Yoga Instructor Profiles

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Christina Ong
Christina has been happily teaching yoga for over 10 years now.
She is known for her fun, engaging, and informative teachingstyle. Her classes provide a safe platform for students ofdifferent skill levels and age groups to learn and reap the many
wonderful benefits of yoga through creative sequencing andclear instructions. Christina is a student of life, yoga teacher,meditator, scuba diver, runner, and surfer. Her teaching styleover the years has incorporated some of the energetic andanatomical elements of these activities into her class. Whileliving an active life, Christina also strives to live a life ofbalance. This is where her daily meditation practice and Yinyoga helps her immensely live a life of wholesomeness andflow.

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Cindy Chow
Cindy has been practicing yoga since 2003, and her passion for thismind-body discipline grows stronger as she explored Ashtanga yoga.
She sees yoga as a process that allows us to find grounding, balance,
calmness and awareness within ourselves and with those around us.
Her favorite mantra Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu, which means"May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts,
words and actions of my own life contribute to that happiness and tothat freedom of all", guides and inspires her every day.
Since 2008, Cindy started teaching Hatha and mainly Ashtanga classes atthe Landmark Mandarin Hotel till now. She feels so blessed that what
she does is what she loves. She has completed various teacher trainings
with Patrick Creelman, Yogananth Andiappan, David Swenson and also
anatomy training with Neil Barker of Yoga Thailand (now known as
Samahiita Retreat).
Her classes focus on building inner awareness through breath, precisealignment with hands on adjustment and finding balance between
strength and flexibility. She gratefully shares with all students theknowledge and love handed down to her from her inspiring teachers.

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Dilip Pillai
Dilip was born into a family of yogic culture, Ayurveda & Martial
arts in Kerala, India. He started his training in yoga early in hischildhood, which helped him to stay focused. A serious accident
left him with fractured wrist and knees but the amazing healing
power of yoga with the aid of Ayurveda helped him to fully
recover his health. This incident helped him to deepen his
understanding of the healing power of yoga, which eventually led
him onto this sacred path of body and mind healing.
His classes incorporate the ancient wisdom of yoga and many
oriental healing techniques into the modern science of anatomy andalignment, which he delivers in a fun-filled and energetic classroom.
He also draws a lot from his own experience when he helps hisstudents with their muscle or joint problems. He feels truly blessedthat his love for yoga and healing has helped him get closer to theheart of his students and friends.

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Flora Yu
Flora is a qualified yoga instructor, registered with Yoga
Alliance for more than 500hours. With her passion for yoga andwellness, she has immersed herself in regular practice over years
and has deepened her knowledge with different aspects oftherapeutic training around the world. She has been greatly
influenced by many great traditional yoga masters from India,
including Master Yogananth Andiappan. She has acquired skills
in guiding meditation, sound therapy, breathwork and mobility
exercise for all levels. Flora’s class focuses on the alignment ofpostures and the cultivation of inner awareness. She believes
that attention to the body and observation of the breath in yoga
practice help to bring mindfulness into our daily life. She enjoys
inspiring others to improve wellness and commit to long term
health and fitness goals.

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Lily Dizon

Lily has taught classes, workshops, and retreats inSouthern France, India, Bali, Macau, Hong Kong, andVietnam. She co-leads the Mysore program and teaches
hatha yoga at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental. Herclasses focus on breath awareness as well as how thebody works with regard to motion, gravity, and time. She
has been a yoga ambassador for Pure Apparel.

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Maria ChanPrior to becoming a Yoga and Pilates instructor, Maria was aformer ballerina for over 8 years. Originally practiced in Iyengar
Yoga style, Mariastarted exploring Vinyasa Yoga for its beauty
offluidity and invigorating sequencing.
During her 18 years of work at Fitness First Hong Kong,
Mariaconducted many in-house training and organizedseveral
charity events for the team.The pandemic has inspired Maria topursuedeeper learning in sound healing and mentalhealth. She is
now a facilitator for New LifeInstitute of PsychiatricRehabilitation to promotemental health to the public.

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May Lim
May Lim is a therapeutic yoga teacher, a trauma healing facilitator
and the creator of The S.h.ě. 舍She helps women and executives make peace with their bodies sothey can live life and let love flow.

Known for her love-based, trauma-informed and functional
teaching approach, May have helped hundred of her students heal
the blocks in their bodies with her signature therapeutic yoga-The
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Nanna Liplianska
Nanna is a passionate yoga teacher and a wellness coach, whouses neuro-biomechanical approach to translate the timelessbenefits of yoga to an accessible practice. Originally from
Ukraine, she was raised in a family of doctors, and an interest
in movement and human body has always been a huge part ofher life. During her classes she teaches people how to influence
their nerve system, elevate threat response in the brain,
facilitate movement and reconnect with their bodies to practice
mindfully. Her main goal is to educate her students how toapply yoga techniques in daily life, so they know how to staypresent, slow down and build awareness of their bodies to live
more healthy and fulfilling life.

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Yogesh Varun (Master)
A close disciple of South India's Yoga Guru Dr. Asana
Andiappan, Master Yogesh is an experienced, wellqualified
instructor with undergraduate and postgraduate diplomas inYoga and Naturopathy. He started practicing yoga at the age of10, and has won many yoga awards in zonal and district levelcompetitions.
As an Experienced Yoga Master, Yogesh specializes in Hatha,Pranayama, Meditation, and Yoga Therapy. With a laidback andfriendly disposition, Yogesh is among the center’s most cheerful
and approachable yoga master.
He also writes regular article on Yoga Therapy for VariousAilments in Asana - International Yoga Journal.

Master Yogesh is currently deputed in Hong Kong to conduct
Yoga Therapy Classes. Yoga Research and Yoga Teacher
Training Programs.

Yoga Instructor ProfileYi Zhang
Yi is a professional dancer turned yoga instructor,renowned for her unique and transformative teachingstyle. With a background in dancing and extensive training
with world-class yoga masters, Yi seamlessly blends
flowing body movements and energetic breathing
rhythms into her invigorating yoga sequences.
Her classes emphasize the integration of mind, body, andbreath, creating a harmonious and empoweringexperience for her students. Through her dedication andpassion, Yi strives to inspire others to embrace thetransformative power of yoga.

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Vanessa Finotti

Brazilian, model, traveller, certified Yoga Teacher & ReikiMaster. With a positive approach, Vanessa encourages her students
to connect their practice through mind, body and spirit, seeking toextend to them the bliss sensation that she always has while and after
practicing yoga.
The classes are focused on building strength, flexibility andempowering the students to cultivate body awareness.

Also promoting a comprehensive understanding in the anatomy ofeach body and activating self-healing energies throughout asana,meditation, pranayama, mantras, Meridian Yoga Therapy (ChineseMedicine Meridians & acupressure points altogether with Yoga) andReiki energies. Vanessa’s sessions are energizing, conducted with great
passion and enthusiasms, nurturing, strengthening, and sprinkled witha contagious smile, bringing that bliss sensation and that feeling ofbalance through body, mind & soul.
Vanessa teaches Hatha, Vinyasa, Meridian Yoga Therapy, Pre & Post
natal yoga, Myo Yin (Yin Yoga & Myofascial release). And she loves
inversions!