Yoga Diver Instructors

Amanda Parr

Course Author

St. Kitts & Nevis (Eastern Caribbean) and USA

Amanda has been a student and practitioner of Yoga since 1999 and has shared the practice as a certified Yoga instructor since 2005. When she took her first breaths underwater in 2007 she found herself instinctively using Yoga techniques to help calm her mind and avoid panic. A few years later when she became a PADI Instructor, it was only natural to share these same concepts and techniques with her divers. Over time these teachings became more evolved and structured and in 2015 the PADI Yoga Diver course was born.

Wayne Budgen

Australia & Vietnam

Wayne is a certified Yoga instructor with specialized training in teaching stress reduction and resilience yoga to first responders. Wayne is a tech diver, PADI Instructor, and also teaches a fitness for scuba specialty that assists divers in achieving and maintaining their dive fitness goals.

Robin Bull

Malta and South Africa

Robin is a certified Yoga Instructor who specialises in Hatha, Vinyasa, and Ayurvedic Therapy. As a PADI Instructor he enjoys teaching a holistic approach to scuba diving, helping both beginners and experienced divers improve their comfort in the water and find peace and tranquillity while they dive.

Shirley Butter

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Shirley, aka "Angelfish" has been practising Yoga and Meditation since she was a young kid. As a PADI Instructor she believes that Yoga and Scuba is a perfect combination that helps both novices and experienced divers deepen their awareness above and beneath the surface.

Dorota Parol

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dorota is originally from Poland but currently teaches Yoga and Scuba Diving in Dubai. For years she has practised Yoga to keep healthy and fit both on land and underwater. In 2023 she became a Yoga teacher with the Vinyasa Yogashala school in Rishikesh India and since has been exploring the common spaces between Yoga and Diving. Dorota is excited to share her journey of discovery, calmness and laughter with her students.

Pablo Sanchez

Panama City, Panama

Pablo is a committed Meditation and Yoga practitioner with a 200 hour teacher training from Yoga Element School in Panama. He also specialises in Yin Yoga and has done online trainings with revered Yin Yoga teachers Paul Grilley and Bernie Clark. Once a sufferer of anxiety, Pablo found benefit in Yoga, especially by the calming effects of Yogic breathing. He wishes to use his experience to help his students overcome anxiety in the same way he did and provide them opportunity to learn to dive in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere.

Mary Beth Wheeler

Louisiana, USA

Mary Beth came to Yoga as a way to deal with the stress of military life, and as a PADI Instructor, also found that it married well with SCUBA. In 2021 she earned her Yoga Teacher certification by an organisation called VETOGA that uses a trauma-based approach and specialises in serving military veterans.