who taught the yoga teacher?
trust, heat, stillness
I've studied with some amazingly inspiring teachers. Each has helped me pave my yogic path:
→ Tim Miller, Carlsbad/Encinitas, CA - Daily Ashtanga yoga practice, becoming entrenched into its history, devoted community and loving presence which incorporates strength, grace and humor. (Includes Teacher Trainings for Primary Series and Intermediate Series)
→ John Berlinsky, Mill Valley, CA - Introducing me to Mysore-style Ashtanga and the life-changing peacefulness that comes from listening to your own breath in a self-led practice while practicing a steadfast sequence, devotional and evolving
→ Stephanie Snyder, San Francisco, CA - how to love myself through advanced Vinyasa Flow & that I should not compete with others or myself, just show up on my mat
→ Sharon Lape, Mill Valley, CA - Ashtanga yoga & the personal power I gain from a rigorous practice, combining strength with perseverance
→ Krista Holland, Ashland, OR - that the breath lives in the moment & how to cultivate the creative process
→ Shiva Rea, Venice Beach, CA - that living yoga is yoga as is surfing and going with the flow of life & Prana Flow® (200-hr Yoga Teacher Training certification)
→ Rusty Wells, San Francisco, CA - radical, heated Bhakti Flow with over 100 yogis and yoginis of the enlightened San Francisco yoga community
→ Saul David Raye, Los Angeles, CA - that a highly spiritually enlightened presence can penetrate a room full of people with the simplistic action of being there
→ Erich Schiffmann, Los Angeles, CA - that meditation interspersed with metaphors of the unknown that mimic the ocean make most sense, and are most down to earth (irony with clarity)
→ Dharma Mittra, New York City, NY - knowledge that there is much grace in extreme yoga
→ Kenny Graham, Costa Rica - Anusara yoga with flair & surfing and yoga as a life path
→ Ana Forrest, Healdsburg, CA - how to melt into your own strength and stiffness & how you can set your body free from it
→ Eric Monkhouse, Mill Valley, CA - how music evolves you & invites you to break rules to find your own path
→ Christy Brown, Mill Valley, CA - how a transcendent voice and aura soothe the soul
→ Nikki Estrada, Mill Valley, CA - valuable ins and outs of teaching yoga, which began with teaching myself
→ Michael Galica, Mill Valley, CA - that I can do way more in yoga physically than I thought & I translate this into my life as well
→ James Higgins, Mill Valley, CA - the importance of the Beginner's Mind & the true art of demystifying our own darkness through meditation and a soulful yoga practice
→ Maritza, Mill Valley, CA - my first true yoga teacher whose voice still speaks inside me whenever I teach yoga, and continues to lure me to find my own grace and guts.
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