True

definitions //: in accordance with fact or reality / genuine / real or actual / accurate or exact / correctly positioned, balanced, or aligned / loyal or faithful / honest

Through yoga practises we are interested in working with two aspects of true.

1. The true that we can experience and perceive, using our senses, mind and heart.

2. The true that we can express out into the world, using our whole being.

The closer these two align, the more coherent the internal and external true are; the more stable, authentic, and able we are to operate in the chaotic world we inhabit. This is the realm of a mediative mind in action that is able to engage fully with and deal with everything life throws at it.

This is the journey of using the yoga / meditation as a therapy.

We set up True Yoga many years ago to create a safe framework that will empower people to develop healthy relationships with others with the aim of making our society and planet a better and sustainable place.

Aims of True Yoga:

1. To communicate, uphold and pass on the authentic viniyoga teachings of T. Krishnamacharya, T.K.V. Desikachar and T.K. Sribhashyam in a non-dogmatic and supportive way.

2. To educate to the highest standards set by U.K. regulating bodies, such as the British Council of Yoga Therapy, and other regulatory bodies as required.

3. To maintain relationships with reputable organisations.

4. To support, encourage and facilitate education, research, professionalism and clinical expertise in using yoga as a therapy.

5. To publish and promote awareness of yoga as a therapy.

6. To provide ongoing supervision, training and help for yoga as a therapy.

Colin Dunsmuir

Colin is highly experienced in using Yoga as a Therapy and was certified in the Viniyoga lineage directly by T.K.V. Desikachar, one of the most influential yoga practitioners of the modern age.

He specialises in leading seminars, trainings, retreats and workshops as well as teaching those wanting to learn yoga, breathing, philosophy and meditation in a traditional, one-to-one approach.

Over 25 years, his expertise has allowed him to teach in many diverse environments. From ongoing end of life care programs in a hospice and working with young people in a Pupil Referral Unit; To having taught regularly in Downing Street and being part of the team asked to set up the corporate wellness program at Unilever. 

During COVID he was invited by Puma to help innovate and lead global Instagram live yoga sessions. 

Colin sits on the Professional Specific Board for Yoga Therapy with the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), directed the London Yoga Festival for many years and is a committee member of The British Council of Yoga Therapy.  

He is also the proud author of his recently released book “How To Find Stillness Within” published by Penguin.

Colin is passionate about motivating the world to use yoga to maintain mental health, reduce stress and cultivate inner stability.

Miranda Taylor

Miranda Taylor is a 2,000 hour trained Yoga Therapist in the Viniyoga tradition who has studied Ayurveda and Vedic Chanting in depth.

Miranda is able to design a yoga practice using all the tools of yoga: sound, special breathing, visualization and postural awareness to suit the individual.

Also, she specialises in teaching women, secondary school children and people of all ages who may range from total beginners to those who have specific concerns such as: insomnia, dietary advice, bad back, injuries, anxiety and depression.

Private Classes 1-2-1 

Miranda offer’s one to one classes specifically designed to the individual’s needs. From simply unstiffening the limbs or strengthening the body, meditation, to dealing with more serious health and mental health concerns.

Mantra: Health and Peace mantra work to aid meditation, focus and calm the mind. Learn in a group at home or 1-2-1.  

Mantra can boost confidence, help people find their voice and really improve public speaking abilities. Handouts provided.

Carole Lyons

Carole is a yoga teacher of over 20 years and a CNHC registered yoga therapist. Carole is also a registered nurse and health visitor and uses her yoga therapy skills to support staff in the nhs. 

Trained in the lineage of TKV Desikachar with Colin Dunsmuir, Carole also regularly teaches and supervises groups of trainee yoga therapists

Carole’s clients are varied and come to her with many different and varied concerns from physical, mental, and emotional, psychological and neurological conditions. 

All receive care and practices based on their unique individual constitution and concerns.

Qualifications include:

• British Wheel of Yoga Teacher

• Yoga in the tradition of T.Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar- Qualified Yoga Teacher and one-to-one Yoga Therapist (taught and mentored by Colin Dunsmuir, a direct student of TKV Desikachar)

• Yoga Alliance teacher

• Registered with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council~(CNHC)

• Registered General Nurse & Health

• BSC Honours Experimental Psychology

Della Bhujoo

Della has completed her Foundation, Teacher Training and Yoga Therapist training all under TrueYoga and is still mentored by Colin Dunsmuir and is a member of the British Wheel of Yoga.

With over 25 years of teaching experience Della has taught yoga at infant, junior, high and PRU schools and now has her own home studio where she runs workshops and day retreats and 121s with her clients, as well as tutoring/mentoring trainee yoga teachers.

Stanford Wong

Stanford is a 1500 hours+ trained Yoga teacher and Yoga therapist. Since 2019, Stanford began training with Colin Dunsmuir, where he learned much knowledge and practices passed down in the lineage of T.K.V. Desikachar; including Asana practice, Pranayama, Mantra and Meditative practices.

Stanford is also a fully qualified medical doctor. He has been working in the NHS since he graduated from Imperial College London in 2013. He worked in the specialty of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for 4 years, before switching and is currently training to become a Psychiatry Consultant. 

Stanford has been training specifically in the principle of Pregnancy yoga, Yoga Nidra, Yin yoga and Restorative Yoga. He actively incorporates tools and principles learned from both Western Medical training and Eastern Yoga practices for therapeutic use.

At present, Colin and Stanford regularly host the “Yoga & Health Podcast” (available on Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube).

Professor T. Krishnamacharya

If there is one name that can be considered pretty much synonymous with contemporary yoga, it is T Krishnamacharya who is well known the world over as the yoga guru of legendary masters such as Indra Devi, BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois and TKV Desikachar. Among most contemporary styles of yoga, several trace their roots back to this legend, whose teachings remain the inspiration for thousands of yoga practitioners around the world. Be it fitness, healing or a spiritual quest, T Krishnamacharya is among the few legendary yoga gurus who managed to give every seeker of yoga and yoga therapy exactly what they sought. With a proven ability to stop his heartbeat, being a teacher to none less than the King of Mysore, a ram-rod straight posture even as he neared a hundred years of age, a devoted bhakta who stood by his faith and yet encouraged others to seek and find their own anchor…in every way T Krishnamacharya was a remarkable man. He was an acclaimed master of asana, pranayama and dhyanam techniques, a seeker of knowledge, a prolific writer and orator, one of the pioneers of adapting yoga techniques for therapy, and an adept in Vedic chanting. The Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram was established in 1976, by T Krishnamacharya’s son and long-time student TKV Desikachar to carry forth the invaluable teachings of T Krishnamacharya.

T.K.V. Desikachar

Son and student of T Krishnamacharya, TKV Desikachar is known for his inimitable ability of demystifying yoga philosophy and for his pioneering work in the area of wellness and yoga therapy.

As a diagnostician and yoga therapist, TKV Desikachar’s skills were legendary and all his students will stand testimony to his mastery as healer and spiritual guide.

His no-nonsense teaching style continues to resonate in the minds of his students and to him goes the credit of creating the representational stick figures that are so widely used by students and teachers of yoga the world over.

Known for his generosity of teaching and sharing, TKV Desikachar’s landmark book, “The Heart of Yoga,” till today remains a bestseller and even a comprehensive reference book for yoga enthusiasts.