Classes and Workshops in the Iyengar Tradition since 1980
Instructors
David Boyd
Maria Calabria
Suzanne Dong
Candy Emory
Lolly Font
Patti Graul
Larry Hatlett
Lily Anne Hillis
Terry Lesser
Ann Merlo
Elise Miller
Diane Milner
Ruth Owen
Faranak Parsinejad
Mimm Patterson
Leslie Peterson
Vera Popova
Birgit Reimer
Lisa Brill Robinson
Rosie Richardson
Richard Weinapple
Cora Wen
 
David Boyd did his teacher training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and has been teaching since 2005. He has studied with the Iyengars in India.
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Maria Calabria is a certified Iyengar teacher and a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. She has been practicing yoga since 1985 and teaching since 2000. Maria has also studied with the Iyengar family in Pune, India. She holds degrees in Physical Education and Modern Expressive Dance (Expresión Corporal) from institutions in her native Argentina. 650-307-2721 or mafer@tvamevayoga.org or her web site
www.tvamevayoga.org
Suzanne Dong is a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and has studied under the auspices of Geeta & Prashant Iyengar, Ramanand Patel, Manouso Manos and Kofi Busia. Her love of yoga is infectious, challenging and energetic. Suzanne specializes in neck, shoulder and back challenges.
650-722-2257 or yogisuz@gmail.com
Candy Emory has taught yoga since 1995 and practiced yoga since 1980. A student of Larry Hatlett, she has also trained in the Advanced Studies Program at The Yoga Room in Berkeley. Candy's classes are calm and gentle, as well as challenging. Keeping in mind specific, individual needs, she gives attention to each student.
info@californiayoga.com
Lolly Font Lolly Font, former director of California Yoga Center, is a certified Iyengar teacher and holds M.A. degrees in Education and Transpersonal Psychology. She recovered from arthritis through her yoga practice. Her classes are challenging, energizing and unfold creatively in response to the problems and conditions students bring.
650-322-6316
Patti Graul Patti Graul has practiced yoga since 1974 and taught since 1986. Her 34 years of ballet practice give her a deep understanding of the body. Patti's classes are quiet and focus on alignment and stress reduction. She also offers private instruction and public classes in Los Altos.
408-720-8896
Larry Hatlett Larry Hatlett, founder of The Yoga Center of Palo Alto, has been teaching yoga since 1970. He received an Advanced Yoga Teaching Certificate from B.K.S. Iyengar in 1983 after studying extensively with him in India through the 1970s and 1980s. He has trained many teachers and developed many innovative yoga practices. As a deep and original thinker about yoga and the body, Larry has let experience, experimentation, and his vast knowledge of anatomy be his guide. 650-323-3555 or his web site
www.yogainpaloalto.com
Lily Anne Hillis Lily Anne Hillis has taught yoga since 1990. Lily's passion and enthusiasm for yoga, for her students, and for life comes through in every class she teaches. She sees yoga as life enhancing and joyous, and she has a keen eye for precision in the poses. Her classes are a blend of gentleness, humor and a bit of irreverence.
650-223-7140 or yogalily@aol.com
Terry Lesser Terry Lesser has practiced yoga since the mid-1980's and began teaching in 1995. She has been practicing mindfulness meditation in the Buddhist Vipassana tradition since 1992, and is a graduate of the Community Dharma Leader program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She also teaches yoga and meditation at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City.
650-814-1150 or terrylesser@gmail.com
Ann Merlo Ann Merlo has taught yoga since 1993. She is a graduate of the Advanced Studies Program at The Yoga Room in Berkeley and is a Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher. She is also certified in Pilates fundamentals and mat work. Ann offers private yoga instruction and is a guest instructor at Stanford University.
ann@annyoga.com
Elise Miller Elise Miller has taught yoga since 1973 and is a certified senior Iyengar teacher. She is on the faculty of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, is a published author and a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher. She studies in India with B.K.S. Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar regularly. Having corrected her own scoliosis with yoga, she specializes in back problems and sports related injuries offering classes, private sessions, workshops and retreats locally and internationally. 650-493-1254 or e-mail or her web sites www.ebmyoga.com or www.yogaforscoliosis.com
Diane Milner Diane Milner has practiced Iyengar Yoga since the mid-1980's and is a graduate of the Yoga Educational Seminar teacher training program. Active in golf and master swimming, Diane's classes focus on easing the effects of overuse and imbalance whether in sports or daily life. She also teaches yoga in several Peninsula community and health club programs.
650-341-2212 or millie_d@sbcglobal.net
Ruth Owen has taught yoga since 1989 and received her training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Her balanced, energizing classes encourage effort and awareness, and are sensitive to individual students' abilities. Ruth also offers private yoga instruction and corporate classes.
650-565-8447 or rowenyoga@yahoo.com
Faranak Parsinejad Faranak Parsinejad, a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute, has been teaching yoga since 2004 and is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher. Faranak has studied extensively with Ben Thomas and Elise Miller. She teaches beginning, intermediate and restorative yoga at area health clubs and corporate sites. Her Fitness certifications and her intuitive nature help offer a fun, balanced, soothing and energizing practice that encourage proper alignment and form, as well as joy and lightness of spirit.
fparsi@yahoo.com or www.yogasophy.blogspot.com
Mimm Patterson Mimm Patterson has taught yoga since 1994. A student of Karl Duffy and Larry Hatlett since 1987, Mimm has recently returned from 11 years in Ireland, where she received additional Iyengar training in Dublin and also studied at the Yoga Teacher Training Center in Newry, Northern Ireland. As a body therapist, Mimm brings a strong understanding of anatomy and physiology to her classes.
650-815-6407 or mimmp@mac.com and practicallytwisted.wordpress.com
Leslie Peterson Leslie Peterson began taking yoga in 1978 to help with a back condition. A student of Lolly Font and Elise Miller in the 1980's, she attended the teacher training program at the Iyenger Yoga Institute of San Francisco from 1986-88. Leslie is a Massage Therapist, specializing in the Hendrickson Method® of Orthopedic Massage and Manual Therapy, with an active practice in Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and Mountain View. Her blended background of yoga and massage therapy give her a particular insight into helping you feel better through the practice of yoga. lslpet@comcast.net or (650) 207-2932
Vera Popova Vera Popova graduated from the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and has been teaching since 2005. Vera's classes are energetic, thoughtful and give special attention to proper body alignment to help students on and off the yoga mat. Students who have never done yoga before, and those already practicing enjoy the experience, challenge, and aproach in her classes. Vera is a student of Elise Miller and Athena Pappas, and is interested in yoga for back care.
vera@veraom.com or www.veraom.com
Birgit Reimer has studied extensively with Ben Thomas. Her schedule includes regular asana and pranayama classes at area studios as well as yoga at the AARS (Asian American Recovery Service), private lessons, and workshops. Her classes are a well-balanced composition of Sadhana (practice), chants , pranayama, meditation and philosophy. She has recently begun teaching an Iyengar/Thomas module for teacher training.
birgitreimer@comcast.net or her web site www.yoga-is-all.com/
Lisa Brill Robinson Lisa Brill Robinson is a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and has taught yoga since 1989. Her yoga practice and a B.A. in dance lend to the creative and energetic nature of her classes. Lisa offers private instruction, and specializes in working with pregnant women.
650-793-6612 or lisa@rfamily7.com
Rose Richardson Rosie Richardson began studying Iyengar yoga in 1995 with Dean and Rebecca Lerner, and currently studies with and assists Elise Miller and Osha Hanfling. She completed the 500- hour teacher training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Rosie teaches both public and private classes and works with individuals with special needs or interests. She is an enthusiastic hiker and road cyclist. Rosie.Richardson726@gmail.com
Richard Weinapple has been a dedicated, passionate, and joyful practitioner of yoga for 30 years. A student of Larry Hatlett since 1987, Richard trained in yoga instruction and philosophy at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and at the Yoga Room in Berkeley, and has completed an intensive yoga teacher training with Tony Briggs at the Yoga Loft in San Francisco. Richard's classes are strongly influenced by 35 years of karate practice, during which he earned a Sandan (3rd degree black belt) granted by Sensei Tsutomu Ohshima of Shotokan Karate of America. Richard is an ardent mountaineer and outdoor guide.
650-814-3009 or richard@weinapple.com
Cora Wen Cora Wen has been teaching yoga workshops and retreats internationally since 1996, and is a dedicated student of Mahayana Buddhism. She has assisted Judith Hanson Lasater since 1998, and apprenticed with Erich Schiffmann and Rodney Yee through the 1990s. Cora blends the Iyengar method to bring attention to the subtle pranic body with a flowing practice to enliven the physical body. She is an ERYT500 with Yoga Alliance, and one of the first Advanced Relax & Renew trainers in restorative yoga.
corayog@yahoo.com or www.corawen.com
 
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