Yoga Teachers At Yoga Mala

Rajesh was born and educated in New Delhi, India. He obtained D.Y.Ed. (Diploma in Yoga Education) from renowned school of Yoga G.S.College of Yoga & Cultural Synthesis, Kaivalyadhama, Lonavla, Pune (Maharastra), India. Since then he has been a student of Yoga for 20 years and is still constantly expanding his interest in related studies like Naturopath, Acupressure and Reiki.

Rajesh also accredited ERYT 500, RPYT with the Yoga Alliance, USA. He has achieved 19 years of experience in teaching Yoga and Yoga Therapy in India and Internationally. He combines his depth of understanding in anatomy and movement with the richness of yogic knowledge to make yoga accessible for the modern day practitioners. He believes that a sound understanding of yoga is urgently required in today’s commercial yoga setting and enjoys teaching to smaller groups of Teacher Trainees to ensure all trainees develop a good understanding of yoga before going off to teach in studios, at home and in the workplace.

Mien is a qualified and accredited yoga teacher and has been teaching yoga since 2011. She is equally at ease teaching a basic or an advance yoga class, and highly enjoys guiding Yoga Nidra and Meditation sessions. She believes that yoga, when practiced with awareness, creates change in the individual and restores one to a state of balance, peace and​ equanimity. Her greatest satisfaction in teaching is seeing students finding relaxation after every class.

She enjoys Yogic philosophy as well, and teaches the Theory and Philosophy section in the Teacher Training Course. Her teachers from the Bihar School of Yoga parampara are her greatest source of strength and inspiration. To maintain awareness in everyday life is her work in progress.

Melissa has been practicing yoga since 2012. She was a certified yoga teacher since 2015. In 2016, when she was 24-weeks pregnant, she joined Jennifer More’s Prenatal Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training in Ubud, Bali to learn and feel the benefits of prenatal yoga on her pregnant body. It geared her up for labour and was spared from back pain during pregnancy. When she moved to Singapore in 2019, she decided to join the 200-Hr YTT at Yoga Mala Singapore to deepen her understanding and hone her teaching skills.

For Melissa, being a yoga teacher is more than just giving cues for poses; it’s about giving positive impact to the lives of those who join her class. It can be on the physical level which relate to their health or non-physical level which relate to the peace of mind. Nothing can compare to the contentment of leading a yoga class, especially seeing the students’ relaxed and happy faces after practice.