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Tony Briggs teaches yoga in a modern, humorous and hard-hitting way, without compromise or new-age veneer. He is a true teachers' teacher, providing the intimate yet demanding relationship for students to explore and expand. He encourages his students to tread the path of self-discovery with a cool head, a wide heart and a warm belly. Tony considers teaching as a creative act, one that begs for devotion, insight, spontaneity and leaps of confidence. Tony has been practicing and teaching yoga for nearly three decades. While his studies in both India and the U.S. include many years of Iyengar yoga, his teaching is also influenced by the practice of internal martial arts. By excluding the dogmatic methodology found in most modern yoga traditions, Tony enables students to more personally integrate the information in order to embody the practice. Tony
Briggs is the Director and principle teacher of The Art of Teaching
at The Yoga Loft. Tony is also founder and director of Turtle Island
Yoga in Marin County, where he offers ongoing public classes, workshops
and retreats, as well as teaching internationally. He has also written
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Vairagya Eiger began her study of yoga in 1970 at the age of 4 years. She eventually found her way to India in 1979 and spent almost 5 years living in an ashram and studying yoga. She finds a deep well of gratitude and connection to all things through this practice. Vairagya is currently studying in the Advanced Teacher Training program at the Iyengar Institute in SF and also continues to study with Tony Briggs, who is her primary teacher. In addition to teaching yoga she has been a personal trainer in Pilates and the Gyrotonic systems for the past 9 years, and brings this knowledge to her yoga practice and teaching. How we live in our bodies, our habits and holding patterns are a source of deep investigation and learning. She looks forward to sharing her love of the vast and amazing subject of yoga with new and experienced students alike. 707.280.4428 | veiger@eigermethod.com |
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Dario Fredrick has been studying yoga for 15 years. He has studied with the Iyengars in India, and with a variety of teachers in the US. Dario's travels along the yogic path continue to bring new insights and discovery to his teaching, which he shares with his students in creative and balanced classes. An
exercise physiologist, Dario integrates his understanding of exercise
science with the many facets of yoga. He is the director of the
Whole Athlete Performance
Center, and an experienced athlete and coach who understands
the particular needs of active people and those new to yoga. Dario
has written for Yoga Journal and is the author of the Yoga
for the Cyclist Handbook. |
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Julie Howard has been practicing Iyengar-influenced yoga for nearly twenty years and 2 years ago completed a 200-hour teacher training with Tony Briggs at The Yoga Loft in San Francisco. Though she now considers Tony Briggs to be her main teacher, Julie studied with Toni Sanchez in the mid-80’s and more recently with Kofi Busia and Ramanand Patel. Julie continues her studies with Judith Lasater, an internationally renowned teacher and author with roots in the Iyengar tradition. Studying with Judith, Julie has focused her studies on yoga therapeutics and how yoga asana can have a profound, healthy effect on the organs of the body. 415.482.0307 | juliehoward2000@yahoo.com |
| Liz
Levy The path of yoga and bodywork has
always been intertwined for Liz, as she began to study both in 1989.
Liz believes massage and yoga are parallel paths, born in one breath,
the alchemy of yoga and bodywork deepening her understanding of
both. Her knowledge of the body enhances her teaching, giving her
a firm understanding of anatomy, physiology, and body mechanics.
She has traveled to India to study with the Iyengars and brings
to her teaching a deep appreciation for the wisdom of Yoga and a
passion for sharing with others what has brought great fulfillment
and meaning to her. |
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As Yoga Instructor, Michele Klink guides students through an energetic, inspiring and grace-filled asana class. Her welcoming approach and attention to individual needs allows students to challenge themselves, let go of old habits and invite new possibilities. Her classes are a blend of vinyasa flow and alignment focus. Breath, meditation and spiritual insight are interwoven throughout the practice to cultivate a calm, focused mind and an inspired, joyful heart. Practicing since 1990, Michele began her intensive studies with the Iyengar yoga system influenced by teachers' Manouso Manos, Judith Lasater, Lisa Walford, Sarah Powers and Maritza. She continued her studies and became fluent in the Vinyasa Flow system and Yin Yoga. Then in 2000, she enthusiastically embraced the heart-opening, life-affirming system of Anusara Yoga. She currently studies Anusara Yoga and has completed more recent teacher trainings with John Friend, Sianna Sherman and Desiree Rumbaugh. As Yoga Therapy Specialist, she offers individual sessions for those who have injuries or body limitations. She collaborates with a variety of medical professionals to help teach patients yoga poses that assist in optimal recovery. She also works with athletes to support core strength, flexibility, mind focus and endurance training. In addition to yoga workshops and retreats, she also facilitates courses to encourage the realization of spirituality and life-fulfillment through creative practices. Contact Michele at micheleyoga@gmail.com. |
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Dannielle Smith has been practicing Iyengar yoga for over 16 years. She studied with Pam Field in Santa Rosa as a beginner and currently studies with Tony Briggs at Turtle Island Yoga in San Anselmo and at The Yoga Loft in San Francisco . She completed Tony's teaching apprenticeship in 2002 and has been teaching since. She has been a high school teacher in public and private schools working with "at risk" teens for the past 15 years and has several years experience teaching yoga to adolescents of all backgrounds. She also teaches to recovering addicts in Marin County and San Francisco. Dannielle offers a serious commitment to the practice and teaching of yoga, yet maintains a light heart and sense of humor. 707.695.3131 | dannielle.smith@pathwayscharter.org |
| Aylin Yaser has been dedicated to the practice and study of yoga for 9 years and had the great privilege to study with the Iyengars in Pune this summer. In December 2006, she graduated from the 2 year advanced studies/ teacher training program at the Iyengar Institute in SF. She has 14 years of experience in bodywork therapies, specializing in Neuro-Muscular Reprogramming - an approach to structural bodywork that can help to correct dysfunctional postural and movement patterns resulting from overuse and injury. Aylin looks forward to sharing her love of yoga and knowledge of the body with both new and continuing students of yoga. 415.902.2145 | aylinyaser@comcast.net |