DONALD PINCOTT
YOGA MEDITATION MINDFULNESS

My name is Donald Pincott and I would like to share with you the benefits of yoga and meditation. I have been teaching yoga and meditation since 2007. The practice has helped me to cope with and balance a busy life of high school teaching and fitness instruction as well as maintaining a committed relationship.

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My hatha style yoga workshops and classes are designed for all levels of fitness ability. While doing physical movements in a yoga class we also work with the mind, emotions and spirit. My classes include yoga postures [asanas], breathing [pranayama], relaxation and meditation.  

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I completed my first 350hr yoga teacher training with Yoga in Daily Life  in 2008. In 2016 I completed a 150 hour yoga teacher training update course with YIMI to fulfil a goal of upgrading my Yoga Australia registration to become a Level 2 Yoga Teacher. A further 350hr yoga teacher training with Viniyoga Australia was completed in 2018. Another 150hrs of study with Viniyoga Australia was completed in 2019 and I am now a Registered Senior Teacher. Detailed study of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, exposure to the tradition of Krishnamacharya, and wide reading of traditional and contemporary yoga literature informs my approach to teaching yoga. I am also a registered Fitness Instructor with Fitness Australia. I have travelled to India to study and to spend time in Ashrams as well undertaking regular silent retreats in Australia to maintain the authenticity of my own practice. 

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I am deeply interested in the spiritual development of individuals through meditation and prayer. Meditation may be beneficial to you whatever cultural or religious background you are from.

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In 2015 I undertook training to become a certified .b mindfulness teacher with the UK based organisation Mindfulness in Schools. Until 2023 I facilitated the delivery of the .b program at the Brisbane Girls Grammar School. In 2023 - 2024 I was asked to create a bespoke mindfulness program for BGGS which a group of teachers trained by me within our school deliver to Year 8 Students. "Conscientia", as well as being a mindfulness course, is informed by contemporary psychological and pastoral care concepts to integrate with the schools Ethics Program. 

 

In 2026 I move to a new stage of my career as a part-time Mindfulness teacher, as well as continuing teaching yoga and Pump Classes at Goodlife Bardon.

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It is my firm belief that yoga and meditation provides people with a means to access their quiet inner space to discover and explore the peace and equanimity that resides deep within us each of us.

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When we stretch and relax the body through physical practices we steady the breath which leads to the settling of the fluctuations of the mind – the real meaning of yoga.

 

Donald Pincott

Dip Sec Teaching [Art], B Ed Studies, BA, M Ed, M LI.

Certified .b Teacher 

Registered with YOGA AUSTRALIA [Senior Teacher] and AUSactive AUSTRALIA