Teachers

Therese Tierney

Tel: 087 776 7728 email: lovinyoga@gmail.com

Therese began her personal practice in 2000 in Ireland. Since then she has followed a dedicated path of yoga and meditation studying in Ireland, India, U.S and U.K and has been teaching here in Cork since 2003. Amongst her teachers are Swami Govinananda Sarawasti, Uma Dinsmore Tuli, Shiva Rea, Ski K. Patthabhi Jois and Advoot Babaji Sivanandji. She enjoys being creative and experimental working with different sequences and a range of postures. Her classes are fun and lively yet meditative to cultivate mindfullness and peace and incorporate the philosophy and spirit of yoga. The main influences on her teaching style include Vinyasa Flow, Jivamukti, Sivananda and Kundalini practices. She is guided by the enlightened teachings of Swami Sivananda of Rishekesh. She is a dedicated teacher and student undertaking regular training in Europe and India in both yoga and meditation.

Shirley Healy

Ashtanga Yoga & Hot Detox Yoga Flow

Tel: 087 965 2283 email: shirleyyoga@gmail.com

Shirley started her yoga practice in 2001 here in Ireland. Soon afterwards she moved to America and that's where she really got a chance to expand her practice, explore different styles of yoga and had the opportunity to practice with many experienced teachers. It was there her love (fond obsession) for yoga really blossomed!! After two years in America with its huge variety of teachers, styles and abundance of yoga classes she returned to Ireland to find very little yoga available to her. This is when she decided she would help spread the yoga love and get the chance to deepen her own practice by starting an Ashtanga teacher training course with Deborah Corradino and Veronica Larson in The Elbow Room, Dublin. She continuously attends workshops and classes both here and anywhere she finds herself in the world. Shirley has been teaching for 3 years. Her classes are Ashtanga Vinyasa based but she often incorporates what she has learned from other styles such as Kundalini, Bikram, Iyengar and Hatha into her class.

Linda O'Mahony

Beginners Level 1 Yoga

Tel: 086 2476705 email: lindaomahony@ymail.com

Linda started her yoga practice in October 2007 and fell in love with it immediately. She was amazed that even though it wasn't an uncomfortable strenuous work out she was feeling benefits after a few weeks. The benefits she experienced were not only physical and she was so inspired she started her teacher training course in April 2008. She qualified in October 09 and has been teaching in cork ever since in various yoga studios. She is a trained therapeutic massage therapist and found that yoga helped her immensely with the physical demands of her work.

Emer O'Sullivan

Pilates

Tel: 085 7430722 email: emersull2@hotmail.com

Emer has been practicing pilates since 2003. She was inspired to do her teacher training with the Michael King Pilates Institute in London and has been teaching since 2004. She has aslo completed a courses in Bodyfirm Pilates in Dublin and is currently completing a BSc in General Nursing. Emer is dedicated to the pilates system and teaching her clients the vast array of benefits. She encourages her clients to focus on strengthening and improving body alignment by providing positive guidance and encouragement.

Tomas O'Connor

Integrative Meditation

Tel: 087 9968993 Email: tomasconnor@eircom.net

Tomas O'Connor has been practising meditation for the last eight years and has been teaching in professional settings for the last three years. He is a Certified Bodytalk Practitioner and a Registered Reflexologist. He is registered with both ARCHTI and NRRI. He has trained with a number of meditation teachers in India and the USA over the years and has also trained with the Stress Management Institute of Ireland. Tomas is committed to empowering people to access their own natural strengths and abilities to make themselves happy, healthy and relaxed.

Francesca Giusti

Hatha Yoga Flow Level 2

Tel: 087 2075060 email: francesca.yoga.cork@gmail.com

Francesca trained as a Yoga instructor at the Yoga Arts School in Byron Bay, Australia, completing their teacher training in 2004. Amongst her teachers are Tomas Zorzo, Luisa Sear, Lino Miele, Dena Kingsberg, Emil Wendel, Ski K. Patthabhi Jois, Manju Jois, Paul Dallaghan. When she completed her second teacher training with David Curtis (Vinyasa Flow) in Ireland in 2007, she also started studying the Iyengar yoga method with teachers in Ireland and Europe. Her classes are influenced by this strong and precise system. She completed 2 modules of "Somatic Movement Education" in the tradition of Thomas Hanna with Brian Siddartha Ingle. She traveled to India between 2007 and 2008 where she spent four months in the South, practicing the physical and the devotional aspect of Yoga. She studied with renowned teachers in Mysore (Yogacharya V. Venkatesha), Kerala and Goa (Sharat Arora, Brahmani yoga, Purple Valley). The India experience was so rich that it inspired her to hold her classes with a sense of devotion towards the Inner space that dwells within each person, inviting a sense of Self inquiry and going beyond the obvious physicality of the Asanas. Her more recent studies include a Yin yoga inspired practice, where the elements of strong Vinyasa yoga combine with the stillness of poses held for longer, to stimulate the physical and energetic body, in a balancing and powerful blend.

Jaconel Janessen

Pilates with Jaconel

Tel: 085 1613 505 Email: info@pilatespeoplecork.com

Jaconel trained and taught Pilates in London, before coming to Cork in 2007. She has taught a range of different classes, from group classes in health and fitness centres, to one-to-one sessions with clients rehabilitating from injury or illness. From new mothers who come with their babies, to staff at schools or offices. Jaconel is continuously updating her skills and knowledge.

Fiona Tierney

Yoga for kids

Tel: 086 052 9129 email: fipeace07@gmail.com

Fiona Tierney has been devoted to the practice of yoga for over 14 years. Over the last 6 years she has been teaching classes In Ireland as well as the USA and Hawaii. Fiona's unique stlye of teaching draw's upon her studies in Astanga, Hatha, Iyengar and Contempory Yoga. Her experience in yoga, and as a mother of 3 has led her to also teachYoga for Kids.

Roisin Kenny

Beginners 2

Tel: 087 2310231 email: roisin.yoga@gmail.com

Roisin came to yoga originally to counterbalance and enhance her running and surfing. She immediately noticed the enriching effect yoga had on all aspects of her life, reaching far beyond her initial physical expectations. Over the years her practice has included Power Yoga, Hatha, Iyengar, Bikram and Ashtanga styles. However she found her true passion for yoga in the energetic Vinyasa Flow style of joining movement with breath. She completed her 200-hour certification in Spain through Frog Lotus Yoga International. Her teaching focuses on alignment and breath awareness, with a view to creating strength, stillness and stability in yoga and in life. For Roisin the beauty about practicing yoga is that it gives one the space and opportunity to discover ones true self.

Dagmar Khan

Tel: 086 2378212 email: dagmar.khan@yahoo.com

Dagmar Khan started to explore Yoga in her early twenties. She specializes on working with injuries, such as lower back pain, shoulder complications, arthritis, anxiety and osteoporosis. With humour and compassion, Dagmar applies ancient Yogic principles to individual needs and modern lifestyle. She brings her love and enthusiasm for Yoga Tune Up® to her teaching, leaving her students feeling glowing with a new sense of connection to their own bodies. Her steady pace of classes combined with creative sequencing helps students to create profound changes within their bodies and mind and support them on their way to holistic health.

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Kathryn Moynihan<

Tel: 087 2736048 or email: yogaaware@gmail.com<

About Kathryn: Kathryn teaches Ashtanga Yoga and Vinyasa flow blending her knowledge of Iyengar Yoga also so that one can practice in a safe and gentle manner. She discovered yoga seven years ago practicing initially Vinyasa flow Yoga and exploring Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga afterwards. Having had to deal with neck and back problems, she instantly fell in love with the therapeutic results of the dynamic practice but also the solid grounding foundation it gave her spiritually. She has practiced abroad on various International reputable workshops and courses. Recently she came back from India and Thailand having spent six months practicing Ashtanga yoga, teacher training with Matthew Sweeney in Thailand and studying Ayurveda. She bases her own yoga practice and teachings from the Ashtanga Yoga system of Sri K.Pattabhi Jois and the teachings of B.K.S Iyengar. Recognizing that sometimes due to individual bodies and various injuries she feel strongly that a yoga practice needs to be customized for each persons needs, in times of therapeutic healing. Her love for yoga also extends to creating a happy, safe environment for students to practice and to be challenged - encouraging students to dedicate their yoga practice and lives towards healing, self development and peace.

Eileen O'Sullivan

Flow Yoga and Pilates

Tel: 087 2383849 email: eilaos@eircom.net

Eileen O'Sullivan holds certifications in Yoga and Pilates, enjoys teaching a lighthearted and creative practice blending different styles that include teaching breath work, meditation, vinyasa flow and restorative yoga. A busy mother of three, yoga has proved a strong anchor in life, crediting yoga breathing to relieve asthma, and mindfulness in challenging times. Eileen considers yoga to be a journey during life, exploring Astanga in India with Michael Gannon, Vinyasa with Jaqueline Heisel, workshops with Sri Dharma Mittra, Anusara with John Friend, Bridget Woods Kramer and Betsy Downing. She feels privileged to have trained with Judith Hanson Lasater in Restorative Yoga, Shakti Vinyasa & Meditation with Shiva Rea, She is also trained in Cancer Conscious Yoga and Pilates Restorative Exercise for Breast Cancer survivors. She encourages students to make each practice their own, listening to their unique internal rhythm taking yoga off the mat and into their lives. Inviting all to find the balance between effort and ease, centering on mind / body connection.