Brendon Small has been exposed to various traditions and teachers on the Buddhist path over the last two decades and has attended a number of retreats at the BRC. He led the meditation at last year's "Time to Focus" retreat and returns this year. He is a firm believer in the importance of meditation and mindfulness and enjoys sharing his enthusiasm for practice on retreat.
Dianne Franklin is an Advocate in private practice. She has been studying Buddhism and Qigong for twenty years. She is a student of Max Weier, the Qigong Master from Switzerland. Her teachers include Rob Nairn, Geshe Pende and Ken Holmes.
Sailesh Bhatt is one of the most favoured yoga teachers at the Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. He specializes in Hatha yoga asanas, pranayamas, mudras, bandhas, meditation and vedic mantra chanting. He began his practice of yoga at a very young age and at the age of 19 he decided to devote his life to the study of Yoga and follow the yogic lifestyle completely. He looked deeper into the study of yogic philosophy, vedantic philosophy, tantric philosophy and many other ancient yogic scriptures under the guidance of various masters. He also completed his graduation in Indian classical music. After having completed his Yoga Alliance Certified Teachers' Training course, he began teaching yoga at an international level, conducting Yoga retreats, workshops and Teachers' Training courses. With more than 12 years of experience in the field of yogic practices and teachings, he has an intuitive vision of the purpose of various yogic practices. His total dedication and enthusiasm is what makes him a radiant and vibrant teacher.
Nolwazi Bandezi, a therapist and owner of Neno, a 100% women-owned business located in Morningside, Durban, will be offering treatments such as tension relief massage using a combination of different therapies (Swedish, Lomi Lomi, Myofascial, deep tissue therapy, lymphatic drainage massage) and incorporated is Thai stretch therapy, Reflexology and Ayurvedic Head massage.
