Dean is a qualified acupuncturist and yoga instructor, passionate about natural health and healing. Having practised yoga since he was a teenager, Dean now has over 20 years of yoga experience and is a qualified instructor in both Hatha and Yantra yoga.
Over the past 20+ years, Dean has lived in the Amazon jungle with the Shawa tribe, and has studied Tibetan, Chinese, Indian and native American healing and spiritual traditions with renowned masters. This training has given Dean a unique understanding of how to balance, harmonize and coordinate the body, energy and mind of the individual which leads to greater health, vitality and mental well being.
Dean is a registered acupuncturist with the NZASA (New Zealand Acupuncture Standards Authority) and is a registered ACC provider, adhering to strict professional conduct and practice.
New Zealand College Of Chinese Medicine
Bachelor Of Health Science (Acupuncture)
International Dzogchen Community
Diploma In Yantra Yoga
Wellpark College Of Natural Therapies
1200 hour Diploma In Yoga
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Teachings &Transmission of Dzogchen, Vajrayana, Sutra, Tibetan Medicine, Tibetan Astrology, Yantra Yoga
Laura Evangelisti & Fabio Andrico
Teachings on Yantra Yoga
Dr Sonam Rinchen and Ven. Ogyen Tenzang
Course on Tibetan Medicine & Astrology, Palpung
Dalai Lama, Sakya Trizin, Garchen Rinpoche
Teaching & Transmiton of Vajrayana & Sutra Practices
Bruce Frantzis
Tuina Qigong healing, Taoist Meditation, Tai Chi, Qigong, Taoist Yoga
Andrew Popovic
Qigong & Taoist Meditation
Swami Shantimurti
Satyananda Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Yoga Nidra
Miguel Inchit
Teachings on Shamanic Healing Tradition of Ecuadorian Shuar Tribe