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Natasha Patten

Natasha Patten

16 March 2014

By Natasha Patten www.tashyoga.com

Natasha Patten

BSc, Psychology Major.

TESOL.

Adv. Dip. Yoga Teaching

Grad. Dip. Ed.

Cert Childrens Yoga Teacher

Thai Yoga MassageTherapist

Ever intrigued by the nature of the human mind and her desire to understand why

humans think, act and behave the way they do, Natasha majored in Psychology

& Neuroscience at UQ. Her deep cravings for the romance of travel then

found her travelling throughout Asia, Europe and North Africa for 7 years

during which time she explored Islamic, Buddhist and Hindu teachings. During her

nomadic existence - Yoga FOUND HER. Graduating from the Australian College of

Classical yoga in Melbourne in 2005. Her original formal influences were

Classical and Ashtanga Yoga and, over the years she has been inspired by many

others styles, predominantly Shiva Reas' evolutionary form of Prana Flow

Yoga.Natasha has travelled and assisted with Twee Merrigan for the past 7 years

and taken Teacher Training with inspiring Global Master Teachers including

Shiva Rea.

Tash has become deeply committed to offering yoga and its transformative powers

out into the world. She believes that Yoga is the best therapy and means for

acquiring self knowledge and self-empowerment... Yoga is where Science and

Compassion meet! Natasha enjoys weaving her many passions of life (especially

surfing, music and dance) into her classes and aspires to expose as many people

as possible to experience yoga. Her teaching style combines intense physical

energy with compassionate guidance to turn deep postures into even deeper life

changes

Tash is a registered High School Science and Maths teacher as well as a

certified Childrens Yoga Teacher; She enthusiastically delivers fun and

creative yoga classes to children of all ages.