Jane Damer

I was introduced to yoga by my school English teacher in 1984. I had huge respect for her, the only teacher that had any influence on me and helped me open up my mind! This period was a major turning point as soon thereafter I had a motorbike accident. I missed my final school exams. As a means of recovering and rehabilitating from this, I took up yoga classes with her and cycling. For many years I dabbled with different yoga styles and teachers, maintaining my own independent thought process and critique. This eventually led to doing a British Wheel Of Yoga 200-hour foundation course followed a few years later by a 500-hour TT course with Gerry Kielty who co-owns Balance Yoga Chiropractic Health in Glasgow. I loved it and teaching came naturally to me. I've been teaching weekly since 2009 and juggle this work with other part-time work in Cycling Development. Further, more recent online training with Alexandria Crowe and an interest in Pilates has given me huge, fresh insights into the practice of yoga. I think of yoga as a therapeutic exploration that is ongoing, a feeling rather than aesthetic practice and my job is to facilitate that experience for others.