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Amy
Carlow apprenticed
with Elise Miller and is
currently a student of Ramanand
Patel. She is certified to
teach yoga with the Iyengar
Yoga Institute of San Francisco
and the White Lotus Foundation,
and has completed Kofi Busia's
Teacher Training Program.
Amy's gentle and supportive
teaching style is well suited
to working with the changing
bodies and energies of pregnant
women. In addition, Amy offers
corporate and university
classes, and teaches privately.
650-814-5902 or
amycarlow@comcast.net |
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Suzanne
Dong is a graduate
of the Iyengar Yoga Institute
of San Francisco and has
studied under the auspices
of Geeta & Prashant Iyengar,
Ramanand Patel, Manouso Manos
and Kofi Busia. Her love
of yoga is infectious, challenging
and energetic. Suzanne specializes
in neck, shoulder and back
challenges. 650-722-2257
or
yogisuz@gmail.com |
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Lolly
Font, former director
of California Yoga Center,
is a certified Iyengar teacher
and holds M.A. degrees in
Education and Transpersonal
Psychology. She recovered
from arthritis through her
yoga practice. Her classes
are challenging, energizing
and unfold creatively in
response to the problems
and conditions students bring.
650-322-6316 |
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Patti
Graul has practiced
yoga since 1974 and taught
since 1986. Her 34 years
of ballet practice give her
a deep understanding of the
body. Patti's classes are
quiet and focus on alignment
and stress reduction. She
also offers private instruction
and public classes in Los
Altos. 408-720-8896 |
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Larry
Hatlett, founder
of The Yoga Center of Palo
Alto, has been teaching yoga
since 1970. He received an
Advanced Yoga Teaching Certificate
from B.K.S. Iyengar in 1983
after studying extensively
with him in India through
the 1970s and 1980s. He has
trained many teachers and
developed many innovative
yoga practices. As a deep
and original thinker about
yoga and the body, Larry
has let experience, experimentation,
and his vast knowledge of
anatomy be his guide. 650-323-3555
or his web site
www.yogainpaloalto.com |
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Lily
Anne Hillis has
taught yoga since 1990. Lily's
passion and enthusiasm for
yoga, for her students, and
for life comes through in
every class she teaches.
She sees yoga as life enhancing
and joyous, and she has a
keen eye for precision in
the poses. Her classes are
a blend of gentleness, humor
and a bit of irreverence.
650-325-5484 or
yogalily@aol.com |
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Terry
Lesser has practiced
yoga since the mid-1980's
and began teaching in 1995.
She has been practicing mindfulness
meditation in the Buddhist
Vipassana tradition since
1992, and is a graduate of
the Community Dharma Leader
program at Spirit Rock Meditation
Center. She also teaches
yoga and meditation at the
Insight Meditation Center
in Redwood City. 650-814-1150
or
tlesser10@yahoo.com |
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Juanita
Lucero is a graduate
of the San Francisco Iyengar
Institute and a mother of
five. She has taught art
and yoga in Palo Alto Unified
School District (PAUSD) and
privately for over 10 years.
650-222-4823 or letgolucero@rcn.com. |
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Ann
Merlo has taught
yoga since 1993. She is a
graduate of the Advanced
Studies Program at The Yoga
Room in Berkeley and is a
Yoga Alliance Registered
Teacher. She is also certified
in Pilates fundamentals and
mat work. Ann offers private
yoga instruction and is a
guest instructor at Stanford
University. 650-424-8316
or
ann@annyoga.com |
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Elise
Miller has taught
yoga since 1973 and is a
certified senior Iyengar
teacher. She is on the faculty
of the Iyengar Yoga Institute
of San Francisco, is a published
author and a Yoga Alliance
Registered Yoga Teacher.
She studies in India with
B.K.S. Iyengar and Geeta
Iyengar regularly. Having
corrected her own scoliosis
with yoga, she specializes
in back problems and sports
related injuries offering
classes, private sessions,
workshops and retreats locally
and internationally. 650-493-1254
or e-mail or
her web sites www.ebmyoga.com or www.yogaforscoliosis.com |
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Diane
Milner has practiced
Iyengar Yoga since the mid-1980's
and is a graduate of the
Yoga Educational Seminar
teacher training program.
Active in golf and master
swimming, Diane's classes
focus on easing the effects
of overuse and imbalance
whether in sports or daily
life. She also teaches yoga
in several Peninsula community
and health club programs.
650-341-2212 or
millie_d@sbcglobal.net |
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Ruth
Owen has taught
yoga since 1989 and received
her training at the Iyengar
Yoga Institute of San Francisco.
Her balanced, energizing
classes encourage effort
and awareness, and are sensitive
to individual students' abilities.
Ruth also offers private
yoga instruction and corporate
classes.
650-565-8447 or rowenyoga@yahoo.com |
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Mimm
Patterson has taught
yoga since 1994. A student
of Karl Duffy and Larry Hatlett
since 1987, Mimm has recently
returned from 11 years in
Ireland, where she received
additional Iyengar training
in Dublin and also studied
at the Yoga Teacher Training
Center in Newry, Northern
Ireland. As a body therapist,
Mimm brings a strong understanding
of anatomy and physiology
to her classes. 650-815-6407
or
mimmp@mac.com |
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Birgit
Reimer has studied
extensively with Ben Thomas
and assists Ben at Foothill
College Yoga classes and
in a Teacher Training Program.
Birgit teaches yoga at the
AARS (Asian American Recovery
Service), private lessons,
workshops and public classes.
Her classes are a well-balanced
composition of Sadhana (practice),
chants , pranayama, meditation
and philosophy.
birgitreimer@comcast.net or
her web site www.yoga-is-all.com/ |
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Lisa
Brill Robinson is
a graduate of the Iyengar
Yoga Institute of San Francisco
and has taught yoga since
1989. Her yoga practice and
a B.A. in dance lend to the
creative and energetic nature
of her classes. Lisa specializes
in working with pregnant
women. 650-793-6612 |
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Ben
Thomas has practiced
yoga since 1976 and taught
for over 20 years. He is
a certified Iyengar teacher
and is on the faculty of
the Iyengar Yoga Institute
of San Francisco. He travels
to India often to study with
the Iyengar family. He teaches
in the community and for
Foothill College. 650-355-3009
or ben2305@yahoo.com or
his website www.thomasyoga.com |
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Chris
Washburn's love
and study of yoga began in
1984 with an introductory
Iyengar yoga class taught
by Betty Eiler. Chris who
is a graduate of the Iyengar
Yoga Institute of San Francisco,
has been teaching at studios
and health clubs throughout
the south bay for over 10
years. Her balanced, energizing
classes encourage effort
and awareness and are sensitive
to individual student's needs.
mcwashburn@yahoo.com
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Richard
Weinapple has been
a dedicated, passionate,
and joyful practitioner of
yoga for 30 years. A student
of Larry Hatlett since 1987,
Richard trained in yoga instruction
and philosophy at the Iyengar
Yoga Institute of San Francisco
and at the Yoga Room in Berkeley,
and has completed an intensive
yoga teacher training with
Tony Briggs at the Yoga Loft
in San Francisco. Richard's
classes are strongly influenced
by 35 years of karate practice,
during which he earned a
Sandan (3rd degree black
belt) granted by Sensei Tsutomu
Ohshima of Shotokan Karate
of America. Richard is an
ardent mountaineer and outdoor
guide. 650-814-3009 or richard@weinapple.com |
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Cora
Wen has been teaching
yoga workshops and retreats
internationally since 1996,
and is a dedicated student
of Mahayana Buddhism. She
has assisted Judith Hanson
Lasater since 1998, and apprenticed
with Erich Schiffmann and
Rodney Yee through the 1990s.
Cora blends the Iyengar method
to bring attention to the
subtle pranic body with a
flowing practice to enliven
the physical body. She is
an ERYT500 with Yoga Alliance,
and one of the first Advanced
Relax & Renew trainers
in restorative yoga.
corayog@yahoo.com or www.corawen.com |
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Denise
Wendler has taught
yoga since 1996 and is a
certified Iyengar teacher.
She is a graduate of the
Iyengar Yoga Institute of
San Francisco. Denise recently
studied in India with the
Iyengar family. She enjoys
teaching students of all
abilities, and with a patient
approach, guides her students
toward a focused center of
self-awareness. Denise also
offers private instruction.
408-506-0996 or yogablossom@yahoo.com |
