MR. YUTTANA PONCHAROEN (JIMMY)
Yoga Master Trainer
How I became a Yoga Master Trainer:
I first started to work at Living Fit in Bangkok, Thailand as a Fitness Instructor. While in the probation time, The Fitness Manager indicated that everyone must have 2 classes per week for the group exercise time table. I felt pressure, because I didn’t like aerobic dancing. Certainly I couldn’t teach aerobic dance. Yoga was the best choice for me at that time. I said to everyone “I will teach Yoga for group exercise”.
I have been practicing yoga since 1999, having first started to study Hatha yoga with Ajaan Jullawat (Guru Wat) at Living Fit, Bangkok, Thailand. Guru Wat is very famous yoga teacher in Bangkok. Guru Wat studied Traditional yoga from India, Nepal and Tibet. Guru Wat has taught yoga for fitness for 20 years and is still teaching yoga for fitness.
I then took a one-year intensive yoga teacher training with Guru Wat. I began teaching Yoga for fitness in 2000, having retired as a Fitness Instructor. From January of 2000 I have worked as a freelance Yoga Instructor in Bangkok.
Jimmy completed first 200hr Yoga Teacher Training Course with Master Paalu Ramasemy in KL. Malaysia. Jimmy continues to learn more Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with David Swenson and went to Mysore, India for learn with Saraswathi Jois and Sri R. Sharath Jois at Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Institute(Mysore, India). Jimmy still continues to learn and develop his yoga technique with famous yoga gurus from around the world at several yoga workshop and international yoga conference.
Jimmy is a first Thai people registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT), international registered yoga teacher with International Yoga Federation (IRYT). Currently Jimmy is a secretary of International Yoga Federation for Thailand. Jimmy works as Yoga course director (Fitness Innovations Thailand) and Yoga course director at Hatha Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training Course by Jimmy Yoga, Jimmy has been teaching course Hatha Vinyasa yoga teacher training for several yoga teachers in Thailand, Jimmy still run yoga workshops and teaches yoga at a number of fitness, health clubs and yoga studios in Bangkok Thailand.
My first yoga teacher Guru Wat
E-mail: jimmythaiyoga@yahoo.com,
Personal Information:
Date of birth: 4th December, 1977
Nationality/religion: Thai/Buddhism
Education:
1996-1999 B.A. (Physical Education), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Supplementary Training Course:
| 2002 | Thai Traditional Massage Certificate, Thai Traditional Medicine Development Foundation |
| 2004 | First Aid Instructor Certificate, Thai Red Cross, Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2005 | Professional Personal Trainer Certificate, American Council on Exercise (ACE),USA. |
| 2006 | ACE Fitness Yoga (Correspondence) Course Certificate, American Council on Exercise (ACE), USA. |
| 2007 | DSWFitness The Yoga Connection Course Certificate, Desert Southwest Fitness ( DSWFitness ), USA. |
| 2007 | Yoga Certificate ( Expert Level ), ExpertRating Certified Professional, Chandigarh, India. |
| 2007 | 200hour International Yoga Teacher Diploma, Tirisula Yoga, One Fitness, Puchong, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 2007 | Registered Yoga Teacher (R.Y.T.) with Yoga Alliance ( Y.A.), USA. |
| 2007 | International Registered Yoga Teacher (I.R.Y.T.) with International Yoga Federation ( I.Y.F.), Uruguay. |
| 2008 | Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance International ( Y.A.I.), India. |
| 2008 | Asia Yoga Conference 2008, Hongkong. |
| 2009 | Asia Yoga Conference 2009, Hongkong. |
| 2009 | Vinyasa Yoga Specialist Course Certificate, Desert Southwest Fitness ( DSWFitness ), USA. |
| 2009 | Balancing Yoga for Hips and Shoulders Course Certificate, Desert Southwest Fitness ( DSWFitness ), USA. |
| 2009 | Yoga for Kids Workshop with Jess Gronholm (Crunch) by Fitness Innovations (Thailand) limited, Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2009 | Asia Fitness Convention Bangkok 2009, Thailand. |
| 2009 | Yoga Anatomy & Alignments with Simon Borg-Olivier (Synergy Yoga) by Fitness Innovations(Thailand) limited, Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2010 | Asia Yoga Conference 2010, Hong Kong. |
| 2010 | Asia Fitness Convention Bangkok 2010, Thailand. |
| 2011 | Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga (Primary Series Immersion Training I) with David Swenson, Pure Yoga, HongKong. |
| 2011 | Asia Yoga Conference 2011, Hong Kong. |
| 2012 | Asia Yoga Conference 2012, Hong Kong. |
| 2013 | Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Intensive Practice with Sri R. Sharath Jois & Saraswasthi Jois, @ Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Institute, Mysore, India. |
| 2013 | Asia Yoga Conference 2013, Hong Kong. |
| 2015 | 300hour Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Certified from Tattavaa Yoga Shala(Master Kamal Singh), Rishikesh, India. |
| 2017 | Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Intensive Practice with Saraswathi Jois @ Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Institute, Mysore, India. |
Working Experience:
| 1999-2000 | Fitness Instructor, Living Fit, Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2005-Now | Yoga Course Director at Fitness Innovations (Thailand), Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2014-Now | Yoga Course Director at Hatha Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training Course by Jimmy Yoga |
Yoga Presenter & Speaker:
| 2010 | Asia Fitness Convention 2010, Bangkok, Thailand. (17-19 Sept. 2010) |
| 2010 | Yoga AID Challenge, Thailand Yoga Festival 2010. (30 Oct. 2010) |
| 2011 | Asia Fitness Convention 2011, Bangkok, Thailand. (21-23 Oct. 2011) |
| 2011 | Thailand Yoga Festival 2011. Bangkok, Thailand (29 Oct. 2011) |
| 2012 | Asia Fitness Convention 2012, Pattaya, Thailand. (19-21 Oct. 2012) |
| 2012 | Thailand Yoga Festival 2012. Bangkok, Thailand (24-25 Nov. 2012) |
| 2013 | 5 Anniversary Manduka Thailand, Q.House(Lumpini), Bangkok, Thailand.(24-25 Aug. 2013) |
| 2013 | Asia Fitness Convention 2013, Bitech Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand.(11-13 Oct. 2013) |
| 2013 | Thailand Yoga Festival 2013. Bangkok, Thailand (23-24 Nov. 2013) |
| 2014 | World Yoga Day 2014.Thailand (22 Feb. 2014) |
| 2014 | Asia Fitness Convention 2014, Bitech Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand.(10-12 Oct. 2014) |
| 2014 | Thailand Yoga Festival 2014. Bangkok, Thailand (5-7 Dec. 2014) |
| 2015 | Bali Spirit Festival 2015. Bali, Indonesia (31 March – 5 April 2015) |
| 2015 | International Yoga Master Festival & International Yoga Day 2015. Beijing, China. (20-25 June 2015.) |
| 2015 | Yoga Life Bangkok 2015. by Easyoga. Bangkok, Thailand. (26-27 September 2015.) |
| 2015 | Asia Fitness Convention 2015, Bitech Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand.(9-11 Oct. 2015) |
| 2015 | Thailand Yoga Fest. 2015. Bangkok, Thailand (Sun.20 Dec. 2015) |
| 2016 | 8 Anniversary Manduka Thailand, Victor Club(Park Venture Ecoplex), Bangkok, Thailand.(24-25 Sept. 2016) |
| 2016 | Asia Fitness Convention 2016, Bitech Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand.(7-9 Oct. 2016) |
| 2016 | Thailand Yoga Fest. 2016. SuratThani, Thailand (14-16 Oct.2016) |
| 2017 | Asia Fitness Convention 2017, Bitech Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand.(6-8 Oct. 2017) |
| 2017 | Thailand Yoga Fest. 2017. Krabi, Thailand (6-10 Oct.2017) |
| 2017 | Pai Yoga Festival 2017. Pai, Maehongsorn, Thailand (11-12 Nov.2017) |
| 2017 | International Yoga, Meditation Festival in Thailand 2017. Chiangrai, Thailand (24-26 Nov.2017) |
Freelance Writting Yoga Article / Yoga Columnist for :
- Thailand Yoga Journal Magazine.
- Yoga & Wellness Magazine.(Thailand Yoga Journal)
- Arunothai (Online Thai Yoga Journal)
- Women’s Health Thailand Magazine.
Brand Ambassador:
2010-Now Manduka Yoga Mat