Eka Yoga Institute
Yoga Studies | Yoga Therapy | Vedic Chanting
Which Yoga
We teach the yoga of Professor Krishnamacharya and his son, Mr TKV Desikachar.
Yoga originated in India over 4000 years ago.
It is a self-empowering healing system that helps one to maintain or restore health and to pursue
a journey of growth and personal transformation. A broad range of powerful methods are available,
to be implemented under the supervision of a competent teacher.
Some of these tools are:
physical exercises and conscious movements (āsana)
regulation of energy through the breath (prānāyāma)
symbolic gestures and hand placement (nyāsa)
visualization (bhāvana)
meditative practices (dhārana and dhyāna)
self-enquiry (svādhyāya)
sound and chanting (non-religious)
Our Work
Yoga Studies
Here is an overview of our programs
- 600 hours Teacher Training and Personal Development course
- Continuing Education Programs for yoga teachers
- Yoga and meditation retreats
- Vedic chanting classes and retreats
- Workshops and workshops’ series
Mentoring
Who is it for?
Apart from graduated teachers and teachers in training, anyone sincerely committed to yoga and wants to make it a part of their daily life through practice and reflection.
How does it work?
Meetings with your mentor are always one-on-one. You will be given a personal practice and it will be adjusted over time. Your mentor guides you in your studies, and gives you support in other areas of your life. This relationship will strengthen over time and may last for many years, or even for life.
Each mentor has their own mentor, and so on. Because we are still first and foremost students of yoga ourselves, we treat our students with the same respect, care and friendship that we experience with our own mentor.
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Yoga Therapy
one to one customised practice
This individualised approach targets any ailment or existing condition, or simply helps to keep you in good health. Typically, yoga therapists in Kirshnamacharya’s method are yoga teachers certified at the 500 hours level who have completed at least another 3 years of rigorous training to achieve this level of certification. They learnt how to combine a full range of tools to design a unique practice customised only for you, to evolve with you. Since you do your practice on your own, some supervision and adjustments will be necessary from time to time.
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Retreats
Australia 2022: two retreats – May and November at Noble River Estate, Dwellingup, WA, a large property in a quiet bush setting amongst the tall timbers of a majestic jarrah forest.
India 2022: not next year, unfortunately, but hopefully in the future. Meanwhile, please check out our venue, the Cauvery Sannidhi for Indian Culture, a school promoting Indian Culture for young women in a joint program with the University of Mysore, located on the banks of the Kaveri river in Mysore.
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Valerie Fimat – Faneco
About Valerie
A French citizen, Valerie lived in Singapore from 2004 to 2021. She recently relocated to Perth with her Australian husband and two children. Valerie started to practice in 1994, has taught in the USA, the Netherlands, Australia and Singapore since 1999, and conducted teacher training courses in Singapore since 2008. She still mentors many graduates of past courses living all over the world, from the Americas to Europe and Singapore.
She completed more than eight years of training with her mentor Frans Moors in Belgium and at the KYM in India with Mr Desikachar and other senior teachers. Through these long studies and decades of personal practice she has gained expertise in the following areas: postures and their modifications (āsanas), breathing techniques (prānāyāmas), energetic seals (mudrās), the use of sounds and mantras in yoga practice, visualisation techniques, meditation, counselling, Yoga philosophy, and the pedagogy of teaching people of all ages and abilities, including seniors, pregnant women, children and athletes. She is also fond of Vedic chanting and practices almost daily.
As a Yoga Therapist, she teaches her students how to incorporate realistic yoga programs in their daily life, dealing with all sorts of health conditions or simply giving them tools to stay fit.
For the past several years she has also coached executives and athletes to help them cope with physical, mental and emotional stresses. Her experience brings her referrals by word of mouth and from the medical community. Valerie was twice assistant senior teacher at the former annual KHYF Global Yoga Summit in Austria.
She lectured for various schools and organisations in Singapore such as the Singapore Air Force, the Singapore American School, True Yoga and Touch the Toes. She is registered with Yoga Alliance at the most senior level E-RYT500, and with Yoga Australia as a level 3 Senior Teacher. She provides continuing education programs registered with Yoga Alliance and (soon!) with Yoga Australia.
In March 2012, she translated the book Liberating Isolation: the Yoga-Sūtra of Patañjali (Frans Moors), which was published in India. She occasionally contributes articles to yoga magazines in the region.
Classes & Workshops
Vedic Chanting Classes
We teach non-religious chants from the Vedas and the Yoga-Sūtra. Instruction on chanting techniques and accurate pronunciation is given, and the rules of chanting are taught. Participants are encouraged to come as often as possible and to practice on their own with the support of our recordings, and improvement will soon be made.
Day and time: by appointment
Location: North Fremantle
Investment: AUD / SGD $90 single class | $720 10 classes | $380 5 classes
Workshops and Workshops’ series
We run workshops several times a year on a variety of topics. Some are short courses running for 8 to 10 weeks. Please go to our Workshops pages for more information on recent and upcoming workshops.
