About Noelle |
An unusual Yoga teacher |
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Noelle was born and raised in Hong Kong. In 1987 she married Les, a foreigner living in Hong Kong at that time . The couple are adventurers at heart, and soon left Hong Kong to travel extensively in Southern Africa and South East Asia.
They returned to Hong Kong in 2003 where Noelle started her yoga practice at Pure Yoga. There she met two amazing teachers; Stephen Thomas and Patrick Creelman. Both of which had a great deal of influence in her Yoga practice and development. During that time, she attended many workshops with many famous teachers from around the world. Her Yoga flourished in this wonderful environment with constant mixing of East and West. She has learnt and experienced the traditional methods of practice and the modern scientific analysis of this ancient art. In July 2007, she entered and completed a rigorous “200 Hour Teacher Training” certification course held by Pure Yoga, Hong Kong. She also completed “Seat of a Teacher”, an intensive one week, full time (10 Hours per day) course for teachers, at the same venue. Pure Yoga is a registered school with Yoga Alliance and the program she completed is internationally accredited and certified. In January 2008, she began teaching yoga at the prestigious Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club in Hong Kong. In June 2009, she immigrated to South Africa, where she taught Yoga in her beautiful home studio for 5 years. In Nov 2014, Noelle and her husband opened “The Zen Centre” in the quaint town of Ballito, where she is currently teaching Yoga and Chinese Martial Arts. Why do you practice Yoga? |
Over the past 12 years, Noelle has been developing her own teaching style. Based on her background as a Master Teacher of Chinese Martial Arts and a Zen practitioner , her teaching style has been forged with Yoga, Martial Arts and Zen practices. Her typical classes are strong and yet gentle, it is discipline and yet playful, it is mindful and yet free spirited. She always strive for balance with everything she does. She pays attention to detail and is caring and sincere to her students.
Noelle takes mindfulness practice seriously. She loves spending time doing Chinese Martial Arts forms work, Yoga practice, writing Zen Poems - and a new addition - Pottery making. During such activities, she empties her mind and completely focuses in the present moment. She also loves to spend time with her family in nature, bush camping, visiting beaches, hiking and more. 
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