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1250 Addison Street ∼ Studio 209
2121 Bonar Street ∼ Studio C
Berkeley, CA 94702
510-843-8784 |
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Vickie Russell Bell has been studying yoga since 1990 and started teaching in 1994 in Ohio. Her teaching style emphasizes body awareness, alignment and the integration of mindfulness and ease in the yoga practice and in daily life. She is a very warm and inviting teacher who likes to challenge her students to higher levels of awareness. Vickie is a graduate of the Piedmont Yoga Studio's Advanced Studies Program and is certified through Judith Lasater as a Relax & Renew Trainer.
yogavickie@hotmail.com
(510) 290-7401
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"Let the beauty you love be what you do." It was these words by Rumi that led Tammy to deepen her study of yoga and become a teacher. Tammy affirms the beauty in each of us with the beauty of alignment and breath, teaching an Anusara®-Inspired yoga class that leads with the heart, surrenders to the moment, and opens up to laughter and possibility. Tammy has experienced and believes that yoga has the capacity to heal and renew body, mind and spirit. Tammy adores being a mother and also adores being a yoga teacher to both children and adults. She is a massage therapist with a keen understanding of anatomy and the physiology of the body. She once was a triathlete and an executive in the high technology industry. She understands the impact of extensive training for endurance sports and the challenge of maintaining and finding balance in life. In her classes, she emphasizes the value of nurturing the body, mind and spirit. Tammy has practiced yoga for over 13 years and is a dedicated student to both her teachers and her students.
tam_button@yahoo.com
(510) 872 1514
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Sadie Chanlett-Avery is a certified yoga teacher with several years of experience. She received her teacher training from Ana Forrest and participated in the Glenn Black Yogi Training Project in the jungles of Costa Rica. Having taught novice to advanced students, she can adapt the class to a range of ages and a variety of abilities. She has a playful approach that applies the ancient practice of yoga to individual needs and modern lifestyles. Sadie is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Holistic Health Education from JFK University.
schanlet@hotmail.com
(510) 566-4359
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Jill brings a sense of ease and joy to her teaching. Combining both the
subtle and dynamic, her classes are active yet gentle. A graduate of the Yoga Room's Advanced Studies Program, Jill focuses on correct alignment
within the form and the effective use of props, making her classes
accessible to people of all ages, abilities and body types. She combines her
love of yoga with breathing awareness and meditation to create space for
both body and soul.
jill@jpdcom.com
(510) 540-5286
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Zô De Muro brings a wealth of perspectives to his classes, from the core strength of Pilates to the rigor of Iyengar yoga, from the intensity of weight training to the graceful expression of Nia dance. Zô's passion is to foster true functional fitness for the athlete, the weekend warrior, or anyone seeking to live a long and healthy life. As a personal trainer certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), Zô is sole proprietor of Left Coast Fitness, based in San Francisco.
zo@leftcoastfitness.com
(510) 409-9812
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Lily's fascination with movement and the mind/body connection began at an early age through her childhood dance lessons. Dance led her to the practice of yoga, which she has been studying since 1998. Now a modern dancer with LEVYdance, (www.levydance.org) Lily's classes draw from her appetite for movement by integrating the energizing grace of vinyasa flow with a focus on inward cultivation. Challenging yet nurturing, she provides a safe space for students to play with their own perceived limitations. Her classes generate internal heat through vigorous posture flows, simultaneously allowing one to find length in the muscles and fascia of the body and openness in the nadis, or energy pathways of the body. Designed to still the mind, open the heart, and melt tension in the body, her class is accessible to all levels. She is also available to teach private sessions.
lilyyoga@gmail.com
(510) 928-5416
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Melanie Green is a yoga teacher, mother and co-director of the Berkeley Yoga Center. She has been practicing yoga since 1992 and teaching since 2000. Melanie makes yoga accessible to all. While encouraging students to focus on their breath, she teaches her students to deepen their practice as they honor their bodies. She values the spiritual aspects of yoga integrated with the asanas. Melanie focuses as much on the profound inner lessons of yoga: attention to the breath, letting go of thoughts and ego and perseverance through practice, as she does on the physicality of the poses. This process has been informed by Melanie's own experience with scoliosis.
Melanie's yoga background includes Ashtanga, Iyengar, Pre/Postnatal and Vipassna Meditation. She has trained with Tim Miller, Dena Kingsburg, Judith Lasater, Lisa Walford, David Swenson and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Currently, she attends Mysore practice with Vance Selover at the Berkeley Yoga Center. Her daily practice informs her teaching and gives her an abundance of experience from which to teach others. Melanie always finds ways to integrate lessons from her own yoga practice into her daily life with her partner and children.
In addition to her regularly scheduled classes, Melanie also offers private instruction and workshops.
melyoga@hotmail.com
(510) 559-8890
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Jonothon, a psychiatrist and yoga teacher,
has focused on the connections between mind and body for more than
twenty years. He continues to wonder about the elusive nature of
the human soul.
jonothong@msn.com
(510) 236-8612 |
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Marie Hart has studied and practiced Iyengar yoga, pranayama and meditation since 1978 and first began to teach in 1981. She is a graduate of and now administers the 3-year Advanced Studies Program of The Yoga Room in Berkeley, an Iyengar-style teaching school. A former dancer, dance coach, and instructor in Indian music, she brings a dedicated, creative and disciplined approach to yoga.
Her level 1-3 classes create a path to opening tight shoulders, hips and hamstrings; this takes you gradually and safely beyond your present limits, while satisfying the body's desire for a workout. Marie's was chosen "Best Yoga Class" in the East Bay Express's "Best of the East Bay" in 2001.
mariehartyoga@hotmail.com
mariehartyoga.com
(510) 658-3097
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Erin Hill is the founder of Deeper Still, an engaged meditation class for teenagers at Berkeley Yoga Center. She is a member of the Teen Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, co-leads a coming-of-age group with the Stepping Stones Project, and mentors teens and young adults throughout the Bay Area. She also teaches yoga to youth and adults in groups and private lessons.
erinmichellehill@gmail.com
(510) 847-9677 |
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Swaran Kaur is a KRI certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor. She is dedicating her life to helping others uplift their lives through the beautiful and powerful path of Kundalini Yoga. She loves to teach anyone who is interested in opening their body, mind, and heart to higher awareness and love. She has taught in NYC, New Mexico, and our wonderful Bay Area.
iriscastle@hotmail.com
(212) 729-8407 |
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Scotty McCaulley has been a student of yoga for ten years and has been teaching for the past two. He teaches Iyengar style yoga and emphasizes the internal spaciousness that the practice of yoga can offer. Scotty's past experience as a psychotherapist brings to his teaching a focus on how yoga can enhance our overall mental, emotional and spiritual health, and he does so with a sense of humor.
(510) 649-1800 |
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Alexis Mulhauser is thrilled to be a teacher at Berkeley Yoga Center. Her
studies in Yoga, Ayurveda, Tantra, and Macrobiotic Cooking have been her greatest teachers. For over ten years, she has devoted herself to teaching yoga throughout the country and abroad. She lives in the Bay area and teaches a blend of Yin and Yang (Hatha Vinyasa) styles of yoga. Weaving insight from both her study of yoga philosophy and her daily spiritual practice, her classes inspire students to shine while developing and discovering the balance inherent in all life. She has a degree in Human Ecology and Nutrition, is a macrobiotic chef, and enjoys experiencing her life path of yoga with everyone.
yoginiam@hotmail.com |
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Danish by birth and a lover of truth, Herdis has been a student and teacher of yoga and meditation for 25 years. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and co-founder of the Berkeley Yoga Center.
Herdispelle@pacbell.net
(510)
649-9812
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yoginijazz@yahoo.com
(510) 927-6192
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Ariel Roland-Holst began studying yoga in 1989 after many years of dance. She is a graduate of the Advanced Studies Program at the Yoga Room. She approaches yoga as a means of self-discovery and meditation between human nature and the pragmatic realities of our daily lives. In yoga, self-examination and mind-body communion offer enormous potential to strengthen ourselves physically, spiritually, and socially. The gradual, integrated, and progressive challenges posed by the asanas remind us that life is a process of overcoming. From opening salutation to savasana, we experience a microcosm of life itself. Ariel's commitment as a teacher is to facilitate the personal discovery and growth that can accompany this.
ariella262002@yahoo.com
(510) 206-4567
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Esther Antonelli Schmidt was born and raised in Berkeley. A Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, she has practiced yoga for over eight years, gaining knowledge from a wide array of styles and teachers. Esther facilitates flow and rhythm during asana classes that integrate breath with movement, challenge with joy, and growth with playfulness. She is sensitive to the great variation among students, including physical and emotional differences; she addresses these with thoughtfulness and makes modifications as necessary. She instructs with enthusiasm, compassion and confidence, because she recognizes yoga as immense and sacred.
yoga@breathe-esther.org
www.Breathe-Esther.org
(510) 725-5456 |
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See www.ashtangayogaberkeley.com for more information about Mysore classes.
vance_selover@yahoo.com
(510) 301-6747 |
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Ada's practice of yoga and meditation began in 1993 as an organic progression from her work as a professional dancer and Pilates instructor, and a path to healing career-related injuries. She is a Certified Yoga Teacher and graduate of the Advanced Studies Program at the Yoga Room in Berkeley, a three-year teacher-training program in the Iyengar Tradition. She guides students of all levels and life stages through a challenging yet accessible practice in which postures are explored incrementally to facilitate deepening awareness, openness, strengthening, and healing of the body. Ada's teaching is inspired by Donald Moyer, Mary Lou Weprin, Patricia Sullivan, the dedication of her students, her passion for movement, and the study of human anatomy. She leads classes and retreats throughout California's Bay Area. See www.adayoga.com for more information.
info@adayoga.com
(510) 552-0155 |
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E-mail: shshoup@gmail.com
(510) 858-5588
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Cybèle Tomlinson is a teacher, mother, and the co-director of the Berkeley Yoga Center. Her yoga background includes study of Kundalini, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vini and Yin Yoga; teachers who have most influenced and inspired her practice and teaching are Sarah Powers, Erich Schiffmann, Richard Miller, Donald Moyer, and Hameed Ali.
Cybèle's classes are a blend of Yin yoga and other more rigorous styles, with an emphasis on cultivating breath and flow in your practice. Classes are challenging, while respecting the body's limits: students are supported to find their own "edge," going as deeply as they wish. Cybèle provides an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere in which to investigate the totality of your experience: physically, mentally, and emotionally. In addition to regular classes, Cybèle offers private sessions, workshops and retreats.
As well as teaching, Cybèle also writes; she is the author of Simple Yoga and Ayurveda Wisdom. She is currently deeply immersed in the Diamond Approach, a contemporary spiritual teaching. She lives with her husband and two sons in Berkeley.
cybeleb@hotmail.com
(510) 558-6936
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Gay White has taught yoga since 1989 and is on the faculty of the Yoga Room's Advanced Studies Program in Berkeley, CA. She teaches asana classes of all levels, breathing awareness, and an innovative flowing style of practice called Yoga Movement. She is the founder and artistic director of the Yoga Garden Dancers and was inspired by her studies with Geeta Iyengar in Pune, India.
gay@yogagarden.org
(510) 528-9909 |
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