300 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training

Susie’s interest in movement began with dance. In 1999 when a knee injury halted her training she turned to a movement practice that was rumoured to support her body. In fact it provided a lot more than physical support. The transition from mild interest to a fully fledged yoga practitioner occurred over a few years and by 2007 she had made the decision to begin her studies in obtaining a yoga teacher certification. The Elbowroom seemed like an obvious choice when choosing a school with an excellent reputation for it’s high standards in training and from there she continued her studies in Hatha Yoga at Yoga Vidya Gurukul in Nasik India. Since that initial step into teacher training Susie has qualified as a Pilates and Barre teacher through the Stott method in Complete Body Movement with Dani Gonzalez Ares and Joseph McCarthy, and once again returned to The Elbowroom to study with Susan Church to obtain the 500hr Advanced Yoga Teacher Training qualification. Her classes are all about the breath and she fully believes that the breath is the key to connecting to the wholeness of who you truly are and letting go of what might be holding you back. Her style of practice has been deeply influenced by her background in dance which lends itself to the smooth choreography of her classes and having attended an eclectic array of workshops with internationally acclaimed instructors her practice is diverse and rich in dynamic flow. Alignment and balanced energy are consistent points of focus in all of her classes to inspire strength, agility, adaptability and flexibility in the body and the mind.

Sophia is an experienced yoga and meditation teacher. Having practiced meditation since the late 1990s and yoga since the mid 2000s, she qualified as a yoga teacher in 2010 and has been teaching since.

The yoga styles she teaches include Hatha, Mindful Movement and Meditation, and Restorative yoga. Her teaching style places great emphasis on integrating mindfulness and self-compassion within the practice. Cultivating presence, awareness and kindness are paramount in both her practice and teaching. Over the years she has developed great deal of experience teaching restorative and mindful movement and meditation, bringing these practices to hundreds of students in an easy and direct way.

She has completed many meditation and yoga retreats in Ireland and abroad, and has attended trainings and intensives with Donna Farhi, Michael Stone, Bo Forbes, James Higgins and Josh Summers.

Sophia is also a yoga teacher trainer and co-leads the 200hour Foundation Yoga Teacher Training in the Elbowroom. She also teaches the Restorative Yoga module in the Elbowroom Advance Yoga Teacher Training.

She holds a PhD in Sociology and her research is an investigation of the experience of yoga in Ireland from a sociological and cultural perspective.

An international yoga and meditation teacher, and health and wellness expert, Bev is regarded as a teacher’s teacher, blending her extensive knowledge of functional anatomy and physiology into the beautiful practice of yoga and movement therapy. She has shared her knowledge and expertise with hundreds of budding yogis and movement practitioners who have both trained and practiced under her guidance.

She is the founder of Postural Reset and Activated Yoga, two programmes that fuse conscious breathwork and natural alignment through muscle activations and yoga asana. She is the lead teacher on the 250 hour Yoga Teacher Training courses, teaching functional anatomy and physiology, pranayama and meditation in addition to teaching Neuroconnective Yoga and movement on the 300 hour YTT courses. Bev is passionate about helping people to overcome their injuries and restrictions so that yoga is accessible, functional and enjoyable for any one at any age or ability.

She has been teaching for over 25 years, she trained as a Nurse, developed stress management courses for Cheshire County Council in the UK before opening a boutique yoga and food studio in Amsterdam.

Since relocating to Ireland in 2012 she has dedicated her time to yoga, and building a busy injury and rehab clinic in Stoneybatter where she offers Neuromuscular Therapy and Muscle Activation to the walking wounded of Ireland.

Melissa has been teaching women yoga for over 15 years and is a Mother to 3 children.  Having started yoga in her 20’s in San Francisco, Melissa’s yoga journey has been fairly colourful. She is a fully trained Bikram, Hatha, Yin, Pre & Postnatal Yoga teacher, Kids yoga teacher, Pilates teacher, is a 500hr qualified yoga teacher, recognized trainer and senior teacher with Yoga Alliance UK Professionals, is currently taking a second 300hr training with world-renowned Amy Ippoliti, is an Infant Massage Instructor and Cuidiu breastfeeding counsellor. 
Melissa is very passionate about birth which led her to start facilitating birth preparation classes, complete a doula and postnatal doula training and a Well Woman/Womb Yoga training with the well-known women’s health advocate, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli.  
Melissa’s passion for women’s health is obvious regardless of what style of yoga she is teaching due to her nurturing approach and being able to respond to the needs of women’s health issues. This has also led Melissa to training in yoga to support the pelvic floor and traveling to America for pelvic floor educational workshops. 
Whether in or out of the yoga room and knowing well how challenging life can be, Melissa loves to empower and support women from all walks of life.  This 300 hr module is an empowering experience for anyone interested in the female anatomy,  that wants to discover more about how they can enhance vitality in their own body and their students as well as educate themselves in the different stages of womanhood.  Expect to move, create and laugh.

Karolina Krzemianowska is a professional yoga teacher with a passion for inspiring and encouraging people everywhere to cultivate healthy habits, manage stress, find inner peace, and embrace mindfulness through yoga. As the founder of Inner Light Yoga and with over 8 years of teaching experience, Karolina loves to share her enthusiasm for wellness and her burning desire to build a thriving, wholesome community of likeminded women.

Ever since discovering the life-changing benefits of yoga and mindfulness, Karolina has become passionate about developing personalized programs and workshops so that people from all walks of life can reconnect with themselves and deal with the challenges of life. She believes that yoga holds incredible potential for transforming your lifestyle and creating positive change.

Through Inner Light Yoga, Karolina has published over 150 free yoga classes on Youtube, where she helps people find yoga practices no matter their body type, fitness level, mobility and personality. No matter your skill level, you’re bound to find a class that suits your needs.

Originally from Poland, Karolina has spent the last 10 years in the beautiful country of Ireland. In her free time, she enjoys growing her own food, practice art and web design, and spending time with her wonderful dog Yoda and two cats, Smokey and Biska.

Dani is E-RYT® 500, YACEP® and has been teaching Yoga since 2002 having completed her initial 200hrs with Atmananda studio in New York City. While living in the States she had the fortune to attended workshops with Shiva Rae, Tias Little, David Life and the imitable Aadil Palhhivala. She spent two years prior to her TT practicing and working at Dharma Yoga Center with Dharma Mittra & his wife Eva. This variety in her learning lineages explains Dani’s fluid, varied teaching style.
Dani is a trained Kids Yoga teacher, .B Teenage Mindfulness teacher and Reiki Master since 2001. She set up and managed “The Yoga Stop” in cork in 2008 until moving to Dublin 2010. In 2014 she completed an additional 300hrs advanced training and has since explored workshops with Lisa Peterson, Ciara Cronin, Donna Fahri, & Sri Ramaswami to name a few.
In 2016 she traveled to Mysore to study and learn from Vinod Kumar Rajan, an amazing immersion into life at a beautiful yogic ashram. She has hosted and taught on over 20 Mindfulness, Yoga and Meditation retreats and workshops and has over
3000hrs teaching experience. In 2020 Dani qualified as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach from Kingstown college.
Born in Zambia, Dani was educated in Ireland & her first qualification was in International Hotel Management. Dani worked in this high stress environment for 12 years in the UK, Australia, Germany, Africa and New York before embracing Yoga,
Meditation Mindfulness and Reiki. She is a happy wife and proud mother to 2 teenage boys and a wonderful dog called Tembo.
Dani believes breath/Prana is the foundation of our practice and our life. When we bring our breath into balance, we expand the possibilities of being what and who we really are; fully alive, filled with potential, hope and joy.

With a personal practice of 20 years and with many years of extensive teaching practice, Susan brings a wealth of knowledge her students. Susan is the lead instructor at The elbowroom’s foundation Yoga Teacher Training Course. With many years of successful graduates she is now a key instructor with the 300 Hour Advanced Yoga Training Course this summer.

After a decade of dance training, Susan Church studied Theatre at TCD in the late 1980’s and dance with the National Theatre Institute in Connecticut U.S.A. It was during this time that she received her first yoga training, along with Laban, Alexander method and many other forms of dance and movement. Although, she eventually left the arts, she remained committed to yoga and Pilates.

In 1999 she completed her first yoga teacher training and one year later she qualified as a Pilates Instructor and massage therapist. She has completed teacher training courses and equipment certificates along with hundreds of master classes and workshops in Pilates and Yoga. Some schools attended are YTTC, Bodyfirm, Body Control, Stott, Balanced Body and Powerhouse.