Yoga Teachers
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Marne J. Apolo, M.A. RYT
Marne's inspiration for learning and healing through yoga began with her first yoga class with Yolanda Bain in 1996, in San Francisco, CA. With a Master's degree in Communication from Western Michigan University (2008) and an intensive 200 hour RYT training with Karina Ayn Mirsky at Sangha Yoga (2010), Marne strives to cultivate creative ways to integrate communication studies with yoga philosophy and practice. She holds a second degree certification in Reiki and is a certified Relax and Renew Trainer (Restorative Yoga w/Judith Hanson Lasater). She is continuing her study of yoga with Sarah Powers and Angela Farmer. 269.270-8513 |
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Christine Peckels, RYT
Christine has been a practitioner of yoga since 1999. With the encouragement of her teachers, she completed her 200 hour RYT teacher training in 2008 under the guidance of Melissa Spamer, E-RYT 500, LMT and Founder/Director of “Lotus in the Flame” School of Yoga and Healing Arts. From 2008 to 2013 Christine volunteered at Western Michigan University School of Medicine at the Charles VanRipen Unified Clinics to work with stroke patients and their caregivers. Her yoga classes offer a gentle yet powerful insight into the infinite nuances of the body, mind and breath with opportunities to explore and link these qualities within. The results are a personal experience of joyfulness, peace and balance through out the whole being. 269.615.0675 |
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James Terburg, CIYT
James is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) at the Intoductory-II level. Teachers in this method are certified through an internationally standardized body, and overseen by the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States (www.iynaus.org). Becoming and remaining certified is a long and extensive process requiring a lifelong commitment to study and practice. (www.iynaus.org/teach/). James studied the art of teaching at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and continues training regularly under senior CIYTs in San Francisco and Ann Arbor. |
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Mary Beth Thomas, RYT 200
Beginning with her first yoga class in 1997, Mary Beth knew that yoga needed to be part of her life. She began her pursuit of yoga at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts and after moving to Kalamazoo in 1999 has study with Kathe Bowman, Melissa Spammer, Kara Aubin, Karina Ayn Mirsky and others. After 15 years of practicing, Mary Beth started her teaching training with a YogaFit Level One Teaching certificate in 2012 and then in April of 2015, completed her 200 hour RYT through Sangha Yoga here in Kalamazoo. She is passionate about sharing her love of yoga with others, especially beginners! Please feel free to call with questions. 269.217.5584 |
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Cathryn Bastien, RYT 500
Cathryn was drawn to the healing and restorative effects of yoga practice after undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer in 1995. In 2002, she began a journey to gain more knowledge and completed certification as RYT200 instructor in 2004, through Feel Your Best Yoga. She continuing her yoga education through practice and focused instruction with Integrative Yoga Therapy and became RYT500 certified in 2012. An additional 500 hours of mentored study with Integrative Yoga Therapy was also completed incorporating a special focus on the healing and restorative effects for cancer patients and caregivers. She is married to Kipp and is mother of 3 adult children. She enjoys biking, cross-country skiing, volunteering at her church, gardening, sewing and cooking. Cathryn credits yoga with keeping her balanced and able to maintain the busy schedule of a full-time career, as well as the activities listed above. 269-290-4166 |
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Anna Swank, RYT
Anna began practicing Yoga as a teenager in a black-lit bedroom, and studying formally at the Centre Iyengar de Marseille in 2004. She received her 200-hour Teacher Training Certificate in 2012 from YogaWorks in New York City, where she taught at a collectively owned studio and a high school before moving to Kalamazoo. Since then she has been pursuing the long but fascinating path toward certification in the Iyengar method under the mentorship of CIYTs Mary Reilly and Jennifer Beaumont. She is passionate about sharing the grace and precision of Iyengar Yoga with her students, and witnessing their transformation. |