New Trainee Teachers March 2011

KARINA COX
Karina graduated from UCL (London) and has lived in London most of her life, teaching English as a foreign language to Japanese, Korean and Chinese people. She has always been fascinated by holistic therapies and natural methods of healing and so studied for a Diploma in Holistic Clinical Aromatherapy, Therapeutic Massage & Oriental Medicine Diagnosis in 2005 and now professionally practises a variety of therapies, including aromatherapy, maternity massage, reiki healing and facial rejuvenation. She has been practising yoga for about 15 years and was introduced to Iyengar yoga by a wonderful Greek teacher. She later discovered Hatha yoga, along with pranayama and meditation and has attended numerous workshops and retreats in Greece, France, Spain and the UK. She now hopes to bring all her passions together, by training as a yoga teacher at Sunyoga and being able to offer a variety of classes, workshops and retreats focussing on a holistic and more spiritual way of life, incorporating yoga, holistic therapies, meditation and relaxation.
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NADIA ZUL
"In search of my own true self, I find seclusion every time on the yoga mat. Every 60 minutes I spent in class, I find peace that I longed for. I am one with myself. I have much to understand to what really this experience has done for me, but it has been life changing. Yoga is a gift in my life, and in this journey, I now have all to be grateful for."

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SUE PARMAR
Fondly known as Sue. Sue has 30 years of experience in the aviation industry in various disciplines of management ranging from Planning and Budgeting, Human Resource Management , Corporate Governance, and Public Relations.

She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing/UK, Masters in Business Administration in Strategic Marketing & Management from the University of Hull/UK, Executive Masters in Business Administration in International Marketing from University of Berne/Switzerland and Masters in Logistics & Transport/UK.

Sue is a qualified Trainer who specializes in Grooming, Deportment & Protocol programs and workshops. She is also the Exclusive Distributor of anti-aging products.

Maritial status : widow. Has 3 adult children – 1 daughter and 2 sons – residing in Australia.
Favorite past times : brisk walking/ reading & traveling

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SUSANNA SIERLA-PETERS
Originally from Finland, Susanna lived in the UK for 5 years before moving to Abu Dhabi where she lives with her husband and 17-month-old son, Taavi. A qualified Finnish lawyer, Susanna undertook a career change to study psychology and then to pursue her passion of many years, dancing. Her dance styles include jazz, hip hop/jazz funk and Cuban dances. Susanna first started yoga to facilitate her dancing by increasing flexibility. However, she soon found out that yoga has many more benefits. In her yoga practice, Susanna draws from her dance technique and adds exercises and stretches used in dance classes to complement the yoga postures. She pays great attention to understanding the benefits of postures and to achieving the right alignment and avoiding injuries. Having already completed Sun Yoga Prenatal and Kids Yoga teacher training, she now looks forward to learning more about yoga, improving her own practice, sharing her own knowledge and ideas as well as meeting many new yogis as part of her 200 hour Sun Yoga Teacher Training programme in Kuala Lumpur.

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SUESAN LEONG

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JASPER SIM