Only the best
This section lists information about the teachers who teach at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre .
Most of the teachers are well known yoga teachers from all over the world, including the US, Canada,
UK, France, Tibet and from different counties of Ireland.
These teachers usually visit the centre and stay to teach their course before returning home
to their own yoga centres or practices.
A few of the teachers live locally and teach evening classes.
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if you have timeDave Brocklebank
Granville Cousins
Liz Costigan
Ciara Cronin
Tadhg Ferriter
Kevin Gardiner
Alexandra Kreis
David Gelleneau
Miriam Gormally
Jack Harrison
James Higgins
Niamh Jones
Caroline Klebl
David Magone
Esther Moser
David Muehsam
Swami Nishchalananda
Orla Punch
Panchen Otrul Rinpoche
Geshe Michael Roach
David Robson
Brian Smith
Richard Spahn
Sotantar
Kimberley Veenhof
Details below;
Dave Brocklebank
The vision of Dave Brocklebank was to setup a very comfortable yoga centre to help introduce yoga and meditation to as many people as possible, in a quality and enjoyable way.
And to provide an ideal retreat space in which one can come to deepen one's practice of yoga and meditation.
The centre was built May 1999 and in 2004 over 40 courses were run.
There are courses for
- beginners
- improvers
- regular practitioners
- teachers
There are courses all year round, nearly every weekend.
There are 7-day long courses during the summer months, Christmas, New Year and Easter.
Dave began meditating in 1978 and began practising Yoga in 1989 with the Galway school of Yoga and Meditation which is Satyananda based.
He completed the 2-year Satyananda yoga teacher training with Shradhmurti and Chetanmurti in the Galway school of Yoga and Meditation. He has attended numberous workshops since then (too many to mention) with teachers of many traditions from all over the world.
His classes begin with very gentle loosening up postures which help prepare the body
for the stronger postures which are introduced after a number of months. He introduces
Pranayama right from day one, and a large emphasis is placed on the awareness of the
practitioner rather than their physical ability.
His experience with Iyengar and Astanga yoga bring a detailed approach to correct alignment
of the body in order to assume the posture while respecting the limits of one's body.
His teaching of meditation is very clear and understandable for beginners and for advanced
meditators alike.
The meditation technique is breath focus and mindfulness.
As the course progresses, he gives less and less instructions, so that one is able
to follow the practice without any guidance at the end of the course.
In addition to Dave's yoga lifestyle, he also attends Buddhist teachings and
tries to bring these teachings into his own life and dealings with people.
Dave runs the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre, co-ordinating courses, facilitating
workshops and teaching Yoga and Meditation himself. He also maintains his own daily
practice of Yoga and Meditation, and regularly attends Yoga workshops throughout the year.
Satyananda Yoga Tadhg Ferriter Dave Brocklebank
Granville Cousins
Granville is an experienced teacher and has been practicing yoga for over 20 years.
He has studied with Mr. B.K.S. Iyengar at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute
in Pune, India and with him on several workshops and classes in the U.K.
He began the Practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in 1995 with Michael Taylor
and Elizabeth Wilson in the north of England and then more fully with Radha
and the late Derek Ireland at "The Practice Place" in Crete. Having realized
the benefits of both Iyengar and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Granville teaches a
synthesis of both of these systems bringing together postural alignment in a
dynamic flowing sequence of integrated Asanas.
Granville teaches regular classes and workshops in the Manchester area and is
a frequent visitor to Ireland where he conducts weekend workshops with his many
Yoga Friends. He also leads retreats and holidays abroad in Europe and the Middle-East.
His workshops and holidays are underpinned with early morning and evening
Meditation sessions where the practioners are taught to sit quietly in the
midst of their own experience. This quiet sitting is the basis of all
spiritual practices and is common to all denominations.
Through the practice of Meditation we learn to understand our humanity,
transcend our mortality and merge into the bliss of true Being or Ascendant
Consciousness. This is our quest, this is Yoga. May we all grow in Love and Light.
Ashtanga and Meditation Granville Cousins August 2005Liz Costigan
Liz Costigan is from Byron Bay where she teaches regularily.
She is a certified Yoga and Pilates teacher and also a registered nurse.
Years of pranyama practise helped her through a 28 hour labour and she is
currently in the process of having a pre-natal yoga book published by Sterling Publishers.
Liz has been practicing yoga for 16 years, since she was 18 years old.
She is particularily inspired by the physical practise and discipline
and the spiritual aspect of yoga. She loves how the practice helps to
ground and centre the person, as well as balance the mind and emotions
strenghtening the immune system -keeping the whole body healthy and makes one feel great.
She has travelled to many different countries and atended many different
workshops over the years.
Liz trained with John Ogilvie's in 1996 (Founder of the Byron Bay Yoga School)
and in 1998 did her formal teacher training through IYTA with John Ogilvie.
In 2000 she completed her Pilates Teacher training with Louise Solomon - who is
now the founder of Yogalates and
taught in Japan for a year in 2001.
For the last three years she has worked extensively with Simon Morocco who was
one of BSK Iyengar's students and teaches and trains with Mr Iyengar and Geeta
Iyengar each year in Pune.
Liz now teaches at the Byron Yoga School.
Pilates and Yoga with Liz Costigan July 2005 Ciara Cronin
Ciara Cronin is a yoga teacher and also a qualified holistic therapist.
She is a very dedicated practitioner of Astanga and goes to many workshops and practices daily.
She has studied ashtanga yoga with Pattabhi Jois, Graham Northfield, Chuck Miller
and Shiva Rea, among others.
Ciara brings her broad experience of meditation and holistic health to her teaching
style; focusing on attention to form, integration of breath and cultivation of awareness.
Creating a supportive environment and taking to heart each student’s experience,
Ciara addresses individual needs and encourages a deep and focused practice in class.
Attention is directed to building core strength and proper alignment while
cultivating and sustaining an inner calm.
Ciara used to be the health editor of Source, Ireland’s first alternative
lifestyle magazine and has written holistic health columns for several national newspapers.
Ciara will be teaching at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre
Oct 2005.
Ciara teaches Ashtanga classes in Dublin.
Ciara's websiteTadhg Ferriter
Tadhg Ferriter has been teaching yoga for over 10 years in Limerick both in
the Limerick Yoga Centre and in Limerick prison.
Tadhg is a qualified Satyananda teacher having trained with Shradhamurti and
Chetanmurti in the Galway school of Yoga and Meditation and is registered with
the Bihar School of Yoga (India) and the British Wheel of Yoga.
Tadhg specialises in the integration of yoga into everyday life and encourages
students in an open and sensitive way to work with themselves in the situation they find themselves in.
Satyananda yoga with Tadhg Ferriter Kevin Gardiner
Kevin teaches Iyengar yoga in Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York.
He is of Irish descent, and has one foot in Ireland and another in the hussle,
bustle and Iyengar of New York city.
Kevin Gardiner celebrated thirty years of practice with the turn of the Millennium.
He is a Certified Intermediate Junior III Iyengar yoga Instructor and has made extended trips to India to study with the Iyengars in Pune.
He is a core faculty member and co-founder of the B.K.S. Iyengar Institute of Greater New York.
He also teaches classes in his own studio on the Upper East Side in Manhattan.
Kevin is precise and detailed in his instruction, graceful in demonstration and
has a light-hearted and off-beat sense of humor. A dynamic and inspiring teacher,
Kevin communicates his great love and understanding of yoga to his students.
His ability to teach an entire session while concentrating on only one or two
principles allows students to have a deeper experience of each asana.
His contagious enthusiasm encourages students to challenge the unknown in asana
with greater sensitivity and awareness.
Learning yoga with Kevin is a grand opportunity to immerse yourself and deepen
your practice.
Kevin has a vast knowledge of experience to draw on, in order to use the right
props to help someone open up into a posture.
Kevin will often work with the same posture for some time during a class.
Exploring different ways to approach the posture.
And his demonstrations are both clear and enjoyable to watch.
Kevin will be teaching at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre
[link course Dec 27th - Jan 3rd]
[Jan 3rd - 10th ]
[May 2006]
Check out his website if you are going to New York
Kevin Gardiner New York Iyengar websiteNext courses with Kevin at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre, Dec 27th - Jan 3rd 2006, Jan 3rd - 10th 2006
Iyengar 7 days with Kevin Gardener Miriam Gormally
Miriam Gormally is a qualified yoga teacher and masseuse.
But her big love is growing and preparing healthy nutritious food.
She does research and displays in the area of Detox and food and works as a radio journalist speculating in spirituality, justice and ecological living. Part of her work involves research and designing displays for promoting healthy eating amongst children. She has also studied macrobioticsand attended courses in optimal eating for health.
She also believes in supporting local organic markets, and provides help to individuals growing their own organic vegetables. She is an avid sprouter with plenty of personal experience in growing as well as in preparing and cooking the food.
Next Detox course with Miriam November 4th - 6th 2005
Detox Yoga
with Miriam Gormally DaveJack Harrison
Jack teaches Ashtanga yoga and also hatha yoga and chanting.
His apporach is very much centred on the breath, and his introduction classes to
Ashtanga are quite gentle, gradually building up the sequence over a number of weeks.
Jack began yoga 30 years ago, and has been practicing regularily for the past 20
years, attending Iyengar classes, IYA and also Satyananda classes before becoming
emmersed in Ashtanga yoga.
He has practiced with Nancy Gilgoff, and David Swenson, who were two of the earliest westerners to learn Ashtanga yoga. He has also practiced pranayama from Sri OP Tiwari, one of India's most renowned yoga and pranayama masters and the ex-director of the Kaivalyadam in Bombay, India.
He completed his teacher training with Paul Dallaghan of Centred Yoga in Thailand.
He has also been involved in organising singing groups to
sing chants and bajans and to lead the kirtans.
Jack is also a singer, guitar player and song writer and has produced his own music on CD.
His daily practice is about 3 hours a day comprising of the
ashtanga sequence as well as the pranayama techniques and chanting.
He teaches evening classes on Tuesdays at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre from
September to May, and afterwards plays guitar in Winkle's pub for the 'singer songwriter's night'. ;-)
Next evening classes starting Sept. Details at
Weekly classesJames Higgins
James Higgin’s is from the US and his first love is surfing. However, in yoga he found
a physical, mental, and spiritual exploration of the body mind and soul.
One of San Fransisco’s most popular yoga teachers, James first visited
Ireland in 2002 and held a sell-out two-day workshop in Dublin that people are still
talking about. James’ unique teaching style integrates his deep experience of Ashtanga
Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Vipassana Meditation.
His classes synthesize core aspects of all three systems into an original and challenging
form of yoga vinyasa meditation. This is a unique and original
blend of yoga and meditation based on James’ commitment to finding a deeper connection to
life through healing and awakening.
James teaches yoga as a
way to balance and integrate presence of being using physical technique, creative
pathways, breath awareness, strength through form, and deep resting mindfulness based
on Buddhist meditation practices. An encouraging and suportive environment is provided
for students' overall well-being.
Ashtanga Meditation with James Higgins Sept 2005Alexandra Kreis
Alexandra is a native German and her first main teachers back in Germany were Renate Ockel (Berlin) and Vinod Dulal (Pune/India), who has been an assistant to Mr Iyengar for more than 15 years.
Alex has also studied with senior teachers Jeanne Maslen, Margaret Austin, Rajvi Mehta.
Alex is also influenced by Dona Holleman and her thesis of the Seven Vital Principles. Taking them on board, one's practise becomes more energetic and light. Another yoga style by Shandor Remetes (Shadow Yoga) and Qui Gong taught her how to integrate breath,energy and movement.
In all those styles (Iyengar, Shadow, Donas Centering Down) I find a deep and immediate connection. Drawing upon Iyengar's Alignment, integrating the Chi as in Shadow Yoga and being Intent as in Dona Holleman's thesis, yoga becomes not only a physical practice but a way of life, since all these rules can be applied in daily life."
Alex is gentle in her approach to people while also brining people into quite strong
postures and maintaining the precision of Iyengar throughout her classes.
Niamh Jones
Niamh Jones is from Co. Meath origionally, and moved to Galway in 2001.
She lived in San Fransico for a while where she completed her Bikram teacher training course.
Niamh has taugh many times at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre in the past few years, and also attend many of the weekend workshops we have here at the centre.
She likes to continue to improve her practice over the years and attends many of the well known Ashtanga teachers who visit the centre such as "Dave Robson & Dave Gelleneau, Richard Spahn, and Granville Cousins.
She even taugh an extra Bikram class to Granville and his students during one of his 7-day retreats here at the centre.
Niamh teaches Bikram yoga in Galway city regularily and also evening Bikram classes at the
Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre from September to May on a Thursday night.
Niamh's classes are hot! good fun, and exhilarating. Great way to stretch.
Niamh's next weekend will be Sept 2005.
Caroline Klebl
Caroline Klebl is a dedicated teacher, who spent numerous years in India, practicing under the guidance of the Ashtanga Yoga Guru, Sri K Pattabhi Jois.
With a complimentary interest in Iyengar Yoga, Tibetan Buddhist meditation and Ayurveda, she has practiced Ashtanga Yoga for over 10 years.
She teaches workshops, teacher's trainings and retreats across the US, Europe and Asia.
Through her gentle teaching approach, she introduces the postures and techniques of the practice to reveal the transformational quality of Ashtanga Yoga.
For further details visit www.sourceofyoga.com
David Magone
David Magone founded PranaVayu Power Yoga in 2001. His teaching approach is strongly
influenced by the work of numerous teachers including Andrey Lappa, Andrey Sidersky,
Pattabhi Jois, BKS Iyengar and Dharma Mittra.
David has offered PranaVayu Yoga in numerous Yoga Centers, colleges and health oriented
settings including Harvard University and the Nike World Headquarters. David's classes
reflect a high level of devotion to the practice, and his open, focused approach provides
students with a fun, challenging atmosphere for growth and inspiration.
He currently teaches yoga in Harvard University in Cambridge, USA.
Prana Vayu Power yoga with Dave MagoneEsther Moser
Esther Moser was born in Switzerland and lived in Germany for 15 years. Aged 43, she
is married, has one daughter and lives in Ireland with her family since 2001.
Trained as a nurse and specialised in Oncology she made a training in Biodynamic
Psychotherapy and Massage (Cert.1994); Reflexology(Cert.1992 + 1994) ; Living with
Dying (1997-99)and a training as Kundalini Yoga Teacher followed ( Cert.1999);
Since 1994 Esther offers workshops and trainings. Today her main focus is on stress
management, she works with psychotherapy, massage, reflexology and 1-2-1 yoga in her
studio in Ballinrobe and gives lectures, trainings and workshops all over Ireland.
Esther will be teaching at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre in 2005, June, and August.
Kundalini 7 day retreat with Esther MoserShe also practices body work.
Contact her at 094-9520869
David Muehsam
David Muehsam
David teaches with an emphasis on helping students to find a personal relationship with their yoga practice, to deepen the meditative feeling of yoga, and to use yoga to enhance one’s physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. With an emphasis on pranayama, the meditative quality of the breath, and having fun, David creates a joyous and freely-flowing practice accessible to all ages and body types.
David is a one of a handful of teachers worlwide to be given authorisation directly from Pattabhi Jois, (Guru of Ashtanga Yoga ).
He has tremendous experience and is widely regarded as one of the best ‘teacher of teachers’ anywhere in the world.
David teaches extensively worldwide, in workshops and yoga teacher trainings.
He first practiced yoga in 1982, and was introduced to the method of Iyengar Yoga in 1987. In 1993 he began the practice Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, and has been influenced by the meditative and breathing methods of the tradition of Satyananda Saraswati.
David holds Certificate IV in Teacher Training and Assessment from the Australian Government, Yoga Alliance 500 Hour certification, has received written authorization from K. Pattabhi Jois to teach Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. He has also completed teacher training with Richard Freeman.
David’s other interests are in music, healing and consciousness.
David is a research associate at the Bioelectrochemistry Laboratory Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and a consultant for Ivivi Technologies, USA, designing and modeling electromagnetic field signals for bone and soft tissue healing. He has published numerous articles in the fields of bioelectromagnetics and alternative medicine, holds patents for therapeutic healing signals, and has conducted research on Pranayama and Chinese Qigong practices.
He has been a professional musician since childhood, performing on saxophone and flute.
Swami Nishchalananda
Swami Nishchalananda is the director of the Mandala Yoga Ashram in Wales.
Sw. Nishchalananda oversees the running of the centre and the Satyananda yoga teacher
training courses where are run there.
He lived in India and was a close disciple of Swami Satyananda Saraswati for 14 years
and spent much time at his side.
Swami Satyananda Saraswati is the founder of the Bihar school of Yoga and from whom he
received extensive training in Yoga and direct Spiritual transmission.
During this time, he underwent rigorous Yogic practice, long periods of seclusion together
with a vow of silence (mouna). He also went deeply into Indian philosophy and mysticism and has an intuitive grasp and wide knowledge of the ancient Yogic and Tantric scriptures.
He mainly teaches the spiritual side of yoga and more subtle practices such as working with
the awareness through tantric practices to tune into more subtle layers of ourselves as we
are inevitably drawn towards our bigger destiny.
Swamiji feels very much at home in India and enjoys to travel both to the Bihar in the North
and to Kerala and Bangalore in the south.
Swami Nishchalananda will be teaching at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre June 2006.
Vigyana Bhairava Tantra Swami NishchalanandaRead more about Swami Nishchalanda and courses in Wales
Mandala Ashram websiteOrla Punch
Orla has been teaching yoga full-time for the past 10 years.
She received her intermediate level III certificate in Iyengar Yoga in April 2003.
She is committed to providing Iyengar Yoga classes of the highest level in Ireland and abroad.
She teaches regular classes and also one-to-one teaching in Dublin.
And she teaches weekend workshops around the country.
She has taugh a number of times at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre since the centre opened in 1999.
Her qualifications are an accumulation of 12 years of continuous study and exams, and Orla
is now working towards her senior grade.
Orla and her son Isaac inside the hermit's cave.
Orla has an infectious laugh, and before you know it your are laughing in her class, and
the next minute she has you doing some posture you never would have thought you could do so easily.
She has taught many people, both in public classes and privately.
She has provided special classes for people with mental health problems and Physical Disability.
Other specialist classes for Athletes, Golfers, G.A.A. players, Artists, Musicians and
most recently children!
Orla also studied Ashtanga yoga extensively over the last 7 years and has studied with
most experienced teachers, such as, Pattabhi Jois, Danny Paradise, Elizabeth Connolly, Grahme Northfield, David Swenson, Nancy Gilgoff and Annie Grover.
She introduced Ashtanga Yoga to Ireland 6 years ago, and organised numerous workshops
in Ireland inviting here many expert teachers who inspired the aspiring yogis in Ireland
Orla has now decided to focus on teaching Iyengar Yoga more exclusively as she feels
there are insufficient Iyengar classes.
She still oversees Ashtanga classes and has some excellent Ashtanga teachers working
with her, providing Ashtanga classes for all levels.
Other Qualifications:-
Diploma in Health and Fitness
Diploma in Clinical Stress Management
Certificate in Autogenics
Certificate in Yoga for Back Therapy.
She teaches up in Dublin and can be contacted at 087-9340839
Orla's website
Panchen Otrul Rinpoche
Panchen Otrul Rinpoche was born in Kham, Eastern Tibet, in 1939 to nomadic parents.
At the age of 5 he was taken to the local monastery of Dolma Lhakang. Here he
was cared for by two lamas, Lama Thuka and Lama Atsoe.
His personal teacher for seven years was the Ven. Lama Nqawang Tharde Lharampa,
who was the Senior Geshe at Drepung Gomang Monastery. He also received teachings
from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and from Ven. Ling Rinpoche and Ven. Trijang Rinpoche,
the junior and senior teachers of His Holiness.
In 1959, after the Chinese Communists took control of Tibet, Panchen ִrul Rinpoche
was placed in a concentration camp. In 1960 he was able to escape to India, where
he continued with his studies, receiving teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama
and the two venerable teachers of His Holiness.
In 1987 he travelled to the U.K. on behalf of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to work
on interfaith dialogue. Then, in 1990, he was invited by Irish students to become
Spiritual Director of a new centre in West Cavan, Ireland, to which he gave the name
Jampa Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre.
In 1995 Panchen ִrul Rinpoche travelled to Mongolia with His Holiness the Dalai
Lama who asked him to stay and teach Dharma to the Mongolian people. Since 1995 he
has travelled there each year for two months in order to help with the re-establishment
of Buddhism in Mongolia.
Rinpoche blessed the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre in 2002 and has taught here a
couple of times since the centre opened.
We look forward and hope to have Rinpoche teach here again in the near future.
Read more about
Rinpoche, Buddhist centre in Cavan website
David Gelleneau
David Robson
David Gellineau & David Robson:
David and David are
advanced yoga practitioners. They have studied
extensively in India, and each year return to deepen
their practice. The Davids co-direct the Catfish Yoga
Shala (www.catfishyoga.com) in Toronto, Canada, and
are also the originators of their own special brand of
partneryoga (www.partneryoga), which they teach at
home and abroad. Classes with David and David are
always dynamic, challenging, and tempered with
laughter.
I first met these guys in Mysore while they were living our there for a few months
in 2002. These guys were living, breathing, eating, and oozing Ashtanga yoga. And
in downtown Mysore that's not a bad place to be.
They have taught here in 2003, 2004, and are coming back here again
July 15th - 22nd 2005
Ashtanga Partner yoga with Robson Gelleneau & David Genneleau
These guys hang out in Toronto, Canada where they run their own studio
Catfish websiteGeshe Michael Roach
To learn more about Geshe Michael Roach please see
www.yogastudiesinstitute.org website
Brian Smith
Brian K. Smith is a founding Director of the Yoga Studies Institute. He has been teaching Asian Classics
Institute courses, guided meditations, and informal Dharma talks in Los Angeles since 2000,
in addition to teaching in New York, South Lake Tahoe, and Ireland. He is on the faculty of
Diamond Mountain University in Arizona (www.diamondmtn.org) as a professor of Sanskrit. Brian
is a member of the Board of Directors of the Yoga Studies Institute, and is Professor Emeritus
of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of several
scholarly books and translations based on Sanskrit materials.
Brian is certified to teach Classics of Yoga.
Brian will be teaching here July 2005
Buddhist yoga retreat with Lama Brian Smith and Kimberley Veenhof
Richard Spahn
Richard Spahn has studied Ashtanga with Pattabhi Jois and has been teaching Astanga for 15 years !
Richard began practicing yoga 23 years ago in the early 80's. He began with the spiritual
styles of Sivinananda among others, and also with the precision and attention to physical
posture of Iyengar yoga.
Richard was introduced to ashtanga by Cliff Barber and then studied for several years with
Shri Pattabhi Jois in India.
Later in the 80's many people asked Richard to teach them a little of what he knew, and he
began teaching regularily in Goa in the late eighties.
Richard is one of the most experienced Ashtanga teachers to ever teach in Ireland and his 7 day course in June each year books out well in advance, so you are advised to book early.
He has a long experience of both practice and teaching to draw on, and his gentle but
attentive manner is very calming and non judgemental as he often offers only a finger
to point the way to one opening up further in a posture, or a gentle adjustment to align
the body better during his Ashtanga class.
He places a large focus on the breath, and enables people to enter deeply into one's inner
space without forcing or pushing during this continious strong and challenging practice.
Richard will be teaching at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre June 2007.
Ashtanga 7 day retreat with Richard SpahnSotantar
Salvador Sotantar
Sotantar has practiced and studied yoga, meditation and healing since his childhood in Spain. The Patanjali Sutras, the Hermes Kybalion and the words of Carlos Castaneda became important influences in his life.
By his early twenties he moved to the United States where he continued his study in yoga and meditation. Later he found his connection with the Planet Gongs and he devoted himself to learning the ways of the Gong and Kundalini Yoga. He was privileged to meet and receive teachings from the Master of Kundalini Yoga, Yogi Bhajan, by whom he received his spiritual name to meditate on his life path and destiny - Sotantar - meaning beyond the boundaries of time and space and one who lives for the light.
Sotantar is now a widely recognized Gong Master and Kundalini Yoga teacher in his home base of Los Angeles and Orange County, as well as in Europe. He has worked with and had the opportunity to learn from world-renowned Gong Master Don Conreaux. He is also a Reiki Master Teacher, Sound Therapist and Hypnotherapist.
In addition to his regular classes, Sotantar brings his knowledge and energy of the Planet Gongs to workshops and retreats around the globe. He frequently visits Ireland, as he considers it home, and offers workshops throughout the country. The Burren is a special place of magical beauty, and some of the workshops take place outdoors in Nature.
Sotantar’s commitment to bringing awareness, peace, balance and joy to the universal community led him to create the Planet Gong Peace Project Meditation which takes place monthly. The Planet Gongs’ sacred sound creates a space for all the participants to experience joy and their true selves. The Gong’s vibrations carry throughout the world the intentions to expand global awareness, raising the frequency of the planet to a higher level of peace. The Project has simultaneous meditations occurring in various places in the world: North America, South America, Europe and growing.
His passion is teaching Kundalini Yoga and bringing the healing and transforming sounds of the Gong to the world. He enjoys giving Gong Baths and meditation and healing concerts to celebrate the peace, love and joy which is our natural state. He has recorded a series of CDs including the sacred sounds of the Planet Gongs and Tibetan Singing Bowls for meditation, awareness, and healing.
Kimberley Veenhof
Kimberley Veenhof acts as Managing Director and Staff Teacher for Yoga Studies Institute.
She has studied with Geshe Michael Roach and Christie McNally for six years, graduating
from the Asian Classics Institute Masters Program. She is currently studying the six-year
Tantric Course with Geshe Michael at Diamond Mountain University.
After a successful professional career in executive learning and development, Kimberley
took a 3-year sabbatical to study full time with many Yoga and Buddhist Masters.
She returned to organizational life to bring the wisdom of yoga to both spiritual and
secular communities, teaching yoga and personal development around the world.
Kimberley is certified to teach both Tibetan Heart Yoga & Classics of Yoga.
Kimberley will be teaching Tibetan Heart Yoga at the Burren Yoga and Meditation
Centre
Buddhist yoga retreat Lama Smith Kimberley
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