Teacher Bios, Class List & Contact Information:
Terese Pritschet
Terese began her study of yoga in 1982, and has been teaching for over 20 years. She draws predominantly from Iyengar yoga, with an emphasis on making the poses accessible to a wide range of levels and abilities. Terese's teaching style gently but firmly draws students toward their expanding potential, emphasizing awareness, alignment and acceptance of one's limitations and unexplored possibilities.
Classes:
Beginning, Monday, 5:30 - 6:45 PM, Selby Studio
Continuing, Monday, 7:00 - 8:30 PM, Selby Studio
Ageless Yoga, Tuesday, 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Selby Studio
Phone: 612-825-2022
Jeanne Barkey
As a 21-year Iyengar student, Jeanne has traveled to
India eight times to
study directly with BKS Iyengar and family, and in 2005 gained her Intermediate
Jr. II certification.
Classes:
Intermediate Iyengar, Tuesday, 5:30 - 7:15 PM, Selby Studio
Continuing Iyengar, Tuesday, 6:00 - 7:45 PM, Selby Studio
Beginning Iyengar, Thursday, 5:30 - 6:45 PM, Selby Studio
Phone: 612-824-5211 Email: jbyoga@bitstream.net
Paul Busch
Paul has been teaching yoga since 1996 and has studied and
practiced yoga
since 1990. Prior to that he studied with a meditation teacher for seven years
and spent five years practicing martial arts. Using his 15 years of study in the
Iyengar yoga system as a foundation, Paul helps students
develop their poses
from the inside/out, strengthening and stabilizing from the core, using the
bandhas (structural and energetic locks). Breathwork is introduced and refined.
Humor is abundant.
Classes:
Beginning, Wednesday, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, Corner Studio
Beginning & Cont., Thursday, 5:45 - 7:15 PM, Corner Studio
Intermediate, Friday, 11:30 - 1:15 PM, Selby Studio
Continuing, Friday, 5:45 - 7:15 PM, Selby Studio
Continuing, Saturday, 10:30 - Noon, Selby Studio
Phone: 651-646-4656 Email: pobusch@msn.com
Website: paulbuschyoga.com
Julie Lerner Schmit
Julie has taught Vinyasa style yoga since 1991 to all ability levels,
including professional athletes. Julie's web site
is:
http://www.shaktiyogaonline.com/home.html
Classes:
Beginning & Continuing Vinyasa, Wednesday, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, Selby Studio
Phone: 612-729-5289 Email: julieshakti@earthlink.net
Margie Siegel
Margie began studying Iyengar yoga in 1990, teaching in 1996, and is a
certified Iyengar instructor (introductory level). She studied directly with BKS
Iyengar in 2005 and his daughter, Geeta Iyengar, in 2001 and 2007 during their
visits to the United States.
Classes:
Beginning & Continuing Iyengar, Monday, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, Corner Studio
Continuing Iyengar, Thursday, 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Corner Studio
Phone: 612-578-4621 Email: msiegel@bitstream.net
Carlton E. Morris
Carlton is passionate in his endeavor to share his knowledge and experience
of Iyengar Yoga and brings a vivid, clear approach to his teaching.
Classes:
Beginning & Cont., Monday, 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Corner Studio
Beginning & Cont., Tuesday, 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Corner Studio
Beginning & Cont., Tuesday, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, Corner Studio
Beginning & Cont., Thursday, 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Corner Studio
Beginning & Cont., Thursday, 7:00 - 8:30 PM, Selby Studio
Phone: 651-592-7340
Clare Welter
Clare studied yoga for three years with a Kripalu yoga teacher and since 1992
has been studying with William Prottengeier, an Iyengar certified teacher. She
is also a certified nurse midwife.
Classes:
Donations Class for All Levels, Sunday, 2:30 - 3:30 AM, Selby Studio
Beginning, Saturday, 8:45 - 10:15 AM, Selby Studio
Phone: 651-646-4656 Email: clarewelter@hotmail.com
Sarah Hauss
Sarah Hauss
Sarah Hauss has been teaching
prenatal yoga at the St Paul Yoga Center
since 2002. She has a BA in dance
from University of Oregon and an MFA in
dance from University of Colorado. She
has continued a yoga practice through
three pregnancies. She is a licensed K-12
dance teacher and currently
teaches Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College. Her Yoga instruction incorporates
past learning from Iyengar, Ashtanga, various Modern Dance techniques, and the
somatic practices of Barttenief Fundamentals and Alexander Technique. Her
teaching has been influenced by Yoga
teachers William Prottengeier, Kevin
Garner, Janet Lilly, Richard Freeman, and
Julie Gudmestad. She first started
studying Yoga in 1993.
Class:
Yoga & Pregnancy, Thursday, 7:30 to 9:00 PM, Corner Studio
Phone: 612-669-3417
Maria Gomez Tierney
Maria has been practicing yoga since 1999 and began
teaching yoga in
2005. William Prottengeier is her primary teacher, along with studies with
senior teachers from both B.K.S. Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois' Ashtanga tradition.
She has a MFA in performance arts and has been a dancer, choreographer and
teacher since 1990. Maria directs Gomez Dance Group, and she is also a Reiki
Master. She blends these body, mind sensibilities into the creative spirit of
her yoga teaching.
Classes:
Beginning, Wednesday, 8:00 - 9:15 AM, Corner Studio (This class will not meet from Jan. 2-April 4, 2012.)
Beginning & Continuing, Wednesday, 9:30 - 11:00, Corner Studio
Phone: 612-722-5220 Email: tmtierney@mac.com
Anna Vazquez
Anna's training in Alignment Yoga, brainwave training/Open Focus and
music/therapeutic sound are interwoven to provide a transformative experience
for the body, mind and spirit. She has taught yoga for over a decade. Anna's
yoga classes begin and end with a chanting meditation accompanied by the cello.
Web: www.brainwavevirtuosity.com
Classes:
All levels Donation Class, Wed. 7:30 - 8:45 PM, Corner Studio
Ageless Yoga, Friday, 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Corner Studio
Beginning & Continuing, Saturday, 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Corner Studio
Phone: 651-487-5073 Email: annavazquez@netzero.com
Maren Dahlke
A certified YogaKids Teacher/Trainer, Maren has been practicing yoga since
1997 and teaching since 2002. She combines her love of sharing yoga with her
backgrounds in teaching preschool and Occupational Therapy. Maren offers classes
for children and families. Yoga poses, games, stories and music create a fun and
relaxing experience for all.
Class:
Yoga for Kids, Friday, 4:00 - 5:00 PM, Corner Studio
Phone: 651-283-8490 Email: dahlke@comcast.net
Laura Prakash
Laura has been practicing yoga since 1998 and received her teaching certification in 2005. Her classes focus on awareness of body and breath, and she encourages students to be kind and patient with themselves as they explore each pose. Laura's teaching style is quiet and meditative but also light-hearted and interactive. She is constantly curious about learning ways in which we may free our bodies of common ailments and restore within ourselves a harmony with nature and our surroundings. Laura is also a birth doula.
Classes:
Beginning, Tuesday, 7:15 - 8:45 PM, Corner Studio
Phone: 612-386-8290 Email: lauraprakash@yahoo.com
Nancy Giguere
Nancy started studying yoga in 2003 at age 57 and began teaching in 2011. She recently completed her 200-hour certification training with master teacher Scott Anderson through Alignment Yoga and is continuing her studies in Alignment Yoga's 500-hour program.
Yoga for the Not So Flexible, Wed., 10:00 - 11:30 AM, Selby Studio
Phone: 651-642-1378 Email: nancygiguere@visi.com
Teri Bigelow
Teri has been practicing yoga for 18 years and received her 500 hour yoga occupational certificate from Scottsdale Community College in 2007. She continues to attend classes and workshops with highly regarded teachers in the Iyengar style. Teri is currently pursuing her education as a physical therapist assistant with plans to combine yoga with physical therapy once she is licensed in 2012. Teri also offers private yoga lessons.
Beginning Yoga for Flexibility, Monday, 10:00 - 11:30 AM, Selby Studio.
Email: ayogabreak@gmail.com