TEACHER

Rosemary Jeanes Antze began studying privately with Desikachar in 1974 when she first spent a year in India learning Odissi dance. She returned to Madras (now Chennai) in 1980-81 to conduct research on the teacher-student relationship in Indian culture and dance, and continued learning with Desikachar, while also attending his teachers' seminars. Since then she has travelled regularly to study with him in North America and in India. From 1988 to 1995 she also studied, deepening her knowledge and commitment to teaching, with Mary Louise Skelton, student of T. Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar, and founder of Upstate Yoga in Syracuse, New York.

Rosemary holds degrees from the University of Toronto and from York University (B.A., B.Ed., M.F.A.), where she studied anthropology, Sanskrit and Indian thought, dance and education. Her thesis, "Tradition and Learning in Odissi Dance of India: guru-sisya-parampara," examined the changing teacher-student relationship in Indian culture as dance moved from temple to stage.

Yoga has sustained her through various stages in life, including a decade of professional dancing and acting, the first half with the National Ballet of Canada and the second touring internationally, in Andrei Serban's Trilogy of Greek Tragedy, with La Mama ETC of New York City. For over 20 years she has taught in the Dance department at York University, as well as in Hart House, the University of Toronto. She is also the mother of two teenagers.

In the mid 1970s, at the urging of Desikachar, Rosemary began teaching yoga to individuals and in classes. For the past seven years she has focussed on teaching in her community in Toronto. In her teaching Rosemary emphasizes personal practice as a tool for daily living, both for oneself and in community.

She is accredited with the Centre de Transmission de Yoga (Quebec), a member of the Federation of Ontario Yoga Teachers, a Registered Yoga Teacher (500 hours) with the Yoga Alliance, and is endorsed as a qualified yoga teacher by TKV Desikachar.

Please read the following articles

• "Yoga is the Thread of Connection: An Interview with Rosemary Jeanes Antze"
• "Finding a Teacher: Shopping, Dating or Long-Term Relationship?"