Mark has been practising yoga since 2000 and since then has studied a wide variety of different styles. He first met Daizan Roshi in 2007 and immediately connected to his way of teaching and the Zen yoga style. This led him to do his yoga teacher training with Zenways in 2009. Mark recalls “the 2 weeks I spent on my yoga teacher training course with Daizan changed my life in ways I can’t describe – they were magical!”
Alongside his work with Daizan, Mark has studied intensively with London-based yoga teacher Jonathan Monks. Jonathan’s style is infused with his many years of Tai Chi practice, together with the more classical foundations of Hatha Yoga. Mark’s concurrent practice of yoga and Zen meditation means that, like Daizan, he embodies the Zenways yoga method of fostering the Zen experience and developing wellbeing, focus, awareness and suppleness on all levels.
Until recently Mark was a scientist doing research in astronomy. Before turning to yoga and meditation teaching as a full-time career, he found his practice to be a wonderful antidote to all those hours working at a desk.