Bonnie

Senior Teacher Bonnie trained at the Sivananda Ashram, Val Morin, Quebec with Swami Vishnudevananda. She has taught both Hatha and Kundalini Yoga since 1982. Bonnie feels Yoga helps people on many levels -- physical health, breathing issues, relieving stress, alleviating clinical depression and lifting up consciousness. She has been teaching her graceful, gentle Yoga at St. Mark's since 1985.

Christine R.

Christine R. welcomes all levels to her class, which emphasizes finding Peace within through asana and pranayama, helping students distinguish between effort and tension and bring ease to their poses. Christine loves to infuse her class with playfulness and anatomy of Yoga. Her practice began at St. Mark's in 1993, and she currently is Director of the Yoga Center. She is an Integral Yoga Hatha III instructor and Yoga Alliance RYT500.

Christine S.

Christine S. is trained in the Sivananda tradition and has been practicing Yoga since 2001. She is currently exploring Ashtanga and Iyengar Yoga. Christine enjoys melding these different styles of Hatha Yoga to create a joyful, focused and healthy practice.

Eleanor

Eleanor began practicing Yoga in 1990. She completed the Yoga Works Teacher Training program in 2006. Her Yoga practice is also informed by the teachings of BKS Iyengar, which emphasize knowledge of anatomy and joint alignment. Eleanor’s cheerful, non-judgmental style puts students of all abilities at ease.

Kelly

Kelly completed her Yoga teacher training with Erich Schiffmann and continues to study with him. Kelly teaches students to do their own Yoga with a sense of joy so that it actually feels good doing it. Her classes are known for creative flows, cool and eclectic music and playful humor. Kelly’s students also benefit from her knowledge of health, healing and anatomy gained as a natural health practitioner.

Paul

Paul infuses his class with deep knowledge gained through personal practice and a sense of humor and play. His Hatha classes mix background in Iyengar alignment principles with Vinyasa flow sequencing. The result is a class which is challenging yet accessible. Paul directed the Yoga Center for ten years and currently serves as Administrator and Board Chair. He has been teaching at St. Marks since 1993.

Shermaine

Shermaine's background includes martial arts, distance running, and aerobics. After an operation and recovery for a serious spinal cord injury, she came to Yoga to help heal her body…what she received was much more! Her passion for the practice fueled her desire to continue learning and share her knowledge and joy by teaching. Shermaine is primarily trained in Power Vinyasa Yoga and has experience in Bikram and Ashtanga. Her class is challenging and energetic, lighting a fire within.