Teachers

Matt Quigley: I started teaching in the parks around Dublin in 2008. but 'Outdoor Yoga' didn't exist until 2009. I hold qualifications in Yoga of course, Pilates and Personal Training and have, at this stage, worked a fair bit in all. Pilates and all forms of fitness are great but Yoga is different. Sure, you start going for flexibility, fitness and all of that and if you want to leave it there that's cool. But there is so much more when you start to look a little deeper. Yoga has been around for thousands of years and holds some of the most important tools we can learn in order to live our lives fulfilled, happy and well and I consider myself privileged to be able to share some of these through Outdoor Yoga.
Niamh Condron is a Certified Yoga Teacher, trained with Annie Carpenter at USA’s prestigious YogaWorks in Los Angeles, California. She has been working in movement & body work for over 10 years, specializing in Dance, Body Mind Centering, Yoga & the Alexander Technique. She has travelled the globe, training with many wonderful movement and yoga teachers who have inspired her to pass on those life lessons she learned through these body-mind practices. Niamh teaches Vinyasa Flow Yoga. Her mission is to bring peace of mind and connection to self along with great strength and durability of body, to all students who take her class.
Natalya is a Vinyasa Flow Yoga teacher. She enjoys a physically strong but mindful yoga practice, with a focus on body awareness and quality of movement. She also believes that it is important to keep an open mind and a smile no matter how simple or challenging the yoga practice seems in the moment. In her classes she tries to offer a practice that is strong but playful, challenging but encouraging.
Susie Murray’s path to Yoga grew from a passion in dance. Having studied Ballet and Contemporary she developed an understanding of peace and harmony through this primal artistic expression of movement. In 2001 Susie was introduced into the style of Hatha yoga and from there her practice built steadily, extending from the mat and into her life. After 6 years of intensive practice in various styles of yoga, Susie qualified from the teacher training course in The Elbow Room in Dublin, having studied under Lisa Wilkinson, Debbie Corradino and Veronica Larsson. Susie then travelled to India, spending one month living in the Ashram of Yoga Vidya Gurukul in Nasik, where she was awarded another Teacher Training qualification. In these last few years she has studied with John Friend, Judith Lasater, David Swenson and Marie Quail all of which have deeply influenced her and inspired her. More recently she spent time in Fort Kochi India where she studied with her teacher Sajeevan Arakkal Manoharan. With over 10 years experience practicing yoga as a way of life, her classes are rooted in the beauty and the strength of the practice and she hopes to create a space of grace and honour for the soul.

Joakim (Joe) Saflund was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in December 1963.
"I have practiced for 12 years. I wish to thank the inspirational teachers I have studied with and continue to learn from: Aisling Guirke (Iyengar), Graeme and Leonie Northfield (Ashtanga Vinyasa), Anatoliy Zenchenko (Hatha), Veronica Larsson, Marianne Jacuzzi, Robin 'Togen' Moss... Thank you, the people coming to the classes, no people no class no teacher no student. I intend my practice to continue and evolve in the spirit of adventure, learning, and settling into being."

Now, after having done prior preparation through life and other practices, the study and practice of Yoga begins.
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 1:1

Deirdre Murphy: I began practising yoga at the age of 17 in my home state of Alaska,
exploring it as a physical practice to compliment my dance background. I began teaching yoga not only for the chance to share transformative experience with other folk, but also as a way to augment my income as a dancer. I have always enjoyed the physical intensity brought about by the Vinyasa style, and found that I loved translating the huge variety of yoga asana into coherent, structured flows. I found the book Moving Into Stillness, by Erich Schiffman, and found that his intuitive style was similar to my own experience of yoga. I went on to do teacher training with him in Santa Barbara, which opened my mind immensely. After teaching and travelling my way through many more of the states, and starting a family, I moved to Ireland. To my surprise I found myself again drawn in to the world of professional dance, where I find my daily yoga practice to be a grounding, stabilising and inspirational influence. Sharing yoga is, quite simply, my favourite thing to do.