PIK CHU — Pik Chu Wong has over 10 years of experience teaching yoga. She is a Yoga Alliance certified instructor through Yoga Educational Seminars (YES) by the founder, Joyce Anue and has been certified as an Unnata Aerial Yoga instructor by the founder, Michelle Dortignac. With her 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry, she truly understands the affect job stress and long hours of sitting in front of the computer have on the body. Pik Chu has a therapeutic approach to her teaching along with an emphasis on body alignment and strength. Her classes help bring about the union of the body, mind and spirit. Pik Chu is honored to be an Ambassador for Lululemon, Manduka and Art of Yoga Project.
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AMBER —Amber Henzi, a Yoga Alliance certified instructor, began her life with yoga in 2003 as a student developing her practice in Power Yoga. She now combines her power foundation with a new found love of Aerial Yoga. Through her non-traditional playful Vinyasa style, Amber helps students find joy and laughter during even the most vigorous practice. Her commitment is to bring awareness into the community. By loving ourselves, being joyful and feeling better physically and spiritually we are better equipped to be the change in which we hope to witness on this earth.
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DANIELLA —Daniella Cotreau is the founder of Body Temple Yoga. She teaches Anusara-Inspired Yoga with great joy, honor and a deep reverence for her teachers who have impacted her practice with profound teachings and inspiration. Her classes are heart-opening, uplifting, healing and filled with precision and playfulness. She is a gifted and inspiring teacher of yoga and has a unique gift in bridging the practice of yoga to worldly life using metaphorical yet clear analogies between the two, giving deeper meaning to why we practice. Daniella continues her studies of Anusara Yoga and Shiva-Shakti Tantra with clear dedication and is currently working towards and very close to becoming a fully Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor.
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ELENA —Elena Fisher has been sharing Yoga with others ever since she discovered the joy of Yoga. She completed her 200-hour certification at Yoga Source of Los Gatos. Currently, she is going through a personal training certification process to improve her knowledge of human anatomy. She truly believes that yoga is a “practice,” and that we continue to improve with each class we take. She loves working with students who are new to the practice, especially those that are a bit hesitant in beginning. Her classes are a combination of movement, music and fun with focus on breath. Her goal is to de-mystify the practice so everyone can leave feeling refreshed, relaxed, and a little more flexible.
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ELLEN —Ellen Lovelace has been dancing in one form or another for as long as she can remember. Starting out as a Madonna impersonator in her bedroom, she soon moved on to cheerleading and musical theater. Later, Ellen discovered pole dance, and has been teaching women both the fitness and dance forms of pole since 2008. Pole led her to other aerial arts, dabbling in silks, hoop, and Aerial Dance. Ellen is a certified TYS Aerial Yoga Teacher having completed The Yoga Studio’s Unnata Yoga based Aerial Yoga Teacher Training with Pik Chu Wong in 2011. Her classes are rooted in fun and are full of music, self-expression, and a bit of booty shaking.
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JOYCE — Joyce Anue, MS, PT has been teaching yoga for over 24 years and training yoga teachers nationally since 1996. Joyce uses her extensive background in physical therapy, anatomy and manual medicine to help students work safely and effectively in their asana practice. She is the founder and director of the YES (Yoga Educational Seminars) Yoga Teacher Training Certification Programs. Joyce is committed to yoga as a physical and psycho-spiritual practice, helping her students and private clients develop compassion, mindfulness, health and self awareness.
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KATHY —Kathy Rule, CHT, completed both the 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training, 500 Hour Therapeutic Applications of Yoga Training, and attained certification for the Relax and Renew Trainer course with Judith Hanson Lasater. In addition to being a registered teacher with Yoga Alliance, Kathy is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Nutrition Consultant and an Intuitive Energy Healing Practitioner. Kathy specializes in the practice of Restorative Yoga, using guided visualization and energy work to quiet the mind, restore the body, and increase a greater sense of peace and well-being.
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LORIANNA — Lorianna Bender loves using playful elements, upbeat music and a good sense of humor to create a relaxing and inviting atmosphere to explore the natural expression of the fundamental spirit of yoga, which is joy. Her approach aims to provide encouragement and subtle adjustments to help create a solid and playful foundation for your yoga practice. She is passionate about how yoga can affect change throughout the body and mind. She loves working with those new to yoga to help them learn to love their mats. Lorianna completed her 200 hour certification training at Yoga Source Los Gatos and is a Yoga Alliance certified instructor.
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MORGAN —Morgan Levay has explored using asana as body/mind therapy since 2004 when her love for the culture and practice of yoga benefited physical and personal growth in all aspects of development. The scale of these benefits erupted with the consistency of her asana routine. She sought formal training in the summer of 2010 with Art of Breath. Linda's teaching allowed her to blossom in movement and breath sync, structured knowledge of the ancient history and philosophy which gave birth to yoga sutras, and used applied anatomy of movement to awaken alignment and facilitate intelligent healing. As a devoted student and teacher, Morgan integrates all the pearls of wisdom that drove her to pursue a life as a yogini. Morgan feels that expanding tolerance for foundational movement heightens physical well-being and allows for a steady progression into asana. The use of applied metaphor woven into her classes makes her accessible spirituality more applicable to our lives.
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NIKKI —Yoga has provided Nikki with a quiet strength in both her body and her mind. Her flow-based classes encourage you to play your edge while maintaining compassion for yourself and your body. The sequencing in her classes puts a unique spin on traditional yoga poses. She believes yoga classes should be accessible and enjoyable for everyone. She offers numerous modifications to help you find your own edge or to find the perfect experience for that class. Each class promises a balance between high energy & calm, strength & ease, and light-heartedness & introspection. Nikk’s personal practice includes a deep, insatiable love of balancing on her hands. She loves to emulate break-dancers without having to worry about that pesky thing called rhythm. Nikki also loves aerial yoga, which has taught her just how solid and flexible the body can be while looking at the world from a different viewpoint. Nikki was trained in the comprehensive Ashtanga style of yoga at Mount Madonna Center in Northern California.
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