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| DANIEL
SHANKIN, SITARAM DAS |
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Daniel’s
yoga resonates through the entire being of the practitioner.
A fascinating, miraculous blend of mysticism, devotion, fluid movement,
and grounded shape, this yoga has the ability to appropriately
challenge any level of practitioner in a myriad of ways. His
classes dedicate practices which allow one to learn how to climb into
the body, to be in the body, to compassionately embrace places of
limitation, and to celebrate places of spaciousness and
vibrancy. Eschewing dogma, Daniel offers
myth, poetry, and simple principles discovered by ancient yogis so his
students can explore the depths of their own minds, and be guided,
rather than force fed as they open toward deeper meaning. His
teachers both too numerous and too mysterious to name, Daniel
recognizes he would have not had the opportunity to meet any of them
had it not been for the kindness extended to him by the parents who
gave him birth. He divides his time between teaching,
directing Main Line Yoga School in Ardmore, Pa, practicing Thai
Massage, sitting on his mat, and opening his hips really, really wide.
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| ANGELIQUE
SNEEDEN |
| Angelique
began to practice yoga as a child with her father. She began teaching
after being certified by Yogi Hari in 1995. Angelique has travelled to
Mysore, India three times to train under Ashtanga Yoga Master Sri K.
Pattabhi Jois. After her first trip to India, Angelique and her
husband opened a yoga school. Angelique now lives in
Philadelphia, however she returns frequently to Pittsburgh to conduct
workshops at the Schoolhouse. Angelique's study of anatomy,
physiology, Ashtanga Yoga and Anusara Yoga are strongly
reflected in her teaching. She focuses upon mindful bodily
alignment to help students develop strength and grace. |
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| SALLY
MILLER |
| Sally’s
teaching radiates from her heart. As a practitioner of Ayurveda and
Yoga, Sally incorporates vast ancient teachings of holistic medicine
into the practice of asana, pranayama, meditation, and nada yoga
(sacred sound). Sally’s approach is one of playfulness, joy,
and deep inner knowing. While encouraging her students to be open to
growth, she holds the space for relaxation into the truth of each
moment. Sally’s primary teachers have been Parvathi Nanda
Nath Saraswati (Kirin Mishra), a yogini from the Kashmirian Shaivist
tradition of Bihar, India, and Dr. Vasant Lad, director of the
Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM. Sally works to incorporate both
Yoga and Ayurveda into her life on a daily basis, and teach from a
place of groundedness in the teachings she shares with others. Sally
has a private practice in which she works with clients one-on-one,
using a variety of Ayurvedic remedies and recommendations to assist
each client in finding his or her unique state of balanced health. You
can read more about Sally at www.sallymiller.org. |
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| MARLA
WILLNER |
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May 2002, Marla Willner received her yoga teacher certification from
Yoga on Main in Philadelphia. Her practice stems from the
Vinyasa tradition, and in 2004, Marla completed a Vinyasa Flow teacher
training with Shiva Rea. Marla teaches with a peaceful
confidence and encourages her students to ride on the gracefulness of
every breath on the journey of Self-exploration. Through
yoga, she has learned to live a calmer and more compassionate life and
imparts these virtues through her teaching. Marla is also a cooking
instructor and boutique caterer of vibrant vegetarian
cuisine. Like yoga, cooking is a way for her to relax into
the moment and to inspire others to reach higher levels of
awareness.
Marla is grateful to be part of the Main Line Yoga community. |
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| JEREMY
KLOTZ |
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first Jeremy
didn't like yoga because after classes, instead of feeling enlightened,
he often felt angry, often felt sad and always felt sore. But after
practicing for a little while, he recognized those were years of toxins
and stored up emotions being purged from his body. He then fell in love
with yoga, and is eternally thankful for all the wonderfulness it has
brought into is life. Jeremy started practicing yoga at Yoga Zone in
NYC in 1995, and after sampling a variety of yoga types settled on an
Ashtanga practice. Upon returning home to the Philadelphia area in 2001
he began moving away from straight Ashtanga towards a more varied
vinyasa practice, and subsequently received his teacher certification
from Wake Up Yoga. His philosophy for the teaching and practice of yoga
is to use breath, movement and the bandhas to build internal heat to
cleanse the physical body, thus enabling greater awareness and control
of the flow of energy (prana). |
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