Hatha Teachers

Teachers are selected from among the yoga school’s already experienced students, and then receive two years of “hands on” training in a scientifically designed curriculum advocated by our parent body, the Divine Life Society of India.  For more info on teacher training click here.

Swami Ishwaramayananda Saraswati

SWAMI ISHWARAMAYANANDA SARASWATI, President, Chairman, and spiritual leader of the Sivananda School of Yoga, is a monk of the Holy Swami Order.  He was ordained in 1988 by His Holiness Pujya Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj, World President of the Divine Life Society of India.  Swami Ishwaramayanandaji is an acknowledged expert in the mystical, philosophical and esoteric practices of Yoga.  His Vedantic discourses are truly brilliant and unique; in that they render advanced spiritual concepts understandable to spiritual seekers of all

Swami Karunananda Mataji

SWAMI KARUNANANDA MATAJI is Vice Chairman and Secretary, and, like Swami Ishwaramayanandaji, a member of the Saraswati Order and a trustee of the Sivananda School of Yoga.  She teaches Hatha Yoga and guides even absolute beginners to inner states of peace and bliss in her Relaxation and Meditation classes.  Counselling of persons traumatised by the deaths of family members is Swami Karunananda’s special work and a steady stream of suffering humanity certainly testifies to the need for this service in South Africa today.

Frances Fleming

Frances is a medical doctor with a special interest in natural supplementation.  She lived for some time in India where she underwent intensive Yoga teacher training and gained a deep knowledge of and insight into Vedantic philosophy.  When she chants, the angels come to listen and you too can enjoy the soothing cadences of her voice during her beautifully balanced classes.

Marc Loon

Marc Loon has been attending our Yoga School since 1993. Originally interested in the Yoga philosophy and meditation sessions, he gradually shifted to hatha yoga as well. Marc has postgraduate qualifications in engineering and education, works in education for previously disadvantaged students, and has a really bad sense of humour!