Yoga Dublin Studios

COLM WALSH: Colm, Director of Yoga Dublin Studios, discovered yoga in his late twenties and developed his interest from yoga as a pastime to, now, running the Studio. He is Iyengar qualified and brings this knowledge of precision and alignment to his instruction. He believes yoga is open to anyone, and a student should not be judged by the result, but by the effort getting there. More recently he has discovered Anusara yoga, and has been exploring that direction, training with Bridget Woods Kramer in Cornwall, and Triyoga, London. He has just completed his 108hour Teacher Training in this method. Now a father of three girls, Aoibhinn (5), Sadhbh (4)and Connie (2), his favourite pastime...is finding quiet places and perfecting a favourite pose, ..Savasana!

SAFFRON KIRWAN: Saffron is a member of the Irish Reflexologist Institute and the International Association of Infant Massage. She is a qualified reflexologist (including maternity reflexology), Infant Massage instructor, Birthlight Pregnancy Yoga teacher and Children's Yoga teacher.Saffron had baby Ruby in September 2007 , and has just come back after enjoying maternity leave. !Saffron's website

VERONICA LARSSON: A native of Sweden, residing in Dublin for some years, Veronica is qualified in Astanga and Iyengar instruction. She recently returned from Australia having completed a gruelling three year Practitioners' course under the tutelage of Graeme and Leonie Northfield, world renowned instructors. Her teaching style reflects that of her own practice, which is characterised by a heightened concentration on precision and a search for insight.

MARIA CALDWELL: Maria has been practising yoga for the past 5 years. Initially a student of strong hatha flow yoga, she came to yoga as many do, for stress relief and relaxation. From her first class she was hooked, and as time passed and her practise developed, Maria began to realise that yoga was improving her health, fitness for other activities, emotional balance - it was changing her life.
A couple of years later, taking her first Ashtanga Vinyasa class, Maria discovered a style of yoga that she found to be both challenging and rewarding, mentally, spiritually and physically.
As her practise developed, so did Marias interest in yoga practise and philosophy outside of asana. This led her to her teacher and mentor Paul Dallaghan, and she qualified as a teacher from his training in 2003.
Maria has a committed Ashtanga and pranayama practice, and is ever thankful for the inspiration, guidance and help of her teacher Paul with whom she continues to study.

LOU HORGAN: Lou was first introduced to Yoga in India eleven years ago, back in Ireland she began a casual practice that slowly built, prompting a return to India, where she studied with teachers from the Iyengar and Ashtanga and Sivananda traditions. She completed further training with The Life Centre in London gaining certification with the International Yoga Alliance and British Wheel of Yoga. Her practice takes an interdisciplinary approach, emphasising the connection between the quality of the bodys energy and ones experience in the world. Lou counts Rod Stryker of the Para School of Yoga as her primary teacher of late, however her greatest inspiration, her son Joshua, has taught her the deepest of lessons.. to live a fearless and joyous life.

DEIRDRE MURPHY: Deirdre Murphy has spent her entire life developing into an intuitive body worker.Over the last 20 years she has explored mind/body awareness through many forms of dance, contact improv, physical theatre, yoga, and massage. Her own yoga practice is rooted in raja yoga as well as her consideration of movement as an embodiment of art. From this flows graceful postural sequencing structured to create openings and awareness in the body, mind and spirit.Deirdre has taught and studied widely throughout the United States. After teacher certification in San Francisco she continued to live and teach there, moving on to teach at studios in New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Montana.She has completed workshops and trainings with Desiree Rumbaugh and David Swenson.Teaching prenatal naturally arose after the homebirths of her two sons,and she welcomes the opportunities to share her experience and knowledge.
Deirdre has practiced and studied massage in Chicago and Montana.She combines massage with light stretching, opening the body and releasing deeply held tension. Deirdre

PAUL CLANCY: Paul Clancy is a certified Pilates teacher and registered Hatha Yoga teacher. He holds an MA in Contemporary Dance Performance from the University of Limerick. He has also trained extensively with the Saratoga International Theatre Institute in New York, specialising in The Viewpoints methods of physical training, improvisation and performance.Paul's classes bring together his unique knowledge of pilates, yoga and dance in a challenging and dynamic synthesised fusion of styles.

Debbie Corradino: Debbie first came to yoga in 1994 as a means to unwind from an active lifestyle. She started to practice Ashtanga yoga with Richard Freeman in 1996 and practiced at the Yoga Workshop in Boulder for 4 years. An avid skier and mountain biker, she was fulfilled by the physically challenging practice of Ashtanga yoga and this was her primary practice for many years. Over the years as her yoga practice began to evolve, she began to yearn for different approaches to asana. She has been inspired by the inner-body, exploratory approach to yoga of Barbara Benagh and Wendy Bramlett; the yoga anatomy teachings of Tias Little; and the breathwork, wisdom and kindness of true yogis—Emil Wendel and Clive Sheridan. This has ultimately led her to develop a slower, contemplative approach to her own daily practice and teaching which is grounded in alignment, breath awareness and engaging the natural intelligence of the body. Debbie also practices Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in Dublin specializing in women's health, allergies, auto-immune and musculo-skeletal disorders.

Sinead O'Connor: Sinead has been teaching and practising yoga for many years. The style of yoga she teaches is Vinyasa Yoga. Vinyasa means flow so the class consists of postures that flow from one to another. Her classes are physically challenging emphasising correct alignment for a deep understanding of yoga asana (postures) through continuous flowing movement. Her classes are physically challenging so students walk away feeling exercised and calm. Originally having studied and trained under Dharma Mittra in New York. Sinead continues to study and grow as a teacher. She has recently found a new interest in Anusara yoga that she studies on an on- going basis. Sinead enjoys travelling around the world and checking out different teachers and styles of yoga. Sinead teaches pranyama (breath control) and relaxation. She is also a contemporary dancer and teacher. Her knowledge and natural talent for dance and movement hugely influence her yoga classes. Her teaching style and approach to yoga is unique and different. Sinead

Luna Dolezal: Luna Dolezal has been practising yoga for over ten years and teaching for the past five. She trained in Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT) in Santa Catarina, Brazil and has practised and taught with teachers worldwide, in Australia, Portugal, Canada, the States, Ireland, Anguilla and the UK. Influenced by her Vipassana meditation practice and her IYT training, Luna encourages students to ‘tune’ into their bodies in her classes, using asana, pranayama and meditative practices to develop corporeal awareness, inner sensitivity and an increased sense of physical, spiritual and emotional wellbeing. She currently lives in Dublin, and teaches Hatha and Astanga yoga in Yoga Dublin Studios, and at University College Dublin. She has completed training with RYE (Research on Yoga in Education), for using yoga techniques in an educational setting and is a dedicated Vipassana meditator. She is in Dublin completing a PhD in Philosophy, writing about the social and philosophical significance of introspective body practices.

Cathy Pearson

Cathy has been involved with yoga since 1996. Since then she has spent the years living between Thailand, India & Ireland deepening her understanding of the incredible depths of yoga with many different teachers. She is a qualified yoga instructor through Louisa Sear of Yoga Arts, who has been long established in South East Asia. Over the years she has studied various styles of yoga including Iyengar, Hatha, Ashtanga yoga & meditation. This varied experience has lead her to express her understanding of yoga in a dynamic way and teaches it as a transformational process that explores the individuality of each person. Her classes place emphasis on a deep connection with the breath, clarity and stillness of the mind, strength, balance, a graceful flow of moving mediation and the exploration of consciousness

Ruth Walshe: Ruth has been a dedicated practitioner since 1998 and has recently returned from India, having spent 2 months with her teachers Rajiv and Swati Chanchani, who she continues to study with. She was honored to be able to assist in both the medical and local classes this year. She is a qualified Iyengar teacher having trained with Grainne Gilleece and owes her gratitude to both Grainne and Rohan Hennessy for the evolution of her practice. She is also currently training in Somatic Movement Education.

Bridgette Horszowski: Bridgette has been studying mind and body development since her teenage years. She is fascinated by the choice of different paths that one can walk in ones search for the ultimate balance. She explored both Yoga and Pilates in depth before doing her teachers training, both in India and in Ireland. For the past 3 years she has taught both, saluting the complimentary aspects of the two disciplines.
She is a qualified Acupuncturist specializing in positive weight-loss, addiction and cosmetic facial rejuvenation. She also qualified in Sports Injury massage, Aromatherapy and Reflexology. Her life’s aim is to share her acquired knowledge thus helping others find the balance in themselves

Ross Cousens: ..originally hails from New Zealand where he trained in Judo, Aikido and Kung Fu. A chance purchase while on holiday in the UK in 1997 led him to a Tai Chi Chuan class with Master John Ding, he ended up staying 10 years longer than expected.Since 1999 Ross has taught remote classes and regularly assisted Master Ding in classes at the two London JDA, (John Ding Academy), branches. Furthermore Ross has assisted Master Ding in instruction at single, two and seven day seminars/retreats, in the UK Ireland, Belgium and Germany. Ross is a fully qualified Instructor within JDA and is permitted to run classes independently.In March 2007 Ross decided to take his Tai Chi Chuan full time and has been running ongoing Tai Chi Chuan classes across Dublin. He has also been providing one to one training and running a series of one day seminars that explore the principles and concepts more deeply.Through retreats and personal instruction with Master Ding, Ross continues to train and so deepen his knowledge and skill in Yang style Tai Chi Chuan.Master John Ding is the 6th Generation of the Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan lineage and is the founder of the John Ding Academy. He is the first Disciple of the late Master Ip Tai Tak and is one of the few people to have studied under all three formal disciples of the late Grandmaster Yang Sau Chung.

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