Sighle has her own special skills and extended trainings. She is fully insured, and strives to share with you something of their own commitment and love of the practice of Yoga.

Sighle Mc Donnell

Sighle Mc Donnell has been teaching Yoga in Dalkey for  almost 25 yrs and has held workshops in both Ireland and aboard. She started teacher training in the 80’s with the IYA. Remedial Yoga training in the ‘90’s helped her to recover fully from illness (Sarcoidosis)and back surgery (Spinal Fusion). Sighle is a Certified Remedial Teacher (y.h.r.t (c). completing both the Initial and Intermediate levels.

Sighle’s safe gentle approach to the practice evolved into “Yoga for Pregnancy” For over 17 yrs. Sighle has been guiding women successfully through pregnancy, with the confidence to birth well and later recover the strength and well being needed for motherhood.
See www.pregnancyyoga.ie for information on her DVD “Labour of Love” which she co- produced with Dee O’Rourke. For classes in both Yoga for Pregnancy and Birth Preparation for Partners see website www.pregnancyyogaclasses.ie

She has been involved in the training of IYA teachers ( Pregnancy Module) and has assisted in training teachers for Yoga Therapy Ireland.

Over the years, Sighle has completed courses in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Women’s Studies, Yoga for MS, Asthma, Lower Back, ME, and Cancer Care. She has specialised in working with individuals recovering or living with such illnesses.

Her Contemporary Yoga www.contemporaryyoga.com training continues to evolve with regular trips back to Kripalu, Lenox, MA, where she has furthered and completed her training in Trance Dance with Shiva Rae, Raja Yoga with Stephen Cope, and Overcoming Trauma with Bessel Van der Kolk and Robert Macy ph.D,/Trauma Center Boston.

She has received the 5 mindfulness trainings from Thich Nath Hanh, and has spent time over many years in both Christian and Zen Buddhist Circles.

Contact Sighle

Tel: 085 7265827
Email: info@sighleyoga.ie