Baptiste Power of Yoga™ | Sherri Baptiste, Yoga Expert E-RYT 500

Sherri Baptiste is an inspirational yoga teacher at the forefront of training in America. She offers approachable training, that shows real people the depth and benefits of mind•body•breath practices and how best to incorporate the best of yoga, fitness and wellness into their busy lives. She is the daughter of America's yoga pioneers and master teachers Magana and Walt Baptiste. Founder of Baptiste Power of Yoga, she offers classes, workshops, retreats and teacher training. Her retreats and teacher training programs provide an empowering, peaceful oasis in a hurried world, a place where students can find within themselves the tools and knowledge to support and maintain a happier, healthier and more spiritual lifestyle.

Sherri presents for Western Athletics Clubs’s Bay Clubs, Gold's Gym, Yoga Studios Larkspur and San Francisco, Nautilus, Loyola Marymount University's Yoga Therapy Rx Program, Equinox, IDEA World Fitness and Inner IDEA Conferences, Body Mind Spirit, Yoga Journal Conference, ECA, AFPA, Can-Fit-Pro, Rancho La Puerta spa, Cavallo Point Wellness Programs, Bhakti Fest Yoga Events, and Yoga Therapy Conferences. She has instructed for the International Himalayan Yoga Teachers Association (under Swami Veda Bharati's guidance) and conducts yoga retreats at locations such as Kripalu, Omega, Haramara, Holistic Cruise, Green Gulch Zen Center, Tassajara Zen Center and Feathered Pipe Ranch.

She is the Western Athletics Bay Club Marin Yoga Teacher Training Program Director. A member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), Sherri’s teacher-training certification and continuing education programs 200 hr and 500 hr are recognized by Yoga Alliance at the highest designated levels of E-RYT 500. She is also recognized by the International Yoga Federation as an honorary member of the World Yoga Council. ABC’s KGO radio Yoga Expert and television personality, she is featured in video, DVD and CD programs that include "Power of Yoga" and "Power of Meditation." Sherri is the author of Yoga with Weights for Dummies (Wiley Publishers). She also serves as the online yoga expert for SmartNow.com and VoiceofDance.com. She is a writer in Best Body Magazine and Alternative Medicine Magazine, Caregivers and Professional Psychologists and Counselors Journal (2012).

Sherri's specialties include breath-based yoga flow (for all levels), chakras, breath work, meditation, yoga with weights, Baptiste Power of Yoga sessions, yoga personal training, yoga for older adults and therapeutic yoga applications.

On the Web: http://www.powerofyoga.com

Raja Yoga and Meditation | Michele Hebert E-RYT 500 and Mehrad Nazari, Ph.D.

Let this dynamic husband and wife team guide you through the Raja Yoga method as developed by Walt Baptiste. This well-grounded practice for the purposeful evolution of consciousness strengthens and purifies both body and mind. Pranayama breathing heightens energy levels, Chakra techniques promote balance, and meditation connects you with your sacred self.

• 11am Raja Yoga: All Levels / 90 minutes / Progressive – Sunday through Friday
• 4pm Inner Journey (50 min) – Sunday through Friday

Mehrad Nazari, Ph.D. has been a senior teacher of the Walt Baptiste method of Raja yoga for over15 years. He is a continuing education specialist in yoga for the American Council on Exercise, and has led yoga and health retreats internationally.

He was personally trained by yoga master Walt Baptiste, and studied with Zen master Kyozan Joshu Roshi and others, including Swami Veda and HH. Dalai Lama. Dr. Nazari is an adjunct professor of international business negotiation, which he taught for ten years at United States International University in San Diego. He advocates the application of yoga principles in our daily and corporate lives.

Michele Hebert E-RYT 500, a regular Rancho La Puerta and Golden Door instructor since 1987, is a visionary in women's mind, body, health and spirituality. A yoga and meditation teacher, fitness expert and author, she pioneered the first meditation-based stress management program at the renowned Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, CA, and developed Introduction to Meditation at UC San Diego. She leads yoga and meditation programs at premier spas and retreat centers internationally. As a senior teacher in the Walt Baptiste method of Raja yoga, her work has been transformational in the lives of thousands, over a 30-year period. Michele's approach blends yoga, meditation, fitness and nutrition. She is the author of The Tenth Door: An Adventure Through the Jungles of Enlightenment, a riveting spiritual memoir.

Additional information: http://www.RajaYogis.net.

CorePower Yoga | Bryan Sampson

Finding Yoga has been an amazing and wonderful reward after years of injuries from running, football, wrestling, baseball, dancing, parachuting, scuba diving, hiking, gymnastics, weightlifting and far more challenging activities. Even better than finding Yoga is the opportunity to share it with fellow teachers and students.

Prime of Life Yoga | Marydale

Prime of Life Yoga: Men and women between the ages of "40-something" and "70-something" are more active and adventuresome than ever before. They represent the largest population growth segment for Yoga. This program offers an overall lifestyle approach to Yoga that includes asana that is accommodating, covering everyday biomechanics, management of common aches and pains, and weight reduction with Yoga, gait training, stress reduction, and sleeping tips.

Marydale, E-RYT 500/RYT 500, CYT, RMT, is founder and director of Param Yoga Healing Arts Center. Her background includes extensive research and study on yoga, spirituality, meditation, and the dynamics of energetic healing. A Hatha Yoga practitioner since 1970, Marydale holds Hatha Yoga Certification through The Vendantic Center under the auspices of the late Swamini Turiyasangitanandaji and Purusha Hickson. She received her Clinical Yoga Therapy Certification from the exclusive Yoga Therapy RX program at Loyola Marymount University, conceived and directed by her teacher, mentor, and friend Larry Payne, Ph.D. Marydale is a Prime of Life Yoga (POLY) practitioner and teacher, under Dr. Payne’s tutelage, and her personal practice and yoga teaching skills are all rooted in the Krishnamacharya lineage. She is a Yoga Alliance Experienced-Registered Yoga Teacher 500 (e-RYT 500) and Registered Yoga Teacher 500 (RYT 500), as well as a sponsoring member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

Yin Yoga | Erin Fleming, RYT-500

Erin’s yoga path as a practitioner and teacher has been inspired by a wide gamut of styles including Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar, Viniyoga, Anusara, Qigong and Yin Yoga. Teaching yoga for over 20 years to thousands of students, her classes are a creative, mindful synthesis of both static and flowing postures that ultimately cultivate deep body and breath awareness.

Erin’s specialty is Yin Yoga, a profound practice that emphasizes long-held but passive poses which enhance flexibility in the joints and instill lightness and grace in the body. She has trained extensively with Sarah Powers, Paul Grilley and Erich Schiffmann and is a certified 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. In addition, while living in England for three years, Erin was certified by the British Wheel of Yoga, an extensive Yoga teacher training program recognized by the British government.

Erin also teaches Beginning Yoga, vigorous Vinyasa Flow classes for more seasoned practitioners and an all levels mindful movement class called Qigong Yoga Flow. By infusing her classes with warmth, humor and extensive experience, Erin taps into the mind, soul and spirit in a way that surpasses the simple physical practice of asana.
 
Spreading yoga to people in other countries is Erin's greatest joy! Through her business, Yogadeva, she has so far led teacher trainings, retreats and workshops in England, North Wales, Spain, Denmark, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, France, Greece, India, Bali, and Singapore. When back home in Marin County, Erin is acting Yoga Director of Bay Club Marin. Since 2003 she has successfully built a sizeable yoga program of 46 regular classes a week along with periodic workshops and teacher trainings. She has cultivated a team of over 65 extraordinary teachers, and acts not just as their manager, but as their mentor.  Erin also teaches private yoga sessions, and created a program for the employees at Lucas Films that has been thriving since 2004.

Onthe Web: www.yogadeva.com

Gentle Yoga | Veera Sanjana, M.S., M.S.W

Veera Sanjana approaches her yoga practice with gratitude, reverence and love. Veera is a certified Hatha Yoga teacher and her teaching style is best described as 'meditation in motion'. Veera's unique yoga teaching style stresses a strong fluid practice with emphasis on mind, body and breath connections to direct our attention inwards. She sets a rhythm that allows her students to explore their own inner world.

Veera was born in India and was schooled in the ancient yoga traditions from a very early age. Veera is able to bring alive the essence of ancient wisdom teachings for modern seekers, in a way that allows students to connect deeply with their own authentic power and spirit.

In her classes, she skillfully weaves together the teachings and time tested practices of Hatha Yoga, Ayurveda and Vipassana Meditation to create a dynamic and integrated practice, that help us lead healthy, happy and effective lives. Each class is unique, based on a theme related to body, mind and spirit.

Under the guidance and grace of her teachers, Veera has taught many types of yoga, including gentle yoga, prenatal, postnatal, restorative, yin yoga, yoga for kids, yoga for seniors and therapeutic yoga. Veera's passion and visionary presentations grow out of her extensive experience as a instructor of Yoga, Meditation, Compassionate Touch, Ayurvedic Healing, Eastern Dance Therapy, Herbs and Nutrition. From her home base in California, she enjoys teaching classes, seminars, writing for magazines. She travels often and offers workshops and retreats that integrate meditation, yoga wisdom, ayurveda and spiritual life-skills.

Yoga and Meditation | Phyllis Pilgrim

Phyllis Pilgrim has been inspired by the teachings of BKS Iyengar, H.H. the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hahn, and Shinzen Young, among others. She explores the nether regions of the world, with a spiritual component to each adventure. Recent journeys include hiking the Inca Trail, visiting Dharamsala to listen to the teachings of the Dalai Lama, and trekking in Tibet, Bhutan and Tasmania. Phyllis will teach the daily 9:00 am Yoga fundamentals for beginners in addition to co-presenting with Irene in the afternoon workshops.

Phyllis is the author of “The Hidden Passport” which tells of her young life in Japanese concentrations camps in Java in WW2. She reveals much about her life and philosophy enhanced by her practices in yoga and meditation. www.phyllispilgrim.com

Yoga is for every BODY | Shayne and River Morgan

This dynamic mother and daughter have been co-teaching yoga, meditation, guided hikes and wellness coaching in Aspen, Colorado, where both reside. They wrote a column "Tools for Whole Living" for 2 years in the Aspen Daily News. They have been featured in Aspen Peak Magazine, Yoga Journal, Gaiam, Healthy Planet, among other publications. They have taken over 14 yoga groups on retreat to Mexico, the Caribbean, Southern Colorado, and led two retreats in California for competitive cyclists. Both River and Shayne were guest resident instructors for three weeks for yoga and Gyrotonics at the Green House Spa in Texas and also taught at the Snowmass Wellness Conference sponsored by Yoga Journal.

Raja Yoga | Lisa Murray

Lisa Murray has taught yoga and meditation professionally for more than five years, and manages theYoga Community studio in Sonoma, California. Dr. Mehrad Nazari and Michele Hebert have personally trained her in the Walt Baptiste Method of Raja Yoga, and she is a certified teacher of Sherri Baptiste's Power of Yoga. Studying with The Himalayan Yoga Tradition in their Teacher Training Program, she was initiated into this Tradition by Swami Veda Bharati of Rishikesh, India. She has taught a wide range of students from ages 5 to 102, and specializes in the importance of breath work and body awareness as the foundation of a strong yoga practice. Her passion and enthusiasm for sharing yoga as a lifestyle is evident in her classes and teaching style.

Join Lisa this week to experience Fluid Raja Yoga: a dynamic, uninterrupted practice set to music that combines smooth transitions between classic postures and the coordination of breath with movement. The practice elicits a quieting of the mind and a relaxation response in the nervous system. Participants gauge their responses and make adjustments through verbal cues

Meditation and Healing Yoga | Michele Hebert

Michele Hebert is a wellness educator, raja yoga and meditation teacher, natural nutritionist and author. She implemented the first meditation-based stress management program at the renowned Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, CA teaching mind-body wellness techniques to enhance the immune system. As the media representative in the area of mind-body integration for the American Council on Exercise 1996-98, she was one of the first to promote the integration of mind, body and spirit within the mainstream fitness industry.

Currently, Michele teaches Introduction to Meditation at UC San Diego and is the co-founder of the Raja Yoga Institute providing transformational wellness trainings for businesses and individuals. With her husband, Dr. Mehrad Nazari, she leads retreats and yoga teacher trainings internationally.

Michele blends her background in wellness, yoga, meditation and nutrition to guide others in achieving higher levels of health and spiritual awareness and her work has been a transformative factor in the lives of thousands through her work with spas, corporations, hospitals and academia.

Her new book, The Tenth Door: An Adventure Through the Jungles of Enlightenment has won five national awards and the San Diego Book Award. In it, Michele challenges the reader to step through their own inner door to fearlessness and freedom.

Power Yoga | D'ana Baptiste

A yoga teacher born in Utah, raised in Oakland, CA, and educated at U.C. Berkeley, her ultimate "message" is to find one's own way in the big "mind‐body" world. She graduated from UCB in 1988 with a double B.A. in International Relations and French, then promptly moved to Mexico to teach aerobics. She started teaching yoga while working at Rancho La Puerta Spa in Tecate, MX and continued while acting as fitness director on the Cunard Cruise Ship the Sea Goddess. She has been a part of the fitness/wellness movement for 23 years, and has over 19 years experience in the yoga industry. In January 2000, after teaching yoga in the Bay Area, Malibu, Philadelphia, and Boston, Dana moved to Utah, where she has since built a community of dedicated yoga practitioners who love her philosophy of embracing ALL that life has to offer, using ALL the senses to do so. D'ana's down to earth approach to business as well as her authenticity and confident personality have made her a natural leader in the "mindbody" industry. Her presence in front of individuals as well as groups is dynamic, humorous, and humble.

People warm to her easily. D'ana manages and organizes workshops and retreats around the country. She has developed a superior teacher training program in Utah and continues to grow the program (with over 300 graduates since 2002) which will soon take hold as a yoga therapy academy. She formed a Nonprofit called Yogis in Service which is a grass roots volunteer "yoga army" who offers yoga to those in need, who cannot afford it, or who will get real benefit from practicing it. When she is not spreading her message, she learns much about life from hanging out with her three boys, who help her keep it real.

Anusara Yoga and Meditation | Jennifer Fox and Paul Gould

For over 40 combined years, Jennifer and Paul have practiced, studied and taught yoga, movement and meditation. Their focus is on a heartfelt alignment with nature, and experiencing yoga and the meditative journey as a way to transform the body and life. Anusara-inspired™ teachers, they incorporate Anusara’s therapeutic Universal Principles of Alignment™, Restorative Yoga, Yoga Therapy, including extensive background and experience in Iyengar Yoga™, and their work with elite trainer Brad Bartanen. These two spirited teachers love introducing beginners to yoga, and helping experienced students and teachers take their practice and skill to the next level. 

Paul had four professional careers before turning more fully to yoga, and holds degrees in economics and fitness training. He has been teaching mixed yoga programs and classes geared specifically for men for over twelve years and initially helped create the Back Care program at the Ranch.  Jennifer has been associated with the Ranch for over 30 years, is Aunusara-inspired™, was certified in Iyengar Yoga in 1989,and is a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute. She has completed and assists in the Advanced Studies Program in Hakomi, a somatic based method and is a sculptor.  Both are avid students and practitioners of Zen Buddhist and Vipassana meditation and were among the first certified NIA teachers. They own NamaStay Retreat in Santa Cruz County and NamaStay Adventures, offering workshops and retreats worldwide including Tulum, Mexico and Tuscany, Italy.

Spirit Week: Yoga and Everyday Mindfulness | Phyllis Pilgrim and Elana Rosenbaum

Rancho La Puerta's enriching, memorable SPIRIT WEEKS (three per year) are an expansion of the Ranch’s 22 year Inner Journey Program. The classes are scheduled as follows:

• 4 – 5 pm: Sunday, Monday, Friday ;

• 4 – 5:45 pm Tuesday , Wednesday, Thursday

While they are progressive, each day will be valuable as an experience in itself and stand alone from the others. So feel free to come to any or all of the sessions. However it would be most valuable if you consider the three two-hour sessions Tuesday through Thursday as a commitment to allow us to go deeper into spiritual practices and to create a group ethos and a shared sense of evolution to create your own authentic “Inner Journey”.

All Spirit weeks are coordinated by Ranch yoga instructor Phyllis Pilgrim and this week’s is shared in collaboration with long term meditator and teacher Elana Rosenbaum. All classes are dedicated to inspiring your mind, body and spirit toward a greater understanding and practice of spiritual disciplines and learning how to weave them into your daily life.

Phyllis is the author of “The Hidden Passport” which tells of her young life in Japanese concentrations camps in Java in WW2. She reveals much about her life and philosophy enhanced by her practices in yoga and meditation. www.phyllispilgrim.com

YogaATHLETIC | Mark Gonzalez

Experience a unique flow-based master yoga class designed to increase strength, flexibility and stamina. YogaATHLETIC combines dynamic breathing with strong, flowing and static movements set to an eclectic soundtrack. Mark's signature yoga classes are known for being robust, playful, invigorating, purifying and an all-around dynamic experience.

Open to all levels! (Although the class is physically demanding, modifications are offered for those who do not feel comfortable doing certain poses. Beginners are always welcome, although it is recommended that students have an existing yoga practice before coming to this class.)

Mark is a Yoga Instructor, Personal Trainer and Holistic Lifestyle Coach residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. His current clientele and work experience in the fields of health and fitness has involved companies all over the bay area, such as training executives at Google/YouTube, dot-comers at Equinox, athletes at Crunch, and new moms at ClubSport, just to name a few. He is also the on-site yoga/fitness expert at various private startups, spas and wellness centers in and around SF. He's been featured in Yoga Journal magazine and the 2012 Yoga Journal Talent Search Winner.

Inspiration: Yoga and Writing | Phyllis Pilgrim and Irene Borger

Moving into the triple pleasures of breath, asanas, and writing, Phyllis Pilgrim and Irene Borger have designed an integrated program of yoga and writing that generates the optimal condition for summoning the creative self. Whether you have been writing and doing yoga for a long time, have not studied yoga or written at all, or are beginning a creative project of any kind, you are invited to breathe in new life and inspiration.

• 10am Yoga Fundamentals: Level 1 / Progressive – Sunday through Friday
• 3pm Yoga and Writing (110 min) – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

Writer and teacher Irene Borger's work has appeared in many publications including The Los Angeles Times, Vogue, O, Architectural Digest, and on The Wall Street Journal arts page. The director of the Alpert Award in the Arts, she oversees the giving of five annual $75,000 grants to outstanding artists in the performing and the visual arts. Previously she served as a member of the dance history faculty at University of California, Riverside, and, for ten years, was the artist-in-residence at AIDS Project Los Angeles; the workshop she developed has become a model for writing-as-healing programs throughout the country. Irene first came to the Ranch in 1977, and has been presenting programs here since the mid-1980's. A longtime meditation student, she is working on a book on listening.

On the Web: http://tinyurl.com/7jou9ys and www.alpertawards.org

Phyllis Pilgrim has been inspired by the teachings of BKS Iyengar, H.H. the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hahn, and Shinzen Young, among others. She explores the nether regions of the world, with a spiritual component to each adventure. Recent journeys include hiking the Inca Trail, visiting Dharamsala to listen to the teachings of the Dalai Lama, and trekking in Tibet, Bhutan and Tasmania. Phyllis will teach the daily 9:00 am Yoga fundamentals for beginners in addition to co-presenting with Irene in the afternoon workshops.

Phyllis is the author of “The Hidden Passport” which tells of her young life in Japanese concentrations camps in Java in WW2. She reveals much about her life and philosophy enhanced by her practices in yoga and meditation”. www.phyllispilgrim.com

CorePower Yoga | Michelle Buysse

Michelle discovered Yoga in the middle of the ocean on her way to India in 2003, aboard Semester at Sea. India attacked her senses and quenched her search for true beauty; the culture presents a harmony of opposites unlike any other. Yoga has become a way for her to connect with the heightened sense of awareness, compassion, and spirituality that she experienced while there. She has practiced yoga off and on since 2003, starting a regular practice at the University of Hawai’i—where the natural humidity convinced her body of yoga’s many benefits.

After a decade of running and a resulting lower back injury (Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction), Michelle turned to yoga as her primary form of exercise in 2007. Inspired by those who live yoga off the mat and Yogis who are able to find peace in even the most tumultuous times, Michelle completed CorePower Yoga’s Teacher Training (2009) in Fort Collins, CO. She is drawn to meditation and philosophy and incorporates small intellectual jewels into her hot, yin, and vinyasa classes. Sharing the practice comes natural and is a rewarding way for her to focus on her intuition, dedication to practice, and inner teach

CorePower Yoga | Melissa Hernandez

“You will know your yoga is working when you hear the singing within you!”
                                                                        — Master Shantidera 8th Century

Melissa first experienced yoga in college in 1999. She signed up for Power Yoga Fitness as an elective with no sense of what yoga entailed. Throughout the course, Melissa started to notice a sense of self, strength, and empowerment. Raised in a highly athletic family, she had always been involved in team sports and personal training. At first Yoga seemed to be a way of “stretching” to de-stress the physical body from all of her vigorous athletic activities. “Upon tackling inversions, I began to appreciate and love my body for its strength and capability. I no longer considered yoga a means of trying to change my physical shape, but rather appreciated yoga for helping me maintain strong mental peace and happiness. This was a huge milestone for me personally- to just be happy in my own skin, and live in the present moment.”

After graduating from college Melissa moved to Denver and found CorePower Yoga in her neighborhood. She immediately fell in love with the combination of heat, asanas, and diverse teaching styles. Soon after practicing at CorePower, Melissa signed up for the Teacher Training program. She began teaching yoga immediately after finishing the program.  Melissa now resides in San Diego, filling her days with surfing and yoga- two activities she finds powerfully connected to one another. She is happy to call the CorePower Community her home.

“When I first started practicing, I loved yoga so much that I absolutely had to share it with other people. Teaching yoga is a constant blessing and a lifelong journey!”

Mindful Yoga | Ann-Marie Ahye

A blend of Yin & Yang Yoga steeped in a mindful approach is what Ann-Marie offers through her teaching. She warmly infuses her craft with a harmonious blend of energy, which instills a grounded tranquility and ease of being. While respecting form, she feels a strong impulse to cultivate feeling awareness.

Such maturing awareness in time fosters self-understanding, sharpens discernment and renders a quality of effort that stems from a heart-centered intelligence. Ann-Marie’s teacher training in Toronto gave her a foundation in technique. Her more recent training with Sarah Powers has validated her original intent towards a wisdom approach to practice. A quietly passionate Yoga & Meditation teacher, Ann- Marie has been inspired and transformed by over 20 years of Yoga Sadhana. She credits her ability to teach the deeper meaning of yoga to her ongoing self-inquiry and experiential learning.

Ann-Marie lives and teaches Yoga & Meditation in Toronto. She leads Workshops and Retreats in Canada, and the Caribbean. She has created a ‘Mindful Yoga’ DVD and a Guided Relaxation CD, ‘Travelling Inward’. Further, Ann-Marie practices Energy Balancing. Whatever she shares is offered so as to restore harmony to body, mind and heart. Her approach towards each modality as towards life, is a Mindful one. Her interest is towards strengthening Presence.

Join Ann-Marie for her sixth annual return to the Ranch and embrace your power.

On the Web: www.energeticpresence.com

Prime of Life Yoga | Larry Payne

• 11am Prime of Life Yoga: All Levels / Progressive (90 min) – Sunday through Friday

Larry Payne, Ph.D is an internationally respected yoga teacher and back specialist who has been associated with Rancho La Puerta for over 20 years. He is the co-author of international bestsellers "Yoga for Dummies" and "Yoga Rx". He was selected as a yoga expert by Web MD, The World Economic Forum, Reader's Digest, and Yoga Journal, and named 'One of America's most respected Yoga teachers' by the Los Angeles Times.

He is also co-founder of the yoga curriculum at the UCLA School of Medicine, and director of the Yoga Therapy Rx certification program at Loyola Marymount University. Most recently, he is featured in six new DVDs on Yoga Therapy for Common Ailments (www.samata.com). Larry's daily class 'Prime of Life Yoga' is a safe, user friendly approach to Yoga dedicated to men and women in the second half of life who want to stay healthy, happy and active as long as possible. Special consideration is given to back, knee and hip problems. On the Web: www.samata.com

CorePower Yoga | Dee Hayes

Dee has been a senior yoga teacher at CorePowerYoga in San Diego for over 7years. She has been teaching Yoga since 2002. Leading thousands of students of all levels through their yoga practice and has practiced yoga herself for well over 30 years. Deeʼs yogic path has been inspired by a number of styles including Hatha, Iyengar, Bikram, Anusara and heated Vinyasa/Power yoga. After practicing yoga without heat for years, on a trip home to San Diego in 2001, she walked into her first "Hot" Birkram Yoga class and was hooked. "The way I felt after my first heated class was transformational. I had never felt so whole in my entire life." This put Dee on her teaching path. She was living in Virginia Beach VA at the time and their were no Hot Yoga studios in the area to be found! After a few months without the heat, she knew she had to get certified and bring this magic to her neighborhood. One of her biggest accomplishment was enrolling and completing the Bikram certification in 2002. She founded, own and operated the first Hot Yoga and Vinyasa studio in a 200 mile radius in the Hamptom Roads, VA area.

It was no easy task to introduce this style to the area but her passion, dedication and patients eventually paid off and numerous "hot yoga" studios in the area are now booming. In 2006, Dee moved back to her native San Diego town and walked in a CPY studio shorty thereafter, she has been enjoying teaching and practicing the gift of yoga wholeheartedly in this community ever since. She also holds certifications in:Jimmy Barkan Power Level 2, CorePower, Hot Power, Yoga Sculpt, Yoga Pilates and CPY Level 2 all from CorePower Yoga. Russian Kettlebell (RKC). Z-Health R phase (joint mobility movement) and Massage Therapy. Deeʼs down to earth and straight forward approach in her teaching is filled with compassion, connectedness and gratitude for life exactly as it is in the moment!

Focusing on a deeper connection to the breath with the path of connecting to oneʼs true nature."I believe the key to happiness is in the relationship we have with our breath. By simply being with oneʼs breath you can bring balance to the Body/Mind/Spirit." In Deeʼs free time she enjoys long walks on the beach with her 1 year old Akita (Cleo). Bike riding around her home town of Pacific Beach, reading, watching movies, gardening and spending time with her friends and family.

"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy." ― Rumi

Sustainable Yoga-Maintainable Meditation for 2013 | Jennifer Fox and Paul Gould

These two spirited teachers’ have a long time association with the Ranch and love helping students open hearts, minds and bodies to new possibilities. Using Anusara Yoga™’s therapeutic Universal Principles of Alignment™, and the meditative journey they introduce beginners, experienced students and teachers to yoga and meditation as a way to transform body and life into heartfelt alignment with nature.

Their classes will offer you a mini retreat devoted to keeping our bodies and minds vital for 2013 and beyond. Come focus on being strong, stretched and centered. Paul holds degrees in economics and fitness training and had several professional careers before fully focusing on Yoga. While teaching mixed classes he has also been teaching Yoga programs geared specifically for men for over twelve years and initially helped create the Back Care program at the Ranch. Jennifer has been associated with the Ranch for over 30 years co-teaching Inner Journey and helping expand the Yoga program. Since 2000 she has extensively studied Anusara Yoga . She was certified in Iyengar Yoga in 1989, is a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute, and has also completed and assisted in the Advanced Studies Program in Hakomi, a somatic based method. Both Jenni and Paul are practitioners of Zen Buddhist and Vipassana meditation, were among the first certified NIA teachers, and study with elite trainer Brad Bartanen.

They own NamaStay Retreat in Santa Cruz County and NamaStay Adventures, offering yoga and meditation workshops and retreats worldwide.

CorePower Yoga | Yvonne Bartels

Yvonne discovered and took her first Yoga class at the local gym more than a decade ago. Yvonne views her practice and teaching as a continual journey and exploration of body, mind, and spirit. Since then she has continued on her path and immersed herself in studying, practicing and assimilating the fundamentals of yogic philosophy and the ancient wisdom of this mystical practice into her teaching and into her own practice. Forever a student, she continued to acquire knowledge in Anusara, Hatha Yoga, Power/Vinyasa Flow and Bikram/Hot Yoga. Yvonne became a Yoga Alliance Certified instructor through CorePower Yoga in April 2011. Shorty thereafter she also completed Hot Power Fusion, Yoga Sculpt and Core Restore (a Yin style of yoga) training. She approaches her teaching and her practice with an attitude of soft-hearted devotion, and with an open-mind. When she begins class she asks her students to silently choose an intention for their practice, once that intention is set she connects to that intention and intuitively adjusts and guides the class based on the individual and collective energy of each class. Yvonne enjoys balancing her students energy Chakras in Savasana through touch.

Yvonne lives in Sherman Oaks California and is currently assistant manager at CorePower Yoga Sherman Oaks. She also participates in leading the teacher training workshops and Lifestyle programs such as the Wellness Cleanse. Yvonne teaches a variety of different classes, but her favorite class to teach and take is Hot Power Fusion. Set to inspiring music, her class is uplifting and empowering for the experienced and novice yoga practitioner.