Our people

Nutritionist, natural health therapist, NLP Practitioner and training kinesiologist

  

At elementa, Sheena consults on all areas of health and wellness and specialises in baby and child nutrition, weight management, sports performance (Sheena is a past half-ironman competitor and a keen runner) and stress and dietary-related issues using her nutrition, NLP and holistic health training where appropriate. Sheena brings together all her experience to provide holistic consultations that incorporate mind and body. 

Sheena is a great presenter and has heaps of experience in running community and corporate wellness programmes and workshops. She is available to present at corporate and community events.
Sheena started her career after studying nutrition at Kings College University, London, by developing and managing a nutrition consultation business for the West London franchise of The Body Shop. Most of her career has been in the health and food industries in some capacity - working as a nutritionist in London, to promoting food- and nutrition-related products such as the ‘Five Plus A-Day' campaign in New Zealand and now back to consultation, which she adores.

Osteopathy
We recommend Phillipa Pownall at Remuera Osteopaths

 
ANDREW DUTHIE
is a New Zealand qualified Massage Therapist with a Diploma in Therapeutic and Remedial Massage and a National Certificate in Swedish Relaxation Massage who has worked in the health industry for over 8 years.
Andrew is committed to assisting people to be their best. He works with postural analysis, neuromuscular and fascial work, corrective exercises and rehabilitation and has worked with a wide range of people and sports people from runners, pre/post and race day to golfers, boxers and body builders. 
He has worked in gyms, and exclusive health spas as well as running his own successful NZ massage clinic as well as seeing corporate clients before leaving for the UK in 2006. Living in London he was a Gym Manager/Sports Massage therapist from 2006 - 2008. Now back in NZ he is studying for his masters in Osteopathy as well as working as a massage therapist at Elementa.
Currently Andrew works with us on Saturdays.

JULIE BRUNTON
A passionate massage therapist and natural health practitioner with over 12 years of experience in the field of Wellbeing. Julie is available to thosein need of a relaxing therapeutic massage, helping to restore balance, reduce stress, increase feelings of wellbeing, support the immune system and general healing process.

 

Yoga & Pilates teachers (including Pregnancy and Mum and bub classes)
 
SUE LANE
Sue Lane  has practiced yoga for 15 years-Hatha and Iyenger for 5 years and Ashtanga Vinyassa for 10 years.  Sue received her YA200 (Yoga Alliance 200 hrs) certificate in Teacher Training at the Auckland Yoga Academy NZ in 2006 and pregnancy yoga training in 2007.
She has attended many yoga courses during this time including workshops on restorative yoga.
Sue teached pregancny and Ashtanga yoga on Thursday nights and Saturday mornings. She also teaches our Mother & Baby yoga class on Thursday mornings


VICKI SOPER
Vicki has been practising Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga for two decades, and teaching since 1992.  She began her practice in 1989 with Dena Kingsberg in Lismore, Australia.  When Vicki moved to Auckland two years later she was one of a handful of people practising Ashtanga Yoga here.
In 1993 she travelled to Mysore, India to study with the Ashtanga Master Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.  Along with Ashtanga Yoga Vicki has a strong interest in pregnancy yoga and hatha flow.  Over the years Vicki has attended many workshops and training sessions and is a Yoga Alliance 200 hours registered teacher.
Vicki teaches Ashtanga and  Pregnancy yoga at elementa and is available for private tuition.
 
INGRID WINANTS
Ingrid is a classically trained Pilates teacher with over seven years experience. She trained with Peak Pilates and has done extra advanced workshops and study with Polestar Pilates. She also has group fitness instructor training and a Master degree in Health Sciences.
In her past Ingrid was a competitive gymnast and coach. 
She teaches Pilates at many places in Auckland, including the NZ Navy, at The Millenium Institute, Configure Express and of course Elementa.
Ingrid teaches Pilates on Monday lunch time (sports pilates) and Tuesday and Friday mornings. She is also available for private sessions.

MARTINA GOTZ
Martina has practised yoga for over 15 years and has been teaching for more than 10 years. Her first experience of yoga was in 1991 at Stress Less Yoga Centre, where she attended for four years and completed a one-year Yoga Teacher Training Programme.
Since 2001 Martina has been teaching at the Yoga Academy, where she completed apprenticeships in Hatha Yoga in 2002 and Ashtanga Yoga in 2004.
In October 2008 she became an Experienced Yoga Alliance 500hours Registered Teacher (E500 T500), see http://www.yogaalliance.org/  
She travels regularly to India where she studies in Mysore at the K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI). In February 2009, KPJAYI authorised her to teach the primary series as set out by the Institute and in July/August 2010 was invited to attend a teacher training at KPJAYI. See http://www.kpjayi.org/   
Martina came to yoga from a heritage in gymnastics and is a Naturopath specialising in massage therapy, she finds this background enhances her work as a yoga teacher.
Martina is available for private tuition, groups and classes. 

Trained in the Satyananda style of yoga as taught by Ashram Yoga in Parnell. He has pratised yoga for 17 years and got quite serious about it five years ago when he went through a stage of doing yoga for 4 hours a day (much of this was restorative and gentle), and  was amazed at the positive influence this had. "I became so much more relaxed, and lots of people noticed". 
Recently he has enjoyed learning Iyengar style yoga and incorporates some of this into his classes also, as well as some Pilates which is so good at developing the "powerhouse" section of the body, the abdominals. "For me yoga is not only about challenging the body to become more flexible and strong, but is about challenging our minds to become more grounded and aware.  In this way we become more skilful and happier"