Charmaine Melissa Berg is a Canadian who has been based in Ireland. She has a passion for yoga and a love of travel; and her life's journey thus far has blessed her with an abundance of both.
She holds a ERYT 200 hr vinyasa and restorative yoga training from Frog Lotus yoga. Charmaine has worked as a senior assistant on a number of frog lotus teacher trainings over the years in Spain and Bali.
She has completed a 200 hour teacher training in yin yoga with Jo Phee and Joe Barnett in Bali. Charmaine has also had the honour to assist Jo and Joe as a mentor teacher on their 200 hr Yin yoga teacher training in Bali in 2018.
She has completed 50 hour yin yoga and mindfulness module with Josh Summers and a module in yin yoga and subtle body with Stephanie Staniforth of Nosco .
After 6 years of continued Mentorship, Charmaine completed her 300 hr advanced training in yin yoga through Yinspiration yin yoga under her teacher Jo Phee. The advanced modules included yin yoga and Qigong, Myofascial release and yin, Acupressure and yin, Yin Yang flow and yoga Nidra, and TCM. Each of the 5 modules also included a more in-depth study into anatomy relating to a specific area of the body (hips, shoulder, spine, lower body, upper body)
Charmaine holds a diploma in sound therapy from Harmonic Sound in Alicante and loves to use these tools in her classes and workshops.
Charmaine is a long term practitioner of conscious connected breathing and she has trained and is Certified as a Rebirthing breathwork facilitator.
Charmaine has completed a 300 hr Bhakti training with her teacher Audrey Sarquilla. She has also completed an 8 week apprenticeship in Ceremonial Cacao and Mayan Cosmo vision with Satkara Temple and Tata Walters from lake Atitlan.
She is a qualified Reiki and Thai yoga massage practitioner and has studied in Thailand, Bali, Spain and Ireland. She offers private bodywork sessions incorporating Thai massage, Reiki and Sound healing. She also offers private yoga classes and Rebirthing breathwork for individuals and groups.
Charmaine Regularly hosts Wellness Retreats with Suryalila Retreat Center in the South of Spain where she delicately weaves all of her beautiful tools into a nurturing week of heartfelt classes and offerings. Charmaine continues to come to her own mat daily and finds true contentment, strength and solace through fluid movement, breath, music, sound and meditation. Her Life is neither yin nor yang but a beautiful balance between the two.
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