Exploring various styles of yoga in the late 90s, it was his first Vinyasa class that made it clear that this dynamic style of yoga was home for J.; a challenging practice that develops the body, awakens the spirit, and calms the mind. On the heels of completing an Intermediate Bootcamp with Baron Baptiste, J. began studying closely with senior Baptiste Power Vinyasa teacher Lisa Black as an assistant. Their work together through numerous teacher and assistant trainings, in addition to successfully completing Baptiste Power Vinyasa Teacher Training levels 1 and 2, has given J. a deeper passion for, understanding of, and a stronger desire to share the light that yoga undeniably brings.
Through continuing education, J. has found additional inspiration for his practice and teaching in Saul David Raye of Thai Yoga Therapy in Santa Monica as well as the Jiva Mukti and Sonic Yoga community of teachers in New York.
For J. teaching is the manifestation of his wish to share the light. It is his sincere hope that infusing each class with light, love, and laughter will enable students to channel their strength and foster new growth as they follow their path on the mat and beyond.
Greg Owen
"To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation." ~ Yann Martel
6
Vinyasa, Hatha, Shadow, & Yin
Greg began practicing yoga in 2000 while working at the Pilchuck Glass School. Trained as a professional glassblower, yoga was initially useful as physical therapy, but soon Greg became wrapped up in the wonder and philosophy of the teachings and has never looked back. In 2003 he ventured to Kerela, India to study at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Neyer Dam. Practicing in the Indian tradition was a far cry from the studios of Seattle and infused Greg with a passion for getting to the heart of yoga. Upon returning he completed the 200-hour Teacher Training at 8 Limbs Yoga Centers in Seattle. Greg has completed a 200-hour training with his teacher Tias Little in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He also loves to practice Insight Yoga with Sarah Powers. These have been poetic and spiritual gifts that Greg is pleased to share with his students.
Greg's classes are unique experiences that draw from the full range of the yogic teachings and are infused with clarity and deep profundity. They encompass chanting, pranayama, visualisation, clear alignment, and meditation within the format of his cutting edge and playful sequencing. Come to class prepared to build on what you know and to try something new.
Elizabeth McElveen
“Only dead fish go with the flow.” ~ Unknown
13
Primary Style and Expertise: Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Gentle Yoga & YIn
Elizabeth was born in New Jersey but raised in Verona, Italy. Her mother was also a yoga instructor and gave Elizabeth her first taste of spirituality, art, and music. She taught Elizabeth to follow her own path and never to settle for second best. Elizabeth graduated from Gonzaga University with a degree in Marketing.
After venturing into the corporate world she found herself wanting happiness and purpose so she followed her heart and opened a yoga studio in downtown Spokane. After seven years she sold the studio and moved to Seattle where she teaches in studios and provides private lessons. Her clients are her friends and she truly believes in practicing what you teach. Her teaching philosophy is to bring out the best yoga practitioner possible in all her students.
Michel Eubank Spruance
"Life becomes the process of growing up - becoming more fearless and flexible, more and more able to play like a raven in the wind." ~ Pema Chodron
6
Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Dynamic Flow, Fine-Tuning and Kid’s Yoga
Michel is passionate about the power of yoga and meditation and its ability to change our lives. Coming from a career as a middle and high school teacher, Michel realized that no amount of education was going to make an impact until we can learn to live with kindness and joy, so that we can make authentically healthier choices for ourselves and each other. Yoga is the tool that helps her do this in her own life, and she shares this through her teaching. Michel’s classes not only transform your body and release stress, but they empower you to live your whole life authentically.
Michel has been practicing and teaching yoga since 2001, and has studied with Baron Baptiste, Shiva Rae, Anna Forest, and Lisa Black. She brings her passion for kindness and authenticity to each and every class, encouraging you to work hard with compassion.
Today, Michel also designs and facilitates programs that develop mindful awareness and social emotional capacity for large corporations, individuals and children, including de-Stress at Your Desk and Moving Beyond Fear.
Nicole Tsong
To transform the world, transform yourself." ~ Deepak Chopra
1
Baptiste-style power vinyasa flow
When Nicole started practicing yoga five years ago, she discovered her practice was the one place she could calm her mind and be present. She was soon drawn to the dance-like flow, hands-on teaching, and heat of Baptiste-style power vinyasa yoga and devoted herself to the practice.
Then yoga started to infiltrate all aspects of her life, as yoga tends to do. Nicole attended retreats and weekend trainings with master teachers Rusty Wells, Ana Forrest, Shiva Rea, and Bryan Kest. She fell in love with chanting and singing at satsang and kirtan events. She wondered how to fit in more yoga and share its incredible gifts with others.
A weekend teacher training with Lisa Black and Peter Avolio at Shakti Vinyasa Yoga provided the answer. Nicole is a recent, glowing graduate of Baron Baptiste's Teacher Training Bootcamp Level 1, which confirmed her teaching path. She also is in Shakti's Teacher Mentorship Program, has completed the Teacher Assisting Program and plans to take the Baptiste Level 2 Teacher Training in 2010.
Nicole believes that a teacher's role is to empower students and grant them the space to grow physically and mentally. She promises to bring lightness, authenticity, freedom and love to her classes and help students be present, tap their inner yes, and find their own truth. Nicole is a writer by day, and in her spare time, when she isn't teaching or practicing yoga, she can be found doing one of these activities: hiking, skate skiing, cooking, trying new restaurants, playing violin, or checking out new music.
Sean O’Connor
“If your mat could talk, what would it say?”
2
Baptiste Power Vinyasa
Sean came to yoga in a most unremarkable way: In 2004 a studio opened in his neighborhood and he walked in. There was no eureka! moment, no kundalini rising, no epiphany – just a gradual realization that the consistent practice of yoga was having a significant impact on his life away from the mat. He was physically stronger, emotionally more balanced and happier – so he kept practicing.
He came to Baptiste Power Vinyasa in early 2006, and was inspired to pursue teaching by his teachers and the power of the practice itself. He has studied with and been influenced by numerous teachers in the Seattle community and beyond, including Baron Baptiste, Eiric Ovrid, Lisa Black, Brian Kest and others.
Sean has completed Level I and Level II teacher trainings with Baron Baptiste, as well as a variety of advanced Teacher Assistant programs. He is currently (and forever?) making an effort to deepen his personal meditation practice. The intensity and richness of his Baptiste training and his ongoing practice have opened him up to new and powerful ways of being – both on the mat and in his daily life. It’s clear to him that sharing these gifts with others helps keep them alive within him.
Sean is also a professional writer, marketing consultant and voice actor with a huge appetite for design in all its disciplines.
Jessica Willis
"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ~ Marianne Williamson
.5
Baptiste Power Vinyasa
After a series of knees injuries that kept Jessica from playing competitive soccer, she finally decided to give yoga a try after a hint from her knee doctor. Skeptical because she thought it wouldn't be rigorous enough, she quickly found yoga fed her exactly what she needed after years of pushing her body; healing, opening, restoration, and grace. She never looked back.
She tried her first Baptiste Power Yoga class in 2008 after receiving her 200-HR yoga certification in Costa Rica. Since then, she has been dedicated to the Baptiste practice while expanding her teaching experience from Shiva Rea, Sara Tompson-Beyer, Bryan Kest, and Lisa Black. She recently attended Baptiste Level 1 and has completed the Teacher Mentorship Program at Shakti Vinyasa Yoga.
Yoga is the first time and place that Jessica came to accept her body, mind, and spirit. Yoga is such a powerful life force, that she is dedicated to teaching yoga so others can experience the transformation. She is a different person because of yoga and encourages students to be open to the possibility of profound shifts through the practice. She teaches in a way that brings greater awareness to the body, a deepening and expanding of breath, and taking you to your edge.
She plans to attend Baptiste Level 2 training in Spring 2011. Outside of practicing yoga and teaching you can find her cooking, dancing, Paddle boarding, exploring the city, and getting outdoors!
Vanessa Lee Garibaldi
The destination is the journey.’
Power Vinyasa, Bikram
Vanessa Lee Garibaldi started yoga when she was 16-years-old doing Bikram Yoga in Elk Grove, Calif. After 5 years of a daily Bikram Yoga practice with her mom and studying with Carrie Bain, Vanessa chose to explore Power Vinyasa in Sacramento, Calif.
Vanessa completed the Zuda Assisting Program with Anne Marie Kramer and a couple years later did the 200-hour Yoga Alliance Certified program at Be Luminous yoga in Seattle with Tina Templeman and Michel Spruance. From there, Vanessa worked closely with Tina Templeman in assisting and practice teaching while teaching high school girls.
Vanessa desires to create excitement and a grounding foundation in her classes while bringing her students to their edge for them to recognize and tap into their possibilities.
Jessica Willis
2
Power Vinyasa
Jessica first tried vinyasa yoga in 2007. She remembers feeling her heart, her hips, her knees pry open after years of shutting down and shutting-off.
Due to numerous knee surgeries, this once active and hungry athlete started limiting what she could do physically. The physical limitations led her to a close off to experiencing the world openly, with courageous, and freedom.
Those first yoga practices broke the ice, then, diving into Baptiste Power yoga, the ice was melt around her heart, body, and mind.
A year after practicing yoga, Jessica received her 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification in power vinyasa. In the two years following that she was trained by Lisa Black at Shakti Vinyasa Yoga and attended Level 1 and Level 2 Baptiste Training where she deepened her knowledge and experience of power yoga and how to live with integrity and power.
Yoga to Jessica has been nothing short of salvation. She is committed to the practice. Even the simplest of movements, like Sun Salutations bring freedom. She loves exploring the whole spectrum of yoga however, from Sun A’s to inversions and arm balances. Along with training from Lisa Black and Baron Baptiste, she has also had training from Shiva Rea, Bryan Kest, Sara Tompson-Beyer, and Ana Forrest.
She loves to challenge students. You will experience this through a powerful practice, inquisitive and intuitive promptings, intelligent cueing, and explorative movements. She creates space for each student to have their process on the mat, while opening up to new possibilities. As much as she loves practicing, she loves teaching. She invites you to come experience all that she has experienced from the life transforming practice of yoga.
Jen Ernst
"Peace begins with a smile. Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." Mother Teresa
3
Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Dynamic Strength and Flow, Yogasculpt
Jen fell in love with Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga when she moved to Seattle in 2006. As a natural athlete, she first began to practice this style for the physical challenge but hooked her was the intense feeling of being alive, encouraging her to explore new territory on the mat and beyond. The vigorous yet accessible practice of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga has allowed her to transform herself from the inside out- igniting strength, radiance and authenticity on her mat and in her daily life. In her classes, Jen brings lightness and laughter to create a supportive space for each student to identify and remove their barriers to expand to their fullest potential physically and mentally!
She has completed Level 1 and 2 teacher trainings with Baron Baptiste and is actively pursuing Baptiste Power Vinyasa certification. Jen recieves ongoing training with Master Baptiste Teacher Lisa Black, completing the SHAKTI Teacher Training, Teacher Assistant Program (TAP), Advanced Teacher Assisting Programs and Teacher Mentorship.
As an associate Yoga Life Coach, Jen finds much gratitude empowering clients to heal, feel and ultimately wake up from debilitating or limiting lifestyles. She believes that people already have everything they need, it’s her job to shine light on that and together co-create actions steps to discovering joy, happiness & overall greatness!
Elizabeth McElveen
“Only dead fish go with the flow.” ~ Unknown
13
Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Gentle Yoga & YIn
Elizabeth was born in New Jersey but raised in Verona, Italy. Her mother was also a yoga instructor and gave Elizabeth her first taste of spirituality, art, and music. She taught Elizabeth to follow her own path and never to settle for second best. Elizabeth graduated from Gonzaga University with a degree in Marketing. After venturing into the corporate world she found herself wanting happiness and purpose so she followed her heart and opened a yoga studio in downtown Spokane. After seven years she sold the studio and moved to Seattle where she teaches in studios and provides private lessons. Her clients are her friends and she truly believes in practicing what you teach. Her teaching philosophy is to bring out the best yoga practitioner possible in all her students.
Scott Francis
“Imagine your buddha-nature – the essential purity of your own awareness – symbolically as a pearl of radiant white light at your heart. And all of that incandescent, radiant white light is of the nature of joy, of loving-kindness that has always been within you.” ~ Alan Wallace
6
Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Vipassana Meditation
Scott was first encouraged to do yoga in 1992, while attending a Vipassana meditation retreat with Jack Kornfield, as a way to balance his body and mind. After this first retreat, Scott’s love of yoga and meditation has developed into a deep commitment to the practice and integration of yoga and meditation. Over the past 12 years, Scott has practiced a variety of yoga styles, including Iyengar, Hatha, Vinyasa Flow, Ashtanga, and Baron Baptiste Power Vinyasa.
Scott believes that yoga and meditation reveal a profound path for our deepest personal transformation and the experiential understanding of universal truths. Scott encourages students to drop into the knowing of body awareness through the meditative connection of breath, while cultivating proper alignment within each pose. He encourages students to find the union between a compassionate heart and the courage of a spiritual warrior.
Currently Scott studies with Baron Baptiste and has completed Level 1 and Level 2 teacher trainings with Baron. He continues to study Vipassana meditation with James Baraz, Jack Kornfield, and Howard Cohn - Co-founder’s of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin, Ca.
Scott is also an artist and a designer of architecture. He finds deep inspiration in the union of his artistic endeavors and his spiritual practice.
Vanessa Garibaldi
"The destination is the journey"
Vanessa started yoga when she was 16-years-old doing Bikram Yoga in Elk Grove, Calif. After 5 years of a daily Bikram Yoga practice studying with Lyn Whitlow and Carrie Bain, Vanessa chose to explore Power Vinyasa in Sacramento, Calif. Vanessa completed the Zuda Assisting
Program a couple years later, and has also recently completed the 200-hour Yoga Alliance Certified program at Be Luminous yoga in Seattle with Tina Templeman and Michel Spruance.
From there, Vanessa worked closely with Tina Templeman in assisting and practice teaching while teaching the Teen Yoga Workshop. Vanessa desires to create excitement and a grounding foundation in her classes while bringing her students to their edge for them to recognize and tap into their possibilities. Vanessa wants all her students to know that ‘The destination is the journey.’
Scott Francis
“Imagine your buddha-nature – the essential purity of your own awareness – symbolically as a pearl of radiant white light at your heart. And all of that incandescent, radiant white light is of the nature of joy, of loving-kindness that has always been within you.” ~ Alan Wallace
6
Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Vipassana Meditation
Scott was first encouraged to do yoga in 1992, while attending a Vipassana meditation retreat with Jack Kornfield, as a way to balance his body and mind. After this first retreat, Scott’s love of yoga and meditation has developed into a deep commitment to the practice and integration of yoga and meditation. Over the past 12 years, Scott has practiced a variety of yoga styles, including Iyengar, Hatha, Vinyasa Flow, Ashtanga, and Baron Baptiste Power Vinyasa.
Scott believes that yoga and meditation reveal a profound path for our deepest personal transformation and the experiential understanding of universal truths. Scott encourages students to drop into the knowing of body awareness through the meditative connection of breath, while cultivating proper alignment within each pose. He encourages students to find the union between a compassionate heart and the courage of a spiritual warrior.
Currently Scott studies with Baron Baptiste and has completed Level 1 and Level 2 teacher trainings with Baron. He continues to study Vipassana meditation with James Baraz, Jack Kornfield, and Howard Cohn - Co-founder’s of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin, Ca.
Scott is also an artist and a designer of architecture. He finds deep inspiration in the union of his artistic endeavors and his spiritual practice.
Carley Ewert
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” ~ Dr. Seuss
5
Power Vinyasa Yoga
Ten years ago Carley discovered the world of yoga and fell instantly in love with the practice. At 18 years old and in search of discovering her life's purpose she began to unroll her mat each and every day to study the simplistic beauty of being in the present. A few years later as a dedicated practitioner she was asked to teach and given the opportunity to train with CorePower in exchange for offering postural assistance during their peak time classes. She quickly became known as "The Adjustor" within Corepower's San Diego studios whereby she utilized her skills as a massage therapist to deepen the practices of those she touched. Shortly thereafter Carley became a full time teacher and continues to share the gift of yoga to numerous groups of practitioners.
Providing her services in several different environments ranging from yoga studios, corporate offices, and clinical settings Carley believes that yoga is accessible to everyone and that each individual has the ability to tap into their own inner teacher at any time. Carley guides her students to listen to the deeper more subtle cues of their bodies to overcome whatever curve balls life may throw them and adds laughter, compassion, and strength to her classes in the hope to inspire individuals to reach their greatest potential both on and off the mat.
Carley has completed CorePower's 200 hour Teacher Training, Level 1 and 2 with Baron Baptiste, Shakti's Teacher Assisting Program (TAP), advanced trainings with Shiva Rea, and numerous workshops with visiting master teachers. She continues to be inspired by her Ashtanga teacher Troy Lucero, Master Baptiste Teacher Lisa Black, and her first teacher Elka Haeckel Hauck.
When she's not in the studio or at a dog park with her lovely sidekick Ayla you can find Carley climbing a mountain via foot, bike, or skis, and dancing at a local show. She's a music enthusiast and an avid adventurer that loves to play both within and outside of class.
Libby Ludlow
1
Vinyasa
Throughout her ten-year tenure on the U.S. Ski Team, Libby embraced the limitless benefits of yoga. The balance and perspective she cultivated through her yoga practice helped her to achieve her dream of competing in the Olympic Games in 2006, and ultimately, to gracefully retire from ski racing in 2008. Leaving her athletic career behind, Libby completed her 200-hour Teacher Training in Goa, India in 2009, and graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in philosophy and Asian religion. Delighted to be teaching yoga in her native Pacific Northwest, Libby instructs a vinyasa flow style that is dynamic yet conscientious, and creative yet centering. Libby draws on her background in functional strength and conditioning to ensure that her students practice safely and mindfully, but also encourages students to tap into the grace of connecting with their breath and moving from their center.
Michel Eubank Spruance
"Life becomes the process of growing up - becoming more fearless and flexible, more and more able to play like a raven in the wind." ~ Pema Chodron
6
Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Dynamic Flow, Fine-Tuning and Kid’s Yoga
Michel is passionate about the power of yoga and meditation and its ability to change our lives. Coming from a career as a middle and high school teacher, Michel realized that no amount of education was going to make an impact until we can learn to live with kindness and joy, so that we can make authentically healthier choices for ourselves and each other. Yoga is the tool that helps her do this in her own life, and she shares this through her teaching. Michel’s classes not only transform your body and release stress, but they empower you to live your whole life authentically.
Michel has been practicing and teaching yoga since 2001, and has studied with Baron Baptiste, Shiva Rae, Anna Forest, and Lisa Black. She brings her passion for kindness and authenticity to each and every class, encouraging you to work hard with compassion.
Today, Michel also designs and facilitates programs that develop mindful awareness and social emotional capacity for large corporations, individuals and children, including de-Stress at Your Desk and Moving Beyond Fear.
Libby Ludlow
1
Vinyasa
Throughout her ten-year tenure on the U.S. Ski Team, Libby embraced the limitless benefits of yoga. The balance and perspective she cultivated through her yoga practice helped her to achieve her dream of competing in the Olympic Games in 2006, and ultimately, to gracefully retire from ski racing in 2008. Leaving her athletic career behind, Libby completed her 200-hour Teacher Training in Goa, India in 2009, and graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in philosophy and Asian religion.
Delighted to be teaching yoga in her native Pacific Northwest, Libby instructs a vinyasa flow style that is dynamic yet conscientious, and creative yet centering. Libby draws on her background in functional strength and conditioning to ensure that her students practice safely and mindfully, but also encourages students to tap into the grace of connecting with their breath and moving from their center.
Gail Lasprogata
“Yoga is ceremony.” - personal quote
1.5
Power Vinyasa
Gail has been a professor of business law, human rights, and corporate social responsibility for over a decade. She is on the faculty at Seattle University where she also directs the University’s Center for the Study of Justice in Society. Four years ago, Gail took her first yoga class and within a year had a dedicated power vinyasa practice. Wanting to share her passion for yoga, Gail entered teacher training in 2008 and is today an Associate Baptiste Instructor. For Gail, yoga is not only a powerful physical experience, it is also a vital part of her own spiritual practice which draws inspiration from Don Miguel Ruiz, Caroline Myss, Pema Chodron, and First Nations’ traditions and worldview. One of Gail’s spiritual teachers, Angaangaq of Greenland, says that "the greatest distance in all of humanity is the distance between man’s mind and his heart. It is only when we bridge that distance that we can sore like the eagle." Gail believes yoga is that bridge, creating union between the heart and the mind so that we can come into our own power and live authentically with meaning and purpose, connected to both our humanity and our divinity, and most importantly to each other.
J. Politi
"Hint: The cage is not locked." ~ Nova Knutson
6
Primary Style and Expertise: Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Vinyasa Flow
Exploring various styles of yoga in the late 90s, it was his first Vinyasa class that made it clear that this dynamic style of yoga was home for J.; a challenging practice that develops the body, awakens the spirit, and calms the mind. On the heels of completing an Intermediate Bootcamp with Baron Baptiste, J. began studying closely with senior Baptiste Power Vinyasa teacher Lisa Black as an assistant. Their work together through numerous teacher and assistant trainings, in addition to successfully completing Baptiste Power Vinyasa Teacher Training levels 1 and 2, has given J. a deeper passion for, understanding of, and a stronger desire to share the light that yoga undeniably brings.
Through continuing education, J. has found additional inspiration for his practice and teaching in Saul David Raye of Thai Yoga Therapy in Santa Monica as well as the Jiva Mukti and Sonic Yoga community of teachers in New York.
For J. teaching is the manifestation of his wish to share the light. It is his sincere hope that infusing each class with light, love, and laughter will enable students to channel their strength and foster new growth as they follow their path on the mat and beyond.
Nicole Tsong
"To transform the world, transform yourself." ~ Deepak Chopra
1
Baptiste-style power vinyasa flow
When Nicole started practicing yoga five years ago, she discovered her practice was the one place she could calm her mind and be present. She was soon drawn to the dance-like flow, hands-on teaching, and heat of Baptiste-style power vinyasa yoga and devoted herself to the practice.
Then yoga started to infiltrate all aspects of her life, as yoga tends to do. Nicole attended retreats and weekend trainings with master teachers Rusty Wells, Ana Forrest, Shiva Rea, and Bryan Kest. She fell in love with chanting and singing at satsang and kirtan events. She wondered how to fit in more yoga and share its incredible gifts with others.
A weekend teacher training with Lisa Black and Peter Avolio at Shakti Vinyasa Yoga provided the answer. Nicole is a recent, glowing graduate of Baron Baptiste's Teacher Training Bootcamp Level 1, which confirmed her teaching path. She also is in Shakti's Teacher Mentorship Program, has completed the Teacher Assisting Program and plans to take the Baptiste Level 2 Teacher Training in 2010.
Nicole believes that a teacher's role is to empower students and grant them the space to grow physically and mentally. She promises to bring lightness, authenticity, freedom and love to her classes and help students be present, tap their inner yes, and find their own truth. Nicole is a writer by day, and in her spare time, when she isn't teaching or practicing yoga, she can be found doing one of these activities: hiking, skate skiing, cooking, trying new restaurants, playing violin, or checking out new music.
Carley Ewert
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” ~ Dr. Seuss
3
Primary Style and Expertise: Vinyasa and Power Yoga
Carley's path to yoga began in 2002 with the desire to develop mental and physical balance while studying business at Cal Poly University. Shortly thereafter, her studies took a turn towards holistic and alternative medicine whereby Carley became a nationally certified massage therapist. While working with individuals to ease the stresses of every day life through bodywork, Carley found her own yogic practice to be of great value. She has since completed CorePower's 200 hour Teacher Training, Shakti's Teacher Assisting Program (TAP) and regularly attends weekend workshops with visiting master teachers such as Shiva Rea, Simon Park, and Jason Crandell.
Passionate that yoga can transform one’s reality, Carley cultivates an atmosphere that is challenging, approachable, and in the end liberating. She skillfully assists students of all levels in safe anatomical alignment through adjustment and often uses music to inspire.
Tina Templeman
"Change your thoughts and you change your world." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
3
Dynamic Flow Yoga, Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Shiva Rea – Embodying the Flow/Mandala yoga sequencing
Tina’s yoga journey began with the study of the 5 Tibetan rights along with deep meditations of OSHO’s Dynamic & Kundalini meditations. She found a yogic home through the practice and philosophy of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga (BPVY) and truly enjoys teaching with the BPVY methodology. She’s been a successful massage practitioner over the past 9 years which helps her incorporate healthy body awareness and alignment into her classes, allowing students to feel the benefits of the poses as “their bodies were meant to feel them.” Tina also has over 20 years of dance training which helps her offer students fun, dynamic, and well-rounded sequences that help the body and mind open to new levels. Join her as she invites you to experience the same awareness, awakenings, and freedoms she has received through the gift of yoga.
Tina has attended Baron Baptiste’s Level 1 & Level 2 teacher trainings, and was trained by and continues to study with Lisa Black at Shakti Vinyasa yoga. She has also attended 3 teacher training modules from Shiva Rea, Embracing the Flow, studied with and influenced by Ana Forest of Forest Yoga, Troy Lucero of Seattle and is inspired by Sara Tompson-Beyers’ FlowMotion dynamic yoga sequencing.
Liz Doyle
"Stillness is what creates love. Movement is what creates life. To be still and still moving- this is everything." ~Do Hyun Chor
An avid student of the practice, Liz teaches some of the most creative, challenging and fun yoga classes in the Seattle area. She understands yoga from a philosophical and alignment perspective, which complements her ability to assist students in improving their technique, increasing skills, and going deeper. Visit her website at www.LizDoyleYoga.com
Tina Templeman
"Change your thoughts and you change your world." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
3
Dynamic Flow Yoga, Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Shiva Rea – Embodying the Flow/Mandala yoga sequencing
Tina’s yoga journey began with the study of the 5 Tibetan rights along with deep meditations of OSHO’s Dynamic & Kundalini meditations. She found a yogic home through the practice and philosophy of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga (BPVY) and truly enjoys teaching with the BPVY methodology. She’s been a successful massage practitioner over the past 9 years which helps her incorporate healthy body awareness and alignment into her classes, allowing students to feel the benefits of the poses as “their bodies were meant to feel them.” Tina also has over 20 years of dance training which helps her offer students fun, dynamic, and well-rounded sequences that help the body and mind open to new levels. Join her as she invites you to experience the same awareness, awakenings, and freedoms she has received through the gift of yoga.
Tina has attended Baron Baptiste’s Level 1 & Level 2 teacher trainings, and was trained by and continues to study with Lisa Black at Shakti Vinyasa yoga. She has also attended 3 teacher training modules from Shiva Rea, Embracing the Flow, studied with and influenced by Ana Forest of Forest Yoga, Troy Lucero of Seattle and is inspired by Sara Tompson-Beyers’ FlowMotion dynamic yoga sequencing.
Monique Burton
"Dance as though no one is watching you, Love as though you have never been hurt before, Sing as though no one can hear you, Live as though heaven is on earth." ~ Souza
1
Power Vinyasa, Baptiste style
Monique was drawn to yoga as a former gymnast looking for movement and physical expression. She immediately realized yoga touched her more deeply than through its fitness benefits, but also the emotional peace and self acceptance it cultivates in her life. Monique shares the inspiration yoga has brought to her life with her students through a compassionate, lighthearted, and calm spirit. She has completed Baron Baptiste Level 1 Teacher Training and Teacher Training and Teacher Assisting Programs (TAP) at Shakti Power Vinyasa. With her background as a pediatric sports medicine physician, she provides a practice with safe alignment while emphasizing the importance of the mind body connection in overall health and wellbeing. Monique strives to create a supportive space for students of all shapes, sizes, abilities, and ages to explore their possibilities without boundaries and judgments. She hopes her students enjoy their process of personal growth and discoveries and carry this clarity and confidence into their daily experiences.
