Thona graduated from Asia Euro University in Information Technology. She has been practicing yoga since 2016. She has completed yoga teacher training 100 hours at AZAHAR Center. Now she is a junior yoga instructor at AZAHAR center. She like yoga because yoga makes her feel relaxed and calm down.

Thona graduated from Asia Euro University in Information Technology. She has been practicing yoga since 2016. She has completed yoga teacher training 100 hours at AZAHAR Center. Now she is a junior yoga instructor at AZAHAR center. She like yoga because yoga makes her feel relaxed and calm down.

Sreyneang is a 300-hour certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher. She also holds a 200-hour certification and Fly Fit yoga certification from Yoga Soul Body Fit, recognized by the UK Yoga Alliance which were supported by AZAHAR Foundation. She was practicing yoga in 2014, followed by daily class practices, immersion workshops, and yoga retreats. Her first interest in Yoga practice is about stress releasing and giving benefits such as good health and comfort.

Victory (Vic) creates spaces for a journey of healing and mindfulness to connect breath, body, and consciousness. With over 500 hours of advanced training, spanning energetic Jivamukti, dynamic Vinyasa, and restorative Yin classes, she masterfully balances vibrant movement with slow nurturing flows. Believing true peace begins within and that all beings as born with a seed of love and compassion, she uses the power of yoga to cultivate and illumiate that seed. Her life’s work focuses on the profound connections between yoga, peace, and development in the community to foster a more just and harmonious world. For example, her weekly donation-based community classes reflect a deep mission to make yoga accessible for all. With a Master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from Australia and a development consulting background, her approach is holistic and international. She truly believes that inner peace is the foundation for outer peace. Come join one of her classes and see why she believes so passionately in yoga!

Nith was introduced to yoga through the program initiated by the AZAHAR Foundation in 2015. He completed a 200h teacher training by Yoga Soul Body Fit that was sponsored by the AZAHAR Foundation and is acknowledged by the UK Yoga Alliance in 2017. Since then he has taught basically at the AZAHR’s studio in Phnom Penh, gyms and NGOs in Vinyasa flow. Through practicing, learning and teaching in the last few years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, he understood the roles of yoga and passionate to make more impact on communities. He pursued his journey by joining the 300h JTT which was supported by the Jivamukti Global and Yogeswari in 2021. This is such huge inspiration and motivation for him and is able to bring the method to more beings. Therefore, he intends to share this inspiration and motivation within his community and for a better and peaceful environment. Attend his classes, and you will understand more about your amazing body and your beautiful mind. Nith’s classes are challenging and emphasize

Dara 's yoga journey began in 2007.As she began to feel the transformation yoga had in her life she felt inspired to share the gift of yoga with others. Dara believes the mind, body, soul connection is a sacred one, and one that should be nurtured and inspired. With that mentality she teaches her classes from her heart creating an uplifting, safe environment for students to begin to explore and expand within their own body and consciousness. From 2009-2014, I received sponsorship from AZAHAR Foundation and Krama Yoga (NGO of Nataraj Yoga Studio, Phnom Penh). I enrolled in daily Yoga classes at Nataraj Yoga Center under Isabelle Skaburskis and completed the Krama Yoga foundation level teacher training program, which included anatomy philosophy, teaching methodology, kids yoga and philosophy. From 2009-2016, I have been invited to participate in intensive Jivamukti Yoga trainings at Yogeswari & Cat Alip-Douglas’ retreat in Angkor Vat, Siem Reap. From 2010-2012, I completed 200 Hours of teacher training (RYT) under the direction of Hart Lazer, United Yoga Montreal, Canada. In 2013, I received a scholarship to do a 200-hour teacher training (RYT) with Duncan Wong at Yogic Arts Kula, in Kyoto Japan. From 2013-14 I had several opportunities to take intensive workshops with Paddy McGrath. In 2015, I assisted Yogeswari at Anandamaya Festival in Djakarta, Indonesia I have been teaching yoga since 2009, starting at the Harpswell Foundation in Phnom Penh. Since then, I mainly taught underprivileged Cambodian youth in NGOs, which include Starfish Foundation, Aziza, Transitions Global, CWDA (Cambodian Women’s Development Agency), Riverkids, Kien Khleang Orphanage Center, CCPCR (Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights) and Riverkids. At Nataraj Yoga Center, I also had the opportunity to teach classes to the expat community in English and several Gyms classes such as Rose Condo sport club, Sokha sport club, Pro-fitness sport club and Good Time Sport Club. In 2014, I founded Cambodia Home Yoga,(Karuna yoga Phnom Penh)with the intention of introducing Yoga and Meditation to Cambodian people, in order to bring peace and harmony to a community that is recovering from civil war. This project is funded in part by AZAHAR Foundation. I am currently the facilitator for Yoga in AZAHAR’s multi-disciplinary Peace Program, as well as a trainer for junior yoga teachers in a pre-teacher training program, which will culminate in a 2016/17 Yoga teacher training in partnership with Cambodia Home Yoga(Karuna Yoga Phnom Penh), AZAHAR Foundation and Phnom Penh.

Met Yogeswari in 2008, while growing up at an orphanage center in Phnom Penh. A few years later, she started on her yoga journey and completed the 200-hour teacher training offered by AZAHAR in 2019. She now works as a receptionist and as a teacher at the AZAHAR Center in Phnom Penh. Yoga has made her life more meaningful, and she hopes that she can support a better quality of life for her students.

Victory (Vic) creates spaces for a journey of healing and mindfulness to connect breath, body, and consciousness. With over 500 hours of advanced training, spanning energetic Jivamukti, dynamic Vinyasa, and restorative Yin classes, she masterfully balances vibrant movement with slow nurturing flows. Believing true peace begins within and that all beings as born with a seed of love and compassion, she uses the power of yoga to cultivate and illumiate that seed. Her life’s work focuses on the profound connections between yoga, peace, and development in the community to foster a more just and harmonious world. For example, her weekly donation-based community classes reflect a deep mission to make yoga accessible for all. With a Master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from Australia and a development consulting background, her approach is holistic and international. She truly believes that inner peace is the foundation for outer peace. Come join one of her classes and see why she believes so passionately in yoga!

Thona graduated from Asia Euro University in Information Technology. She has been practicing yoga since 2016. She has completed yoga teacher training 100 hours at AZAHAR Center. Now she is a junior yoga instructor at AZAHAR center. She like yoga because yoga makes her feel relaxed and calm down.

Chhayleang Kauy believes that true wealth lies in health and well-being, something every living being deserves. Her mission is to help make this essential gift accessible to everyone. She knows that when our basic well-being is cared for, we’re free to change our stories and reach our fullest potential. As a yoga teacher, Chhayleang is dedicated to healing and transformation. For her, yoga is more than just physical movement; it’s a compassionate way of living, with kindness for ourselves and others. Inspired by the profound changes it brought to her own life, she has trained deeply in paths like Jivamukti and trauma-informed yoga. Committed to lifelong learning, Chhayleang is also completing her master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and Counseling at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). By combining yoga, psychology, and compassionate care, she hopes to guide others toward true healing and a purposeful life.

Rathana is working in a Private Company as a full-time staff. Besides working, she spent the weekend joining a yoga teacher training course at AZAHAR Cambodia. Rathana started yoga practice in 2017 and in the same year she began her pre-teacher training in a program called “Peace Program” the program learning includes Non-Violent Communication, Authentic Leadership, Women’s Empowerment, Art Therapy (Dance, Poetry, Circus, Bokator) and Yoga / Meditation after that she took her first teacher training. Furthermore, she has joint social work as the project coordinator at Takeo province, which sponsors by AZAHAR Cambodia to provide Yoga, English, and many other fields to push those young people to bring good energy to their society. When covid-19 hit the globe Rathana takes this as an opportunity to train herself more at AZAHAR Foundation including: Young peace builder certificate from AZAHAR Foundation 200 - HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING CERTIFICATE From AZAHAR Foundation 30 - HOUR VINYASA MIXED LEVEL CERTIFICATION

Sreynak was born in Phnom Penh. She graduated bachelor’s degree in Accounting in 2018 from the Pannasastra University of Cambodia. Nowadays, Besides working, she spends my weekend joining a yoga teacher training course at AZAHAR Cambodia in Phnom Penh. And she became a teacher of Yoga in 2019. Moreover, sometimes she have spent her weekend cooking and sharing vegan food with the street people around Phnom Penh city for giving chance to those people with new tastes without meeting for promoting peace. Furthermore, she has joint social work as the project coordinator at Takeo province, which sponsors by AZAHAR Cambodia to provide Yoga, English, and many other fields to push those.

In 2018, he started to learn and understand what is yoga and yoga’s benefit as he had never known it before. Sometimes he thinks that it was wasting his time to focus on a full-time job and a lot of pressure on him during the training. However, there is not like what he thinks, just he needs to take time to understand in deep of the meaning and be patient to keep practice it. Until now if he compares himself before it is so much difference. At the same time, he saw and obtained a lot of benefit from it. Furthermore, based on his experience, he applied the yoga practice to reflect on his daily life and all the situation was happened. Hence, He said “It is really affected to our communication and best solutions to solve any problem in the face. Therefore, there is a good message to apply it, while yoga is not only posture or asana but yoga is what you did/practiced with your awareness, consciousness, calmness, peaceful and you know yourself that you are ready to do it without interrupting anybody around you”.

Sreynak was born in Phnom Penh. She graduated bachelor’s degree in Accounting in 2018 from the Pannasastra University of Cambodia. Nowadays, Besides working, she spends my weekend joining a yoga teacher training course at AZAHAR Cambodia in Phnom Penh. And she became a teacher of Yoga in 2019. Moreover, sometimes she have spent her weekend cooking and sharing vegan food with the street people around Phnom Penh city for giving chance to those people with new tastes without meeting for promoting peace. Furthermore, she has joint social work as the project coordinator at Takeo province, which sponsors by AZAHAR Cambodia to provide Yoga, English, and many other fields to push those.

In 2018, he started to learn and understand what is yoga and yoga’s benefit as he had never known it before. Sometimes he thinks that it was wasting his time to focus on a full-time job and a lot of pressure on him during the training. However, there is not like what he thinks, just he needs to take time to understand in deep of the meaning and be patient to keep practice it. Until now if he compares himself before it is so much difference. At the same time, he saw and obtained a lot of benefit from it. Furthermore, based on his experience, he applied the yoga practice to reflect on his daily life and all the situation was happened. Hence, He said “It is really affected to our communication and best solutions to solve any problem in the face. Therefore, there is a good message to apply it, while yoga is not only posture or asana but yoga is what you did/practiced with your awareness, consciousness, calmness, peaceful and you know yourself that you are ready to do it without interrupting anybody around you”.