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YOGA BACKGROUND
Originally from the UK, Neil has been living in Asia since 1997. He has been practicing yoga since 1999 and has been teaching and sharing his understanding of yoga since moving to Thailand in 2011. Neil has trained extensively in different styles of yoga (Sivananda, Hatha, Iyengar, Anusara, Restorative, Ashtanga-Vinyasa etc). He brings to his classes a unique fusion of the many teaching styles and teachers he has studied with, in addition to the countless hours of 'Svadhyaya' (self-study) he continues to devote to understanding and realizing the universal truth that Yoga points to.
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TEACHING STYLE
In his group classes Neil teaches both traditional Hatha and a more contemporary Hatha Flow, which he makes accessible to students of all levels. Neil challenges his students to be fully present with their current experience in a safe, supportive environment. Neil’s students enjoy his calm presence in the class, and his alignment cues are precise, clear and coherent. He invites students to examine their relationship to each pose in the moment, and to utilize the flow of the breath as a primary focus to simultaneously still the mind and move the body through a slow flow of thoughtfully sequenced poses.
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TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS & ONGOING STUDIES
Neil is an E-RYT 500 Yoga Alliance certified teacher and has earned triple-teacher certification totalling 700 hours between 2007 - 2010. He first completed the 200 hour Yoga Instructors certificate (Y.I.C) from the Yoga Institute: Swami Vivekenananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA), (2007), and the 200 hourTeacher Training Certificate (2007), followed in 2010 by the 300 hour Advanced Teacher Training Certificate from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres, based in India. Since 2010 Neil has continued his yoga studies, gathering hundreds more hours of training with world-renowned teachers specialising in different areas of yoga practice and theory. In India in 2010 Neil completed a 3 week Iyengar Intensive with senior Iyengar teachers, Rajiv and Swati Chanchani. In 2014 Neil studied with Simon Borg-Oliver (Applied Anatomy & Physiology of Yoga) In 2016 Neil studied intensively with Carlos Pomeda (Subtle Body and Yoga Philosophy: 100hrs), Jonas Westring (Applied Anatomy and Therapeutics: 100hrs) and Melissa Smith (Restorative Yoga: 30hrs). Neil continues to be a student of Yoga / Spirituality first and foremost, honouring this ancient tradition with a willingness to dive deeper into all aspects of Yoga. Every year Neil travels to India to explore different elements of Indian philosophy, with a special interest in contemporary non-dual (Advaita) teachings from a variety of recognised masters in this tradition. Neil is the founder and co-director of Return to the Source Yoga Satsang (with Gaelen Hanson) and in July 2019 they created and co-directed their first 200 hour Teacher Training Course in Chiangmai, which was very well received by the graduating students. Neil is currently dividing his time between Thailand and India, teaching in Chiang Mai and Goa. In June 2024 Neil taught the Yoga Philosophy section of the Four Seasons Yoga TTC in Chiang Mai, which was very well received by all the students. Neil will return to teaching regular classes in Goa, India, from December - April 2025.
