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Yoga Teacher Biographies
Scott
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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 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 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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