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Adlesic is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher and has been
to India to study at the Iyengar Yoga Institute. He has studied
with John Schumacher and other senior Iyengar teachers from the
U.S. and abroad since 1982. He is the director of Blue Ridge Yoga
and a member of the Unity Woods Yoga Center teaching staff in
Washington, D.C. Joe has a B.A. in psychology and has done graduate
training in health education. |
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1984 Mary Bridle, R.Y.T.,has studied
yoga with Betsy Downing, Sandra Pleasants, Joe Adlesic, and with senior Iyengar teachers on an ongoing basis. Over
the years yoga has become more and more important in her life.
The curative tradition in Iyengar yoga particularly interests
Mary, as she is an occupational therapist. Over the years she
has worked with people with a wide variety of conditions, both
physical and psychiatric, acute and chronic. Yoga was an important
part of her own recovery from cancer and helps her maintain her
health and strength. Mary enjoys teaching the Gentle Yoga class
at Blue Ridge Yoga and delights in seeing her students develop
new skills and discover new aspects of themselves. She takes much
pleasure in sharing the magic of yoga with others. |
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Mary
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Tricia Emlet has studied Iyengar yoga since 1980.
She has studied locally with Sandra Pleasants and Joe Adlesic and attended numerous workshops with senior Iyengar teachers from around the country.
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Tricia in Upavista Konasana |
Sandra
Pleasants, E.R.Y.T.*, is certified at the Junior Intermediate Level III in the
National Iyengar Association. Her Registered Yoga Teacher
certification by the Yoga Alliance indicates completion
of at least 500 hours of yoga teacher training. In addition,
she has completed a two-year, 700-hour certification program
with the Yoga Research and Education Center founded by
Georg Feuerstein. Sandra has studied at the Iyengar Institute
in Pune, India, and attended four national Iyengar conventions,
at which either B.K.S. Iyengar or his daughter Geeta gave
instruction. She has also studied extensively with Patricia
Walden and John Schumacher. Her primary teacher
is Gabriella Giubilaro from Florence, Italy, with whom
she studies annually. She has assisted both Patricia Walden
and Gabriella Giubilaro, who she had the privilege of
assisting during the past three Julys in Minsk, Bylarus.
Sandra's life experiences as a mother of five and grandmother
of seven give her an accessibility that allows students
to feel simultaneously challenged and supported. Her down-to-earth
teaching style is precise, dynamic, and laced with humor. |
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Sandra
in Trikonasana
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Shaaron
Honeycutt, R.Y.T.*, is a certified Iyengar yoga instructor, and has been
to India to study at the Iyengar Yoga Institute. She is currently apprenticing with senior
Iyengar teacher John Schumacher in Bethesda, MD, and has attended numerous
workshops with senior Iyengar teachers from across the country and abroad.
She has also studied Iyengar Yoga intensively
with Sandra Pleasants since 1998.
She teaches weekend classes at the Wintergreen Resort,
and a special Parkinson's class at the Charlottesville Senior Center
as well as other venues.
Shaaron's dynamic and methodical style offers compassionate challenge with humor, while encouraging students to move beyond perceived limitations and open to their own inherent greatness.
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Shaaron
in Astavakrasana
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Nazli P. Weiss, R.Y.T*, who originally hails from India, is a longtime practitioner of Iyengar Yoga. For the last 11 years she has studied with John Schumacher, Anne Wuchiett, and Joe Adlesic at Unity Woods, Bethesda, MD, and continues to study with John Schumacher in Bethesda and Sandra Pleasants in Charlottesville. She has attended numerous workshops with senior Iyengar teachers and continues to do so on an on-going basis. Nazli has a Masters degree in English Literature, and has trained as a classical Indian dancer. Nazli’s teaching is enriched by her study of the Indian texts and philosophy of yoga and aims to increase the strength and overall wellness of the body-mind system. |
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Nazli in Virabhradasana I
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Patti Yates, R.Y.T.*, joins our teaching staff after more than 30 years of practicing yoga and 23 years as a teacher. She is a registered nurse, currently specializing in
pre- and post-operative care at Martha Jefferson Out-Patient Surgical Center. Originally inspired by B.K.S. Iyengar's Light On Yoga and doing home practice beginning in 1973, Patti has studied with John Schumacher, Sandra Pleasants,
and other Iyengar teachers. She began teaching at the Chronic Pain Center at the Richmond Metropolitan Hospital in 1983 and has gravitated toward restorative environments since, most recently, between 1999 and 2006, at the Augusta Medical Fitness and Cancer Centers in Fishersville, Virginia. Patti has also enjoyed teaching in community recreation settings in both Staunton and Charlottesville for a
combined total of ten years. She brings a bright and energetic personality to the studio,
coupled with a sense of the importance of continual practice and daily meditation.
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Patti in Urdhva Dhanurasana |
| *(R.Y.T.—Registered Yoga Teacher—is certification by the Yoga Alliance of completion of at least 200 hours of yoga teacher training.) |
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