TEACHERS
JANET CATESBY (Principal Teacher)

Janet has been practising yoga for 16 years and teaching for 11 years. Initially trained at the Sydney Yoga Centre by renowned teachers Eve Grzybowski and Mardi Kendall, she has continued her practice more recently with Iyengar teachers Pixie Lillas and Christine D’Aran at the Balmain Yoga Centre.

Over the years, Janet has dabbled in Ashtanga Yoga and Anusara Yoga, but has recognized that the best style of yoga for her personal practice is Iyengar Yoga. Iyengar Yoga offers an intelligent way of working the body physically, through correct alignment techniques, sometimes with the use of props to enable correct range of movement and thus enabling the body to be linked with the mind and breath for a "complete" yogic experience which can then be carried through the everyday living.

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from our own actions." – Dalai Lama

PHILLIP THORNTON

Phillip is our resident Naturopath and Massage Therapist, and as you can see, he also dabbles in teaching yoga. Phillip has been practising yoga for 10 years and teaching for 2 years. His classes focus on correct body alignment and grounding. Yoga has made Phillip physically strong and fit. Prior to yoga, he was a gym-junkie, but the wholistic practice of yoga has benefitted not only his own practice but also his practice as a Naturopath.

"We are what we repeatedly do" – Aristotle

VICTORIA (VICKI) CAMPBELL

Vicky is New Zealand born and comes from an Ashtanga background. She is a graduate from Yoga West Teacher Training, and is proficient in teaching both Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga.

Through her training with Yoga West, Vicki has discovered the life–changing benefits of Hatha Yoga and the intricate detail in posture, body alignment and awareness that this physical style of yoga offers.

Vicki is passionate about her own practice, and continues to learn through regular attendance of classes at Yoga West and with Pixie Lillas at Balmain Yoga Centre.

"I believe that all suffering is caused by ignorance" – Dalai Lama