Mags van Staden
About:
Mags is a 500-hour advanced trained yoga teacher and owner of Just Breathe Yoga Shala based in Waterfall, Durban. Through Just Breathe Mags aims to create and hold a space for her students to explore their inner landscape through movement, breath and meditation.
Her classes provide students with a full-rounded practice rooted in its traditions. In each class you will explore mantra, pranayama, asana, philosophy and meditation in a safe and nurturing environment. Classes range from energetic flows to slower, more restorative sequences and are accessible to students of all levels and body types. Key emphasis is given to safely transitioning in and out of asanas and exploring each pose’s different subtleties. Mags will lead you through a well-paced class while you explore the balance between effort and ease.
Mags has been practicing yoga since 2010 and started teaching in 2015 after completing her 200-hour teacher training. In 2020 she completed her 300-hour advanced yoga teacher training and opened Just Breathe Yoga Shala as a space to practice and explore all 8 limbs of yoga. Mags also works in corporate training, facilitating transformational leadership and management training workshops.
Qualifications:
150 hour Satyananda yoga teacher training, Yoga Connection, Centurion
200 hour Vinyasa yoga teacher training, Inner Wellness, Durban (Yoga Alliance US)
50 hour Yin yoga teacher training, Monsoon Wellness, Durban
300 hour Hatha advanced yoga teacher trainining, Jivananda Yoga Shala (Yoga Alliance US)