Lucy Jane Carter

I have been based the last five years in Melbourne Australia,

I have had a regular Yoga practise for the last 7 years. I discovered Bikram first- I enjoyed the dynamic Bikram practise but was searching for deeper understanding of the yogic philosophies teachings and practise.

I discovered Svarupa yoga.(http://www.yogareal.com.au) I practised at Svarupa for two years, I found it to incoperate teaching from many paths.

The dynamics of Ashtanga, the allignment and importance of postures of Iyengar and spiritual teaching from the path of Buddhism and Swarmi Muktananda. I believe All styles of yogic practise create internal space which allow you to connect with inner potential. This inner potential, our centre or the self is by nature love-strength-peace and is harmonic.

I have practised various Yogas,

• Power yoga:
• Bikram,
• Ashtanga
• Vinyasa flow styles.
• Iyengar
• Yin

Reciently ive moved more deeply into Iyengar- focusing more of Allignment and Yin yoga- surrendering into long held poses without working the muscles  while observing meditative breathe.

This Yin style practise nourishes deeply into bones and ligaments rather than solely the yang parts of the body- skin,muscles,lympth. 

Im very interested in incorperating the Chinese meridian system into a yoga practise.

This had drawn me to the work of Sarah Powers who has created sequences especially for nourishment of particular organs. i.e- stomach and spleen, Heart and small intestine, Lung and large intestine... ect. 

The style i teach is Hatha- with emphasis on alignment. Sometimes using probs like blocks and ropes (if available). Ive started to incorperate the chinese meridian system into my classes, Using sequences developed by Sarah powers - to nourish particular organ/meridian systems.

I like to teach yin and yang poses including dynamic practise and postures while still including a few (Yin) long held postures (around 5 minutes) to nourish more deeply into the bones- affecting the lubrication of joints and the production of red and white blood cells.

I also like to include sections of the Ashtanga sequence depending on the abilities of the participants. 

In November last year i was diagnosed with cancer- fortunately i am in recovery now with my family in the UK, I feel this experience guided me to deeper self enquiry emotionally and has inspired me to life a more nourishing and meanful life, helping others to realise the joy of being through movement and meditation.