Teachers

Melodie Batchelor

Melodie is a Senior Intermediate level 1 Yoga Teacher with 17 years experience teaching and practicing Yoga. She established her Yoga School, Herne Bay Yoga in 1997.

Melodie trains yearly at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune India and has a teacher-training programme in place.

Melodie is Moderator for the Introductory Assessment panel and sits as an assessor on the Junior Intermediate Panel. Currently Melodie is on the executive committee of the I.Y.A.N.Z. Yoga association of New Zealand and has worked on the Events Committee since 2002.

Melodie enjoys living in the beautiful surrounds of Piha, a New Zealand west coast beach with her husband Gary. She is mother of two and Grandmother of four and enjoys walking in the Waitakere ranges when not practicing or teaching Yoga.

Introducing New Teachers

I am pleased to introduce a new teacher to the school, Neil Mac-Kay. Neil is a certified Iyengar teacher, trained in England, however, born and raised in New Zealand. Neil will teach the Saturday classes and hopes to start a Friday evening restorative class for those wanting to wind down after a busy week. I look forward to having Neil onboard for the year ahead.

A welcome to Stephanie Anderson who joined us in October 2009. Stephanie did her teacher training at Herne Bay Yoga. Soon after, having taught at the School she left to have her first daughter. Shortly thereafter followed another daughter and now we are very glad to have Stephanie back with us. Stephanie’s background is in Yoga and Massage. Her studies have given her extensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology and I look forward to her ongoing teaching at our School.

Nikki Ralston has been doing classes at Herne Bay Yoga for many years and has gone on to do her teacher training with us. Nikki will start teaching this year. Nikki’s background is Yoga and Massage also and with this knowledge she will share her experience of Yoga in a bright and informative way. Welcome Nikki.