我來自紐西蘭，在台灣住了10年了。雖然我非常喜歡瑜珈，但天生不柔軟的身體讓我的練習之路非常辛苦。即使如此，我仍堅持不放棄，甚至為了加深練習，我加入了葆體瑜珈的師資訓練。也因如此，我自認為是全世界最有耐心的瑜珈教練，我的座右銘是：慢慢來。
我會說一點中文，我的教學是雙語方式的，課程中我會盡量兼顧初級學員與有經驗的練習者，我會提供不同強度變化的練習，讓學員選擇他們當天想要的練習--輕鬆一點或多一點感覺，希望讓所有的人都喜歡這項練習。我不認為”瑜珈”能像英文或數學一般被”教導”，因為它不只是身體層次，更包含內在的領域。因此，我認為目前我只是一個”瑜珈指導教練”而不是”瑜珈老師”。我盡我所能引導學員，但讓他們決定自己的練習成果。

My name is Dyan and I teach one Hatha (1) class at Body Buddy on Sunday mornings. I'm a New Zealander so naturally the class is mainly in English, but if a student looks confused I add some Chinese (I speak a little). I did my yoga teacher training at Body Buddy and am still a student here myself. It's a great yoga studio because the people are friendly yet laidback, and the atmosphere's very soothing and relaxing.

I'm really into yoga, but not naturally good at it—which probably makes me the world's most patient yoga instructor! My motto is; “Just take it easy.” On the other hand, my regular students are just the opposite and never want to “take it easy”. They push themselves to the max.

If I show them three variations of a pose, with one being the easiest and three being the most difficult, they'll all pick three even if it means grunting and toppling off the mat! So far, the only explanation I've come up with for this rather amusing phenomenon is that opposites attract!

I hope that all my students discover that they like yoga, and I hope they all feel comfortable to make the class as easy or as difficult for themselves as they want it to be. I don't really think yoga can be taught, such as English or Math can taught, because yoga encompasses an internal realm; not just an external one. That's why I think that I'm a yoga “guide”, rather than a yoga teacher. I help guide the students to where they want to go, but it's totally up to them if they get there or not.