Teachers
Ian Melrose ~ Teacher
D.O. N.D. N.I.M.H.
Ian has had a lifelong passion for meditation. His journey began over 50 years ago while balancing his Osteopathic and Herbal practice in London, where he also explored various forms of meditation. A life-changing decision led Ian and his wife Alicia to embrace meditation more deeply, eventually becoming co-managers of a Vipassana Meditation Centre in the USA, before running their own Centre in New Zealand.
Throughout his journey, Ian developed his own unique meditation practice, IN~Nidra, a deeply transformative guided meditation that blends Yoga Nidra, vipassana, visualisation, archetypes, and chakra work.
Ian's approach as a meditation teacher has been shaped by his experiences with many teachers and practices over the years. With over 13 years of teaching experience, he continues to evolve his own practice.
Ian draws inspiration from transformative figures such as Babaji, Paramahansa Yogananda, Goenka, Ramana Maharshi, Mooji, Thich Nhat Hanh, Swami Jnaneshvara, Eckhart Tolle, Russell Williams, Dr. Richard Miller, and Tara Brach, all of whom he holds in deep gratitude.
Now living in the North of New Zealand, Ian is dedicated to sharing his wisdom via in-person retreats and with a growing online community, offering support and guidance to others on their own spiritual paths, including a weekly live-streamed meditation, hosted on the app Insight Timer.
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Listen to IN~Nidra recordings: Click here.
Alicia Melrose ~ Co-facilitator
N.Z.A.M.H. N.I.M.H BA Hons
Alicia comes with a wealth of meditative experience and offers hands-on support with Ian’s retreats.
When Alicia is not helping Ian she runs a thriving Herbal Medicine clinic. With many years of clinical practice as a Registered Medical Herbalist and muscle tester Alicia has developed, first in the UK and now in NZ, successful clinics based on highest professional standards for chronic, acute and family medicine.
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Shelley Futter ~ Origin of Movement & Retreat Teacher
NZSD Graduate. Early 90’ s member of Footnote Dance Company. Comprehensive Teacher Training with ‘The Pilates Method N.Y’
Shelley is a third generation Pilates instructor, having worked in Studios in Sydney when the method was still mostly within Dance/Theatre circles. She established her own Studio in Woollahra Sydney.
Currently Shelley sees Pilates clients in Wellington, NZ and is establishing her own work 'Origin of Movement' which includes the cream of movement techniques she has learnt along the journey from talented tutors in the field of dance and physical wellbeing.
From 2019 Shelley has practiced Yoga Nidra Meditation with Ian Melrose and helps to coordinate Wellness Retreats with INSight~Nidra where she teaches her ‘Origin of Movement’ as preparation for Y.N meditation. Shelley brings enthusiasm, playfulness and pure enjoyment of movement to her sessions. She can help us to find a sense of spaciousness and a 'freeing up of the body'.