Stefan Cunnington, the founder of Padmayana Yoga School & Holistic Therapies, was born in Romania. He has studied Yoga for 15 years and began teaching Yoga in 1995.

As an instructor for the Romanian Yoga School, he acquired a vast experience in teaching different forms of Yoga: Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, Laya Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Atma Yoga, Swara Yoga, Karma Yoga and more! Courses were organised into years of study and students attended weekly classes. During each class, students participated in a group practice session and were presented with a new teaching.

Stefan also organised groups focused upon specific Yoga practice and presented conferences on various aspects of Yoga. For 3 years, he worked as a volunteer for the ‘Tara’ Foundation in Bucharest which promotes Yoga, Ayurveda and other complementary therapies for the public.

For a number of years, Stefan was a member of an Aghora Yoga Group. Aghora is a specific form of Tantra that utilises certain techniques, many of which are unorthodox, for awakening Kundalini Shakti.

In 2003, Stefan arrived in England together with his English wife Teodora. Besides teaching Yoga, he presently works as a complementary therapist within the Grantham area and from Centre Parks in Sherwood Forest, Nottingham.

Stefan and Teodora have a beautiful baby daughter Maria Grace born in 2006.