About Us

Christophe in Vamadevasana

Christophe in Eka Pada Kapotasana Christophe in Janusirsasana 3

I started practicing and studying yoga in Ireland fourteen years ago. Since then, I have studied with a number of senior yoga teachers all over the world.

I originally trained as an Iyengar teacher, and I still value the Iyengar method for its precision and attention to details, but my practice and teaching have been influenced by a number of other yoga styles, particularly ashtanga (which I loved right from my first vinyasa), and by the atma vikasa style of Venkatesh. In addition to my morning asana practice, I regularly practice pranayama and meditation.

A few years ago, I gave up a promising :) career managing a small IT company, went to India, and come back only to teach yoga full time. I still work with computers, though, as I am the webmaster of the Yoga-ireland.com and yogaholidays.net sites.

I also passionately love cooking (I am French after all...) and have a keen interest in ayurvedic nutrition. My past loves, sailing and horses, are getting a new lease of life on the island, and I am developing new interests such as gardening and growing trees. Theo and Maud are currently teaching me the art of fatherhood, which I enjoy very much.

Theo adjusting Christophe in Urdhva Danurasana

Ciara Cullen

I came to yoga in a round about way, after a background in dance--both ballet and modern, as well as cross-country running. After exploring various alternative forms of movement and exercise, I found myself doing yoga and immediately felt 'at home', and have been practicing now for over ten years. Ashtanga yoga has had the strongest influence on my practice, and I have studied intensively with John Scott, Graeme Northfield, Patthabi Jois and most recently Nancy Gilgoff,in Europe and India. I have also enjoyed greatly the 'lyrical' and 'poetic' styles of teaching from a number of Scaravelli influenced teachers including Rosella Baroncini, Victor Van Kooten, and of course, Paddy MacGrath.

For me, yoga is about practicing alone, facing one's self with one's breath on the mat. My own personal practice has also been greatly influenced in the last five years by two pregnancies and two very happy homebirths.