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Camilla and Michael first met as students in Manchester through a mutual love of music. They have both practiced yoga since 1994 after attending their very first Iyengar yoga class in Tokyo where they lived for 5 years.
On their travels throughout Asia in the mid 90’s they experienced and practiced a wide and diverse variety of styles of yoga. They have always found Iyengar Yoga to be inspiring for its depth of teaching, precision, alignment and strength. They continue to practice and develop with their teachers in France and London.
They feel privileged to be able to pass on the practice of Iyengar yoga to all their students and both believe Iyengar yoga and Chinese Medicine are essential ways to balance health.
In 2004 Michael and Camilla relocated from London to a small village outside Cambridge to experience a different rhythm to life.
Camilla Balshaw
Camilla has had a varied and interesting background including working as a performing arts teacher, voice actress and singer. She has always found yoga and movement to be a constant in her life, attending her first yoga class whilst studying at university. Camilla teaches Iyengar Yoga full-time in London and Cambridge. She believes yoga should be accessible to all and as a result has been active in implementing yoga in areas with low socio-economic backgrounds.
Michael Balshaw
Michael is an Iyengar yoga teacher and practitioner of Chinese medicine specialising in acupuncture and massage. His interest in both began whilst living and working in Japan. Michael has worked in various areas of the health sector. He worked in the physiotherapy department at St George’s hospital in London and in 1999 was approached by St Bartholomew’s Hospital, in London, to establish a massage service. Michael studied for a BSc (Hons) in TCM Acupuncture at the University of Westminster and has gone on to do post graduate studies in Japanese acupuncture. He now practices and teaches in Cambridge, Ely and London and is part of a team who lectures in Chinese medicine at the University of Westminster.
BAcC
Michael is a member of the BAcC which is the UK's main regulatory body for the practice of traditional acupuncture
Iyengar
Camilla and Michael are both fully qualified Iyengar yoga teachers. This certification mark ensures all teachers have undergone the rigorous training, assessment and depth of knowledge to be called Iyengar yoga teachers.