About Anneriek
Senior Yoga, Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher (E-RYT 500) · Somatic Dance Movement Therapist · Teacher Trainer · Creator of The Goddess & Shiva Sequences
After years on the mat and in the therapy room, this is what I believe: most of us aren't lacking discipline or flexibility. We're lacking permission. Permission to feel what we feel, to take up the space we take up, and to stop performing wellness and start living in our own lives.
That's the work I do.
My classes weave yoga, breath, meditation and somatic movement into one conversation between you and the body that has carried you all along. The body keeps a record of everything: the grief you didn't have time for, the joy you swallowed to stay small, the strength you forgot was yours. We don't force it open. We listen. When the body is listened to, it begins to tell the truth.
The Goddess & Shiva Sequences grew out of that listening. They bring together Shakti's fierce, flowing, creative pulse and Shiva's still, spacious awareness, because wholeness was never about choosing one. You are the movement and the stillness.
Expect to be met, not fixed. Expect gentleness with a spine. You'll sweat, soften, sometimes cry and often laugh. Every body is welcome here, exactly as it arrives today.
I teach through Yoga4You and Balanced in Being, train the next generation of teachers, and lead yoga retreats. Underneath all of it is one simple belief:
When we stop abandoning ourselves, we stop abandoning each other.
That's how a kinder world gets built, one honest body at a time.
Yoga is not about touching your toes or being able to do a handstand. It is about overcoming your fear, your self doubt, it’s about creating space were you feel stuck, about being kind and revealing your heart, it’s about believing in yourself."
~Anneriek
My Qualifications
My Certifications:
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Level 3 Senior Registered Teacher with Yoga Australia
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E-RYT200 and RYT500 registered Teacher with Yoga Alliance
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Registered Level 2 Meditation Teacher with Centred Meditation Australia
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Graduate Diploma of Somatics and Dance-Movement Therapy (AQF Level 8 post-graduate qualification in Somatics, Counselling and Dance Movement Therapy) with Tensegrity Training.
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Currently completing a Master's degree in Counselling at the University of Canberra
My Training:
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3 year Asthanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training (apprenticeship (1000+ hours)) by Angelika Knorzer (North Sydney Yoga)
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100 hour Level 2 Yin Yoga Teacher Training by Mysan Sidbo (Qi Yoga)
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300+ hour International Advanced Teacher Training by Mark Stephens (Santa Cruz Yoga, CA - (Author of Teaching Yoga and Yoga Sequencing)
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440 hr Advanced Prana Flow Teacher Training with Shiva Rea in:
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200 hr Level 1 Foundation and Mandala Prana Vinyasa Flow
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40 hr Chakra Prana Vinyasa
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120 hr Solar and Lunar Kalari Prana Flow
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40 hr Elementary Prana Vinyasa
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40 hr Rasa Prana Vinyasa
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Trained by: Shiva Rea, Dylan Werner, Dice Lida Klein, Tara Judelle, Mark Stephens, Pradeep Teotia, Bryan Kest, Kim Eng, Simon Park, Grahame Northfied, Dena Kingsberg, and others
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400hr Level 1 and Level 2 Effortless Mediation Teacher Training with Centred Meditation.
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550hr Inner Growth Coaching training with Centred Meditation.
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Sr First Aid and CPR certificate
My Experience
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25+ years of dedicated personal practice
- 25+ years (10,000+ hours) of teaching experience in yoga, mindfulness and meditation since 2000
- Teacher's Teacher - Providing Level 1 and Level 2 Teacher Training programs, Workshops, Mentoring and Personal Coaching of Teachers
- Private (one on one) yoga and body work training sessions since 2010
- Life Balance and Inner Growth Coaching since 2017
- Designing and running various master classes, workshops, intensives and (international) retreats since 2015
- Designing and running Yoga Teacher Training programs (level 1 and 2) since 2016
- Creator and owner of Balanced in Being (www.BalancedinBeing.com)
- Teaching experience in:
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Asthanga Vinyasa Yoga,
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Yin Yoga,
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Yoga Flow (Vinyasa),
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Prana Flow,
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Hot Yoga,
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General Hatha Yoga,
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Pre- and Post Natal Yoga,
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Kids yoga,
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Yoga Therapy,
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Meditation and mindfulness,
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Breath work
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Off The Mat...
Born in The Netherlands, I have a Bachelors degree in IT Management. In 2000 I moved to Australia for the company I then worked for. Soon I realised that I loved this country and decided to move permanently. I have worked for nearly 20 years as a IT Management consultant, ending up co-owning a company. When there was an opportunity to sell this company, just after the birth of my 2nd son, I decided to move away from the business world and dedicate my life to my family and yoga.
Horse riding and driving has been a passion throughout my life. In 2013 I’ve started a company “The Carriagedriver” importing European horse drawn carriages to the Australian market. In 2017 have sold this company as I felt that my 'real' calling was to teach yoga.
Now I live with my family on a beautiful rural property just outside Sydney. I love our animals; dog, cats, chooks, goats, donkey and horses and all wild animals that visit us:-). I homeschool our 2 boys which is one of the most rewarding things I have even done!