Meet the Teachers

Karen Anne Turis is a qualified Kundalini yoga teacher, as well as a qualified Dance and Movement Therapist.

She has offered private and group yoga for over 17 years and has, more recently, taught movement classes to both adults and children.

Karen has reached thousands of people over the past 25 years of working in the health and wellness industry. Karen also mentors youth as part of The Yoga 4 Alex project.

Contact: karen@zingwellbeing.co.za | 082 772 4794

Having fallen in love with children’s yoga during a visit to India where she met a very young yogi, “Sunaina”, Hanni was inspired to teach children’s yoga and studied with YogaBeez. Hanni says, “Over the years I have been blessed with the most amazing teachers who till today form a very integral part of my yoga journey.”
“Yoga allows me to more present in my life and I am passionate about children and working with them as well as offering yoga as a therapy to special needs children who I am able to connect well with.”
Hanni says children are natural yogis – whole, innocent and playful. She believes that yoga is a gift to children and encourages them to hold onto their childlike mind with wisdom and beauty.

Contact: 082 373 2342 | daymond@mweb.co.za

As a second-generation ISHTA teacher, I have always felt blessed that the seeds of my yogic practice were planted at an early age and that yoga has consistently served as a deep and powerful guide at the heart of my life’s journey. I am equally blessed to have now shared the ever-giving joy of learning and teaching of yoga with others for over 15 years. I believe there is no better modality than yoga to awaken us to the complete health, wellbeing and potential of the body and mind, while continuously helping us expand our most authentic selves and allowing our spirits to fly! My classes focus on calming yet uplifting creative flow within the boundaries of classical hatha, pranayama and meditation. I am also a writer, studio and events manager and an adoring mom of two beautiful children.

Contact: angela@ishtayoga.co.za | 082 789 4847

Claire is passionate about wellness and has over 20 years experience as a yoga and Ayurveda practitioner. Having lived and studied in India and Germany, Claire is also a qualified Hatha, Pregnancy yoga, Children’s yoga and Yin yoga teacher. Claire spreads her energetic spirit through her passion for yoga and truly living a satvic and mindful yogic lifestyle.

Contact: | claire2clarity@gmail.com | 082 338 8001

Rose Sonnenberg is a dedicated yogini who began practicing yoga at ISHTA almost 30 years ago. In Rose’s words, “Yoga has shown me the way to myself. I’m overjoyed to teach at ISHTA, where I first felt ‘I am home!’. As a qualified Iyengar teacher I embrace a fluid approach and am receptive to all traditions. Each of my classes is unique, and I love creating a heart-space… my intention is for every student to leave their practice feeling both joy and stillness from our time spent together.

Contact: | rose@buntman.com | 082 733 3341

For over two decades, Sundri Atma has been integrating spiritual teachings, energetics, sacred practices and therapies, breathwork and Kundalini Yoga to guide people into self-healing and self-acceptance. Called to serve others through awakening and bringing about internal personal shifts, Sundri Atma’s Kundalini classes help clear deeply rooted emotional blocks that prevent people from living from their authentic selves.

Contact: | sundriatma@gmail.com | 079 511 4129

Kantilal Parshotam first joined the BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of SA in 1988 with his first visit to the Iyengar Institute in Pune was in 1994, under the guidance of primary teacher Geeta Iyengar. Kantilal has attended annual yoga seminars with visiting teachers in South Africa and has been teaching yoga, his passion, ever since. Kantilal also lectured at Wits University for twenty years in the fields of Medical Science and Human Biology. His other interests include birding, botany and tango.

Contact: | 073 156 1573

Ella Dessington has been walking the path and teaching yoga for 15 years now. Ella’s approach to yoga is rooted in deep listening: to the body, to the breath, and to the spaces between each pose where the quiet speaks the loudest. She has also offered pro bono classes to individuals with cerebral palsy, reflecting her belief in the universal accessibility and transformative power of yoga.

With a background in martial arts and injury management, her classes move with the gentle yet grounded pace of Hatha yoga, inviting each student to dance between effort and ease. “You’ll breathe, and remember, through movement and stillness, that the body is a vessel capable of holding both joy and stillness,” Ella says. “My intention is for every person to leave not simply having practiced yoga but having returned to themselves.

“To feel is to be in conversation with the universe, where the vibrations of every breath and heartbeat tune us to a deeper knowing, a resonance that carries us home to ourselves.” ~ Ella

Contact: | hello@integralme.co.za | 082 446 8356

Having fallen in love with children’s yoga during a visit to India where she met a very young yogi, “Sunaina”, Hanni was inspired to teach children’s yoga and studied with YogaBeez. Hanni says, “Over the years I have been blessed with the most amazing teachers who till today form a very integral part of my yoga journey.”
“Yoga allows me to more present in my life and I am passionate about children and working with them as well as offering yoga as a therapy to special needs children who I am able to connect well with.”
Hanni says children are natural yogis – whole, innocent and palyful. She believes that yoga is a gift to children and encourages them to hold onto their childlike mind with wisdom and beauty.

Contact: 082 373 2342 | daymond@mweb.co.za

As a second-generation ISHTA teacher, I have always felt blessed that the seeds of my yogic practice were planted at an early age and that yoga has consistently served as a deep and powerful guide at the heart of my life’s journey. I am equally blessed to have now shared the ever-giving joy of learning and teaching of yoga with others for over 15 years. I believe there is no better modality than yoga to awaken us to the complete health, wellbeing and potential of the body and mind, while continuously helping us expand our most authentic selves and allowing our spirits to fly! My classes focus on calming yet uplifting creative flow within the boundaries of classical hatha, pranayama and meditation. I am also a writer, studio and events manager and an adoring mom of two beautiful children.

Contact: angela@ishtayoga.co.za | 082 789 4847

Claire is passionate about wellness and has over 20 years experience as a yoga and Ayurveda practitioner. Having lived and studied in India and Germany, Claire is also a qualified Hatha, Pregnancy yoga, Children’s yoga and Yin yoga teacher. Claire spreads her energetic spirit through her passion for yoga and truly living a satvic and mindful yogic lifestyle.

Contact: | claire2clarity@gmail.com | 082 338 8001

Rose Sonnenberg is a dedicated yogini who began practicing yoga at ISHTA almost 30 years ago. In Rose’s words, “Yoga has shown me the way to myself. I’m overjoyed to teach at ISHTA, where I first felt ‘I am home!’. As a qualified Iyengar teacher I embrace a fluid approach and am receptive to all traditions. Each of my classes is unique, and I love creating a heart-space… my intention is for every student to leave their practice feeling both joy and stillness from our time spent together.

Contact: | rose@buntman.com | 082 733 3341

For over two decades, Sundri Atma has been integrating spiritual teachings, energetics, sacred practices and therapies, breathwork and Kundalini Yoga to guide people into self-healing and self-acceptance. Called to serve others through awakening and bringing about internal personal shifts, Sundri Atma’s Kundalini classes help clear deeply rooted emotional blocks that prevent people from living from their authentic selves.

Contact: | sundriatma@gmail.com | 079 511 4129

Kantilal Parshotam first joined the BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of SA in 1988 with his first visit to the Iyengar Institute in Pune was in 1994, under the guidance of primary teacher Geeta Iyengar. Kantilal has attended annual yoga seminars with visiting teachers in South Africa and has been teaching yoga, his passion, ever since. Kantilal also lectured at Wits University for twenty years in the fields of Medical Science and Human Biology. His other interests include birding, botany and tango.

Contact: | 073 156 1573

Ella Dessington has been walking the path and teaching yoga for 15 years now. Ella’s approach to yoga is rooted in deep listening: to the body, to the breath, and to the spaces between each pose where the quiet speaks the loudest. She has also offered pro bono classes to individuals with cerebral palsy, reflecting her belief in the universal accessibility and transformative power of yoga.

With a background in martial arts and injury management, her classes move with the gentle yet grounded pace of Hatha yoga, inviting each student to dance between effort and ease. “You’ll breathe, and remember, through movement and stillness, that the body is a vessel capable of holding both joy and stillness,” Ella says. “My intention is for every person to leave not simply having practiced yoga but having returned to themselves.

“To feel is to be in conversation with the universe, where the vibrations of every breath and heartbeat tune us to a deeper knowing, a resonance that carries us home to ourselves.” ~ Ella

Contact: | hello@integralme.co.za | 082 446 8356