Category: Teachers

Josh van Konkelenberg

Josh was introduced to meditation by Graham Williams, who also taught him piano as a teenager. Now a professional musician, Josh remains fascinated by the richness of feeling that meditation brings to his life, and he uses meditation in his personal and work life to maintain calm and sharpen his concentration.

Dr Graham Williams

Dr. Graham Williams is the Founder and Director of Lifeflow. He trained in the Tibetan and Burmese Buddhist meditation traditions, and has over 35 years of teaching experience with local, interstate and overseas students. Graham is a concert pianist and scholar who taught piano students at Adelaide University for over 20 years; he still teaches privately. He is also an adjunct lecturer at Flinders University in the School of Medicine.

Margie Strathearn

Margie has been a yoga practitioner since 1979 and a teacher since 1982. In 1984 she studied with BKS Iyengar in Pune, India and ran her own yoga academy for over 15 years. Margie teaches yoga classes at the studio and on retreats. She has also completed Certificate in Meditation Teacher Training Levels 1 and 2 and regularly guides meditations.

Robyn Walden

Robyn Walden has been a member of Lifeflow since 1981. Robyn teaches the Learn to Meditate and Level 2 courses, takes occasional workplace sessions and also weekend and 7-day retreats.

She has completed a year-long retreat and regularly devotes two to three weeks each year to retreat work. Robyn established and still manages the library at the Lifeflow Studio.

Nicole Powell

Nicole began teaching meditation in early 2015 following ten years of training with Lifeflow. She currently teaches the Learn to Meditate course and Meditation for Children. Nicole finds the skills acquired through meditation invaluable in her daily life and is passionate about sharing those skills with others

Ian Nuberg

Ian has regularly practiced meditation since 1973 studying in both Indian and Tibetan traditions including a year retreat in 1980. He has been an active member of Lifeflow since 1999 and a meditation teacher since 2009. He also lectures and researches in agricultural science at the University of Adelaide.

Janine Koch

Janine has been an active member of Lifeflow since 1992 and a teacher since 2012. She has practised meditation for 30+ years, studying with both Buddhist and secular teachers. Janine completed a year-long retreat and undertakes regular retreat work. She teaches the Learn to Meditate course and on weekend retreats, and has a long history of work within the social services sector.

Gretta Koch

Gretta began teaching with Lifeflow in 2005, has completed a year-long retreat and undertakes regular retreat practice. She currently teaches Level 2 courses and weekend retreats. Gretta also works as a Marketing and Communications Officer for a not for profit nature foundation and completed a PhD in ethnographic research within the field of meditation.

Catherine Gasmier

Catherine joined the Lifeflow team in 2014. She has led guided meditation sessions for classes, retreats, corporate and community sessions and teachers the Learn to Meditate course. Catherine has run a commercial photography business since 1994 and has found the tool of meditation incomparable to enhancing creativity, managing the pressures of work life and finding a deep sense of wellbeing. She is also invaluable as the administrative coordinator for Lifeflow.

Ben Dollman

Ben has been a meditation practitioner for more than fifteen years and this experience has shaped his commitment to meditation being an integral part of life. In Ben’s work as a professional violinist and teacher he has been able to use many Lifeflow skills, and is passionate about helping people to enhance their own lives through meditation.