Barbara Fung
Yoga Teacher
Barbara started her yoga journey in 2009 practicing Anusara Therapeutics with Amy Ippolti in Thailand. She is a 200h RYT teacher trained in Alignment Yoga with Patrick Creelman, and is also trained in Kids Yoga with Jenny Smith, and Prenatal Yoga with Jennifer More.
Dedicated to the study of alignment practice aiming at pain-free yoga, Barbara immersed herself in Iyengar Yoga with Fraq and Corine Biria in Paris every summer since 2017. She uses the practice and philosophy of ancient teachings of yoga to create her own methodology that uplifts students' mind and ability.
With over 10 years of teaching and body mapping with athletes, mothers-to-be, and kids, Barbara understands very well different body types and she loves to challenge her students in a joyful manner in her class. She doesn't expect perfection but she wants her students to do their best in a self-loving environment. She wants students to fill joy mentally and physically after every class.
Dana Lai
Yoga | Handbalance | Mindfulness Teacher
Dana is the founder of Sow Yoga and a senior teacher with more than 20 years of practice in yoga and over 10 years of teaching experience in Pure Yoga. Her dedication is to bring yoga combined with mindfulness practice to her students.
In her early days as a passionate student, Dana has completed over 1000 hours of training and regularly attended workshops with a strong interest in anatomy, biomechanics, breath, and meditation. She completed her first 200h RYT training in 2010 with Patrick Creelman, and further her studies with multiple 300h RYT training by Desiree Rumbaugh, Noah Maze and Jason Crandell. She is a firm believer in the importance of cross-training and has been trained by one of the world's most prominent hand-balancer Miguel Sant'ana in person for over 4 years.
Dana has taught and led retreats, studied and deepened her practices in various cities. She also assisted Patrick Creelman during teacher trainings and has taught workshops in different countries, including Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, and Singapore.
Along with the asana practice, she strives to instill a strong sense of awareness and introspection in her students. With such a non-competitive inner climate achieved through mindfulness practice, students can come to explore their physical edge with a more profound understanding of connection to themselves.
Marah Arcilla
Yoga Teacher
Marah dedicates her teaching to guide students with clarity, purpose and intent in their practise. Rather than focusing on the physicality and showmanship of complex poses, her teaching is thoughtfully themed with planned progressions and fundamental anatomical knowledge.
With a deep reverence for the principles and philosophy of yoga, Marah’s yoga practise and teaching is rooted in humbleness, open-mindedness and integrity. She is grateful to her teacher, Carlos Pomeda for this. Her classes demand students to move intelligently from one pose to the next with mental discipline so that the quality of the practice can have a positive influence on the practical elements of the students’ daily lives.
At this phase in her teaching, she truly enjoys the intimacy of having a smaller group to teach. She still values the connection that arises from community building through hatha yoga practice. For this, she is excited to join Sow Yoga.
Michael Lau
Yoga Teacher| Mindfulness Teacher
Michael has been a student of yoga since 1997. He studied various traditions from a few of his respected teachers, and he got the most influenced on Alignment based yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa styles. Michael has taught yoga since 2006.
Each class of Michael's starts with a theme to create an intention and attitude for a special purpose to help students to remember and discover their innate goodness.
Michael gives precise instructions that are easy to follow. His class sequence is fluent and safe with key Universal Principles that create awareness of the present moment leading to personal growth, good posture , self love n joy.
Michael's classes could be an experience of a vinyasa style practice or a basic fluent body stretching sequence supported by intelligent alignment knowledge. He believes starting your practice is the only way to receive something incredible and bigger than we all know.
Monique Choi
Yoga | Aerial Teacher
Monique was a full time designer and a part time aerialist who used to suffer chronic pain from prolonged sitting in the office. She stumbled across yoga as a mean to improve her flexibility but found that her physical pain has been alleviated through practicing yoga. Monique then decided to pursue yoga and has obtained her first 200-hours yoga teacher training in 2016, and later with 250 more hours in yoga wheel, aerial yoga, kids yoga and sport science. Monique is also an alumnae of Sow Yoga’s 100-hours Inversion Teacher Training in 2021.
Monique is a nurturing teacher who loves to check in often and takes care of her students well. Monique wants to teach because she knows how powerful the yoga practice is and how it has changed her life for the better. She hopes to guide her students in finding a deeper sense of peace and clarity through the physical practice.
Stella Mak
Yoga Teacher
Stella began to practice yoga in 2015 when she felt drawn to try something new. She realised that yoga was not only a workout but also gave her peace of mind. As a supervisor in an international company, yoga was the tool she used to alleviate work pressure while allowing her to face challenges with a positive mindset. In 2018, Stella took her first teacher training with Angela Lohse, who showed her the world of kindness and encouraged her not only to be a yoga teacher but also to keep inspiring people in all ways. She believes "ego" in yoga practice is a good thing to use as a means to create a balance between overexerting and knowing when to challenge oneself. She aims to inspire her students to live a yogic lifestyle while cultivating kindness.