Iris is a yoga teacher who assists individuals discover, build, and strengthen their path to inner peace using subtle, powerful yogic practices. Having explored yoga for more than 35 years, she feels honoured to share with you what she has learned about the power of yoga and yoga nidra to create wellbeing on a deep inner level.

Iris offers a safe space to explore yoga, respecting your inner journey and where you are at. Trusting your ability to listen within, together finding ways for you to move towards inner balance and to take care of your inner self and nervous system.

Whether it is∴ yoga for anxiety or stress∴ quieting your mind∴ strengthening your body & nervous systemIris believes with the practices of yoga and yoga nidra you can change your life experience.

Be calmer and stronger for the things you love to do.

Come and join us

∴ BACKGROUND ∴

I have been practicing yoga for over 35 years. My journey of exploring moving with my body started when I was 14 years old in a little dance studio in the backstreets of Berlin, Germany, in the late 1970s. I began taking tap dancing classes.

In my late teens I continued “working” with my body when I went to DIE ETAGE (acrobatics and dance school) in Berlin,  focussing on tap-dance, acrobatics and tightrope walking.  My search naturally developed into exploring the deeper aspect of the body-mind-spirit relationship, bringing me to yoga.

∴ STUDIES ∴

– in the late 1980’s I started taking Yoga classes with Shanti Gowans learning Shanti Yoga, Melbourne, Australia– then Iyengar Yoga with Frank Jesse and Murray Lazenby, Melbourne, Australia– after practising yoga for many years I undertook three years of yogic study and teacher training in the Satyananda Yoga tradition at the Rocklyn Ashram, Victoria and at the Mangrove Mountain Ashram Yoga Academy in NSW, Australia– completed Teacher Training Level 1 in 2007 and Level 2 in 2012– completed the 200 hour Yin Yoga & Anatomy training with Yin Therapy taught by Markus Giessen and Karen Sang, (students of Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers)– undertook a 50 hours Yin Yoga training with Mindful Yoga Academy– Mindfulness training with Dr Craig Hassad, author of “Mindfulness for Life”– various intensives with Donna Farhi, the widely published yoga teacher – Chinese Medicine for Yoga with Jennifer Raye