About Ayurvedic Yogi
Joanna Webber (Johnston) Founder (currently on maternity leave)
Yoga kept Joanna sane whilst reading Human Sciences at Oxford University from 1993. She spent the next 10 years exploring different styles. After 5 years working in the City as an ethical investment analyshe was exhausted and quit to explore alternative ways to work. She had set up some yoga classes for stressed city workers which she really enjoyed so trained as a Sivananda Hatha yoga teacher. She loves bringing yoga to different groups and has taught at drug rehabilitation projects, festivals, companies, health clubs and children’s groups.
As a tourist in Kerala in 1999, she saw an Ayurvedic clinic in a sleepy backstreet. She went in to see the old doctor who asked no questions but took her pulse. She was amazed by what he was able to tell from this. For Joanna, minor stress related complaints and character traits. For her friend, the fact she had experienced a certain type of cancer, the effects of her allopathic treatment, and the fact that she no longer had cancer cells in her body. To say that it seemed like magic was an understatement and she made a commitment to study Ayurveda at some point in her life. This became reality with training as a Sivananda Ayurvedic Nutrition Adviser as she has a passion for tasty and healthy food. She then completed a three year BSc in Ayurveda (Manipal University) and further training in clinics in India (Alvas Ayurveda Hospita and Dr Marda in Pune) and the UK (Ayuseva Clinic, Brighton). She is a full member of the UK’s Ayurvedic Practitioner’s Association (APA). Joanna is indebted to all her teachers along the way, and indeed future teachers as Ayurveda is a lifelong journey.
Michelle Short
Michelle has completed a three year BSc (Hons) in Ayurveda (Manipal Uiversity) and further training in clinics in India, where she also trained in panchakarma and has been greatly influenced in her practice of Ayurved by Dr Shrinivasa Acharya (author of panchakarma illustrated), Dr A Sudarshan Bhat and Dr M.B. Shivakumar, amongst others. Michelle’s interest in the different cultures and styles of Ayurveda has also seen her study in Sri Lanka, and train in abhyanga (traditional Ayurvedic massage), where she completed her diploma in 2006. For over 10 years, she has run a successful yoga business and continues to teach Hatha yoga (in the tradition of Sivananda yoga). Michelle is a member of APA, and works within their codes of ethics.
Marinella Benelli
Marinella discovered the Ayurvedic way of living while travelling through Northern India at the end of 2008 and felt immediately in love with it. Back in England, she committed herself to bring Ayurveda into her daily life, and embarked on a new journey of personal and professional growth to become an Ayurvedic massage therapist. Marinella sees massage as a genuine act of care, an exchange of energies, a powerful healing tool. She really enjoys being able to help others to relax and reconnect with themselves through massage, not only on physical level but on an emotional level too. Since May 2009 she has been training and working with some truly amazing and inspiring teachers in Bristol and London, and has been delighted to be part of the Bristol Ayurveda Clinic team since April 2010.
Sole Salido (Satya)
Over the last three years Satya has studied and worked within the holistic field in Ireland, Spain, India and Holland. She is a qualified Hatha Yoga Teacher, follower of the Bihar School Tradition, specialized in Pregnancy Yoga (British Wheel of Yoga) and Yoga for children and families (Rainbow Kids Yoga). She also trained with the International Association of Infant Massage as a Baby Massage Instructor and in India with Dr. Anita Rawandale in Ayurvedic Body Massage Technics. While living in Ireland, she discovered Yoga and Ayurveda, it became her passion and she left a succesful business career to study Yoga and massage in India. Her practice takes an interdisciplinary approach, emphasising the connection between the quality of the bodys energy and ones experience in the world.
Sustainability issues
AyurvedicYogi strives to make the right decisions for society and the environment, as follows:
- Our site is solar powered with green web hosting from Lightbeing Creations
- All oils, herbs and other products used are organic and fair trade where applicable
- Concessions are available for all services for those with genuine need
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