Nicole has been a full time yoga teacher for more than over a decade and has taught yoga worldwide. She has trained with a number of worldwide renowned yoga teachers, of which the most inspiring was Sri Guru Dharma Mittra who enabled her to deepen her knowledge about the Marga Asthanga and Vinyasa Yoga. Nicole studied Anatomy and Physiology intensively and likes to incorporate aspects of yoga therapy into her Yoga classes. She has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and skill, and her style of presentation involves a unique combination of determination and humour. Nicole has been delivering Yoga Teacher training courses in Ireland and the UK for more than 14 years. For Nicole, it has always been a priority to make Yoga classes and Yoga teacher training courses accessible to all, with no limitation on age, shape or ability. She returned to Europe from sabbatical in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in India. While living there for over two years, she deepened her knowledge on Vedic Chanting and Yoga Therapy within the Krishnamacharya yoga mandiram. Living in India had a profound influence not only on the spiritual aspects of her life. In the moment she rediscovering her old roots and studying with Liz Koch.
Enda Tweedy
E-RYT
Primary Course Tutor
Enda Tweedy and her gentle nature always surprises her students with her strength and endurance. She is compassionate about yoga, which mirrors her deep knowledge about Yoga and Anatomy, and her everlasting love for detail giving her classes and teachings the unique extra. Endas teaching approach is playful but firm. She is creating a space of acceptance within, and allows the students to explore and study and also to overcome limitations. Enda is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT). She has trained with renowned yoga teachers.
Enda is passionate about sports and established herself as the expert YOGA for SPORT, teaching yoga to the GAA and the Waterford Rowing Team.
Alan Lyons
MSc
Anatomy and Physiology Tutor
Alan Llyons MSc, is a Chartered Pediatric Physiotherapist who has spent his whole career to date working with children and young people with developmental disabilities, with a special interest in developmental orthopedics. Combined with his under- and post-graduate training, this provides him with a unique insight into both the developing and mature neuromusculoskeletal system.
Alan graduated with a BSc Physiotherapy Degree from University College Dublin in 2001 and with an MSc Physiotherapy Masters from University of Limerick in 2010 and is a regular Guest Lecturer to undergraduate Physiotherapy students in UL.
Alan works full-time for Enable Ireland Cork Children’s Services, and also in Blackpool Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic, a private practice owned by his wife Denise, also a physiotherapist. Alan also teaches weekly PhysioYoga classes from their practice.
Alan enjoys practising Iyengar and Ashtanga yoga, as well as running, cycling travel, film and music. He has completed several marathons including Cork, Dublin, Belfast and Paris.
Sarah Fox
BSc (Hons) Dip. Herbal Med. E-RYT MIRH
Tutor for Asana, Nutrition, Yoga Nidra/Meditation
Sarah Fox embarked on a Yoga Teacher Training course in 2010 to deepen her knowledge and awareness of the elaborate system of yoga. She is a proud graduate of Yoga Diploma Teacher Training, studied on an Advanced Yoga Teacher Training and is a certified Yoga Nidra teacher. She has been teaching yoga since 2011, including tutoring on Yoga Diploma’s Teacher Training. Over the years Sarah has striven to continue to deepen her knowledge, studying Yoga all over the world. She has been blessed to experience some amazing and distinguished teachers. Sarah teaches many styles of Yoga including Hatha, Vinyasa Flow and Yin Yoga. She has a keen interest in the nitty-gritty science of Yoga, including anatomy and physiology and the more esoteric theory, such as subtle anatomy. Currently she lectures Asana, Nutrition and Lifestyle, Subtle Anatomy and Meditation with Yoga Diploma.
Sarah believes that Yoga is beneficial for everyone and that the benefits of the practice, including mindfulness, equanimity, peace and balance, will seep in to every aspect of your life. For Sarah, yoga and well-being are a way of life that she wants to share with you through her teaching. Her intention is to inspire you to practice yoga on and off the yoga mat, so you can live your life with more health and happiness.
Eva Rybka
E-RYT
Course tutor
I love yoga so much that it can be infectious or really annoying depending on where you’re sitting. I’m trying to apply yoga principles everywhere, but I’m only a human, so you will see me sometimes eating an ice creams too.
I started my yoga practice many years ago with ups and downs, sometimes very serious, sometimes non for few months. And you know… it is really happening to all of us. Eventually, I realised that yoga is a great tool to make yourself happy and I do really mean that. Seeing things from different perspective can be an eye and heart opener (yes, I’m mad about inversions).
After big turn in my life I decided to take yoga teacher training with no particular intention to teach. But things evolved so much, that I actually can’t imagine my life now without sharing practice with others.
In 2013 I finished my 200 hour teacher training with Yoga Diploma in Cork, then took kids training course with Rainbow Kids Yoga in London in September same year. Having those two in background I started to teach public yoga classes and I was just amazed how enjoyable it is. I’ve practiced many different styles of yoga (in general, I think, it’s all same old hatha yoga, just with different labels, that really doesn’t matter for all benefits you get from practicing) and I use them as inspiration, but really I just teach mix that feels good in the moment.
I’ve been teaching yoga for a while now, but still mixing up my lefts and rights at least once in every single class. My goal is to make yoga challenging but accessible and to bring greater awareness to both body and mind in a safe and relaxed manner. I also try to keep yoga light hearted, which means you’ll hear some jokes sometimes and hear not to take yoga to serious.
Graham Daly
Philosophy Tutor
Graham first began using the Physical aspects of Yoga due to the desire to find more comfort in his seated meditation practice. The amount of positive change he received from all the elements of the science of Yoga led him to train as a Kundalini Yoga teacher as well as Ashtanga Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga. He then went on to take the ‘Mind and Meditation’ level two Kundalini Yoga teacher training and also trained in the technique of Yoga Nidra.
He has since been delighted to have the opportunity to share these wonderful health enhancing practices in various venues around Cork City and Ireland as a full-time yoga and meditation instructor and continues to work with teachers from different schools and backgrounds to further deepen his understanding and practice.
Nicole Henkel
E-RYT MA
Tutor – all subjects