hannahmaya
I began practicing yoga in 2014; initially drawn to the physical benefits of the
asana practice, but soon noticed the power of meditation and pranayama (breath
techniques) which helped me discover some calm in my often anxious mind, and
leading me to discover more about myself in the process. This experience,
coupled with my keen interest in understanding life through the lens of other
cultures and philosophies, ignited further during my travels across south Asia
and the Pacific in 2018, lead me to seek more from yoga. Almost by chance, or
perhaps with good reason, I landed up embarking on my 200hr vinyasa teacher
training in 2019 with Yoga Beyond in Bali, Indonesia. This training, led by
Claudine and Honza Lafond, and Adam Whiting (who I met at Power Living in
Adelaide earlier that year), was a hugely transformative and rewarding
experience; I deepened my knowledge of the philosophical roots of this practice,
started to shift my approach to my own physical practice towards functionality,
and began to cultivate the skills required to share this with others.
