International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 55 | Page 59

“Dave is a brilliant host and took us on a fabulous guided walk to Blackhead. Our yoga teacher on this weekend retreat, Esther, was superb – lovely and inspiring. The food was delicious and the people on the retreat were just wonderful. A magical experience – so glad I took time for myself to visit.” Solo Traveller. Free Competition for Summer 2014 and the prize is a voucher for €300 to be used on any of our retreats before October 2015. www.burrenyoga.com/summer-2014-free-competition/ Dave Brocklebank began his own meditation practice in 1978 in Dublin and began practising Yoga in 1989 when he moved to Galway. He has over 30 years of meditation experience and over 20 years experience of many different forms of yoga as well as the Buddhist teachings which he has also been following for over 20 years. He has enjoyed the practices of meditation and yoga right from the beginning and feels that yoga and meditation are the two most transformative techniques or bodies of knowledge that he has come across in his life. Dave completed the 2-year Satyananda yoga teacher training in 1999 with Shraddhamurti and Chetanmurti in the Galway school of Yoga and Meditation. He has also completed another Yoga Teacher Training in 2008 with David Muehsam. And also a Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli in 2010. Dave has studied with many teachers of various traditions from all over the world and his teachers have been too numerous to mention here. More information about Dave’s background and teachers he has studied with can be seen at http://www.burrenyoga.com/ about/yoga-centre-retreatcentr/ www.internationallifestylemagazine.com