Teacher's Profile

Fiona Kaczmarczyk B.A.

RYT, RYS co-ordinator, writer and QiYoga^® founder

I began my yoga journey in 1996 with my Mum (and mentor) Jenney Kaz.

I was 16 years old and into aerobics. I loved to be pushed beyond my mental limits and to be whipped into shape by the instructor. When Mum insisted I join her Hatha Yoga classes I found it incredibly difficult to balance and do everything the instructor was doing. I not only found it overly challenging but I also found it boring… So I was not too keen on yoga. Nevertheless, Mum’s insistence meant I kept going, albeit not too willing. This carried on-and-off for a year, then I went to live in Japan as a high school student via a Rotary Youth Exchange Student scholarship.

It was not until my fourth trip to Japan when I went to work as a translator, at which stage I was suffering from depression, was over-weight and suffered low self-esteem that I truly appreciated the joy yoga could bring.  I was fortunate to have met and trained privately with Los Angeles based yogini Donya Jenicke. Donya firmed the foundation of my life changing commitment to yoga. Yoga had become the light in my life - it made me feel so good and helped me to fill a void in my life.  I was so happy to embrace yoga that I decided to train as a Hatha Yoga teacher upon my return to Australia. Once I had completed the five year training pre-requisite of FINY (Friends in Yoga: run by Cherry Ray) I began teaching in Perth, Australia full time in 2003.

I brought my Hatha yoga teaching to London in March 2004, but was only teaching part time as I wanted to use my degree (I have a triple major degree in Political Science, Japanese and Asian Studies). Whilst working as a Japanese medical translator at Ravenscourt Park Hospital London for Johnson & Johnson I realised that although I was now a yoga teacher, I still do not know how to heal my body through yoga.

For many years I had been fascinated by, deliberated over and been intrigued as to how to utilise the wisdom of the Universe to heal the body, as transferred from ancient civilisations. Through extensive research I discovered there are many universal secrets encoded in ancient manuscripts outlining how to maximize health and wellbeing and it was through this study and meditation that I was guided toward Qigong.

In 2004 I studied Qigong intensively for one year and it was through my daily practice of Qigong and Hatha Yoga that I was able to feel and experience optimum health and happiness. I was overwhelmed that I had healed myself of an incurable disease, depression, acne, insomnia and more… I wanted to share this with as many people as possible and...

So began the launch of QiYoga^® in 2006!

I grew the London business to such a degree that I ran the QiYoga^® studio in Clapham Common, brought QiYoga^® into Virgin Active gyms, Fitness First gyms as well as prestigious health clubs across London.  I have an extensive list of private clients, host workshops and teacher training courses as well as specialise "QiYoga^®: For Fertility".

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