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TEACHER
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| Geri Portnoy, Director of Yoga Del Mar Geri is an certified Anusara Yoga Teacher who has been studying yoga since 1993. She holds a Masters Degree in Peace Studies from Notre Dame and, after teaching subjects ranging from outdoor education to math and science for over a decade in public schools, became a full time yoga teacher. Her classes weave detailed alignment principles with basic yoga philosophy. She is a compassionate, articulate, and dynamic teacher who emphasizes the connections between the mind, body and breath. She is grateful to her many teachers including John Friend and Tim Miller for sharing the gift of yoga with her.Roger Cole Roger is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher trained at the Iyengar Yoga Institutes in San Francisco and Pune, India. He has practiced yoga since 1975 and taught since 1980. He has been featured in 5 of Yoga Journal's asana calendars, co-organized two Iyengar yoga conventions, authored articles on yoga biology and therapeutics, and taught yoga as a healing art to physicians, physical therapists, medical students and patients. Roger conducts workshops at Yoga Del Mar and throughout the US and abroad. His specialties include teacher training and the anatomy and physiology of yoga and relaxation.
Michelle began practicing yoga in 1994 including Hatha, Iyengar, Kundalini, Bikram, and Ashtanga styles. For the past two years has studied under Tim Miller in Encinitas including completion of his training course to teach Ashtanga yoga.
Beth began
practicing yoga in the seventies and returned to yoga in 1994. She has
completed
teacher training in both Integrative Yoga Therapy and Ashtanga yoga
with
Tim Miller. She has recently completed a Masters in Counseling and
believes
in "meeting students where they are." With a focus on
non-competitiveness
and an emphasis on experiencing the sensations of your own body, she
hopes
to connect with students through a spirit of self-acceptance.
Gillian Stahl Gillian has studied Iyengar yoga since 1996 and completed a three year Iyengar yoga teacher training program in Los Angeles. In addition to attending the 2000 Yoga Odyssey with Geeta Iyengar, she has studied with senior Iyengar yoga instructors such as Manouso Manos, George Purvis, Jo Zukovich and Gloria Goldberg.Sara Tobin Sara has her degree in Theatre and Speech Communications from the University of Minnesota, and has taught acting and voice for over 15 years in such venues as The Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse and Lamb's Players. Yoga has a symbiotic relationship with Sara's approach to the theatre as it does for many professional artists. With the guidance and encouragment of excellent yoga teachers, Sara began teaching yoga in 2003. She completed Tim Miller's teacher training course and, in addition to Ashtanga yoga, has studied Anusara, Iyengar and Kundalini. A student of Vipassana meditation, Sara incorporates the philosophy of being in the moment, connected to one's breath, and nonjudgemental awareness of oneself during practice. Maria Zavala After studying Iyengar yoga
for three years, Maria was inspired to start an Ashtanga yoga practice
after visiting Greece and studying with Senior Teacher, Derek Ireland.
She has since continued with a disciplined practice with senior
teachers in Chicago and abroad for the past 8 years. Since 2001 she has
been a student of Tim Miller in Encinitis. Josh Vincent Josh began his study of mind, body
and spirit as a musician, studying classical operatic technique. Upon
completion of a Master of Music degree from the University of Indiana in
2001, Josh moved to Chicago to join the chorus of both the Lyric Opera of
Chicago and Chicago Symphony. In Chicago Josh devoted himself to a
disciplined study of Ashtanga Yoga with Jodi Blumstein, Quinn Kearney and
Tom Quinn. At first, yoga was simply a welcome relief from the relentless
drive for perfection demanded during his study of Opera. Soon thereafter,
it became clear that the beauty and awakening of spirit Josh felt in his
yoga practice was something he wanted to share. Since then Josh has
studied in-depth with senior teachers such as Richard Freeman, Gabriel
Halpurn and Tim Miller. Josh teaches both the traditional Ashtanga vinyasa
method , as well as more contemporary vinyasa-flow style with an emphasis
on precise breathing technique and alignment |
| LOCATION | |
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Yoga Del Mar
2652 Del Mar Hts. Road Del Mar, California 92014 858.720.0076 |