Teachers

Jude Murray

I had my first experience of Hatha Yoga in about 1991 and started teaching Yoga in 2004. I feel privileged to be able to share yoga with the people who come to my classes and workshops.  Because I have also trained in massage and anatomy, I bring this into my teaching to guide students through a safe, yet personally challenging asana practice. More importantly, however, I hope to help people discover for themselves the transformational power of yoga and to find wholeness and balance in their lives.

For me, yoga offers deep emotional and spiritual connection and this deepens the longer I teach and practise. I teach classes in Hatha and Yin Yoga, Yoga for Pregnancy and Yoga & Relaxation for people living with cancer. Recently I have been exploring and developing a Celtic Yoga. Very much a heart-felt discovery of how Yoga and ancient Celtic Spirituality work together. The deep connection with the cycles of nature that this brings continues to guide my own personal practice and teaching.

I took my first yoga teaching diploma at the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres  Ashram in Neyyar Dam, Kerala, South India in 2004 and returned to the UK to take a further Diploma in Astanga Yoga with Union Yoga  in Edinburgh. I also studied Yin Yoga and Yoga Anatomy with Paul Grilley in 2005.  I completed the British Wheel of Yoga  Module in Yoga for Pregnancy in 2009  and recently attended a training intensive in Structural and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy™ with Mukunda Stiles.  I am registered with the Independent Yoga Network .

I am committed to ongoing personal and professional development and I continue to study various aspects of yoga and spirituality in the UK and in India. I have studied with the following teachers: David Swenson, Brian Cooper , Yogacharya Venkatesh , Paul Dallaghan, David Williams, Matthew Sweeney, Kausthub Desikachar, David Sye ,  Judy Cameron  and Bishop Alistair Bate with whom I have studied Druidry & Celtic Spirituality. I am now  blessed to  able to name Mukunda Stiles as a teacher who has deeply touched my heart and Yoga practice.  

Mahashakti is my spiritual name, given during Mantra Initiation whilst living in the Sivananda Ashram in South India. It is a Sanskrit word. Maha= great; Shakti= Goddess/Power/Energy. It is the name of the Universal Mother.

Graeme Murray

I started my yoga practice in 1996. In 2002 I studied the Astanga Primary Series with David Williams and began daily personal practice in this form. I continued to study with various teachers in the UK and at The Sivananda Dhanwanthari Ashram at Neyyar Dam, Kerala until taking the Yoga Alliance UK  Teacher Training Diploma Course in 2007.

My strong personal yoga practice is influenced by the flow and precision of Astanga Vinyasa yoga and I guide my students safely through a flowing and dynamic hatha yoga practice. I believe yoga can help us achieve more balanced, stress-free and happy lives and my teaching emphasises how people can take yoga into their daily lives. I  continue with my own personal practice and teach regular general hatha classes, and also assist Jude with workshops and retreats in Glasgow and Argyll. I continue to study in the UK and in India.

I have had the pleasure of studying with and learning from the following teachers:- Ellen Pierce, David Williams, Yogacharya Venkatesh, Paul Dallaghan, David Swenson, Brian Cooper, Nawajyoti,  Paul Grilley and Mukunda Stiles.