Yoga Moves & Centre For Movement Studies
Class Instructors
Studio Owner
Sara Elderfield, Yoga Teacher, Feldenkrais Practitioner and Meditation Instructor
Sara grew up in Indonesia, Burma, country W.A. and Perth. She studied literature at U.W.A. for three years before meeting her teachers (Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche and Karma Chime Shore ) in 1993, at which point she embarked on an exploration of yoga, movement and meditation. She began teaching in 1996 and in 1999 started Yoga Moves. At the beginning of 2005 she commenced the four year Feldenkrais Method training and now teaches group classes (Awareness Through Movement) as well as seeing clients for individual lessons (Functional Integration). Since 2006 she has been running the Centre for Movement Studies studio which is based in Shenton Park and hosting a variety of workshops and classes run by other local and international teachers. In addition to the classes which run each week, Sara has also taught in numerous workplaces and schools throughout Perth and the South-West and takes groups overseas (Bali, Nepal, Vietnam, Tibet, France and Japan) for yoga, Feldenkrais, meditation and walking retreats.
Phone or text: 0415 363 313
Email: sara@yogamoves.net.au
Term times: see timetable
YOGA INSTRUCTORS
Claire Schafer, Yoga Instructor
Claire has been a student of yoga for more than 22 years and completed her formal yoga teacher training in February 2007, under the tutelage of Kale Leaf at the Fremantle Yoga Centre. She uses yoga as a tool to become more present, grounded and aware in her everyday life. Yoga helps her juggle all her roles, including being a mama to two little people. Claire practices in the Hatha and Iyengar yoga traditions, with an emphasis on mindfulness. She also has training and a special interest in pre-natal yoga, and yin and restorative yoga. Her classes are infused with a sense of mindfulness, providing students with time to explore and self reflect. Students are encouraged to be present; to cultivate an awareness of the breath and the body; and to work within their limits, without pushing or pain.
Claire has been teaching at Yoga Moves for 15 years. In her classes there is an emphasis on body alignment, creative sequencing, holding poses for a period of time and the use of props (e.g. blocks, straps, blankets and bolsters). This allows people of varying ages, levels of health and fitness and those that are injured or pregnant to enjoy the benefits of yoga. All classes finish with a 15 minute guided relaxation/meditation experience.
All students are welcome to the classes. Wednesday morning classes (Beyond Beginners) are not suitable for absolute beginners.
http://www.findyourfeetyoga.com.au/
Phone: 0439 529 744
Email: findyourfeetyoga@gmail.com
Term times
Wednesdays: 9.15am - 10.45am +ZOOM, Beyond Beginners (mixed level Hatha, not for absolute beginners)
JESS Grunberg, YOGA INSTRUCTOR
Jess is a clinical psychologist, registered yoga teacher and Trauma Centre Trauma-Sensitive Yoga facilitator (TCTSY-F). She facilitates trauma-informed yoga, offering a safe, collaborative and empowering space to participate in yoga and yoga therapy courses. Trauma-informed yoga is supportive of individuals who have experiences of trauma and anyone who would like to practice yoga that is guided by the trauma-informed care principles of safety, trustworthiness, empowerment, choice and collaboration. Currently Jess facilities a weekly trauma-informed Vinyasa Flow class and a 5-week yoga therapy course Yoga for Trauma Recovery.
Yoga for Trauma Recovery is informed by her experience as a clinical psychologist and TCTSY-F. It is designed to be helpful for individuals with experiences of trauma, complex trauma and other mental health issues. In this course, participants learn about and practice grounding, making choices, body awareness, breathing practices and present moment awareness.
Phone or text: 0411 673 212
Email: hello@zosiayoga.com
Term times: Tuesdays
9.30am -10.30am: weekly class, Yoga for Well Being + ZOOM.
11am - 12pm: Yoga for Trauma Recovery (TCTSY; 5 week course)
1 hour private classes between 9am - 2pm (bookings only)
JANE LESLIe, Yoga Instructor
Jane is a physiotherapist, Clinical Pilates instructor and yoga teacher. She has extensive movement therapy training and 20 years of rounded experience.
Jane is dedicated to helping clients post injury or surgery, peri-natally, or with chronic conditions to recover their strength and mobility with a holistic, movement-based approach. She draws from her broad skill base to engage her clients in a program that meets them right where they are and is the best fit for their lifestyle.
With a strong physiotherapy foundation, Jane’s deep respect for yoga philosophy is underpinned by a commitment to evidence-based practice.
Jane graduated from the University of Sydney in 1998. Having initially worked in hospital, military and overseas aid physiotherapy, Jane moved into private practice in 2001 with a focus on Clinical Pilates and mind-body approaches to treatment. Being trained in several styles of Clinical Pilates, the neuromuscular approach of DMA Clinical Pilates, woven with pain science, functional rehabilitation principles and knowledge of yoga, now forms the core of her physiotherapy practice. She has worked with this style of movement therapy in private practice in Hong Kong, Melbourne, and Perth since 2002.
Jane became a Yoga Alliance registered yoga teacher in 2008 while living in Hong Kong and has completed Yoga for Arthritis ™ and Yoga for Pain Practitioner training. She brought Yoga for Arthritis ™ to Australia in 2014; has instructed arthritis modules at Yoga for Pain Care teacher trainings; and continues to provide an evidence-based yoga program for Arthritis WA. Jane has taught specialised yoga for peri-natal women; teens with joint conditions; and groups with arthritis, osteoporosis and chronic pain and she is always thrilled to witness the positive changes in both physical function and quality of life in her clients.
As a yoga teacher, Jane invites students to explore their abilities and find enjoyment in their practice and the wide-reaching benefits of regular yoga. Her teaching approach concentrates on precision and alignment on a base of functional core stability. Jane has a strong belief in both supporting and empowering each person with the tools needed to create positive changes in lifestyle, posture and movement.
Her physiotherapy practice is informed by training in several styles of Clinical Pilates, most notably the neuromuscular approach of DMA Clinical Pilates, woven with pain science, functional rehabilitation, and yoga. She currently sees clients for individual and small group sessions at the Yoga Moves Studio (more info: yoyana.com.au), and for Clinical Pilates at Wisdom Physiotherapy, Nedlands.
Jane’s “Respond” Yoga classes at Yoga Moves draw from this background. She invites students to explore their abilities and find enjoyment in their practice and the wide-reaching benefits of regular yoga.
Term Time: Mondays, 5pm - 6.15pm and Wednesdays, 4pm – 5:15pm
Phone: Please SMS 0429 922 883
Enquiries and bookings: jane@yoyana.com.au
Sean McKay, Yoga Instructor (Relief teacher)
Sean has been working in the health industry for over 30 years and is still passionate about studying and learning how to live a potent life. Working with his students both individually and in groups, he is enthusiastic about working with people who share this goal and facilitate their explorations of their own potential and enacting it in their lives. Sean began teaching in 2000 but has been a keen student of Yoga for over 30 years and still finds its philosophy to be the cornerstone support in his own life. He has had the great good fortune to be taught by a number of extremely accomplished teachers of Yoga and other health related philosophies, which he loves to share with interested students.
Sean is a qualified physiotherapist with over 30 years of clinical experience and still practices from his own practice in Perth. He regularly uses his understanding of Yoga in his physiotherapy practice.
Sean is also a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, which he combines with his other areas of study that include Pilates, Acupuncture, Ayuveda health coaching and Hypnosis. Sean’s yoga classes draw from this background and he is very grateful to his teachers for their ongoing support and guidance. He invites students to explore their possibilities and experiment to find their own enjoyment. The alignment-oriented approach incorporates, strength, balance and flexibility in asana and sequences to promote joint health. He encourages participants to develop their own regular practice of this profound and ancient philosophy of Yoga.
Enquiries and bookings: Please SMS 0417 849 425
Email: Sean.mckay@westnet.com.au at least 24 hrs prior before the class.
Jen Opie, Yoga Instructor (relief teacher)
Jen loves yoga’s capacity to engender awareness, self-care, strength and a sense of wellbeing. Her classes combine thoughtful and playful movement, strength building, dynamic flowing movements, meditation, and relaxation. Jen aims to imbue components of mindfulness in her yoga classes, including focused awareness and compassion so that a quality of gentle kindness is encouraged. She delights in movement and aspires to support students’ awareness, acceptance and enjoyment of their unique biomechanics so they may move with ease in a non-competitive environment.
After completing a Hatha Yoga Teacher Training program with Friends in Yoga at Beacon Yoga Centre, Perth in 2009, Jen began teaching at Yoga Moves in 2010. Here she also began practising mindfulness meditation, and later conducted a research project on mindfulness-based health enhancement for medical students at Monash University in Melbourne. She then worked as a mentor on mindfulness courses on Monash University’s online teaching platform. From 2014 to 2016 Jen taught yoga at The Yoga Lab, Melbourne and delved into various workshops and training opportunities to explore the anatomy of yoga, teaching methodology, and embodied practice. She completed a second teacher-training course in India in 2015 and teacher training workshops with Ihana Yoga, Melbourne, and has recently completed a masters in clinical psychology.
Jen teaches Hatha Vinyasa Yoga. The hatha references held poses (asanas) and the vinyasa references flowing movements, in particular sequences in which poses are connected.
Term time: 9.15am - 10.45am Saturdays
Phone: 0406 773 768
Email: jen.o.ihana@gmail.com
Peter Humphry, Yoga Instructor (Relief teacher)
I started practising yoga in 2006 looking for something to increase my strength, flexibility, and general physical health. I enjoyed it right from the beginning, and began to explore different styles, with different teachers; and as I learnt more I started to develop a deeper understanding of all the benefits that a regular yoga practice brings. As it brought strength, flexibility, and balance to my body, it also brought those same qualities to my mind, enabling me to enjoy the highs in life more, and also to cope better with the lows; it helped me start to live a more full and balanced life. I wanted to share this experience and to this end I embarked on the 350 hour teacher-training course at Fremantle Yoga Centre. My classes balance physical asana (postures), movement, and breath work.
Pete recently retired but we will see him for relief teaching in the future.
FELDENKRAIS PRACTITIONERS
Sara Elderfield, Feldenkrais Practitioner and Meditation Instructor
Sara grew up in Indonesia, Burma, country W.A. and Perth. She studied literature at U.W.A. for three years before meeting her teachers (Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche and Karma Chime Shore ) in 1993, at which point she embarked on an exploration of yoga, movement and meditation. She began teaching in 1996 and in 1999 started Yoga Moves. At the beginning of 2005 she commenced the four year Feldenkrais Method training and now teaches group classes (Awareness Through Movement) as well as seeing clients for individual lessons (Functional Integration). Since 2006 she has been running the Centre for Movement Studies studio which is based in Shenton Park and hosting a variety of workshops and classes run by other local and international teachers. In addition to the classes which run each week, Sara has also taught in numerous workplaces and schools throughout Perth and the South-West and takes groups overseas (Bali, Nepal, Vietnam, Tibet and Japan) for yoga, Feldenkrais, meditation and walking retreats.
Phone: 0415 363 313
Email: sara@yogamoves.net.au
Term times: see timetable
JENNY D'CRUZ, Feldenkrais Practitioner
Jenny D’Cruz is a Feldenkrais Practitioner and Physiotherapist. She discovered through her own experience with Feldenkrais lessons that movement quality and posture can become easy and graceful. Jenny has been teaching Awareness Through Movement® classes since December 2015. and has over 25 years’ experience as a Physiotherapist working within both the private and public health systems She has extensive experience in the fields of arthritis, osteoporosis, balance training and falls prevention, joint replacement prehab and rehabilitation, pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation. Jenny has also taught Ante-Natal and Post-Natal education and exercise programs and also worked on Maternity wards looking after mothers with musculoskeletal issues and post-natal care. She believes that empowering her clients with knowledge and self-awareness results in improved self-management and less dependence on others for treatment. Jenny also offers Functional Integration lessons.
Email: jen.infinitemovement@gmail.com
Phone: 0439 881 300
Term time: Jenny is now based down south in Yallingup and Dunsborough
MEDITATION TEACHERS
Richard Yin, Meditation Instructor
Richard is a G.P. with a special interest in the holistic management of those with chronic pain. He has post-graduate training in the Feldenkrais Method, acupuncture, manipulative therapy and musculoskeletal medicine. He is also a long-term meditator aware of the interrelationship between body and mind.
Contact Gaby: mindmed@tpg.com.au
MICHAEL BOBROWIcz, Meditation instructor
Michael has been meditating for 25 years mostly within the Buddhist tradition. He studied for over 20 years with the Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche. Michael worked both in private enterprise, owning companies and in the public sector managing waste and recycling for the city of Brisbane and has a good understanding of how to integrate meditation with a busy career. He loves meditation.
Contact Denise: calmabidingmed@hotmail.com
CHIME SHORE, Meditation Instructor
Chime (pronounced Chimee) Shore has studied and taught in the Buddhist tradition for over 30 years. He received ordination in both the Theravadin and Vajrayana Traditions. He is a meditation teacher, sculptor, community worker and father. He has also worked in the mental health system helping people with their personal recovery. All of these things inform his teaching. Chime is known for his ability to speak directly and with kindness. Born in Canada, he now lives and teaches in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. He is the founding teacher of the Origins Centre in Balingup and The Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre near Nelson, New Zealand. He is currently based at the Origins Retreat Centre in Balingup and leads regular meditation (mindfulness) retreats for individuals and families.
Email: Origins Centre & Coorain origins@iinet.net.au
Sara Elderfield, Feldenkrais Practitioner and Meditation Instructor
Sara grew up in Indonesia, Burma, country W.A. and Perth. She studied literature at U.W.A. for three years before meeting her teachers (Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche and Karma Chime Shore ) in 1993, at which point she embarked on an exploration of yoga, movement and meditation. She began teaching in 1996 and in 1999 started Yoga Moves. At the beginning of 2005 she commenced the four year Feldenkrais Method training and now teaches group classes (Awareness Through Movement) as well as seeing clients for individual lessons (Functional Integration). Since 2006 she has been running the Centre for Movement Studies studio which is based in Shenton Park and hosting a variety of workshops and classes run by other local and international teachers. In addition to the classes which run each week, Sara has also taught in numerous workplaces and schools throughout Perth and the South-West and takes groups overseas (Bali, Nepal, Vietnam, Tibet, France and Japan) for yoga, Feldenkrais, meditation and walking retreats.
Phone: 0415 363 313
Email: sara@yogamoves.net.au
Term times: see timetable