Maurice Kaehler

(213) 962-9806
yogaden@earthlink.net
Susan Swan

213) 962-9806
swansusan@earthlink.net
Orange County
Barbara Templeton

Editor and contributor of the book Yoga of Heart, The Healing Power of Intimate Connection, Barbara Templeton has studied with many renowned yoga masters. Barbara takes these teachings to her public classes and private students to help them connect with the deeper aspects of yoga. Templeton received her formal yoga teacher certification from the famed Kripalu Center, the largest site for yoga and holistic health in the United States. She is a member of the Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

(949) 338-3793
www.breathingyoga.com
San Diego
Christian de Nimes

Coming to Yoga through Music in 1998, Christian has studied and worked with many popular yoga
teachers and kirtan artists.
Blessed to teach by Mark Whitwell and certified by The Heart of Yoga Assn., Christian is assisting
Mark and teaching at workshops and conferences nationwide.

Group and Private Yoga Instruction Available
Empower Yoga infoline: 619-795-6335
Email: yogachristian@yahoo.com

San Francisco
New Dawn Yoga Therapy, Dawn Summers
P.O. Box 460395
San Francisco, CA 94146
415-681-4628

Offering classes, private lessons, and teachers' training. Studied with Gary Kraftsow, Sonia Nelson, and in Madras, India at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram



Julie Rappaport
www.yogabliss.com
Tel: (415) 263-3940
email: julie@yogabliss.com

Julie Rappaport, MA - teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area: privates, group classes, yoga therapy, workshops on sound/chanting/Yoga Sutras, also special weekend Hot Springs retreats. She has over twelve years of training and teaching experience in yoga and movement. She has studied in India at the Yoga Mandiram and is a trained and practicing psychotherapist.

Rhode Island
Amanda Starr
(401) 273-2765
amandastarr@cox.net
www.mountainlaurelyoga.com

Amanda Starr is a certified teacher and licensed psychotherapist. She is the director of the Mountain Laurel Yoga Collaborative, which she opened recently in order to provide an environment in her home town where yoga can be studied as a participation in what is already present in each individual's life. Her twenty years of teaching and psychotherapy experience continue to inform her passion for discovering how each individual can bring their own system into balance. Her experience uniquely qualifies her to work individually with students, offering a body/mind/breath approach to the process of developing a home yoga practice.She studies with Mark Whitwell when possible, and studies with her primary teachers - her partner and her children - on a daily basis.

Virginia

Jessica Silverman
jesssilverman@aol.com

Jessica Silverman, CYT, RYT, has been practicing yoga for 14 years and teaching since 1999. She holds a BA and MA in Indian religion, as well as an international teaching certificate in yoga. Her eclectic and inspired teaching reflects her studies with many great yogis, including T.K.V. Desikachar and Mark Whitwell, her extensive travels in India and her pure love of yoga. Jessica is the author of numerous articles on yoga and teaches workshops on Yoga philosophy, Tantrism and Hatha Yoga around the world. She has recently relocated to Charlottesville to pursue a PhD in Indian Religion at UVa where she focuses on Tantrism and Sanskrit. Jessica teaches weekly yoga classes in Charlottesville, VA and workshopps around the world. Her classes are fun, fluid, breath-based, heart-centered and always adapted to the individual.

For more information on Jessica please check out: www.hridayayoga.com

 

Washington

Phyllis Moses began her study and practice of yoga over 27 years ago. Her love of yoga led her to become a Certified and Registered Yoga Teacher (R.Y.T. 500 hr.), and Certified Yoga Therapist - member of IAYT. She has studied extensively in the lineage of Krishnamacarya - as taught by T.K.V. Desikechar, Gary Kraftsow of American Viniyoga Institute, A.G. and Indra Mohan, and Mark Whitwell.

She holds a B.A. in Psychology, is a Certified Hypnotherapist, and a Registered Counselor in the state of WA. Phyllis has also enriched her understanding of the mind through the study and practice of Buddhist meditation. She is dedicated to assisting individuals to discover their own inner resources for growth, healing, and a deepening connection with their True Essence. Phyllis teaches with a gentle elegance, weaving her knowledge of Western psychology with Eastern philosophy to create a bridge of understanding for her students. She's taught internationally in Europe and Canada.

Phyllis has been in private practice for the past 13 years, as well as teaching for the M.S. association, corporations, meditation retreats, prenatal yoga at hospitals, yoga studios, and addiction recovery facilities. Phyllis is a compassionate teacher who brings depth and wisdom to her clients.

www.hypnobirthingandyoga.com

Arizona

Jackie Sherman, RN, PhD, MC, RYT-is the owner of Yoga Flow,Tucson,AZ. She has been practicing yoga since 1979, and received her yoga certification from Tucson’s Yoga Connection with Priscilla Potter. She has also completed advanced training with Shiva Rea and Mark Whitwell. She has been a registered nurse since 1977 and a Professor of Nursing since 1985. She holds a Masters of Counseling degree and has been involved in researching and conducting educational programs for overweight children.

Namaste, Jackie www.yogaflowtucson.com

Yoga is your direct participation
absorption in the given wonder
the extreme intelligence of life
that is of course in every person
every creature
you can do this
it's not a search
it's not to use the mind
it's not to use the body to try to get somewhere
as if you are not "Somewhere"
as if you are not the full blown wonder of life
dependent on a vast process
for your own existence
so there is a right yoga for you
you learn to do that yoga
and then you too can enjoy this direct absorption
participation in the nurturing force that is life already given to you
you are completely loved
completely loved
you are completely cared for
everybody is completely loved
completely cared for
even if the social conditions are suggesting otherwise
even if your mind doesn't recognize it
by doing your yoga practice on a daily basis
actually and naturally
not obsessively
you too can enjoy this direct absorption
in the wonder that is this life
in all conditions of life including the unseen source
which is responsible for all this appearance here
please enjoy your yoga
YOU ARE HERE NOW


This is a simple argument.
It is easier than easy.
So simple, we seldom speak of it and do not grasp it.
But once seen, it is obvious
and we feel the stark reality of our life,
unmediated by the mind of doubt.

The idea of human imperfection
that is deeply ingrained in the social mind,
in old scientific and religious thinking
blinds us to the perfection that is already in us,
as us, as Life itself, as Nature "her"self.

We are not separate;
we cannot be separate from Nature,
which sustains us in a vast interdependence with everything.

The universe comes perfectly
and is awesome in its integration and infinite existence.
It is our natural state.

Our mission and passion
is to provide the spiritual
and healing powers of yoga
to all who recognize the ancient wisdom
and the wisdom of your own body and mind.

Mark's Hridaya Yoga Sutra
describes the spirit of
Yoga of Heart: the Healing Power of Intimate Connection