Shaun Jenkins & Gabrielle Blachley

Teaches at The House of Yogi

Shaun, a seasoned yogi, was born and raised in Durban, South Africa. He draws strongly on his Budokon roots in his yoga practice and teaching. Budokon, which combines the beneficial aspects of martial arts, yoga and meditation, has brought the principles of dedication, leadership and self awareness to both his personal practice and his teaching style. Shaun has an instinctive ability for seeing the potential in his students and for gently guiding them toward safe but continual progress. He has a special love for inversions and arm balances and invites students to confront their fears, challenge themselves, and both literately and figuratively find balance in their practice.

Gabrielle has an extensive background in body awareness — she started dancing at the age of 3 and spent the next 15 years training to be a professional ballerina. Her teaching career began when she was 17 – starting in dance – but she discovered and began teaching yoga soon after. Since then, she has accumulated a total of 24 years’ worth of teaching experience. Teaching comes easily and naturally to Gabrielle, as her mother has owned ballet schools for over 40 years, and is a master teacher and choreographer. No stranger to education, Gabrielle has a BA in Arts and Communication, studied massage in Hawaii, and also healing therapies at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. She is an E-YRT Yoga teacher, having obtained multiple 200 hour certifications, and she is currently enrolled in a 500 hour teacher training. Gabrielle’s free and seeking spirit has lead her to far away places like Europe, Hawaii, India and Morocco where she lived, trained and taught for a number of years – exploring the vast world of yoga and the healing arts.