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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…

Regina

Posted on: 2 February, 2023

Regina was a late comer to yoga who has fully embraced all the elements of yoga and has extended her passion by undertaking her teacher training with Himalaya Yoga Valley. She brings her authentic self to…

Annabel Beckham

Posted on: 5 February, 2021

From London, Annabel has been practicing yoga since her late teens. While growing up, her mother was managing a health condition caused by stress. She used yoga as a tool to help her and Annabel…

Viriam Kaur

Posted on: 23 January, 2020

Viriam has been teaching yoga philosophy for Teacher Training courses with Himalaya Yoga Valley since 2011. She is from the UK and has lived in India for the last fifteen years. Having trained with the…

Madeleine

Posted on: 25 May, 2023

Madeleine’s yoga journey began in 2015 when she was seeking a way to relieve job stress and find mental separation between work and home life. In yoga, she found a way to center total energy…

Gillian Forde

Posted on: 6 May, 2023

Gillian took her first yoga class in her teenage years at a community hall, but it wasn’t until she signed up to corporate yoga classes in her early 20s that she began a consistent practice.…

Niamh McGrath

Posted on: 5 August, 2021

Niamh started yoga for the exercise and relaxation aspects and have stayed for the lifestyle and life lessons it teaches. She completed her Yoga Teacher Training in Goa with Himalaya Yoga Valley and has been…

Katie Ann McCarthy

Posted on: 9 February, 2023

Originally from Cork, Katie-Ann started to practice Yoga at the age of 21 while travelling in Canada and absolutely fell in love with it. Over the years yoga has become an important part of her…

Edina Lebhardt

Posted on: 15 February, 2023

Edina discovered yoga in 2006 while working abroad. During her travels, she has tried many different styles of yoga. She started practising Iyengar yoga regularly after moving to Ireland. To this day,  she continues studying…

Yogita Mehta

Posted on: 4 February, 2021

Yogita was born in Delhi and studied Arts at Kurukshetra University graduating in 2007. Yogita is a RYT 300, having completed 200 and 300 hour and Teacher Training courses with Himalaya Yoga Valley in Goa.…

Carolann O’Driscoll

Posted on: 23 January, 2020

Carolann’s journey in yoga began in her late teens when her sister convinced her to go along to a class. It wasn’t until she was later diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, and yoga was recommended by…