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Yoga Teacher Biographies
Scott
Anderson is the Director of Mound Street Yoga Center and has practiced
yoga and meditation since 1982. He is a 500-hour certified yoga teacher
with over 19 years teaching experience. With a background in physics and
biomechanics, one of his defining qualities is a deep knowledge of anatomy
and how the body's systems work together, coupled with a grounded yet creative
and fun teaching presence. He studied for six years with Roger Eischens,
who teaches the integration of sustainable agriculture, sport and yoga,
as well as healing the rift between body and mind. For the past six years
Scott has focused on exploring the spiritual component of being, and cultivating
the trinity rather than healing the duality. His approach to Hatha Yoga
makes students better able to lead their lives, become more fully who they
are, and lead a more rich and rewarding life.
Visit www.alignmentyoga.com
for information on his programs at the Blue Mounds Dharma Center, his yoga blog, and his new online store.
Classes: Beginning and Intermediate Yoga, Wednesday evening
and Saturday morning
Cost: $12 per class, 5 class pass for $55, 10 class pass
for $100
Contact:
Penny
Ballantyne is a Kripalu Certified yoga teacher who has been teaching
in Madison since 2001. She has been practicing yoga since 1995 and continues
to be a dedicated student of Nicky Plaut. Penny’s personal yoga practice
led her to mindfulness meditation and Buddhist contemplative thought, which
she has integrated into her own practice which she says, "feels like
it is as much on the mat as off of it. I realize how yoga impacts virtually
every aspect of my life inviting awareness and offering refuge in this struggle
to be fully engaged in my life." Penny has a web site, www.pennyoga.net
that includes her philosophy and style of teaching, information about her
workshops and a Blog
she posts to regularly.
Classes: Gentle Yoga Thursday morning
Cost: $10 per class on a drop-in basis.
Contact: (608) 833-5821,
Nicky
Plaut brings to her yoga classes over 26 years of experience in strength
and flexibility instruction. Nicky has a broad background in dance, movement
and aerobic fitness. She is certified in Kripalu Yoga and bodywork. Her
flowing style is disciplined, energetic and motivating. She encourages her
students to realize their potential while acquiring the right balance of
strength and flexibility. Nicky exudes an uplifting, vibrant energy that
fills the entire yoga space and permeates her classes. She guarantees that
when you walk out of her yoga classes you will feel taller, more agile and
very aware of the fact that you did yoga with Nicky! Nicky also teaches
yoga and fitness classes at various locations throughout Madison.
Classes: Level 1 Monday,Wednesday, Thursday and Friday noons, Monday
& Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons.
Cost: $10 per class on a drop-in basis or 9 class-pass for $90.
Contact: (608) 233-8406.
Andrea
Russell has been studying yoga and meditation since 1996 and teaching
since 2000. She has completed Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with
Tim Miller and Alignment Yoga Teacher Training with Scott Anderson. Many
international teachers have influenced her teaching, most notably Victor
Van Kooten, Seane Corn, and Pattabhi Jois. Her yoga classes unite mindful
asana with alignment, inner awareness, and breath to support vitality in
body, mind, and spirit. She teaches private yoga sessions for those who
prefer an individual or therapeutic approach to this timeless practice.
In addition, Andrea has been a nationally and state certified massage therapist
and bodyworker since 2001. Among the numerous body work modalities she has
studied, she specializes in Sacred Spaces Craniosacral Therapy. To learn
more about Andrea, visit www.andrearussell.com.
Classes: Intermediate Yoga Monday and Friday evening, Intro to Yoga
8 week series Thursday evenings beginning June 5th
Cost: $12 drop in, $55 for 5 classes, $100 for 10 classes
Contact: (608) 712-YOGA (9642). Email:
Mary
Sheean has been practicing yoga for over 17 years, is certified in Kripalu
Yoga and has been teaching yoga in the Madison area since 2004. She teaches
hatha yoga from the alignment principles of Iyengar and Anusara Yoga and
weaves her study of metta, the practice of Loving-Kindness, into her classes.
Through concentration on the breath, she brings conscious awareness to opening
the way for proper, safe body alignment, allowing for tuning into the body's
wisdom. The word Yoga means yoking, union. Mary focuses on oneness practices
uniting Body/Mind/Spirit, and realizing our yoga practice in our everyday
lives. Students feel relaxed and awakened in body and mind, ready to continue
into their day. Once each month after class we gather together for tea,
eats and conversation, at a local coffee or tea shop. Classes are enjoyed
by those with previous yoga experience, as well as beginners.
Classes: Friday morning
Cost:$12 drop-in, $50 for 5-class pass, $100 for 10-class pass
Contact: (608) 215-2883 or
Mike
Slater is a certified High Energy Yoga teacher and has been teaching
since 1996. He spent twelve years studying with Roger Eischens, but has
also studied with several Iyengar teachers, including Faith Russell in Madison.
Mike’s focus is to help others learn alignment, resistance and the
actions within asana, so that integrity is developed and maintained in any
pose. Mike incorporates tactile response, props and partner work to help
refine the understanding of action and resistance in a pose. It is Mike's
belief that through attention to alignment, resistance and action, asana
becomes a movement meditation.
Classes: Advanced High Energy Yoga Thursday evening
Cost: $10 per class.
Contact:
Christine
Kern Steffen has been taught and certified to teach prenatal and postnatal
yoga from Colette Crawford at the Seattle Holistic Center. Ms. Crawford
spearheaded the prenatal yoga movement and is the acknowledged leader in
the world of prenatal yoga. Christine is the only Seattle Holistic
Center certified instructor in Wisconsin. There are about 100 instructors
worldwide who are trained and certified by Colette Crawford. Christine teaches
in Ms. Crawford's style, which means reconnecting with the innate wisdom
inside that knows, intuitively, about the very natural process of pregnancy
and birth. Christine has been teaching Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga
for the last five years in Madison. Christine is a mother of three young
boys and draws her teaching skills from the study of yoga and parenting.
Classes: Prenatal Yoga Monday evening
Cost: 8-class package (start anytime, use anytime) for $96
Contact: (608) 219-0602. Email:
Collette Stewart began studying movement at a very young age through dance. She earned a BFA in Modern Dance from TCU and Pilates certification through The Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado. Her goal in teaching is to allow students to appreciate the benefits of general movement and to help them uncover the inherent learning potential inside each movement experience. Collette has a holistic understanding of the body and teaches in a way that promotes proper alignment, addresses individual pain and injury, and improves internal awareness. Visit Collette's website.
Classes: Intermediate Modern Dance series Tuesday mornings, June
3rd - July 29th
Cost: $80 for the entire series, $15 drop in.
Contact:
Michele
Wensman has studied and practiced High Energy Yoga since 1999 under
the late Roger Eischens, and now studies with his student, Kari Tomashik.
Michele is also a licensed physical therapist with over 10 years of experience
in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. She has rehabilitated longstanding foot
and knee pain of her own using High Energy Yoga principles, and she enjoys
bringing the benefits of this method to others who come to yoga to heal
and improve strength and well being. Her class teaches the alignment principles
of High Energy Yoga and how to work with partners and use props to create
the proper actions and resistance within the poses. Her class is accessible
for all levels.
Classes: High Energy Yoga: Transformational Work
Cost: $10 drop-in or 10 passes for $80.
Contact: (608) 354-6803,
Private yoga therapy sessions also available.
Steve
Young has practiced yoga for over 20 years. He is a long-term student
of Rasika Martha Link, Tom Casey, and Jim Manos, having also studied with
Nicky Plaut and Barbara Flesch. He has engaged in numerous retreats and
teacher-training weekends with such teachers as George Purves, Mary Dunn,
Jamie Turner-Allison, Nateshvar Ken Scott, and Chris Saudek, and has studied
modern dance with Ellen Moore. He holds a M.Ed. in mathematics education,
and teaches mathematics and yoga at Malcolm Shabazz High School in Madison.
He has been teaching yoga since 1999. His practice and teaching are grounded
in the quest for “enlightenment through alignment,” the opening
of the heart and awareness through focused asana practice. He has studied
with Scott Anderson for the last two years, and is currently enrolled
in Scott's Alignment Yoga teacher training, which will satisfy requirements
for Yoga Alliance certification at the 200-hour level.
Classes: General Yoga (Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings)
Cost: $12 per class or $90 for 10 classes.
Contact: (608) 244-5039 or
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