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Instructor
Bios
Susan
Ulery, R.Y.T.
I
began practicing yoga in the early 1980s as an antidote to running,
climbing, skiing and weight lifting. After a few years the magic
of yoga began to seep into me, and I finally quit the gym and
wore out a series of yoga mats in pursuit of strength and competence
as a yogini. In 1995, I began teaching. Along the way, I developed
a deeper appreciation of yoga as a subtle practice. Outwardly,
it helps balance and strengthen your body and heal injuries. Inwardly,
if you persist and surrender the struggle to achieve in your practice,
you begin to experience the energy - or prana, streaming as your
flexibility and openness grows.
I am certified to teach within the Sivananda tradition, although
I have explored many styles of yoga and developed my own authentic
style. Barbara Benagh has strongly influenced my practice, and
I continue to study with her and other master teachers in a variety
of traditions. I am a lifelong student.
TESTIMONIALS
Sandy
Hennessy
I
have been teaching yoga since 1999. I am a graduate of the San
Francisco Iyengar Institute, and I have also studied Anusara Yoga
with Anthony Bogart and completed both his Level One and Two teacher
trainings, as well as therapeutic training. In 2006 I completed
a teacher training in Yin Yoga with Sarah Powers. In 2002, I traveled
to Pune, India and spent a month studying with the Iyengars at
the Institute there. Additionally, I have been strongly influenced
by the teachings of Barbara Benagh.
Currently
I am enrolled in an 18-month teacher training at Spirit Rock,
in West Marin, California. This new program is the first to combine
the study of Vipassana Insight meditation with yoga.
My love of yoga spans many styles and incorporates the knowledge
gained from all the teachers I have had over the last 11 years
of practice. My style of teaching is gentle and fun, while emphasizing
good alignment and an understanding of body mechanics, as well
as the soulful aspects of the practice of yoga.
Carrie
Cowan
Carrie
teaches Pilates and is also a yoga practitioner. She completed
her Pilates instructor training with Rael Isacowitz at Body, Arts
and Science International (BASI) and loves the strength that Pilates
has taught her to cultivate. Always a physically active person,
she was led to Pilates because she wanted to strengthen her body
without creating more stress on it. Carrie loves to share her
appreciation for the Pilates method and the positive effects she
and her students have experienced – she considers it the
perfect workout for promoting physical and mental well-being.
Carrie’s teaching style emphasizes good body mechanics and
the connection of the mind, breath and body.
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