ABOUT JACQUI FLETCHER
ATMAVANI · SATYANANDA YOGA TEACHER
As with so many Yogis I have met,
I truly discovered Yoga from the depths of illness.
Finding Yoga
I was always a career woman. I had firmly handcuffed myself to the rat wheel of corporate life, trading all my prana (life force) for a handful of silver.
Not knowing myself well enough to heed the early warning signs, I eventually came face-to-face with Graves’ disease. Heart palpitations, anxiety, muscle wastage, hair loss and exhaustion became my constant companions.
I was burning through my prana at maximum speed.
Eighteen months of conventional Western medical treatment left me feeling powerless, ill-informed and more sick than ever. The one thing that made me feel better during this time was Yoga, particularly Yoga Nidra. Yoga practice seemed to soothe my jangling nerves and brought some desperately needed rest into my depleted life.
In my newfound evangelical state for Yoga, I just knew I had found something amazing. I knew I needed to be doing this every day, and I knew a lot of other people could really benefit from it too.
I had become too sick to work and had already stepped, or perhaps staggered, out of the rat wheel.
BECOMING A SATYANANDA YOGA TEACHER
2½ years full-time training · Exercise Science · Personal Sadhana
Two and a half years of full-time training gave me a glimpse of the vastness of Yoga, a solid sadhana of my own and a firm foundation in Exercise Science.
The emphasis was on developing our own sadhana first: teaching only what we practised ourselves.
It was only once I had finished my training and began teaching that I realised my training to become a Yoga teacher had really only just begun.
Teaching in the Community
The Satyananda tradition of Yoga has a strong focus on serving the communities in which it finds itself.
Teaching in the community with this focus on service, or seva, since 2009 has brought an amazing diversity of people and teaching opportunities into my life.
I never tire of watching people arrive at class stressed, exhausted and unwell, faces pinched, posture slumped and with so little sparkle, then leave smiling and calm. Sometimes they’re so relaxed I practically need to scrape them off the floor and send them home.
Helping people to relax and smile is the best job in the world.
Atmavani (Jacqui Fletcher)
Practice with Jacqui
YOGA CLASSES
Regular in-person and online classes
PRIVATE & GROUP YOGA
Individual sessions, groups and teacher mentoring
EVENTS & KIRTAN
Gatherings, workshops and special practices