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The Directors (we
are also instructors)
GINI SAVAGE, co-founder
and director of the Yoga Center of Marin, has practiced yoga for 46
years and taught it for the past 33. She is a certified Iyengar yoga
teacher and has studied many times with Mr. Iyengar in India, England
and California. She also practices massage therapy. Gini’s classes
emphasize individual instruction and the restorative aspects of yoga.
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SUZANNE KANNER is
a popular Marin County yoga teacher with 27 years of teaching experience.
She is the co-founder and director of the Yoga Center of Marin, established
in 1986. An Intermediate Level certified Iyengar Yoga teacher, she has
studied several times in India with the Iyengars, as well as with many
senior teachers in the US and Europe, including Ramanand Patel, Manouso
Manos, Patricia Walden, Gabriella Giubilaro, Judith Laster, and Kofi
Busia. Suzanne’s teaching is precise and inspiring, challenging,
yet nurturing. Under her guidance students deepen and expand their yoga
practice, learning to restore, and rejuvenate body, mind, and spirit.
Besides teaching regular classes, Suzanne specializes in therapeutic
and prenatal yoga.
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Instructors
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DAVID CARLOS has been practicing yoga for the last sixteen years and began teaching five years ago so he could give back some of the many benefits he has experienced through the profound practice of Iyengar yoga, including greater strength, flexibility and most importantly a deep sense of clarity and well-being. He has been teaching yoga at the College of Marin for the past three years and has also assisted Alice Rocky with her classes there. David has studied in India with the Iyengars and continues his studies here with Manouso Manos. |
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MARY
COLANGELO received
her training as a yoga teacher from the Advanced Studies Program at the
Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Mary immersed herself in yoga
when she discovered its power to heal the disjointedness that affects
our lives and bodies. Her extensive experience in meditative and spiritual
practices have made her both calm and insightful. Her love of yoga is
so infectious that you can’t help but catch it. |
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CLAIRE COLVIN is
a certified Iyengar yoga teacher who has studied Iyengar yoga for over
31 years, at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco and four times
in India with the Iyengar family. She has taught yoga in Marin County
for 23 years. Her principal teacher is Manouso Manos. |
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BARBARA
FABBRI,
a certified Iyengar yoga teacher, moved to the Bay Area
from Sicily, Italy where she started a flourishing Iyengar Yoga community.
Barbara’s
most influential teachers have been Gabriella Giubilaro with whom she
became a close student and assistant, and Patricia Walden. She has been
deeply inspired by the teachings of BKS Iyengar, Geeta and Prashant during
her visits to Pune, India. She is a dynamic teacher who challenges her
students to discover the intelligence of their own body. In every class
her goal is clarity, simplicity and joyfulness.
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JACQUELINE GERSON has been studying Yoga for
the past 21 years. She travels to India regularly for training with the Iyengars and continues her
studies here with Manouso Manos, and other senior Iyengar teachers. Her classes are vigorous and
students should expect to work hard, yet, she offers much personalized attention and modifications
for individual needs. Students leave the class feeling rejuvenated, and assume sensations of calm,
clarity, and well-being. |
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JUDITH
LASATER has taught yoga since 1971. She holds a doctorate in East-West
psychology and is a physical therapist. She teaches yoga classes and
trains yoga teachers in the San Francisco Bay area, the U.S. and Europe.
In addition to being a regular contributor to the Yoga Journal,
she has written three books on yoga, Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga
for Stressful Times and Living Your Yoga, which address
the therapeutic and philosophic aspects of yoga; and 30 Essential
Yoga Poses: For Beginning Students and Their Teachers.
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ROGELIO
NUNEZ is a practitioner and consultant in the healing arts and
brings a broad range of education and experience to his work in preventive
health care. At Queens College, New York, he studied exercise physiology
and fitness training and was a competitive athlete. While in the corporate
world, a healing crisis led him to study and practice Oriental Healing
arts and Hatha Yoga. We are very happy to welcome Rogelio, who currently
teaches in San Francisco and assists Manouso Manos, notable Iyengar
yoga teacher.
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ALICE
ROCKY has been teaching and practicing yoga for the past 31
years. Her approach to teaching yoga is influenced by her extensive dance
background. She is a longtime member of the faculty of the College of
Marin, where she teaches yoga and movement classes. Her primary teacher
is Manouso Manos.
DAVID
SCHAMLE has been exploring Hatha Yoga since 1974. He has studied
Zen and taught at the Kanzeon Zen Yoga Center. David is an Alexander
Technique practitioner, and he incorporates this technique in his teaching.
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SUSY STEWART began her
study of yoga more than 25 years ago. Her yoga practice has been fueled
by several trips to India where she studied with the Iyengars and followers
of Sri Aurobindo. Her principal teachers are Ramanand Patel and Manouso
Manos. Mature yoga students and beginners alike will benefit from her
holistic perspective, sensitivity and experience. |
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