https://www.startwithyou.yoga/our-instructors daily 0.75 2023-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1afa31c277121e6c26b1e9/1597093723634-GLSAILMYNMKPIIIVSFU8/LindaMachuPichu.jpg Private Yoga Instructors - LINDA J SANDELL, PhD RYT-200, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), Certified ParaYoga Nidra® instructor Linda loves yoga because of the limitless opportunities to learn about yourself and others. “I learn from every yoga practice and class I teach or take.” Linda trained at the Yoga Source in 2009 (RYT-2oo) in St Louis and has been teaching since. She has advanced certifications from Duke University Integrative Medicine in Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors and Yoga of Awareness for Cancer. Since 2014, she has made 8 trips to India where she completed an 800 hour course in yoga therapy in the first school in India to be accredited by the International Association of Yoga Therapy, as well as 100 hr training with Sri Ramaswamy in the practice of Khrisnamachyra. She enjoys the challenge of creating yoga for everyone and using personalized yoga therapy as medicine. Linda is a scientist, Professor Emerita, and Founding Director of the Musculoskeletal Research Center at Washington University. She is a Certified ParaYoga Nidra® instructor (Rod Stryker) and loves living in Aspen, Puerto Vallarta and St Louis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1afa31c277121e6c26b1e9/1597519617537-OKG6W8C6W12KRT658WRN/JHW6729_MSP_1617.jpeg Private Yoga Instructors - Dr. Julie Hoffman Dr. Julie Hoffman began working as a labor and delivery nurse in 1992 after completing her BSN at the University of Arizona. While working as a staff RN she finished her MBA studies, also at the University of Arizona. She attained her DNP in 2012. Her career has taken her from the bedside to the C-suite, from labor and delivery to hospice, and from inpatient to outpatient. In addition to nursing leadership, Dr. Hoffman is a Certified Nurse Coach and a yoga instructor. She completed her 200-hour studies in 2017 and began teaching prenatal yoga that same year. In 2020 Dr. Hoffman will complete her 500-hour studies. She is experienced in teaching chair yoga, yoga for stroke survivors, students new to yoga and students recovering from injury or surgery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1afa31c277121e6c26b1e9/1595621441829-TC3PBF2KFWUZ4DJ91DUG/nasim+nourian.jpg Private Yoga Instructors - NASIM NOURIAN Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1afa31c277121e6c26b1e9/1595987693611-J1AIZQDAFRTJ0RJ6PY1Q/MEL.jpg Private Yoga Instructors - MEL GERARD In 2003, Imelda Gerard discovered Yoga’s ability to balance the mental, spiritual and physical in all. Imelda completed 200hr Inner Vision’s Teacher Training in 2019 and 300hr at Bhakti Nova School of Yoga in 2021. She continues her Yoga Bhakti journey under the guidance of her mentor, Nubia Teixeira, and is exploring the gift of Kirtan with Jai Uttal. Imelda’s classes include asanas, pranayamas, mudras, chants and meditations infused with Bhakti devotion and storytelling. Her teachings promote her students to discover and celebrate their own spiritual and physical gifts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1afa31c277121e6c26b1e9/1595980587923-KPYU64CHUT11XTCR8ECQ/LisaVargas.jpg Private Yoga Instructors - LISA JANE VARGAS Lisa Jane is a holistic health and wellness professional with a passion for teaching individuals the therapeutic benefits of yoga with the goal of helping each heal from the inside out. Her experience includes over 20 years in the mental and behavioral health field with an emphasis in addictions, eating disorders, trauma, chronic pain, depression and anxiety. Earlier in her career she operated a personal training business alongside working in the financial services and hospitality sectors. She has spent a lifetime researching and studying healing modalities in the physical, psychological and spiritual realms and how they integrate with yoga and wellness. Lisa Jane is a 300 Hour certified Healing Emphasis Yoga (HEY) teacher and has practiced and studied with the Inner Vision Yoga program for the past 8 years. Having a work-life balance is important to her and she enjoys playing tennis, hiking and spending time with family and friends. https://www.startwithyou.yoga/classes daily 0.75 2024-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1afa31c277121e6c26b1e9/1595621557732-CRWBI9QYTBYDC6R6JN1V/image-asset.jpeg Classes - Hatha Yoga Hatha yoga practice is designed to bring the body into alignment and balance while calming the mind and nourishing the spirit. This practice can be a gentle combination of poses (asanas) and breath work (pranayama) or more energizing and vigorous or somewhere in between depending on the level of class, the practitioners skills and the instructor. The class is 60 minutes and ends with a relaxing final pose (savasana). Please always be mindful that while practicing any yoga poses, you never force your body into a shape or tolerate pain. Some postures are meant to challenge your physical body and mind, but experiencing pain in the joints, muscles or connective tissues is never part of a well-rounded practice. Be kind to your body and compassionately and lovingly move through your yoga practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1afa31c277121e6c26b1e9/1595635389753-T374PW88P9SOV643Q3Q9/image-asset.jpeg Classes - Yin Yoga Yin yoga is a slow-paced, introspective practice of yoga. The poses are held for longer periods of time allowing you to create the space to turn inward and notice the physical sensations in the body and tendencies of the mind. This practice targets the connective tissues, fascia, ligaments, tendons and joints and is incredibly liberating. The practice is based on the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) of moving qi (energy or life force) in your body by consciously focusing on the meridian lines (Nadi) that correspond to our internal organs. The ancient wisdom of yoga, recognized that the health and wellbeing of a physical body is well-tied to the health of the internal organs and through conscious compression and elongation, we are opening the blockages and allowing the energy to flow freely to the targeted organs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1afa31c277121e6c26b1e9/1595633850060-LMX19J82RYDDWW80EGII/image-asset.jpeg Classes - Yoga Nidra The meditative practice of yoga is a sweet, restful and powerful practice that is accessible for all levels. Nidra meaning sleep is a non-rem stage 3 sleep where your mind and body is at complete rest, but you are still aware and awake. Yoga Nidra is a guided practice and is done lying on your back preferably on the floor and not your bed or the couch. You may use props like blanket or pillow under your head and knees to get comfortable with the intention to stay awake through the entire practice. The teacher will systematically guide your through steps to reach a state of complete relaxation between waking and sleeping. The practice will help you release stress and relieve anxiety, heal psychological wounds and leads to a sense of overall wellbeing and balance. The complete practice can be 30-40 minutes long, although your teacher may begin with a physical practice giving you the ability to relax easier in Yoga Nidra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1afa31c277121e6c26b1e9/1611012172447-FJWEIIXBMZTFP6WR34I6/image.jpg Classes - Balance & Posture Yoga Good balance and posture are required for optimal breathing, body awareness, and the prevention of falls. Yoga asanas, pranayama and mindful practice principles will be used to increase the ability of students to maintain balance and correct posture. If you like, a metric will be provided to measure your increased sense of balance. Practices will stress warm up, mindful opening of shoulders, back, legs, hips and strengthening of the core. Balance poses will begin with toe raises and mindful walking, standing Warrior poses, moving onto crane, tree and eagle poses, standing knee to chest and ardha chandrasana. Students will improve balance and posture, increase self-efficacy, body awareness and confidence. Suitable for all levels of yoga experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1afa31c277121e6c26b1e9/1595958248811-FO3GCXRXLKECH869ETX2/image-asset.jpeg Classes - Prenatal Yoga Prenatal yoga can help reduce stress, improve sleep, increase strength, flexibility and mobility in the muscles and connective tissues involved in childbirth and release tension from shoulders, upper and lower back and the leg and calf muscles. 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