teachers

PERSONAL PROFILES

CAROLE BAKER B.Sc. Catering & Business Admin.

Carole ’s Yoga journey began in 1995 after the birth of her second daughter via caesarean section.

“It was when my Grandma asked me if I was pregnant again, that I thought I had to do something about my shape and size! I started attending a regular gentle class and was surprised how, even when I didn’t feel as if I was doing much, I would always feel my muscles the following day or two. I got addicted to a Power Yoga Class a couple of years later and found that it gave me great strength & flexibility but also toned my shape and energised me too”.

3 years after the addiction to yoga began; she completed the British Wheel of Yoga Teacher’s Diploma course, recognised as the governing body for Yoga in the UK and affiliated to Sport England. It is the most widely sought after teaching diploma there is.

“I started teaching in Health Clubs and Village Halls and finally realised that I didn’t have to put up with cold, smelly, dirty rooms and the idea for the self centre was born”.

She now teaches a stimulating Power Class, a gentle and rejuvenating Vitality Class and is responsible for the very young – Ante-Natal and Post- Natal Mums, Teens and the over 50’s. “Yoga is a journey, and I am still heading along my pathway of discovery, everyone is different and everyone finds their place, that is the beauty of it!”

Carole is a Co-founder of The Self Centre

SIOBHAN KEMP

Siobhan began her yoga as a grudging add-on to her weekly, tortuous gym workout. Being the impatient kind she never “warmed up or warmed down” so thought popping into the namby pamby yoga class after her gym workout would kill two birds with one stone!

After her third yoga session, she ditched the gym and has never looked back.

Without really ever meaning to, she finds herself now a qualified teacher and her only notable plan for the future is to live to 95 and to still be able to touch her toes.

Her teacher training was a combination of British Wheel of Yoga and Sivananda, gaining her Diploma in April 2004. In December 2005 she trained with David Swenson to teach the Ashtanga Primary Series. She loves the dynamic variety of practising all elements of yoga, from a simple single calming full lung breath to an energetic, sweat-inducing hour & a half’s physical Ashtanga workout.

Siobhan is also a Co-founder of The Self Centre .

ANDREW REES
Liang Yi School of Tai - Ji Quan - Instructor in Tai Chi & Qi – Gong
Member of the Liang Yi School of Tai Ji Quan examination committee.

Andy trained in Tai Chi, Qi-Gong and related Chinese arts on a one to one basis with Kenny Johnson. Head of the Liang Yi Organisation (tai chi and chi gung), and highest qualified instructor within the World Tai-ji Boxing Association (WTBA) and former representative of WBTA in Europe.

He must regularly undertake assessments of his theoretical and practical understanding of Tai- Chi and Qi-Gong to ensure that his development never ceases, and that the standards that he sets are in keeping with that of the Liang Yi School

Andy has qualified through the 3 Level E.I.C.F, Close Quarter hand to hand, hand to weapon Instructor Program, becoming one of only ten people globally to graduate.

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MARTIN FAYERS  

Martin began studying Tai Chi within the Yellow Dragon School of Kung Fu under the instruction of Sifu David Skates in 1990.

In 1992, Martin joined the Eastern Tai Chi and International Arts Association and began taking instruction with J. Reynolds Nelson.

Since then he has progressed within the Association, becoming Senior Instructor in 1998, having studied with many Tai Chi Masters – Master Choi Wei Lun, Master Huang Wei Lun, Professor Wang Yan, Sifu Michael Phillips, Master Xu Guo Ming, Master Zhang Xu Xin, Master Dong Zhen Chen, and Grand Masters Wang Hao Da and Yang Zhen Duo.

Martin now teaches Traditional Yang Style Tai Chi in Suffolk and currently studies with Sifu Therese Teo Mei Mei, Master Christopher Pei and Master Yang Jun.

Martin is a member of the Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association (IYSTCCA) and of the British Council for Martial Arts (BCCMA) and is now Chairperson of the Eastern Tai Chi and Internal Arts Research Association (ETCIARA).