CHEUK NA has been practicing Yoga for over six years and teaching for the last four. She completed the YogaAlliance 200 hours Teacher Training with Yogasana’s Director Michel Besnard. She also counts Alex Medin, one of the very few certified Ashtanga Yoga teachers to have great influence on her in both practice and teaching. Well known for her dedication to the practice of Ashtanga Vinayasa Yoga first as practitioner and now a teacher, Cheuk Na also has a personal practice that is steeped deeply in Chinese Buddhism. For Cheuk Na, Ashtanga Yoga is a powerfully spiritual practice in itself. The seemingly strong physicality of the practice serves to harness the life force, the “Prana” or Chi, which in turns, facilitate controlling the fluctuating mind.

LINDZAY studied dance at the Royal Ballet School in London. Upon returning to Hong Kong, she joined the then newly-established Hong Kong Ballet Company, rising through the ranks to become principal dancer and assistant to the artistic director. Her career as a stage and film actress has won her Taiwan's Golden Horse award, and Portugal’s Bronze Camellia award, for best actress. Lindzay has been practising yoga for 15 years but it was not until she was introduced to the Ashtanga Vinyasa system in 2001, under the guidance of Yogasana director, Michel Besnard, that she found her direction in yoga. In 2007 Lindzay released a CD “Searching for the Sun”, inspired by the Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga system.

JOLENE is an avid practitioner of Buddhism for almost 16 years. She follows the teachings of Master Nan Huai Chin (www.nanhuaijin.net), one of the most renowned Buddhist masters. Master’s Nan’s teaching draws from Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Zen. Jolene took up Yoga practice with Master Nan’s encouragement, in order to facilitate, develop and deepen one’s meditation practice. Jolene feels that it is through the cultivation of the mastery over the body/mind phenomena one can advance on the path of spiritual wisdom. Master Nan is Jolene’s father-in-law and her spiritual mentor. Jolene has been faithfully practicing Ashtanga Yoga for six years under the guidance of Michel Besnard, Director of Yogasana. She teaches Ashtanga Led classes regularly.

LILY has completed Teacher Training with Yoga Works, USA, and has been practicing yoga since 2002. Her approach to the physical practice integrates the alignment principle of Iyengar Yoga, the restorative aspects of Desikachar's teachings, and the meditation-in-movement of Ashtanga-Vinyasa, which is her love. Lily provides in her class a safe environment and compassionate guidance for the student to explore their strength, to play at their edge,and to breathe into the calm within. Her instructions, her adjustments, her teaching aim to remind the student, "It's all good".

Andy Wong is one of the most distinguished and talented choreographers and dancers in Hong Kong. He graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts majoring in ballet and studied modern dance in the US. Recipient of many prestigious awards for his performance and contributions to the arts in Hong Kong, Andy began practicing yoga in 1995 as part of his training. His strong choreography background that includes numerous award-winning theatrical productions provided the impetus for him to take up yoga teaching after training under Michel Besnard. He brings grace and lightness to all his Vinyasa classes.

Originally from New York, Lorie Torpey has been practicing yoga for seven years, and Mysore for the past five years with Michel Besnard in Hong Kong. She was a competitive swimmer in college and believes that while all sports can help improve your physical condition, yoga can help you develop patience and perspective on your journey through life.

Denise studied Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and joined the financial industry upon graduation. To achieve a more balanced lifestyle and to relieve the stress and tension from work, she took her first yoga class at Yogāsana in 2004. Her passion for yoga grew as the benefits gradually unfolded through continual practice. Denise apprenticed with Michel Besnard, her first teacher of the Ashtanga Vinyasa system. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance at the 200 hour level and is on the 500 hour level teachers training with Michel. She is committed to exploring all aspects of yoga and had the opportunity to study with Sharath Rangaswamy, Manju Jois, Chuck Miller, Maty Ezraty, Eileen Hall, Nancy Gilgoff, Alex Medin among others. Denise loves to share her experience and learn from fellow practitioners and students.

Ken Pang's cultivation path:
Study with Master Nan Huai Chin since 1992, and act as one of his English interpreters.
Hold Buddhism classes twice a week in the Hong Kong Buddhist Library since 1999 at the order of Master Nan.
Hold weekly meditation classes for young inmates between 18 and 21 since 2004.
Buddhist Sutras: Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Surangama Sutra.


A full-time working mother of two grown children, Miranda first discovered yoga in 2002 and was amazed by the wonderful calming, yet energizing effect it had on her. Later, encouraged by her teacher Frances Gairns she undertook a teacher training course with Michel Besnard in 2005, and despite many setbacks that included a traumatic lower back injury and major surgery, completed all the requirements to graduate 8 months afterward. Miranda is a caring, attentive teacher, very much influenced by the compassionate teachings of Frances and the meditation practice she maintains through her Buddhist studies at the Vipassana meditation center in Chi Lin Nunnery. The practice of yoga and meditation are blessings in her life and she hopes to be able to share this with all her students. As Miranda likes to remind herself and others, when we are able to do yoga, we are all so lucky.