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Yin Yoga Teachers in the United States
This directory contains the names and contact information for yoga teachers and studios in the United States
who offer Yin Yoga classes and workshops. If you can not located someone near you who offers
Yin Yoga, join the Kula discussion group
and ask for assistance locating a teacher. If you are a teacher who would like to
be listed here you can apply via the Kula board as well. To navigate within the directory simply
select a state or city from the list below and go from there.
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USA
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Arizona
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Contact Information
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Donna Helm-Yost Phoenix, Arizona
Donna initially began practicing yoga and exploring Eastern
Philosophy at the age of twelve. Her life path allowed her to
return to the formal study of yoga in October of 2000, and she
completed teacher training with At One Yoga in the spring of
2002. Donna is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance
and a Licensed Psychologist.
Donna has studied Yin yoga with both Paul Grilley and Sarah
Powers, and David Life and Sharon Gannon of Jivamukti
Yoga influence her vinyasa teaching style. Donna recommends
her Yin class as a needed balance for more energetic yoga
practices and for athletes and others looking for deeper
opening through long holds.
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Web: www.practicekindness.com
Email: donna(at)practicekindness.com
Studio: www.AtOneYoga.com
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Michele Dante Chandler, Arizona
Michele Dante is dedicated to teaching relaxation and meditation to
help people find peace within. Her compassion and heart-felt
teachings are supported by a rich inner wisdom and a keen observation
of physical and energy anatomy. She is a nationally registered yoga
teacher, Licensed Massage Therapist, trained and certified Thai Yoga
Therapist, Co-director of yoga teacher training programs, Co-Owner of
Inner Vision Yoga and the Co-Founder/Director of the YogaVision Yoga
Conference.
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Web: www.innervisionyoga.com
Email: marina(at)innervisionyoga.com
Phone: 480-632-7899
Studio: Inner Vision Yoga
1949 W. Ray Rd. #8
Chandler, AZ 85220
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Aaron Goldberg Chandler, Arizona
A serious injury led Aaron Goldberg to study the art of Yang and Chen
style Tai Chi with Master Jin Hung Lee. After many more years of
trying to heal his body of chronic pain he began studying Yoga.
Within eight months the pain that had plagued him for sixteen years
was gone. Aaron is a co-owner of Inner Vision Yoga. He teaches each
class in a flowing style that encourages students to move past old
limitations with discipline and compassion.
Aaron Goldberg has studied extensively with Paul Grilley and has been
teaching Yin Yoga for four years. He is thoroughly trained in
anatomy and the energetic effects of poses. Aaron believes in the
therapeutic effects of Yin Yoga and teaches the healing effects of
Yin Yoga.
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Web: www.innervisionyoga.com
Email: marina(at)innervisionyoga.com
Phone: 480-632-7899
Studio: Inner Vision Yoga
1949 W. Ray Rd. #8
Chandler, AZ 85220
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Jeff Martens Chandler, Arizona
Jeff Martens has been teaching yoga and holistic principles
principles since 1989. His understanding flows from diverse sources
including a Psychology and MFA degree, a deep love of sacred stories,
and a three year study of the world's sacred texts. His classes
combine timeless wisdom, internal adjustment, practical philosphy and
inspiring affirmation in a dynamic flow unifying the teachings of
Classical and Tantra Yoga. Jeff is a writer, teacher trainer, co- founder
of the Yoga-Vision Yoga Conference, founder of the Student
Yoga Program at Arizona State University and co-owner of Inner Vision
Yoga in Chandler, Arizona.
In addition to an extensive education in anatomy, physiology and
biology (including psychoneuroimmunology), Jeff has studied with Paul
Grilley and practiced yin and yin related disciplines for over a
decade, using the techniques to heal and align his own body by
balancing yin and yang practices.
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Web: www.innervisionyoga.com
Email: marina(at)innervisionyoga.com
Phone: 480-632-7899
Studio: Inner Vision Yoga
1949 W. Ray Rd. #8
Chandler, AZ 85220
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Betsy Andrade Chandler, Arizona
I was first introduced to the practice of Yin Yoga in 2001 when
attending a workshop on yin yoga with Jeff Martens. The following
year I met Paul Grilley through the Yoga Vision Conference in
Tempe, and have attended a workshop with Paul at every opportunity
since that time. I have been fortunate that my studio has offered a
variety of yin yoga classes since that initial introduction in 2001,
and I have studied consistently with Kat Myers, Aaron Goldberg and
Jeff Martens throughout that time. In 2004 I was offered the
opportunity to begin teaching yin yoga classes at Inner Vision Yoga
in Chandler, Arizona.
The practice of yin yoga drew me in with its wonderful hip-opening
and lower back-strengthening poses -- areas of my body that need its
nurturing attention. Once involved in the practice, I became aware
of the delightful meditative and contemplative quality of the slow,
deep movements, which speak to my soul as much as to my body. It is
my priviledge and pleasure to be a yin yoga instructor, and offer
this beautiful practice to my students.
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Web: www.innervisionyoga.com
Email: marina(at)innervisionyoga.com
Phone: 480-632-7899
Studio: Inner Vision Yoga
1949 W. Ray Rd. #8
Chandler, AZ 85220
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Harumi Maejima Carefree and Cave Creek, Arizona
Harumi has been practicing Yoga since 1997 and has 500 Hour Certified Yoga Teacher at the Kripalu Center
for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She registered with the Yoga Alliance and member of the
Kripalu Teachers Association. Yoga with Harumi is an opportunity to explore the mind-body connection.
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Web: www.HarumiYoga.com
Email: harumiyoga(at)me.com
Phone: Cell: 480.768.7570
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Jan Rominger RYT Flagstaff, Arizona
Jan's delight in life is to inspire humans to laugh easily more often and to truly enjoy their Spirit experience on the
physical plane. Her playful and friendly instruction is perfect for those seeking a fun and sacred space to use for transformation
and positive self discovery. Jan weaves yin poses with heart loving Reconnective Healing energy and divine guidance.
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Email: janrominger (at) hotmail.com
Studio: Summit Health and Fitness
1301 W University Avenue
Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
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Sharon Discorfano Tucson, Arizona
Sharon is a registered yoga teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, having completed her 250-hour training in Hatha Yoga
at The Providence Institute in Tucson, AZ. Her specialized certifications include Yoganesha Training (Yoga for Kids)
with Anne Van de Water and Prenatal Teacher Training certification from renowned Prenatal Yoga instructor, Janice
Clarfield. She completed her specialized teacher training in Yin Yoga with Sarah Powers at Santa Barbara Yoga
Center. In addition, Sharon has attended classes at many well-known yoga havens including Jivamukti Yoga
(New York), OM Yoga (New York), and Bikram Yoga (NYC and Tucson) and has participated in workshops given
by prominent instructors such as Ana Forrest,Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, and Arun Deva. Sharon has served as a
board member of the Arizona Yoga Association, and was Editor of the quarterly publication Arizona Yoga
from 2005-2008.
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Web: www.lyricyoga.com
Studio Lyric Yoga and Wellness
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Michelle Marks Tucson, Arizona
Michelle teaches from all that she has absorbed as a student embodying the natural flow of life. She is inspired by the eternal flow of
movement, exploration of the sacred, the subtle body, poetry, and music. Michelle's classes are creative and dynamic. They invite a turning
within, an opportunity for contemplation and a waking up to all aspects of ourselves. She believes in the wisdom of the body, the guidance
of the breath, and the experience of the heart, and that through yoga and meditation one can hear their own divine teachings.
Michelle has been teaching since 2001. She teaches yin yoga and vinyasa classes, as well as prenatal yoga and trance dance. She has done
teacher trainings at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta ashram and at Wake Up Yoga in Philadelphia. Her teaching is deeply inspired by her studies
with Sarah Powers, Paul Grilley and Shiva Rea.
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Studio: Tucson Yoga
Email: ty (at) tucsonyoga.com
Phone: 520-988-1832
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Joe Barnett Tucson, Arizona
Joe Barnett has extensive training and experience teaching Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Yin and Taoist Yoga. His primary teachers are Paul & Suzee Grilley,
and he works as their teaching assistant at 100-hour Yin Yoga teacher trainings. He also specializes in teaching yoga
to people with cancer, studying intensively under Jnani Chapman, a leader in the field of yoga for cancer patients and survivors.
Joe's teaching is infused with a passion about organic alignment. In addition to teaching Yin Yoga and Yang-style Vinyasa classes at
Tucson Yoga, he is the director of the Yoga department at Miraval Life in Balance Resort in Catalina.
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Studio: Tucson Yoga
Email: ty (at) tucsonyoga.com
Phone: 520-988-1832
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USA
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California
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Contact Information
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Alexis Mulhauser Berkeley, Oakland, and Walnut Creek
As an artist of mindful living, Alexis is passionate about healing, the creative process, and empowering people to find the
life that most wants to live through them. She has studied with mentors in the dance arts, martial arts, and healing arts, including
Paulie Zink and Sarah Powers as her primary Yin/Yang yoga teachers. In addition to teaching Yin yoga, Alexis is also a Green Belt
Nia Instructor, and offers Reiki healing sessions. "Discovering and developing these sensational tools for
living in balance with
nature and all beings, my life’s work is a labor of Love."
Alexis teaches Yin Yoga from her home in Oakland, California.
Please email for full teaching schedule.
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Email:
yoginialexis (at) gmail.com
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Cherie Carson (Siri Gian Kaur) Berkeley, California
Cherie Carson (Siri Gian Kaur) has been teaching yin yoga since 2000. She has taught classes, workshops
and retreats in yoga, meditation and yoga for dancers around the US, Scotland and Costa Rica. Cherie is
a performer and choreographer whose training has included understanding body mechanics through kinesiology,
Pilates Technique, Tai Chi, Dance Therapy and Alexander Technique. Cherie focuses on the healing aspects of
yoga in her classes.
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Web: www.movingout.org
Email: cherie.carson (at) gmail.com
Phone: 510.587.0770
Studio: 7th Heaven Yoga
www.7thheavenyoga.com
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Staacy Cannon Cardiff by the Sea, California
R.Y.T., founder of Yoga Luna has practiced yoga for the last
7 years in various studios around the country. She opened her first studio in March of 2003,
as a respected business person
and friend to her yoga students. She is worthy of the respect and kindness she receives
from them. She listens to their needs and administers to them the same respect and
kindness bestowed upon her. She displays a calmness to her students that flows
into the studio creating an even more relaxed atmosphere to practice Hatha yoga
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Web: www.yogaluna.com
Email: yogaluna(at)hotmail.com
Phone: 1-760-331-3217
Studio: Yoga Luna Studio
766 Cathy Ln.
Cardiff by the Sea, California 92007
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Erin Flemming Corte Madera, California
Erin's enthusiasm and devotion to Yoga began twenty years ago following
an extensive dance career. Her primary instructor training was with
renowned Yoga teachers Sarah Powers, Erich Schiffmann and Paul Grilley.
While living in England, Erin was certified by the prestigious British Wheel
of Yoga in 2000.
Erin draws her inspiration from a blend of the essential aspects of Ashtanga
Vinyasa, Iyengar, Viniyoga, Anusara, and Yin Yoga practices, as well as
Mindfulness meditation traditions. Her classes are a creative, mindful
synthesis of flowing postures and breath awareness. Erin leads customized yoga retreats
(nationally and internationally), workshops, teacher trainings, group and private classes.
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Web: www.yogadeva.com
Email: yogadeva(at)comcast.net
Studio: Bay Club Marin
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Jean Friendly Larkspur, California
Jean Friendly has been practicing meditation and energy work since 1991. Since 2001, her active asana practice
has been based on Ashtanga, as taught by John Berlinsky and Lea Watkins, and it has been complemented with a
Yin path, introduced to her by Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley. Since completing her yoga teacher training
with Sarah and Paul, Jean has continued her studies with many distinguished teachers, most notable being
Ashtanga founder, Pattabhi Jois, Iyengar masters Ramanand Patel and Kofi Busia, and spiritual teacher Adyashanti.
Jean's teaching style synthesizes all these influences – bringing awareness of energetic flow and core grounding
to expand a student’s sense of physical presence in each moment. Each class is an invitation to remember. An
invitation to awaken into the moment - into the truth of what is.
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Web: www.yogastudiomillvalley.com
Email: jean.friendly(at)gmail.com
Phone: 1-415-380-8800
Studio: Yoga Studio @ Larkspur Landing
2207 Larkspur Landing Circle
Larkspur, CA 94939
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Sasha Papovich San Francisco & Los Angeles
Sasha teaches yoga as a wisdom tradition that awakens the body, heart, and mind. Her classes offer a healing blend of
yin-yang asana, philosophical depth, and compassionate awareness. Sasha has been deeply immersed in the study of
Insight Yoga (Yin Yoga, Yang Yoga, Meditation, and Psycho-Spiritual Practice) with Sarah Powers for the last five years,
and now assists Sarah in workshops and trainings.
Her teaching is also deeply influenced by her practice of vipassana meditation, and by the psycho-spiritual work of
John Welwood and Jennifer Welwood, whose work brilliantly integrates western style psychological inquiry within the
framework of spiritual practice. Sasha is also a graduate student in East-West Psychology at CIIS in San Francisco.
She teaches private sessions, ongoing classes, workshops and retreats in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Areas.
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Web: www.sashapapovich.com
Blog: sashapapovich.blogspot.com
Email: sasha.papovich(at)gmail.com
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Tessa Coker Mammoth Lakes, California
I trained initially with Yogafit, followed by The White Lotus Foundation. I have been teaching Hatha yoga
since 2001. Since then I have undergone three shoulder surgeries, not always successful. No more salutations,
down dogs or arm balances for me.
Now I devote my teaching and personal practice to Yin Yoga and have found increased self-acceptance and
serenity. I do not have specific Yin training but I have studied publications and DVD/audio, including
work by Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers. I teach Yin Yoga at The Double Eagle Resort & Spa, June Lake, CA
[www.doubleeagleresort.com] and at Snowcreek Athletic Club in Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Email: focusedfit(at)npgcable.com
Studios: The Double Eagle Resort & Spa,
June Lake
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Addie deHilster Pasadena/Sierra Madre
Addie deHilster started doing yoga in 1998 when she was a highly stressed-out college music major. She fell in love with yoga immediately,
as she felt the tension in her body begin to melt away as if by magic. Addie is a Yoga Alliance registered teacher, RYT-200.
She received her 200-hour Yoga Teaching Certification from Karuna Yoga, in addition to completing a 30-hour training in
Kids Yoga, both under the mentorship of Kelly Wood. She completed an additional 50-hour intensive training in Yin Yoga
with Bernie Clark. She currently teaches Hatha Flow, Yin Yoga, Yin/Yang fusion classes, and playful Kids Yoga classes.
Addie's classes emphasize present moment awareness, and are influenced by her ongoing practice of Insight Meditation
(Vipassana). She is currently teaching at the Sierra Madre Village Yoga Center and offers private yoga sessions in
the LA area.
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Web: www.creativespiritsyoga.net
Email: creativespiritsyoga (@) gmail.com
Studio: Sierra Madre Village Yoga Center
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Lorraine Tam Palo Alto, Sunnyvale,
Menlo Park
Lorraine came to yoga in the 1990s after many years as a dancer. She has trained extensively with her primary yogic mentors Paul and Suzee Grilley and continues her studies under their guidance. She is also certified by the White Lotus Foundation. Other influential teachers include Ganga White, Sarah Powers, Gil Hedley and Jai Uttal.
Lorraine offers mainly Yin and a few Vinyasa classes. She teaches public classes 5 days a week and is available for private instruction. Lorraine guides students to find the most beneficial postures for their unique bodies. She creates a nurturing space for students to deepen self-awareness and discover freedom in their practice.
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Web: www.yogawithlorraine.com
Email: yogawithlorraine (at) yahoo.com
Studios: Various: check web site
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Mimm Patterson Palo Alto, California
Mimm Patterson, who began her teaching career in 1994, brings a joyful yet nurturing exuberance to her classes. Initially
Iyengar influenced, Mimm now enjoys drawing from several yoga traditions to build a safe and soothing Yin and Yang flow.
She teaches classes throughout the week in the Bay Area and is also available for private instruction. She recently
completed Paul and Suzee Grilley's Teacher Training and is looking forward to Part II in 2011. Mimm is also a certified
massage therapist specializing in therapeutic sports massage, reflexology and Reiki.
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Web: www.practicallytwisted.wordpress.com
Email: mimmp (@) mac.com
Phone: 650-815-6407
Studios: Check the web site
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Joan Cartal Palo Alto, California
Heart based teaching describes the tone of both her Yin and Vinyasa classes, Joanie brings a depth of understanding that has been
cultivated for more then 25 years under the guidance of many master teachers. Currently, Joanie is studying with the Insight
Yoga Institute, founded by Sarah and Ty Powers, incorporating Yin and Yang Yoga, Meditation, Buddhism and Psycho/Spiritual Inquiry.
On the completion of this two-year, graduate level program, she will qualify as an Insight Yoga Instructor. She is intuitive and
caring as a Yoga teacher and consciousness-based healing practitioner, Joanie is available for public, corporate and private
instruction.
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Email: jbcartal@yahoo.com
Phone: (650) 380-0478
Studios: Planet Granite
Decathlon Club
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Shannan DiSanto Palos Verdes Peninsula
Shannan DiSanto has been practicing traditional Hatha, Yin yoga and meditation since 1994. She is a graduate of the Cloud Nine Yoga Teacher
Training program and studied Yin yoga with Paul Grilley. In 2002 she opened and operated Peninsula Yoga Center in Rolling Hills Estates,
California. She currently teaches Yin yoga at Equinox Palos Verdes and throughout the South Bay. She and her husband live on the Palos Verdes
Peninsula with their three children. Shannan turns to Yin yoga to manage her Fibromyalgia, and has an authentic love for the practice.
Shannan's classes are quiet, with a mindful focus on surrender, acceptance and compassion. She holds a safe and gentle space for each
individual to experience yoga uniquely. Her teaching experience is broad and extensive as she has studied under some of the World’s
foremost teachers and teacher trainers.
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Web: www.shannandisantoyoga.com
Email: sdisanto(at)mac.com
Phone: 310-508-5618
Studio: Equinox Fitness Palos Verdes
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
(310)697-1016
www.equinoxfitness.com
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Debbie Daly Point Reyes Station
Debbie Daly has taught yoga to thousands of students since 1999. In 2003 she opened Tucson Yoga, which became the most popular yoga
studio in Southern Arizona. In 2009 she moved to the Bay Area, where she teaches Yin Yoga and Yin/Yang Flow classes at the Dance
Palace in Point Reyes Station.
Debbie's classes are designed to increase energy/chi flow, and her focus is to guide students into mindfully finding their individual
alignment using intuition. She regularly attends trainings with Paul & Suzee Grilley, and has also studied with Sarah Powers,
Shiva Rea and others. Visit her web site for the current class schedule and directions.
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Web: www.debbiedaly.com
Phone: 415-663-4018
Studio: Point Reyes Yoga
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Scott Miller Riverside, California
Scott Miller began practicing yoga from a book at age twelve. Along with asana and meditation instruction, the
book Be Here Now included the teachings of Neem Korali Baba. His message about experiencing life as a loving,
present moment engagement is what continues to inspire Scott to this day. It was the inspiration behind opening
Inland Yoga Centers, and it continues to inform his personal yoga practices. The physical aspect of Scott's
practice, however, is also heavily influenced by two opposite styles:
Having connected with "Ashtanga" master Pattabhi Jois in the early Nineties, Scott later traveled to India
in order to receive more instructions from him, and though Scott teaches Ashtanga in a Neem Korali inspired,
Be Here Now, manner, he continues to honor the sequencing taught to him by Mr. Jois. But Scott also balances
the "yang" half of his personal practice, with a "yin" style yoga that he learned from Paul Grilley, and his
teacher Paulie Zink. Called "Taoist Yoga," this style connects perfectly with the Be Here Now approach, and
the connection is what inspired Scott to begin practicing and later teaching "Slow Deep Stretch." Plus, it is
these two yin and yang yogas that became the hallmark of Inland Yoga, and while the studio is now able to
offer other wonderful styles, we continue to be all about present moment balancing.
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Web: www.inlandyogacenters.com
Email: scott(at)inlandyogacenters.com
Phone: 951-276-yoga
Studio:Inland Yoga Centers
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Evelyn Harlan Sacramento, California
Evelyn, has been practicing yoga for 10 years including Bikram, Vinyasa Power, Yin Yoga, Ashtanga
and Kundalini. She completed her teacher training at White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara and
has gone on to study anatomy and yin yoga with Paul and Suzee Grilley at Sarah Power's Insight
Yoga Institute in Corte Madera. Also, she has taken Therapeutic Yoga Training with Cheri Clampett
and Arturo Peal in Santa Barbara.
Most recently she has completed Deepening Your Practice
Teacher Training at White Lotus Foundation and has studied with and continues to take workshops
with Sarah Powers, Doug Swensen, Paul Grilley and others. She has a strong interest in anatomy,
the restorative benefits of yoga and the belief that yoga is accessible to anyone. Involvement with
outreach in the community has been a major focus in her life and the practice of yoga...both with
adults and children. "Yoga has opened my body, life and spirit in ways that I could never have
imagined and through teaching yoga I just want to share this experience."
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Web: www.evelynharlan.com
Email: evelynharlan @ gmail.com
Phone: 916.768.2260
Studio: Fusion Yoga
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Lorien Neargarder San Jose, California
Lorien blends her knowledge of dance, fitness, meditation, yoga and engineering for a logical, intuitive and
blissful class. She teaches Hatha flow, Vinyasa, Yin, and Yin & Yang yoga classes. She holds a 200-hour yoga
teacher training certification and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and loves walking the path
that blends both disciplines!
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Web: www.yogabylorien.com
Email: yogabylorien(at)att.net
Phone: 408-476-0487
Studios:Willow Glen Yoga
Gyalwa Gyatso Buddhist Center
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Sarah Powers San Francisco, California
Sarah Powers began teaching in 1987. She interweaves the insights and practices of Yoga and Buddhism into an
integral practice to enliven the body, heart and mind. Her yoga style blends both a Yin sequence of long held
poses to enhance the meridian and organ systems, combined with a flow or Yang practice, influenced by Viniyoga,
Ashtanga, and Iyengar teachers.
Sarah feels that enlivening the physical and pranic bodies, as well as learning
to open to our emotional blockages is paramount for preparing us to deepen and nourish insights into our
essential nature--a natural state of awareness. She draws from her studies in Transpersonal Psychology, as
well as her in-depth training in the Vipassana, Tantric and Dzogchen practices of Buddhism. She teaches
trainings and silent retreats internationally with her husband Ty. They live with their teen-age daughter
Imani Jade in Marin, California. For more information on her please see her dvds: Yoga, Yin and Vinyasa and
Insight Yoga (see our Links page) and go to www.sarahpowers.com.
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Web: www.sarahpowers.com
Email: ty(at)sarahpowers.com
Phone: 1-415-460-9756
Mailing Address:
Ty Powers
2 Allemand Lane,
San Anselmo, CA. 94960
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Dina Amsterdam San Francisco, California
Selected as the "Best classic Yoga teacher" in SF by San Francisco Magazine for 2007.
Dina Amsterdam began teaching yoga in 1994. She is certified by Kripalu (1994) where she gained her spiritual
yogic roots and by Rodney Yee (1998) with whom she studied alignment oriented Iyengar yoga intensely for 3 years
in his Advanced Teacher Training program. Since 1998 Dina has been practicing and studying Buddhist meditation
and Yin yoga with Sarah and Ty Powers as well as other renowned teachers in the Buddhist lineage.
Dina is a
certified Yoga Therapist and works with individuals and groups on transforming psychological and physiological
constrictions. Her approach with clients is guided by healing principles from the yogic and Buddhist
therapeutic traditions. She did her graduate research in physiological psychology at the Stanford Center
for Research in Disease Prevention and values an integrated approach of eastern and western modalities for
optimal psycho-physiological and spiritual well-being. Dina leads yoga retreats (many of which are held in
the Buddhist tradition of silence) in beautiful places in nature around the world.
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Web: www.dinaamsterdam.com
Email: dinaamsterdam(at)gmail.com
Studio: Yoga Tree Valencia
1234 Valencia SF, California, 94110
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Misako Matsuoka Santa Clara, California
Misako is a lifelong student of yoga, holds degrees in Biology and Engineering, and is a certified yoga instructor registered
with the Yoga Alliance. Misako’s first Teacher Training certification came from Avalon Yoga under the mentorship of
Samantha Shakti. Misako has since completed an advanced immersion in Yin Yoga
with Paul Grilley; has been certified in Restorative Yoga with the founder of and
best-known specialist in Restorative Yoga, Judith Hanson Lasater; and has studied the Shadow yoga style with Scott
Blossom.
Her vinyasa style is influenced by Max Strom and Janet Stone, with a strong emphasis on the breath while
keeping the flow playful with varied sequencing. Misako is an Anusara Inspired Teacher, and continues to study Anusara
with internationally known Anusara teachers and Anusara’s founder,
John Friend. Misako hopes to share her belief with her students that yoga can offer opportunities to discover the healing
and vitality of the body and to open the heart and mind.
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Web: www.sunheartyoga.com
Email: sunheartyoga (at) gmail.com
Studios: Avalon Studio, Palo Alto
Breathe, Los Gatos
Yoga at Cindy's, Sunnyvale
Almaden Yoga, San Jose
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Via Page RYT 500 Torrance, California
Via has been teaching Yoga classes, privates, and workshops since 2004. Her specialty certifications include
Yin Yoga (with Sarah Powers), Yoga Tune Up® (with Jill Miller), Gentle Yoga (with Lanita Varshell) and Yoga in Chairs for MS
(with Liz Franklin). She is also certified by BASI (Body Arts and Science International) to teach Pilates Mat and Pilates on the
Apparatus. Via’s Yoga emphasizes fun, functionality, self care, and fitness forever. Her goal is to make the benefits of Yoga
(and Pilates) available to all ages, shapes, sizes, and fitness and flexibility levels. Start where you are and watch what happens.
Her classes blend stretch, breath, movement, posture, and meditation. Via lives in Torrance in the midst of native plants and an
organic vegetable garden with a deep-felt and daily gratitude for the grace that has given her the opportunity to practice Yoga
and make its teachings and benefits available to others.
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Web: www.viayoga.us
Blog: www.viayogablog.us
Email: viapage20917 (@) gmail.com
Phone: 310-483-5154
Studio: Various: check web page for listing
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Doug Moss Upland, California
Serving the Yoga Communities of Upland, Rancho Cucamonga, Claremont, La Verne, San Dimas and Glendora
Doug is a true yoga mutt. He has studied numerous styles and schools of yoga. He has distilled from each
and fostered an eclectic yoga style that is his own. He gives thanks to those who have inspired him along
his path including: Sarah Powers, Erika Faith Hattingh, Tias Little, Eoin Finn and Shiva Rea. He holds
certifications from numerous yoga schools including Santa Barbara Yoga Center (Sarah Powers), White Lotus
Foundation and Erika Faith Hattingh. Doug owns Green Tara Movement Arts Studio. Doug is Director of Green
Tara Yoga School.
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Web:
www.greentarayoga.org
Email: doug AT greentarayoga.org
Phone: 951.218.6673
Studio: Green Tara Yoga
1330 Monte Vista Avenue
Suite #6
Upland, California 91786
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Sony Trieu Woodland Hills, California
A dedicated practitioner and teacher for the last decade, Sony Trieu was classically trained in Vinyasa Yoga.
This training provided her with a firm foundation of alignment, which led to indepth study of various styles of yoga.
Having found a beautiful marriage between Vinyasa, Yin and Restorative Yoga styles, Sony is known for her intuitive
ability to develop sequences which allow students to go deeply inside their practice and to trust in their own inner teacher.
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Web: www.blissfulthaiyogatherapy.com
Email: blissfulthaiyogatherapy (at)yahoo.com
Phone: 818-426-1519
Studio: The Yoga Loft
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Colorado
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Sara Avant Stover Boulder, Colorado
Sara Avant Stover, E-RYT 500 and Teacher Training, is Founder and Director of The Way of the Happy Woman™. She
helps modern women balance their femininity with their busy lives to connect with true and lasting personal happiness
through yoga, meditation, and balanced living. She leads retreats, trainings, and workshops around the world that inspire
women to live their truth and their passions with confidence and authenticity.
From 1999-2008 Sara lived in Chiang Mai,
Thailand and served as one of the yoga pioneers in that part of the world. To date she has taught thousands of students
in over a dozen countries and currently calls Boulder, CO home. Also a prolific writer, her work has been published in
The Huffington Post, Fit Yoga, Yoga Journal, and more. Her approach blends Yin Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Ayurveda,
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Creativity, and Insight Meditation for Women. For more free articles, videos, and
resources, including a Free Yoga for PMS CD, please visit her website.
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Web: www.TheWayoftheHappyWoman.com
Email: info (at) TheWayoftheHappyWoman.com
Phone: 303-800-0878
Studio: www.JeanieManchester.com
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Laura Kupperman Boulder, Colorado
Laura has been practicing yoga since 1995 and teaching since 2002. She has completed many teacher trainings,
including yin yoga training with Paul Grilley and a 1000 hour certification in yoga therapy. In addition to
teaching classes Laura enjoys working privately with people who have injuries, illness, or disease, including
special needs children. Her style is compassionate, encouraging, and attentive. Laura is honored to share the
healing path of yoga with others, and is especially delighted to offer yin classes to all the wonderfully yang
people in Boulder!
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Web: www.laurakupperman.com
Email: laura(at)laurakupperman.com
Phone: 303.601.4603
Studios: CorePower Yoga
Yo Mama Yoga and Family Center
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Ina "Sahaja" Sajovich Boulder, Colorado
Ina planted the seeds of her personal practice in the mid-nineties,
while in high school in Austin, Texas. As a competitive athlete, she
was naturally drawn to disciplined, tapas inspired practices of
Bikram, Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow. In her early twenties, injury and
the waves of life led her to dive deeper into the exploration of
Kundalini, Yin, Viniyoga therapy, pranayama and meditation. A devoted
student to the flow, and teaching since 2003, she is founder of Sahaja
Vinyasa Yoga, and has practiced Vipassana meditation since 2008. She
teaches in and around Boulder, CO where she is pursuing degrees in
Religious Studies (Buddhism and Tantric Traditions) and Sanskrit at
Naropa University.
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Web: www.yogawithina.com
Email: recristina108 (at) gmail.com
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Katherine M. Coleman Denver, Colorado
After a near fatal car accident, Kate devoted herself to an attitude of gratitude, emphasizing steadfastness in nutritional, yogic,
and meditative practices. Influenced by Paul Grilley, Sarah Powers, Baron Baptiste, and more, Kate completed her 200 hour certification
at the Cincinnati Yoga School in 2008. Concentrating in yin yoga, she has since been blessed to volunteer for Yoga Bear, a national 501
(c)3 that connects cancer survivors with yoga studios. In 2011, Kate became a Master Nutrition Therapist at the Nutrition Therapy Institute
of Denver, specializing in digestive and neurological disorders, food allergies, and autoimmune conditions. Currently, she works alongside
Dr. Marie Starling at The Healing Center in Greenwood Village, CO providing people with access to their full potential. She believes that a
happy heart and an open mind are tantamount to healthy meridian and organ systems. Get to know Kate better by check out her website/blog.
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Web: www.EatStretchLoveLife.com
Email: Kat(at)YogaBear.org
or Kate (@) EatStretchLoveLife.com
Studios: Breathe and
Denver YMCA
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Rochelle Townsend ERYT Denver, Colorado
Rochelle’s love of yoga has been apparent since her first yoga class more than 15 years ago. With the encouragement of her teacher
she enrolled in a 250 hour Vinyasa YTT program at Wake Up Yoga, Philadelphia from where she received her first
certification. Her initial training encompassed asana, pranayama, Sanskrit and anatomy. Further specialized
training included Thai Yoga massage, Advanced Anatomy, Yin Yoga, Yoga for Scoliosis, Structural Yoga Therapy and
Ballet Sculpt.
Rochelle is a Reiki Master. She has taught well over 10,000 hours of classes, private
sessions, and workshops. Rochelle has also planned and taught three successful yoga teacher trainings at
her studio. She has been blessed to study with many teachers like Mukunda Stiles, Gerard Arnaud and Dr Girish
to name a few. She offers many thanks to all of those teachers who continue to inspire her love of this ancient practice.
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Email: rtwnsnd -@- gmail.com
Web: www.rochelletownsend.com
Studio:Yama Yoga Village
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Denise Cook Denver, Colorado
Denise Cook began her journey on the mat for healing almost two decades ago and started teaching in Denver in 2000.
Her most influential teacher has been Baron Baptiste as well as the countless students who she has guided throughout the
years. Through Yang she traced back to Yin Yoga about 7 years ago under the tutelage of her Qui Gong teacher and embraced
the stillness and peace it brought her mind and emotions. She realized the resilience of the mind is where the true practice
can be developed and it begins with being. "How we do anything is how we do everything!" Her style has been described as
playful, challenging, insightful and always expansive. Her accolades include being in-flight yoga for Frontier Airlines,
Yoga Journal, presenter at Yoga Rocks & Friday Night Yoga Club, studio owner, Teacher Trainer and her most pivotal roll...
mother of two beautiful children: Harrison and Teagan-Blue.
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Web: www.denisecookyoga.com
Studios:
Karma Yoga Center,
Samadhi Yoga Center,
Greenwood Athletic Club,
Core Power Yoga
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Carol (CJ) McDaniel CMT RYT Fort Collins, Colorado
CJ has been a student of yoga since 1994. She has practiced various forms such as Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow,
Bikram's, Power, and Yin yoga. Her passion lies with Yin Yoga due to the skill required to maintain one's presence
in stillness and with Ashtanga due to the meditative flow created through the synchronization of breath and movement.
Certified to teach through the Yoga Alliance in 2005, CJ enjoys sharing what she has gained through her own practice-
that yoga can transform and integrate the body, mind, and spirit and guide one to self acceptance. As a professional
massage therapist, she is also an avid student of the human form. Her teaching style is light hearted and
compassionate gently encouraging students to gain a deeper awareness of one's own body. CJ's hands-on adjustments
further help student's to refine self understanding.
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Web: www.caroljmcdaniel.com
Email: carol_mcdaniel27(at)hotmail.com
Phone: 970-222-9421
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Alan Starner Fort Collins, Colorado
Alan trained with John Childers, Erich Shiffmann, Sara Powers, Paul Grilley and others while living in California.
He went through Paul Grilley's Teacher training, which included Yin Yoga and Anatomy for Yoga. Although he
practices both Yin and Yang (Vinyasa flow) styles of yoga, he especially likes to teach Yin yoga because the
deep stretching and long holds provide a meditative practice that really opens up the body and provides a
space to explore the body's inner landscapes. Alan also likes to include some functional anatomy in his
classes so people can better understand their strengths and limitations.
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Web: www.oldtownyoga.com
Email: alanlstar(at)msn.com
Phone: 970-222-2777
Studio:Old Town Yoga
237 1/2 Jefferson
(East of College between Linden & Pine)
Fort Collins, CO
80521
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Jill Mollenhauer Fort Collins, Colorado
Jill has been a dedicated student of yoga for over 10 years. She completed her 200 teacher training over 3 years ago and
was fortunate enough to be introduced to yin yoga 2 years ago. Having recently completed her 100 hr teacher training with
Paul and Suzie Grilley she guides her students with even more confidence and knowledge then before. This training concentrated
on the muscles, bones and connective tissue of the body as well as assisted yin yoga. Her goal is to educate students on the
importance of this style of yoga. Giving students the understanding that we are all different down to our bones, we all acheive
openings in our bodies differently and that there is no "perfect" way to do so. Yin yoga is accessible and nesessary for us all.
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Email: the-kittycat (at) comcast.net
Studios: Breathe Yoga - Life Fit 24
353 W Drake Road #140
Fort Collins
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Charity Heggestad Lafayette, Colorado
Charity is a Registered Yoga Teacher, certified in the Day-Star Method
of Yoga, a gentle style of Hatha yoga. Her classes focus on using
breath and gentle movement to relax the body as well as the mind. Her
latest passion is Yin Yoga which offers deep, slow stretching for
everyone: bendy or more tightly put-together. You'll love it.
Charity enjoys sharing yoga with children as well as adults. As both a
yoga instructor and a mother, she believes that introducing yoga to
children in a fun environment provides a foundation for building a
life-long yoga practice.
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Email: charityjoy(at)gmail.com
Phone: 303-507-8533
Studio:Joy of Yoga
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Roberta Hughes Parker, Colorado
Roberta has been a yoga practitioner since 1992 and a yoga teacher since 1998. She is a
certified yoga instructor with Inner Connections Yoga & Whole Life Center and is a registered
yoga teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. She has studied yin yoga with Paul Grilley and Sarah
Powers and has studied Hatha yoga with Erich Schiffmann. Roberta's teaching style combines
Hatha, yin, and Vinyasa (flow) techniques to exercise and nourish the body and mind. Her
gentle style and intuitive nature encourage students to cultivate awareness about their
bodies, minds, and emotions so that they may achieve physical and emotional balance and
peace of mind.
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Email: info(at)robertahughesyoga.com
Phone: 303-840-0411
Studio:The Yin Yoga Center
19555 E. Parker Square Dr., Suite 102
Parker, CO 80134.
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Connecticut
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Liza Dousson New England
Liza has studied a variety of Yoga styles and philosophy for 20 years. During 7 years travels to India and
Thailand, her interest in Yoga focused on therapeutic aspects of Yoga and Thai Yoga Therapy, but equally on the
cultures of those remarkable countries. One season, in need of some "therapy" herself from too much traveling,
Paul Grilley's small & potent green primer on YinYoga became a deep source of exploration & inspiration,
studying with Paul & Suzee Grilley a couple of years later at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. It is in
the melding of kinesthetic, energetic & healing principles between YinYoga, Thai Yoga Therapy and the ancient
cultures "knowing" of rest & relaxation that Liza draws on in her offerings to counter the modern, too often
never-slow-down world in which we live.
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Web: www.beseeknow.com
Email: info (at) beseeknow.com
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Florida
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Kathy & Dennis Lang Atlantic Beach
Dennis and Kathy Lang are both certified instructors of Yin Yoga. They were drawn to Yin Yoga via Paul Grilley
and have been hooked since. They have practiced yoga for over 8 years and bring a different perspective to yoga
instruction by co-teaching and incorporating demonstration with personal adjustments for proper alignment. The
Lang's were certified in Yin and Vinyasa Flow at the Asheville Yoga Center in Asheville, NC. They are passionate
about sharing their love of yoga and how it has transformed their lives and improved their health. In addition,
they promote the many benefits of practicing yoga through special charity based events throughout the
Jacksonville area.
The married couple brings an abundance of knowledge and experience to the practice drawn from their attendance
of many national workshops across the country with Rodney Yee, Baron Baptiste, John Friend, Shiva Rea, Sean Corn,
Paul Grilley and others. Their style is influenced by the traditions of Jivamukti, Ashtanga, Yin and Vinyasa Flow
Yoga. Dennis and Kathy travel extensively participating in yoga classes wherever they go including New York,
Phoenix, Washington DC, San Diego, Miami and Vancouver.
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Web: www.everydayconsciousliving.com
Email: dennis.lang(at)prudentialnetworkrealty.com
Phone: 904-571-3154
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Arla Larson St. Augustine, Florida
Arla Larson RYT 500 is a certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher and a certified Yin Yoga and Tai Chi Teacher. Arla
has studied extensively with Paul Grilley and Sarah and Ty Powers & many other yoga masters & authentic teachers.
Arla received her Yin Yoga Certification after sharing a 10 day Intensive Immersion in Yin Yoga and Meditation
at the Florence House in East Sussex, England. Arla is passionate about sharing a weaving and blending of Yin
and Yang movement into a balanced meditative
mind, body experience. In our fast paced, challenging world, to experience students surrendering & releasing
into the quiet power of Yin and all its healing qualities is so gratifying to teach, share and observe.
I'm honored and feel deep meaning
and purpose to pass on the Quiet Power of Yin Yoga. Thank you to Deva Parnell and all my teachers along the
journey. Thanks to Paulie Zink, Sarah & Ty Powers, Paul & Suzie Grilley & Bernie Clark for teaching, sharing,
and guiding me on my Yin Journey. Jai! Peace.
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Email: gala501(at)comcast.net
Studio: Discovery Yoga
3 Davis Street
St. Augustine Florida 32084
Phone: 904-824-7454
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Georgia
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Susan Hopkins E-RYT 500, PYT Cartersville
I have been studying and practicing yoga for 20 years. I have been teaching since 1999. Originally I came to yoga because
of back pain, and having a medical background, I was interested in the physical benefits. After years of practice I decided
to share yoga with others, becoming a Registered Yoga Teacher. In my personal journey I was drawn to the more meditative
side of yoga, and discovered Yin. I have now been teaching yin along with more yang styles since 2002. I have studied with
Paul and Suzee Grilly as well as Sarah Powers. One of my students favorite days is "Yin Day" at Etowah Valley Yoga.
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Email: etowahvalleyyoga@aol.com
Studio: Etowah Valley Yoga
18 South Erwin Street
Cartersville, Ga 30120
Phone: 770 383-3022
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Lynn Louise Wonders LPC, RYT Marietta
I have studied, practiced and taught yin yoga over the past several years as a balance to the yang practice of vinyasa in
which I was originally trained and certified. I am an experienced practioner and teacher of tai chi and chi kung as well as taoist
meditation: therefore yin yoga has been a perfect compliment to my ongoing endeavor toward balance and my desire to assist my
students in cultivating balance. I am the owner and director of The Yoga Room in Marietta, Georgia.
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Web: www.theyogaroommarietta.com
Email: lynnlouisewonders(@)comcast.net
Studio: The Yoga Room
2440 Sandy Plains Rd
Bldg. 13, Ste. 400
Marietta, GA 30066
Phone: 678-296-2006
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Hawaii
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Ruby "Amasharan" Wong Maui, Hawaii
To witness the transformative healing powers of yoga upon the body mind and spirit, one need only look to Ruby "Amasharan" Wong.
With the heart and determination of a peaceful warrior Amarsharan has lived through and overcome cancer, a childhood spinal defect,
numerous operations and a myriad of consequent health challenges. Amarsharan's perseverance has been an inspiration to others. With
her gift of both Yin Yoga & Kundalini Yoga , Amarsharan's classes combine her love for the healing arts with the patience and
awareness unique to the experience of radiance beauty from the inside out.
Through her dynamic infusion of offerings Ruby provides diverse and comprehensive services for transforming one's health and
well-being. She has developed programs for numerous clients in the public sector such as the Departement of Veteran's Affairs,
Maui Golf and Country Club, and clients with issues related to eating disorders, anger management, and disabled athletes.
Her training as an Advanced Hair Stylist with Vidal Sassoon, both in London and the U.S. has her involved with the Look
Good Feel Better Program with the American Cancer Society and other organizations such as Department of Veterans Affairs,
American Lung Association and several others. Ruby has also taught in international settings such as Hong Kong, Brazil and
the San Juan Islands.
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Web: www.rubymauiyoga.com
Phone: 808.344.4980
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Illinois
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Linda (Sama) Karl-Dynek Batavia, Illinois
Linda has immersed herself in the study and practice of the complete path of classical yoga and meditation for over 15 years, cultivating
a breath-based, heart centered yoga practice. She has over 1000 hours of training both in the United States and in India, studying yearly
at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. Linda has also completed Yin Yoga teacher trainings with both Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley,
who told her: "I am very gratified to know you are presenting a broad view of yoga and sharing with people more of the philosophical
and spiritual sides of yoga." Linda was one of the first yin yoga teachers in the Chicago area and is humbled and honored to have
introduced yin yoga to the Arusha, Tanzania yoga community in 2010.
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Web: www.lindakarl.net
Email: linda.sama (@) gmail.com
Phone: 630-677-4501
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Jim York Chicago, Illinois
Jim started out a REALLY STIFF GUY and he encourages you to take a yoga class even if it seems difficult.
It is a great thing getting to know your body even if it seems at first you are at odds with it. Yoga will help to
transform your body and bring balance to your life.
Jim completed Level 1 and 2 Teacher Training with Suddha Weixler as well as teacher training programs with Paul
Grilley and Richard Freeman & an intensive workshop with Sarah Powers. He has been to India twice for extended
stays to study backbending, pranayama and meditation.
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Studio: Chicago Yoga Center
Email: jimyork -@- me.com
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Chuck Frenkel RYT Northfield (Chicago), Illinois
Chuck has studied Yin Yoga with Paul & Suzee Grilley and Paulie Zink. Chuck brings to his classes a feeling of spaciousness and lightness
and offers the student the time to fully explore the inward journey during asana practice. He endeavors to uplift, inspire, and bring joy
to the yoga experience. Chuck's background as an athlete brought him into contact with yoga a number of times during his life –
as an Olympic style archery competitor and as a competitive cyclist. But he truly opened and committed fully to the practice in order
to help rehab from a serious cycling accident. Not only did yoga "bring him back" from a broken body, but also helped to heal his mind
and spirit.
For Chuck, the inward journey during asana practice is a beautiful meditation which brings him fully into the here and now,
accepting the present and all that it offers. Yoga is now a calling for Chuck and the more he practices the more he grows to
love and embrace it.
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Studio: North Shore Yoga
Email: cfyoga (@t) mindspring.com
Phone: 847.778.6531
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Ceily Levy Deerfield, Illinois
Ceily has been studying the art, science and philosophy of yoga since 1992. Her mission is the fearless
cultivation of living with an awakened mind and compassionate heart. Mindfully residing in the moment and acting with
loving kindness toward oneself and all sentient beings is the foundation of her practice. She encourages her students to embrace a disciplined
practice, guided by the intelligence of the breath, preparing the body to sit comfortably while cultivating a commitment
to the deeper and often challenging practices of working with the mind. She completed her teacher training with Suddha Weixler
of the Chicago Yoga Center, yin yoga teacher training with Paul Grilley, studies Insight Yoga with Sarah Powers and
meditation with Elesa Commerse.
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Email: ceilylevy @ comcast.net
Studio: Healing Power Yoga
Phone: 630-712-1207
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Iowa
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Carol Reinhard Des Moines
I am a 200 hour RYT, finishing my training the summer of 2009. I have practiced yoga for 4 years and yin for a year using
Paul Grilley's videos and other sources to learn about yin including practice with a yin teacher. I am a retired school
teacher-librarian who obviously loves to read, in addition to biking, exercising and traveling. I am also available
for private or corporate instruction
I emphasizes both the physical and spiritual aspects of yoga practice, beginning with centering and ending with savansana
each with an inspiring quotation. I discovered yoga in the fall of 2005 as I was rediscovering my own body and its workings.
Yoga covers so much of what we all need in today's hectic world: flexibility, strength, and stress reduction allowing practitioners
to begin to discover their inner strengths and truth. As a retired teacher, I find yoga a way to stay involved, excited about and
contributing to my community.
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Studio: Firehouse Yoga Studio
2300 University Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa
Web: www.firehouseyoga.net
Email: cjreinhard1 (at) gmail.com
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Mary St. Onge Des Moines
After 25 years in Corporate America, I attended a yoga class in an effort to reduce job related stress From the first class, I felt like
I was "home". The classes not only reduced my stress level, but also changed how I breathed and provided a window in which to view how I was
living my life and how I could live it more mindfully and healthfully. I knew that I wanted to share what I was experiencing through the study
of yoga.
I received yoga teacher certification in Colorado in 2004. After teaching there for a year, I moved to Des Moines and began teaching at
Fitness by Design in the fall/winter months and my Minnesota studio, Twin Pines Yoga in the summer. I studied therapeutic yoga at White
Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara in 2007 and received my 500 hour yoga teacher and 300 hour yoga therapy certification from Ananda Seva in
Santa Rosa, CA in 2009. My teaching style is healing and nurturing and the Yin Yoga practice informed by Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers allows for a contemplative,
surrendering practice designed to release connective tissue and support joints, energy channels, immune system and emotional well-being.
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Email: styogamama (at) gmail.com
Studio: Fitness by Design
4715 Grand Ave
Des Moines, Iowa 50312
Phone: 515 277-9721
or 274-5071
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Kentucky
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Jan Byrd Lexington, Kentucky
It is a great joy and honor to bring yoga to those who would not necessarily believe they could participate in this
practice, and watch the transformation that takes place in their lives, physically, mentally and emotionally.
Making yoga adaptable to every level of ability is what most inspires my teaching. A member of the “baby boomer”
generation, I am excited about sharing my passion for yoga with beginner yogis and yoginis, as well as those who
have an established practice, and especially the 50+ generation. It is not simply desirable to live a healthy,
dynamic and creative life . . . it is realistically attainable through the practice of yoga.
After completing a 200-hour teacher training program, I was certified by The Temple of Kriya Yoga to teach
yoga, and am registered with Yoga Alliance as a registered yoga teacher.
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Web: www.mymettayoga.com
Email: info (at) mymettayoga.com.
Phone: 859.361.8523
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Louisiana
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Michael Morton ERYT Lafayette, Louisiana
Michael Morton is a long time practitioner of Hatha Yoga and completed his Teacher Training in 2006. He is
registered through Yoga Alliance (ERYT) and maintains the Red Cross CPR certification. Michael studied and
trained with Jonny Kest of Birmingham, MI. and studied Yin with Paul Grilley ( with a deep focus on anatomy
and it's place in yoga asanas). He also received his certification in Anatomy Biomechanics from the Cooper
Institutes of Aerobics Research. After retirement from Chrysler Corporation, he and his wife, Lydia Morton,
an ERYT with Yoga Alliance opened the Lafayette Center for Yoga in Lafayette, LA. In addition to Yin, the
center also has classes in Slow Flow, Astanga and Vinyasa.
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Web: www.lafayettecenterforyoga.com
Email: michael(at)lafayettecenterforyoga.com
Phone: 337-654-4881
Studio: Lafayette Center for Yoga
315 Jefferson St,
Downtown Lafayette, LA 70501
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Maine
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Sally Haggerty Harpswell
Sally Haggerty, RYT, has been a yoga and meditation practitioner since 1990 and a Kripalu Certified Teacher since
2000. She has integrated Yin Yoga as taught by Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers in her practice and teaching since
2003. She specializes in sessions to reduce stress, cultivate a meditative practice, to keep the body and
mind supple - and to bring lightheartedness to the practice of yoga. Sally has had training in comparative
anatomy, positional therapy, Phoenix Rising, yoga for children, and assorted other areas of yoga interest,
and is a learner in Buddhist teachings and qi gong. She has offered classes since 2000 in Harpswell
(near Brunswick and Bath), and continues teaching classes at her home and in the greater Brunswick area,
as well as on Caye Caulker in Belize, Central America.
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Web: www.greatislandyoga.com
Email: info(at)greatislandyoga.com
Phone:207-729-7883
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Maryland
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Donna Wiggins Annapolis
Donna took a Yin/Yang teacher training, 200 hours at Evolve Yoga with Tina Lanzoni. Currently
she is working at Evolutions Body Clinic where she leads a Yin Yoga class at 11:00 on Sundays
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Email: dwiggins849@verizon.net
Phone: 443-336-4864
Studio: Evolutions Body Clinic
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Tina Lanzoni E-RYT 500 Annapolis
Tina is a mother, teacher, wife, animal lover and devoted friend. Her teaching style is a collective expression of the
many teachers with whom she has had the honor to study with, including, Beryl Bender Birch, Paul Grilley, Baron Baptiste,
Seane Corn, Doug Swenson, Leslie Kaminoff, Cindi Lee, Rolf Gates Mukunda Stiles, Sarah Powers and Kim Manfredi. In her
classes, she infuses meditation and pranayama into a flowing meditative
vinyasa based practice. Her yin teacher training with Paul Grilley is incorporated into most of her classes, as she is
passionate about the physical and meditative benefits of yin. She encourages others to go into their own experience
of this ancient tradition and to feel as well as listen to their own inner guidance.
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Email: tlanzoni@verizon.net
Web yinyangyoga.org
Phone: 410-991-8386
Studio Evolutions Body Clinic
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Massachusetts
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Margaret P Nunnelly Amherst
Margaret enjoys the slower, introspective aspects of Yin asana as well as the energy benefits which result from an intense practice.
She is certified by Paul and Suzee Grilley as a teacher of Yin Yoga. Margaret also teaches hatha yoga. She received her yoga teaching
certification in 2007. Margaret’s classes are presented in an informal leadership style, and her teaching incorporates methodologies
from several styles of hatha yoga. She uses myths, stories, anatomy and personal experience to explain postures in a way that is
meant to be technical, historical, and entertaining.
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Email: mnunnelly (at) hotmail.com
Web www.margaretnunnelly.com
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Josh Summers Boston
Josh began studying Yin Yoga in the late nineties after a long training in Iyengar yoga. He is grateful
to his teachers James Murphy, Patricia Walden, Sarah Powers, Sayadaw U Pandita and Ajahn Amaro. As his
interest in vipassana, or insight meditation, has deepened, so too has his interest in more contemplative
forms of asana practice. With a professional background as an acupuncturist and a personal passion for the
dharma, Josh fell in love with Yin Yoga as a beautiful synthesis of the two.
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Email: moksaman(at)gmail.com
Web www.joshsummers.net
Phone: 617-629-2299
Studio Samara Yoga Studio
249 Elm Street
Davis Square
Somerville, Ma
02144
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Girish Venkataramani Boston, Massachusetts
Girish stumbled across yin yoga in 2007 and found it to be a necessary and irresistible complement to his physical lifestyle.
Since then, yin yoga has nurtured and balanced his growth in not just his yoga practice but also in life. He also has a deep
interest in vipassana meditation and uses insight meditation as a tool to navigate yin yoga. Today, he teaches yin yoga as means
to bring balance to one's physical, emotional and mental well-being. He is very grateful to his primary teacher, Josh Summers.
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Email: girish.bhalu -at- gmail.com
Studio: The Humble Warrior
Phone: 617 756 5861
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Chris Warner (M. Ed., CYT) Boxford, Massachusetts
Chris has been practicing yoga and meditation since the mid-nineties, and was introduced to
Yin Yoga in 1999, by her first yoga teacher, Janine Grillo-Marra. In 2007, she began teaching, having been inspired
to do so by the recovery of her husband, Mike Maguire, from 3 strokes and brain surgery. She and Mike both know that
it was through dedication to the practice of Yin and Mindfulness that he was able to heal, and regain his health-physically,
mentally, and spiritually. Thus, Chris founded the studio now known as Santi Yoga, located on the North Shore of Boston
in the small town of Boxford, Massachusetts, a space dedicated to sharing the benefits of the practice with students,
with the community, and with the world.
Chris is particularly grateful to her teachers, Sarah Powers and Paulie Zink,
without whom her love of Yin Yoga, and her dedication to the Dharma would not exist. Chris is also grateful to
Thich Nhat Hanh, for his inspirational teachings and gentle spirit. Chris now teaches Yin Yoga, Mindfulness
Meditation, and Mindful Flow Yoga (a practice combining elements of Yin and Vinyasa flow with Buddhist wisdom
and meditation), as well as workshops, retreats, and Chakra balancing, always, still, remaining a student
herself, cultivating a beginner's mind. Chris dedicates any merit arising from her efforts to the benefit
to all living beings, that all may feel peaceful, happy, and free from suffering.
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Email: warnerch2003(at)gmail.com
Web www.santiyoga.org
Studio: Santi Yoga
10 Hoveys Pond Drive,
Boxford, MA 01921
Phone: 978-352-8787
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Liv Gold Cambridge, Massachusetts
Liv teaches an inquiry-based style of vinyasa yoga that blends fluid posture sequences with meditation, breath work,
and guided relaxation. She also teaches Yin classes that nurture the joints and connective tissue while facilitating
deep release and quiet contemplation. Her practice is influenced by her cherished teachers, Patricia Walden, Elizabeth
Brown, and Josh Summers (and many others!). Off the mat, Liv writes for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
and holds degrees in journalism (M.S.) and environmental studies (B.A.).
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Email: liv @ yoga.livrachelle.com
Web Liv Gold Yoga
Studio: Cambridge YMCA
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Lori Dougherty RYT Hanover, Massachusetts
Through guidance, grounding and support from her teachers and the development of a consistent personal practice, Lori was
inspired to share her knowledge with others - to create a safe class to unwind, find breath and feel good without judgment.
Lori is registered through Yoga Alliance and has completed a 200 hour teacher training program. She has completed additional
trainings in Yin Yoga, chair, vinyasa and dance yoga and is a pretzel kid’s instructor and a Reiki practitioner. Come join Lori
Dougherty at Willow Rock and explore the benefits and practice of Yin Yoga, a more meditative practice that stretches the
connective tissue.
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Email: Oceanfront2010 (at) comcast.net
Studio: Willow Rock
Natural Healing Center
Phone: 781-878-4111
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Kripalu Lenox, Massachusetts
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health—A world of yoga, holistic health, and self-discovery
in breathtaking Lenox, Massachusetts. Kripalu Center is an institution where people can come to discover
what it means to be fully human and fully alive through a nonsectarian and nondogmatic approach to yoga.
We are dedicated to the honest and unfettered inquiry into, and pursuit of, all philosophies, techniques,
and approaches that produce thriving in the individual, the family, the institution, the business, the
community, the society, and the planet—all at the same time. Kripalu often has Yin Yoga programs and
workshops offered by teachers such as Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers. Check their web site for the latest
schedule.
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Email: guestservices(at)kripalu.org
Phone: 866-200-5203 toll-free
413-448-3152
Studio:Kripalu
www.kripalu.org
Lenox, Massachusetts
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Susan Moul Lenox, Massachusetts
Susan Maier-Moul, MA, E-RYT500, IAYT, is a favorite Kripalu Yoga and meditation teacher. She lives, writes, and teaches
in New York City and leads Healthy Living and Retreat and Renewal workshops, teaches yoga, and offers her own weekend
programs at Kripalu Center. Her down-to-earth classes feature Kripalu, vinyasa, and yin styles of yoga as well as
inspiration and techniques for home-based, personal practice. Susan's graduate work in the physiology of self
informs her popular workshops on self-talk and self-experience, the nature of reality and perception, and the
everyday benefits of yoga.
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Email: susanmyoga(at)gmail.com
Web www.susanmyoga.com
Studio:Kripalu
www.kripalu.org
Lenox, Massachusetts
Phone: 413-448-3152
toll-free 866-200-5203
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Ken Nelson Lenox, Massachusetts
Ken Nelson, PhD, is a senior program director at Kripalu Yoga Center and leads retreats internationally with his
partner, Lesli Lang. Ken teaches Yin and Kripalu Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Shiatsu, Thai and Kripalu bodywork, as well as
meditation (www.SacredHealingArts.net). Ken is grateful to Paul Grilley, Sarah Powers, Paulie Zink and Bernie Clark
for inspiring his love for Yin. Ken's CD, Yin Yoga, is a Kripalu best-seller. His other passion is for preparing
the next generation of experiential leaders (www.PowerfulWorkshops.com). Ken has many teaching awards and was
supported by Kripalu as a Scholar-in-Residence. He is writing a book about tools that link the heart and mind,
creating the conditions for group wisdom.
Yin Yoga CD Review: "Yin Yoga at it’s best. After taking a few of Ken’s classes at Kripalu and loving his
approach, I was thrilled to find a CD of a guided Yin Yoga class. He is so knowledgeable and explains the
postures, with alternatives, very clearly. Ken’s guided breathwork through the postures are so relaxing and
healing. I whole-heartedly recommend this CD for anyone who wants to delve deep into the fascia and release
bound energy and chronic tension. Fabulous!" - Lisa Zechiel
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Email: Ken-Nelson(at)verizon.net
Web www.sacredhealingarts.net
www.powerfulworkshops.com
Phone: 413-637-0012
Studio:Kripalu
www.kripalu.org
Lenox, Massachusetts
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Heidrun Jacobi Melrose, Massachusetts
Heidrun came to yoga in 2002 when she tried a yoga class just because there weren't any Pilates classes offered on that
particular day, and, as has happened to so many before, she was hooked immediately. Initially feeling drawn towards more
athletic yoga styles, her body started signaling her at some point that it was longing for a slower, more meditative
practice where poses could be held for long periods of time and really taken in. At the beginning of 2011, as part of
her 200 YTT training, she attended a Yin Yoga workshop - and knew this was it! She completed a Yin Yoga teacher
training with the amazing Josh Summers in May of 2011, and has since embarked on a journey to learn more about Eastern
and Western views of our bodies as well as meditation.
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Email: heidrunusa -at- yahoo.com
Phone: 617-519-6788
Studio: B Yoga Center
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Lynn Kingston Northampton, Massachusetts
Lynn has been teaching yoga for over 40 years. She has taught in various locations throughout the US as well as in
Europe. Lynn came to yoga through a background in Modern dance, having studied with the pioneers of the modern dance
movement: Martha Graham, Lucas Hoving and Isadora Duncan to name a few. Throughout her 40-some years of teaching,
she has studied just about every variety and school that exists - Iyengar to Kundalini. After teaching a unique,
choreographed type of vinyasa for much of her career, it all changed when she took a workshop with Sarah Powers
in 2001. For many years, Lynn had been intuitively been practicing stretches with long, relaxed holds. As always,
her body held the wisdom before there were words for it. Since then, Lynn has exclusively taught Yin Yoga, again,
with her own unique touch, combining the held poses with her articulate wisdom and sound healing practice.
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Email: lynnkingstonyoga(at)gmail.com
Address: 71 state street #305
Northampton Ma 01060
Studio: Blue Guitar Studio
Phone: 413 341-3118
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Will LeBlanc Northampton, Massachusetts
I discovered yoga after 15 years as a professional classical ballet dancer. I have been studying and teaching yoga for 20 years. I was
owner/director of a yoga school for several years and then I discovered Yin Yoga. Yin Yoga has changed how I practice and teach, I have
Yin Yoga Teacher certification from Paul Grilley. All of my classes are offered on a donation only basis.
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Email: innercoach (at) hotmail.com
Phone: 413-727-8342
Studio: Upstairs Studio
The Fitzwilly's Building
25 Main Street,
Northampton, MA 01060
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Janine Grillo Marra P.T. Revere, Mass.
A licensed physical therapist (B.S. McGill University, 1983), Reiki practitioner, certified Shake Your Soul® teacher and
certified fitness trainer, Janine augments her classes with aspects of therapy, healing, and fitness for an integrated experience.
Janine began her own yoga practice in 1992. Since then, she has participated in yoga teacher-training led by Sarah Powers in
California and regularly enhances her practice with workshops, extended retreats and inner work. She teaches both a yin and
yang style of yoga, as well as meditation. In 2009 Janine met Daniel Leven, founder of Shake Your Soul® and the Leven Institute,
and immediately knew that she wanted to offer another type of movement class focused on creativity, fun and great music. Shake
Your Soul® classes were the perfect fit.
Janine is committed to the path of healing and transformation in her own life and helps others through retreats, Reiki and
private sessions.
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Email: janinegm (at) yahoo.com
Studio: Tranquil Flame Yoga and Wellness
Point of Pines Yacht Club
28 Rice Ave
Revere, MA 02151
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Stacey Hugues Scituate, Mass.
Stacey is a registered dietitian and yoga instructor with over 15 years of professional experience. Stacey's most recent trainings have
included the 200hr Yoga Teacher Training program at the B Yoga Center in Melrose, MA and specialty teacher trainings in the areas
of prenatal yoga and yin yoga. In surprising contrast to a life of constant movement - a working mom with 2 young children,
Stacey's personal yoga practice has gravitated towards yin which has been very balancing for her constitution. She currently
teaches a gentle "yin flow" class at Coldbrooke Yoga Studio in Scituate, MA at 8pm on Wednesday evenings. The class takes a
different meridian of focus each week, begins and ends with long-held yin asana and meditation, and follows a gentle cooling
flow throughout the middle of class.
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Web: www.thymetoshine.com
Email: stacey (@) thymetoshine.com
Studio: Coldbrooke Yoga Studio
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Kari Jacobsen Somerville, Mass.
Kari incorporates her training in Forrest Yoga, Yin Yoga, CranioSacral Therapy, and Mechanical Engineering to teach her students how to find, listen and attend to their inner wisdom, facilitating a yoga practicing that is dynamic and healing.
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Web: www.explodingsage.com
Email: kjacobsen (@) alumni.tufts.edu
Studio: Bow Street Yoga
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Susie DeGregorio Winthrop, Mass.
Susie is extremely passionate about yoga, and is very excited about sharing its many gifts with children and grown ups. Susie
completed her 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at B Yoga Center in Melrose with Krista Basis. Additionally, she holds certificates
in Children’s Yoga and Prenatal Yoga, through Finding Inner Peace Yoga School. She also holds a certificate in Yin Yoga from Josh
Summers. Susie received a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development from Boston College and a Master’s Degree in Special Education
from Salem State College. In addition to teaching yoga, Susie is also a special education teacher and a certified
spinning instructor. Susie offers weekly Yin Yoga classes for adults: check the web site for details.
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Web: childrensyogawithsusie.com
Email: sooozee@yahoo.com
Phone: 617-755-8599
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Michigan
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Nancy Gurney Ann Arbor, Michigan
Nancy gravitated to practicing yoga in 1994. Since then, she realized the gifts in what it truly meant to "live yoga"
in the deepest sense so she naturally surrendered her life to serve a higher purpose. In doing so, her path led her
to become an RYT 200 certified yoga instructor from Michigan 's Rising Sun Yoga in 2003. Nancy has a gift in teaching
deeply restorative yoga classes based on the Buddhist wisdom of Tara Brach and most recently in teaching Yin Yoga
based on the wisdom of Bernie Clark.
Yoga on-and-off the mat for Nancy includes: breathwork, activism, scripture reading, meditation, chanting, asana,
relaxation techniques, and ancient-to-modern day yogic cleansing rituals. Her cleansing rituals led her to open
her own colon hydrotherapy business called Creative Lifeflow. In addition, Nancy is a Writer, Visionary, and a Raw
Food Chef through Alissa Cohen's Living on Live Food Certification Program. A graduate in Health and Healing through
the Ann Wigmore Creative Health Institute, and a Reiki Practitioner through Success Unlimited in Wyandotte, MI .
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Web: www.creativelifeflow.com
Email: n_gurney(at)yahoo.com
Phone: 734-674-0922
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Nicholas Nahat Birmingham, Michigan
Nicholas Nahat is registered with Yoga Alliance as an RYT-200. Formal training was completed through the Center
for Yoga in Michigan. Much gratitude to Yin Yoga teachers Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers for the development
of this practice and their deep learning and sharing. Yin Yoga is a special discipline which opens the
mind/body in unique ways over time; classes center on the use of this yoga to discover and support the
deeper Self in its physical, mental, and spiritual aspects usually overlooked in the clamor of everyday
life.
Yin Yoga and other yoga classes are currently offered in private sessions in Southeast Michigan.
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Email: nnahat2(at)yahoo.com
Phone: 248-495-4428
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Stacey Coffey Brighton, Michigan
Stacey Coffey has been practicing yoga since 1997 and decided in 2006 to share her love of the practice with others. Stacey is a
certified teacher trained in Yin Yoga, Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Meridian Yoga, Prana Flow and Yoga Nidra as well as a
practicing Reiki master. Studying with Paul & Suzee Grilley, Shiva Rea, Daniel Orlansky, Johnny Kest, and at the
Kripalu center several times a year, Stacey is a dedicated student as well as inspirational teacher.
As a former runner and weight lifter, Stacey has brought many strengths and overcome many weakness in her own personal
practice. After over working the body and dealing with several injuries, Stacey was able to create a unique style of
teaching... one of strength, focus, compassion and fun.
Spirit Rising Yoga is a healing haven in downtown Brighton Michigan. In addition to yoga we offer massage, reiki,
acupuncture, A Course in Miracles, workshops and book groups.
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Web: Spirit Rising Yoga & Healing
Email: Stacey(at)MySpiritRising.net
Phone: (810) 588-5927
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Minnesota
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Jill Carey Eagan, Minnesota
Since August 2007 Jill has been teaching yoga. She completed Level 1 Teacher Training with Baron Baptiste, received her
200-hour Teacher Certification (RYT) with TeriLeigh Schmidt, completed an intensive 35-hour Yoga Anatomy, Yin Yoga: Practice &
Theory Teacher Training with Paul Grilley, and has completed a Taoist (Yin & Yang) Teacher Training program with founder of
Yin Yoga, Paulie Zink. As an ongoing student of yoga, Jill has endless gratitude and appreciation for the many gifts from
all her teachers on and off the mat. She attributes to her dedicated yoga practice her improved health and spiritual connectedness,
as well as rediscovering that child like enthusiasm for life and living. It is her desire to support her students to go beyond their
potential with commitment, dedication, and fun.
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Web: www.nowyogamn.com
Email: info(at)nowyogamn.com
Studios: The YogaSoul Center
1121 Town Centre Drive,
Suite 100, Eagan
and Green Lotus Yoga at
18480 Kenyon Ave
Lakeville
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Shelly Shern RYT Minneapolis
Shelly's devotion to the yogic path began in 1995 after suffering a back injury. She realized profound benefits not only to the physical body but to the spiritual as well. This naturally led her to switch from "flying the friendly skies" to the more grounded calling of teaching yoga. Shelly trained at the Yoga Center of Minneapolis with Lisa Bergly in 2005-2006 and trained in Yoga Bonding Post-natal. This connection led her to the teachings of Kriya Yoga and Enoch Dasa Giri of the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago.
After shelly had asked as much from her yang vinyasa practice as she could, she was drawn to the deeper, more contemplative practice of yin yoga. It is yin yoga that balances a more active yang practice and enhances our well being. In the summer of 2010, Shelly traveled to Kripalu to study Insight Yoga with Sarah Powers. This continuing study of the energy body allows Shelly to share the calming, healing effects of yin yoga with her students.
Her classes are a synthesis of flowing movement, breath awareness, and still contemplation.
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Studios: Spirit of the lake yoga
in Excelsior
Devanadi Yoga
in Minneapolis
Email: Yogashelly (at) yahoo.com
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Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner Minneapolis
Michelle is a certified Yoga Instructor & Yoga Therapist. She has studied Yin Yoga with both Paulie Zink and Paul Grilley.
She offers pure Yin classes as well as Yin Yang combination classes combining the deep yielding of yin with the flowing
movement of Yang (a gentle vinyasa). An emphasis on mindfulness, inward-looking, and taoist philosophy accompanies her teaching.
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Web: www.omwithmichelle.com
Email: omwithmichelle -at- gmail.com
Phone: 612-817-5232
Studios: Yoga Center of Minneapolis,
Sigh Yoga,
taraNa Yoga,
Mind Body Solutions
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Montana
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Paulie Zink Billings, Montana
Master Paulie Zink received intensive private training for ten years as the sole protege of Chinese
Taoist yoga and Kung fu Master Cho Chat Ling. A three time international martial arts grand-champion,
Paulie is renowned for his fluidity, flexibility and artistry of motion. With his relaxed and playful
demeanor, students find him to be a very approachable and enjoyable teacher. Paulie is Yin yoga’s founding
master and has developed his own style of Yin and Yang yoga from the Taoist tradition. He brings to his
teaching over 30 years experience and a profound knowledge he conveys with a simple clarity that comes from
true understanding.
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Web: www.pauliezink.com
Email: pauliezink(at)netzero.com
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New Hampshire
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Elizabeth Vlangas Hooksett
I teach a vinyasa style of yoga but fell in love with yin. I hired Noel Schroeder of Yinward Healing Practice to teacher train myself
and the other teachers at my studio. I started by offering it once a week but we now offer it 3 times. My students love it
as much as I do!
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Email: riverflowyoga (at) comcast.net
Phone: 603-935-9822
Studio: River Flow Yoga
llc/ 198 Londonderry Turnpike
Hooksett, NH
03106
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Katie O’Connell E-RYT and RYS North Sandwich
Katie has been teaching hatha yoga for nearly a decade to students of all ages and all levels. Styles taught at her studio,
Dragonfly Yoga Barn, include Yin, Vinyasa,
Restorative, Gentle, and Restorative Reiki, as well as Vinyasa Flow in the 200-hr Vidya Vinyasa YTT program offered at Dragonfly.
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Email: dragonflyoga (at) gmail.com
Phone: (603) 707-7529
Studio: Dragonfly Yoga Barn
Studio & Retreat, Sandwich, NH
Vidya Vinyasa Yoga (RYS) 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training
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New Jersey
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Meg Zirm Cherry Hill & Margate
Meg is a classically trained ballet dancer, who has translated her love of movement into Classical & Yin Yoga. Introduced
to yoga in high school, Meg has continued her practice for over 10 years. As her practice deepened she decided to venture
off the corporate path in human resources and enrolled in YogaLife Institute’s 200 hour teacher training program with Dr.
Bob Butera. When not teaching or practicing yoga, ballet or Pilates she enjoys traveling, photography, gardening and
spending time outdoors.
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Email: mbzirm(at)gmail.com
Phone: 518-828-2233
Web www.yogalina.wordpress.com
Studio: Pilates Core Center
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Lynda Maguire E-RYT Moorestown
Lynda has been teaching yoga since 1999 and first studied with Paul Grilley in the fall of 2003. She immediately
began to integrate yin yoga into her practice and teaching and found yin to be a wonderful compliment to vinyasa yoga.
Over the next several years she soaked up as much yin yoga as possible, spending many hours with both Paul Grilley and
Sarah Powers. Lynda has a special love for anatomy and also weaves philosophy and mindfulness meditation into her classes.
She has been offering yin yoga teacher training annually since 2008 and teaches both group and private yin classes. Lynda is
currently pursuing 500-hour advanced teacher certification at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts
and is the Owner/Director of The Studio for Yoga.
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Email: Info (at) TheStudioforYoga.com
Phone: 856-430-1116
Studio: The Studio for Yoga
101 E. Main St.
Moorestown, NJ 08057
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Ryah Dekis RYT 500 Princeton
Ryah Dekis, has studied with Shiva Rea,
Seane Corn, Sally Miller and Anodea Judith and is a member of IAYT-International Association of Yoga Therapists. Having
a personal yoga practice for over 15 years and teaching since 2008, Ryah is certified to teach Hatha, Yin,Vinyasa flow,
children, pre/post-natal, gentle, and private sessions. She also teaches power, couple, mom/baby, chakra yoga, reggae
flow and yoga for athletes. Ryah teaches yin yoga ,vin/yin and reggae flow workshops in NJ and Costa Rica. Ryah believes
everyone can have a positive connection with yoga, and each person can find their own unique space with in their practice.
Mindfulness, Pranayama and Asana are meshed in every class to help you connect with your light.
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Web: www.Ryahhhyoga.com
Email: Ryahhhyoga -@- hotmail.com
Phone: 201-988-9800
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Erik Marrero Sewell
Erik Marrero, RYT, MBSR Graduate. Yoga found Erik in the Spring of 2007. As a cancer patient, he enrolled in the
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, through the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine at Thomas
Jefferson Hospital. Erik was suffering from the side-effects of his cancer therapies. With the first
yoga practice, Erik felt great physically and very at peace. After graduating from the 8-week MBSR program, Erik continued
his daily meditation practice and sought out yoga in a non-hospital environment.
Erik is a graduate of the Yogawood Yoga
Teacher-Training program masterfully offered by Beth Filla and Jill Cummings. Erik strives to inspire his students to
overcome obstacles, push their own limitations, move beyond the typical Hatha yoga realm, and to find mindfulness and
ease-of-wellbeing with every breath, regardless of the pace, intensity, or complexity of the practice. Erik teaches
Yin and Vinyasa Yoga.
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Studio: Yogawood
Email: ejmarrero -@- comcast.net
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New York
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Joy Louise Farrar Astoria
My Yin Yoga Teacher Training was with Corina Benner. I am currently attending OM Yoga's 300/500 Advanced Teacher
Training. Completed my 200 hr training with Sonic Yoga. Both trainings are a Vinyasa/Hatha style of Yoga. I also
recently completed Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training with Bec Conant.
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Email: joy.farrar (at) yahoo.com
Address: Astoria, NY 11102
Phone: 845-283-0699
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Lisa Braun Baldwin
I began to practice as a way to maintain flexibility and strength. During my journey I discovered not just the physical
but spiritual practice of Yoga. In 2008, I enrolled in the 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training program and received my
certification in 2009 from the Yoga Polarity Center in Malverne, New York. I am now a student in the 500 Yoga Teacher
Training program and I am participating in a mentor ship with my teacher, Mindy Frenkel.
My style is Hatha, and I like to keep the body moving with a Vinyasa Flow. I recently
became certified in Yin Yoga and began incorporating it in my classes. I will begin teaching classes at local
studios, gyms and private classes.
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Web:www.bluestaryoga.net
Email: lfabyoga @ gmail.com
Phone: 917-825-3998
Studio:Breathe N Flow Yoga
361 Atlantic Avenue
Freeport, NY 11520
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Leah Hartofelis ERYT 200 Freeport
Leah Hartofelis, ERYT completed 200-hours of Vinyasa Yoga Certification through Sonic Yoga, NYC, with additional
certifications in Prenatal Yoga through Barnes Method Yoga for Two as well as Ma Yoga, Restorative Yoga certified
through Judith Lasater, Relax & Renew, Yin Yoga certified through Wake Up Yoga. Leah is currently attending the 500hr
Teacher Training at Om Yoga Center in NYC with Cindi Lee. My intention is that through the practice and teaching of
Yoga, I can bring Peace, Joy, and Balance into the lives of my students.
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Email: leah -@- breathenflowyoga.com
Studio:Breathe N Flow Yoga
361 Atlantic Avenue
Freeport, NY 11520
Phone: 516-632-9626
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Melinda Pizzano LMT, RYT Hudson
Melinda has been practicing yoga and holistic healing therapies for over 12 years. She is the owner and full time
therapist at Bodhi Holistic Spa. Melinda fell in love with Yin Yoga after taking a week long retreat with Sarah
Powers in 2005. She felt that this was what she was missing in her practice and needed to teach to others. Melinda
integrates massage, breathwork, mantra and meditation in all of her classes.
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Email: govindamelinda(at)gmail.com
Studio:Bodhi Holistic Spa
323 Warren St. Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518-828-2233
Others: Evam Buddhist Institute
Karuna Shakti Center for Yoga & Meditation
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Jackie Polisar Kingston
It was love at first class when I entered Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre on
East 24th Street in New York City in 1978. In 1979 I took my first 200 hour
teachers training with Sivananda Ashram in Val Morin, Canada; took another
one with a focus on Vinyasa Flow in the twenty-first century (giggle).
Believing that variety is the spice of life I have studied and explored
other Yoga lineages and styles; Iyengar, Jivamukti, Kundalini, Yin Yoga....
After experiencing the physical and spiritual benefits of Yin Yoga I was
inspired to take the teachers training with Biff Mithoefer offered at Omega
Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. I teach two Yin Yoga classes a week at MiBoSo
Yoga Studio in Kingston, NY.
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Email: info@MiBoSoYoga.net
Studio:MiBoSo Yoga Studio
77 Cornell Street, Suite 213
Kingston, NY 12401
Phone: (845) 802 - 4070
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Jaymie Meyer CWP, ERYT500 Manhattan
Jaymie Meyer is a wellness educator with certifications in stress management, bereavement counseling, yoga
therapy and Ayurveda. She is also a Reiki Master. She has been delivering Resilience for Life® workshops nationally for over
9 years at work sites and educational institutions and also works privately in NYC and CA. Her lineage includes multiple
certifications at Integral Yoga Institute where she now teaches the Stress Management TT at the Yogaville Academy with
Swami Ramananda and Swami Vidyananda. She regards Dr. David Frawley, Judith Lasater, Tao Porchon-Lynch, Leslie Kaminoff
and Paul Grilley as her most influential and deeply respected teachers. Jaymie is a member of NWI, NSA, IYTA and IAYT.
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Web: www.resilienceforlife.com
Email: Jaymie (at) resilienceforlife.com
Phone: 917-673-3803
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Janine Hock Manhattan
Janine has spent the past 10 years developing her personal practice through daily asana, pranayama and study.
She feels deeply blessed to have met Jude English and Isaac Pena 8 years ago, and has studied with them through
their Sankalpah Teacher Training, many focused workshops, and practice. Through their guidance and support,
she has developed a deeper understanding of sequencing, alignment while incorporating breath work and meditation.
Janine has expanded her yoga study and teaching to include the Yin Yoga teaching certification with Sarah Powers,
her Therapeutic Yoga teacher certification with Cheri Clampette and Arturo Peal, as well as becoming a licensed
health counselor with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She continues to study with Sarah Powers, Arturo
Peal and Cherie Clampett. She is so thankful for all of her teachers’ generosity of spirit and insight.
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Web: www.nourishyourselfny.com
Email: janinehock8 -at- gmail.com
Phone: 917-783-1318
Studios: Physique 57
Exhalespa
and private classes.
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Joyce Cobb New York City
Joyce Cobb is a Certified Structural Yoga Therapist™ with additional trainings in Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga and a
background in Reiki and Shiatsu. She was overjoyed to discover Yin Yoga and have the opportunity to combine two joys of
her life, Yoga and Chinese medicine. It's profound healing effects have enhanced her own Yoga practice as well her
teaching practice. Joyce lives in New York City with her husband and son, where she is excited to bring the benefits
of Yin Yoga to a place where it is needed so much. Joyce offers private lessons in midtown Manhattan and monthly workshops in Soho and midtown.
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Web: www.freeyourjoints.com
Email: Joyce (at) blissfulbedrooms.org
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Petrina Plecko Nyack
Petrina was a professional modern dancer and choreographer. Her dancing carrier ended after a car accident.
As part of her healing journey, she (re)discovered yoga (Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Anusara), meditation (Shambhala and Vipassana),
and healing arts. Before becoming a full time yoga teacher and therapist in the mid 90's she has studied and practiced shiatsu and
traditional Chinese medicine, and taught macrobiotics & oriental and western approach to nutrition. She is deeply grateful to her
teacher Sarah Powers for weaving yoga, oriental healing arts and Insight Meditation so beautifully together and bringing her "back home".
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Studio: Petrina's Place
Email: petrina(at)petrinayoga.com
Phone: 845-304-3574
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Tina Ramsden Upstate New York
Tina has over 25 years experience teaching in the wellness/fitness field. Registered Yoga Alliance
Teacher, Trained in the Vinyasa Yoga tradition (under Shiva Rea); and trained Yin Yoga Tradition (under
Sarah Powers); Certified Danskinetics Teacher (Kripalu Yoga Center); Certified Group Fitness Teacher
under the American Council on Exercise; Certified Personal Trainer WITS at Onondaga Community College.
B.S.E. Recreation Therapy & Health Education. Tina teaches Vinyasa Power Yoga, Yin Yoga and Meditation
in Upstate New York at the Mirbeau Spa in Skaneateles, NY and The Wellness Center in Camillus, NY.
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Web: tinasyoga.jimdo.com
or www.hoacny.com
Email: ramsden_tina(at)yahoo.com
Phone: (315) 673-1863
or (315) 234-4673
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North Carolina
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Tami Osiecki Asheville, North Carolina
Tami has been practicing yoga and meditation since 1995. Her 1st class
was at the Yoga Shakti Mission in Palm Bay, Fl. where she was introduced
to yin, it was simply called yoga. After several years of practice, Tami
became a Yoga Therapist with Next Step Institute of Integrated Medicine
where she learned much about the healing potential of yin. She is
grateful to have attended Yin Yoga Workshops with Paulie Zink and Shala
Worsley and continues to study and learn about this most amazing
practice. Tami Osiecki has a Masters Degree in Education and is
registered with The Yoga Alliance.
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Email: tami (at) tamisbliss.com
Phone: 828-707-0988
Web: www.tamisbliss.com
#320 - 70 Woodfin Place,
Asheville, 28801
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Asheville Yoga Center Asheville, N Carolina
The Asheville Yoga Center is a community center dedicated to offering all styles of hatha yoga to the public. We have classes
perfect for total beginner's through advanced. We have classes for those in rehabilitation, or those who have been away from
their yoga practice for a while and need some inspiration. We have classes for pregnant women, children and really stressed
out folks. All of our teachers teach with compassion and acceptance. Love is the aim of Yoga, and we at the Asheville Yoga
Center strive to walk in that Love at all times. We have yoga for you! We offer both Yin Classes and occasionally Yin workshops.
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Studio: Asheville Yoga Center
239 South Liberty Street
Asheville, NC
28801-2334
Email: aycnow@gmail.com
Phone: (828) 254-0380
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Candace Seidl Cary, North Carolina
Candace discovered Yoga in 2004 and completed her 230-hour certification in 2007. She is inspired by Paul Grilley,
Heather Tiddens, Sarah Powers, Paulie Zink, and many others. Yoga touches my heart, my soul, and my love of movement.
Cougar Yoga is learning to love yourself and trust your power through the practice of yoga. Cougars take a leap of faith,
and by so doing, find themselves flying towards their dreams.
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Studio: Evolve Movement & Body Arts
Email: Cougar-Yoga (at) live.com
Phone: 919-622-9355
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Lisa Burke Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Lisa Burke's teaching style is influenced by Sarah Powers, Maritza (Anusara), Paul Grilley, Ana Forrest,
Judith Lasater and Bikram, all of whom she completed teacher trainings or intensives
while living in California. Lisa emphasizes pranayama and deep core work in all her classes
while also exploring or rediscovering one's authenticity. She encourages her students to share their
yoga with all beings outside the yoga room; getting strong and centered but flowing with grace and ease
and learning to deal with fear and daily struggle without anxiety...and most importantly, cultivating
your practice to being a positive influence in your life and other peoples' lives every day.
Lisa is teaching yin classes at Triangle Yoga in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Sundays 6-7:30,
Tuesday's 10:45 am, Tuesdays 5:45 p.m. and does Yin/Yang 3 hr. classes about once a month.
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Web: www.triangleyoga.com
Email: lisafultonburke(at)gmail.com
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Joe Furman Chapel Hill, North Carolina
I started studying yoga in New York City in 1976 and I'm certified as an interdisciplinary yoga teacher.
After being introduced to yoga, I quickly learned that the practice is a personal reflection of the inner-self,
filled with energy, radiance and grace. In my teachings, I like to encourage others to project their inner-selves;
to be a calm river flowing through mountains, a sun-star bringing color to darkness, an eagle soaring smoothly
over ocean winds. Yoga helps us bring balance to the yin and yang energies of the universe and I'm honored to
help others bring this balance into their lives.
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Email: anandajala(at)gmail.com
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Lisa McCaskill Durham, North Carolina
Lisa McCaskill has been practicing yoga since 2001. She discovered Yin Yoga in 2006 and immediately fell in love with the
practice for its quiet, meditative aspects. She delved deeper into the practice as she worked to recover from Adrenal
Fatigue and has found the practice provides an important balance to a very Yang lifestyle. Lisa received her certification
to teach Yin Yoga in 2010 and is excited at the opportunity to share this practice with others. Her practice is largely
influenced by Paul Grilley.
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Email: lmccaskill (at) myfastmail.com
Phone: 919-812-9740
Studio:Nataraja Healing Arts
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Andrea Dyer E-RYT Greensboro, North Carolina
Andrea Dyer, RYT 500, is a self-described "yoga-mutt," took her first yoga class in college and became a serious
student of multiple yoga styles in the mid-90's. A dedicated teacher, Andrea finds bliss in sharing yoga and is
inspired by everyone she meets on her yogic path. Andrea’s classes reflect her passion for sharing yoga and her
authentic, warm and light-hearted spirit. Andrea has been trained by world class teachers, including - Stephanie
Keach, David Williams, Paul Grilley, Sarah Powers, Doug Keller, Scott Blossom, Baxter Bell, Nicholai Bachman, Cora
Wen, Shala Worsley, Heather Tiddens, and David Keil. Andrea and her husband, Jon, own and operate mind|body|fitness
yoga and look forward to many happy yoga practices with you.
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Web: www.mindbodyfitnessyoga.com
Email: Andrea(at)mindbodyfitnessyoga.com
Phone: 336.392.9224
Studio:mind|body|fitness yoga
2949 Battleground Avenue
Greensboro, North Carolina 27408
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Ohio
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Matt Eshleman Cincinnati, Ohio
Matt has been practicing and teaching Yin yoga since 2004, and has trained with Paul Grilley and Paulie Zink. Matt
incorporates physical and subtle Anatomy, Philosophy, and Mindfullness Meditation into his Yin Yoga classes.
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Email: mail(at) youdoyoga.com
Studio:You Do Yoga
1319 Main Street
Cincinnati Ohio 45205
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Marcia Camino E-RYT Cleveland, Ohio
Marcia teaches adult and children’s yoga in the Cleveland area and is Cleveland’s only Amrit-certified yoga instructor,
having completed her yoga teacher training through the Amrit Yoga Institute in 2004. She holds a certificate in children's
yoga through the Radiant Child Yoga Program and has also completed Yin Yoga teaching training in anatomy with Paul Grilley.
Marcia has a daily yoga practice and since becoming certified has taught over 1,200 hours. She has practiced and studied
many styles of yoga; Yin Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Hot Yoga, Amrit Yoga, and Yoga Nidra form the basis of her eclectic and
meditative teachings. Marcia has produced two yoga CDs: Yoga Nidra and hOMEwork: Bringing Your Yoga Practice Home.
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Web: Pink Lotus Yoga
Email: marciacamino@gmail.com
Phone: 216-221-3255
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Oregon
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Paul Grilley Ashland, Oregon
Paul Grilley has been teaching Yoga since 1980 and his special interest is the teaching of Anatomy. He practices
Yoga postures in the style of Paulie Zink and patterns his philosophy on the writings and researches of Dr.
Hiroshi Motoyama —a Yogi and scientist from Tokyo, Japan. This philosophy integrates the Taoist Meridian and
Acupuncture theories of China with the Yogic and Tantric theories of India. Paul lives in Ashland, Oregon
with his wife Suzee.
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Web: www.paulgrilley.com
Email: grilley(at)cyberpc.com
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Angelica Rose Eugene, Corvallis & Salem
Angelica Rose, a national gifted essence training specialist since 1984 specializes in relaxation movement: expanded consciousness,
heart-full living, basic yoga-stretches, as well as heart centered communication and listening, & business development. Author of
Living life as you always dreamed, Secrets to running a successful business, 3 relaxation CD's and inspirational messages.
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Web www.heartofmotivation.webs.com
Email: angelica1rose (at) yahoo.com
Studio: The Heart Of Motivation
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Cinza Wilson Eugene
Cinza and has been practicing yoga and meditation for over 30 years. She was certified by Kundalini Research Institute/Yoga
Alliance and has done her Yin teacher training with the Grilleys. Cinza is on faculty at the University of Oregon's
Mind/Body department. She has volunteered to lead the early morning sadhana practices of reading, yoga and meditation in
an ashram for several years and studies Soto Zen Meditation, has a Masters in Psychology.
Cinza sees the path of Yin as a way to find alignment with one's most unique self and needs on the mat or as we move
about in our lives and a wonderful way to develop one's own personal practice. She is available for small private groups
or individual Yin practice and as a resource with body workers, fitness and medical professionals assisting their clients
to gain or regain mobility using Yin techniques.
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Email: cinza (at) aol.com
Phone: 541-337-4004
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Christine Binnendyk Portland, Oregon
Christine teaches an uplifting style of Yin yoga, with meditative aspects drawn from spiritual traditions from across
the globe. Participants are left with a new appreciation of their spiritual significance, and an awe of the
grand-scale of existence and non-existence. She was named a Mind-Body expert to the National Institutes of Health
(NIH,) and will present Yin yoga at the NIH Mind-Body conference in Sept. 2009.
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Web www.EffortlessMovement.com
Email: Christine(at)binnendyk.com
Studios: ClubSport Tigard, Oregon and
Nike World Headquarters
www.clubsports.com
Phone: 503-789-5833
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E.B. Ferdig RYT500 Portland, Oregon
E.B. is a yoga teacher and Integrated Movement Therapy Practitioner in Portland, Oregon. She is a 500-hr RYT, having trained
with Molly Lannon Kenny & Stephanie Sisson of the Samarya Center. She has also completed anatomy training with Paul Grilley.
Her classes include Yin/Yang and gentle yoga and yoga for chronic pain. Mindfulness training is an emphasized component of all her classes.
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Web www.bigyogayoga.com and
www.ebyogatherapy.com
Email: ebferdig (at) gmail.com
Studios: Big Yoga Yoga
5220 SE 42nd Avenue,
Portland, OR 97206
Phone: (503) 333-5484
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Leigh Drake RYT500 Portland, Oregon
Leigh has been practicing Yin Yoga since 2004 and teaching since 2009. She is registered with Yoga Alliance as an RYT500, with 100 hour of
additional training in Yin Yoga with Paul and Suzee Grilley.
In her Yin classes, Leigh generally takes a meditative/contemplative approach to the poses, as the long holds provide an opportunity to
practice inhabiting our bodies, feeling our emotions, and noticing our thoughts. Along with the stretching of the fascia during the practice,
the insights gained on the mat add flexibility to the way we handles ourselves in the world
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Web www.leighdrakeyoga.com
Email: leigh (@) leighdrakeyoga.com
Studios: Yoga Bhoga and
Montavilla Wellenss Center
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Pennsylvania
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Daniel Shankin Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Daniel’s yoga resonates through the entire being of the practitioner. A fascinating, miraculous blend
of mysticism, devotion, fluid movement, and grounded shape, this yoga has the ability to appropriately
challenge any level of practitioner in a myriad of ways. His classes dedicate practices which allow one
to learn how to climb into the body, to be in the body, to compassionately embrace places of limitation,
and to celebrate places of spaciousness and vibrancy. Eschewing dogma, Daniel offers myth, poetry,
and simple principles discovered by ancient yogis so his students can explore the depths of their own
minds, and be guided, rather than force fed as they open toward deeper meaning. His teachers both too
numerous and too mysterious to name, Daniel recognizes he would have not had the opportunity to meet
any of them had it not been for the kindness extended to him by the parents who gave him birth. He
divides his time between teaching, directing Main Line Yoga School in Ardmore, Pa, practicing
Thai Massage, sitting on his mat, and opening his hips really, really wide.
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Email: yoga(at)mainlineyoga.com
Studio:Mainline Yoga
www.mainlineyoga.com
66 Rittenhouse Place
Ardmore, PA 19003
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Corina Benner Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Corina Benner, took her first yoga class in 1992 (although she spent much of her childhood standing on her head!), and has been
teaching yoga since 1999. Viewing asana practice as an entry-point to self-study, Corina weaves the ancient tenets of yoga philosophy
into her teaching, inspiring students to discover how this ancient practice remains relevant today in their own lives both on and off
the mat. Her positive vibrations and contagious optimism empower students of all levels to practice with enthusiasm, while her detailed
instruction and intelligent sequencing create a safe space for students to explore the landscapes of their body, mind, heart and soul.
Certified to teach by Cyndi Lee at OM Yoga Center in NYC, Corina has been strongly influenced by the precision of Rodney Yee’s teaching,
the inspiration and heart-centeredness of Shiva Rea, and the profound importance of the bones and breath taught by Paul Grilley.
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Web www.CorinaBenner.com
Email: Corina (at) WakeUpYoga.com
Studio: Wake Up Yoga
Phone: 215-235-1228
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Felicia Graham Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
I am a yin and vinyasa yoga and received my yin and vinyasa
training from Corina Benner at Wake Up Yoga in Philadelphia. I currently teach 2 yin classes
at Wake Up Yoga South, Mondays from 7:45-9:15pm and Thursday mornings 9am-10:30am. I am available for private lessons.
I also teach at the Jefferson IBC Wellness Center and the Sporting Club at the Bellevue in addition to being on the sub
list for the Philadelphia Sporting Clubs.
I teach 90 minute yin yoga classes using the time to dive deeply into the connective tissues and offer different
themes for reflection. Our studios are fully stocked with mats, blocks and blankets to support the student as they
settle deeply into the shapes. By exploring the effect on the physical body, the breath, the emotions and mind the
student can develop a closer relationship with themselves and their strengths to take off that mat and into the world.
The yin practice brings an openness and juiciness into the body giving the student more mobility or increased mobility
with less discomfort.
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Web www.feliciagrahamyoga.com
Email: flea523 -@- yahoo.com
Studio: Wake Up Yoga
Phone: 267-974-1553
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Katrin Elia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Before Yoga became a passion in her life, Katrin was trained since childhood in classical ballet. Chosen for the
National Academy of Dance & Music to continue her studies, she discovered and practiced within the world of Joseph
Pilates. Yoga, for Katrin, became a natural extension of her practice.
As a certified Vinyasa teacher, she had her
first experience with Yin Yoga in 2005 and did not fall in love with it right away. She noticed though what the Yin
practice does to the body and enjoyed the practice of calming the mind through the breath. Katrin began to integrate
Yin postures more and more into her Vinyasa classes. Today, she believes that in order to balance the body and mind
you need to combine the Yin and the Yang energy in a yoga class. Katrin received her Yin Yoga Certification at Wake
Up Yoga in Philadelphia under Corina Benner in 2008. In 2009, she completed Erich Schiffmann's Yoga Teacher Training
in Los Angeles, and worked in 2010 intensively with Pauli Zink. She also instructs on the Yoga Wall where she loves
to deconstruct Yin Yoga postures which sometimes find its way back into a yin yoga class room.
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Web www.katrineliayoga.com
Email: katrin -@- katrineliayoga.com
Studio: The Yoga Garden, Narberth
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Richard Gartner Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Richard Gartner, RYT, continues the movement of independent yoga thinking, inspired by teachers like Tias
Little, Max Strom and Paul Grilley, who introduced him to the Yin Yoga philosophy. His teaching fuses traditional
asana and breathwork with contemporary anatomy and bodywork. It draws from many styles of yoga without sacrificing
the spirit of the practices. His practice and instruction draw from Ayurveda, massage and trigger-point therapies,
pilates, and body alignment techniques.
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Web www.rgyoga.com
Email: richard(at)rgyoga.com
Studio: schoolhouse yoga www.schoolhouseyoga.com
Phone: 412-401-4444
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Kristen Butera Wayne, Pennsylvania
Kristen is the Owner/Manager of the YogaLife Institute as well as the Editor of Yoga Living magazine. A heart centered bhakti (devotional) yogini,
she has been practicing yoga since 2002 and teaching and serving the PA Yoga community full-time since 2006. Kristen's 200 hour
certification is in Kripalu Yoga, with an additional 500 hours of training in Classical Yoga and 300 hours of training with Integrative
Yoga Therapy. She has studied Yin Yoga in-depth with Paul Grilley and has attended a variety of workshops and intensive programs with
Sarah Powers and Paulie Zink. She offers a variety of weekly Yoga classes, Weekend Intensives, Seminars and Teacher Training Programs
at the YogaLife Institute in Wayne, PA along with her husband Dr. Bob Butera.
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Web www.yogalifeinstitute.com
Email: yogalifeinstitute (at) verizon.net
Studio: YogaLife Institute
Phone: 610.688.7030
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Sally Miller Yardley, Newtown, New Hope
Sally Miller is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Registered Yoga Teacher, and dedicated student of Tantric Yogini Adept Parvathi Nanda Nath Saraswati.
She infuses her classes with holistic medicine, yoga philosophy and meditation, and finds that yin yoga is a powerful vehicle for healing all
levels of the mind/body. Sally's teaching incorporates the style and sequencing of Sarah Powers with the Kashmirian Shaivist lineage of embodying
Shakti (divine feminine energy). Sally has a private practice integrating yoga and Ayurvedic healing arts in New Hope, PA. She teaches workshops
and teacher trainings in the greater Philadelphia area.
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Web: www.yoginibloom.com
Email: sally(at)yoginibloom.com
Studios: The Prancing Peacock
and Yogasphere
Phone: 484-319-1453
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Rhode Island
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Alicia Barry Middletown
Alicia Barry is a certified 200 hour RYT with the Yoga Alliance specializing in Yoga for Cancer survivors and
Yin Yoga. Alicia has studied yin yoga for the past three years under the guidance of Sarah Powers . Offering her
students a practice blended from several wisdom teachings Alicia weaves yoga asana , meridian theory and buddhist
mindfulness practice into each of her classes.
She teaches in Rhode Island and is excited to have you join her on this wonderful journey down the yin river.
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Studio Innerlight
Email: bija54 (at) aol.com
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South Carolina
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Kimberley Puryear Columbia
Kimberley Puryear, RYT received her teacher training at the Asheville Yoga Center in Asheville, NC under the direction
of Stephanie Keach. She is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level completing over 350 hours to date.
Kimberley's personal practice began in 2003 and quickly became a life changing passion. Her love of meditation, Yin Yoga,
Ashtanga and Vinyasa have inspired her to share Yoga with others. She is passionate about helping students make connections
between practice on the mat and in their everyday lives. Through breath awareness and meditation, Kimberley strives to
help students let go of resistance and open up more fully to life. She has studied anatomy and Yin Yoga with Paul Grilley
and Yoga Therapy with Doug Keller. Kimberley is currently working towards her 500 hour Yoga Alliance certification.
Kimberley is the owner of Amsa Yoga.
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Web www.amsayoga.com
Email: amsayogasc(at)yahoo.com
Snail Mail: 140 Pelham Drive, Woodhill Plaza,
Columbia, SC 29209
Phone: (803) 695-0031
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Tennessee
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Leah Wallin Meulemans Chattanooga, Tennessee
I only began practicing yoga in 2008, but quickly realized that it would become a very important part of my life.
After less than a year into my own practice, I completed my RYT with Marianne Wells at Samasati in Costa Rica.
I continued my yin teacher training at the Asheville Yoga Center in North Carolina, and have been teaching Yin Yoga
classes since the fall of 2009. I often feel as if I have had a massage after a great yin class, and hope that my
students feel the same. My focus is on relaxing the body and mind while bringing out a more peaceful and balanced
state of mind. I love the therapeutic side of yoga and will often focus on specific areas of the body, frequently
at the request of my students. All body types are successful in these classes and I strive to ensure that all
students leave feeling relaxed, restored, and renewed.
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Email: leahmeulemans (at) gmail.com
Studios:Yoga East and
North Shore Yoga
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Utah
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Beth Iglecia Salt Lake City & Park City
Beth Iglecia integrates her experiences with Yin Yoga, Yang practices, Integrative Nutrition and Conscious Evolution
studies to help open people to making healthy and conscious choices from within. Her passion for yoga and living
consciously comes from having turned her own life around, having once suffered from ulcers, poor eating habits and
numerous sicknesses at a young age. Beth lives to share, learn, serve, and explore the depths of experience possible
through the balancing practice of Yin, living deeply, and appreciates working with people who feel the same.
Beth is certified by Yoga Works and has had the great fortune to deepen her studies with many remarkable teachers in
the yoga field.
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Web www.holifit.net
Email: beth(at)holifit.net
Snail Mail: 831 Westminster, Salt Lake City
Phone: 781-608-8513
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Vermont
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Damon Honeycutt Brattleboro, Vermont
Damon Honeycutt is a transdisciplinary artist whose work involves the cohesion of many traditions. He holds an MA in Conscious Evolution
and Integral Studies from The Graduate Institute and a BFA from California Institute of the Arts in Music Composition and Cross Cultural
Dance Studies. Starting his training in martial arts at the age of 11, he sought out and learned under teachers, masters and
institutions that would help him understand how to bring together the nature of tradition and integrate it with contemporary
modalities.
A prime student of both Paulie Zink and Paul Grilley, Damon's journey has been a freelance cultivation of the
artistic and warrior arts and has afforded him to work with many diverse artists and educators from all around the globe
including Pickle Shoes Dance, Scapegoat Garden, The NY Jedi, Nai Ni Chen dance company, Mei Yin Ng, Beijing Opera company
Yuan, Burat Wangi Gamelan, Oddfellows Playhouse, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Spectral Voices, and Crescent Street Films.
Currently Damon tours with Pilobolus Dance Theater's production Shadowland, and resides in Vermont where he teaches his personal
evolution of the Taoist arts.
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Email: damonomad5 @ gmail.com
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Stephanie Alice Jones Rutland, Vermont
Stephanie Alice Jones first discovered yoga in 1994. After several years of casual study, she began to practice
seriously in 2004. At the same time, she started teaching yoga to the children and adolescents at the day and
residential treatments schools at Vermont Achievement Center, where she is a schoolteacher.
Stephanie completed a 200-hour teacher training through Integrative Yoga Therapy in 2006. She also has over 200
hours of additional training in Radiant Child Yoga; Yoga for Every Child: Teaching Yoga to Children with Special
Needs; Yoga for Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety and PTSD; Yin Yoga; Restorative Yoga; and Lakshmi Voelker
Chair Yoga. Additionally, Stephanie has completed the Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Course at Sivananda
Ashram Yoga Camp. Stephanie teaches both Integrative and Yin Yoga classes, at Studio Bliss in Rutland. She also
offers classes at the Rutland Recreation Department and teaches Senior Chair Yoga classes aound the Rutland area.
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Email:woolyspiderwoman(at)yahoo.com
Phone: (802) 773-6419
Studio: Studio Bliss
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Virginia
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Jennifer O'Sullivan RYT500 Alexandria, Virginia
Jennifer's teaching style is an eclectic blend of foundational practices like Ashtanga Vinyasa and free-form
expressions of meditation in motion. She draws inspiration from the mindfulness teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh,
and she encourages her students to abide in the breath through the ups and downs of practice and life. Jennifer
enjoys practicing and teaching Yin Yoga for the opportunity to inquire into the nature of stillness in the body
and mind.
Jennifer holds yoga teaching certifications from Pure Prana Yoga Studio in Alexandria, Virginia (RYT 200); the
Nosara Yoga Institute (Self-Awakening Yoga & RYT 500); Manju Jois (Ashtanga Vinyasa); and Biff Mithoefer
(Yin Yoga). She is also a certified Pranassage and Thai Massage practitioner, receiving certifications from
the Nosara Yoga Institute and the Thai Institute of Healing Arts respectively. She is a member of the
International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour
level. Jennifer is also the Assistant Director of Pure Prana Yoga Studio's Holistic Yoga Teacher Training
in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Web: www.be-sati.com
Email: jen (at) be-sati.com
Studio: Pure Prana Yoga Studio
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Patricia Pao Leesburg & Fairfax, Virginia
I have been teaching Yin Yoga for the past year at various yoga studios in the Northern Virginia area.
I started teaching workshops, followed by a weekly Yin class. My current yin class is in Herndon, Virginia
at Health Advantage yoga and devote one yin session per year at Anahata Yoga
in Leesburg, Va. I incorporate the yin practice in my classes at Sun and Moon in Fairfax, Virginia and
in my corporate classes at EDS.
Patricia Pao (RYT 200) teaches from the heart and emphasizes opening up to the total
experience of yoga. She is a former professional dancer and ballet teacher. Pat has worked the last 20 years as
a movie casting director and loves traveling, reading and movies.
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Web: homepage.mac.com/patpao
Email: patpao(at)adelphia.net
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Michelle Mixell RYT500, CYT Leesburg, Virginia
In 2009 Michelle Mixell, owner of Yin Yoga Works, had the great fortune of studying yin yoga and anatomy with Paul Grilley -
an event that forever changed her approach to practicing and teaching yoga! She is so grateful for having found this
amazing practice called Yin Yoga.
Recognizing that the healing potential of Yin Yoga was quite significant based on her own personal
experience and the testimonials of her clients/students, Michelle teamed with Dr. Troy Allam, D.C., of Craig
Ranch Chiropractic, McKinney, TX, in March of 2010, to evaluate the efficacy of yin yoga to treat chronic low back pain.
Michelle is excited to share the benefits of this quiet, calm and very accessible form of yoga! Her goal is to
bring Yin Yoga into the mainstream as a commonly accepted complimentary treatment for chronic low back
pain and other stress related pain.
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Web: www.yinyogaworks.com
Email:michellemixell (@) yinyogaworks.com
Phone: 412.303.1444
Locations:
Advanced Corrective Chiropractic,
Lansdowne, VA
Ida Lee Recreation Center, Leesburg, VA
Life Time Fitness, Loudoun County, Sterling, VA
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MaryAnne Hägglund Richmond & Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
MaryAnne believes the practice of yoga has expanded her life in ways she never imagined. She completed the first
Yoga Source Teacher Training Program (Richmond, VA) in 2003 under the direction of Sandra Pleasants and Jennifer
Elliott and is certified with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. After studying the more Yang styles of yoga
(Hatha, Vinyasa, Iyengar) she was drawn to the Yin style because of its simple yet sophisticated nature and its
ability to compliment and balance our masculine and feminine sides. She is grateful to have attended workshops
presented by Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley.
MaryAnne brings humor and compassion to her classes and feels that the "real" yoga happens once we step off
the mat and into our daily lives. She incorporates Taoist, Zen and Buddhist wisdom via poetry, prose and
quiet space into her teaching style. Her hope is to inspire those who practice with her to move through the
world with an awareness that leaves it better than the way we found it. "Everything we do is sacred."
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Email: mariandl(at)comcast.net
Studio: Deep Run Hunt Club
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Susan C. Sandlin, L.Ac. Richmond, Virginia
Susan has practiced a variety of yoga forms since 1987, has been teaching since 1992 and was
certified in 1996. A practitioner of Chinese Medicine and an energy healer, Susan practices acupuncture, Chinese herbal
medicine, Tuina Chinese clinical massage, and nutritional and lifestyle consultation, at her healing center.
See www.westendeasternmedicine.com for more information.
Susan teaches weekly Yin classes at Yoga Source and studied with both Paul and Suzee Grilley and Sarah Powers. Since 2002, she has
continued to discover subtleties of the practice and has conducted many workshops and retreats, as well as
participated in Teacher Trainings. Susan's unique yogic voice speaks to the creation of sacred space and gratitude.
She infuses her classes with a deep respect for the ever changing rhythms of nature and challenges students to
simultaneously explore the vibration of the moment and the nature of impermanence.
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Web: www.yogarichmond.com
Email:SusanAcupuncture(at)aol.com
Phone: (804) 359-YOGA (359-9642)
Studio: Yoga Source
Suite 220 - 3122 W. Cary St.
Richmond, Virginia
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Natalie Schimick Richmond, Virginia
Natalie’s passion for yoga was born out of a desire to learn and to understand how to utilize the physical body to improve
one’s overall health and well being. Her background and experience as a certified fitness instructor provided the groundwork
for her inquiry into yoga. Having practiced yoga for over
ten years, Natalie earned her 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification through Alignment Yoga in Madison, Wisconsin and will complete
her 500-hour training in October, 2010. Understanding that every body is unique, Natalie focuses on the internal workings of the
body through a grounded approach, letting the breath and the body’s intuitive nature be the guide.
Inquisition into a balanced mind-body led Natalie towards the practice of Yin Yoga . Natalie has considerable training and experience
practicing and teaching Yin Yoga having studied with both Paul Grilley and extensively with Sarah Powers.
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Web: www.yogarichmond.com
Email:schimick (at) verizon.net
Phone: (804) 740-4017
Studio: Yoga Source
Suite 220 - 3122 W. Cary St.
Richmond, Virginia
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Candy Evans Richmond & Midlothian
Candy Evans, ERYT/RYT500 has been studying the wisdom tradition of yoga and practicing mediation and Tai Chi for more than 20 years. She
completed the 230-hour teacher training program at the Asheville Yoga Center in North Carolina under the direction of Stephanie Keach in
2007 and the Advanced Studies program in 2009. She has studied with many great and inspiring teachers from far and wide and loves and
appreciates them all. She has worked as a trainer and teacher for more
than 15 years. She enjoys bringing the practice of yoga to all people regardless of age, life circumstance, perceived ability, or experience.
Candy enjoys
bringing yoga outdoors and nature indoors. Her most dominant sources of inspiration both in life and in her classes include: Momma Earth,
Buddhist mindfulness practices, quantum physics, and Native American wisdom traditions. Candy's classes are a celebration of body and
breath infused with a playful spirit, some poetry and prose, loads of practical bits of data, along with some laughter, which hopefully
all combine to allow each student to connect with their own Infinite Source of inspiration and creativity both on and off the mat.
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Web: www.yogacandy.com
Email:laughing.buddha.yoga(at)gmail.com
Studios: Yoga Source
Suite 220 - 3122 W. Cary St
in Richmond and at
Journey Home Yoga
in Midlothian
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Debbie Stevens RYT 500 Roanoke, Virginia
Debbie is a certified yoga instructor, registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour level. She has been
teaching yoga for almost 20 years. Her first love is Kripalu Yoga, where she was first certified to teach yoga.
A few years ago, Yin Yoga caught her eye. She has studied with Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley. Debbie teaches
Yin Yoga regularly at The Yoga Center, on Tuesdays nights as well as Friday mornings. She appreciates the
balance of Yin Yoga with our usual Yang style of practice.
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Web: www.theyogacenterinc.com
Email:debbie(at)theyogacenterinc.com
Phone: (540) 345-4090
Studio: The Yoga Center
3107-C Franklin Road, SW
Piccadilly Square
Roanoke, Virginia 24014
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Melissa Hunter Virginia Beach
While a student at Virginia Wesleyan College I was introduced to Integral Yoga in 1994. It was during those first yoga
classes in 1994, that I knew my heart had found a home. After graduation I went on to be certified at Kripalu Yoga Center in
Chakra Yoga by Todd Norian and to travel the country attending various workshops, gratefully learning the style of Yin Yoga
from Sarah Powers in 2000. I am now honored to be a part of renowned Master Yoga Teacher Rolf Gates 500 Advanced Yoga
Teacher's Training Program. I now teach Yin and Vinyasa Yoga classes at Oceanfront Yoga in Virginia Beach, believing
the marriage of Yin and Vinyasa styles honors the mind and body in the most complete way.
Loving yoga since 1994 and
blessed to teach since 1999, I know it is a sacred honor to share this path with others and believe we do our best
when we bring our own truth and essence to our mats. My mission is to simply help others shine and become their own
teachers by helping others to live and embrace their truth and beauty.
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Web: www.melissahunteryoga.com
Email:melissahunteryoga (@)cox.net
Phone: 757-633-8850
Studio: Oceanfront Yoga
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Emily Sorensen St John, Virgin Islands
Emily began her journey as a Taoist Arts practitioner
in 1993 with Internal Martial arts and Qi Gong. This
path led her to the discovery of yoga in 1996. Her
yogic background includes study in Meditation,
Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Restorative and Yin Yoga. She is a
certified Yin Yoga teacher and recieved her training
from Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley in 2005.
Emily has been teaching Qi Gong,Internal Arts and Yoga
since 2004. Her classes provide deep awareness and
discovery of the self in a nurturing yet challenging
environment.
Emily has recently been certified in Qi Gong Massage
and Tuning the body. Her zest for life and loving
nature allow a gentle unfolding for the recipient.
Emily teaches at the Self Center at Caneel and
Cinnamon Bay campground on Sunny St. John.
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Phone: 340-514-2734
Email: sv.inspiration(at)gmail.com
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Washington, D.C.
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Kimberly Wilson Washington, D.C.
Kimberly Wilson, creative director and founder of Tranquil Space yoga, built a socially conscious and blissful
business in her living room in her mid-20s. Seeking a nurturing, community-focused and creative haven, she
created the modern day Tranquil Space. Kimberly has completed teacher trainings with Sarah Powers, ashtangi David Swenson
and vinyasa teachers Cyndi Lee, Baron Baptiste, and Shiva Rea. She brings a well-rounded approach to her
students, and is known for her inspirational and empowering style. Kimberly incorporates Yin Yoga into a lot of her work.
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Email: kimberly(at)tranquilspace.com
Phone: (202) 223.yoga (9642)
Studio: tranquil space
2024 p street, nw
washington, dc 20036
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Danielle Polen Washington, D.C.
Danielle, a native of texas, initially sought out yoga as a means of recovery from recurring dance-related
injuries, but quickly found that the effects of her practice reached far deeper than the major muscle groups.
While Danielle currently earns her livelihood as an immigration attorney, she views the role of teacher as a
great privilege, and has enjoyed teaching a variety of movement, writing, and law courses over the years. She
completed the 200-hour teacher training at Tranquil Space, and her classes reflect her solid grounding in
both the iyengar and anusara traditions coupled with the vinyasa flow. In addition, both her respect for
yoga and her interdisciplinary teaching style continue to be informed by ongoing studies with Shiva Rea,
Rodney Yee and Sarah Powers, among others. Danielle teaches Yin Yoga every Saturday at 3pm at Tranquil Space.
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Web: www.tranquilspace.com
Email: info(at)tranquilspace.com
Phone: (202) 223.yoga (9642)
Studio: tranquil space
2024 p street, nw
washington, dc 20036
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Yael Flusberg Washington, D.C.
Yael first came to yoga over ten years ago to manage chronic back pain, and help her deal with personal
stress and the challenges of community-based social change work. Yael is certified in yin yoga by Paul
Grilley and Sarah Powers, and teaches vinyasa and yin yoga in Washington, DC. Off the mat, Yael is a
meditation and reiki practitioner, a writer, and arts organizer. In her coaching and consulting practice,
she works with nonprofit leaders, social entrepreneurs, activists and artists to help them become more
creative and powerful agents of change while building in time for reflection and renewal.
To take a class with Yael, please check out the web site for the
Maruka School of Yoga & Healing in Washington,
DC. She is also available for private and group sessions.
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Web: www.marukadc.com
Email: Yael36(at)aol.com
Phone: (202) 745-1881
Studio: Maruka
1300 9th st., NW (9th & N St.)
Washington, D.C. 20001
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Mary Oscategui Washington, D.C.
Mary Oscategui has been trained and currently teaches the wisdom teachings and philosophies of
Buddhism, Yoga, Tantra, Reiki, Theosophy, Taoism, and Vipassana meditation.
Her studies also include Living Foods at the Ann Wigmore Institute, and she is currently training in
Acupressure and Holistic Nutrition. Her passion is to inspire, motivate, and teach
people how to live a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
She specializes in Yin Yoga along with various other healing modalities in order to provide an
enviornment that can awaken others to live to the immeasurable beauty of their divine potential.
Formally a manager for the Fitness industry, she successfully ran both a Group Exercise and a
Fitness department at The SCLA clubs and is also a certified Personal Trainer, Group Exercise
Instructor, Public Speaker, Writer, and Wellness/Nutrition coach.
Mary is conducting a number of Yin Yoga workshops in the Washington, D.C. area. Check out her
web page for details.
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Phone: 202-210-6826
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Lisa M. Bailey Seattle
Lisa's teaching style encompasses yoga practices that build strength, flexibility and stamina throughout the whole body, release stress,
restore energy and calm the mind. Each class provides insight into the essence of yoga, from its ancient roots to its relevance in today's
society, from the yoga mat into each student's whole life.
Lisa teaches yin yoga in a meditative style, allowing students to sink deep within themselves—physically, mentally and emotionally.
This yin yoga practice will greatly increase a student's flexibility of body and stamina of mind.
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Web: www.wholeyogawithlisa.com
Email: lisa (at) wholeyogawithlisa.com
Phone: 206-973-7535
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Nancey Cohen Seattle
Nancey Cohen practices and teaches Yoga at The Samarya Center in Seattle’s Central District. Her classes consist of Yoga philosophy, Yin,
Pranayama, Yoga Nidra & Meditation. She offers a free Silent Meditation class on selected Fridays. Fascinated by the
anatomy/Yin Yoga teachings and Taoist views of Paul Grilley, Nancey began studying with Paul and his wife, Suzee, in
May 2010, and will complete her 2nd in-residency training with them this August. She is quite passionate about the
benefits of Yin Yoga, and looks forward to sharing this quiet practice with her students.
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Email: nanceycohen@gmail.com
Studio: The Samarya Center
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Joanna Dunn RYT Leavenworth
Joanna has been teaching since 2000 when she began training under Lynn Kingston of Northampton, Massachusetts. With
Lynn, she studied Vinyasa as well as Yin Yoga. Joanna also became certified by Kripalu in 2001. She is currently
teaching in various locations in Leavenworth, Washington. Joanna offers vinyasa, yin and restorative yoga classes.
She is studying nutrition and plans to offer nutrition counseling services in the near future. She is driven to
teach by her belief that many people living in discomfort, alienated from their bodies can find healing and peace
through yoga, movement and delicious, good food.
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Web: www.joannadunn.com
Phone:509-548-7804
Email: jojo(at)joannadunn.com
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Wisconsin
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Peter Marnocha Madison
I am a continuing student and teacher of Yoga. My Yoga teaching and practice is heavily influenced by the Bhagavad Gita, The Yoga Sutras
of Patanjali, and The Hatha Yoga Pradipika. I strive to practice, teach, and live inspired by the eight limbs of classical, or Raja Yoga
and other spiritual paths.
In addition to teaching and practicing traditional Hatha Yoga, I teach a "YinFusion Yoga" class heavily influenced by Paul Grilley and Sarah
Powers. This practice is primarily Yin Yoga with a blending of Yang postures and concepts.
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Web: www.p2myoga.com
Phone: 608.239.3280
Email: peter(at)p2myoga.com
Studio: Body in Balance
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Karen Jefson Milwaukee
I have been studying yoga since 1997 and began teaching in 2004 after receiving certification (RYT-200)
through Alignment Yoga. I came to yoga as a means of exercise, to reap the benefits of strengthening and
toning my body. And while I did experience and appreciate those benefits, I soon realized that for me
yoga went far beyond the physical practice. Over the years my practice has evolved and helped me through
many life changes. I struggled with developing my meditation practice until practicing Yin. Yin has
infused clarity and calmness into my daily life.
I offer group classes, private lessons, therapy yoga, and workplace yoga. I also teach yoga as a
therapeutic approach for children with special needs, such as autism, down symdrome, or learning
disabilities. I teach at several locations in the Milwaukee area. My class offerings and schedule
can be found on my website.
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Email: karen (at) yahoo.com
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