Omar Sultani, 37, vinyasa yoga teacher at Urban Yoga
“I always had an affinity for teaching – even in high school, and it didn’t matter [what] the subject [was].”
Karina Bensemann, 37, Crossfit coach at Rig Crossfit
“I realised people needed to be taught to feel when [they] are working out, not just go through the motion of exercising.”
Melissa Dahlia Ghattas, 37, vinyasa yoga teacher at Zen Yoga
“My favourite part of class is when I go around to each student with my magic bag of words! It’s a moment to connect and for each student to choose a word, or should I say a word chooses them, and becomes a part of their intention.”
Nour Mansour, 32, indoor cycling instructor at Flywheel Sports
“I sat on bike 5 ... and thought ‘this is my idea of a workout – high-intensity, fun music, 45 minutes that fly by (pun intended)”. Then I thought, how perfect would it be if it was my job too?”
Karlee Hale, 23, Barre instructor at Physique 57
“I studied ballet and movement science at university, and found that barre was the perfect combination of my two passions.”
