Meet the Raw Team
Everyone comes to Yoga for different reasons. Which means everyone shares yoga a little differently.
We are excited to have several amazing yoga educators on the Raw Yoga team!
Check them out Below…
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Nicole AllanFounder / Owner / Lead Trainer
E-RYT500 / YACEP
John Allan
Manager / Owner / Lead Trainer
RYT500 / YACEP
Nicole and John are both highly qualified Yoga Instructors, Yoga Teacher Trainers (both 200RYT and 300RYT) and Holistic Therapists.
Having trained in Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Subtle Yoga, Yin Yoga, Aerial Yoga, Acro Yoga, Hanna Somatics, Polyvagal Theory Yoga and Trauma Informed Yoga.
They have also trained in PSYCH-K, EFT, Somatic therapy for Trauma healing, Meditation and Energy Medicine.
Nicole also had a Diploma in Counselling and Psychology.
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Greer Taffard
200RYT Teacher
The profound experience of practice throughout her own life’s journey has crystallized Greer as an eternal student and passionate teacher of yoga. Classes in vinyasa, yin, restorative, pregnancy and hatha yoga are mindfully crafted and executed - ensuring the integrity of balance and tradition. Practice is a journey to self awareness and self permission - using movement, stillness, meditation and breath to center the mind, curtail the ego and explore transcendence. Providing a judgment-free environment where the joy of community and connection is encouraged, Greer creates space for students to explore and discover their needs throughout the practice, while fully supported with love and groundedness.
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Jess Morfin
500RYT Teacher
My personal story of loss and grief has led me on the path of yoga, trauma healing and greater awareness.
Yoga, again and again, proves to be my most powerful tool to bring my body, my mind and my heart back into a balanced state of alignment and purpose.
It is a great honour and privilege to share my passion with you. I strive to provide authentic, nourishing classes where you can discover more about yourself, explore your own potential for growth and hopefully walk out with a smile.
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Lydia Lovell
200RYT Teacher (+300RYT In Training)
I started practicing Yoga in 2015, never knowing it would lead me down the path of becoming a teacher.
Yoga has been a supportive grounding tool for me, especially when I was living overseas.
My practice and passion for yoga really grew when I was living in Berlin. It has allowed me to develop a deeper understanding of myself and others.
Excited and passionate about the mind body connection and how healing yoga is for trauma. I look forward to sharing classes and providing a safe space for those who wish to be curious about that practice of yoga.
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Kristy Meyer
200RYT Teacher
I came to yoga on my journey of self discovery and inner peace. I completed my teacher training in 2015 RYT200 and then fell in love with the slow, mindful practice of Yin. This lead to more in depth Yin Yoga teacher training with Yin Culture.
Yin Yoga is my passion and a medicine I love to share. I have experienced some deep shifts in my life through this beautiful practice. It brings me back to my centre, balances my energy and allows me to get out of my head and into the wisdom of my body and my heart space. It also allows me to be present and to move through this world with more grace and ease.
With a passion for Yin Yoga that transcends the physical practice, I strive to create a sacred and safe space where the nervous system is nourished, while mind, body and soul are united in harmony and balance.
I lead classes that encourage students to soften, surrender and let go, whilst cultivating mindfulness and reconnection to their inner world.
To teach others how to slow down, to let go and to listen to the wisdom of the body and whisperings of the heart is truly a blessing. To empower others with this deeply healing practice fills my heart. “We rise by lifting others”(Robert Ingersoll)
‘Slow down, tune in, let go, wake up’ Nik Robson
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Siobhan Kelly
200RYT Teacher (+300 In Training)
Siobhan first started practicing yoga when she was looking for an alternative to dance classes. Her passion then grew as she discovered the benefits beyond asana & the balance yoga can help bring in life.
Originally from Scotland, she arrived in New Zealand in 2017 & completed her 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training with Raw Yoga the following year. Siobhan has also completed Level 1 & 2 Yoga Nidra Teacher Training with Ashram Yoga. She continues to learn, teach & practice, exploring the areas that spark interest & curiosity. Her classes are grounding, light-hearted & inclusive. goes here
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Kerry Lynn Fletcher
500RYT Teacher
The practise of yoga has been a pivotal and anchoring aspect of Kerry's life for the last 8 years,.
Curiosity led her to complete her 200hr YTT in 2021. She began teaching in 2022, exploring body and breath awareness through Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin. Kerry has deepened her knowledge with additional training in YIn Yoga and recently 300hr YTT with RAW Yoga. Yoga is a powerful practice in Kerry's life, It provides not only physical benefits but feeling more balanced mentally and emotionally. Yoga creates space in life to explore and question what is going on in the body, breath and mind; helping to gain a greater sense of connection to our body, understanding of 'Who I am' and live with a little more ease, joy and contentment. "Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self". The Bhagavad GitaThe practise of yoga has been a pivotal and anchoring aspect of Kerry's life for the last 8 years,. Curiosity led her to complete her 200hr YTT in 2021. She began teaching in 2022, exploring body and breath awareness through Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin. Kerry has deepened her knowledge with additional training in YIn Yoga and recently 300hr YTT with RAW Yoga. Yoga is a powerful practice in Kerry's life, It provides not only physical benefits but feeling more balanced mentally and emotionally. Yoga creates space in life to explore and question what is going on in the body, breath and mind; helping to gain a greater sense of connection to our body, understanding of 'Who I am' and live with a little more ease, joy and contentment.
"Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self". The Bhagavad Gita
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Cel Searle
200RYT Teacher
Yoga has come to my life as a way to balance my body with all the other activities I love doing. I’ve been teaching and performing circus for 15 years and I decided to take the yoga teacher training journey to learn more in depth about what yoga brings to me that makes my body feel whole. The training was the last piece of the puzzle to understanding that yoga enhances all my beliefs. It lets me experience my body and mind from a different perspective and it gives me space to heal. I’m very passionate about teaching and supporting students to understand and feel how their bodies move. I really look forward to offering you a space that you feel comfortable, and curious to explore where your body and mind can take you. And maybe, find healing in your journey
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Leila Joffe
Kundalini Yoga Teacher
Born to immigrant parents under a bright African sky, life has been colourful and rich and intense.
After completing a degree in Psychology and Education I started teaching English as a second language and working as a marriage counsellor.
Living in a wonderful house in a big pine forest just outside of Antwerp, provided the perfect setting for more study and a home-based practice. Management consulting, education and psychology all colours on the palette. It was during this time that I decided to follow a dream of studying holistic medicine. I studied Classical Homeopathy in Amersfoort, Holland with Frans Vermeulen followed by post graduate studies in The Hague and Mumbai, India.
The Millennium took me back down under, this time to Auckland, New Zealand where I have lived and worked for the past 24years. Working full time in practice is a privilege and an honour.
Having danced Classical Ballet from the very young age of 3, music and dance has always been an expression. Yoga followed on naturally. Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Yin Yoga and Vinyassa all different hues on a palette.
Kundalini Yoga found me at the most perfect time and it has now been my daily Sadhana and joy in Yoga expression. I trained at the Golden Yogi with two magical teachers and of course teaching has been my best teacher.,
Integrating all that Life has gifted me upholds my work and practice and dedication to the world of Homeopathy and Yoga.
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Emma Stone
500RYT Teacher
Emma comes from a background of theatre and dance and has always experienced a strong connection to nature, travel and adventure. Training in music gave Emma an understanding of creativity and harmony, which she brings to her Yoga practice. Emma has been practicing Yoga personally for fifteen years and felt a desire to pursue training after living in Bondi, Sydney, where she attended weekly workshops and built in a daily practice. Her love for teaching has led her to further her study, and she is now a qualified Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher (RYT500). Slow flow and yin-style practice is where Emma is most passionate, but she also enjoys teaching Vinyasa, Yogalates & whole-brain Yoga. Her warm presence and enthusiasm will help to gently guide you on your Yoga journey.
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Crystal Kong
200RYT Teacher
Hi, I’m Crystal Huitian Kong.
I started my yoga journey at the age of 18. I still remember how impressive that yoga class was and how joyful I felt afterwards. I felt I had found a door to a beautiful world and had never known there was such a beautiful thing like yoga before then.
I started a regular yoga practice 8 years ago when my son was born. Everything changed once he came into my life! I needed to reconnect to myself and chose yoga. I enjoy conscious breathing and mindful movement and it continues to amaze me how settling the yoga postures (asana) can be.
I trained as a Trauma-informed yoga teacher (RYT200) and am passionate to share my own experience of yoga while supporting people in their own unique journey.