Eileen Daneri - Eileen is a 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher (R.Y.T.) with Yoga Alliance, having completed her teacher training with Eileen Muir at Karuna Center for Yoga and Healing Arts in Northampton, where she continues to practice and teach. Eileen has been teaching in her town of Worthington since 2006. She offers community-oriented classes that are heartfelt, fun, challenging, and inspiring. Each class is an exploration into stillness and a celebration of self-inquiry and amazement. Eileen brings compassion and vitality to her classes along with close attention to every student.
Lynne Paterson – Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor, RYT 200 has studied with Deb Neubauer since 1996 and is the first of Deb’s students to be certified in Anusara Yoga. In 1997, Lynne took her first workshop with John Friend and in 2000 began extensive study with John, attending numerous teacher and therapy trainings across the USA. She was awarded certification in July 2003. Lynne is skilled in therapeutics and has a deep understanding of the Anusara Yoga principles and Tantric philosophy. She conveys her passion for the transformative power of Anusara Yoga with precision, humor and poetic imagery. She is known for her radiant smile, enthusiasm and joyful presence. Lynne brings clarity of purpose to each class, holding a vision of greatness for all her students. Lynne’s’ life long search for Truth led her to yoga and meditation. In 1998 she became a formal student of Swami Chidvilasananda, the living master of the Siddha Yoga lineage. Lynne regularly attends meditation retreats and intensives and enjoys a daily meditation and chanting practice. Lynne began yoga in 1980 and studied with BKS Iyengar and many of his senior teachers in Boston until 1996. She certified in Flow Yoga with Ganga White and Tracy Rich of White Lotus in 1998. Lynne is also a professional chef and graduate of Johnson & Wales, who ran a natural foods catering business and cooking school from 1990-2000. Lynne’s passions are a love of poetry and nature – especially oceans and mountains, healthy gourmet food, meaningful conversation, her cats and all things bright and beautiful.
Sarah Prince – It is funny to me to remember that I am the same age as Bill Clinton and George W Bush. I am retired from my professional career like they are also. I completed my 200 hour yoga teacher training in 2002 and have done some work towards the 500 hour certificate through the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. I have a MA in Librarianship from San Jose State in California, but I grew up on a dairy farm in Chesterfield and attended local schools and graduated from UMass, Amherst with a BA in Literature and Psychology. My late husband, Burton, was a career Navy man and we lived in some interesting places during our 34 years of marriage. We have four daughters who now have seven daughters among them. In 2007 I finished building an earth-sheltered, solar-powered house and obtained a permit to operate a B&B here. I enjoy sharing yoga with diverse populations, and have offered classes at the VA hospital and for Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops. Currently I teach two senior chair yoga classes, a mini class at Davenport Day Care and offer group and private classes in my great room at Innnature B&B.
Michelle Ryan - Michelle teaches Ashtanga vinyasa yoga in a lighthearted, compassionate and inclusive style that evolved from her own practice, where emphasis on the breath, present moment, and the enjoyment of each asana/posture are paramount. Her instruction allows people of all levels to safely find their own way into this sometimes challenging, vigorous practice. Michelle completed her 200-hr yoga teacher certification with Power Yoga author Beryl Bender Birch’s The Hard and the Soft Yoga Institute, and she continues to study with Beryl to this day. She has also studied with renowned Ashtanga teachers Nancy Gilgoff, and David Swenson. She recently opened a brand new Ashtanga-based yoga studio in Florence, MA, – Florence Yoga – serving the Northampton and Hilltown areas. Find her on the web at www.florenceyoga.com
Kate Stenson - Kate has been practicing different styles of Yoga in the Valley for over 10 years. She has recently graduated from Mama Nirvana’s teacher certification program focusing on Hatha Yoga including meditation and pranayama. Kate is committed to raising the consciousness of body, mind and soul of herself and others.
Maureen Shea – Maureen has been practicing Pilates as a complement to her contemporary dance practice for ten years. She received her Pilates Mat Teacher Training from the Pilates Space in Ottawa (Canada) four years ago. SInce then, she has received certification to teach both Fletcher Towelwork and Fletcher Spine Corrector. Maureen has taught Pilates in Ottawa and locally, in Plainfield, at Earthdance. She leads weekly classes for Senior citizens, adults, and dancers and is adapting the Pilates mat syllabus for children.
Rosalie Peri – Rosalie is a 200 RYT thru the Yoga alliance, and has taught Yoga and fitness classes for over 20 years in the Pioneer valley. She integrates many styles of yoga into her practice to accommodate her clients needs. Her classes range from restorative to vinyasa style based on the needs of clients. Rosalie has an extensive knowledge of experiential anatomy, and runs Fluid Motion Pilates and Yoga Studio in Haydenville,Mass. She is a certified Personal Trainer thru NSCA and is a registerd nurse with over 25 years of experience in critical care and cardiac rehabilitation.
