Yoga Teachers

Greg is a senior teacher with the Australasian Yoga Institute and has taught at Yoga West  for 20 years. He considers himself privileged to have learnt from many senior Iyengar teachers,  in Australia with John Leebold, and overseas. Greg has a passion for restorative yoga and brings to the studio decades of experience as an…

Louis was first introduced to Yoga in 2002 to settle his mind and help deal with everyday stresses from his professional career. He started learning Iyengar Yoga with John Leebold and went on to become a certified teacher. He has studied with a number of senior Iyengar teachers both in Australia and overseas. Yoga has become…

Amrit Kendrick’s yoga teaching began in 2002 but she qualified as an Iyengar teacher in 2021. Grateful to have this ancient practice in her life she has benefited from it through pregnancy, postpartum times and menopause, and also when recovering from major surgery. She has compassion for aging bodies and loves teaching children with their…

Marina has been practicing and teaching yoga since 1986. Her main teachers were Mr. BKS Iyengar and his daughter Dr. Geeta Iyengar, and she holds a Level 4 Iyengar Yoga Teaching certificate. Marina arrived in Australia in January 2001 and taught at the Western Australian School of Yoga in Fremantle for about 6 years before…

Gesine has been an Iyengar Yoga practitioner since 2003, studying under John Leebold and Ann Horsley in Australia, and Marlene Mawhinny and Judith Mirus in Canada. She is a certified Level 2 teacher and has taught in both Australia and Canada. Gesine has visited the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India, several times, studying under the…

Jan started yoga in 1996 at what was then Challenge Stadium. She was hooked from the very first lesson, and has been a conscientious practitioner since then. As a result of wanting to deepen her practice, but with no intention of teaching, Jan practiced under the tutelage of Anne Horsley at Rossmoyne Yoga Centre who…

Nadine has been practising Iyengar Yoga since 2000 and is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. Every moment she spends on the mat is part of a learning process. Through her personal practice, Nadine has discovered her strengths and boundaries, both physically and mentally, which has shown her that the challenges life throws our way are…

Kim started practicing Iyengar yoga at the turn of the century, first learning with Andre Xanardo at what was then Challenge Stadium. She came to Yogawest around 2015 and commenced teacher training with John Leebold three years later, achieving certification in May 2021.As a dancer, Kim has always enjoyed a physical practice. As a physiotherapist she…

Gillian has been practicing yoga in the Iyengar tradition since 1997 where by sheer good luck she stumbled across the studio in Queen Street, Perth.  She learnt and practiced there over the years, through thick and thin and sometimes in faraway parts of the world. In 2004 Gillian began teacher training with John Leebold and…

Elisa is lifelong practitioner and a certified Iyengar teacher. Elisa’s mentors are celebrated luminaries of Iyengar yoga. Her first teacher was Luise Wörle. Elisa then completed her formal training with Cle Souren and Nanda Peek in Amsterdam. Elisa went on to further her studies for many years under guidance of Dona Holleman in Italy. Prior to joining…