at 019-289 6338 or email at madenda@gmail.com. She is an active user of Facebook under ‘Hanim Ariffin’ and tweets regularly under ‘Minahyoga’. Which is her online pseudo-name. Hanim regularly blog at http://yoginiandfriends.blogspot.com/

Mobile: 019-289 6338
Email: madenda@gmail.com
Facebook: Hanim Ariffin
Twitter: Minahyoga
Website: http://yoginiandfriends.blogspot.com/

For as long as she can remember, Hui had always maintained an active lifestyle and held an insatiable interest in esoteric knowledge. She attended her first yoga class with her mother when she was 22 but little did she know that this ancient art of physical and spiritual practice would play such an influential part in her life.

For a decade, Hui partook in society’s never-ending materialistic pursuit, which led her to the realisation that love, harmony and contentment are found not in accumulation of tangible goods but through the pure act of inner passion. Yoga was the perfect solution in enabling her to combine her love for physical challenge and quest for spiritual development.

Hui has now dedicated herself to sharing her experience in yoga through teaching. She is a Certified Yoga Teacher and has studied under several masters from India. Her teaching methods which incorporate elements of strength, flexibility and alignment, are suitable for both beginners and regular practitioners. Hui firmly believes that yoga will benefit anyone, whether for fitness, health or peace of mind. She hopes to help her students expand their understanding of yoga, and at the same time enjoy its wonderful journey.

Visit her website for more information: www.yogahui.com

Sanjit now travels around KL and Selangor conducting group and private classes. She also operates from a private studio in Bangsar Park. Sanjit’s passion and love for dance, has inspired her to blend elements of fluid body movements or what she terms as ‘Freeform’ into her yoga classes. ‘Freeform’, which is accompanied by Sanjit’s selection of new age music, basically allows the student to connect with their feelings and express themselves through unrestrained dynamic movement of the body.

Through the practice of yoga, Sanjit has experienced tremendous benefits, beyond anything she had ever imagined. It has revealed to her the abundance of peace, joy and patience that were previously locked within. She is now more in touch with her emotions and manages to remain centered in most situations. Yoga has also helped to boost up her confidence level, attributed to a healthy throat chakra (energy center that governs speech, expression, creativity and thought).

Sanjit can be contacted at 012-2035770.

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Shobie’s teaching methods are fun, lively and complemented with imaginative story-telling. Her sessions help to build young minds and develop their character and social etiquette. There is no class that ends without happy smiles and gleeful laughter. Different levels of classes are available for ages 5 to 17 years, each exposing children to work with their physical, mental and emotional bodies. Shobie’s methods are unorthodox but incorporate fun into effective learning.

After embracing yoga as part of her life, Shobie is enjoying improved mental clarity and physical alertness.  She believes that the deep breathing exercises and visualisation practices in Yoga have brought her peace of mind and steadfast focus in her daily goals and challenges.

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