• Patricia Craves, RYT 500, has spent most of her life as a dancer. She began studying Yoga in 1979. She graduated from the teacher-training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and has a BFA and MA in dance. Patricia is gifted at working with a wide range of students, making the practice accessible to all. Her teaching reflects years of personal practice, a depth of knowledge of the philosophy of yoga and her interest in Ayurveda.
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• Janice Gates, founding director of the Yoga Garden, developed a deep appreciation for the practices of yoga meditation while living in Asia in 1988-89. For the past nineteen years, Janice has continued to explore both soma and psyche and how the mind and body affect and reflect each other. She has a private practice in Yoga Therapy, teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, is President of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and author of Yogini: The Power of Women in Yoga. In her classes, workshops and retreats, she encourages students to honor the intuitive wisdom of the body and emphasizes the integration of practice into daily life. For more about Janice, her retreats, events and writings, go to janicegatesyoga.com
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• Lyn Davis Genelli brings heart, soul and commitment to the teaching of yoga. She is a long-time student and teacher of meditation, as well as being a somatic psychotherapist and a coach. Sharing her love of yoga is her great honor and joy. Lyn is a graduate of the Yoga Garden Teaching Training Program and a registered Yoga Alliance teacher. She continues to deepen her studies in the therapeutic application of yoga.
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• Catherine Henry came to Yoga after a lifetime as a dancer and professional gymnast. Coming from the physical she has moved towards the yogic balance of the breath, body and mind. Her classes are a combination of breath, flow and alignment converging with the management and direction of energy. A great patron of music, she incorporates music that breathes with us, to invigorate, soothe or stimulate self-reflection. Catherine has had the opportunity to study with many great teachers, and special training in Yoga for back care (the protocol used for an NIH study), which she brings to her healthy backs class and private sessions. Catherine is a full-time certified Yoga teacher and Yoga therapist, with a heart of devotion for the ancient and sacred art of Yoga.
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• Margaret Kuffel began her training in yoga 17 years ago and has been teaching for the past eleven. Her teaching style is a balance between meditative flow and mindful structural alignment, customizing the class to best meet the individual needs of the students. Margaret believes the breath is the foundation of the yoga practice, giving us inner strength and a sense of expansion to our practice and our lives. She brings a depth of experience in both yoga and massage therapy and to her yoga and back care classes and private sessons. Her work is deeply healing and informed by her studies in bodywork, yoga, developmental movement, restorative and therapeutic yoga. Her teaching is influenced by the work of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (body-mind centering), Donna Farhi, JJ Gormely, Judith Lasater and Kausthub Desikachar.
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• Lisa Knowlton, RYT brings a lifetime of movement studies and dance to her teaching. She began her studies in yoga with Iyengar yoga and completed the 200-hour Teacher Training at the Yoga Garden. Her teaching is precise, while allowing space for the fluid connection of breath and movement. Lisa has worked with teens for many years and brings this experience to her workshops and classes for teenage girls, teaching them how to nurture themselves through Yoga.
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• Katherine Priore began her studies in yoga nine years ago as a way to relieve stress as an inner-city school teacher. Since then she has cultivated a profound appreciation for the meditative, therapeutic, and grounding aspects of yoga. Katherine invites students to open to the present state of the body, mind, heart, and spirit, gazing inward for personal transformation. She is immersed in ongoing studies of yin yoga and meditation with Sarah Powers. Katherine is a certified Yoga-Ed teacher, introducing the power of yoga and mindfulness to schools in the Bay Area. She also completed a 200-hour Anusara training with Siannia Sherman, Mitchel Bleier, Naime Jezzeny, and Sue Elkin.
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• Sienna Smith RYT, CMT, teaches a therapeutic style of yoga inspired by the Viniyoga tradition of Gary Kraftsow. Her passion is to work with individuals to develop a personal practice that promotes wellness and invites transformation. Visit www. bloomingyoga.com.
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• Nubia Teixeira started practicing Yoga at the age of 16 and has spent many years teaching Yoga in her home country of Brasil. She began her studies with Bhakti and Hatha Yoga and has since been deepening her studies through books, pilgrimages, workshops, and teacher trainings around the world including two trips to India where she studied both Yoga and Classical Indian Dance. Borrowing from different traditions, teachers and cultures, she has developed a teaching style, which is flexible, spontaneous, and sensitive to the needs of her students. Her classes are rooted in the heart of Bhakti, incorporating the alignment of Iyengar Yoga, the fluidity of Ashtanga Vinyasa, and a passion for all forms of dance.
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