Teachers
Jude Murray - Yoga Teacher and partner at Mahashakti Yoga and In The Moment
I had my first experience of Hatha Yoga in about 1991 and started teaching Yoga in 2004. I feel privileged to be able to share yoga with the people who come to my classes and workshops. I am a healer, complementary therapist and Usui and Celtic Reiki practitioner with some twenty years professional experience as a teacher, trainer and group work faciltiator. I draw on an in-depth knowledge of anatomy and physioiology to guide students through a safe, yet personally challenging asana practice. For me, yoga also offers deep emotional and spiritual connection and this deepens the longer I teach and practise. Through yoga I hope to help people discover for themselves the transformational and healing power of yoga and to find wholeness and balance in their lives.
I teach public classes in Dynamic Hatha and Yin Yoga and specialise in Yoga & Relaxation for people living with cancer, working with Friends of the Beatson, based at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre in Glasgow. I have also developed Celtic Yoga Journey which is a heart-led merging of classical Yoga and ancient Celtic Spirituality. What has emerged is a Yoga which for me, offers a deeper connection with the land, the cycles of nature and with my own ancestry and spiritual practice. My exploration and studies continue and I hope to become a Celebrant when the time is right. I believe Yoga can offer everyone a deeper spiritual connection in a way that strengthens or illuminates their individual spiritual or religious path.
I took my first yoga teaching diploma at the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres Ashram in Neyyar Dam, Kerala, South India in 2004 and returned to the UK to take a further Diploma in Astanga Yoga with Union Yoga in Edinburgh. I also studied Yin Yoga and Yoga Anatomy with Paul Grilley in 2005. I completed the British Wheel of Yoga Module in Yoga for Pregnancy in 2009 and a training intensive in Structural and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy™ with Mukunda Stiles in 2010. I am a registered Yoga Elder with the Independent Yoga Network .
I am committed to ongoing personal and professional development and I continue to study various aspects of yoga and spirituality in the UK and in India. I have studied with the following teachers: David Swenson, Brian Cooper , Yogacharya Venkatesh , Paul Dallaghan, David Williams, Matthew Sweeney, Kausthub Desikachar, David Sye , Judy Cameron , Bishop Alistair Bate with whom I am blessed to have studied Celtic Reiki and Druidry and Siusaidh and Piet Ceanadach of Tuatha De Bridget with whom I continue my studies in Druidcraft & Celtic Spirituality. I am also blessed to able to name Mukunda Stiles as a teacher who has deeply touched my heart and Yoga practice.
Mahashakti is my spiritual name, given during Mantra Initiation whilst living in the Sivananda Ashram in South India. It is a Sanskrit word. Maha= great; Shakti= Goddess/Power/Energy. It is the name of the Universal Mother.
Graeme Murray – Yoga Teacher and partner at Mahashakti Yoga and In The Moment
Having had a long-standing, but unfulfilled, inquisitiveness about yoga, I was finally able to find time in my life to begin my hatha yoga practice after selling my successful aquaculture business in 1996. My first introduction to yoga was on a wintry evening in a drafty village hall but the experience of my first yoga class was immediate and profound and I have continued, from the start, to pursue my practice with self-effort and self-examination.Joanna Mackenzie – YOGA – Yoga For All Kind
I am a passionate student and teacher of yoga. I first fell in love with this practice 5 years ago and have cherished it ever since. My goal in life is to share my love of yoga with others. I have only recently moved to Glasgow 
from my home state of Texas. I love the weather!
Although Yoga was founded thousands of years ago, my belief is that it is ever evolving and growing depending on the person who practices it. There is something new to learn in every moment of a yoga practice.My approach to yoga is very intuitive. Every day the human body is a little bit different. Yoga allows us to tap into and discover these differences, just as long as we are united enough in body and mind to decipher these differences.
I am a member of the Independent Yoga Network, qualified to teach Yoga by Chillout Yoga Scotland
Please contact Joanna directly about her classes
07786 604683
Sara Marijuan – YOGA
I have been practicing yoga for 10 years and achieved my Teaching Diploma in 2009 after training with the British Wheel of Yoga for 3 years. Primarily influenced by the Hatha Yoga style, I have been inspired by many other Teachers and combine ideas and practices learned along the way in my own classes. Initially brought to Yoga through a back injury, I know through experience that regular practice can be physically restorative in addition to having benefits on an emotional & psychological level. I have taught a wide diversity of students often with injuries and issues of their own, and I strive, through different teaching approaches and the use of props where appropriate, to make my classes accessible to all. Through a combination of physical asana, pranayama, concentration & meditation practices, I embrace the philosophy of yoga as a holistic practice which, if practised consistently, over time can support mind, body and spirit bringing amazing all round benefits.
Please contact Sara directly about her classes
Mobile: 07962 347950
Ronnie Robinson – TAI CHI – Chiron Tai Chi
In helping students to learn tai chi and qigong I initially focus on enabling them to relax and connect to their inner selves. Using loosening up exercises and qigong techniques I encourage students to develop a ‘listening’ quality, paying more attention to how their bodies feel, rather than looking to be precise in postures. Gradually I increase corrections and help them to understand their bodies more. The tai chi hand form helps them to develop a sense of structure, balance and posture whilst increasing their sense of relaxation, inner relaxation and outer focus. Various partner exercises, including push hands helps them to gently test these aspects and develop a sense of being grounded and rooted whilst further developing their ability to relax, particularly in stressful situations. Tai chi applications allow them to increase confidence, awareness and intent, qualities which can be applied in everyday life.
I started learning tai chi in 1981, during which time it was very hard to find a teacher. I’ve often asked why I began tai chi and I guess, like many others at that time I was searching for a deeper meaning to life. I had dabbled in other disciplines like meditation but because of my busy mind at that time, I was unable to connect fully. The work of tai chi engaged my mind, through learning postures and techniques and its meditative aspect allowed my to relax and settle more.
My first teacher was an American, recently moved to Glasgow with a background in arts, poetry, theatre & movement disciplines, who had worked with John Kells and Dr. Chi in London, from the Cheng Man-Ching Tradition. Although of limited experience, Larry was thorough in his teaching and provided a sound introduction to the art. I worked with him for five years before I started assisting him teaching and subsequently went on to start my own class.
For the following five years I worked privately with Tom Brodie MacClue, who had been a student of Rose Li. Tom helped to clarify many things for me over these years of intensive training. Michael Tse introduced me to Qigong and for five years I learned a number of systems before settling to concentrate on Taiji Qigong and Dayan Qigong. In the early 1990’s I joined the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain (TCUGB) where I went on to become a member of the Executive Committee and Technical Panel. Having produced an Alternative Health magazine in Scotland (Connections) for nearly 10 years I offered my skills to the TCUGB and launched Tai Chi Chuan magazine which I still edit and produce.
In 1995, in conjunction with a fellow tai chi teacher, Bob Lowey we started Tai Chi Caledonia which has grown to become one of Europe’s foremost International Tai Chi gatherings, attracting students and teacher from Europe, the USA and beyond. In 1997 Dan Docherty contacted me for assistance in creating a programme for the Taijiquan & Qigong Federation for Europe’s second Congress/Forum, staged in Hungary. He invited me to teach at the event and this led me to meet and work with many influential instructors from various European countries. Within a couple of years I became a member of the Executive Committee and went on to serve as Secretary, a position I still retain.
Since then I have taught and travelled extensively across Europe, affording me the opportunity to work with a number of influential teachers, who have contributed to my tai chi and qigong development. These include: Mario Napoli, Epi van de Pol, Jan Silberstorff, Patrick Kelly, Tian Liyang, Mike Sigman, Dan Docherty, Ian Cameron, Luigi Zanini, Lauren Smith & Aarvo Tucker.
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Richard Golsworthy – BIODANZA
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