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About Derek
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Derek would like to honour all the teachers who have influenced his yoga teaching if you feel that you should be on this page please contact hockleyyoga@aol.com.
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~ Born in The Salvation Army Mother's Hospital, Hackney, London UK 18th December 1956
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~ First Yoga Teacher, Omar Sataur, location Coleraine Park Junior School, Tottenham (1961 - 1968)
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~ First meditation teacher. Plum tree in garden (64 Aplins Road, Tottenham)
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~ First Human Meditation teachers, the Instructors at Milo Judo Club, Bruce Grove Tottenham 1967 - ? (the Dan grades : Eddie Treacher, Burt Braddock, Jerry Romback and the informal instruction from the non qualified teachers especially David (Rose?), Carl 1, Carl 2, Terry Williams, Peter Howes and Reg Beecham. Known UK lineage taken from Mr Swain 5th Dan (within The Anglo Japanese Judo Association).
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~ First British Wheel Teacher Contact, (name?) School Nurse at Tottenham School 1968 -1973
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~ Path of discipline developed at the Stratford (Kykokoshinki) Karate Club 1970 - ?
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~ Commence Yoga classes with Haringey Adult Education BWY teacher (ex-school nurse). 1975-1976
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~ Develop Yoga practice in Adult Education with student BWY teacher (name?) 1976 - 1979(?)
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~ Develop Yoga practice with Alice Walker (teacher from Pondicherry Ashram)
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~ Focus shifts to family: Married Pearline Elliott in 1979, Two Sons ; Tom (1983), Robert (1985) and developing engineering career.
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~ Completed Open University Degree 1983 - 1989
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~ 'Discover' Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale after having read "Light on Yoga" (1985 - 1993)
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~ BWY Teachers Diploma Course with Jeanette Morton- Holmes assisted by Gill Pendreich (1988 -1991)
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~ Began teaching Yoga 1989? For Rochford Community College
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~ Exploration of Shamanic and Sufi Practices begin 1991
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