Know Your Asana

Krista Marquardt started practicing yoga 15 years ago. What started out as a purely physical practice for Krista turned into something much more profound. Hungry to learn more and continue to connect with the spiritual healing power of yoga, she completed her first 200 hour teacher training program with LifePower Yoga, directed by Jonny Kest in 2013. She then went on to complete another 200 hour and a 500 yoga teacher certification with The Samarya Center in Seattle, Washington under the expert guidance of Molly Lannan-Kenny – the creator of Integrated Movement Therapy and Samarya Yoga. Krista completed her Integrated Movement Therapy certification in 2015 and is recognised as a qualified yoga therapist by The international Association of Yoga Therapists. Krista now spends her time working with expert teachers to create relevant and valuable training resources for new and aspiring yoga teachers. She wants to empower new teachers to gain the skills and confidence they need to responsibly live their dream teaching yoga to others. Krista works mostly with private clients but you can occasionally find her dropping in to teach a class or workshop at studios in the Sydney, Australia area. 

Mathew Bergan yoga teacher training facilitator at Dancing Warrior Yoga. Sydney Australia 200-350 hours.

Mathew Bergan is the founder of Dancing Warrior Yoga. He enjoyed a professional career in dance and choreography throughout the eighties and nineties and then discovered Hatha yoga in 1990. Mathew completed Anatomy, Physiology and Teacher Training with Yoga Synergy between 1998 and 2003. Mathew commenced Hatha yoga with renowned Australian teacher Shandor Remete in 1989. He has been teaching yoga since 1990, and set up Dancing Warrior Yoga school in 2003. He has a background in contemporary dance and choreography and previously worked as a Sports Masseur, writer and film maker. He also has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications.

Mathew trained with Shri K Pattabhi Jois,  (Ashtanga Yoga), Simon Borg Olivier & Bianca Machliss (Yoga Synergy), Shandor Remete (Shadow Yoga), Eileen Hall (Yoga Moves) and Donna Farhi (teacher and author). A holder of an Advanced Diploma in Sports Massage, Mathew integrates into all of his teachings his knowledge of the body learned through 30 years of inquiry into human movement forms including Hatha yoga, martial art, Qigong, dance and Alexander technique. His teaching style fuses the kinetic qualities of movement with the muscular/skeletal foundations of Hatha yoga and conscious breathing. Mathew is the resident senior level teacher and coordinates and teaches the 350 hour teacher training program.