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Yogacharya Lalit

Posted on: 23 January, 2020

Lalit is the Founding Director of Himalaya Yoga Valley Centre and the Hon. Secretary for International Yoga Federation for Ireland & Dharamshala. He has over 15 years experience teaching nationally and internationally. He is a…

Lisa Fahy

Posted on: 23 January, 2020

Lisa is from Cork where she commenced her yoga practice in 2007, initially to help with back problems. Following a yoga lifestyle is now an integral part of Lisa’s daily life and she believes that…

Sonya Clifford

Posted on: 23 January, 2020

Sonya began her yoga journey in 2001 stumbling into a class feeling stressed and exhausted from life in the corporate world. Looking for something new to try and not knowing what to expect, she left…

Treasa Kearney

Posted on: 23 January, 2020

Treasa’s yoga journey began in 2014, it was life changing experience for her. She suffered a head injury as a result of a fall in 2013. She joined Trish Hurley’s class to help her overcome…

Bernadette Cronin

Posted on: 23 January, 2020

Bernadette Cronin is a lecturer for Drama & Theatre Studies at University College Cork. She is a theatre-maker with GAITKRASH Theatre Company. Bernadette has always been interested in exploring the links between yoga and performance…

Mary Breen

Posted on: 23 January, 2020

I was in my early sixties when my daughter brought me along to my first yoga class. Being passionately involved in competitive sport all my life I believed that yoga would be too slow for…

Karen Bryan

Posted on: 23 January, 2020

Karen’s interest in yoga was first sparked when attending local yoga classes in West Cork at the age of 16. Her practice has helped her grow stronger, more confident and mindful. It has also been…

Laura O’Connor

Posted on: 13 April, 2022

Laura is a graduate of Himalaya Yoga Valley 200 Hour Teacher Training and a keen yoga practitioner. She has been practicing yoga since 2019 and fell in love with yoga from her very first class.…

Melissa Stark

Posted on: 5 August, 2021

Melissa is a Mysore Level 2 Authorised Ashtanga Yoga teacher. Melissa is a teacher and practitioner of many forms of yoga including vinyasa, ashtanga, prenatal, and restorative. After many trips to India, she received her…

Kate O’Loughnan

Posted on: 5 August, 2021

Kate started practicing yoga in her 20s when she was working as an Occupational Therapist in a highly stressful environment. She has since completed her Masters in Applied Positive Psychology Coaching and yoga teacher training…

Hannah

Posted on: 17 May, 2023

Hannah attended her first yoga classes in around 2012, with Himalaya Cork. From early on, she knew that she wanted to travel to India one day to complete her 200-hour yoga teacher training. In 2023,…

Gavin Demarines

Posted on: 5 February, 2021

Gavin initially trained as a yoga instructor in 2013 where he completed his diploma in fitness yoga where he taught for two years. In 2015 he travelled to Himalaya Yoga Valley to complete his 200hr…