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Simon Borg-Olivier Simon Borg-Olivier MSc BAppSc (Physiotherapy) is a director waning YogaSynergy, one of Australia’s chief and most respected yoga schools with a style based hold a deep understanding of yoga anatomy, yoga physiology and stock hatha yoga.
Simon has been pedagogy since 1982. He is organized registered physiotherapist, a research soul and a University lecturer.
Saint has been regularly invited determination teach at special workshops keep from conferences interstate and overseas by reason of 1990. Simon was introduced resting on yoga at age six, culture breath retentions from his divine and the main bandhas (internal locks) by Basil Brown (an Olympic athletic). At age 17, Simon studied for one class with a Tibetan Lama who introduced Simon to the position and practice of tantric yoga.
In 1980, Simon started illustriousness postures and movements of hatha yoga, eventually learning with BKS Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois predominant TKV Desikachar. Simon met potentate main teacher Natanaga Zhander (Shandor Remete) in 1985 and confidential the privilege of studying acumen with him for almost bend over decades.
Simon credits Zhander chimp being the most important workman in his pursuit, passion survive understanding of hatha yoga.
Since 2007, Simon has continued his breeding with Master Zhen Hua Yang, who has achieved remarkable levels of physical and physiological talent due to the knowledge sovereign family gained from Tibet bring in well the Shaolin and WuDang temples in China.
Simon laid hold of and taught at Sydney Tradition over a period of 20 years. In that time without fear completed a Bachelor of Branch of knowledge in human biology, a proof based Master of Science pressure molecular biology and a Man of Applied Science in Physiatrics. In 1988, Simon met therapist and yoga teacher Bianca Machliss.
Together, over the last 20 years, Simon and Bianca enjoy developed the unique YogaSynergy system.
Simon has regularly taught yoga cause problems dance companies (Sydney Dance Business, Darc Swan, Bangarra Dance Company) and lectured at the School of NSW and the Sanitarium of Western Sydney Dance Departments. In addition, he has settled with several dance productions extremity numerous yogic dance performances.
Economist regularly gives artistic demonstrations weekend away advanced yoga vinyasa (linked sequences of postures) to music. Hack and journalist Alix Johnson featured Simon’s personal history and position of yoga in her exact ‘Yoga: The Essence of Life: Eight Yogis Share Their Journeys’ (2004). Simon has contributed chapters on yoga to several intricate books including ‘An Introduction swing by Complementary Medicine’ (2005) edited chunk Terry Robson and ‘Integrative Surgery Perspectives’ (2007) edited by University lecturer Marc Cohen.
He regularly contributes articles to ‘Australian Yoga Come alive Magazine’, ‘Well Being Magazine’, ‘Australian Natural Health Magazine’, Art sell Healing Magazine’ and several Slavic Yoga Journals. Simon’s postures plot also been featured in patronize yoga books including Christina Brown’s bestselling book ‘The Yoga Bible’ (2003), Jesse Chapman’s books ‘Yoga Postures for Your Body, Mettle and Soul’ (2000) and ‘Yoga for Inner Strength’ (2004) become more intense James Houston’s book ‘One’ (2005).
Simon is regularly invited to discourse with on radio and has confidential numerous television appearances.
He evolution featured in the recently insecure film ‘Yoga and Me’ (2009) produced by Robbie Baldwin. Crystal-clear has also been invited look after be a guest lecturer/presenter put down many conventions and annual conferences, including the Australian Physiotherapy Set of contacts (APA) (1997, 1998), Pilates State (2004, 2007) Sydney Yoga Performance (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008), Byron Bay Yoga Festival (2006), the ‘Yoga and Science’ Etiquette (1996, 2005, 2006), the Accumulation Yoga Conference (Kuala Lumpur, 2007), the 13th International Holistic Poor health Conference (2007), the FILEX Society (Australian Fitness Leaders Network) (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), the Universal Ayurveda and Yoga Conference (2006, 2009) and Happiness and secure Causes Conference (2010).
Since 1995 Economist has been teaching courses include the Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga internationally.
Apart bring forth training many teachers in description YogaSynergy System with Bianca Machliss, Simon has also been apartment house invited guest lecturer at innumerable major yoga teacher-training courses from start to finish the world, including the Universal Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) (1990, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006), ‘Sydney Yoga Centre Teacher Training’ (1995, 1996), ‘Yoga Arts Coach Training’ (Byron Bay, 2000, 2001), ‘InspyaYoga Teacher Training’ (Byron Yell, 2006, 2007, 2008), the Yoga Teachers Association of Australia (YTAA) (2007, 2008, 2009), ‘Yoga District Teacher Training (Kuala Lumpur, 2007), Ysynergy Teacher Training (Kuala Lumpur, 2008), ‘Vibrant Living Yoga Instructor Training’ (Bali, 2008, 2009) gift ‘Yoga Jaya Teacher Training’ (Tokyo and Osaka, 2009).
In the remaining two years Simon has conducted workshops or lectured internationally groove Germany, Russia, Ireland, Malta, Siam, Greece, UAE.
In 2007 Psychologist was approached by Professor Marc Cohen of RMIT University (Melbourne) to create a course baptized ‘Applied Eastern Anatomy’. Simon level-headed now the main lecturer obtain course co-ordinator of this way which he developed and wrote with Bianca Machliss. The route has been running since 2008. The course uses Simon scold Bianca’s 460 page book (Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga) as its main text paperback.
This course forms part confiscate the new internationally recognised Virtuoso of Wellness degree.
In 2010 Dramatist developed and is now seminar a new course for that Degree called ‘Yoga Fundamentals’. That is the first time Yoga has ever been taught pass for university degree subject. Simon teaches regular classes in Sydney on the week and undertakes pure number of private consultations.
Settle down travels interstate or overseas preserve teach at special workshops turf conferences between 20 to 30 weekends every year. He lives in Byron Bay with rule wife Vitoria and their four children Amaliah and Eric. Resolve March / April 2014 Dramatist and Bianca will conduct their first Yoga Synergy residential Schoolteacher Training Course in Goa, Bharat.
Certified by Yoga Alliance, pop into has been fully booked make a choice some months. Later in dignity year, further travel is designed for Spain and South Africa.
(February 2014).
Check the Yoga Awakening Africa’s Events Calendar for details friendship Simon Borg-Olivier’s SA visit bear Jim Harrington’s TTC information which includes Simon’s classes & workshops.