Our Volunteers
Andiappan Yoga Community (AYC)
is what it is today because of our
volunteers. There are many ways
to get involved:
volunteers. There are many ways
to get involved:
Teaching Volunteers
Teachers certified by the International Yoga Academy may volunteer as teachers for our ongoing projects. Invitations are sent by email. Project Leaders will provide new volunteers with information on each project and request volunteers to observe the project for 2-3 classes before beginning to teach.
Operations & Admin Volunteers
Our Operations & Admin Volunteers make all our projects and programmes possible. See our volunteer needs in this area:
- Social Media Strategist
- Content Creator
- Fundraising Committee
Get Involved
Yoga teachers certified for 200 hours or more of yoga teacher training at the International Yoga Academy and Anahata Yoga studio may sign up to volunteer with AYC. We also welcome yoga teachers with other accreditations to get involved in our community - please reach out for more details to info@yogacommunity.org.
Andiappan Yoga Community Continuous Education Program
AYC is pleased to offer a number of courses to aid and support the development of yoga teachers across our community.
The courses provide attendees with practical lessons in the ability to teach yoga and yoga therapy elements to yoga students at a beginner level. Anahata Studio yoga masters will conduct each of these courses. Please refer to the latest news and announcements on social media for these workshops.
Qualification
of volunteers
of volunteers
3932
Certified Teachers
543
Certified Therapists
1. All the senior has been practicing the last few weeks and they’re very into the yoga class starting from the Feets to the head. They also remember most of the post we will doing during the practice which is very good their memory.
2. Starts with pranayama relax their mind & bodies, staying focus with the practice. Then seated stretching asana, standing asana and wall practice. Ends with props lying down asana and meditation. Happy class, happy team, thanks a lot.
3. Great improvements achieved. All of them show their happiness so
Th satisfaction after the class
4. 5th class of this batch, 8 females. We focus on practicing yoga with props today to increase the effectiveness. Suddenly came to the end of the batch, one more class to go, but big improvement with their mind & body condition, always our greatest motivation to keep teaching there.
5. 1st class of this batch, 6 males 2 females and one female carer, might be more patients joining us later. Most of them are Parkinson’s disease patients and a few stroke patients. They are very positive, willing to give yoga a try. We know this will be a very great class to teach, can’t wait to see their progress. Big thank to Si Fu teaching the first class today, gave loads of encouragement & confidence to the patients.
6. Headmaster comes for this 1st lesson of this new batch. Everyone is energetic and can follow all the poses with smiles and good effort.
7. The class was good. They loved the breathing exercises after all the workouts. They found peace and relaxation.
Finally I can remember all of their names and they are very happy with that.
8. Today’s class was calm and peace.
Thank you for learning from Master Hazel, Pam , Christine and all students .
9. Today’s class was fun , happy and do with mindfulness. Yoga Wheel was are great tool for supporting back stretch , lateral stretching and some challenge standing pose more easily. Thank you learning from Master Keshav.
10. Master Vishnu teaches Kriya yoga, which helps the patient to stay focused, calm their mind and relax their bodies.
11. We have 7 females attended. Started with some warm up exercises and then moved into some legs, core and glutes strengthening asanas. Happy to have Connie, Natalie T and Natalie C assisting the students. 🙏☺️ thank you 🙏 and great teamwork !
12. SoCO ladies class A, we have 11 females. Started with some gentle stretches and then moved to some deep back care and legs strengthening asanas. Thank you Connie for assisting 🙏😀 It was a great class and everyone get the benefit from yoga.
13. Today’s class started with some simple breathing exercises as well as some neck and shoulder stretches, aiming to improve the upper body mobility of our senior participants! They were all very energetic and participated wholeheartedly throughout the entire lesson! Some standing balancing poses were also introduced towards the end of the class! All in all, it was a very enjoyable experience for all!
14. 9th class of this batch, patients are doing so well, I am teaching more asana and some tips of self practice at home. They give us so much motivation to keep this project on going.
15. Master Vishnu teaches some new asana focus on strengthening, it may be hard for some patients but they try so hard to make it. Pranayama practice in between asana helps them to recover faster and calm their mind.
16. Class A & B 2nd class, both 8 females in class, total 16 students. Ceris 1st time teaching this batch, very well done. Class B with 2 new students, and they catch up so well, looking forward to do more in this class.
17. The students make great efforts to follow the master. And Master Vishnu also help the students . Thank you Master Vishnu, thank you Anahata, thank you AYC
18. Hatha flow style class - focus on strength and alignment. Students all have great focus and effort in very windy conditions.
19. Hatha style class with focus on extensions in lateral, forward, backward and twisting ranges.
20. Today is quite windy, so we worked on some core and leg strengthening poses. At the end we focused on hips and hamstrings. The students enjoyed the challenging. And I felt happy teaching in AYC too.