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Natalie Morales
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 Natalie has been studying varied approaches to Hatha
yoga since 1981, including Anusara, Ashtanga, Bikram,
Kundalini, Iyengar and the style some call Viniyoga.
She started teaching in 1995, blending her experience
into light-hearted classes where we are encouraged to
make our own multi-layered study of the self that
extends way beyond the physical. She promotes each
class as an act of self-discovery, not just by
emphasizing body-awareness through asana, but also by
encouraging us to fine-tune an awareness in the patterns
of thought and emotion that underlie our movement. She
believes that the most well-rounded approach to life and
yoga involves experimenting with various styles, to
honor our multi-faceted personalities. To help students
experience this, she teaches Yoga Nidra, Restorative,
and a style she calls Funyasa™, a power-vinyasa hybrid
with special emphasis on fun. To learn more about her,
visit
funyasa.com
Loree Shrager
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 During
her first yoga class in 1990, Loree Shrager realized
that she had found what she had been craving. Back pain
from severe scoliosis lead her to spontaneously invent
some stretches for limited relief. With yoga came the
exciting discovery of a wide world to explore. Since
then Loree has been passionate about yoga and has
continued to study different styles under many
teachers. She has been certified to teach by Peter
Barber, Bobbi Goldin and Erich Schiffmann. Loree has a
PhD. in clinical psychology, and was able to incorporate
and examine yoga’s myriad effects in her final
dissertation. Today she teaches throughout Miami, is
the co-owner of Dharma Studio in Coconut Grove, works as
a therapist, and is the mother of two amazing boys. Her
flowing style is always changing, and she’s known for
classes that are challenging, relaxing, fun and soothing
all at once.
Heather Morgan
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Heather fell in love with yoga during her
first Ashtanga class, thrilled at the
physical challenge, the electric energy in
the room, and the grace of the other
students. Looking back, she had found a
great workout routine but was not really
practicing yoga! Since those early days, she
has explored Iyengar, Anusara, Yogic Arts
and a vast assortment of vinyasa flow
styles, but has found her home in Skanda
Yoga, and feels honored to have trained
directly with the founder Ken von Roenn
III. This style invokes the energy of the
Maya Dreamspell Calendar to align with us
with nature's cyclical patterns. As a Skanda
teacher, Heather embodies the warrior spirit
and initiates transformation in her
students, honoring the basic form of the
asana, and bringing it to life with breath,
energy and natural alignment. She reminds
her students to economize effort and to
deepen into each pose with ease and grace.
Heather’s classes are stimulating,
challenging and energizing. You will hear
sighs as students release deeply into
wonderful stretches, and gasps as they
realize that everything is possible!
To learn more about
Heather visit
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Deborah O'Brien
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 As
classically trained singer, Deborah has spent over
a decade in the Theatre, both onstage and as a
technician. As a yoga teacher, she brings that fun
theatrical energy into class using improvisation by
inspiration. She firmly believes that yoga is for
everyone, all that is required is a commitment to having
your own experience. She has passionately studied many
styles with many teachers, refining her open-minded,
open-hearted style. In her Yin Yoga classes, she
emphasizes the therapeutic potential of Yoga as a tool
to heal, re-balance and bring stability to the physical
body and to our daily lives. She ends each class
by singing to her students in savasana, very memorable
indeed.
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Jason Lawner
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 Jason
has been an active athlete his entire life, thriving on
the challenge and discipline of physical exercise. He
participated in triathlons from the age of 10, and as a
result of ruthless training at such a tender age,
developed back injuries so serious that he was forced to
wear a brace for almost 3 years. After sustaining a
knee injury, he was sidelined from sports altogether his
sophomore year in High School. As a means of rehab, he
reluctantly checked out a yoga class, and came away with
something that he never got in his years of training in
the gym: an overall sense of wellbeing. Since then he’s
never looked back. Having learned first-hand about the
body’s capacity to heal itself by applying principles of
biomechanical alignment taught in yoga, Jason is proof
of the resilience of the human spirit and the healing
power of yoga. He has studied Anusara® Yoga extensively
with John Friend, Desirée Rambaugh, Sianna Sherman, Amy
Ippoliti and Jordan Bloom, among others. He completed a
Level I Anusara® Yoga Teacher Training, and was
certified to teach Skanda Yoga by the founder Ken von Roenn
III. Jason shares his experience and puts his skill
into action in his classes, invoking the warrior spirit
for a challenging and self-empowering practice. To
learn more about this style, visit
jasonlawner.com or
anusara.com
Brandi Baldwin
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 Brandi
is a Miami native and life-long athlete,
an artist, entrepreneur and avid Yogini. She sees
yoga as the ideal playground for people to explore
their true nature and to access their Highest Self.
It provides an opportunity for people to explore and
celebrate their uniqueness; to observe the ego and
detach from the desire to compare and control. She
encourages her students to release judgment and to
find contentment in the face of challenge, both on
and off the mat. By helping her students manage
stress, live more wholly and realize their greatest
potential, Brandi sees teaching yoga as her
contribution to the betterment of society, one
person at a time. She’s also an expert on human
interaction, and facilitates workshops on successful
relationships. She imbues her Yoga Flow classes
with her warm and accepting spirit, leaving students
feeling refreshed, centered and recharged.
Christy Nones
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 Christy
Nones, a certified Anusara® yoga teacher, has
been studying and practicing yoga since 1988. A
classically trained Homeopath and dancer, she is
enthusiastic about the healing and therapeutic
aspects of the Anusara yoga school. With an
extensive background in spiritual/religious
studies and a B.A. in comparative religions from
Boston University, she gains profound
inspiration from the Tantric philosophy of
Anusara yoga and offers its elegant wisdom in
delightfully practical ways. She offers
trainings and workshops locally and
internationally, and furthers her own studies by
assisting and apprenticing with John Friend,
founder of Anusara yoga, as well as constantly
seeking out the wisdom of other teachers.
Christy infuses her classes with poetry,
precision and playfulness, encouraging students
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Peter Barber
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 Peter
Barber is a Certified Anusara® Yoga Teacher,
is a retired attorney and has been teaching yoga full
time since 1996. He has trained extensively with some of the
most renowned teachers in the country, and has been a
student of John Friend since 2000. He shares his knowledge generously, and is grateful for
the opportunity to do so.
To learn more, visit
yogipete.com or
anusara.com
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Debra Lee Lazaro
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 With a Health & Fitness background from New York,
California and Florida, Debra Lee turned her entire
focus to teaching yoga, and received her Yoga
Certification in Miami 2001. She teaches a strong,
flowing and meditative vinyasa yoga class, infused with
elements from the Anusara, Ashtanga, Iyengar and Tantric
traditions. She has trained extensively with some of the
most renowned teachers in the field, such as John
Friend, Rod Stryker, Rodney Yee, Aadil Palkhivala and
Tias Little. Well known for safety and alignment, Debra
Lee’s soft approach to her powerful style is an
energizing and vigorous blend of physical movements
synchronized with the breath, helping her students
increase flexibility, muscle tone and strength, while
conditioning the cardiovascular and digestive systems,
to create an overall sense of well-being
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Vanessa Michel
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 Vanessa was a teenager when she first encountered Rachel
Welch’s now-famous book of yoga. She was so inspired by
the amazing poses that she began to imitate them out of
curiosity and for fun, always interested in whatever
involved moving the body. Over the years she has
developed that keen interest into a way of life,
exploring different yogic methods to arrive at her
present blend of styles. Vanessa is known for coaxing
amazing poses out of people with her playful spirit.
In her classes, she combines the details of Iyengar yoga
with the discipline of Ashtanga Vinyasa, adding the
spice of Jivamukti and traditional undertones of
Vipassana Meditation and Tantric ParaYoga®.
She has studied with Sharon Gannon, Rod Stryker, Doug
Swenson and Karen Prior, among others. She teaches
Vinyasa, Mamaste™ Prenatal Yoga & Postnatal Yoga. She
joyfully invites you on a wholesome journey with effects
sure to extend beyond the regular asana practice.
Dashi Chu Kocica
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Dashi’s passion speaks for itself. After
curing herself of a partial hearing loss in
1997 at the world’s largest Qigong Hospital
in China, she is dedicated to bringing
ancient and powerful methods of self-healing
to the West. With over 40 years’ experience
“cross training” in yoga, Qigong and Taiji
Chuan, her mission is to empower individuals
to practice self-healing daily, so that they
can take charge of their health, well being
and spiritual evolution. Her background in
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anatomy and
Biomechanics gives her unique insight into
the principles of movement and energy
flow. She teaches students how to enter into
a state of inner harmony, synchronizing
body, mind and breath, so they can
experience a blissful flow of energy through
the body. Dashi has traveled the world
learning from master teachers, but she
recognizes that the ultimate teacher is
within. Gifted with natural grace and inner
stillness, her teaching style is precise and
analytical, yet it opens the mind to grasp
the broader concepts of energy flow within
the form. Dashi is certified in TriYoga®,
Supreme Science Qigong, and is
China-certified in Wisdom Qigong and Lian
Gong. She is an Acupuncture Physician and
co-owner with her husband Bodhi of the
Hoshino Therapy Clinic in Coral Gables and
Shangri-Lodge Retreat Center in Costa Rica.
Visit
www.asianhealingarts.org
to view her calendar of workshops and
retreats at home and abroad, and DVDs and
articles on Qigong. Visit
www.hoshinotherapy.org
to learn more about Hoshino Therapy.
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