Based on the south coast of Cornwall, Daniel Petkoff is a Senior Yoga Teacher registered with the Yoga Alliance Professionals with over 25 years teaching experience. Daniel also has a Masters Degree in Osteopathy (M.Ost) and is trained in Osteothai, a form of bodywork which integrates traditional Thai therapeutic healing with contemporary osteopathic principles.
£60 one-to-one yoga/ 1 hour 30 minutes
To make an appointment, please contact Daniel 07870 189 676
[email protected]
To make an appointment, please contact Daniel 07870 189 676
[email protected]
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I specialise in bespoke one-to-one yoga courses. Classes are individually tailored to meet your needs and are focused on yoga as a restorative and strengthening practice.
I welcome all levels of yoga experience, including absolute beginners as well as those with many years practice, each person practices according to their own ability and advances at their own rate. My courses bring together the flow, alignment and core stability of ashtanga yoga (primary, intermediate and advanced series) with breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques to create a restorative yoga practice. This practice helps to align the body and spine, to improve concentration and to build strength, flexibility and balance. As your yoga teacher, my role is to enable you to develop a beneficial and safe practice appropriate to your own ability and aims and to guide you in building your own personal yoga practice. |
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Classes are held at Trethake Barn, a light airy space with apex ceilings and
underfloor heating in a quiet leafy coastal valley. £60 one-to-one yoga/ 1 hour 30 minutes
To make an appointment, please contact Daniel 07870 189 676 [email protected] |
About ashtanga yoga
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Ashtanga is a refined system of therapeutic yoga postures. Each position is linked to the next through a series of flowing movements called ‘vinyasa’. Postures and vinyasa are woven together by rhythmical breathing, creating a dynamic, purifying yoga sequence, revitalising the body and leaving the mind focused and vibrant. Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga was developed by Sri K Pattabhi Jois under the tutelage of Krishnamacharya in Mysore, India. In the 1970's Nancy Gilgoff and David Williams were among the first westerners to study ashtanga yoga with Pattabhi Jois in India and they were instrumental in introducing ashtanga yoga to the USA and then to the wider world, especially through one of their earliest students, Danny Paradise, musician, world traveller and yogi. Traditionally, the physical practice of yoga (asana postures , pranayama breath control) develops the discipline, focus and stamina required for increasingly profound meditation. It can also be a valuable end itself for general fitness and wellbeing or for remedial purposes after injury or illness. A novice yoga practitioner soon feels the effect that this practice has on their body and in turn their overall sense of wellbeing.
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About YogaPod
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Daniel and his wife Olivia founded Yogapod UK in 2001.
Daniel and Olivia are both Senior Yoga Teachers with over 25 years experience, registered with the Yoga Alliance Professionals (YAP). This mark of excellence is the highest level of accreditation and demonstrates rigorous standards of yoga training and practice. Daniel and Olivia are certified to teach yoga classes, workshops, CPD training and yoga teacher training courses. Daniel also has a Masters Degree in Osteopathy (M.Ost). In addition, Daniel is trained in Osteothai, a form of bodywork which integrates traditional Thai therapeutic healing with contemporary osteopathic principles. |
Daniel and Olivia teach yoga classes and weekend workshops; they also lead CPD training in anatomy and physiology and international yoga retreats in Spain, USA, India, Japan and Venezuela. Since relocating to Cornwall in 2025, they specialise in bespoke one-to-one yoga courses.
Our first ashtanga yoga teacher was Danny Paradise whose easy-going, free-flowing, open-minded approach to yoga continues to be a constant and welcome influence. Since then, we've hosted yoga workshops with inspiring teachers from around the world including:
Danny Paradise, Dr. Matthew Clark, Anastasis Koutsogiannis, Baptiste Marceau, Nancy Gilgoff, Leela Miller, Andrew Eppler, Matthew & Carla Vollmer, Raphael Dabora, Stephen Harding, Grace Benson, Phillip Xerri, Nick Porucznik, Lama Zangmo, Reema Datta, Ron Reid & Marla Meenakshi, Andrea Durant, Jane Sleven, Helen McNair, Chintan Upanhyay.
Our first ashtanga yoga teacher was Danny Paradise whose easy-going, free-flowing, open-minded approach to yoga continues to be a constant and welcome influence. Since then, we've hosted yoga workshops with inspiring teachers from around the world including:
Danny Paradise, Dr. Matthew Clark, Anastasis Koutsogiannis, Baptiste Marceau, Nancy Gilgoff, Leela Miller, Andrew Eppler, Matthew & Carla Vollmer, Raphael Dabora, Stephen Harding, Grace Benson, Phillip Xerri, Nick Porucznik, Lama Zangmo, Reema Datta, Ron Reid & Marla Meenakshi, Andrea Durant, Jane Sleven, Helen McNair, Chintan Upanhyay.
