faculty
baxter bell
Baxter Bell, M.D. has been studying Hatha yoga since 1994 and teaching since 1999, both public classes and specialty back care classes. He is a graduate of the Piedmont Yoga Studio's Advanced Studies 2000 program, and has studied regularly with Rodney Yee, Patricia Walden and Erich Schiffman. He teaches a nurturing style of yoga, with a strong emphasis on re-awakening our innate curiosity about ourselves and our world. Baxter offers periodic workshops and retreats, with more info available on his website at www.bellyoga.info. He also offers private yoga instruction, as well as incorporates yoga asana and pranayama in his medical acupuncture practice. www.bellyoga.info
rulick biloruset
Originally from Ukraine, Rulick started practicing yoga in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2001. In 2006 he began leading a free weekly Ashtanga Vinyasa class in a downtown warehouse for friends, his first step on the path to becoming a professional instructor. Rulick is a graduate of the Piedmont Yoga Studio teacher training program, and the Yoga Foundation program (RYT 500) at Yoga Mendocino where he was also trained in vipassana meditation. Rulick points to Rusty Wells and his Bhakti tribe as his current source of yogic inspiration. Ever committed to the healing and nurturing sides of yoga, Rulick seeks to guide his students into the unknown to transcend their limits.www.rulick.com/
anja borgstrom
Anja Borgstrom has taught yoga since the early 90's. She graduated from The Yoga Room teacher training program in 1996. Anja teachers mixed-level classes grounded in the fundamentals of Iyengar-style Yoga, as well as pre-natal classes for expecting mothers. Anja helps provide a safe haven where you can benefit from the grounding, stress-reducing gifts of yoga. Anja is also a visual artist who creates yoga-inspired art. She shows her work regularly throughout the Bay Area. www.groundspirit.com.
erin collom
Erin Collom has studied Hatha Yoga for 20 years. She is a recent graduate of the Piedmont Yoga Studio, 200 hour, Advanced Studies Program. Erin teaches both adults and children, and has introduced preschool and elementary yogis to asana, mediation/affirmation, basic anatomy and pranyama. Her classes cultivate mental and emotional skills like concentration, mindfulness, and non-judgement while fostering the compassion, presence, and curiosity, already present in the lives of our children. www.yogaerin.com
ann dyer
Ann Dyer is the owner/director of Mountain Yoga and a member of the faculty of the Piedmont Yoga Deep Yoga teacher training program. Ann came to yoga with a B.A. in Dance and Psychology from Mills College, and a twenty-year career as a professional vocalist. She teaches both yoga asana and naada yoga (the yoga of sound), and gives workshps on yoga for sleep across the country. Ann's foundation as a teacher is in Iyengar yoga, however her classes draw from a variety of schools and personal experience. She sees yoga as the perfect antidote to the challenges of 21st century and views her mission as a yoga teacher to help students “stay human!” www.m-yoga.org/ann-dyer.html
bethany hobbs
Bethany Hobbs first discovered the healing qualities of yoga under Rached Maalouf, in San Diego, and her life’s never been quite the same since. She has completed trainings and practiced throughout California, Southeast Asia and India, and is currently studying under Alice Joanou of Loka Yoga in Oakland. Bethany guides students through a grounding and empowering Vinyasa Krama practice, with an emphasis the healing power of breath. www.redtoweryoga.com.
sara kenward
Sara Kenward is the Manager at Mountain Yoga. She began regularly practicing Yoga in 2003 when she began working at the studio. Sara's main teachers have been Mountain Yoga's own Anja Borgstrom and Ann Dyer in particular, but she feels fortunate to have learned and practiced with many of the talented teacher on staff. She is a graduate of the 2009 Piedmont Yoga Studio 200 hour Advanced Training program. Sara's classes tend to be a mix of fun, focus, breath awareness and poses practiced with a mindful approach to alignment.
kati knox
It was the healing qualities that a consistent yoga practice promised that first appealed to Kati, but over time, the reverent, breath-guided sequencing of Vinyasa Krama took deep root, resonating as a vibrant and poetic way of living, both on and off the mat. Her passion for the practice took her into deeper studies over the course of the last five years with her mentor, Alice Joanou. Most recently, Kati's yogic journey took her to India, where she trained further as an instructor and yogic scholar and assisted master teachers in Kerala. Kati writes poetry, plays her guitar, practices energetic healing, and is devoted to living fully, from the heart.
lin maxwell
Lin believes in the transformative power of yoga! She’s dedicated herself to the study and teaching of yoga since 1997 after leaving a lengthy career in corporate marketing. Her teaching blends Iyengar and Vinyasa (flow) traditions to celebrate the strength, grace and inner beauty of each of her students as she guides them in their
own individual transformations. Lin is a 2001 graduate of Piedmont Yoga Studio’s Advanced Studies Program under Rodney Yee. She also apprenticed with senior Iyengar teacher, John Schumacher, studied with the Iyengars in Pune, India, and completed a 400+ hour continuing education training with Mary Paffard in 2009,
incorporating Vipasanna meditation. In her mixed-level classes, Lin emphasizes the coordination of movement and breath with attention to detail and mindful awareness.
www.linmaxwellyoga.com
own individual transformations. Lin is a 2001 graduate of Piedmont Yoga Studio’s Advanced Studies Program under Rodney Yee. She also apprenticed with senior Iyengar teacher, John Schumacher, studied with the Iyengars in Pune, India, and completed a 400+ hour continuing education training with Mary Paffard in 2009,
incorporating Vipasanna meditation. In her mixed-level classes, Lin emphasizes the coordination of movement and breath with attention to detail and mindful awareness.
www.linmaxwellyoga.com
amarah mehar
Amarah Mehar (formerly Miko Armon) started practicing yoga after enduring many injuries and traumas. As an athlete and dancer, Amarah had overworked her body and mind. With the practice of yoga, she is now able to live a more balanced and peaceful life. Amarah graduated from the Piedmont Yoga Advanced Studies Teacher Training Program in Oakland and the Temple of Yoga Science in San Francisco. Amarah has a BA in Physical Education and is a certified massage therapist. She teaches a challenging and enjoyable form of Iyengar-based Hatha Yoga. Each practice includes instruction on proper alignment, pranayama and meditation.
barbara haxo phillips
Barbara Haxo Phillips is a recent graduate of the Piedmont Yoga Studio's Teacher Training Program and has been practicing Iyengar-based yoga since the 1970's. A long-time Oakland resident and avid swimmer, Barbara considers yoga a way to find equanimity and cope with the challenges of life. Inspired by Ann Dyer, Baxter Bell and Mary Paffard, Barbara currently teaches private lessons and assists the PD Active program teaching yoga to people with Parkinson's Disease.
maya smeloff
Maya Smeloff began her exploration of Yoga in 2001 while pursuing a B.A in Anthropology in New York. After spending a season in Lake Tahoe as a ski instructor she moved to Portland. Introduced to Shadow Yoga in 2007 she began studying with its founder's Zhander Remete and Emma Balnaves. She is currently in a 3 year teacher training program in the Shadow Yoga school which she will complete in 2012. Maya believes that shadow yoga is accessible to beginners and through patience and practice brings strength and vitality to the individual. www.redcrowyoga.com
mary wade
Mary Wade offers simple practices from the mindfulness meditation and yogic wisdom traditions to help people restore the natural heart-mind ease, balance and joy that may become depleted during our busy, high-stimulus workday lives. Mary has taught Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD) at Commonweal retreats for health professionals and integrated health centers since 1997. She is currently pursuing advanced study of asana, meditation, pranayama, insight dialogue and yogic and Buddhist philosophies with Sarah Powers, Patricia Sullivan and other faculty of the Insight Yoga Institute. mwade25@gmail.com
gail wallace
Gail Wallace has always had a love of “things that make sense.” Analytical sense, as evidenced in her training in philosophy and law, and heart sense– which inspired 20 years of educating her daughters from kindergarten through high school. Gail has studied extensively with Rodney Yee, Mary Paffard, JinSung and Ann Dyer and is a graduate of the 2010 PYS Advanced Studies Program. She enjoys studying ways in which Western and Eastern philosophies resonate, exploring what yoga reveals of the play between bodies and minds, and finding ways to teach students as individuals.
domonick wegesin
Domonick Wegesin teaches yoga, mindfulness meditation and ballroom dancing. He has a PhD in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University and has trained with John Kabat Zinn in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and received his yoga teacher and massage training in Thailand. Domonick's teaching draws on his personal experience in science, meditation, massage, human anatomy, dance and yoga. He encourages his students to dive deeply into their personal own experience of yoga.www.theopener.com.
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