Deva
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.
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"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
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Christopher
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,
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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
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