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 Nesta Falladown, E-RYT, Founder, Co-Director of The Yoga Centre of Burlington,
Graduating from the Shanti Yoga Institute in 1972, Nesta began teaching both adults and children in the Hamilton area.
She was introduced to Iyengar Yoga in 1993 by Francois Raoult. Immediately drawn to the alignment based practice along with its great benefits she has since focused her studies in this tradition. Nesta has
entered the life-long Path of Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training studying with her beloved master teacher Mahyar Raz. Travels to Pune, India, training with Sri BKS Iyengar and his family allow Nesta to flow the
string of practice through Guru to teacher to student.
Nesta is a Certified Cardiac/Cancer Yoga Instructor through Nischala Devi and Certified Restorative Yoga Teacher through Judith Lasater and is registered with Yoga Alliance. She teaches at Wellspring Cancer Support Centre and throughout Ontario. She founded the yoga teacher training program at the Yoga Centre of Burlington and has remained the director and senior teacher since its inception in 2002. Her background includes Human Services at McMaster University and Vocational Rehabilitation. Nesta is dedicated to passing on knowledge, passion and intelligence in practice, helping students reach their full potential. |
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 Margaret Heipel O'Grady, E-RYT, Co-Director. Margaret is an experienced registered, certified yoga teacher. Margaret began practicing yoga after the birth of her 3 children. The amazing benefits of practicing yoga drew her to train more intensely. Her first Teacher Training Course (500 hours), 2002-2004, began her fascination for the possibilities of yoga. The loving guidance of Nesta Falladown and the faculty of Yoga Centre of Burlington’s in depth training opened the door to the vast potential of being a yogi. She later completed Iyengar teacher Francois Raoult’s intensive Essential Teacher Training (200 hours) in 2007 at Open Sky Yoga, Rochester, NY. And still the training continued.
Margaret is also a certified Advanced Relax and Renew teacher, the result of master restorative teacher Judith Lasater’s inspired teacher training courses. Margaret has also participated in various training intensives with Iyengar teachers Elise Browning Miller (Yoga for Scoliosis), Laura Antelmi (Anatomy in Clay), Judith Lasater, Ramanand Patel, Body-Mind Centering training with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and exploring the Bhagavad Gita with Douglas Brooks, PhD. Because the sister science Ayurveda is also of particular interest to her, Margaret has attended lectures with Dr. Robert Svoboda, Sonam Targee, Dr. Deepak Copra, and Dr. Nitin Shah.
Margaret’s interest in anatomy and yoga is inspired by her training sessions with Thomas Myers and Laura Antelmi. Margaret continues on the path of learning Iyengar yoga with senior teacher Mahyar Raz.
Margaret also teaches at Wellspring Cancer Support Centre, Co-Directs the Yoga Centre of Burlington Teacher Training Program and teaches private yoga sessions to students with medical issues and movement limitations. Margaret is registered with Yoga Alliance.
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 Angela Del Franco, RYT is a Registered, Certified Yoga Teacher.
Angela trained as a dancer from youth in classical ballet along with other forms of dance to professional level at the Toronto Dance Theater.
She began her yoga teacher training by studying at the internationally acclaimed BirthLight for Perinatal Yoga and Baby Yoga with the founder Françoise Barbira-Freedman. Her training continued with a
certification for Pilates through the Pilates Institute, YogaKids foundation with Marsha Wenig and completed our teacher training at The Yoga Centre of Burlington. |
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 Tony
Murdock, has been practicing meditation and studying yoga philosophy and mysticism since 1972. In 1973 Tony received his spiritual name Vishnu Das, which means devotee of the preserving or
sustaining aspect of God. In 1980 Tony graduated from McMaster University with a Masters degree in Sanskrit and Hindu Religious History, and a minor in Christian Studies. His meditation experience gave him the tools to work successfully for 12 years in corporate middle management. It also taught him to balance his life as a meditator with his work and personal life. Since 1996 Tony has been facilitating meditation classes and workshops in various parts of Ontario and in Vancouver, BC. His personal practice and his coursework incorporate a blend of meditations drawn from a variety of religious and spiritual traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity.
Tony has been teaching meditation and yoga philosophy at The Yoga Centre of Burlington since 2000 and is one of the instructors in the Yoga Teacher Training Program. In 2004 he launched the Meditation Facilitator Training Program at The Yoga Centre. The 14 week 50 hour Spiritual Unfoldment Intensive and Meditation Challenge runs each fall at the centre. Please go to www.towardstillness.com for details.
In October 2000 Tony released his first CD entitled Toward Stillness: Meditations for the Beginner. His second CD entitled Kali Lila / The Playful Dance of the Divine Mother: Guided Meditations for Inner Transformation was released in 2002. His third CD, released in 2004, is entitled Toward Health and Wellness: Healing Meditations Developed from the Yoga Tradition.
Tony is also a faculty coach with the Yoga School Business ( www.yogaschoolofbusiness.com ). |
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 Davina Parkinson, E-RYT. Davina fell in love with the practice of yoga in 1996. After studying consistently at the Yoga Centre of Burlington, she finally decided to take the steps to deepen her pratice by enrolling in the Teacher Training as soon as it was offered three years later.
Completing the 500-hour certification over the next eighteen months, Davina became a Registered Teacher with Yoga Alliance. That same year Davina was given a weekly Gentle Yoga class at YCB and has never looked back. Always a believer in continuing education, Davina spent the next nine years studying with Francois Raoult of Rochester, New York.
In 2008, the truth of Guruji's (B.K.S. Iyengar) teachings became too insistent to ignore and Davina committed to the long and arduous path of studying to become a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher.
Recognized world-wide, the Iyengar tradition is known for it's attention to correct alignment in the poses and it's therapeutic results.
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 Burt
Peeters RYT, Burt shares his passion for yoga focusing in the tradition of B.K.S. Iyengar. He concentrates on detail of the structure and alignment of Yoga poses. Burt’s Yoga journey began in
California. This initial encounter led him to Ananda Ashram in Pondicherry, South India where he committed himself to a rigorous 6 month Teacher Training Course in classical yoga techniques. He then
broadened his approach with Iyengar teachers, Shyam and Mira Mehta in London, England, and with Bob Smith in Seattle. Several visits to the Lonavla Yoga Research Institute in India have also added depth to his practice.
For nine years, Burt practiced Vipassana meditation under the instruction of S.N. Goenka in Thailand,India, the U.S. and Canada. In the past seven years, he has been drawn to Advaita Philosophy returning regularly to India to visit various Advaita teachers. Burt takes regular seminars with Wayne Liquorman in North America. He continues to develop his own practice by regular visits with Iyengar teacher Francois Roault in Rochester New York.
Burt is registered with Yoga alliance |
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 Dr. Nitin Shah, M.D.(Ayurveda), Teacher Training Faculty,
Upon graduating from Gujarat Ayurveda University in 1984 with honours, Dr. Shah traveled to Varanasi for in depth study of Yoga and Ayurvedic Surgery. After completion of his post graduation from Institute of Post Graduate Teaching and Research he practised Ayurveda in the cities of India. His knowledge and experience is vast in the fields of Ayurveda-Panchakarma, Herbology, Ayurvedic lifestyle management and dietetics, and the management of Ano-Rectal disorders with specialized Ayurvedic para-surgical procedures.
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 Dominique Sy has been studying and practicing the art of yoga for over a decade. She was first drawn to the yoga practice at York University to help her balance student life. She has found enormous benefits and rich wisdom in yoga tradition and decided to pursue teacher training in order to share it with the community. She has graduated with honours from 250hr Teacher Training at Yoga Center of Burlington under loving guidance of Nesta Falladown. She has always had a keen interest in women's health and having gone through a healthy pregnancy and natural birth she finds enormous joy in teaching
Pre Natal and Mom and Baby yoga. Her daughter Isabella born in August 2009 is a constant inspiration. Dominique is certified Pre and PostNatal Yoga Teacher and is continuously extending her practice through various workshop with senior teachers.
She believes that anybody can benefit from yoga and encourages others to build a solid foundation for their practice through breath, postural alignment, and inner awareness. She loves seeing benefits yoga brings to others and gently guides and nurtures others on their own unique path. |
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