Jan began yoga in 1976 in Sydney with Bette Carman (Yoga TV personality at the time) and later attended classes with Michael Violin (considered the father of yoga in Australia).  Jan’s yoga studies in the 1980’s were greatly influenced by the Satyananada School of Yoga in Adelaide who taught techniques in pranayama, meditations, kirtan (chanting) and dhauti (cleansing techniques) along with asana practice.  She also attended yoga classes with IYTA teachers. She completed a 12-month teacher training with the S.A. Yoga teachers Association in 1990.

In the early 1990’s Jan was taught and practiced Ashtanga yoga series 1 and series 2. She was introduced to Iyengar Yoga in the mid 1990’s and this started her passion for precision and alignment in the poses and encouraged her to enter a 3-year apprenticeship with senior Iyengar yoga teachers.  Jan has studied with the Iyengar’s both in Pune, India and in Australia and with other senior teachers.

Jan’s instructions are precise; she is patient and emanates compassion.  Jan’s yoga experience is diverse as is the subject itself.  All her teachers have inspired her passion in the subject of yoga and she continues to seek precision in her practice and in her teaching.

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His was first introduced to yoga in 1987 in New Zealand where he attended Sivananda yoga classes.  Later he practiced with Iyengar Yoga teachers and in 1992 attended classes with Ashtanga yoga teacher, John Scott.  He has since become an avid ashtanga yoga practitioner and teacher.

Oliver taught at Te Aro Ashtanga Yoga School in Wellington, New Zealand for a time before moving to London and then to Cairns.

He has a quiet manner and gives firm but gentle adjustments using the students’ breath as a guide of where and how much to adjust. He takes his students to their edge allowing them to feel the position and depth of each pose.

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From early in her career Catherine noted the marked difference in the progress of clients who exercised, particularly in yoga or pilates, as opposed to those who just sought treatment. Catherine has always encouraged gentle exercise to her clients and this led her to study with Kit Laughlan (author of ‘Overcome Back and Neck Pain’) to become a stretch therapist and teacher. 

Catherine founded Get Stretched in 2005 and enthusiastically teaches stretch to both one to one and to groups.  Programmes can be established for rehabilitation of common physical problems, in particular back and neck pain, for injury prevention, for proactive functional exercise in the corporate worlds as well as for athletic enhancement.

Catherine has lived in Cairns since 1988, embraces the tropical lifestyle and is committed to furthering health education for herself, her family and to anyone seeking a greater quality of life.

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He found yoga in 1998 at the Noosa Yoga Centre run by Peter and Sue Scott. He remained a student there until he moved back to Brisbane in 2001 where he attended classes with a number of different teachers.

Her interest in yoga began in 1978 with satyananda yoga teachers in Adelaide and studies with Shandor Raemade, an Iyengar yoga teacher who has since established his own style known as Shadow Yoga.

Her first formal yoga experience was an 8-week general hatha beginners course run in Melbourne by the Council of Adult Education in 1984.  She continued to attend classes “on and off” at a local hall and then discovered Iyengar Yoga at the Rathdowne Yoga Room in 1989.  She moved to Cairns in 1994 and regularly attended Iyengar Yoga classes with senior teachers at The Ashtanga Yoga Academy.  She also commenced Ashtanga practice.

Margaret completed a ten week intensive teacher training course and 1998 and qualified under Yoga Alliance.  She has attended many workshops and retreats with different teaches over the years (both Iyengar and Ashtanga).  She still enjoys both styles of yoga and seeks to combine both in her own practice. 

Her work as an operations manager and as a Business  training consultant has helped with her teaching yoga to beginners.