About Encounter Yoga
Encounter Yoga is based on the tradition of Hatha Yoga and takes an integrated, breath centred approach. Vision |
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To share the practices of yoga that encourage health and well being, personal transformation and growth; enabling a better connection to our community beyond the practice space – that benefits all the people that we encounter.
Teacher Background - Anita Grantham
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I went to my first yoga classes in the early 80’s, and after drifting away for a few years to raise my family, work and study. I eventually returned to yoga with a more whole hearted commitment in the 90's. Yoga is a lifestyle - a way of being, seeing and moving in the world. Yoga has been a beautiful gift, a blessing for me, as I have experienced the immense benefits of the practices, on every level - particularly in times of life's big challenges, such dealing with stress, illness, grief and loss.
I felt the profound benefits that yoga offered, and wanted to deepen my practice, so in 2009/10, I began to study with Venkatesa Integral Yoga Academy of Australasia, obtaining a Yoga Teaching Diploma (500 hours), and began to share yoga with others in 2011 - what a joy it h as been! I never stop learning and those I share yoga with are the biggest teachers. I have continued my journey delving into restorative yoga and yin yoga, both have been a regular addition to my class schedule for several years now - practices that I simply love and continue to learn from! In 2016 I became a pre and post-natal yoga teacher - enabling me to share yoga with women during this very special time of pregnancy and preparing for birth, and into early motherhood - making yoga more accessible and safe for those who benefit so much from the practices. I continue to delve into learning and experiencing different aspects of yoga and have more recently undertaken training in Yoga for Healthy Ageing, somatic movement practices and 'Yoga and the Neuro-Science Connection' - which are all subtle, slow and gentle practices, that are so beneficial and nurturing to us during this period of transition from Covid and into our current climate of uncertainty. As a yoga practitioner and teacher, and particularly as I age, I am continually learning, adjusting and expanding the parameters and style of my practices. This is simply the nature of yoga - enabling me to create and share classes based on experience that hopefully inspire and move others. I tailor classes to meet the needs of the groups or individuals I work with, making classes fun, unique and student/body centred. I have had some amazing opportunities to share yoga with a range of different groups, in so many different settings - with Women's Health and Young Mum's groups, and Caregivers, Veterans,. With school students and their teachers, youth program participants, health care professionals, private family groups and corporate groups - in parks, on beaches, in private homes and garden settings, workplaces and community halls, at retreats and day-longs. I have treasured every step, every experience, and every person I have come into contact with on this very inspiring journey. Encounter Yoga is based in a small, home-based studio - catering for small groups of just 7 people. I look forward to sharing the joys of yoga with you soon, Om Shanti Anita xx |
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