09/01/2022
Bonnie has been a Yogi for 38 years. She has been a teacher for 28 years, both in Australia and internationally. In her decades of practice she has never stopped learning and studying what she calls the ‘inexhaustible wisdom of Yoga’.
She has completed over 38 years of study and 4 years of Iyengar teacher training. She is also a fully qualified IYTA teacher, with 1.5 years of study with the International Yoga Teachers Association
Bonnie holds a BA in Biology and Anthropology, as well as 3 years of study in Fine Arts at New Mexico State University, and a Certificate from the New Mexico Herbal Institute: a lifetime of study with wisdom teachers from different traditions, cultures and countries.
She has completed a number of courses:
Restorative Yoga;
Yoga for Back Care;
Yoga as a healing modality;
Yoga and meditation for stress management;
Meditation courses;
Yoga as therapy courses; and
The Awakening Joy Buddhist course.
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Bonnie holds a keen interest in neuro-science and neural plasticity, particularly in relation to mindfulness, Yoga and the contemplative practices, and how they can be useful in our everyday lives.
She attends silent retreats every year as part of her Yoga practice and studies.
She received a scholarship and attended a silent retreat with Tara Brach in Washington DC, and attends the Insight LA meditation group with Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield. In addition, she maintains regular study with other Buddhist teachers.
CURRENTLY
Bonnie is practicing the Lojong training known as ‘The Training in Compassion’ as taught by Zen teacher Norman Fischer, as well as undertaking continual study with her teacher Francois Raoult.
When in California her main teachers are Iyengar teacher Christine Stein and ex-Iyengar teacher Manous Manuso.
She has recently completed a year sabbatical during which she took an extended Yoga trip around the world, studying with some of the most profound and accomplished teachers of our time.
Whilst during her first decade of yoga practice Bonnie undertook many courses outside of the Iyengar tradition, it ultimately became very clear to her that Iyengar trained teachers were the most knowledgeable, the best trained and, by far, knew how to teach with a depth, a precision and an understanding she found no where else in the Yoga world. In addition, she found Iyengar’s philosophy of Yoga as a mindfulness/meditation practice and the importance of alignment for the benefits of healing and good health to be unsurpassed in its wisdom.
The teachers she will continue to study with are all Iyengar trained teachers, (though some no longer call themselves Iyengar teachers).
She has chosen the same, by combining her Iyengar and Anusara training and her wisdom teachings, to humbly offer all that she is able as a teacher in a bid to ignite the love of Yoga in her students, and to stay as true as possible to all the teachings she has been given. In deep appreciation to her teachers, she intends to continue to learn and study.