Our Teachers

Jenny Hulin - Iyengar Yoga

Jenny has been involved in complementary health for over 20 years. She studied yoga in India in the 1980´s and was a founder member of the Devon School of Yoga.

Jenny has completed a 2-year Iyengar teacher training course and is now qualified with the B.K.S.I.Y.T.A. In the last 2 years, she has also attended workshops with a variety of senior Iyengar teachers.

As well as running “Spanish Yoga Holidays” she also teaches Yoga classes in centres in Devon including Sidmouth and Exeter.

Jenny is also a qualified complementary health practitioner and has studied reflexology, aromatherapy, macrobiotics and oriental medicine.

For more information on Iyengar yoga and Iyengar yoga teacher training, please visit the following sites:

www.iyengaryoga.com
www.iyengaryoga.org.uk

Trevor Taylor and Steve Pointer– Tai chi

Steve has studied tai chi and allied arts for 27 years. Previously, he studied under Master Mitsuzuke Harada for 18 years. He has also studied aikido, karate, sword and staff and specialises in a blend of crane & tiger animal systems. Steve has been instructing since 1981, is 47 years old and lives in the Alpujarras in a small olive farm that he has recently purchased.

 

Trevor has been practising tai chi for 18 years and initially learnt the yang form of Chen Man Ching whilst living on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. He has taught tai chi for the last 10 years in and around Orgiva and is a resident tai chi instructor at Cortijo Romero where he also runs weekly courses. 2 years ago he met Steve and this radically changed his approach to the discipline. Since then they have been studying and sharing their practice and now feel they would like to share this with as many and varied people as possible!

Brenda Blades - Iyengar Yoga

Brenda has practised yoga since 1981 and qualified as an Iyengar Yoga Instructor in 1991, certified to teach both asanas and pranayama (poses and breathing). She studied extensively in London and India at the Iyengar Yoga Institute where she returns on a regular basis. She calls herself the travelling Yogi as she has taught Yoga in numerous countries throughout the world. She is currently teaching at Cortijo Romero, a personal development centre in Orgiva, Spain.

Iyengar Yoga (a method of Hatha Yoga developed by B.K.S.Iyengar), is marked by dynamism and precision. It develops vitality, strength, endurance and flexibility whilst establishing correct body alignment and general wellbeing.
The self is explored through discovery and release of physical tension and psychological resistance. As practice continues ones ability to relax and concentrate improves. The concentration which such close observation requires draws your attention inward, quietening and integrating body and mind, creating mental alertness and inner harmony.

For more information on Iyengar Yoga please see:
www.iyengaryoga.com
www.iyengaryoga.org.uk

Duncan Hulin - Yoga

Duncan Hulin is the principal teacher, founder and director of the Devon School of Yoga.

He is a practising yoga teacher/therapist, Shiatsu practitioner and Ayurvedic Foot Pressure (Chavutty Thirumal) masseur.
Duncan healed himself of asthma using yoga therapy and has now been practising yoga for 25 years and teaching for the past 20 years.
He has been running successful yoga holiday residentials for the past 10 years in France, Spain and India.

Duncan brings a wealth of experience to his holistic yoga teaching which is drawn from an eclectic background. Equal emphasis is given to all the different aspects and styles of practice. Balance being the key between gentle and dynamic, effort and comfort, practical and theory and giving and receiving.

Skilful in adapting to individual needs in a group environment his holiday weeks are open to all, from beginners to the already experienced, while his courses (foundation and teacher training) and specialised weeks offer a more focussed approach.

In the past he has taught teenagers with learning difficulties and has led practical stress management programmes in schools as part of staff development.

Jan Williamson - Hatha Yoga

The yoga practised during the week is hatha yoga which is physical postures (asanas) combined with relaxation and breathing techniques. The aim being to establish a level of awareness and integration within each individual. The focus with yoga is for each person to be able to connect with their physical, emotional and spiritual self, in whatever way is appropriate to them at the time.

Yoga foundations are based in ancient eastern philosophy but they are, nevertheless, very relevant in the modern western world. It can help to reduce the inevitable stresses and strains, whether physical or emotional. Yoga practice is extremely versatile; it can exist in solitude or in the social atmosphere of a class situation and can be modified to suit age, ability and need. It can also be done in a co-operative sense, combining the skills and support of another person, in the form of partners yoga. The nature of yoga can also match emotions and mood; sometimes it can be quiet and reflective, at other times it can be sociable and light-hearted.

Also during the holiday, some of the yoga sessions will include meditation exercises, a variety of styles will be used so that each person can find the way that they feel most comfortable with. In the same way that yoga can be for everyone, so can meditation, the essence being to simply establish a quiet, exclusive time.