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Granville Cousins
Manchester’s
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TOP TEACHERS YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT
DONNA MCCAFFEREY
Began teaching in 2012 after realising
how much the practice had changed
her life. She completed a week’s
intensive training with David Swenson
in 2012, and her 200 hour teacher
training with John Scott in 2014.
MICK TIMPSON
An architect, artist and senior yoga
and meditation teacher, he has been
practicing for 30 years. He runs two
social enterprises in Manchester: The
Yoga Life Project for yoga on the mat
with classes, workshops, retreats and
teacher training and beanddo for yoga
off the mat focusing on meditation
practice designed for business,
education and everyday life.
JANE CRAGGS
Teaches inclusive and accessible
yoga for peace and strength as one
half of Svastha Yoga Manchester with
Louise Tanner, offering workshops on
a variety of therapeutic areas and the
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, as well as
retreats in the UK and France.
around town
“I live in Didsbury, South Manchester and
there is a great yoga scene here! Fantastic
group of yogis and classes ranging from
beginners Hatha to advanced Ashtanga. I
attend a weekly class in Cavendish School,
Didsbury, on a Wednesday night 7.30-
9pm with Charlene. It’s a brilliant class
(I’m also a yoga teacher as well) - this is
one of the best classes I’ve been to. I’m
planning to start some informal classes
in the local park for summer too because
I love practicing outdoors! Plenty of great
workshops going on as well.”
SARAH SHIMWELLOne of Manchester’s best-loved teachers, and with over 40 years of experience, Granville
Cousins is a regular at the OM Yoga Show. He’s trained in various styles and was fortunate
to have studied with the late, great BKS Iyengar. He now focuses on yogAsana, which is
a development of all the yoga styles he has practiced through the years (Hatha, Iyengar,
Ashtanga, Yin, among others), combining flow, with precision and letting the body find its
way into postures. He teaches yoga classes in Manchester, Didsbury and Northenden and
also leads retreats and holidays in Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean.
Find out more at: yogawithgranville.com