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the Mindfulness Training Institute (UK &amp; USA)\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending a Trauma-Sensitive-Yoga training program in Australia\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\nAttending several Open Floor Training Programs (Conscious Dance)\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2017<\/strong> Teacher for INSPYA\u2019s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Meditation, \u0100sana, Bhajans &amp; Basic Sanskrit)\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, Austria, and Australia\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Working as a mentor at the TTC-program at the Mindfulness Training Institute (UK &amp; USA)\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending several yoga retreats as a student 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INSPYA\u2019s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Meditation, \u0100sana, Bhajans &amp; Basic Sanskrit)\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for several studios in Germany, Austria, and Australia\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teaching several Yoga Workshops in Europe\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Conducting the Insight Yoga Retreat in India (together with Apple Zhang &amp; Oles Krolikowski)\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Charitable Prison Yoga Project, in the Strafvollzugsanstalt Hesepe and Meppen, Germany\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Student in year-long TTC-program at the Mindfulness Training 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charitable Prison Yoga Project, in the Strafvollzugsanstalt Hesepe and Meppen, Germany\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong> 2012<\/strong> Teacher for INSPYA\u2019s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Meditation, \u0100sana, Bhajans &amp; Basic Sanskrit)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for the WINstitut and INLINE Akademie in Germany (Director for Yoga Philosophy and Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Successfully completing the 200-hour Teacher Training Course in Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma at the Kaivalydhama Institute in Lonavla, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Conducting the Insight Yoga Retreat in China (with Apple Zhang &amp; Oles Krolikowski)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Conducting several Yoga Workshops and Retreats in Europe, China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2011<\/strong> Teacher for INSPYA\u2019s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Meditation, \u0100sana, Bhajans &amp; Basic Sanskrit)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Successfully completing the 200-hour Teacher Training Course in Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma at the Kaivalydhama Institute in Lonavla, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Conducting several Yoga Workshops in Europe and Australia\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2010<\/strong> Teacher for INSPYA\u2019s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Meditation, \u0100sana, Bhajans &amp; Basic Sanskrit)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --> Founded Insight Yoga\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for the WINstitut and INLINE Akademie in Germany (Director for Yoga Philosophy and Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Conducting several Yoga Workshops in Europe and Australia\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending several Retreats in the Insight Meditation and Zen Tradition\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2009<\/strong> Teacher for INSPYA\u2019s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Meditation, \u0100sana, Bhajans &amp; Basic Sanskrit)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for the WINstitut and INLINE Akademie in Germany (Director for Yoga Philosophy and Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending several Retreats in the Insight Meditation and Zen Tradition\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2008<\/strong> Teacher for INSPYA\u2019s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Meditation, \u0100sana, Bhajans &amp; Basic Sanskrit)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teacher and lecturer on Yoga Teacher Training Courses for the WINstitut and INLINE Akademie in Germany (Director for Yoga Philosophy)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending several Retreats in the Insight Meditation and Zen Tradition\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2007<\/strong> Teacher for INSPYA\u2019s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Meditation, \u0100sana, Bhajans &amp; Basic Sanskrit)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Shiatsu Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises and Meditation at The Sanctuary Byron Bay\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Continuing Correspondence Course with YREC, Georg Feuerstein, USA in Yoga Philosophy\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending several Retreats in the Insight Meditation and Zen Tradition\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2006<\/strong> Working for The Sanctuary Byron Bay as a Shiatsu Practitioner, Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises, Meditation and Nutritional Therapist\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Working for Yoga Arts &amp; ISHTA Yoga\u2019s Yoga Teacher Training Courses as a teacher for Meditation, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Yoga Therapy &amp; Principles of Shiatsu &amp; Yoga Philosophy\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teacher for INSPYA\u2019s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Meditation, \u0100sana, Bhajans &amp; Basic Sanskrit)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2005<\/strong> Working for The Sanctuary Byron Bay as a Shiatsu Practitioner, Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises, Meditation and Nutritional Therapist\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Working for Yoga Arts &amp; ISHTA Yoga\u2019s Yoga Teacher Training Courses as a teacher for Meditation, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Yoga Therapy &amp; Principles of Shiatsu &amp; Yoga Philosophy\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teacher for INSPYA\u2019s international Yoga Teacher Training Courses (Yoga Philosophy, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Meditation, \u0100sana, Bhajans &amp; Basic Sanskrit)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2004<\/strong> Working for The Sanctuary Byron Bay as a Shiatsu Practitioner, Instructor for Therapeutic Qi-Yoga Exercises, Meditation and Nutritional Therapist\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Working for Yoga Arts\u2019 Yoga Teacher Training Courses as a teacher for Meditation, Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, Yoga Therapy &amp; Principles of Shiatsu &amp; Yoga Philosophy\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2003 <\/strong> Running workshops in Chinese 5-Element Theory and its application in Yoga Therapy, also in Moxibustion, and Zen Shiatsu at Yoga Arts\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Student at Yoga Arts\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Correspondence Course with YREC, USA in Yoga Philosophy\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending a one-month Yoga Retreat with Clive Sheridan in Bondla, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2002 <\/strong> Working as a Shiatsu Therapist in Bristol, England, specialising in D &amp; A Rehabilitation (Working privately with clients from that background, and at the Rehabilitation Centre Chandos House)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teaching regular Hatha Yoga classes in Bristol, England\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teaching Zen Shiatsu with Simon Moyes (British School of Shiatsu) in Rishikesh, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->International Workshops in Shiatsu and Yoga (Ireland, Germany, India)\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Does a two-month silent Meditation Retreat at Gaia House, Devon, England.\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending a one-month Yoga Retreat with Clive Sheridan in Bondla, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2001<\/strong> Working as a Shiatsu Therapist in Bristol, England\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Working as a Yoga teacher in Bristol, England\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teaching Zen Shiatsu with Simon Moyes (British School of Shiatsu) in Rishikesh, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending a one-month Yoga Retreat with Clive Sheridan in Rishikesh, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>2000 <\/strong> Assisting Sakis Theophilos (Zen Renaissance Centre, Sydney) on his Shiatsu courses in Asia\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teaching Zen Shiatsu with Simon Moyes (British School of Shiatsu) in Rishikesh, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Working as Shiatsu Therapist at Karuna Niketan Healing Centre, Varanasi, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Three-month solitary Yatra (Hindu Pilgrimage) along the river Narmada in central India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending a one-month Yoga Retreat with Clive Sheridan in Rishikesh, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>1999<\/strong> Assisting Sakis Theophilos (Zen Renaissance Centre, Sydney) on his Shiatsu courses in Asia and Europe\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Co-teaching Shiatsu with Ansgar Schoeberl (Shiatsu School of Vienna, Austria) in Veszprem, Hungary, also teaching daily Yoga classes\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Teaching Hatha Yoga on the Bodhgaya Vipassana Meditation Retreats of Christopher Titmuss\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph 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Tradition\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>1996<\/strong> Studying English Language Teaching at Cambridge University\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Working at Dhamma D\u012bpa Vipassana Meditation Centre in Hereford, England\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending several Meditation Retreats in the Vipassana Tradition\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>1995 <\/strong> Co-managing Dhamma Shikhara Vipassana Meditation Centre in Dharamsala India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Volunteer work with disabled children in Amritsar, India\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->Attending several Meditation Retreats in the Vipassana Tradition\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>1994 <\/strong> Training to be an assistant teacher for disabled children at the Raboisenschule for Disabled Children in Elmshorn, Germany\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph 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