Derek LeDayn lives on the rough rocky south coast of Wellington, has been learning and practicing cultures of movement and meditation since 1999, and teaching Yin Yoga with mindfulness since August 2018.
His yoga teacher training includes 200-hour certification in Yin Yoga with Markus Henning Giess and Karin Michelle Sang following the teaching of Paul Grilley and Bernie Clark, and another 250 hours training, following Jennifer O’Sullivan and Sarah Powers for Yin yoga, and following Anna Sandle in the T.K.V. Desikachar tradition for active yoga.
He has been a student of Zen Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha for two decades, and also has training and certification as a mindfulness and meditation teacher with the Melbourne Meditation Centre.