Chiraswa Darking

Instructor

Satyam Yoga & Wellbeing Centre (Chesterton)

Chiraswa has been a dedicated yogini since her teens and has been teaching adults, teens, children and families since 2010. Her focus is on the meditative aspects of yoga and her classes blend traditional yoga asana, creative and somatic movement, pranayama, meditation and yoga nidra, woven together in a way that facilitates the experience of connected, embodied presence. Chiraswa completed her teacher training from 2009 - 2011 in the tradition of the Bihar School of Yoga (Satyananda Yoga), receiving a powerful initiation into this comprehensive spiritual system with her late teacher Swami Pragyamurti Saraswati. She also holds a Teaching Diploma from the British Wheel of Yoga and is an Experienced Yoga Teacher 500 hours with the Yoga Alliance International.Chiraswa has qualified in Children & Teen Yoga & Mindfulness and Yin Yoga. She has a degree in Social Anthropology and The Study of Religions from SOAS (2002), and training in Counselling Skills & Therapeutic Approaches to Psychotherapy, Group Facilitation with the Gestalt Centre and numerous other trainings connected to her role within the Cambridgeshire Local Authority, where she worked in supportive and therapeutic roles with children, young people and their families for many years.Chiraswa has always been interested in critically understanding the world in which we live and is passionate about radical transformation on a personal and collective level. She is Founder and Director of the Satyam Yoga Centre, alongside her husband Paul. In 2022 Chiraswa created the Satyam Yoga Teacher Training course, which is a comprehensive and enlightening two year programme. Satyam is a Registered Yoga School with Yoga Alliance International, and Chiraswa is committed to the ongoing project of stewarding Satyam to become a decolonised space.