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We strive to make your experience at our studio peaceful and satisfying: a small oasis in your busy life.
Our talented instructors are dedicated to
make your class a wonderful experience. Our studio is a safe place, free of judgment and pressure. As you share
your yoga practice with our instructors, we will gently guide you to get the most out of your class.
Feel free to contact any of us if
you have questions about yoga or our classes.
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Lynn Francis Lynn Francis has
been practicing yoga for nine years, and achieved her Registered Yoga (RYT) certification in 2007. She
teaches Vinyasa (“Flow Yoga”) and Gentle Yoga. Lynn spent over 30 years in the corporate world
and learned to control her high stress level by making yoga and meditation her way of life. She recently gave up her administrative
job to pursue her passion of helping and inspiring others to achieve their fullest potential through body and breath awareness.
Send Lynn an email
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Kate Dessommes Hath Yoga Instructor Kate has been practicing yoga since 1999. After completing a
traditional 5 year yoga apprenticeship with teacher Luciana Proano, she completed a 9 month teacher training with Diane Wilson.
Kate has continued to study Iyengar style Yoga with Julie Gudmestad (Physical Therapist & Certified Iyengar Instructor
with a specialty in Anatomy for Yoga) and at the Julie Lawrence Iyengar Center of Portland. Kate has traveled to study
with internationally respected yoga instructor and author Donna Farhi from New Zealand, and John Friend founder of Anusara
Yoga. Kate has completed over 80 hours of Anusara instruction with teachers, Sianna Sherman, Desiree Rumbaugh, Darren
Rhodes and Mitchell Bleier. Bob Smith and Ki McGraw of Seattle have also helped Kate expand her work and knowledge as a yoga
instructor. Kate is currently teaching in public and corporate settings a blend of Anusara and Iyengar Hatha Yoga and
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Daljit Singh Daljit Singh, our other Kundalini instructor, explains
this form of yoga as very powerful and active. It works on the body (vigorous
body movements), mind (powerful breath exercises) and the spirit (deep and extremely effective mantras). Kundalini Yoga
lets us experience our innate nature of pure consciousness, immortal truth and deep bliss. Daljit reflects "I personally
was amazed at the changes within me when I started Kundalini Yoga a few years ago - my mind no longer needed external entertainment
- it was too blissed out enjoying it's real self! This experience only deepened with more practice of Kundalini
Yoga. Even a few minutes of daily Kundalini Yoga keeps body, mind and spirit rejuvenated and fresh throughout the
day."
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Mindy Shriek
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Mickey Hart Mickey has been practicing yoga for seven
years and completed a 200 hour teacher training program through Core Power Yoga. She highlights various poses learned
through her years of practicing Power Vinyasa, Bikram, Yin and Pilates. She emphases creative flows that will warm you
up for a practice filled with core and spine strengthening, twists to detoxify, standing and arm balancing, inversions, and
the poses we use to relieve anxiety and stress. She is grounded and connected with her students and she guides them
with a natural calm, inducing quality and presence. She aims to be nurturing and analytical. She expresses a healing
vibe while she shines comfort in her students to store a strong confident practice. |
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Erin Hancock
I began my personal yoga journey in 2005 after a particularly stressful semester in college. I quickly feel
in love with the practice and have been exploring the exciting adventure of discovering the inner self ever since. I continued
my practice throughout a move to New Zealand in 2006. I enjoy the stability and peace I found in the consistency of
yoga during my travels. I returned to Fort Collins, Colorado and completed my yoga training through the Shambhava School of
Yoga in the summer of 2008. Recently I moved to Portland, Oregon to finish my student teaching for high school English
and to teach yoga. I love this town and the people it draws. Kid's yoga is my passion. It brings me great joy to
share yoga with younger students through creative games, movements, and songs. I am an enthusiastic inidividual and Ilove
the energy kids bring into class. Yoga is a beneficial practice for people of all ages and abilities and it is fun to watch
the next generation explore the joy of yoga through playful movements and practice.
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Trina Connolly-Fairchild Trina Connolly-Fairchild
has been belly dancing for over 7 years. She currently dances with a troupe based in Estacada called Wa-ha-keen, a Native
American phrase for “I am.” Discovering belly dance was a homecoming for her -- a place to express the divine,
the sassy, the strong, the sensual. She loves that belly dance invites and celebrates women of all ages, shapes and
sizes. Belly dance is a way for women to make friends with their own body and to feel joy in the mastery of movement.
Trina teaches Tribal belly dance, which draws upon many different dance traditions from throughout the world.
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Jim Dalton Jim Dalton has been a student of Tai Chi for 10
years, teaching Tai Chi for the past five, and most recently, focusing on the short form (8 moves) Tai Chi for Better Balance.
Jim has a thirty year background in various forms of meditation, teaching all levels from children to advanced senior students,
chakra concentration practices and Insight Meditation and Mindfulness. He has been teaching Mindful Movement for several
years (mostly to students who are seniors) using QiGong routines as warm-ups and cool down practice. The current class includes
a variety of exercises designed for building body awareness, flexibility and better balance.
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