Reduce stress. Increase mindfulness. Live well.
Experience greater enjoyment and health.
Increase flexibility and strength in body and mind.
Experience greater enjoyment and health.
Increase flexibility and strength in body and mind.
WHAT WE OFFER
yogadore is a small home-based holistic health centre ... a space dedicated to mindfulness and self-attention.
We invite you to spend some time on the person who matters most ... you!
Be it through yoga or personal mastery, these activities make great partners in providing a holistic approach to balancing mind, body and spirit.
The emphasis here is not on needing to have a certain body type, spiritual leaning or specific philosophical ideas
... at yogadore you get to be you, do you and grow you.
We invite you to spend some time on the person who matters most ... you!
Be it through yoga or personal mastery, these activities make great partners in providing a holistic approach to balancing mind, body and spirit.
The emphasis here is not on needing to have a certain body type, spiritual leaning or specific philosophical ideas
... at yogadore you get to be you, do you and grow you.
MEET THE TEACHERS
RAE MORRISRae first encountered yoga at age fifteen ... she recounts: "A friend at boarding school taught me the sun salute and we would meet at break to perform as many as possible before getting to our sandwiches and juice.
I would love to say that the rest is history, but the 80s happened ... I donned my sweat band and leg warmers and joined the aerobic parade. However, through this I learned about my love for teaching, finally opening my own aerobic studio. Unfortunately illness side-lined me for quite some time, but meditation and yoga helped restore me to full health. Happy to have switched the high kicks for a mat, I continue to practise daily. I love to take long walks on our magnificent Helderberg and at the beach as well as work for SOS Africa: a grassroots children’s NPO which invests 100% of donations into the education and care of disadvantaged children in South Africa. Click here to: sponsor a child in Africa. My not so secret pleasure is a passion for sport (the armchair variety) - I'll happily spend a free afternoon watching football, tennis, cricket ..." |
MARK PAVERMark started yoga for the first time when he learnt to meditate. He recalls: "Doing yoga was like being with an old friend, putting on a favourite overcoat. The enjoyment was effortless - it felt like coming home, back to myself. It was a few years before I started teaching ... I never actually aspired to be a teacher but opportunity presented itself and moving into this role has been totally natural.
When my own teacher became ill I was invited to hold her classes and later when another teacher moved away she asked me to take over her students. Yoga keeps me in touch with my own truth and doing what is appropriate. This continues to occur in each class. Regular practice allows me to move out of the mind and come back to the body which keeps me grounded. I also love to walk and happily keep myself occupied writing haiku and DIYing." |
WHY YOGA AND PERSONAL MASTERY?
Mark and Rae opened the yoga studio in 2009 to share their enthusiasm and they are as thrilled as ever to teach yoga classes, and share knowledge too.
And so there is even more to yogadore ... in this beautiful space, Rae also coaches others towards achieving personal mastery through self-development workshops:
- the highly effective and transformative 12-step spirals course
- which includes the springboard introduction to personal mastery
- plus the single workshop shadow mastery course.
Rae says: "I started developing my own personal mastery in response to the experience of coming through a very dark period in my life. After years of informal study (and great success with myself!) I literally woke up one morning and knew that I had to share what I had learnt. I collaborated with other facilitators and experts to create the spirals Personal Mastery course which was launched in 2002. Since then I have run this powerful course with hundreds of people.
My commitment is to share with you what works - what took me years to learn, I have packaged into a highly doable, trackable process to support and create a focus for your personal journey.
My intention is to nudge you gently into deeper self-awareness ... be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.
I provide opportunities for you to pay yourself attention, get grounded, relax, exercise, laugh, be mindful, plus do inner work - all of which let you grow strong and flexible in body and mind.
In my personal experience, engaging in these activities is a most worthwhile life endeavour and I highly recommend it!"
Any questions? See if you can find the answers here else get in touch.
And so there is even more to yogadore ... in this beautiful space, Rae also coaches others towards achieving personal mastery through self-development workshops:
- the highly effective and transformative 12-step spirals course
- which includes the springboard introduction to personal mastery
- plus the single workshop shadow mastery course.
Rae says: "I started developing my own personal mastery in response to the experience of coming through a very dark period in my life. After years of informal study (and great success with myself!) I literally woke up one morning and knew that I had to share what I had learnt. I collaborated with other facilitators and experts to create the spirals Personal Mastery course which was launched in 2002. Since then I have run this powerful course with hundreds of people.
My commitment is to share with you what works - what took me years to learn, I have packaged into a highly doable, trackable process to support and create a focus for your personal journey.
My intention is to nudge you gently into deeper self-awareness ... be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.
I provide opportunities for you to pay yourself attention, get grounded, relax, exercise, laugh, be mindful, plus do inner work - all of which let you grow strong and flexible in body and mind.
In my personal experience, engaging in these activities is a most worthwhile life endeavour and I highly recommend it!"
Any questions? See if you can find the answers here else get in touch.
MEDIA MOMENTS TO FIND OUT MORE ...
A CHAT WITH NINA SAACKS
What a privilege for Rae to be invited to chat to Nina Saacks of Yoga Awakening Africa.
Her YouTube channel is full of interesting and elucidating conversations … it is certainly an honour to be part of this!
Click on the video as introduced by Nina:
“Join me for an insightful interview as I sit down with Rae, a seasoned yoga teacher, to explore her transformative personal mastery course and yoga journey!”
Her YouTube channel is full of interesting and elucidating conversations … it is certainly an honour to be part of this!
Click on the video as introduced by Nina:
“Join me for an insightful interview as I sit down with Rae, a seasoned yoga teacher, to explore her transformative personal mastery course and yoga journey!”
OLD BUT GOLD SABC INSERT
Quite a few years ago now Rae was invited to feature on a popular TV programme at the time - this excerpt is on the 'spirals' Personal Mastery course taken from SABC3's show 'Free Spirit' - Sep 2005.
Definitely proof that this programme has stood the test of time and as relevant now (if not more so!) as it was then ...
Although the focus here is on the 'Power Plays' (action oriented activities that were most interesting to film), there are obviously also many more deep reaching activities that require deep consideration and mindful response. Take a look:
Definitely proof that this programme has stood the test of time and as relevant now (if not more so!) as it was then ...
Although the focus here is on the 'Power Plays' (action oriented activities that were most interesting to film), there are obviously also many more deep reaching activities that require deep consideration and mindful response. Take a look:
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WHERE TO FIND US
Our beautiful home-based studio and workshop space is nestled in a panhandle off Morkel Street in Somerset West.
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YOGADORE
24 MORKEL STREET, SOMERSET WEST, 7130
OUR LATEST REVIEWSyogaA wonderful place to feel good, to relax and one of the few places where I can only think about myself and my well-being. Thank you Rae, every time I come to your class I learn something new, you are an amazing teacher - I am so lucky! Best place ever ... Great teachers who take a genuine interest, been life changing for me!!! I appreciate the wonderful yoga you offer and I am so glad I found this space. Enjoyed the class as always. Really sets me up for the day and my body alignment is so great these days. Such an amazing place. Rae and Mark have created a place that feels both safe and fun. I have learnt so much from them and it's a place where one can explore the truth of what yoga really is. Blissful. Brilliant. Best! O boy, what an amazing yoga class!!!! Speechless!! Last night I was introduced to yoga by Rae in a private session. It was my first Yoga experience. I felt very comfortable being introduced with no pressure to perform, instead guided to an understanding of the posture, intention and inward focus of self. The garden and studio space are very conducive to calm and connectedness, it was easy to find and Rae gave me excellent explanations and guidance. I left richer for the experience. Thank you Rae for sharing your light with me. personal mastery[spirals is] a life changing experience encouraging growth and expansion. Learning to take full responsibility - to change one's lens and ultimately to be set free from self limiting beliefs. Rae is a wonderful coach - a generous spirit to the end. I have had my deepest understandings, inner warrior meetings, gentle softenings and excellent empowerings at Yogadore ... spirals Personal Mastery course is simply life changing ... teaching mindfulness, acceptance, changing negative thought patterns! What an incredible journey of self awareness. Life is complicated and confusing and throws many curved balls - leaving us overwhelmed and helpless at times. spirals helps us manage issues in a rational way. Going inward and listening to that inner voice of authenticity. Those decisions and choices that just feel right. Thanks Rae for the enlightening experience! |