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Linda's journey into the practice and study of Yoga began over fourteen years ago. While exploring various styles of yoga, she became instantly drawn to the healing and transformative benefits to the mind, body and spirit. more»
Since the doors to La Jolla Yoga Center opened in November 2009, Stephanie has been a consistent presence at LJYC. She completed La Jolla Yoga Center’s first Teacher’s Training 200-hour program. Yoga has shifted Stephanie’s perspective and she has been dedicated to continuing her yoga studies and expanding her influences. more»
Vou approaches yoga with the understanding that we function at our highest level of being when we strengthen body, mind and spirit and train them to function as one. Vou emphasizes sound alignment and provides you the latest in scientific research on mind-body practices. more»
Carolyn Boline specializes in teaching yoga for older adults. Trained in the Baptiste power of yoga and Silver Age yoga, her classes emphasize pranayana (proper breathing techniques), gentle asanas for flexibility and balance, and relaxation and meditation in every class. more»
Mary Cantonis has been a RYT Certified Teacher since 2006 and an avid yoga practitioner for over a decade. Her passion for yoga began while living in Manhattan where she worked on the New York Stock Exchange as a stock broker. Mary found yoga to be a wonderful reprieve from the chaotic world of Wall Street and used it to help balance her life. more»
I fell in love with yoga in 2001, ever since, my life and my dreams have meshed together to create an incredibly exciting, and truly fulfilling reality. I am filled with immense joy being able to share and enjoy this practice on a daily basis. The styles of yoga I love are: Anusara, Power, Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flows and Acro Yoga. more»
Jeanie Carlstead, E-RYT-500, Founder and Director of La Jolla Yoga Center. She has learned from many great yogis, with her 22 years working with Erich Schiffman and Gerhard Gessner, and her recent nine years working with John Friend and Desiree Rumbaugh in the Anusara tradition being the most significant. more»
Anne began her journey into yoga early in life during her childhood, with an avid curiosity about all things unseen. When Anne discovered asana practice during her "fitness epiphany" in the mid-1990's, she discovered those practices to be the doorway to the deeper understanding she had been seeking. more»
Helen started practicing yoga as a way of balancing life as a grad student in New York City. After spending most of her life as a dancer, she was initially drawn to yoga by the physical benefits of the practice and the similarities to dance. Helen quickly found herself returning for the total sense of calm and wellbeing that yoga delivers. more»
Roger Cole, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized, certified Iyengar yoga teacher trained at the Iyengar Yoga Institutes in San Francisco and Pune, India. He is also an accomplished scientist educated at Stanford University and the University of California, with specialties in the science of relaxation, sleep, and circadian rhythms. more»
Nancine, born in New York and raised in Atlanta, began her exploration of yoga and self over a decade ago while traveling in Southeast Asia and studying vipassana meditation. She has taught a variety of yoga classes in San Diego for the past 3 years and high school English for the past 15. more»
Michael DeFrancisco began his study of meditation 35 years ago. Since then, he has studied and taught meditation throughout North America, Europe, and India. As a certified Transcendental Meditation teacher, he has instructed hundreds of students as a private instructor and guest lecturer. more»
Liza DiGaetano, E-RYT 500, has been teaching yoga since 2003. She has studied a variety of traditional and nontraditional yoga styles through which she derived her own creative approach to Power Vinyasa. more»
Michael’s yoga journey has been one filled with curiosity, exploration, growth, and expansion- from the most traditional yoga to the more innovative forms of yoga practice and philosophy. He began yoga in 1997 and dived into Ashtanga Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, and forms of vinyasa yoga. more»
A student of yoga since 2001, Jano’s study of hatha yoga, meditation, yoga philosophy and pranayama led him to become a Bikram certified teacher since 2003. Jano has been based and teaches extensively throughout the San Diego area. more»
Sarah discovered yoga as a teenager, and has returned to the mat throughout her life, using yoga as a balance to rugby, kickboxing, running, and softball. Yoga was a huge tool for her in recovery from an ACL injury and surgery, and she has continued to explore the many ways that a consistent and dedicated yoga practice can heal and restructure both body and mind. more»
Michele Hébert is a master yoga and meditation teacher, a natural nutritionist, an author and a pioneer in women’s wellness and spirituality. A long-time La Jolla resident, she is the owner of Spa Spirit Wellness, a company that provides spiritually based wellness programs for groups and individuals. more»
Shivani Jane is a healing artist with over 18 years of experience in the holistic field of health and natural therapies. She is certified in Svaroopa® yoga, yoga therapy, massage therapy and other healing modalities as well as being educated in the Feldenkrais® method and certified to teach Awareness through Movement. more»
Bonnie Jones is a yoga teacher and studio consultant based in San Diego, CA. In addition being one of the region’s most acclaimed instructors, Bonnie is an ambassador for Lululemon Athletica and writes a column for San Diego Magazine called Yoga with Bonnie. more»
In 1998 I moved to San Diego with my husband Anton, and here I fell in love with both Yoga and Pilates. I enjoyed practicing both disciplines as a client for 5 years. When I moved back to Milan in 2002, I decided to engage the path of becoming a Pilates instructor. more»
Kanwal has been practicing yoga since 2002. He is grateful for and inspired by his teachers Gerhard Gessner and Jeanie Carlstead. Kanwal trained at the Prana Yoga Center & embraces the Anusara Yoga philosophy, which celebrates the community as well as the unique abilities of each individual. more»
Amanda McCarroll is a licensed Holistic Healthcare Practitioner and a Registered Yoga Teacher. Her Vinyasa Flow classes are fun and creative - experience a smooth, rhythmic flow that you won't find anywhere else. more»
Jennifer, RYT-200, grew up as a dancer and later became a fitness instructor. She has since discovered yoga as the ultimate gateway to the integration of mind, body, and spirit. She has completed a 200-hour teacher training course in the Anusara style and has also become certified in Silver Age Yoga for seniors. more»
Ever since Teri’s first Ashtanga yoga class some fifteen years ago she was hooked. It was like the light bulb over the head for her, the Ah-Ha moment. From that first class, she knew she was home. more»
Dr. Mehrad Nazari is a Senior Teacher of the Walt Baptiste Method of Raja Yoga. He is a Continuing Education Specialist in Yoga for the American Council on Exercise. Mehrad was initiated in Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition by Swami Veda Bharati and has received initiation by the Zen Master Kyozan Joshu Roshi, and HH. The Dalai Lama. more»
Magdalena took her first yoga class over a decade ago. She experienced the sensation of turning inward, relaxing, feeling her breath slow down, yet still received a physically challenging workout. She was amazed and immediately fell in love with yoga's balance between the mental and physical. more»
Since I can remember, nature has been a central part of my life. I was fortunate to grow up in a beach community and spent my childhood playing in the ocean. I traveled and experienced many of the world’s great surf spots as a professional body boarder. I developed a deep love and appreciation for our natural world, and at the same time, I was strongly drawn to the practice of Yoga. more»
Carolina Vivas has been teaching yoga for over 10 years. She has studied with the best teachers in the country including Bryan Kest, Dharma Mittra, Shiva Rea and Ally Hamilton. Her style of yoga uses various techniques derived from Astanga, Iyengar, vinyasa, power yoga, partner yoga and martial arts. more»
