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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. A former Anusara® certified instructor, Susan has studied with many world-class Anusara and Iyengar teachers. 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 studied with
numerous senior yoga teachers. Her primary
teacher is John Schumacher who has influenced
and inspired her practice. John Friend
has also influenced her practice. She has an MS degree in
Public Administration.
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NICK BAUER
(RYT 200)
Nick began his study
of yoga in 1998. He completed the Radiant
Child teacher training with Shakta Kaur
Khalsa in 2003; the HAYC teacher training,
and the Level 2 teacher training with John
Friend in 2004; and Yin Yoga teacher training
with Sarah Powers in 2007. He has also studied with
Betsey Downing, Paul Grilley, Judith Lasater, Elise
Browning Miller, Desiree Rumbaugh, and Mukunda Stiles.
Nick enjoys sharing his experience and leading others on
their own journey of yoga.
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JENNIFER BRESEMAN
(E-RYT 200)
Jennifer has
completed the HAYC Teacher Training
Program and Levels 1 & 2 Anusara teacher
training with John Friend. 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 CLEVELAND (RYT 200)
Kelly has
studied yoga since 1990. She received her
teaching certificate in 1994 and began
teaching at HAYC in 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. She
travels to Africa annually bringing yoga to people in Liberia.
Her goal is to open the hearts of all who are in pain.
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KATHY DUKE
(E-RYT 200)
Kathy completed
the Health Advantage Yoga Center teacher
training program with Betsey Downing and
Doug Keller in 2000. Since then, she has
attended workshops with Kaustaub
Desikachar, Erich Schiffman, David Frawley,
John Friend and Judith Lasater and is certified from
Motherwell as a Maternity Health and Fitness Professional.
Kathy earned a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth
University and she has worked and volunteered in the
health and fitness industry for more than seventeen years.
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DIANNE FALK
(E-RYT 200)
Dianne is an approved
Anusara Inspired teacher™ who studies regularly
with John Friend and his senior teachers.
She has completed Anusara® teacher
trainings with John Friend and with Health
Advantage Yoga Center and also holds a 55
hour Iyengar certificate. Her passion for the mind-body
connection lights up her practice as well as her teaching.
With joyful spirit, Dianne encourages her students to celebrate
their own individual talents and to step into the flow
of grace in their lives.
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LINDA JACOBSEN
(RYT 200)
Linda has
completed teacher trainings from HAYC,
Anusara Yoga®, and Rod Stryker’s Pure Yoga.
She has a BS in earth sciences and an MA in
writing and editing, and she works for the
U.S. Geological Survey. Linda enjoys kayaking,
hiking, writing, and traveling.
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ROBBIE KATSON
(E-RYT 200)
Robbie has studied
yoga since 1992. She completed the HAYC
Teacher Training program and has studied
with John Friend, Rodney Yee and others.
She wants to share with students the
strength, peace and centering that yoga
brings to stress-filled lives. Robbie has an MA in
Economics and works for the Government.
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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 Health Advantage
Yoga Center!
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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 is a Certified
Anusara® Yoga Instructor. Janet began her
study and practice of Hatha Yoga in 1972.
She has taught yoga since 1987 and completed
the HAYC teacher training in 1995.
Janet has studied yoga with Betsey
Downing, John Friend, Desiree Rumbaugh, Rodney Yee,
Sarah Powers, and Doug Keller.
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ANDE McDONALD (RYT 200)
Andre began
her study of yoga in 1972. Ande completed
teacher training programs with Betsey
Downing, Lillah Schwartz, and John Friend.
She has taught yoga at HAYC since 1995
and currently studies with Doug Keller.
Ande’s intention is for her students to find the joy of
movement in their yoga practice and their daily lives.
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PATRICIA PAO(E-RYT 200)
Patricia 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 &
Yin Yoga Teacher Training programs. She is
also a Relax & Renew Trainer®. Pat has completed intensive
teacher training workshops with Kaustaub Desikachar,
John Friend, 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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 EILEEN ROEHR (RYT 200)
Eileen got hooked on yoga at HAYC in 1994. She is an Anusara® Inspired teacher and her primary teachers are Betsey Downing, Doug Keller, and Susan Van Nuys. Eileen has also studied with John Friend, Suzie Hurley, and Jenny Otto. In her other life she is the Program Director at Graydon Manor; where she also teaches yoga to emotionally disturbed youngsters.
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MARY RUBARD (RYT 200)
Mary began her
study of yoga at HAYC in 1998. She completed
her teacher training in 2006 with
Susan Van Nuys and Doug Keller and the
Radiant Child Yoga Program levels I & II
with Shakta Kaur Khalsa in 2007. Mary is
also a Certified Massage Therapist and is certified in Thai
Yoga Massage. Mary’s focus is to bring balance and calm
into her life and to share this with others.
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 PAT TAYLOR (RYT 200)
Pat dabbled in yoga
and meditation for years before realizing
that she wanted them to be the center of
her life. She completed the HAYC Teacher
Training Program and is currently enrolled
in the Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation
Training Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in
California. Pat attends meditation retreats nationally and
continues the study of yoga with various teachers.
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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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