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Iyengar Certified
Only the world's most knowledgeable, rigorously-trained teachers earn the
Iyengar Yoga Certification Mark.
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Instructors
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Suzy in
Adhomukha Svanasana
(Downward Facing Dog) |
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Susan Pennington
- Certified Iyengar, E-RYT 500
Suzy is a certified Iyengar
instructor, RYT 500, and the
founder and Director of
Susquehanna Yoga. She has
studied comparative philosophy
since 1976, Iyengar Yoga since
1993 and has been to India to study
with Mr. B.K.S. Iyengar and his
family, Geeta and Prashant
Iyengar. Suzy continues to
apprentice with John Schumacher
of Unity Woods Yoga Center.
Suzy has a B.S. in psychology
and a MBA, and likes to swim,
hike and travel. She's a
challenging and inspiring
teacher. |
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Bonnie Caslow Allan - Iyengar Tradition,
RYT 500
After teaching art to middle school students for over
25 years, Bonnie decided that it was time for a change. She loves
to paint outdoors, but all of her energy for that was going to her
students. Bonnie began taking yoga with Patti Quicksilver of
Susquehanna Yoga. She looked forward to her weekly class, and
noticed the effects Yoga was having on her entire well-being. The
more she practiced, the more she enjoyed the way it made her feel.
Her decision to teach yoga stemmed from that. She has been doing
yoga for 6 years and is finishing up the apprenticeship program.
Her desire to share her knowledge of yoga and to grow in it, informs her
classes.
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Adam Baylus
Adam Baylus joins the staff at Susquehanna Yoga after
completing a three-year immersion in his own practice, highlighted by
two trips to India, one to Thailand, multiple teacher trainings in Amrit
Yoga and Kundalini Yoga, and a number of workshops and conferences,
which featured premiere teachers from a hosts of other yoga styles,
including Iyengar, Anusara, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Yin and Sivananda.
His practice and his teaching blend Qigong (energy cultivation) and
gentle yoga to prepare for asana practice, which then creates a
foundation for kriyas, specific sequences designed to awaken our
greatest potential. His classes provide students with the opportunity to
experience all the elements of yoga—balancing instruction with rich
meditative experience.
In 1992, Adam was introduced to yoga at the Kushi Institute in
Massachusetts, where he learned the Taoist/macrobiotic approach to
healing. During that same year, upon his return to Maryland, Adam began
practicing with the many exceptional teachers in this area—all of whom
have had a significant impact on his development as a practitioner and
as a teacher.
In addition to teaching yoga, Adam is a Maryland licensed massage
therapist, specializing in his own blend of Thai Massage, shiatsu,
reflexology, Swedish Massage, and individualized asana instruction.
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Lance David
Bergerson - Meditation
Lance began
his spiritual training in 1970 at AUM, the Aquarian University of
Maryland. Inspired by the Beatles eastern philosophy he studied
meditation and Kundalini yoga at the 3HO Ashram in Baltimore.
Comparative philosophy followed and several years of camping and
traveling around the country. In San Diego, Lance played in a
blues band and taught Astrology in an Adult Education Program. He
has been heavily influenced by Michail Pinder of the Moody Blues and the
Book of Urantia, Ken Wilber and Peter Russell. Lance is now part
of the
Tibetan Meditation Center of Frederick and leads the meditation
at Susquehanna Yoga. He works at Gramaphone as a sound system
consultant. |
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Mark
Hambleton - Meditation
Mark has practiced meditation,
yoga and other healing and
spiritual disciplines for over
25 years. He has been a
student and practitioner of both
eastern and western philosophy,
and of various healing
techniques including hands on
healing, belief system
modification, reiki, energy
work, herbology and fasting.
Mark draws on his many and
varied personal and professional
life experiences in his
teachings. He is the
father of 2 sons and enjoys
cooking, music and land
husbandry.
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Linda in Gomukhasana |
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Linda Howard -
Hatha, E-RYT 500
Linda Howard,
RYT500, is founder and owner of
Easing Into Yoga™. She is
Iyengar-influenced and Anusara
affiliated. Linda has been
teaching yoga full-time since
receiving her teaching
certificate in 1993. Well
versed in therapeutics and
communicating alignment, she
brings her students a blend of
styles from her studies with
many of today’s yoga masters.
She is well loved for her
practical, upbeat, and engaging
teaching style, which blends
humor and a lighthearted
attitude with attentive interest
in each student, detailed,
individualized instruction, and
hands-on assistance to provide a
carefully tailored approach for
every member of the class.
For more information, see:
easingintoyoga.com
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Robyn in Handstand |
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Robyn Katz -
Iyengar Tradition, RYT 500
Robyn, a native of Baltimore, fell in love with yoga
16 years ago when she and three of her best friends went to the New Age
Health Spa in New York. There she took her first yoga class which,
as she put it, was a “huge life-changing experience”. Robyn
pursued her passion by studying Iyengar Yoga under Stan Andrzejewski,
Bob Glickstein and then John Schumacher. Currently, Robyn is
studying with Liz Marx, certified Iyengar teacher at Unity Woods in
Bethesda, Maryland and Kofi Busia, certified Senior Iyengar teacher
based in Santa Cruz, California.
Robyn brings her love for yoga to each class emphasizing precision,
alignment, strength and flexibility.
Her approach to teaching is
based on the Iyengar system's belief that anyone can do yoga postures,
regardless of physical or emotional limitations. She seeks to
teach with compassion and gratitude for each student. An open
mind, a willingness to try and a sense of humor are all that you need to
bring to class. Robyn teaches beginning and intermediate levels
and also instructs prenatal, school-aged kids and senior classes.
For more information, see:
robynkatzyoga.com |
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Helen in Virabhadrasana I |
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Helen Kimmel
- Iyengar Tradition, RYT 200
Helen Kimmel is a registered yoga teacher (RYT200).
Helen began a consistent practice of Iyengar style yoga in 2000,
rekindling an earlier affinity to yoga and meditation. This connection
led to the completion of the teacher training program in 2005 with Suzy
Pennington at Susquehanna Yoga. In 2006, Helen studied a yoga therapy
approach, Integrated Movement Therapy TM, with Molly Kenny of the
Samarya Center, Seattle, Washington.
Helen believes that the practice of yoga builds strength and confidence,
as well as calms the body and spirit. She encourages the development of
strength and stability in the foundation poses and the practice of
restorative techniques to let go of stress through breathing and
relaxation. Helen enjoys adapting poses to meet the needs of individuals
and seeks to have a class that is accessible to beginners and more
experienced students.
Helen is a clinical social worker with a career that focused on
developing and managing clinical care for traumatized children. She
currently volunteers in a cancer support center and in hospice and loves
reading, traveling and participating in yoga and Pilates classes. |
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Betty in Sukasana with Namaste |
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Betty Lewis -
Certified Iyengar,
RYT 500
Betty Lewis is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and is
also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. She is
the Director of Yoga with Betty and Friends and has been teaching Yoga
in the Baltimore metropolitan area since 1997. She has studied
with John Schumacher for the past nine (9) years and apprenticed with
and assisted John from 2001 to 2005. She has studied with the
members of the Iyengar family in India, California and Colorado.
Also she has studied with many senior nationally and internationally
known yoga teachers. In addition to John, the teachers that have
influenced her teaching and yoga practice the most are Joan White and
Patricia Walden.
Betty is happiest when teaching Yoga. She
especially enjoys teaching others how to begin the process of quieting
the body and stilling the mind so that they can discover their own true
being. When Betty is not doing Yoga, she studies Pilates and
volunteers as a tour guide for the Baltimore Museum of Art and The
Maryland African American Museum of History and Culture. When not
teaching yoga, she studies the yoga sutras.
Betty's Website:
Yoga With Betty
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Patti in
Caturanga Dandasana |
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Patti Quicksilver
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Iyengar Style, RYT 200
Patti is a registered Yoga
Alliance teacher in the Iyengar style, graduating from Susquehanna Yoga
Apprenticeship program. Patti is also a certified Johnny
G. spinning instructor and has been teaching for the past six years.
She enjoys spending time with her three children and husband, and
traveling. Patti also teaches at MAC and Meadow Mill Athletic Club.
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Eric in
Bhujapidasana |
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Eric
Reid - Iyengar Tradition, RYT 200
Eric has
practiced Yoga since the
mid-seventies and has taught
Yoga for 14 years. He has
studied with many well-known
teachers and considers Iyengar
Yoga a style that "covers all
the bases". As a teacher,
Eric’s greatest reward is
watching the positive changes
that happen to students who
practice over a period of time.
Born in Liverpool, England, Eric
enjoys hiking, rock climbing and
disc-golf. He is the proud
father of four wonderful
children and is the director of
Patapsco Valley Yoga in Ellicott
City, MD.
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Suneel in Supported Sirsasana |
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Suneel
Sundar - Iyengar Tradition, RYT 200
Suneel began his practice of yoga in the Iyengar tradition in 1998,
while a student at the University of California, San Diego. He
continued in Los Angeles at the Iyengar Yoga Institute, working with
several outstanding teachers, including Larry Heliker and Karin
O'Bannon.
Since arriving in Maryland in
2003, Suneel has been quite
fortunate to study regularly
with Suzy Pennington and John
Schumacher. He has
participated in workshops with
senior Iyengar teachers.
In class he channels these
teachers, adding his own
personality for flavor.
Suneel is a researcher for the
federal government. He has
fenced for over a decade, and
enjoys running and rock
climbing. But it’s the
yoga that makes the others
possible. E-mail:
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