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Meet
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The Team
〰️ Meet 〰️ The Team
Our Team
Gerry Rixen
Gerry is a certified Zen Shiatsu Practitioner and Teacher as well as a Senior Yoga Teacher (SYT) and 4th Dan Martial Arts Instructor in Shoring Kempo. He holds accreditation with the London College of Shiatsu, the UK Shiatsu Society, French Shiatsu Federation FFST, Yoga Alliance International (YAI), International Yoga Federation (IYF), the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre and the World Shorinji Kempo Organisation (WSKO).
He began his Yoga practice at the Iyengar institute in London, developing his approach for more than 30 years along with his professional experience as a teacher and therapist in Shiatsu and Chinese medicine.
He is founder and director of SYM-Ltd and taught Shiatsu and Yoga for 20 years France, as well as teaching in Spain, Greece, Italy and the United Kingdom.
His knowledge of Zen Shiatsu and Chinese Medicine, Yoga and Martial Arts combines with his knowledge of the Western spiritual traditions.
Over the years, he has merged his unique knowledge of diagnosis, treatment and healing, nutrition, philosophy and psychology to create truly interesting courses and workshops related to personal growth and transformation, as well as the treatment of chronic diseases.
After completing his studies in Archeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University, he worked as a language teacher and TV reporter / producer before devoting himself full-time to healing and teaching.
He speaks English, French, German and Spanish and spent many years studying astrology..
Nadia Al-Huqail
Nadia Al-Huqail is a professional, certified Yoga Teacher with over 25 years of experience. Since 2018, Nadia has been running the Spartan Yoga Shala in Sparta, Greece, where she facilitates and teaches daily yoga classes and workshops, actively working within the local community.
After graduating from Beirut University; Lebanon, with a BA in political science and international affairs, Nadia realized that the most effective way to help people was through teaching the science and practice of yoga, in which she has been engaged from an early age. She pursued this mission by completing several Yoga Teacher Training courses. Her qualifications include the following disciplines; Power Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Yin yoga, Groovykids Yoga, as well as Sound Healing, Mantra and Nada Yoga, Chakra Dancing and Creative Meditation.
Nadia has trained with many world renowned Yoga Teachers and is passionate about passing on this knowledge to her many students. Her classes are dynamic, restorative and healing. She speaks Greek, English and Arabic. She teaches the 200 and 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training course in Sparta together with Gerry Rixen.
Sabrina Ribes Bonet
Is a Yoga Teacher and a professional dancer. She is a graduate in contemporary dance from the University of Kent, UK, as well as an advanced SJS Biodanza Teacher.
She holds a 500 h Yoga Teacher certification in Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow, a 500 h Yoga Therapy Teacher certification with Yoga Alliance International and a 100h Yin Yoga teaching diploma.
Sabrina offers yoga and dance classes as a method towards self-knowledge and development of well-being, both physical and spiritual. For her, Yoga and dance go hand in hand and are the secret language of the soul. They are powerful tools to investigate the corners of our being and connect with our most intimate essence.
Through movement, whether dancing or yoga postures and conscious breathing, we free ourselves, bringing vitality, harmony and balance to both our body and our mind. Through Yoga and Biodanza we break limiting patterns of behaviour and improve in all aspects of our life. We awaken our most human side and connect with our spiritual part.
Yoga has transformed my life, dance is my vocation, together they are a lifestyle, a code of ethics and an endless path of learning, transformation and growth. And I feel deeply grateful to be able to share it with everyone who is interested.
Together with Gerry, I teach Yoga Teacher Training courses in Spain.
Paul Banister
Paul Banister, established in France for more than 25 years, is a Shiatsu practitioner and teacher as well as a Yoga and Do-In teacher. He has a degree in Hispanic civilization and speaks English, French and Spanish.
He has more than 2000 hours of training over 20 years between Shiatsu, Yoga, and several forms of body work including: Sacrocranial work; Osteo-Thai; Thai massage; Ayurvedic massage
He was trained mainly in France as well as in England, Spain and Thailand. In addition, he teaches Shiatsu during the 1st and 2nd year courses at the SYM School in Montpellier. His 10-year apprenticeship in Shiatsu with Gerry Rixen allowed him to explore the wide range of possibilities of Shiatsu treatments both on a physical and psychological level.
At the same time he has been working as a carpenter for over 30 years. It is precisely this manual work that pushed him towards a better understanding of his body and his posture. His involvement in the practice of Shiatsu and Yoga inspired him to become a teacher to be able to transmiit his extensive knowledge.
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