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The Directors (also instructors)

Instructors

 

The Directors (we are also instructors)

GINI SAVAGE, co-founder and director of the Yoga Center of Marin, has practiced yoga for 44 years and taught it for the past 31. 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.

Suzanne kanner

SUZANNE KANNER is a popular Marin County yoga teacher with 25 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. (1/08)

 

Instructors

Claire Colvin

CLAIRE COLVIN is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher who has studied Iyengar yoga for over 30 years, at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco and 4 times in India with the Iyengar family. She has taught yoga in Marin County for 21 years. Her principal teacher is Manouso Manos.

KATHY-ANN DeLUCIA is a graduate of the Advanced Studies/Teacher Training program at the Iyengar Yoga institute of San Francisco. She has been teaching for the past five years focusing on elders and those new to Yoga. Her Yoga practice has assisted her in working through past injuries. In living the philosophy, she believes that Yoga is available to all as a life practice to teach about one’s self and our connection with each other.

Barbara Fabbri

BARBARA FABBRI, a certified Iyengar yoga teacher, has recently 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.

James Higgins

JAMES HIGGINS interweaves his exploration of Vipassana Meditation and core aspects of the Ashtanga, Iyengar, Anusara and Yin Yoga systems. Creative, integrated and mindful Asana sequences increase strength, balance, and well-being for every level of practitioner. His yoga classes are a multi-dimensional transformational experience. A safe space for the healing of body, mind and spirit is provided with the intention that each student connects deeply to the truth within their heart and the wisdom within their soul. (8/07)

Judith Lasater

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. (8/07)

Rogelio Nunez

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.

ALICE ROCKY has been teaching and practicing yoga for the past 29 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.

LAYLA SMITH (Gyokujun Teishin) is a Zen priest in lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi.

Susy Stewart

SUSY STEWART began her study of yoga more than 23 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.

Jesse White

JESSE WHITE is a recent graduate of the two-year Teacher Training Program at IYISF. Jesse’s classes are designed to challenge each student while building confidence and facilitating a sense of exploration in their practice. He balances strength and flexibility with a strong emphasis on safety and proper alignment. Principal teachers are Manouso Manos, Kofi Busia and Joe Naudzunas.

KAREN YOGER has been teaching yoga since 1990 and is certified by the Iyengar Institute of San Francisco. Along with traditional postures, Karen’s focus is on the healing and restorative aspects of yoga. She helps her students to discover flexibility, endurance, stress relief and deep relaxation.

 


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