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About Tammy...

Tammy could most simply be defined as a 'perpetual student', although she has made teaching her profession. (With degrees in Education, Comparative Religious Studies and a RYT200 qualification.)

Through teaching she has discovered just how much there is to know about life, the world we live in and the joy of sharing with others.

Tammy's love for yoga has bloomed over the years, and although she approached it academically first, (her studies taking her throughout East Asia) she has found the physical, mental and spiritual benefits to be endless.

Tammy Completed her RYT200 (yoga teacher training) at Yandara in Mexico at the beginning of 2009 and has been fortunate enough to attend a wide range of international courses held by various acclaimed teachers.

Yoga continues to teach Tammy valuable lessons and she remains its humbled student.

Tammy currently teaches at Yoga Shala in Port Elizabeth.
For Details contact: 079 475 7758
For Info on Prenatal Yoga click HERE

Qualifications and Workshops Tammy has attended:
* B.Ed~ Univesisty of KwaZulu Natal-South Africa
*B.A. Comparative Religious Studies~ University of South Africa
* RYT 200~ Yandara Yoga~ Mexico
* Thai Yoga Body Workshop~ Jonas Westring, Yoya Tree- Tokyo
* Basic Ashtanga Workshop~ YogaJaya-Tokyo
*Sakyadita Conference 2008~ Mongolia
*Detox Workshop, module 4 with Adi Carter
*Ashtanga Yoga Practice workshop with Mark Robberds
*Detox, Vinyasa Flow Intensive with Seane Corn
*Effortless Arm balances with Jason crandell
*Unravelling the Mysteries of the Hips, neck and Shoulders, Forrest yoga with Ana Forrest
*840,000 posture-bilities, Prana Flow, Int/adv with Twee merrigan
*Yoga and Food workshop with Govinda Kai
* Prenatal workshop with Aryo @ pregnancy empowered

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Classes...

Introductory Ashtanga Classes available on Tuesday and Thursdays 5:30- 6:30

@ Yoga Shala, Baine Street, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth

For private classes classes contact me:

079 475 7758

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Photos's...

Taken March 20th, Tokyo Bay

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Outreach ...

... The SEVA Challenge

In 2010 Tammy took part in the Seva challenge with attempt to raise $20 000 for the Linawo school in Cape Town.

It was a daunting experience that taught a myriad of lessons, one that she will never forget.

15 million children around the world have been orphaned to AIDS... please help me try to make their lives a little happier...

Off the Mat, Into the World® (OTM), a nonprofit organization is dedicated to bridging yoga and activism. Founded in 2007, OTM’s mission is to use the power of yoga to inspire conscious, sustainable activism and ignite grassroots social change.

Each year, OTM sponsors an international service project called the Global Seva Challenge. The Global Seva Challenge is a transformational journey that builds community, provokes critical consciousness about global issues of social justice and equity, and raises significant funds to support communities in crisis. In our first two years, the Global Seva Challenge has raised over one million dollars for NGO’s in Cambodia and Uganda and has left a powerful legacy in the communities we have served. In 2010 our Seva Challenge will be focused on HIV/AIDS prevention and education in South Africa.

Seva Challenge participants are asked to raise $20,000 each and by collaborating with their local communities. Upon reaching their fundraising goal, participants embark on the Bare Witness Tour, a journey abroad where they will spend two weeks working directly with the organizations their funds support.  
For more information please visit their website:
http://www.offthematintotheworld.org

What is the Seva Challenge?

The Seva Challenge asks participants to raise significant funds in support of a select few organizations working to eradicate the tremendous financial and health crises that exist in Africa, and creating sustainable solutions for communities in crisis. This effort helps participants know that they are leaders who have the ability to find, support and manifest a dream. We then take a small group of leaders and push them to expand their self-confidence and capabilities by exposing them to unique physical and spiritual challenges. We will leave Africa knowing we have been in deep service and have left a powerful legacy.

Off The Mat, Into The World www.offthematintotheworld.com

is an organization committed to helping alleviate the suffering of children, working towards sustainable living, and helping to create a higher quality of living in some of the most impoverished areas of the world. OTM is also dedicated to ‘supporting cultures and communities where basic human need are at risk' through their yearly Seva Challenge.

"Over 33 million people are living with HIV/AIDS today, with 67% living in sub-saharan Africa. "

image courtesy of OTM

The money raised will go towards the following:

Working closely with YouthAIDS, TAC and the Linawo School in South Africa, we will help to fund and build health and education programs that will provide tools and resources for the prevention of HIV/AIDS.

About Linawo School

Linawo Children's Home was started in 2002 by Ivy Konisi and some members of her Khayelitsha based church. The home was started in response to the need to provide these children with adequate care that, for various reasons, their parents were not able to provide. Soon children were being left with Mama Ivy resulting in her needing to find alternative accommodation for the children. After a few temporary destinations, LCW now has the use of an unused creche in Elsies River (about 15km from Cape Town). The home currently accommodates 15 children between the ages of 1 and 10 years. There are 4 full-time childcare works, a full-time cleaner, part-time secretary and a full-time manager, all of whom receive a stipend for the work that they do.

The breakdown of funds and where the funds go…

Direct Community Support: up to 80% of the funds raised will support creation and sustainability of partner projects in South Africa.

Seva Participant Travel for Tour: 5% support for air and ground travel, accommodations and trip facilitation for two weeks for each Bare Witness Tour participant.

OTM Administrative and Urban Seva Support: remaining funds support continued expansion and sustainability of the Urban Seva Project, as well as administrative support for all OTM programs and projects.

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Prenatal yoga is currently being taught by Tammy, for more infornation contact Tammy 079 475 7758
Keeping up great health habits while being pregnant will only make your life easier once you baby is born. Yoga can help you physically and mentally prepare for a child. Staying physically fit throughout the months that you are pregnant will help you shake off the baby weight (after pregnancy) as well as keeping the muscles tight/toned.
Also, Yoga helps the little one before he/she is even born. Blood flow increases which helps your baby keep a healthy level of oxygen. When you are focused, your baby is. Basically, you are your child until he/she is born. The exercises you do are the ones that will benefit your child. Yoga helps to clear out your mind which will keep you from becoming stressed. Even though your child is not born yet they are still developing the healthy lifestyle that you are making for yourself.
Classes can help you meet other mothers who are getting ready for another addition in their family. Interacting with other woman who are expecting can be a very therapeutic activity. You will meet single mothers, young mothers, older mothers, etc. Seeing the diversity of home and family life will help you grow an open mind about parenting in general. Listening to stories of struggles and triumph will only help you realize that you are not the only one dealing with this process.
Prepare your body and brain for your child in a relaxing setting that revs up your daily health. Start Yoga today. It is never too late no matter what trimester you are on!

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phone 079 475 7758