Teachers

James Hasemer
James is a certified Junior Intermediate II certified Iyengar yoga teacher and has been practising yoga for 20 years. In 1993 he undertook a traditional yoga apprenticeship with Shandor Remete, where he developed a strong and disciplined practice and learnt the art of teaching. He has also studied with B.K.S. Iyengar , Geeta Iyengar and Prashant Iyengar at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India. James has been running the Central Yoga School since 1998.

Jeanette Rukavina

Jeanette has been practising Iyengar yoga for more than ten years. She first started teaching yoga 5 years ago in Sicily where she had a small yoga school.
She has completed 2 years of teacher training; and receives coaching and development under James Hasemer.
Jeanette has been a student of CYS since 2008 and has been teaching at the school since 2009.


Melanie Kan
Melanie has been practising at the Central Yoga School for 5 years. She currently works as a post-doctoral research fellow at UTS and is studying Psychology of Coaching at Sydney University.