Dave Brocklebank

The vision of Dave Brocklebank was to setup a very comfortable yoga centre to help introduce yoga and meditation to as many people as possible, in a quality and enjoyable way.

And to provide an ideal retreat space in which one can come to deepen one's practice of yoga and meditation.

The centre was built May 1999 and in 2004 over 40 courses were run.

There are courses for

• beginners
• improvers
• regular practitioners
• teachers

There are courses all year round, nearly every weekend.

There are 7-day long courses during the summer months, Christmas, New Year and Easter.

Dave began meditating in 1978 and began practising Yoga in 1989 with the Galway school of Yoga and Meditation which is Satyananda based.

He completed the 2-year Satyananda yoga teacher training with Shradhmurti and Chetanmurti in the Galway school of Yoga and Meditation. He has attended numberous workshops since then (too many to mention) with teachers of many traditions from all over the world.

His classes begin with very gentle loosening up postures which help prepare the body for the stronger postures which are introduced after a number of months. He introduces Pranayama right from day one, and a large emphasis is placed on the awareness of the practitioner rather than their physical ability.

His experience with Iyengar and Astanga yoga bring a detailed approach to correct alignment of the body in order to assume the posture while respecting the limits of one's body.

His teaching of meditation is very clear and understandable for beginners and for advanced meditators alike.

The meditation technique is breath focus and mindfulness.

As the course progresses, he gives less and less instructions, so that one is able to follow the practice without any guidance at the end of the course.

In addition to Dave's yoga lifestyle, he also attends Buddhist teachings and tries to bring these teachings into his own life and dealings with people.

Dave runs the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre, co-ordinating courses, facilitating workshops and teaching Yoga and Meditation himself. He also maintains his own daily practice of Yoga and Meditation, and regularly attends Yoga workshops throughout the year.