Yama Yoga Studios
Suzie and Vanessa Suzi Robertson-Malt, PhD (Health Science). Suzi has been practicing yoga since she was 10 years old, but became motivated to become a teacher when she was studying at university – and the Director of Dance was offering Ashtanga Classes. Never before had Suzi experienced a body practice that was so comprehensive and complete in its ability to address all the principles she sought from physical activities: 1.Flexibility 2.Endurance 3.Focus 4.Relaxation 5.Breath Control Suzi received her initial teacher training certification from David Swenson – an international icon in Ashtanga yoga, in 1994. Since that time, Suzi has taken the opportunity to travel the world attending different teacher training classes in various forms of yoga and pilates from : Vinyasa Flow yoga with Louisa Sears in Byron Bay & Bali to Classic Iyengar, Pranayama and Mysore style Yoga with Paul Callighan in Kho Samui. The driving principle of Suzi’s teaching is that of Ahimsa – kindness to self and others. Suzi has received the highest certification level (500) from Yoga Alliance – (the international body for yoga certification) In September 2008 Suzi moved to Doha to commence work on the Sidra project. Vanessa Vanessa began her yoga journey in 1991 with Raja Yoga training under the Brahma Kumaris; here her regular practice was born, and a love of meditation that she still practices daily. In 2003 she participated in an intensive 1 year Hatha Teacher Training at Ananda Kutir Ashram and for 3 years taught Hatha and Pre Natal yoga at the Cape Town Medi Spa, private sessions for VIP guests at the Mount Nelson Hotel, Corporate yoga at various businesses, Hatha at Ananda Kutir Ashram, Pre Natal and Hatha at her own home studio and karma yoga project teaching breathing and gentle Hatha sessions at the TB clinics in the ghetto areas of the Western Cape. On arrival in Dubai her practice gravitated back to the Ashtanga Yoga system she had tried before in the 1990”s, and after completing a few years of practice together with studies with the Hindu University on philosophy and meditation, she in early 2008 finally participated in a traditional Mysore style Ashtanga Yoga teacher training intensive with Paul Dallaghan and Neil Barker. She has since participated in intense and regular study periods under her teachers Sharath Rangaswamy in mysore, Richard Freeman, Paul Dallaghan, Rolf and Marci Naujokat and Sri O P Tiwari for pranayama, to further expand her studies and own practice. Vanessa has also participated in numerous courses since the beginning of her yoga journey including Pranayama, Meditation, Ayurveda, Chanting, Philosophy, Kundalini, Post Graduate Hatha TT, Thai Yoga Massage, Aromatherapy, Sat Nam Rasayan and has been a Reiki Master since 2000. She believes very strongly in the vital importance of a regular personal practice, and her teaching aims at providing a complete foundation for self practice, both within the traditional Mysore Ashtanga system as taught to her by her teachers, as well as within the Hatha and Raja Yoga lineage she follows. Vanessa’s own daily practice is focused strongly within the Ashtanga and Raja Yoga systems consisting of daily practice in pranayama, meditation, philosophy study and asana, she firmly believes that yoga is a way of life, and to successfully follow the yoga path you need to live every aspect of yoga every day, in the words of her guru Sri Patthabi Jois “Practice Practice Practice and all is coming” adv ice she has taken to heart and continues to follow daily, along with a commitment to keep furthering her studies and evolving in her practice. Yoga and Dance Classes in Qatar |