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SUSAN VAN NUYS (E-RYT 500)
Susan is the director of The Health Advantage Yoga Center.
She has been a yoga practitioner since 1989 and began
teaching in 1997. Susan has studied with many world-class
teachers, focusing on alignment-based styles. She received
a BS degree in computer science and linguistics from
the College of William and Mary and she particularly
enjoys applying the logic she learned while programming
to the progressive teaching of yoga poses. Susan’s approach is warm
and clear with an appreciation of individual differences.
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JAN BALDI (RYT 200)
Jan began studying yoga in 1990. She completed the HAYC
Teacher Training Program and has studied with numerous
senior yoga teachers. Her primary teacher is John Schumacher
who both influences her teaching and inspires her practice.
Jan’s
main focus is to discover how the practice of yoga can
help one maintain an active lifestyle regardless of
age. Her teachings concentrate on using the principles
of alignment to build and maintain muscle strength, flexibility
and mobility in all joints.
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JENNIFER BRESEMAN
(E-RYT 200)
Jennifer has
completed the HAYC Teacher Training
Program and Levels 1 & 2 Anusara Teacher Training. She also draws
on her training and experience as a
Registered Nurse, including working in
Labor and Delivery. She loves to watch the transformative
power of yoga as it unfolds in her life and in the lives
of her students.
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KELLY CLEVE LAND (RYT 200)
Kelly has
studied yoga since 1990. She received her teaching certificate
in 1994 and has taught at HAYC since 1996. Kelly has
studied many different alignment based yoga styles
with numerous experienced teachers over
the years. They have helped to shape and deepen her yoga
practice and they inspired her to love the yoga she teaches. Her love for life
after breast cancer and other calamities has
taught her to appreciate her yoga even more each day.
Her goal is to open the hearts of all who are in pain.
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PEGGY DIVINCENZO
Peggy has been a meditator since the early 1980s
and since 1998 she has
taken multiple trainings, retreats and workshops in the practice of meditation
and
its application in clinical settings. She is
currently training with Tara Brach at the Meditation Teacher Training Institute
through the Insight Meditation Community of Washington.
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KATHY DUKE (RYT 500,
E-RYT 200)
Kathy completed the HAYC teacher training program in  2000
and the advanced teacher training at The Himalayan
Institute in 2009. Her yoga studies have allowed opportunities
to study with many insightful teachers from a variety
of traditions such as Kaustaub Desikachar, Erich Schiffman,
and Judith Lasater. In addition, Kathy holds a Personal
Training Certification from the American Council on
Exercise and is a former ACSM Health Fitness Specialist.
She earned a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University
and has worked and volunteered in the health and fitness
industry for more than twenty years.
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ANNETTE HYDE (RYT 500,
E-RYT 200)
 Annette
began her practice in 1999 and has been teaching since
2001. She graduated from the HAYC Teacher Training
Program in 2004 and Asheville Yoga Center’s 500-hour
Advanced Teacher Training Program in 2012. Doug Keller
has been Annette’s primary teacher since 2002.
She also has studied with Baron Baptiste, Rod Stryker,
Seane Corn, David Life and Sharon Gannon. Annette believes
yoga is a continuous journey that opens the mind, strengthens
the body, and frees the spirit to take on life’s
opportunities and obstacles.
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DORIANNE JACKSON (RYT
200)
Dorianne
began her yoga journey at HAYC in 2002 while looking
for ways to recover from running
injuries. Gradually she began to appreciate yoga's
remarkable ability to help people cope mentally and
physically with the demands of modern life and the
aging process. She completed the HAYC Teacher training
program in 2012, and she draws on her experiences in
class and her years of teaching
in the aviation
industry to bring the benefits of yoga to others.
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DOUG KELLER
(E-RYT 500)
Doug has a strong background in the alignment based styles
of Iyengar and Anusara Yoga, as well as in yoga philosophy
and yoga therapy. He is a regular columnist in the internationally
renowned magazine Yoga+ and is the author of several books
covering all aspects of yoga practice. He holds a Master’s Degree
in Philosophy from Fordham University, and travels nationally
and internationally, teaching workshops in philosophy and
pranayama as well as hatha yoga. And of course he teaches
regularly at the HAYC!
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KELLY KESSLER
(RYT 200)
Kelly started as a
student at HAYC in 1993 and completed
the HAYC Teacher Training Program in
1999. She studies therapeutic yoga intensively,
drawing upon her own experiences as
well as her work as a Neuromuscular
Massage Therapist to teach the healing power of yoga
to her students.
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 JANET KIM (RYT 500)
Janet began her study and practice of Hatha Yoga in
1972. She has taught yoga since 1987 and completed the
HAYC Teacher Training Program in 1995. Janet has studied
yoga with Betsey Downing, Tias Little, Desiree Rumbaugh,
Rodney Yee, Sarah Powers, and Doug Keller.
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PAT PAO (E-RYT 200)
Pat began her yoga studies with Betty Roi. She has studied
extensively at HAYC since 1998 and has completed the
HAYC Teacher Training Program, Radiant Child, Yoga 4
Teens and Yin Yoga Teacher Training programs. She is
also a Relax & Renew Trainer. Pat has completed intensive teacher
training workshops with Kaustaub Desikachar, Paul
Grilley, Anodea Judith, Judith Lasater, Elise Browning
Miller, Sarah
Powers, Erich Schiffman and Rodney Yee. She is a former
professional dancer and ballet teacher. Pat has worked
the last
18 years as a movie casting director.
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 MARY
RUBARD (RYT 200)
Mary began her study of yoga at HAYC in 1998, and she completed
the HAYC Teacher Training Program in
2006. She has also completed the Level I
Anusara Teacher Training, the Radiant Child
Yoga Program Levels I & II, and Mini Yogis
Teacher Training. She continues to expand her
knowledge of yoga by attending workshops, classes and teacher
trainings. She is also a Massage Therapist and is certified
in Thai
Yoga Massage. Mary dedicates her teaching to making yoga
a
joyful experience and to bring calm and balance into her
life and the lives of others.
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 ERIN
SCHERGER (RYT
200)
Erin began her yoga practice at HAYC in 2005. She completed the
HAYC Teacher Training Program in 2010, qualified as an Elise Browning Miller
Yoga
for Scoliosis Trainer in 2012, and
continues to broaden her own studies. Drawing
on
her past experiences as a competitive figure-skater and childbirth educator,
Erin
enjoys light-heartedly encouraging others to tune in, find their inner strength,
and
move mindfully.
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 ANGELIKA
STADEL (E-RYT 200)
Angelika started her yoga journey in 1996 at HAYC and completed
the HAYC Teacher Training Program in 2001. Her main teachers
are Susan Van
Nuys and Doug Keller. She studied with various
senior teachers and trained in
India
at the Iyengar Institute to deepen
her practice and understanding of yoga. In 2010 she completed
the training and practicum
for “Yoga for Scoliosis” with
Elise Miller. Angelika
holds a degree in French and German literature and a Masters
in Teaching French and English. With her strong teaching
background she loves to guide students along the yoga path
of self discovery.
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 PAT TAYLOR (RYT 200)
Pat has completed the HAYC Teacher Training, Mindfulness
Yoga and Meditation Training, Relax and
Renew Training, and Therapeutic Yoga for
Seniors at Duke Integrative Medicine. Pat attends meditation
retreats nationally and continues the study of yoga with
various teachers who focus on mindfulness and midlife health.
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 JENNIFER
ZOERKLER (RYT 200)
Jennifer began studying Iyengar style yoga at HAYC with Betsey Downing in the
early 90's to help manage migraine headaches. Her practice has been growing since
2005
which
gave her the motivation to complete the HAYC Teacher Training Program in 2010.
She has taught Beginning Yoga, Gentle Yoga and Yoga Shape Up classes since 2009.
Jennifer believes that yoga is a great de-stressor for today's world and a perfect
therapy to calm the mind and body, no matter what condition they may be in.
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 HEIDE
ZUFALL (RYT 200)
Heide has studied yoga at HAYC since 1995 and completed the HAYC Teacher Training
Program in
2010. She is also a certified Pilates
instructor, a former modern dancer,
and she majored in dance at SUNY
Purchase. Her knowledge of Yoga, Pilates and Dance
enables her to give students a unique workout experience.
Heide also choreographs for many community theater
productions and is on staff with Dodgeball Theater.
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RYT and E-RYT are registrations with the Yoga
Alliance. These registrations represent levels of educational
training and teaching experience for yoga teachers.
All HAYC teachers have met these standards and are registered
with the Yoga Alliance. For more information, please
visit the Yoga Alliance website: www.yogaalliance.org
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