Kundalini Yoga Cambodia


    Kundalini Yoga Teachers in Cambodia


    Ann Sorita
    Sorta joined the Kundalini Yoga Group in July 2007 and is a certified Kundalini Yoga and
    Radiant Child Yoga teacher. She teaches public and private Kundalini Yoga and Meditation
    classes in Khmer and English at the Kundalini Yoga House, as well as pregnancy and post-
    natal yoga and kid's classes. She conducts and supports special trainings and outreach
    activities for vulnerable groups and communities.
    Together with Kanika she provides Reiki and art healing, counseling, and therapeutic classes
    to students with specific physical and mental problems.

    Sorita is coordinator of the Kundalini Yoga Cambodia programme. She is also trainer on the
    international level 1 Teacher Certification programme and one of the lead trainers for the
    Basic-Teacher training.

    Sao Kanika
    Kanika started mid-2008 with the Kundalini Yoga Cambodia project. She completed the level
    1 Teacher Training course and the Radiant Child Yoga course. She teaches public classes, as
    well as  pregnancy and post-natal yoga and kid's classes.  She is also involved in leading the
    different outreach activities of the programme and the special training for vulnerable groups
    and communities.
    Together with Sorita she provides Reiki and art healing, counseling, and therapeutic classes.

    Kanika is financial administrative manager of the Kundalini Yoga Cambodia programme. She is
    also trainer on the international level 1 Teacher Certification programme and one of the lead
    trainers for the Basic-Teacher training.

    Seng Sela
    Sela started as a student in the Kundalini Yoga and Meditation classes at Aziza School.
    Enjoying the breathing and exercises he started teaching what he learned during leadership
    training weekends of the Aziza programme. Soon he became assistant and translator in the
    classes at Aziza school. Enabling him to teach the techniques correctly and to know to
    benefits and effect was the initial reason to start Pre-Teacher training. Sela helps at the
    Kundalini Yoga House and teaches weekly classes at the 'Lakeside' community school.

    Eng Mlis
    Mlis has been teaching at Kundalini Yoga House since 2009. She is certified as a Kundalini Yoga
    instructor, Radiant Child Yoga teacher, and Reiki healer. She is involved in translation and   
    publicity. She participates occasionally in one or more of the outreach activities.

    Sok Rothana
    Rothana started at the Kundalini Yoga House at the same time as Mlis, in 2009. She is a
    certified Kundalini Yoga instructor, Radiant Child Yoga teacher, and Reiki healer. She also
    teaches pregnancy and postnatal yoga classes. In the Kundalini Yoga House she is involved in
    translation and publicity. She participates occasionally in one or more of the outreach
    activities.

    Bieng Pirong
    Pirong has finished the basic Teacher Training course and is now enrolled in the International
    Teacher Certification programme. He is certified in Radiant Child Yoga and has been teaching
    in the outreach programme. Recently he has started to teach classes for Cambodian and
    International students at the Kundalini Yoga House. He also works as receptionist and
    administrative support person.

    Ann "Hak" Sereyvathana
    Hak has also finished the basic Teacher Training course and level 1 and 2 of Radiant Child
    Yoga. He has been teaching in the outreach programme is enrolled in the International
    Teacher Certification programme. On Saturdays and Sundays he works at the Kundalini Yoga
    House as administrative support person.


    International Teachers

    Tonie Nooyens
    Tonie Nooyens is a long time practitioner
    in different traditions of meditation,
    meditational yoga and healing. He is a
    certified Kundalini Yoga teacher and one of
    the lead trainers on the KRI Asia Teacher
    Training Program. He travels extensively
    throughout Asia.

    Since January 2007 Tonie has been
    facilitating the Kundalini Yoga and
    Meditation training program in Cambodia, supporting outreach activities for local communities
    and vulnerable groups in which yoga and meditation techniques are used for relief of stress
    and trauma, as well as for communication and personal capacity training.

    In addition to his support to Kundalini Yoga Cambodia, Tonie facilitates meditation and
    healing, individual counseling and life-skills coaching.

    Rachael Lowe
    Rachael's Cambodian life adventure began in May 2007 in a province bordering Vietnam as a
    management consultant to a Cambodian NGO helping to ease the suffering of HIV/AIDS
    victims.

    Rachael began teaching Kundalini Yoga at the Kundalini Yoga House in June 2009 as well as
    consulting on agricultural development and policy issues with government and donor
    agencies. Rachael is a certified level 1 Kundalini Yoga teacher and is also busy achieving her
    level 2 Kundalini Yoga certification.

    Rachael's biggest challenge is to achieve balance between a demanding work life, now as
    Country Director of the consulting company, guiding Kundalini Yoga students on their
    personal yoga experience, her own daily yoga practice, and really long and enjoyable lunch
    breaks with dear friends. Sometimes the balance is not achieved and Rachael strives to
    translate her personal experience of a challenging work/life balancing act by teaching and
    sharing with yoga students how it is that yoga restores that balance - also her personal
    experience.

    Anna Glazkova
    Anna has been living and working in Cambodia for a number of years. She is a certified level 1
    Kundalini Yoga teacher. She teaches regular Kundalini Yoga classes as well as pre-natal and
    post-natal classes and kid's yoga. She supports the Kundalini Yoga project with a window at
    the House on natural food and health products that support a healthy yogic lifestyle.

    Anne Giroux
    Anne arrived in Phnom Penh in the beginning 2011. She is a French certified sports instructor
    who has been teaching in France and in Cameroon for over 25 years. She teaches Pilates,
    stretching, relaxation, and soft gymnastics at the Kundalini Yoga House. Her classes are in
    French.

      
Anne Mari Voutilanen
    Anne Mari completed the International Teacher Certification course in the beginning of 2011.
    A pre-school teacher by profession, she is working at one of the private pre-schools in Phnom
    Penh. She is teaching kid's classes as well as regular classes.

    Shizu  Monju
    Not a yoga teacher herself but an active Kundalini Yoga practitioner, Shizu contributes a
    range of supplementary Naturopathic Therapies to the programme, emphasizing a healthy
    lifestyle. Shizu comes from Japan. She is a registered paramedic and received her certification
    as a Naturopathic Nutritionist and Aromatherapist in the United Kingdom.   


    Teachers at the Kundalini Yoga House since 2004
    Tonie Nooyens
    Hanneke Meijers
    Ann Sorita
    Yan Vannac                                                       Visiting Teachers
    Sao Kanika                                                         Siri Mukta
    Kim Sovannara                                                  Joan Brookbank
    Chea Socheata
    Bill Savage
    Gilles Goepfert
    Georgie Treasure
    Mindy Jones
    Kyra Spargo
    Anna Glazkova
    Seng Seila
    Eng Mlis
    Sok Rothana
    Eleanor McCosker
    Anne Mari Voutilanen
    Jane Broecker
    Bieng Pirong
    Anne Giroux
    Ann "Hak" Sereyvathana
    Marie Jose Centeno



    Hanneke Meijers

    Hanneke was one of the founders of
    theKundalini Yoga Cambodia programme
    together with Tonie, her husband. She
    was lead teacher of the current Kundalini
    Yoga Cambodia team. She inspired the
    outreach, Reiki and Art Healing activities.

    She passed away on 25 March 2010 after
    suffering a severe stroke.
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