Janet Graham

Yoga teacher

Janet is an experienced and accomplished practitioner of yoga for more than 40 years through personal practice, study and teaching. Her approach to yoga is based on a strong Hatha yoga foundation built around the yamas and niyamas, asana, pranayama and meditation. This is blended together through the practice of inquiry led somatic movement principles, restorative yoga, energy flow and mindfulness, helping to create and sustain a balanced and harmonious sense of being. Her classes encourage the practice of being kind to the self through compassion and respect for oneself, family and the world in which we live. With an infusion of Ayurvedic and Aromatherapy traditions along with yoga principles the student is encouraged to inquire and explore of themselves, engage with the practice, reflect and breathe. As a long time resident of the UAE Janet has taught yoga to individuals, groups and corporates in beautiful locations in and around the UAE and also private membership clubs, yoga studios, private homes and her own home based studio. Over the years she has studied and practiced with world renowned Yoga practitioners including Donna Farhi, Gabriella Guibilaro, and local teachers Djoeke van der Werf, and Jan Maddern, who inspired her to follow the path of yoga teaching through the Kevala Institute and British Wheel of Yoga.Janet is a certified Yoga practitioner C.H. Ed (Dip.Yog) UK, 2002, a Somatic Movement practitioner and holds UAE REPS certification.