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General Background
Training
Melanie has trained in India and Thailand on and off for the last 10 years. 
Initially to learn advanced Thai Yoga Massage therapy techniques, followed by Ashtanga Yoga in Mysore with Sharath Jois - the Grandson of Sri K Pattabhi Jois - and more recently in Kavalyadham with Shri K Tiwariji where she became one of very few certified teachers of Pranayama.
Today, Melanie brings all these skills together and offers therapeutic and health regeneration through these traditional tools, techniques and systems offered from all her extensive training in the east.
Yoga Training
2011 Pranayama Teacher Training at Kavalyadham Yoga Institute
2011 RYT500 Yoga Alliance
2011 Yoga Therapy for Respiratiory Disorders with A G Mohan
2009 Assistant in Ayervedic Therapies at Kavalyadham Yoga Institute
2008 First Pranayama Training at Kavalyadham Yoga Institute
2008 Register of Exercise Professionals
2006 RYT 200 Yoga Teacher Training c/o Michael Gannon – Ashtanga Americas
Thai Massage Training
2008 Thai Yoga Massage with Shiatsu c/o Sunshine Network
2006 Nerve Touch Healing with Medicinal Herb Packs
Nerve Touch Centre, Thailand
2006 Traditional Thai Massage: The Blind Centre, Thailand
2004 Thai Yoga Massage: Treatments and Therapies with Asokananda
2003 Thai Yoga Massage with Itzack Helman, The School of Thai Massage
Holistic Training
2004 Diploma in Anatomy and Physiology
2004 West Hertfordshire Hospitals: Using Therapies with Cancer Patients
2005 Health Creation Mentor with Dr Rosy Danials, Bristol
2008 Yoga for Children in Early Years
2004 Reiki First Degree
Practical Experience
Corporate Yoga
UK Telecommunications Company
Pharmaceuticals Organisation
International DataBase Organisation
Yoga Classes and Courses
Executive Training Programmes at Cranfield University
Breathings Space Spa
A Range of Gymns in the Hertfordshire area
Respite Care using Therapeutic Massage
Grove House Hospice
A range of Residential Care Homes in the Hertfordshire area
Workshops: Massage Techniques and Training
Thai Massage at Breathings Space Spa
Residential Care Homes in the Hertfordshire area
Influecers
Guiding Teacher .... Paul Dallaghan, Director Yoga Thailand
"Practice is the best of all instructions." Aristotle
Asana with Paul Dallaghan, Director of Yoga Thailand
Pranayama with Shri O P Tiwariji at Kaivalyadama Yoga Institute
Thai Massage with Itzack Helman of The School of Thai Yoga Massage
Lino Miele, Sri K Pattabhi Jois, Danny Paradise, David Swenson, Granville Cousins, Hamish Hendry, Joey Miles are additional teachers who have helped to add depth and strength to my practice. Thank You for your time and patience.
The Greatest Influence
All my students and clients: ThankYou and Blessings
The Greatest Buzz
Walking into a class and it’s buzzing with the excitement of the yoga practice and meeting up with colleagues; Seeing the amazement when a student accomplishes a particular posture for the first time; To see a client leave with all traces of stress having left their body.
Namaste
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May the jewel in the lotus shine forth this light of love and compassion to unite all existences as one
