 Ann Austin
(707) 829-8102
Ann has been practicing yoga for 12 years with an emphasis on Ashtanga yoga. She is a graduate of the advanced studies program at Piedmont Yoga Studio. With her depth of knowledge and experience, Ann creates a safe and grounded place to practice yoga.
 Devorah Blum
(707) 824-1198 email
Devorah is mainly influenced by the Iyengar tradition. In her fun, gentle class, she teaches healthy ways to stretch, strengthen, balance, and open in the poses. Her soothing voice and use of restorative yoga helps students to finish class feeling deeply relaxed. Private lessons are available by request.
 Nina Carson RN, CMT
(707) 829-3557
Nina has been teaching and practicing yoga since 1981. She recently returned from her third trip to the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Pune, India. Her class is challenging and fun!
 Jeanie Garden
(415) 596-7898
jeanieyoga.com
Jeanie is a skilled, intuitive teacher with training in Iyengar, Anusara and Restorative Yoga. Her Sunday morning class begins with energizing fluid movements and deepens with restorative poses and meditation. Tuesday evenings, she focuses on foundational poses for restoring and maintaining healthy backs.
 Katja Heino
(707) 696-5216
In the spirit of community, Katja is offering a pay-what-you-can mixed level Hatha yoga class. Her vision is to create a fun, accessible class that inspires awareness, balance, and a deeper connection to self and community. Come as you are.
 Britta Kathmeyer
(510) 965-1180, email
brittakathmeyer.com
Britta Kathmeyer has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 2001 when she graduated from the Advanced Studies Program of Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland. She received additional training to work with heart and cancer patients, and in her classes integrates Iyengar principles into a flowing sequence of asanas, always attuned to the students skill level. Her creative and caring teaching style emphasizes listening to the body and the breath to encourage proper alignment, ease of movement, and equanimity of the mind. Britta enjoys weaving poetry and theory of Chinese medicine into her classes to deepen her students' understanding of the body-mind and its capacity for transformation and healing.
Melanie LaBrie
(707) 591-1450
Melanie is a certified IYK (It’s Yoga Kids) instructor and a Montessori preschool teacher. Mindful of the many blessings the practice of yoga/meditation has brought to her life, Melanie is passionate about introducing yoga to children at an early age. Her class for ages three to five encourages self-esteem and body awareness with physical activity that is non-competitive.
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Stephanie Lawrence
(707) 823-8822
Stephanie has been a yoga practitioner since 1979, studying with senior Iyengar teachers in London, NY, and SF. A strong believer in proper alignment, she pays detailed attention to the individual needs of students, teaching incrementally to avoid injury. Stephanie draws from the philosophy of the yoga sutras, among other enlightened texts such as Babar. She believes as much in humor and fun-loving as in stretching hamstrings.
Ruth Mankin
(707) 280-4217
Ruth studied yoga and meditation for eight years with Erich Schiffman, a student of Iyengar and Krishnamurti, and became the first teacher trained by him in 1986. In Ruth's classes you will explore yoga asanas (poses) through alignment, balance, strength, flexibility and meditation, while using the breath to deepen your practice, open your mind and body, and move inward.
 Grace Murdock
(707) 483-7560
Grace is an intuitive healer and a Certified Yoga Therapy Teacher. She has been teaching yoga for over eight years. Her style is an eclectic blend of Hatha, Integrative, and Therapeutic Yoga. Often weaving aspects of sound, dance, and energy medicine into the class, Grace invites her students to embrace a balanced approach to their practice of yoga both on and off the mat.
Lisa Pesch, DVM
(707) 823-5894
In her body awareness and balancing class, Lisa helps students feel areas of tension, weakness, or numbness before they become painful and teaches exercises to balance these areas. As physical freedom of movement is restored, she also shares how to move in new directions in the world. Lisa owns the Veterinary Healing Arts Center in Sebastopol, where she practices holistic medicine on small animals. She began her study of psychomotor therapy in 1999 and yoga in 2000.
 Kelly Schwartz
(707) 321-7707
Kelly’s yoga for kids ages 5 to 9 offers a safe place for children to explore their bodies, breath and imagination. Through games and basic yoga poses, they build focus, self-confidence and flexibility. Kelly’s 6 week series costs $55. Call Kelly to register.
 Cheryl Thomas
(415) 495-1800 email
cherylthomas.com
Cheryl brings a sense of lightness, creativity and fun to her teaching. Her well-rounded vinyasa flow class focuses on building strength, exploring flexibility and challenging balance. Cheryl's classes are for all levels with modifications for individuals. There may be some music, some laughter, some hard work, but the class always ends with a rejuvenating restorative pose and a restful savasana.
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