I evolved from teaching perfection to teaching acceptance. That is the summary of my journey into yoga teaching. As a professional dancer and dance teacher, it was contrary to my own yoga practice to constantly be critical of others bodies and progress in the hopes of achieving a "perfect" picture on the stage. One day it just clicked. TEACH ACCEPTANCE. I had to understand how to apply it to myself first. Once that lesson took root, my development as a teacher of yoga really began.
Certifications:
Amerincan Power Yoga 250hrs, Vinyasa Flow Yoga 200hrs, CEH Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra, CEH Ashtanga Yoga, CEH Pre-Natal
As an avid health & fitness professional, Jo found the healing power of yoga 13 years ago as a way to heal an injured body. She has been sharing these powers every since in a style that is fun, uplifting, educational, & spiritually awakening. She is a 500 E-RYT, a Certified Yoga Therapist & is currently the spokesperson for Easton/Bell's line of mind/body products & videos - Savasa. She is also a Regional Master Yoga Teacher Trainer for LifePower Yoga at Life Time Fitness & has studied extensively with Jonny kest as part of his Yoga Teacher Training Faculty.
Andrew Eppler began practicing yoga together with his father, Ray Eppler, at age 14. Cliff Barber was their first teacher. After three years of practicing at home with his father, Andrew began to travel. He has studied with teachers in India and many places around the world. His teachers include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Mr. BNS Iyengar, Cliff Barbar, David Williams, and Danny Paradise.
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Andrew has received the blessing of his teachers and has taught yoga in many parts of the world for nearly 20 years.
Priya Jhawar teaches classes in the Ashtanga tradition. At a young age, Priya became fluent in Hindi, studied classical Sanskrit texts, such as the Bhagavad Gita, and started to learn about yoga philosophy. Priya began to cultivate an asana practice (the physical postures of yoga) when she went off to law school in 2001.
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She completed her 200 and 500-hour teaching certifications with Caroline Klebl, who studied with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois for over nine years in Mysore, India.
Yoga Acharya Tej ( E-RYT 500) was born and raised in India and brings the authentic teachings of Yoga practiced in India for thousands of years. His Guru Swami Sivananda, was a revered saint and sage who in 1936 founded the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, India.
Yoga Acharya Tej has been practising and studying Yoga in India
since a very early age . He studied with the Sivananda Yoga tradition in New Delhi, Rishikesh and in Uttarkashi in the Himalayas.
Yoga Acharya Tej is committed to spreading the teachings of this healing science to all.
deAnna Anderson is a Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher trained directly by Sharon Gannon and David Life as well as a long time student of Sri Dharma Mittra. She has been practicing yoga since 1994 and teaching since 2001. During this time, deAnna has presented classes and workshops internationally, had the honor of assisting Sharon, David and Manorama on their visits to Texas, played a key role in serving Sri Dharma on his Dallas visits, founded Dallas-based Karmany Yoga, co-led the nationally recognized Pure Yoga Teacher Training at Equinox and authored some yoga philosophy articles.
Alfonso has been practicing a fluid and energetic mix of vinyasa and ashtanga yoga for nearly 6 years. He has had the privilege to study with many wonderful teachers such as Julie Jade Boyd, Dave Oliver, T.K.V. Desikachar, Judith Lasater, David Williams, and David Swenson. His classes are an athletic, challenging blend of focused breath and strength-building movements designed to strengthen and rejuvenate the body, calm the mind, and bring you into the present moment. Although he teaches a vigorous flow class, he encourages students to modify and take breaks as needed.
Certifications:
Yoga Alliance RYT Restorative Yoga Teacher - Relax and Renew with Judith Lasater
Chinook's unconventional approach to fitness embraces a simple motto - 'if something works, I incorporate it and if something doesn't work, I eliminate it'. A work-out pioneer, he was one of the first to fuse multiple training methods into a holistic system over time evolving into his Yogua Dao system of health and healing. Yogua Dao translates to 'the way of constant evolution'. Forever flowing and growing, through the practices and principles of global health and wellness methods - Yogua Dao is the way of the seed, root and fruit.
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Chinook has honed his teaching over the last 30+ years, sharing his understanding of movement and health and the benefits of yoga and tai chi at various health and fitness, martial arts, and yoga facilities. He successfully completed Baron Baptise's Level 1 teacher training (112 hours) and Sivananda's yoga and Sports Intensive Course (90 hours). His style is unique and influenced by his continuing study with premier yogis such as Dharma Mittra, Rodney Yee, Bryan Kest, Shiva Rea, Baron Baptiste, Eric Schiffman, Tias Little, David Sunshine, and Ally David, among others. He continues to research and participate in classes and workshops in pilates, Lotte Berk method, Alexander Technique, Bua Gua, Qi Gong, Tai Bo, kickboxing, aromatherapy, biomechanics, sound and color therapy, and more, keeping his teaching, dynamic and cutting edge.
Ricky Tran, BBA, CYT, CBA, has a remarkable cross-cultural life story of survival, reinvention, and the transformational power of yoga. He went from a path of addiction and self-destruction to a path of self-realization in a few short years under the guidance of yoga masters Srivatsa Ramaswami, David Williams, David Swenson, and Dharma Mittra. Ricky earned a BBA in entrepreneurship, management, and real estate from the University of North Texas in 2002 and has lead yoga workshops, teacher trainings, and retreats throughout the United States.
Certifications:
Yoga Alliance Recognized Vinyasa Krama with Srivatsa Ramaswami at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
