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ABSOLUTE YOGA TEACHER BIOS
Jeanne Chung
Jeanne Chung, the founder of Absolute Yoga Singapore, is a former investment banker turned yogini. From her very first yoga class, Jeanne was hooked. Further study was an unfolding of the power and beauty of the yoga path and Jeanne couldn’t help but share it. Jeanne became a certified yoga teacher and then moved from San Francisco specifically to open ABSOLUTE YOGA and share her passion for yoga with Singapore.
Jeanne is a certified instructor for Bikram Hot Yoga and Jivamukti Yoga, and her teaching style is influenced by her trainings with Baron Baptiste, David Swenson, Shiva Rea, and Erich Schiffmann. Her own teaching style has been blessed by the influence of all her teachers and is so grateful for all sources of inspiration and awe.
Colette Ward
Colette is from Lanarkshire in Scotland – that explains her funny accent!
After studying bodywork and complimentary therapy in Glasgow, she began her travels working for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. On returning to the U.K. Colette was inspired by the health benefits of yoga and ayurvedic medicine through a doctor she met in London. She started a consistent Hatha and Iyengar yoga practise and discovered Bikram Hot Yoga in 1998. Colette became a Certified Bikram Instructor in 2001, teaching in Jersey (Channel Oslands) until she came to Asia.
Colette's teaching and practice is influenced by Iyengar yoga's form and alignment. At present she is studying ayurvedic nutrition which complements the yogic lifestyle. Colette is excited to call Asia home for a 'wee' while.
Angela Bruhns
Angela discovered Bikram Yoga in 2002 and a few weeks later she was sure that Yoga was to be a permanent part of her life. And becoming a Yoga teacher came naturally.
After teaching in West Palm Beach and Buffalo, N.Y. in the U.S and Hamburg, Germany she moved back to Bangkok, Thailand where she taught for Absolute Yoga for the past 4 years.
After several teacher trainings in Vinyasa, Hatha and Yin Yoga she became a Pilates Mat Work Instructor and Lifestyle Consultant in 2008. Since the beginning of 2009 she is part of the Absolute Team in Singapore.
Andrea Yeo
In her previous life, Andrea Yeo was in the fashion industry, after her studies and work in London and Washington DC for ten years.
She had her first hot yoga class on a winter day in DC 6 years ago and finally realized what ‘being present’ actually means.
She pursued a career as a handbag designer in Singapore for another two years before embarking on her new journey as a yoga instructor at Absolute Yoga.
Andrea enjoys her fulfilling job and hopes to impart her knowledge to help you build strength, enhance flexibility and find inner peace in her grueling Hot C classes.
Bruce Chung
As yoga became an integral part of my life I noticed some deep changes: sharper concentration, increased discipline, more patience, I quit smoking, and most importantly, I began exercising more compassion for those around me.
Yoga was transforming my life in such positive ways that I decided to participate in the Moksha Yoga Teacher Training in Kerala, India in March 2008. It was life-changing, further deepening my understanding of self and yoga. The training helped me discover a joy for living I had never experienced. Yoga has shown me what a gift life is. It has helped me come closer to my purpose in life.
Emboldened with a new sense of self and direction, I severed my seven year tenure in the financial services industry to commit myself to yoga. The adventure continues as I left my home in Toronto, Canada, enthused to share the sense of peace and calm I have received, through the practice, with Singapore.
Sana Osada
東京出身。 2005年にホットヨガを体験する。 それから、毎日のように通い始めて、2007年、ホットヨガ免許を取得。 ヨガを通じて、どれほどヨガが”人間の心と体のバランス”に影響するかを実感。 現在は、日本語ホットヨガクラスを担当。 Teaching モットーは、わかりやすく、そして、トータルバランス。
Sana developed a passion for yoga after attending her first hot yoga class in 2005. Amazed by the benefits provided to her body and mind, Sana now shares her love of yoga by teaching others about the techniques and benefits.
Originally from Tokyo, Sana feels she is most effective instilling passion in her students by teaching in her mother tongue Japanese. She welcomes all to attend her classes and look forward to share her passion with all. Sana was certified in 2007 by Absolute Yoga. She currently teaches Hot Yoga classes in Japanese.
Theera “Knot” Anunkunprasert
KNOT first discovered Bikram Yoga when he was earning his Ph.D. in Material Sciences in 2000. The tough research work pressured him to find a peaceful path to relax and to step out of confined working environment. Since then, he cannot live his life, even a single day, without practicing Yoga. Knot is a certified Sivananda Yoga teacher. He has been teaching Yoga for 5 years, while he, from time to time, had special opportunities to practice Yoga with a number of experienced teachers like Bikram, Rajashree Choudhury, Emmy Cleaves, David Life, Sharon Gannon and Patrick Creelman. Knot recently extended his practice to Hatha Vinyasa Flow, he said “The power of thought is so powerful, because you think, so you are…” And here he is, a happy Yoga teacher with Absolute Yoga Singapore since late 2008.
Sally Phang
Sally started learning yoga about 7 years ago and was inspired by the beauty of Yoga and its benefit that she had encountered ever since her first class. Teaching & practicing Yoga principles from different types of yoga from Hatha, Yin to Yoga Dance has given her an absolute change not only to physical development, but in self-awareness mentally as well as spiritually.
Sally has also been teaching Baby Yoga classes upon obtaining a Diploma Certification in October 2008. In Baby Yoga, we strongly demonstrate to parents that, we are doing yoga with their babies and not for the babies. Thus, this is a totally different way of connecting parents with their babies through touch, movement and voice as early as 2 months old.
Besides, I am delighted to coach and share my thought and knowledge by helping and encourage people to treasure & love themselves, and to be more pleasant, self-awareness, confidence, motivated & self-consciousness through many ways and practices of meditation, deep breathing and relaxation exercises.
Charmaine Ong
The idea of Yoga was introduced to Charmaine in 2001 as a form of hobby. Over the years, through studying and gaining deeper understanding of this ancient subject, practice of yoga had touched and positively transformed her in profound ways.
Formerly a Chartered Management Accountant, she seeks joy in sharing yoga philosophy and its benefits as a way of life to people. She aspires to assist every individual, regardless of age, to experience the profundity of yoga which empowers them to live their lives purposefully in peace and harmony.
Charmaine obtained her yoga teaching certifications from Yoga Vidya Dham in Nasik, India, Professional Yoga Therapy studies from Integrative Yoga Therapy, Pre/Post Natal Yoga with Dr Jean Byrne and she is also a YogaKids® Associate with YogaKids® International.
Kris Ng
An avid student of The Pilates Method, Kris started practicing since 1998 while pursuing a Degree at University of New South Wales, Australia. In 2003, she was introduced to Fletcher Pilates®, developed by Master Teacher, Mr Ron Fletcher - a direct student and protégé of Joseph and Clara Pilates.
Kris is a Qualified Fletcher Pilates® teacher and continues to study by attending workshops by other esteemed teachers, including Mr Ron Fletcher himself. Expect a full movement class guided by awareness, breath, balance and centering.
Betty Kong
Born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Betty found yoga during her university years. Overwhelmed with university life, yoga became her soul food. A minute into her first asana, child’s pose, Balasana, she instantly knew that she came to the right place. And ever since, she cannot go a day with practicing.
She is certified in the 500 hours Moksha Yoga Teachers Training and has studied Vinyasa and Yin yoga as well. Her mantra is to practice on and off the mat with truthfulness, compassion, and loving kindness towards oneself, all people, all animals, and mother earth. Each class is new moment and another opportunity to share and learn from her students. It has been an amazing and humbling experience. She hopes to continue on studying yoga for the rest of her life.
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