Kate Pell
Kate Pell began the long fruitful journey of Yoga practice in India in 1989. She trained with a student of BKS Iyengar in Trivanduram, for two weeks and felt so remarkably changed by the experience that she continued her own practice on returning home from her travels, along with classes with Joy Spencer, Ri Fraser and Frank Jesse.
Kate completed her studies in Sivananda and Kundalini Yoga in 1996 with Joy Spencer in Melbourne and studied with Peter Scott, her Iyengar Teacher Trainer at Noosa Yoga Centre from 2002 to 2005. She has complimented her Asana studies via a great interest in Kashmir Shiavism; studying a Siddha Yoga correspondence course from 1995 to 2000. Since 1996 Kate has practiced Vipassana meditation and more recently has supported Subhana Barzaghi, by teaching the Yoga component on her insight meditation retreats in Byron.
Kate began teaching Yoga in 1998 to the public and in 2000 taught Yoga as her full time career. After moving to Brisbane, from Melbourne in 2002, Kate set up her own very successful studios; ‘West End Yoga Studio’ and The Yoga Den in Annerley and West End.
Kate regularly hosted many teachers that inspired her most, including Clive Sheridan, Simon Borg-Olivier and Sue Scott. She has also hosted, Peter Scott, Neeta Datta, Alan Goode, Pixie Lillas, Shandor Remete and Donna Farhi. Kate completed a 150 hour training course with Donna Farhi in 2010 and has also studied Yoga Therapeutic with Judith Lasater. She continues to attend studies with Peter Scott her main Iyengar yoga teacher, when time provides.
Kate is a level 3 Senior Teacher with the Yoga Australia. She teaches from the inner happiness that springs from within. Her joy for teaching and assisting others brings great inspiration and a deep love for life itself. Kate’s joyful art of teaching can bring lightness into the dullest of days and assist you to find new ways of seeing just how brilliant and perfect you are, as you are.
Kate is looking forward to sharing her knowledge to everyone in the Southern Highlands.
Zara Matthews
Zara’s passion for yoga began in 1990 when she began her first classes and connected to the joyful calm and insights this practice offers. Zara takes an eclectic approach to her yoga blending the influences of many teachers and traditions, which include Tai Chi, Ashtanga, Siddha and Anusara Yoga.
Zara continues to hold enormous gratitude for her inspirational and prominent teachers, the likes of Donna Farhi, John Friend, Judith Lasater, Marcia Monroe, Eileen Hall, Simon Oliver Borg, Peter Scott, Clive Sheridan, Craig Sharp and Julie Taylor. Zara tirelessly immerses herself in the delights of yoga.
Zara continues her yogic studies primarily inspired by Donna Farhi and recently assisted Donna on her Advanced Yoga Teachers retreat in New Zealand. Zara offers her many skills as one of the two principal yoga teachers and creators of the Yoga Presence Teacher Training School. Zara combines her understanding of yoga with a long professional history within the mental health arena as a psychotherapist, counsellor and registered nurse. She offers years of practical clinical experience, insight and sensitivity to her life, her yoga teaching and work as a health professional.
Inspired by human relationships, movement and each individuals potential, Zara loves to share the exploration of the hidden assumptions, which inform our choices and actions. Those that enrich and those that hinder present experience. Zara carries a foundational belief that through self-enquiry into our unconscious wisdom we expand mindfulness within each second of life. Zara looks forward to sharing this exciting journey with you!