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Scott Anderson - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WIScott Anderson is the Director and co-owner 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 & fun teaching presence. He studied for six years with the late Roger Eischens, who taught the integration of sustainable agriculture, sport and yoga, as well as healing the rift between body and mind. Since then, Scott has focused on exploring the spiritual component of being, and exploring how the physical practice of yoga is a means to access our deeper layers. His approach to Hatha Yoga makes students better able to lead their lives, become more fully who they are, and lead a more rich & rewarding life.

Visit his yoga blog and www.alignmentyoga.com for information on his programs at the Blue Mounds Dharma Center.

Classes: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced
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Collette StewartCollette Stewart, co-owner of Mound Street Yoga Center, 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: Beginning Pilates and Intermediate Modern Dance series
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Penny Ballantyne - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WIPenny 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
Contact: (608) 833-5821,


Kay Campitelli - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WIKay Campitelli has been practicing yoga since 1995 and teaching since 1997, in the tradition of Vanda Scaravelli. Kay studies with Diane Long, who was Vanda's principle student for more than 25 years and is one of the most important and innovative teachers of our time. Kay's instruction is based on careful attention and intuition, offering a highly personalized experience that allows you to free yourself from habits and tension and connect to an ever-deepening place of grace and vitality within. Although she is newly based in Madison, she has been teaching classes, private lessons, and workshops throughout the US and Europe for more than a decade. She was most recently based in Rome, Italy. Kay is also a nationally certified massage therapist.

Classes: Scaravelli-Inspired Yoga - begins March 5th
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Greg Grube - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WIGreg Grube completed his Pilates certification from Movement Insights and continues studying the method in order to become a more effective teacher. He believes the mat work is an optimal tool for teaching the body to move efficiently and that it has a profound impact on all the systems of the body. He has a liberal arts degree in English and Art History and another in Dance, and sees these three interests as converging in his movement practice and teaching style.

Classes: Beginning Pilates
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Dave Perlman - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WIDave Perlman has been practicing hatha yoga since 2001 and Buddhist meditation in the Tibetan tradition since 2002. He completed yoga teacher training in Seattle with Theresa Elliot, Kathryn Payne and Emily Navar before moving to Madison a few years ago for graduate studies in Psychology. He teaches with an awareness of the movement of the mind in the energy of the body and a strong sense of the openness and dynamism to be found deeply in these traditions. In his spare time, he likes to play Ultimate Frisbee.

Classes: Hatha Yoga
Contact: 206-679-0036 or


Andrea Russell - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WIAndrea 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: Introduction to Yoga series and Intermediate Yoga classes
Contact: (608) 712-YOGA (9642) or


Mary Sheean - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WIMary 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: Gentle Yoga
Contact: (608) 215-2883 or


Mike Slater - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WIMike Slater has been teaching hatha yoga since 1995, and was certified by the late Roger Eischens, founder of Mound Street Yoga and student of BKS Iyengar. Mike began practicing meditation and asana in 1974, evolving into a more complete hatha practice under Eischen's guidance. 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, and that energy flow is unhindered and balanced. He incorporates tactile response, creative use of props and partner work to help refine understanding of action and resistance in a pose. Mike's classes are energetically stimulating, transformative, and playfully serious.

Classes: Eischens Yoga
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Christine Kern Steffen - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WIChristine 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
Contact: (608) 219-0602 or


Sara Tirner - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WISara Tirner, Certified Yoga Therapist, and former long time teacher at Yoga Works in New York, has been practicing yoga for more than a decade and teaching yoga full time since she completed Yoga Zone's 500 hour, Yoga Alliance registered, teacher training program (ISHTA) in 2002. In 2003, she completed Nischala Devi's, "Yoga of the Heart" certification course that applies yogic methodolgy in working with heart and cancer patients. Sara actively continues her yogic and tantric studies with Nischala Devi, Parvathi Nath and Pragata. She has also studied extensively with Alan Finger, Leslie Kaminoff and Mark Whitwell. With humour and grace, Sara generously shares her passion for and knowledge of yoga and tantra in the sincere hope that all may benefit from the joy, bliss and contentment that can result from a dedicated practice. Please visit her website www.perfectwisdomyoga.com to learn more.

Classes: ISHTA Yoga
Contact: (917) 697-8673 or


Steve Young - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WISteve 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 three years. In December 2008, he completed the Alignment Yoga 200-hour training and is currently registered at the 200-hour level with Yoga Alliance.

Classes: General Yoga
Contact: (608) 244-5039 or


Alicia Wright - Mound Street Center yoga teacher in Madison WIAlicia Wright is a busy and dedicated yoga mama with three boys. She is currently studying with Andrea Russell and enrolled in Scott Anderson's 500 hr teacher training program.   She is a student of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and meditation.  Her class weaves breath awareness with stillness, bringing mind, body and breath into balance. Alicia passionately believes in the power of yoga to help us live a simple, mindful life in a crazy world! View her blog at aliciawrightyoga.blogspot.com.

Classes: Hatha Yoga
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