The Directors

The current  IYN company directors are Steve Brandon, Company Secretary, Ellen Lee, Chair and Jim Gough-Olaya, Treasurer.  All three have had decades of Yoga teaching experience. Steve is founder and director of  Harmony Yoga Academy and Ellen of the Bushey School of Yoga. Jim has wide experience of teaching Yoga in prisons and to the terminally ill, as well as training teachers in an apprenticeship system.

Registration

Pete Yates and Ellen Lee currently look after registration. Pete Yates is founder and director of the Parkdale Yoga Centre and Heart Yoga teacher training. He was the first Chair of the IYN and held the post for nearly six years.

Festival Team

Watch this space for 2012 team!

Namaskaram (IYN e-zine and news letter)

Namaskaram is edited by Yoga Teachers Matthew Head and Jerry Jones. Jerry is founder and director of  The Yoga Academy. Namaskaram is web-mastered by Laura Dicken, a student of Heart Yoga.

Aesthetics and Semiotics

The appearance and content of IYN materials is overseen by Sama Fabian, Tanya Sayed, Pete Yates, Godfri Devereux and Stef Cartwright. Sama and Tanya are founders and directors of the Aurolab Teacher Training, one of the first IYN schools. Godfri is founder of Windfire Yoga, also an original IYN school, and Stef leads the Innate Music project.

Yoga Show

The IYN presence at the Yoga Show in 2012 is being co-ordinated by Steve Brandon, founder and director of Harmony Yoga. Steve is also the IYN membership liaison person.

Politics, lobbying and external liaison

Pete Yates, Ellen Lee and Steve Brandon represent the IYN with bodies that are likely to impact on the future of Yoga, including Parliament, SkillsActive, BWY etc., and always informed by the central IYN aim of keeping Yoga free.

Teacher representatives

Paul Collins, Stef Cartwright, Kathryn Varley.

Administration

Laura Dicken

Internal Communications

Olivia Crooks. Olivia teaches for Windfire Yoga.