Harmony Yoga Academy 

Vinyasa Krama Yoga 

200 Hour Teacher Training and Practitioner Certificate Course

Steve Brandon, IYN Yoga Elder, AYS Senior Teacher

Steve has been a student of Yoga in the tradition of Krishnamacharya for more than ten years. He has studied extensively with Ranju Roy and Srivatasa Ramaswami as well as attending workshops with T.K.V. Desikachar, A.G. & Indra Mohan and Peter Hersnack. He has completed teacher training courses with the British Wheel of Yoga, Viniyoga Britain and Srivatsa Ramaswami. 

Anatomy and Physiology: Ruth Gilmore PhD

Ruth Gilmore PhD was a full-time lecturer at the Queen’s University of Belfast for many years, first in Physiology and then in Anatomy, until she took early retirement in order to devote more time to yoga.  In 1996 she qualified as a yoga teacher with the Yoga Fellowship of Northern Ireland (the governing body of yoga in Northern Ireland), and has since acquired additional training and expertise in the use of yoga for medical conditions and pregnancy.  She has completed the Viniyoga Britain Stage One and Stage Two training, and is much influenced in her practice by her experience with teachers from the lineage of Desikachar.  From 2000 -2008 she ran her own studio in Belfast, providing general classes and yoga therapy sessions.  In 2008 Ruth and her husband moved to Surrey to be nearer to family, including a newly-arrived grandchild.
Since 1996 Ruth has been closely involved with the Yoga Biomedical Trust.  She has been responsible for both course planning and Anatomy and Physiology tuition on the YBT Yoga Therapy Diploma course, and is now involved in yoga therapy workshops being jointly organised by the YBT and Yogacampus [formerly The Life Centre (Education) Ltd].  Ruth has presented numerous educational and training courses on yoga, anatomy and medical topics in the UK, Republic of Ireland and elsewhere, and offers a wide variety of day and weekend workshops, including CPD days for the British Wheel of Yoga and other organisations.  Ruth particularly enjoys sharing her unique combination of yoga and medical knowledge with other yoga teachers, so that they too can feel confident working with students in all circumstances.
Ruth also writes a popular monthly column in Yoga and Health, and has contributed to a number of yoga books.  She is the author of “Relieving Stress” in the Yoga for Living series (Dorling Kindersley, 2002).

Sally Lever, MA(Oxon.), Dip.M, LCH Dip.

Sally is Harmony Yoga’s Associate Personal and Small Business Coach. She is a professionally trained life coach, specialising in sustainable living and sustainable business. For much of the last 18 years she has been self-employed, running her own small businesses in the fields of ethical marketing, education and training. Since 2004, she has been coaching complementary therapists and other owners of small, ethical businesses, helping them to realise their true vocations. She is experienced in ethical marketing, small business organisation and the Triple Bottom Line – business as a vehicle for environmental, social/personal and financial wellbeing.
Sally is a keen advocate of Yoga and Ayurveda and maintains a personal practice in both.

Coaching can be very beneficial to Yoga practitioners in order to support them in developing an enduring personal practice, completing teacher training, or establishing a Yoga teaching or therapy business. Contact Sally if you would like to discuss the possibilities for personal coaching.

T: 01749 674842
E: sally@harmonyyoga.co.uk or sally@sallylever.co.uk
www.sallylever.co.uk