All teachers at our school are certified and skilled in the Iyengar method.
They have all spent many years practicising and teaching Iyengar Yoga.
Between them, the current teaching staff has over 120 years of practice
and almost 100 years of teaching experience.
Peta Keaney
Peta is the Director of Redfern Yoga Space. She has practiced Iyengar yoga for over 40 years and been a certified Iyengar teacher since 2014. Peta loves the way the Iyengar method, with its focus on technique and alignment, holds mind quietly in the body, in the moment, enabling increasingly fine sensitivity, connection, mental clarity and insight into all aspects of our being. Peta trained with Caroline Coggins and Alan Goode. She has studied with the Iyengar family in Pune, attended conventions in Australia with Abhijata Iyengar and other senior Australian and international teachers, and studied yoga therapy with Stephanie Quirk. She loves the continuing process of learning that teaching enables and demands.
Suzi Chin Silicz
I have taught yoga extensively around Sydney for over 30 years and practiced for 40. Being part of the Iyengar Yoga community from it’s infancy in Australia, I have witnessed many changes in the yoga world as a whole and yet, still, the teachings of BKS Iyengar and his family have remained primary to my practice and teaching for all these years. Iyengar Yoga has stood the test of time, not only as a method of yoga taken up world wide, but the test of time to myself over these decades after wandering into a yoga class all those years ago.
Tracey Kessler
Tracey is a Level 2 Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. She has been practicing yoga since 1994 and discovered Iyengar yoga in 2009. It was then that the yoga penny dropped for her and everything started to make sense. With a background in computer science and IT, the Iyengar principles of peeling back the layers of asanas to establish precise and aligned foundations resonated with her and she has never looked back. In 2015 Tracey went on to train with Pixie Lillas and received her Level 1 certification in 2017. She began teaching in 2016 and has spent time practicing at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Institute in Pune, India. Tracey acheived her Level 2 certification in 2025.
Simone Ellis
Simone is a deeply experienced Iyengar Yoga practitioner and Level 2 certified Iyengar teacher. She has had the privilege of studying in India under BKS and Geeta Iyengar, and continues to learn with many living luminaries, including Patricia Walden. She studied under Faeq Biria from the mid 90s until his recent passing, and from his joyful teachings developed a love of precision and alignment – not for their own sake, but for what they bring in terms of mental clarity, increased awareness and the ability to live life more fully. Simone is a highly observant teacher, dedicated to uplifting and enabling the potential in every student. She offers inspiration and insight into both stillness and movement, drawn from an early career as a contemporary dancer and more than 30 years of disciplined practice. She has taught in Sydney, Tokyo, and Wellington and has served on the Board of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Greater New York.
Suzanne Waplington
Suzanne has practised Iyengar Yoga since 2006. She joined Caroline Coggins’ Teacher Training Program in 2017 looking to further deepen her yoga practice and develop herself as an Iyengar yoga teacher. She obtained her Iyengar Yoga teacher certification in June 2021. Suzanne has a particular interest in the techniques of Iyengar yoga to improve physical and emotional strength and overall health and well-being in an increasingly busy world.
Off the mat, Suzanne combines a corporate role with raising three daughters.
Jeff Steel
Jeff has practiced Iyengar Yoga for 31 years and has taught for more than 20 years. He is an Iyengar Yoga certified teacher and has attended the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India. Jeff participated in both the Australian conventions taught by Geeta Iyengar. Yoga is a integral part of Jeff’s life and he loves to share his passion for yoga practice with students. Jeff lives in Noosa Heads and conducts on-line yoga classes via Zoom. He is a retired civil engineer.
Romina Sesto
Romina’s yoga journey began in the early 90s, over time she was drawn to the depth and precision of Iyengar Yoga. What began as a personal practice developed into a lifelong commitment to studying, practicing and teaching the Iyengar method.Her teaching emphasises alignment, mindful practice and developing a deeper understanding of yoga, while recognising each student’s individual needs.Romina continues her professional development in Australia and internationally, including studying with the Iyengar family in Pune, India, and Senior Iyengar Yoga teachers. She holds a Junior Intermediate 1 Iyengar Yoga Certification (Level 2).
Kate Oliver
Kate is our Digital and Graphic Designer. Kate has worked as a designer for the last 25 years in the marketing, publishing and charity industries. She has practiced yoga in various forms on and off throughout her adult life but became completely hooked when she discovered Iyengar yoga 10 years ago and started practicing several times a week. She plans to keep practicing until she is in her nineties. Kate provides support to the school in many much-appreciated ways.