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Diane Alarcon

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Steven Bishop

kirsten — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 07:30:42 +0000

Steven Bishop, RYT-500, received both his 200 hour and 500 hour yoga training in India from Sampoorna Yoga School. He has also studied under a variety of teachers in the United States in the Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Yin yoga styles as well as Piyo, and Broga. He is a Registered Respiratory Therapist, has a Master’s degree in physiology, and a Ph.D. in higher education and psychology. Steven has taught respiratory therapy, psychology, anatomy, and yoga at the college level. Steven served as Dean of Allied Health and retired as Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Ozarks Technical Community College. He currently teaches yoga and boot camp classes for CoxHealth Meyers Fitness Center in Springfield, Missouri where he has taught yoga for the past 10 years.

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Dianne Bondy

kirsten — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 06:10:43 +0000

Dianne Bondy is a celebrated yoga teacher, social justice activist and leading voice of the Yoga For All movement. Her inclusive view of yoga asana and philosophy inspires and empowers thousands of followers around the world – regardless of their shape, size, ethnicity, or level of ability.

She applies over 1000 hours of training to help her students find freedom, self-expression and radical self-love in their yoga practice. She shares her message and provides millions of followers with affordable access to online yoga classes, workshops and tutorials at her virtual studio, Yogasteya.com. Dianne contributes to Yoga International, Do You Yoga, and Elephant Journal. She is featured and profiled in international media outlets, including: The Guardian, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, and People. She is a spokesperson for diversity in yoga and yoga for larger bodies, as seen in her work with Pennington’s, Gaiam, and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition. Her work is published in the books Yoga and Body Image and Yes Yoga Has Curves. Visit diannebondyyoga.com for more information.

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Kelley Carboni-Woods

kirsten — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:54:43 +0000

Kelley Carboni-Woods is a writer, wellness advocate, and community organizer committed to using the tools and philosophies of yoga to cultivate liberation, joy, and peace for herself and others. Her connection to the living practice of yoga—a path of mindful wellness and self realization—fuels her work, impacts her life, and propels her to want to share it with others through her writing, events, and guest teaching opportunities. Kelley is focused on making this healing practice accessible to all, connecting to communities that are normally excluded or ignored in mainstream wellness circles. Through in person and online offerings, she centers her work on making these connections with authentic and sustainable tool building. Her writing, offerings and more about her can be found at www.peacefilledmama.com.

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Julie Chavanu

kirsten — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:53:55 +0000

Julie Chavanu, RYT 500 is the founder of Find Your Voice Yoga Teacher Training and is dedicated to helping people not just learn to teach yoga, but to find and share their unique voice in teaching. She is a yoga teacher, marketing consultant, and previously owned a yoga studio. Julie discovered yoga while working as a manager in the telecommunications industry and began using it as a tool to manage stress, but soon realized she wanted to share yoga with others, too. Practicing since 1998 and teaching since 1999, she completed a 200 hour program in 2007 and followed with a 500 hour program in 2008. Finding the connection of breath and movement key to deepening her own practice, she teaches vinyasa flow and moving meditation classes.

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Phindile Dhlamini

kirsten — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:48:45 +0000

Phindile Dhlamini-Motshegwa, RYT 200, is an avid yoga practitioner with over a decade of practice and experience. Her area of interest primarily revolves around the yoga eco-system and the diverse communities that make up the industry. She is exploring her curiosity for understanding the application of enterprise governance principles and international best practice—in different types of organizations, across different sectors. She is a supporter of moving towards professionalizing the yoga industry—as a part of the larger health sector—in order to preserve the integrity of teaching the practice. Phindile is currently focusing on producing and contributing to programs and projects that offer yoga in underrepresented spaces, with people who wouldn’t ordinary have access.

Yoga appeals to Phindile because of its unique ability to be both exclusive and inclusive at the same time: exclusive, as it is meant to be a time to selfishly connect; and inclusive, in that it is for all ages, genders, sizes, and ethnicities. She firmly believes that yoga can, and should, be accessed by anyone, anywhere. Phindile feels compelled to share herself through this work, where she is dedicated to teaching and instilling a sense of pride and dignity to those who may be uninspired or feeling depleted.

Phindile practices Hatha, Vinyasa, Bikram, and Kemetic yoga, which influence her eclectic teaching style. She always maintains a pursuit of knowledge and information in the ancient tradition of mindfulness, in a quest towards continuous self-improvement. She is dedicated to living a life full of love, passion, and purpose—attributes she hopes will resonate with all who meet her on her path. Phindile feels blessed and privileged to be able to offer this work as her gift to the world.

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Jacci Gruninger

kirsten — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:45:05 +0000

Jacci Gruninger, E-RYT 500, RPYT, YACEP, C-IAYT, MHS is a Santa Fe based yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and educator. Jacci feels she has been on a journey of awareness and awakening her whole life, and states that she was practicing “yoga” before she ever practiced yoga. This way of being alive and present for every experience is what calls to her most deeply and infuses her teaching. She uses the practice of yoga to see how her habits restrict, distract and cause suffering. Using observation and witnessing, a skill she learned from her teachers Yoganand Michael Carroll and Sudhir Jonathon Foust, she is better able to see her habits and open her life to finding more freedom and joy. As a teacher, Jacci invites her students to go inside themselves and feel rather than focusing on what the pose looks like. She uses the techniques of inquisition and witnessing to encourage and enable students to be present in their lives. Jacci holds a Master’s degree in Health Science from George Washington University and has completed over 1500 hours of training in a wide variety of yoga disciplines. She completed her 200 and 500 hour yoga teacher trainings at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and then completed a second 500 hour certification in yoga therapy. She is a certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT), registered prenatal yoga teacher (RPYT), as well as a Thai Yoga Massage Therapist. Jacci is the Executive Director of the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts as well as Director of their 200-hour, Basic Prenatal, Restorative Yoga, and Gentle Yoga Teacher Trainings. She lives in Santa Fe with her son, Justin, and their dog Ash.

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Justin Jetton

kirsten — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:09:01 +0000

Justin Jetton, MA, MS, RYT 500 is a vinyasa flow yoga teacher and a certified sexual assault response coordinator. He is the owner of Light Lizard Yoga, a visiting teacher at Kripalu, and has been teaching yoga for the past 8 years. Justin is an active duty Air Force officer and has fused his yoga teaching with the military to help reduce stress and increase mental and emotional resilience in the military community and survivors of traumatic events. In the military, Justin works on the development, testing and evaluation of military personnel and programs with a focus on measuring the effectiveness of projects. More information can be found at www.lightlizardyoga.com.

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Judith Hanson Lasater

kirsten — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:54:57 +0000

Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D. in East-West Psychology and a physical therapist, has taught yoga around the world since 1971. She is a founder of the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco, CA, and of Yoga Journal magazine.

Ms. Lasater trains yoga teachers throughout United States, and is often an invited guest at international yoga conventions. She is president emeritus of the California Yoga Teachers’ Association as well as the author of numerous articles on yoga and health for nationally recognized magazines.

Her most recent book is Restore and Rebalance: Yoga for Deep Relaxation, Shambhala Press, December 2017. She has also created numerous digital courses about teaching and practicing yoga.

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Cyndi Lee

kirsten — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:53:11 +0000

Cyndi Lee is the first female Western yoga teacher to fully integrate yoga asana and Tibetan Buddhism in her practice and teaching. Founder of NYC’s OM Yoga Center (1998-2012), a mecca for yogis worldwide, Cyndi now teaches throughout the US, Asia, and Europe. Her root guru is the Tibetan master Gelek Rimpoche, and she has been ordained as a lay Buddhist chaplain by Roshi Joan Halifax. Cyndi has been teaching yoga and meditation for 40 and more than 20 years, respectively. Cyndi’s upcoming book, Taking Refuge in Your Body, reflects her current focus on the integration of yoga, meditation, and resiliency work, and its application to caregivers, chaplains, nurses, social workers, therapists, teachers and others. She is the author of five other books including the classic yoga text, Yoga Body Buddha Mind; the The New York Times critically acclaimed May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind, and OM Yoga: A Guide to Daily Practice. She is a regular contributor to numerous publications including Yoga Journal, Real Simple, and Lion’s Roar. Her current online offerings include Restorative Teacher Training, Meditation Teacher Training, and Sustainable Vinyasa. Visit www.cyndilee.com.

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