Praise from some of our yoga students…
“Since my first yoga class with Cheryl nearly ten years ago she continues to reveal my body’s knowledge to myself. During various times of my life from pregnancy to suffering and recovering from injury she has provided me with movement and frame of mind to enhance my life journey. For her dedication to sharing her yoga and life knowledge I am grateful.” – Tamara Marwood
“I have been attending personal tuition yoga classes with Cheryl Dingle for a period of five years. I have found her sessions to be both challenging and rewarding.
The personal tuition class provides constant reinforcement of correct body posture which involves sitting, standing, walking, bending, balancing etc. I find now that my body intuitively corrects itself by moving to a better posture when carrying out typical day-by-day tasks.
Cheryl’s unique style of working with my individual needs has helped me personally and physically by enhancing my concentration and quietness together with providing me with better flexibility. This flexibility has decreased the amount of back, neck, shoulder pain that I used to experience on a constant basis. I guess I can sum it up by saying that I began to retrain my body and mind to overcome bad habits that have built up over a lifetime – it does take time but the effort is worth it!” – Sandra Nevill
“At the age of 42 and having done weight training for the past 15 years, gym workouts were becoming uninspiring. I felt I was on a physical decline with decreased energy and vitality. I came to my first yoga class not really knowing what to expect but hoping to regain some of the flexibility I once possessed.
Yoga has opened up a whole new world for me. what initially appears simple has challenged me in more ways than I thought possible. After 8 months my flexibility, balance and range of movement has become beyond any expectation I had.” – Kim Billingsby
“Last year I was doing three classes a week with Cheryl. I like the Iyengar style of yoga because each action is explainable in terms of the body. It’s not a case of ‘here’s the pose now do it’, each pose is broken down into parts which can almost be practised separately.
I recently attended a yoga workshop in Melbourne and there were 20 other participants in their 20s and 30s. I was amazed at how supple I have become. Yoga is not a competition but I got quiet satisfaction when the teacher pointed out my handstand to the others.” – Bill O’Donnell
“I have been going to yoga with Cheryl for over three years. I have been able to achieve improvements in strength, flexibility and general physique that I was not able to achieve with gym and aerobic classes. Cheryl is able to focus on individual needs or problems and develop individualised programs dealing with these. Yoga has helped me deal with the physical and emotional demands of everyday life.” – Dr. Karen Martens
“I have been attending classes with Cheryl for a number of years and have felt great benefit from this. Her depth of knowledge and understanding of the body is substantial. I appreciate her ability to tailor postures to individual needs and that her focus is on strength work as well as flexibility. My awareness of my body and the way I move has improved greatly and, as an older class member, I see yoga as an investment for my future health and well being.” – Sue Jeavons
“When I moved to Bendigo 18 months ago, I was worried I wouldn’t find a good yoga teacher but I think I’ve learned more from Cheryl than from anyone else. She has obviously thought deeply about how to communicate concepts and does so at different levels depending on people’s experience. Something as simple as pressing into the floor to stabilise a standing pose, for example, has really improved my yoga. I’ve been told to do that before, but the difference with Cheryl is that she explains how (and why) to do it.” – Nicole Well
“I came to Cheryl as a last resort with a bad back + a bad attitude. Two years later, my back is stronger + my attitude has improved due to Cheryl’s dedication to her students + passion for yoga.” – Bonnie Grainger