About Mike

I qualified as a Yoga Teacher in 1992 training with Paul Harvey on his Viniyoga Practitioner course. I continued studying with Paul for a further 9 years, as an individual student, doing retreats and study days.

A part of this training process was to spend some time in India studying at the Krishnamacarya Yoga Mandiram and I was fortunate enough to be part of a group studying with TKV Desikachar on several occasions.

I have taught in many varied situations including Schools(students and staff), special needs residential care, businesses, the NHS, and for the past 10 years I have taught in prison, something which I have found very rewarding and continue to enjoy doing on a weekly basis. As a direct consequence of my experience in prisons I took a Diploma in Counselling from 2001- 2003.

In 1995 I met Hart deFouw for an Indian astrology reading and was so intruigued by the experience that it was instrumental in starting me on a course of study in astrology and palmistry with Hart in the UK and latterly in America.

In my own yoga teaching and practice I am increasingly influenced by the work of F.M Alexander and am currently undertaking a four year teacher training course.

At present I live in Cardiff and Herefordshire with my wife, Eve, an artist, and two daughters.