Juan Anguiano, E-RYT 500
Austin, Tx
Traditional Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga
512-826-8538
personaltrainingandyoga@gmail.com
Bio: Juan Anguiano, E-RYT 500, is dedicated to transmitting the Ashtanga Vinyasa method according to the teachings of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India. Many years of practice and dedication have affirmed his confidence in the wisdom of learning Ashtanga according to abilities and not the demands of the ego. His teaching style illuminates the importance of setting and accepting limits in the practice so that patterns present throughout Ashtanga are understood and connected into an enjoyable harmony of movement and growth. Juan began practicing yoga as a teenager and shortly thereafter discovered Ashtanga Yoga. Juan is a direct student of Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois and has been teaching yoga for 13 years. As the director of the Ashtanga Mysore program at Castle Hill Specialized Fitness he offers the only traditional Mysore-style program in Austin, Texas. He also serves the Austin yoga community through his role as the Castle Hill yoga program coordinator.
Carla BazemoreYOGA LOTUS, INC.
12288 Westheimer, 380
Houston, TX 77077
www.yogalotus.com
Bio:Carla Bazemore has been teaching since 1994 and has studied different styles of yoga in Brazil, Switzerland and US since 1988. She has a degree in Law but is a full time yoga teacher. Since 2001 she is the co-owner of Yoga Lotus, a yoga studio located in Houston, Texas. Her style of teaching incorporates precision and alignment with breath and movement. She is also a Pilates and fitness instructor. Carla has studied Kriya Yoga through Self Realization Fellowship and holds a 800hour certification on the history, philosophy, and literature of Yoga.
Audience: All levels
Intensity level of class: 5
Composition of class:
80% of class is Asana
20% of class is Lecture
What should students bring to class? An open mind and willingness to do it.
Audience: Intermediate to Advanced Students
Intensity level of class: 8-9
Composition of class:
100% of class is Asana
What should students bring to class? Lots of energy.
Mateo J. Daniel
Playful Warrior Yoga
2901 Barton Skyway, Apt 2002
Austin, TX 78746
323 620 3239
warriorwork@gmail.com
www.playfulwarrioryoga.com
Bios: Mateo is a stress management specialist, certified in Yoga, Meditation and Bodywork, with over 20 years experience. In the last decade alone, he’s facilitated transformations for over 3,000 earthlings. Mateo's playful, adventurous approach to somatics makes him a highly sought-after speaker, teacher and coach. He is now back home in Austin after 8 years of study and practice in Los Angeles.
Camilla Figueroa
Dharma Yoga
4101 Guadalupe
Austin, TX 78751
(512) 420-0009
Camilla@austinyogatherapy.com
www.Dharma-Yoga.net
Bios: Camilla Figueroa is Dharma Yoga’s Co-Director, a master’s level social worker and clinical therapist, and is a certified teacher of Hatha Yoga, Thai Yoga Massage, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy at the 650-hour level. She has been practicing yoga for fourteen years and brings to her teaching a love for Buddhist meditation and mind-body awareness, and a powerful belief in the transformative capabilities of asana practice for emotional and spiritual growth.
Audience: all levels
Intensity level of class: 4-6
Composition of class
70 % of class is Asana
10 % of class is Lecture
20 % of class is Meditation
What should students bring to class? Sticky mat and blanket
Style of yoga: Dharma Yoga
Audience: All levels
Intensity level of class: 4-6
Composition of class
80 % of class is Asana
10 % of class is Lecture
10 % of class is Meditation
What should students bring to class? Sticky mat and blanket
Style of yoga: Dharma Yoga
Dr. Rob Francis
7119 Trimstone Drive
Pasadena, Texas 77505
832-236-5522
rfrancis11@comcast.net
Bio: For more than 25 years, Dr. Francis has actively pursued the incorporation of Yoga, Ayurveda and related sciences of Integrative Medicine into mainstream medicine. Dr. Rob holds faculty appointment at University of Texas School of Medicine where as Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine he participates in research and training of medical students and doctors in Integrative Medicine and has authored and co-authored numerous clinical publications in professional journals. His extensive training in Natural Healthcare includes training with the world’s leading experts in Ayurvedic Medicine and Pulse Diagnosis including Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. David Frawley, Dr. Vasant Lad, and Dr. John Douillard. Upon completion of the Physician’s Training Course in Ayurvedic Medicine at MIU’s College of Ayurvedic Medicine, Dr. Francis served as Director of the Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine.
Keith Kachtick
Dharma Yoga 3110 Guadalupe
Austin, TX 78751
(512) 420-0009
Keith@Dharma-Yoga.net
www.Dharma-Yoga.net
Bio: Keith Kachtick is founder and director of Dharma Yoga, based in Austin, Texas, and is author of two books on Buddhism: Hungry Ghost and You Are Not Here & Other Works of Buddhist Fiction. He has written for Yoga Journal, Newsweek, Esquire, Texas Monthly, and the New York Times Magazine, and has taught yoga and Buddhist meditation nationally and internationally for twelve years.
Charles MacInerneyExpanding Paradigms
Austin, Texas
(512) 459-2267
charles@yogateacher.com
www.YogaTeacher.com
www.Yoga-Retreats.com
www.Yoga-Writing.com
Bio: Charles is registered with the Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT-500 hr. He has practiced yoga for 39 years. In 1989 he founded Expanding Paradigms through which he began teaching yoga full time, publishing a newsletter, and presenting at Regional, National and International Conferences. In addition to his regular public yoga classes, Charles has extensive experience integrating yoga into hospitals, corporations, universities, and government agencies. Charles is the founder of www.yogateacher.com and has written articles for a variety of magazines including the Yoga Journal and contributed to several books on Yoga. He offers workshops at yoga studios around the country and since 1982 he has been leading retreats around the world. He currently offers four Yoga & Writing retreats, and six Yoga and Meditation retreats each year in Texas, Massachusetts, Mexico and Guatemala. Charles is co-founder and instructor with the Living Yoga Teacher Training Program and co-founder of the Texas Yoga Retreat.
Celeste McNeal
Celestial Yoga
4154 S. Harvard Bldg. H-1
Tulsa, OK 74135
(918) 814-4774
heal@celestialyoga.com
www.celestialyoga.com
Bio: Celeste practiced Kundalini Yoga when she was in the womb! 27 years later she became certified and since 2005 has been using tools from this ancient technology, known as the Yoga of Awareness, to help others awaken & access their highest consciousness. Her style is playful while creating a sanctuary for participants to delve into a deep experience of their truest self. Each class is intensely spirit-filled & incorporates chanting, pranayama, asana, mudra, meditation & music.
Dido Nydick
601 Upson Street Unit A
Austin, TX 78704
914 837-5128
didonydick@yahoo.com
Bio: Dido Nydick is a E-RYT500 certified ISHTA™ and Relax & Renew™ yoga instructor.
ISHTA is an acronym for the Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra and
Ayurveda and is a system established by Alan and Mani Finger who received direct
teachings by yogi masters Paramahansa Yogananda, Swami Nishraisananda, Swami
Venkatesananda, and Shuddhanand Bharati. Dido conducts classes at Castle Hill Fitness and Pure Austin.
Yves Oberlin103 Westbrook Dr
Austin TX 78746
512 217 1691
yves99@gmail.com
Bio: Yves Oberlin is an advanced and experienced yoga practitioner and instructor living and teaching in Austin Texas. His understanding of yoga is based on over 20 years of personal practice and on-going study with some of the best senior yoga instructors in the world. He also traveled to India numerous times to further his studies with the Iyengar family at the RMIY Institute in Pune. His background comes through in a methodical, dynamic and challenging teaching style. He inspires students to go beyond their perceived limits while remaining sensitive to individual needs and creating a safe and harmonious learning environment.
He teaches numerous workshops in Florida, Switzerland, Germany and Poland and Canada, where he recently took assignments to teach classes at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Vancouver Canada in 2009 and 2010 for several months.
Intro into Iyengar Yoga
Audience: All levels
Intensity level of class: 5
Composition of class:
90% of class is Asana
10% of class is Lecture
Style of yoga: Iyengar
What should students bring to class? mat, 2 blocks, belt, 3 blankets
Moving Towards Backbends
Audience: All levels - Not suitable for injured students.
Intensity level of class: 5
Composition of class:
10% of class is Lecture
70% of class is Asana
20% discussion/sharing
Style of yoga: Eclectic Hatha Yoga
Tara O'Neill R.N.
Casa de Yoga
12 Elm Street
Blanco , TX 78606
830-833-0318
shatar2000@yahoo.com
www.casadeyoga.com
Bio: Tara O’Neill R.N., RYT, began studying and practicing Tri Yoga in 1990. She is one of only 3 Registered Tri Yoga teachers in Texas. Her 21 years of bedside critical care nursing complements her yoga expertise and teaching. Tri Yoga does not just flow on the yoga matt, but continues to unfold throughout life revealing its true beauty. Tara works in Austin, but lives and teaches yoga in Blanco, Texas located between Austin and San Antonio. Her most recent interests include teaching Kid Yoga to the Blanco community and her two daughters, 7 and 8 years old.
Janet ParachinYoga Spirit Academy
11134 E 75th Place S
Tulsa, OK 74133-2518
918 261 9786
jparachin@cox.net
www.yogaspirittulsa.com
Bio: Janet W Parachin is a proud graduate of the Living Yoga Program and has been teaching yoga since 2004 and facilitating meditation groups since 1999. She has degrees in religion, ministry and education. She is completing her 500 hour certification with an emphasis in restorative and therapeutic yoga. Her most recent teachers are Doug Keller and Judith Hanson Lasater. Janet is the Director of Yoga Spirit Academy yoga teacher training program in Tulsa. She teaches that all may experience sukha, ease in body, mind, emotions and spirit.
Audience: All Levels
Intensity level of class: 5-7
Composition of class
80% of class is Asana
10% of class is Meditation
10% of class is Pranayama
What should students bring to class? Blankets, two blocks and a strap
Style of Yoga: Eclectic slow flow
Audience: All Levels
Intensity level of class: 5
Composition of class
50% of class is Asana
10% of class is Lecture
20% of class is Meditation
20% of class is Pranayama
What should students bring to class? Blankets, two blocks and a strap
Style of Yoga: Eclectic
Victor ParachinYoga Spirit Academy
11134 E 75th Place S
Tulsa, OK 74133
918 249 1992
vmpnamaste@gmail.com
victormparachin.wordpress.com
Bio: Victor M. Parachin is a meditation teacher, ordained minister and author of 15 books. His most recent book, Eastern Wisdom For Western Minds, was selected as one of the “Best Spiritual Books of the Year.” He and his partner, Janet, are directors of Yoga Spirit Academy, a yoga teacher training school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Victor is certified to teach yoga and pilates.
Audience: All Levels
Intensity level of class: 2
Composition of class
90% of class is Meditation
10% of class is Pranayama
What should students bring to class? Blanket
Style of Yoga: Meditation
Audience: All Levels
Intensity level of class: 2
Composition of class
90% of class is Meditation
10% of class is Pranayama
What should students bring to class? Blanket
Style of Yoga: Meditation
Gioconda ParkerGiocondaYoga
1404 West 12th, C
Austin, Texas 78703
512 785 9642
Gioconda@giocondayoga.com
www.giocondayoga.com
Bio: Gioconda, ERYT-500 has been teaching yoga for over 12 years, and has worked with a variety of populations in sharing this ancient science of healing. She has directed several yoga programs, and has led teacher trainings and retreats both nationally and internationally. She continues to be humbled by yoga’s capacity to open our eyes to ourselves, each other and our planet.
Audience: All Levels
Intensity level of class: 7
Composition of class
80% of class is Asana
10% of class is Lecture
5% of class is Meditation
5% of class is Pranayama
What should students bring to class? 2 blocks, 1 strap and a blanket
Style of Yoga: Vinyasa
Audience: All Levels
Intensity level of class: 5
Composition of class
70% of class is Asana
10% of class is Lecture
20% of class is Meditation
What should students bring to class? 2 blocks, 1 strap and a blanket
Style of Yoga: Vinyasa
Sanieh
Sanieh Yoga
512 470 2362
sanieh@saniehyoga.com
www.saniehyoga.com
Bio: With deep roots nurtured from years of inspired study with Shiva Rea, Sanieh RYT 500/E-RYT500, embodies a unique understanding of teaching a very fluid, strong, sensual and organic, "full-bodied" yoga. Her evolution of practice, world travels and continuing education inspires creative sequencing of classes with a fresh, grounding execution of encouragement and love while facilitating spaciousness and expansion for students of all levels.
Audience: All Levels
Intensity level of class: 6
Composition of class
75% of class is Asana
10% of class is Lecture
15% of class is Meditation
What should students bring to class? sticky mat
Style of Yoga: Prana Vinyasa Flow
Audience: Intermediate to Advanced Students
Intensity level of class: 9
Composition of class
85% of class is Asana
5% of class is Lecture
5% of class is Meditation
5% of class is Pranayama
What should students bring to class? mat & blanket
Style of Yoga: Prana Vinyasa Flow / eclectic
Audience: All Levels
Intensity level of class: 4
Composition of class
85% of class is Asana
5% of class is Lecture
10% of class is Meditation
What should students bring to class? sticky mat
Style of Yoga: Prana Vinyasa Flow / eclectic
Suzy Shapiro
Houston, Tx
713-417-3535
hssh@pdq.net
Bio: Suzy was certified in the Iyengar Yoga tradition in 1994 and has been practicing yoga since 1974. The clarity, precision and compassion of this style of yoga attracted her. She has studied with B.K.S. Iyenger, Geeta Iyengar and many of their senior teachers over the years. Her deep knowledge of the system combined with her problem-solving abilities and her sense of humor make her classes rewarding, enlightening and uplifting.
Ellen SmithAustin, Texas
(512) 419-1339
www.sojournretreats.com
ebsmith@austin.rr.com
Bio: Ellen is a Registered Hatha yoga instructor and Intuitive Mentor. She has studied qigong with Master Li, Roger Jahnke, and Kenneth Cohen, among others. Ellen has a Masters degree in Spiritual Psychology and uses her own blend of deep listening, uncanny intuition, and genuine praise to helps others see, claim, and act on their innately fabulous qualities. She is Co-Founder of Texas Yoga and the Living Yoga Teacher Training Program, and Founder of Sojourn Retreats www.sojournretreats.com, offering transformational weekend retreats for women.
Yoga and Qigong
Qigong, often called, “Chinese Yoga,” is a system of gentle exercises, breathing and meditation. It is specifically a healing modality because it combines movement, meditation, and breath regulation to enhance the flow of vital energy (chi or prana) in the body. In this easy, meditative class, Ellen combines traditional Qigong with Yoga postures to help you gently wake up and connect with the beauty around and within you.
Audience: All levels
Intensity level of class: 2
Composition of class:
95% of class is asana
5% of class is lecture
What should students bring to class? 2 blankets, Shoes and warm clothes (if needed). Weather permitting, class will be outside in the fresh air!
Style of yoga: Eclectic Yoga and Qigong
Paul Kevin Smith (M.Ed., E-RYT 500)
Austin Yoga for Health at Remedy Center
4910 Burnet Rd.
Austin, TX 78757
512-452-6623
austinyogahealth@aol.com
www.austinyogaforhealth.com
Bio: Paul Kevin Smith is a certified Hatha and Vinyasa Krama Yoga Teacher and Integrative Yoga Therapist. He has a M.Ed. in Kinesiology, and is a Certified Health Fitness Specialist and Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist. P.K. teaches Yoga at Lake Austin Spa Resort and Remedy Center, and Personal Fitness Training at A.C.C. His audio CD “Basic Hatha Yoga” is now available.