Gozo - Yoga Teacher

Anne-Marie Burford

Anne-Marie runs her own centre - the Yorkshire Centre for Wellbeing in the spa town of Harrogate N.Yorkshire England.

Anne-Marie is a highly qualified and experienced teacher with over 26 years of teaching experience (initially a secondary school teacher) and then subsequently training as a health education tutor, working in G.P practice with referred patients and later as an RSA YMCA exercise to music teacher, Pilates and Yoga teacher.

Anne-Marie is committed to developing physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being and is a certified Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga teacher with the world renowned Chopra Centre for Well Being, California.

She has also spent time in India studying yoga, and is also influenced by the Satyananda tradition whose workshops/ retreats she attends when possible.
Many of her students now come as medical referrals and she was also named as one of the top Pilates instructors in the country by Harpers and Queen Magazine - Feb 2002.

Although Anne-Marie specialises in back problems, she is also qualified in pre/post natal Pilates and has also worked with referred patients and staff in the physiotherapy department at Harrogate District Hospital.

She now runs Ayurvedic/Yoga retreat days and weekends, at her centre and in Europe and Asia.

Anne-Marie will guide you through a unique personalised Ayurvedic/yoga style practice in the morning with a more dynamic, hatha flow class incorporating pranayama, chakra balancing and meditation.

The afternoon practice will be more restorative/yin based with meditation.
In all sessions there will be an emphasis on alignment, posture and on each individual's specific needs with suitable variations given for any particular issues such as back/neck or other health issues .

 Anne-Marie lives by the philosophy that yoga is for everyone and it can and be should be fun too.
 

Anne-Marie is also a keen dancer - particularly Salsa and Argentinian Tango - and would be happy to teach a few moves if requested!

For more information please see www.yorkshirewellbeing.co.uk or www.harrogateyogaretreats.co.uk