Yoga with Danielle Arin

Yoga with Danielle

At sixty nine Danielle Arin continues to move around the world circuit with the same ease, efficiency and humour that has characterized her success in the British Isles and abroad for the last 30 years.
French born, she has lived in England for over thirty eight years. It is there that she qualified as a yoga teacher with the Iyengar Association, the British Wheel of Yoga and the International Yoga Teachers' Association. Besides attending many courses in Poone over the years with BKS Iyengar, she has been studying with Angela Farmer for thirty years. Angela has been a major but quiet influence on her life and her yoga.
She writes for various international yoga publications, including Yoga Online, and appeared on the front cover of" Yoga & Health" Magazine of November 2004.
Danielle's yoga is extraordinary. It is classical and it makes one fit, alert and balanced. The postures are explored with such depth and imagination that in a typical group of widely different physical types, there may be as many variations of each asana as there are abilities amongst the students. Belts, blocks, walls and furniture are used to ensure that everyone can genuinely get in touch with their bodies without fear or pain. She teaches with an unquestioned enthusiasm and with a relaxed but precise approach.
She is reckoned to be an unusual teacher who can inspire her students to move from the strength of the outer body into the stillness of the inner self.
On the personal level, she has been described as strong willed, extrovert, dynamic, independent, outspoken, and... very kind and compassionate. Certainly some of this can be put down to Frenchness! Yet, she talks very calmly and openly of what yoga means to her: a light that illuminates her own world; a spark of divinity; an unfailing source of energy. Her students comment that she is always willing to reveal herself and learn with them.
Even though she sometimes stumbles over her own ego in her practice, the difficulties and limitations she uncounters makes her realizes how small she is and how much she needs to be compassionate to herself. This is why she is not interested in diminishing other people's ego..
What about the future? - To learn to be kinder to her body, to listen to the voice of her soul, to understand others better, to enjoy the wisdom of aging...

Workshops and retreats schedule for 2008

"Precision & Mindfulness in Yoga Practice". A Sunday morning workshop in Marlow, Bucks. £20 1st June
"Yoga Summer School" in Marlow, Bucks. Five consecutive mornings of in-depth yoga with Danielle.  21-25 July
YOGA HOLIDAY IN SOUTH PORTUGAL
A 7 days yoga course set in an elegant venue in the midst of acres of fruit trees overlooking the distant coastline comprising 3 delightful and spacious traditional Portuguese villas with air-conditioning and en-suite rooms. Purpose built centre providing ample yoga equipment. 3 swimming pools. 2 yoga classes daily conducted by an experienced and sensitive teacher, allowing time to explore and further your practice in a relaxed atmosphere. Excellent self-catering facilities; restaurants, sandy beaches and various activities nearby. 13 km from Faro Airport. Contact: Danielle Arin on  01628 486698. Email: yogadanielle@onetel.com. £405 for tuition, accommodation and Saturday evening welcoming meal. 		4th - 11th October
"In-depth Yoga, Breathing & Meditation". A residential yoga week-end with Danielle at St Katherine's Parmoor, near Marlow/Henley. £195 31 October-2 November

Unless otherwise stated, for further details or to book any of the workshop or retreats above, contact Danielle Arin, Yew Tree cottage, Spinfield Lane West, Marlow, Bucks SL72DB, England, Tel/Fax (44) (0)1628 486698

Danielle also runs yoga classes for students of all levels in the Marlow area in Marlow, Bucks. 

Danielle is a regular contributor to a number of Yoga publications, including Yoga Online. See some of her articles below: