Yoga Teachers
Nancy Diment, E-RYT500

Nancy is a retired physical therapist,and has been practicing yoga for 34 years, teaching for 17 years. She is a Certified RYT at the 500 hour level and is a member of IAYT (Int. Assoc. of Yoga Therapists).
Relax and Renew Trainer (Restorative Yoga).  Nancy's gentle classes are designed appropriately for the aging body or those with challenges.  Classes are theme-based and include monthly restorative sessions.
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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