With thirty years of yoga practice behind her, Paola enjoys exceptionally good health and a trim body. She has back and neck injuries which would otherwise limit her mobility and cause her pain but yoga keeps her flexible and pain-free.

Paola’s classes are aimed at men and women of all ages, and regardless of build, flexibility or level of fitness.

Paola has done many yoga classes and workshops to advanced level in Iyengar Yoga and also in Sivananda, Ashtanga and classical Hatha yoga styles. She trained mostly in the UK with advanced Iyengar yoga teachers such as Ruth White, John Claxton and The Mehta Family, also John Shirbon, Ursula Schoonraad, Danielle Arin. Paola is most grateful to all her past teachers, also to her spiritual teachers and to the dear yoga teachers of the Sivananda Yoga Center and Shizen here in Tokyo.

Yoga Teaching Qualifications

Paola’s yoga teacher’s certificate was awarded by The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center and is internationally-recognized via the Yoga Alliance organization based in the USA. The training took place over one month in Vrindaban, UP, India, in an ashram associated with the Radha Krishna Temple. A further 3 months of yoga and spiritual training were undertaken voluntarily in ashrams in the holy Indian cities of Haridwar, (Kankhal) and Rishikesh, and in Kirti (Tibetan Buddhist) Monastery in Dharamshala (Mcleod Ganj).

Yoga Training History

Iyengar Yoga center, Edinburgh, Scotland 1983-1984
Level : beginner

Iyengar Yoga center, Maida Vale, London, England
With Silva, Mira and Shyam Mehta at the “old center”
Then with all teachers of the “new center”
Between 1985-2006
Level : beginner, intermediate and advanced levels

Sivananda Yoga center, London, England
Intermittent between 1985-2006
Level : general and advanced levels

John Claxton Yoga
Booton, Near Reepham, Norfolk, England
Between 1987-2006
Workshops lasting 2 days to 3 weeks in the UK and abroad.
Iyengar based training with emphasis on anatomy and pranayama
Level : intermediate to advanced.

Ruth White Yoga, England
Between 1990-2006
Workshops lasting 2 days to 2 weeks in the UK and abroad.
Iyengar Style with an advanced-level teacher
Level : general, intermediate to advanced.

Radha Warrell and Ken in London and Crete
Ashtanga First Series

Ursula Schoonrad & John Shirbon 2005-2006
Iyengar Yoga Studio, London, England
Workshops and classes at general and intermediate level

Sivananda Yoga center, Yoyogi, Tokyo
Shizen Yoga Studio, Kichijoji ( Dominica Serigano )
Level : General

Private Studio, “YogaSan”

Paola primarily teaches in her private studio, “YogaSan”, which is located in Daizawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. Classes are available for 2~6 people.

For more information about Paola, her studio and classes, please see her website:
http://www.yogasan.net/

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