ishta system yoga teachers in Australia and Worldwide
Byron Bay
Rachel Zinman
Rachel has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and has taught for 16. Prior to her initial yoga education Rachel trained as a professional dancer and choreographer in the USA and in Australia. Discovering yoga she originally trained in the Iyengar and Ashtanga methods and first began teaching in her role as Head of Dance at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium where she introduced yoga to the curriculum. Her teaching style continues to reflect her deep engagement with the arts – dynamic and precise with an emphasis on mindfulness. While again living in New York from 2000–2004 Rachel met Yoga Works and ISHTA yoga founder Alan Finger teaching in his Be Yoga studios for four years. There she co-created and coordinated the Be Yoga Teacher Training Program, becoming a senior facilitator and mentor. Rachel returned to Australia to teach in the Yoga Arts Teacher Training, and since 2005 has created and facilitated her own teacher trainings and workshops in the ISHTA System in Byron Bay, Sydney, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, India, Bali, Japan, New York and throughout many major cities in Europe. Rachel’s deep personal experience and investigation of meditation allows her to be both intuitive and creative in her work and she feels grateful to be able to share her passion with others.
Rachel also co-created and produced a popular Australian Yoga Video series and a Kid's Yoga Video. She is an award-winning musician for her album of chanting and devotional song, Sita Ram , and is published poet.
Ishta Yoga classes with Rachel Zinman (view timetable)
Upcoming Byron Bay Yoga Teachers Training February 6 to March 13, 2009
Joanne Langton
Joanne Langton has been a student of yoga for over 30 years. During this time she studied various styles of yoga and draws upon this wealth of experience to deepen her own practice and in her teaching. For the past 17 years while living in Byron Bay, she studied with many senior local and visiting teachers from traditions such as and Iyengar and Ashtanga. In her home town of New York City she studied with Senior Iyengar teacher Mary Dunn, at Kripalu in Massachusetts and at the Sivananda Ashram in India to name a few. She has also studied Buddhist philosophy and meditation in Asia, Australia and the United States.
Her long time passion to teach yoga was finally fulfilled two and a half years ago after completing her training with Yoga Arts in Byron Bay, as well as many other complimentary courses and intensives. The following year Rachel Zinman returned to the Byron area with ISHTA yoga and Joanne was immediately drawn to it. For Joanne the attraction is the way it integrates many elements – the detailed understanding of the physical postures, the importance of meditation and the breath, the philosophical insights and the individuation that ayurveda brings – satisfies her desire as a teacher to convey yoga’s larger benefits and meanings. Joanne participated and assisted in the Byron Bay ISHTA System Yoga Teacher Training in April 2005 and went on to partcipate and assist in the Advanced ISHTA System Apprenticeship in 2005 and 2006.
As well as teaching on the Byron Bay ISHTA System Yoga Teacher’s Trainings , she holds regular classes and courses in Byron and Mullumbimby.
Ishta Yoga with Joanne Langton
contact: 02 6684 3654 or email joannelangton@iinet.net.au
Sydney
Jacqueline Engelmann
Over the years Jacqueline’s passion for yoga has grown and continues to grow. She has studied and actively practised yoga for over thirteen years. Embracing the philosophies of yoga has brought her health and happiness and has helped her to bring up two lovely girls. She has been fortunate enough to travel extensively with her family and in 2003 successfully completed a 200-hour ISHTA yoga teaching training course with Tokyo based ISHTA studio , Be Yoga Japan. After completing her training she went on to teach 5 classes per week before returning to Sydney in 2005. During her time in Tokyo she also undertook a yoga correspondence course with the IYTA and as a result now carries full IYTA Certification. She has also partcipated in the Advanced ISHTA System Apprenticeship with Rachel Zinman in 2005 and 2006
“My own teaching philosophy is that everyone should be encouraged to learn and develop yoga at a pace that individually suits him or her. By doing so I am certain they will soon find the same level of satisfaction and reward that I have. I too of course, continue to grow along with the development of my classes and it gives me great pleasure to help others share the wonderful holistic health benefits yoga brings to us.”
Ishta Yoga with Jacqueline Engelmann
contact: 02 9904 4091 or
0433 504544 or email engelrj38@hotmail.com
Romina Di Federico
Romina was first introduced to Yoga at the age of 6 when she mimicked the poses illustrated in her mum’s Swami Saraswati yoga book. It wasn’t until years later, in 1998, when she attended her first yoga class with Kristine Edwards, that her yoga journey really began.
She always had a keen interest in sport and dance and completed her FIA certificate in 1997, working part time at a gym as a personal trainer. In 1998 whilst working in the sports industry for a large corporate company she spent her spare time taking dance and yoga classes, hiking and mountain biking. In 2000 she began attending classes with Simon Borg-Olivier at Yoga Synergy. During this time she attended various workshops with well-respected yoga practitioners. In 2002 to further pursue her interest in Yoga she set off for a trek through Nepal’s Everest region & travelled through India spending a month practicing Astanga at the Purple Valley yoga school. In 2004 she successfully completed the Yoga Arts Teacher Training certificate IV and immediately began teaching in Byron Bay and Brisbane. Over this period she studied with many wonderful teachers based in Byron Bay.
In November 2004 she met Rachel Zinman and began assisting her in ongoing ISHTA yoga classes and workshops in Byron Bay. She was then awarded a scholarship to study ISHTA Yoga with Alan Finger in New York and continued her studies with Rachel by participating in the Advanced ISHTA System apprenticeship in 2005 and 2006. Romina is now based in Sydney and teaches ongoing ISHTA classes at Qi Yoga in Manly and an independent studio in Abbotsford.
Ishta Yoga with Romina Di Federico
contact: 0406 662 011 or email romina11@bigpond.com
Junko Nakaya
Junko was born and grew up in Japan; at the age of 23 she immigrated to Australia and subsequently moved to Byron Bay in 2000 where Yoga became a deep and special part of her daily life Junko met Rachel Zinman in 2005 and completed the Byron Bay ISHTA System Yoga Teacher Training and went on to participate in the Advanced ISHTA System Apprenticeship with Rachel in 2005 to 2006.
Junko is also a certified Theta healer." a technique developed by Vienna Stibal to support others in healing their physical, mental and emotional imbalances. She leads international workshops in her own style called Junsui Yoga in both Japan and Bali and is currently teaching private and group classes as well as translating and assisting Rachel on the Ishta Japanese cultural exchange trainings in Byron Bay and has just released a beautiful meditation CD dedicated to the promotion of peace and tranquillity throughout the world. Junko’s classes are inspiring and transformational and for her “ Teaching yoga is the joy of bringing love and compassion into people’s lives “
Email: jun@junsuiyoga.com
www.junsuiyoga.com
Raphaella Rose
Raphaella is 28 years old and has practiced yoga for 6 years and has taught regular classes since April 2005. In March 2005 Raphaella completed a 200 hour month-long Byron Bay Yoga Teacher Training in the ISHTA System with Rachel Zinman . To deepen her study of yoga, she participated in a similar training in September 2005. The trainings focussed on asana, tantra, meditation, anatomy and yogic philosophy.
In December 2005 she began the Advanced Ishta System Apprenticeship . This covered yoga philosophy, adjusting and sequencing skills, yoga therapy, Sanskrit, and ayurveda.
Raphaella has a background in dance and gymnastics. Her knowledge of these two disciplines plays a part in the way she teaches. She offers a combination of ISHTA style meditation, pranayama (breathing) along with a Hatha style asana class.
Ishta Yoga with Raphaella
contact: email raphaella_r@hotmail.com
www.yogaishtastyle.com
Chile, South America
Lainie Jenkins
Lainie Jenkins is Australian born and bred and has been living in Chile since 2003. She initiated her interests in movement as a dancer and was later certified as an international Aerobics and Pilates Instructor. After 20 years in this world, these interests led her towards yoga.
Discovering yoga in 2002 she practiced profoundly for the following three years in the Iyengar and Astanga methods attending daily classes and Workshops. She completed the Byron Bay ISHTA System Yoga Teacher Training in Australia in April 2005
Lainie returned to Chile to continue teaching yoga but decided to further her yoga training by returning to Australia this time to complete the Advanced ISHTA System Apprenticeship over a period of nine months, this integrated course allowed Lainie to be taught and at the same time, teach what she was learning. With this experience behind her, Lainie has a dynamic and stimulating approach to teaching yoga.
Ishta Yoga with Lianie
email: lainiej@vtr.net
