485
" A " Street Ashland, Oregon
Meet Our Highly Qualified Instructors |
|
| Vanessa, Certified Anusara Instructor and E-RYT500
and co-founder of the Ashland Yoga Center where she has taught
classes and workshops for 11 years. She also holds a teacher certification
from the Iyengar Institute of San Francisco and continues to evolve
her teaching from the universal source of yoga in herself, her
students and other teachers. Vanessa’s classes combine vinyasa
flow and sustained poses with a focus on core strength and integration
of breath, alignment and presence in students of all levels. She
is passionate about the power of Anusara principles applied and
explored in the context of opening the heart to the flow of “Shri”,
the irrepressible beauty and creative energy of life. Private practice
or therapeutic sessions are available. Phone: 541-301-0177 or E-Mail Vanessa |
|
| Marion has been teaching yoga
since 1987, and is one of the founders of the Ashland Yoga
Center. She is a graduate of the Advanced Studies Teacher
Training Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco.
Marion’s style is gentle and flowing. She emphasizes going deeper
into the poses by letting go of tension. Phone: (541) 488-4448 or E-mail Marion |
|
| Melissa has been teaching vinyasa flow style classes and workshops for over 9 years in the Rogue Valley. Melissa is a dedicated student, having studied within the Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Iyengar traditions, as well as meditation practice. Melissa's intention in teaching is to support the student's container in which to grow and refine themselves...remembering their own integrity, alignment, mind, body, and spirt connection to grace. Available for privates individual and small groups. E-mail Melissa |
|
| Kristin spent 2 years in Mysore,
India, studying Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and
yoga philosophy and pranayama with Dr. Shankaranarayana. She has been
teaching yoga since 1987 and leads teacher trainings and workshops
nationally. Kristin joins AYC from Richard Freeman's Yoga Workshop in
Boulder, CO, where she taught from 1998 - 2003. Kristin brings her joy
in life and deep understanding of the body's innate intelligence to her
teaching. Private sessions available Phone: (541) 535-1022 or E-mail Kristin |
|
| Vrnda
has been exploring yoga since the 1970s & was certified in 1988 in
the Sivananda style, trained in the Iyengar style w/Geeta Iyengar &
senior teachers, & completed an Anusara Training in 2002. Both a
student and teacher of focused, purposeful living, she creates sacred
space for deep personal exploration, making possible the transformation
and increased self awareness that yoga offers. She inspires students to
explore their potential, while respecting individual capacity. Vrnda is
also a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, Hakomi therapist and a
Relax and Renew Trainer. She is available for private sessions and
children’s classes Phone: (541) 552-0108 or E-mail Vrinda |
|
| Lizz helps her students celebrate
the present moment and connect to their inner teacher. Her style is
focused, yet light and open-hearted. Classes emphasize ease, strength,
flexibility and precision riding on the flow of breath. Lizz is a
certified Integrative Yoga therapist and a dancer with extensive
training in massage and body centered counseling; she has practiced,
studied and taught yoga for over 20 years Phone: (541) 482-6858 or E-mail Lizz |
|
| Nora began teaching Yoga four years ago at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center where she completed the 300 hr. certification program. She has completed Teacher training with world renowned instructors Erich Schiffman and Sarah Powers and is certified as a therapeutic Yoga instructor. Nora’s Love and devotion to Yoga is unwavering. She shares that Love and devotion with her students. Nora provides a safe space for her students to relax deeply in order to release accumulated stress. As a certified Therapeutic Yoga instructor her gentle approach to Yoga focuses on healing, self discovery and the pure joy of being in the present moment. Private Sessions Available.
Phone: (541) 482-8870 or E-Mail Nora |
|
| Lindagrace, RYT has actively practiced, studied and taught classical hatha yoga since completing her teacher training in Kriya Yoga in 1995 (the Yoga Connection, Tucson, AZ). Continuing education in the Iyengar and Anusara traditions combine with studies in tai chi and chi gong to create her gentle, inclusive teaching style. She values deep breathing, good alignment, strengthening and experiencing joy as a result of a well rounded practice. She is skilled in teaching gentle/ restorative yoga, and loves to work with seniors and practitioners of all ages and levels. | |
Michal Palzewicz  |
Michal grew up in Warsaw, Poland and has continued his exploration of yoga since age 17. Strongly influenced by the beauty, precision and depth of Iyengar's teaching method, Michal has trained with many accomplished mentors around the world including Patricia Walden and Karin Stephan of Cambridge, MA. His yoga teaching style emphasizes efficiency, living in a blissful state of being and alleviating suffering in the body. Asanas (yoga poses), selected for their essence and qualities, help guide the body back into a state of balance. The practice of awareness brings compassion, wisdom and clarity. Becoming aware of unconscious thoughts, emotions and restrictions in the body creates a greater opening for change. Michal has also performed around the world as a cellist and enjoys bringing the musician's mind into the practice of yoga. Website: www.ashlandyogaclasses.com . email
. E-Mail Michal |
| Paige Cogger |
Paige is a certified Kripalu yoga instructor who began exploring yoga while traveling in India ten years ago. She has spent time living in ashram settings in the U. S. where she has been able to immerse herself in yogic teachings, and has studied extensively with Yoganand Michael Carol, a masterful yogi with a thorough understanding of the deeper practices. Paige's classes offer an exploration of asana and pranayama with the intent to cultivate the balance of sensitivity and strength, enabling growth in body, mind and spirit. Students will be encouraged to challenge themselves, but always in a compassionate, non-competitive way. Private sessions available. Phone: (541)482-8150 or E-Mail Paige |
Krista Holland  |
Krista has had a lifelong passion for the movement and
healing arts. She was first introduced to Eastern philosophy, mysticism and various practices of meditation at an ashram in India
at the age of twelve. Inspired by seeing her mother's Ashtanga yoga practice, she began practicing hatha yoga in 1989. Her yoga practice has been nurtured and guided by many wonderful teachers branching from the Sri T. Krishnamacharya lineage. Krista has completed four teacher training courses (Rod Stryker, Ana Forrest, John Friend and
The Center for Yoga, L.A.). She has been teaching yoga since 1998.
Krista is gifted at teaching all levels of students, from those just
beginning yoga to advanced practitioners. She is known for her
passionate, insightful and transformative teaching.
|
Cynde Gragert  |
Cynde's committment to the practice of yoga and to ayurvedic and buddhist principles spans 28 years. Teaching yoga has always been a blessed opportunity to practice mindfulness, loving kindness and a healthy physical lifestyle. Her classes deeply nourish, building strength and flexibility with a balanced integration of Yang and Yin style postures which both energize our vital forces and deeply rejuvenate our being. She brings her understanding of anatomy, kinesiology and injury rehabilitation to the healing and support of the body through yoga practice. Discover your own deep core of stillness, strength, and peace through yoga. |
Janet Langley  |
Janet Langley is a certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor. She has been practicing yoga since 1987, and discovered the Iyengar method in 1994. Recognizing the opportunity for lifelong learning and growth the Iyengar method provided, she apprenticed in San Diego for seven years working toward Iyengar certification. She now holds an Intermediate Junior certification. Janet’s natural teaching style encourages students to challenge themselves with determination and light-heartedness. Phone: (541) 778-2780 or E-Mail Janet |
Sheryl Grunde  |
Sheryl Grunde has been teaching yoga for the last 10 years, and has a diverse background including a foundation in Iyengar yoga, certification as an Ananda Yoga instructor, and continuing practice and study in vinyasa and Anusara yoga. She loves to breathe, has a keen eye for alignment, and is a natural teacher with a gift for description. Sheryl is also a Thai Massage therapist with an office in Ashland. Since 2002, when she was first pregnant, Sheryl has been passionate about sharing yoga with women transitioning into motherhood. She teaches prenatal yoga and "Baby Yoga," for postpartum moms and babies, works as a doula at the Ashland Community Hospital, and offers pregnancy massage. Phone: (54) 951-7474 or E-Mail Sheryl Website: www.honoringthemother.com |
Wendy Hale  |
Wendy Hale has been an early childhood educator for 15 years. She combines her experience and wisdom from her teaching career, her 12 years of training in Self Awareness Counseling, and her certification as a Children’s Yoga Instructor, in her Kid’s Yoga classes. Introduced to spiritual practices at an early age, Wendy values the foundation that brought to her life and recognizes the wisdom, and powerful connection to their spirit that children are born with. Her classes utilize the joy and playfulness within those powerful connections and within yoga. |
Christina Howell  |
Christina Howell’s yoga practice has developed over the last decade with several teachers on the east coast. Christina's teaching style incorporates Kripalu, Anusara and her own dance background. She lived at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Mass, where she studied and practiced daily with world renowned teachers. She has also studied Anusara yoga extensively over the past several years, through teachers who have studied under John Friend. Her most inspirational teachers have been Vanessa Scott and Ulla Lundren. Her style of yoga emphasizes connection to the spirit through breath, intention setting and a continual focus on the Self. In addition to teaching yoga, Christina is also a holistic therapist. She has integrated her psychology, nutrition and yoga studies into a unique style of counseling utilizing breathwork, meditation, nutritional knowledge, yoga postures and psychology in her private sessions and group workshops. Christina is also very passionate in using yoga to work with at risk populations. She has worked with a residential facility for girls in Ashland; incorporating yoga, art and coping skills to increase self esteem. and has also utilized yoga in recovery programs with adults who are in addictions programs. E-Mail Christina |
| Savina Cirelli |
Savina E-Mail Christina |
