Our Teachers
The Certification Mark is your reassurance of quality teaching.
All yoga teachers at Yarraville Yoga Centre are fully qualified by Iyengar Yoga Australia or in the final stages of completing their qualification. Iyengar yoga teachers worldwide, undergo a minimum of five years study and practice, involving rigorous training and assessment to receive first level of qualification. There are currently four teaching levels.
All of our teachers maintain a personal daily practice as well as ongoing study and professional development with Senior Iyengar teachers from around Australia and abroad. Many have also studied at RIYMI in Pune, India, the Institute founded by Mr. Iyengar in 1970’s, which still offers classes by members of the Iyengar family Prasant and Abijhata.
Peter Harley has been an engineer, conservationist and school teacher. He came to Iyengar Yoga in 1988. Curious and with chronic sports injuries he soon found yoga offered physical relief and had a positive effect on his disposition and sense of well- being. As his practice strengthened Peter undertook teacher training with Frank Jesse and taught at Clifton Hill Centre for some years before opening YYC in Yarraville with others in 2002. He has studied with many senior Iyengar Yoga teachers including in Pune with the Iyengar family.
In 2001 Peter launched the online yoga equipment and book site iYogaprops. Initially selling props of his own design it has since broadened to be one of Australia’s largest yoga gear suppliers. Peter divides his work life between iYogaprops and YYC. He believes that yoga is one of the few bright lights in this troubled world and that it offers the promise of deep personal and cultural transformation. That such a change will be needed if we are to survive the challenges of climate change, greed and the mindless exploitation of our planet.
Geraldine Morey began yoga practice in 1989, the same year she began nursing in ICU and she finds the discipline and quietude yoga brings vital to her health and well-being. She embraces yoga as gift to humanity and sees it as a panacea for physical and mental health. She completed her teacher training with Marina Jung in 2010 and has since visited RIMYI in Pune four times studying with Geeta, Prashant and BKS Iyengar. Living westside since 2011, she enjoys teaching in the local community. Other interests include baking, dance, music, cinema and travel.
Amy Wells went from yoga student to yoga teacher after witnessing the foundation yoga provided to the inspirational people in her life. She has been with Yarraville Yoga Centre student body from 2010, including the launch of the Led Practice programme of the school. This progressed to teacher training with Alan Goode in 2016. Amy has sought many ways to integrate yoga into her day job as an engineer, in an attempt to allow a more people to taste the benefits of Iyengar Yoga. Her home practice is usually witnessed by her poodles, who also enjoy camping, walking and kayaking.
Artur Brondani first discovered yoga in 2013 through regular meditation groups, but it wasn’t until 2018 that he attended his first yoga class. At the time, he was working as a chef and found yoga helped his body cope with the physical demands of long work hours.
What began as a personal practice soon became a passion, as Artur experienced the benefits of yoga in his body and mind. Inspired by the dream of one day developing a yoga program in his hometown in Brazil, Artur completed his Iyengar Yoga teacher training under the mentorship of Kate Bywaters in 2026.
Artur values the Iyengar method for its precision, therapeutic depth and accessibility, and appreciates the sense of community he has found through the practice. He maintains a regular personal practice and, outside the studio, enjoys learning about aquascaping, discovering new cafés and dancing.
Stephanie Lou first found her way to Iyengar Yoga in 2014 and has been a student at Yarraville Yoga Centre since 2020, completing her Iyengar Yoga teaching certification under the mentorship of Peter Harley in 2026. Yoga has become an important counterbalance to a busy career, helping her navigate the demands of the corporate world with greater steadiness and perspective.