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(listed in last-name alphabetical order):
Ceylan Akturk completed the Elemental Yoga 200-hour teacher training program with Bo Forbes. Ceylan has explored many yoga styles but most appreciates the physical benefits of a slow, alignment-based practice to open and strengthen the body. She is an avid cyclist and spinning instructor, but is most grateful for yoga's ability to offer everyone a key to playfully and compassionately unlock infinite possibilities of mind, body, and spirit, transforming life both on and off the mat. Ceylan generously gives her time and expertise as a Flow Yoga instructor so that all donations from the 'Karma' Class she teaches on Sundays at 6 p.m. go directly to rescue projects for locally-abandoned animals.
Katherine Bicer completed her 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification at Core Yoga and currently studies with Jesse Winder. She has taught around Cambridge and interned as a yoga therapist to children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Her Hatha-based style focuses on proper alignment and building tools for coping with daily stress and distraction. She hopes to share with students of all levels the centering force that yoga has been in her own life.
Elizabeth Brown has completed over 400 hours of teacher trainings and workshops with John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga. She has also assisted in his classes. In 2001, she completed a 200-hour training with Sarah Powers, Tias Little, and Paul Grilley in the Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Yin traditions. Her classes are uplifting, dynamic, and fun.
Gregory Burkett has been practicing yoga since 2001 and is certified in Baptiste Power Yoga. Greg emphasizes that Power Yoga not only helps us become fit and lean but also teaches us how to live in the present moment. Through this practice, we learn we can stay in demanding situations and remain peaceful responding from the best part of ourselves. Greg spent the last year in Tokyo, where he taught full-time at Naomi Hoshina's Prana Power Yoga Studio.
Amelia Catone invites students to play their edge and transcend personal barriers to access their strongest, most authentic and balanced selves. She is a Yoga Alliance certified power vinyasa instructor, and has experience teaching students of all ages and abilities. Connection to the body, presence, patience, and acceptance are just a few of the concepts emphasized in Amelia's teaching. She does her best to make the practice personal for each student, and keeps the flow relaxed with a smile - it's just yoga! She is also a certified and practicing holistic health counselor.
Heather Charshoodian bio coming soon.
James Gotz has been practicing vinyasa yoga daily since 2003. In April 2007 James graduated from Bo Forbes' Elemental Yoga Mind-Body 200-hour Teacher Training and he continues today in the 500-hour advanced program. Additional studies in the Anusara method with John Friend further influence James's dedicated focus to create optimal mind-body openings. The challenging-but-slow-paced, heart-opening approach of Elemental Yoga infuses each moment for him on and off the mat. James brings a joyful, humor-filled and empowering approach to his teaching. Besides his regular class, James generously gives his time and expertise as a Flow Yoga instructor so that all donations from the 'Karma' Class he teaches on Sundays at 6 p.m. go directly to rescue projects for locally-abandoned animals.
Kathy Hartsell completed the Elemental Yoga 200-hour Mind-Body Teacher Training with Bo Forbes and is now pursuing her 500-hour certification. She also completed Ashtanga Teacher Training with Michael Hamilton. As a professional ballet dancer, Kathy has an deep understanding of the body and of movement. Her studies of yoga have added an entirely new dimension to that understanding, by teaching her about the connection between the physical and emotional body. She now compassionately guides others to understanding that connection and the possibilities for growth that it provides. Kathy generously gives her time and expertise as a Flow Yoga instructor so that all donations from the 'Karma' Class she teaches on Sundays at 6 p.m. go directly to rescue projects for locally-abandoned animals.
Cassandra Volpe Horii considers our bodies as places of potential health, wellbeing, and joy. In her Nia classes (see class descriptions), you'll be invited through music, dance, and awareness to inhabit you body--your home--more fully, while discovering your true potential. Cassandra is a certified Brown Belt (third level) Nia instructor who has offered classes and workshops in the Boston area since 1998; she is currently gaining certification as a Vinyasa Yoga teacher as well. She works broadly in both mind-body and academic education, the latter including a doctorate in environmental science. Cassandra generously gives her time and expertise as a Flow Yoga instructor so that the all donations from the 'Karma' Class she teaches on Sundays at 6 p.m. go directly to rescue projects for locally-abandoned animals.
Amarjit Khalsa has been practicing Kundalini Yoga for thirty years. In
1980, she began teaching in a variety of settings including health clubs,
universities and yoga centers. She has had the distinct privilege of
studying with Yogi Bhajan, the Master of Kundalini Yoga. Amarjit brings a
wealth of sincere and compassionate wisdom to every student she works with
and is certified by the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association.
Hope Klebenov, certified in Sivananda Yoga from the Ashram in Kerala, India, began studying yoga in 1988. In addition to Sivananda Yoga, Hope has studied Anusara, Iyengar, Vinyasa and Jivamukti Yoga. She has completed an Iyengar-based teacher training and the Baptiste Power Yoga In-House Teacher Training. She is currently in Bo Forbes’ Elemental Yoga clinical/apprenticeship teacher training. Hope’s lively classes emphasizing alignment and breath are effective for stress reduction and deep relaxation. Hope has also practiced meditation since 1989. In 1994 she began to practice Vipassana Buddhist meditation. She has sat retreats ranging from ten days to six months in the United States, India, Sri Lanka, and Burma. Her teachers include Sayadaw U Lakana, Daw Ariya Nani, Joseph Goldstein, and Kamala Masters.
Barrett Lauck (RYT Yoga Alliance, 500 hours) is a full-time yoga teacher, teaching since 1998.Trained in vinyasa yoga and Interdisciplinary Yoga, Barrett melds asana, breath, music, philosophy, and playful improvisational movement into her vinyasa sessions. Certified in Prenatal yoga, Barrett works with pregnant and postpartum women as they prepare physically and mentally to give birth and become parents. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree studying Therapeutic Yoga.
Bristol Maryott is a lover of literature, avid tea drinker, creative vegan chef and joyful yogini. A certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher since May 2005, Bristol initially found Jivamukti when she suffered from intense hip pain after running competitively. Not only did the yoga practice help heal her injury, but also brought her incredible peace, focus, well-being and happiness. Bristol has taught in New Haven for the last two years where she also served as president of Yogis at Yale, an undergraduate group which provided free yoga to the Yale community. Her practice is informed by her studies under Jivamukti founders Sharon Gannon and David Life, Sanskrit professor Ashwini Deo, and Anusara teacher Desiree Rumbaugh. Bristol is also deeply inspired by the work and vision of environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill. Bristol is an enthusiastic teacher and her classes are challenging but light-hearted.
Jenn Pici is a Yoga Alliance certified Power Vinyasa instructor. A former collegiate distance runner, Jenn turned to yoga for guidance and balance. She believes in the healing power of yoga and welcomes people of all levels to be challenged and inspired by it. Jenn uses music to guide the flow of each class and says teaching yoga is her favorite and most fulfilling part of each day.
Lama Geshe Wangdu was born in Tibet. In 1985, at the age of 14, he moved to India to study Buddhist psychology, philosophy and meditation in the Sera Mahayana Buddhist Monastic University in south India. He spent over 15 years in the Monastery and earned the venerable title Geshe (Doctorate of Buddhist philosophy). He now resides in the United states and teaches Buddhist philosophy and meditation. He also gives all occasion blessings and prayers, as well as hospice care giving. Lama Wangdu is very active in movements for world peace and has been a world peace Ambassador in conferences in South Korea and a youth Ambassador for peace in Washington D.C. At a private audience with the His Holiness The Dalai lama in Dharamsala in 2006, Lama Wangdu received formal appreciation for his work in fostering interfaith and global peace.
[Lama Wangdu is not currently teaching this month]
Jesse Winder is a Yoga Alliance registered yoga teacher and a certified yoga instructor who has been practicing and teaching clients in the Boston area for over ten years. Jesse teaches his own eclectic style of yoga (see PhysioYoga under class descriptions) influenced by several other hatha yoga traditions. Jesse's classes are heavily focused on three issues: proper anatomical alignment, joint protection and health, and effective body mechanics. He specializes in classes for beginners and his Gentle PhysioYoga class is the most popular class at the studio. Jesse has an avid interest in and vast knowledge of holistic nutrition, herbology and alternative systems of medicine. Jesse is also a certified chi kung instructor. His interest in yoga actually developed while studying the internal martial arts, and he incorporates many of the synergies present between the two practices into his classes. He founded Karma Yoga Studio in 2002, and in accordance with ahimsa, follows a vegan diet.
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