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Deva picDeva Parnell, founder and director of Discovery Yoga, is a certified professional level Kripalu Yoga teacher and RYT500+. She has been a yoga instructor and teacher-trainer for over 25 years and has trained more than 2000 yoga teachers. A Kripalu Center resident and senior program teacher (1983-1995), she developed many of Kripalu's core yoga programs and has been instrumental in the development of Kripalu Yoga and Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training. As Sadhana Acharya, she coordinated daily yoga practice and yoga education for the 350-member resident staff. Deva has produced a variety of audio yoga experiences for home practice, published yoga teacher training manuals, and has written articles on yoga for national publications. After leaving her position as director, coordinator and curriculum developer of Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training, she began training teachers through Discovery Yoga. Her 200-hour program is recognized by Kripalu Center as a certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training program. Deva's detailed, intuitive teaching style reflects the depth of her personal practice and her many years of study and training in a variety of yoga traditions, both in the U.S. and in India.

"Deva is so refreshing in her genuineness.  She says it like it is and keeps the outlook based in reality...
An amazing teacher!  She can get me into my body like nobody else."      
-Catie Dean, Kripalu Yoga Teacher


Christopher picChristopher Baxter, registered architect (RA), registered yoga teacher (RYT) and author of "Kripalu Hatha Yoga", has been a practitioner of yoga since 1971. He was a founding member of the Kripalu Center 1978-1998. Instrumental in the development of Kripalu Yoga and the Kripalu Yoga Teacher Certification Training process, for seven years he was also founding director of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association, helping to grow it from 110 members to over 1200 teachers in 30 countries. In 1998 he developed AtmaYoga - an anatomically safe, intuitive practice that awakens and strengthens the Core Self. A student of Buddhism since 1999, he has studied both in the Hinayana and Mahayana traditions and is an active practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism in the Karma Kagyu tradition. He currently  teaches classes, seminars, and 500-hour Teacher Certification Training programs from his base at the Discovery Yoga Center in St Augustine, Florida. For more information visit www.atmayoga.com or call 904-687-8482.


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Eryn Boudreau graduated from Quinnipiac University with a degree in physical therapy. She has 20+ years experience working with a variety of patients including children with cerebral palsy and downs syndrome, adults with chronic pain, and stroke patients. She is trained in craniosacral therapy, myofacial release, lower extremity biomechanics, neuro-developmental treatment (NDT) of children. She is certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher, registered with the Yoga Alliance, and has trained with master teacher Deva Parnell of Discovery Yoga, with Stephanie Keach in vinyiasa flow yoga, and with Christopher Baxter in AtmaYoga. Eryn is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She is able to utilize her manual physical therapy skills and experience with yoga practices to compassionately guide students and patients on an individual holistic path towards improved health and well-being. Eryn enjoys teaching yoga to all levels of students from athletes to students with specific neuromuscular difficulties. She works with students individually, teaches classes at Discovery Yoga and at various locations in North Florida. 

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Hugh White, a yoga practitioner for over 15 years, is a certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher specializing in yoga for men and gentle yoga for people with limited flexibility. He is developing series of yoga classes combining yogic concepts with 12-step philosophy.

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Suzanne Tonkinson
, a certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher, comes from a background as a physical fitness and aerobics instructor. A life-long student of yoga with an ever-increasing appreciation for the balance and wholeness of the practice, she embraces yoga as a gift that she feels passionate about sharing with others. Believing that our greatest teacher lies within, Suzanne's intention is to provide an atmosphere of self-acceptance and affirmation to open a path for self-discovery.
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Debbie Vinyard
, RYT, discovered yoga in 1995 and stopped training as a trialthlete, finding the practice of Ashtanga yoga to be more satisfying and complete on every level.  Since beginning her practice she has studied with many talented instructors.  Many thanks to Beth Cole who was her first Ashtanga teacher and set her on the journey of taking the practice off the mat and into her life.  Thereafter having the pleasure to study with David Swensen, Bryan Kest, David Ingalls, Tias Little, Deva Parnell, Janice Clarfield and Dharma Mittra. Debbie encourages her students to be conscious of their experience as they move toward every posture, alert to every nuance of thought and feeling.


Anita Sanci
is a certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher, former professional dancer, gymnist and choreographer, with a lifetime of teaching and performing experience. She has studied extensively in New York City with world-class master teachers, managed her own dance academy and danced professionally. Her specialty is partner work, which includes partner yoga, acrobatic adagio and pas de deux. Anita's strong dance background is reflected in her yoga classes, and she is currently working on a new children's program incorporating dance, yoga and gymnastics into one art form.
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Lisa Brock
, a certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher with a background in dance, has been a practicing yoga student for many years. Lisa combines her love of dance and passion for yoga into a practice that resembles a dance. Connecting breath with movement, the practice flows from posture to posture, freeing the body and mind while providing students with a safe and creative space to deepen their practice. Lisa also has been bringing her yoga experience into public schools teaching mostly elementary school children and working with teachers to bring yoga into the classroom.



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Peggy Bliss
, a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher, avid Iyengar Yoga practitioner and occupational therapist, has been studying and practicing yoga for over 14 years. Rooted in her solid Iyengar  practice, she has studied with many intermediate and senior teachers and continues to diversify her practice and teaching with various styles of yoga. Peggy brings a lighthearted, unpretentious approach to classes, and enjoys sharing her deep understanding of postures along the transformative journey of yoga. 


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