Mad Yoga

Madelaine Heinemann

Qualifications

British Wheel of Yoga Foundation April 2003 with Tara Fraser

British Wheel of Yoga Diploma May 2005 with Monica Burton

Meditation Module May 2006 with Maarten Vermaase

Level 3 Member of Exercise Professionals

Workshop - Integrating Pregnant Women into a General Class with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli

Workshop – Introduction to Post Natal Yoga with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli

Anatomy for Yoga, basic principles of Yin and Yang yoga with Paul Grilley. (Yoga Academy short course certificate)

British Red Cross - Emergency Life Support Qualification

Presently training in Early Years Yoga teacher training Module for parents, babies, toddlers and children from birth to four (The Life Centre). Studying with Mukunda Stiles; Structural therapy Diploma and Beginning a Yoga Therapy Foundation in Jan 2007 (Biomedical trust)

Teaching Experience

Teaching full time for 4 years.

Small intimate groups of 6 up to 20 students.  Teaching 7 regular classes a week having built up a core of regular students, assist 1 class, plus additional courses, work shops, groups and individual tuition.  

These include

Classes for Businesses: Citizens Advice, Islington Council, and a private firm of Lawyers. 

Classes for Schools and Colleges: Staff and young adults at Waltham Forest College.  Children with special needs and nursary age upwards at Tyssen School Childrens Centre.  

Venues include Yoga Junction, Yoga Home and Sunstone Health club, where I cover classes.

I am  one of 7 Yoga teachers employed by personal training company Andrea Russea, for individual tuition and classes.  I am also employed by Carl Lyons at Re-Create

 

Yoga Personal Development and Experience

I attended my first yoga class 19 years ago.  My main teachers/mentors apart from my course tutors are

  • Mara Musso, BWY DCT, Ashtanga (small group of 3-7) and Hatha yoga classes.  7 years to date.

  • Kate Hewitt, Ashtanga, 4yrs to date.

  • Sylvianne Giovanni, Vini yoga, Teacher trainer for “Etude et transmission du yoga”. Private classes for 4 years to date.

  • Gilly Angel, BWY Dip, Raja yoga in Scaravelli style, 6 years.

  • Dorothy Marlow, Iyengar teacher, 5 years.

  • Two pregnancies with Janet Balaskas at the Active Birth Centre.

  • Rigpa (Tibetan Buddhist sangha), (meditation courses over a period of 5 years to date).Please insert your text here.