Hañsa Wellness

Vincent Bolletta

Founder of Hañsa, Vincent Bolletta has been teaching, and practicing yoga since 1990 and since then has become New Zealand’s foremost yoga instructor and teacher trainer with a wealth of knowledge in biomechanics, yoga therapy, movement therapy, and postural analysis.

Vincent is also the founder of Hañsa International Therapy & Flow Systems & Hañsa Wellness online platform. Hañsa is a unique style that integrates eastern and western thought and methodologies to the practice of yoga & wellbeing. Hansa Yoga has developed an 800 hours yoga therapy professional training programme that supports a process of healing and awakening through principles of human fundamental movement patterns and embodiment. Using this as the basis to gain greater insight into individual function as well as understanding one’s physical, mental and energetic needs.

Founder

Cecilia Li

Cecilia has worked in Beijing’s main yoga studios and has been featured in TimeOut Magazine, Lululemon, Yoga Journal, and Keep Yoga for her teaching. Cecilia has done therapy workshops for many companies such as Microsoft and Lenovo. She also created a project combining Yoga Therapy to Change Management to help individuals to grow. Cecilia is a translator and interpreter specialising in yoga therapy and has translated in many international conferences.

Cecilia started practicing yoga since 2003, and has been teaching since 2013. She started following Vincent Bolletta since 2015 and became one of his earliest students in Hañsa Therapy.

Cecilia is the head of faculty of Hañsa China and co-teaches with Vincent in Hañsa Therapy professional trainings

Manager of Hañsa China

Liana Yew

Liana likes her teaching to be playful and to remind her students that yoga can be fun. Liana is one of Vincent Bolletta’s earliest students and has been continuously deepening her study Hañsa. Liana's influences for movement come from Klein Technique, Yoga practices, Alexander Technique and through her own practice as a dancer.

She applies these techniques as motivation to find ways that use the body in a more efficient way. Liana’s classes encourage the participants to experiment with the exercises and vocabulary, to allow open and new discoveries in their bodies.

Hañsa Flow Instructor

Melanie Morris

Mel describes Hañsa flow principles with simple yet deeper philosophy as a game changer to understanding her own developmental patterns and finds the meditational movement of Hañsa flow graceful as well as enhancing stability, mobility with strength.

On recommendation from Flow Hot Yoga, Mel attended Vincent’s 100-hour Hañsa yoga therapy teacher training in 2018 with a further 100 hours in 2019, this was a transformational turning point for Mel on her journey of self-discovery and yoga. In 2020 Mel commenced teaching yin at Flow Hot Yoga in Christchurch at the same time furthering her deeper immersion in Hañsa online training.

Outside of yoga, Mel is self employed as a small business trainer, works for Xero and loves her garden, dogs and family life.

Hañsa Flow Instructor - South Island Regional Manager, New Zealand

Jay Garman

Jay’s approach to yoga is simple – practice regularly, feel better, live happy. His teaching enables students to investigate the habits, stories and patterns that make up their mind-body frameworks, which when expressed through movement, opens the door to transformation.

His first encounter with yoga was as a boy, learning headstands with his grandma in the mountains of California. But it wasn’t until he glided out of a yoga class in LA in the mid-90’s that he realised he’d had a glimpse of a deep and subtle level of self-awareness. Jay has practiced yoga ever since.

Jay is now a New Zealander, living and teaching in Auckland. His yoga exploration has taken him through a variety of styles, philosophies and approaches, some of them more kind on the body than others. His practice — and his passion — is Hañsa Flow. Jay thrives on sharing this powerful but gentle movement and it’s ability to alleviate chronic pain, reduce stress, build stability, nurture joy and encourage compassion.

Hañsa Flow Instructor

Meta Vashti

Meta was introduced to Yoga in her late teenage years and since then Yoga had gotten her through some of her difficult times in college and professional career. Despite the occasional dabbling with Yoga, she only started practicing regularly around 2013, when she fell in love with the meditative aspect of the practice. Meta started teaching in 2016 and started immersing in the practice of hañsa in 2017, when she met Vincent Bolletta.

Meta’s teaching is influenced by her knowledge of movement and the human bodies that she gathered while she was studying dance and performing.  Meta enjoys creating a space in her classes for people to connect with themselves on a deeper level. She also loves to guide the students into their own meditative rhythm where a deeper connection can take place.

Meta teaches hañsa at various cities around Indonesia and the region including Bandung, Jakarta, Bali, Gili Air, and Singapore. She is also a yoga translator and has translated for various international teachers in their trainings.

Manager of Operations Hañsa International & Manager of Hañsa Indonesia

Mike Huffam

Mike is the founder and chief instructor of Master Kettlebell Academy (MKA) which specialises in kettlebell therapy and rehabilitation, MKA is accredited in New Zealand by the REPs organisation. Mike’s international kettlebell qualifications are as an RKC (Russian Kettlebell Certified Instructor) and IKFF (International Kettlebell Fitness Federation).

Mike is an internationally recognised functional fitness educator, trainer and presenter - specialising in Kettlebells, CrossFit and Olympic lifting, and has been a certified Personal Trainer since 1998.

www.masterkettlebellacademy.com

Master Kettlebell Academy Founder - Hañsa Presenter

Dr Vicki Connop

Vicki is a registered clinical psychologist and yoga teacher with over 20 years' experience working in the mental health field in both the UK and New Zealand. She currently has a therapy practice in central Auckland where she specialises in somatic psychology, mindfulness-based therapies and trauma healing. She integrates eastern and western teachings and philosophy in a way that is grounded, accessible and evidence-based, supporting people to build skills and practices to optimise their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

www.wiseminds.co.nz

Wise Minds Psychology, Mindfulness, Yoga - Hañsa Presenter

Katherine Geary

Katherine is a degree-qualified naturopath based in Dunedin, New Zealand. With 3 young children, she knows it can be tricky to find balance in our busy lives, and often this causes us to neglect our own health. Katherine is passionate about working with people to remove any wellness-related obstacles preventing them from becoming their very best. From simple lifestyle changes to more complex health concerns, Katherine can help you achieve a greater level of vitality and vibrancy.

www.naturopathkath.com

Naturopath - Hañsa Presenter