Sam Rao
* As of Jan 2011 - Sam Rao is now a Yoga Alliance senior yoga teacher SYT
Sam is an experienced Hatha Yoga teacher  from the Ruth White Karuna Yoga School and Yoga Alliance, Registered Yoga Teacher 500Hrs. He has several weekly yoga classes in the Bracknell, Crowthorne and Wokingham areas.

Sam has a unique style of teaching that unites pupil and yoga teacher in an atmosphere of fun and well-being. He teaches with enthusiasm, and brings warmth and clarity to his explanations thus enabling the students to visualise and work with the inner body. He is also well known for his attention to detail and precision in postures, yet at all times encouraging his students to extend their potential and to work through their limitations.

Personal

I was born in Kampala, Uganda. Both my parents were from India. I was educated in Uganda, followed by High School and University in Vancouver, Canada. I came to UK in early 1971 when I met and married my wife, Coral.

I am now 58 Years old and I have lived in the Crowthorne and Bracknell area, with my wife and our two sons, for just over 25 Years. Early in my school days, in Uganda, I was encouraged, by my father, to practice yoga. He also taught me the art of "latti". It is an ancient martial art of self defence using a 5 ft long by 2 inch round wooden staff.

I did not seriously practice yoga until 1996, following an injury to my lower back (the result of a wrong move in a squash game). Since then I found myself moving further away from my regular gym sessions and more towards Yoga.

During 1999 I met my yoga teacher, Ruth White, an inspirational and dynamic Iyengar yoga teacher. Ruth has practiced with and been coached by Mr. BKS Iyengar.

My Teacher qualifications are with Ruth and it took me 3 Years to complete her wonderful programme. I am very interested in understanding the human body and how regular practice of yoga can benefit and affect the body, mind and spirit. I run several yoga classes in the Wokingham, Crowthorne, Bracknell and Sunningdale areas and continue to teach mixed ability yoga classes (beginners as well as intermediates) with emphasis on the effects of the postures on the body as a whole. My aim is to build a practice to encourage more men to take up yoga classes. I hold regular yoga classes to introduce Men to yoga.

( Please see my yoga classes section ).