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Sama
Fabian
Sama was born in Madrid
& educated in France. She started her life of Yoga in 1980 when she met
Tapas Desrousseaux, a spiritual seeker & researcher, & came across the
books of Sri Aurobindo & Satprem. Jnana & Raja Yoga were her initial
paths. After two years of intense experiences she started to practice asana
& pranayama as a means to keep grounded & to stay connected to her
organic reality. Sama started teaching in 1985 & has a Vinni Yoga background
& holds an Iyengar qualification (1991). She completed an Advanced Teacher
Training programme with Dona Holleman & Orit Sen Gupta in 2001. In 1999 Sama
founded 'Aurolab Yoga Project', a three-year study programme for keen
practitioners, with an optional fourth year to prepare teachers. Aurolab Yoga
Project 2, in collaboration with Angelika Grohmann, is now in it's second year
& Aurolab Yoga Project Ireland, in collaboration with Gabi Gillessen, starts
in January 2005. Sama holds regular teacher awareness programmes in Auroville,
India; she is a qualified & registered craniosacral therapist & an
artist.
Gabi
Gillessen
Gabi was born in
South Africa & after completing a four-year goldsmith apprenticeship she
started studying Psychology & Philosophy, first at the University of South
Africa & then in University College Dublin. She started her Yogic life in
1991 attending classes with Gay Blake, Paula Catizone & Linda Southgate. She
completed her Irish Yoga Association Diploma in 1997 under the tutelage of
Marlene ffrench Mullen & Nollag Carroll. Gabi became a Tutor on the IYA
course in the same year & has been training teachers ever since. She has
also run a Tutor training course for the IYA & holds an Iyengar
qualification (2002). Gabi met Sama in 1995 & has been inspired by her
teaching ever since. She has studied with Sama in India, France & Portugal
with & Dona Holleman in Scotland, & Ireland & through Yoga has
worked with prisoners, transition year students, primary school teachers, MS
patients & people under going intensive counselling.
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