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keita annie whitten: kripalu yoga

Keita is a Certified Kripalu Yoga instructor specializing in teaching yoga to populations that are new to yoga. Keita-Annie combines MBM with Kripalu Yoga, teaching passive and active yoga postures that allow the body to let go of stored chronic tension and stress and limiting beliefs that become trapped within the body causing imbalance, or dis-ease. The cure? Slow down, tune in, release. Mind Body Medicine (MBM) addresses social context and the combination of psychological states like chronic stress, depression, anxiety and fear, which produce profound effects upon the body (Dr Craig Hassed). Kripalu yoga means compassion. A Kripalu yoga class is less concerned with perfection –performing the postures (Asanas) perfectly, or “whipping” the body into shape (Devarshi Steven Hartman). Kripalu Yoga is a practice of inner-reflections and self-acceptance. Classes offer breathing exercises (Pranayamas) and stretches (Pratapanas) that calm the hyper & hypo nervous system, increase circulation, lymphatic flow and flexibility. Postures (Asanas) strengthen and tone, restoring body mind spirit synergy. Forms of gentle yoga are becoming more popular as our lives become more stressful and less manageable.

Gentle Yoga on the go: specializing in populations new to yoga
Private, group and semi private sessions are available designed to fit your need, your body, at your location
Keita Annie Whitten KYTA, IAYT, IABYT, MSW
KYTA (Kripalu Yoga teacher Association) IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists) IABYT (International Association Of Black Yoga Teachers) MSW (Master of Social work)
Certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor
207.232.3092
http://hourville.com/keitayoga/
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Prana (Regina Barrett), BS, MIA, RYT is a certified Interdisciplinary Yoga Instructor and Yoga Therapist, working in the holistic health field for over 10 years.
She has assisted individuals with a variety of conditions from injuries to fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, cancer, arthritis, pre- and post-natal, menopause, vertigo, depression, addiction and trauma.
Prana shares her gifts in classes, workshops and private sessions internationally and in her home studio in Portland, Maine.
Prana has done in-depth personal study of Kripalu, Ashtanga, Anusara, Kundalini, Standing Wave, Shambhava, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy and other traditional styles of hatha and tantra yoga.
She has studied many years at the School for Body Centered Spiritual Healing and Tantric Shamanism, completed the Priestess Path Apprenticeship and is trained in therapeutic movement and dance. She also received advanced training at the Conscious Communication Institute.
Through yoga, conscious living and love, Prana guides her students and private clients toward optimal health, personal awareness and loving relationships.
Prana will be offering Therapeutic Yoga for the "awake movement" this summer.

Leslee Hartwell has been teaching Yoga full time in the Cornish, Maine area and is now bringing her practice to Portland at the Awake Collective. Each Wednesday morning at 9am there will be offered a drop in, pay-what-you-can instructional Yoga class.The theme is Yoga For The Human Be-ing. Leslee's teaching philosophy is a real life approach that looks at the goals of students, the physical body as well as the condition of the mind. Alot of emphasis will be place on the tool of the breath and it's ability to change the state of being. Some things to expect in the class are; silence, sharing, learning to become the experience, change, movement, grace, strength, steadiness, joy, vibration.

Leslee will be offering classes at 7 and 9 on Wednesday. Her 9a.m. class will still continue as scheduled at the awake collective if it rains. The awake collective is located at 65 Merrill Street on Munjoy Hill in Portland. Our building is on the corner of Merrill and Quebec Street. The entrance is on Quebec Street.

Leslee Hartwell
207-625-4756
sunrisewoodcrafters@roadrunner.com
Yoga Alliance Certified
Meditation Instruction and Ayurveda
private lessons and weekly group classes

becca demers: polarity yoga
Becca is a licensed massage therapist and certified polarity practitioner. In the three years since completing her polarity training, she has enjoyed continued experience with a variety of beautiful clientele. Her history of movement practice is mostly of an athletic nature, starting with sports as a youngster. Becca has participated in many different kinds of sports throughout her life, including softball, tae kwon do, swimming, tennis, rugby, nordic skiing, snowboarding, and 6 years of highly competitive soccer as an adolescent. Currently she is finishing an online learning program for certification as a personal fitness trainer.
A few things Becca is certain to bring to each and every practice, be it bodywork, movement, or life is a joyful smile, a positive and helpful attitude, and a powerfully intuitive open heart. Becca will be offering Polarity Yoga; a yoga system developed by Dr. Randolph Stone, and integrative fitness. The fitness aspect will include stretching and breathing practices, as well as some aerobic and anaerobic, flexibility, balance and strength building exercises, all with the intention of creating mind-body connection.

ann walker: qigong
Ann WAlker has had 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist and healer. Ann feels that the Energy Psychologies are the new frontier and greatest hope for understanding and healing the human mind within the field of psychology. She has studied EMDR and EFT and hypnotherapy and tailors her therapy to your individual needs. . Ann is also a practitioner of meditation and teaches Qigong and uses an integral approach in her work. She will work with you to identify blocks to help your discover and release your fullest potential She believes in the innate ability of everyone to actualize their True Self.

Maria Sanchez Cron is a Kripalu certified yoga instructor with over 200 intensive hours of instruction. She specializes in therapeutic programs for individuals needing more attention and a gentler approach, facilitating their healing process with the use of restorative poses. Maria is a certified LifeForce Practitioner, a yoga practice designed to alleviate depression and anxiety. She has taught specialized classes to trauma survivors, refugees, immigrants and deaf individuals. Personal experience plays an important role in Maria’s work, as a trauma survivor herself. Yoga transformed her life, so much so that she felt compelled to share the experience that has replaced her despair with hope with others in her situation. An immigrant from Peru, she has taught classes in English, Spanish, and with an American Sign
Language interpreter.
Maria is presently studying shamanism from the Incan traditions. She combines shamanism and yoga, two ancient healing arts and weaves them in a powerful way. Maria's teaching brings forth both compassion and grace.

Maria Sanchez
207-318-1931
incaroots@yahoo.com
kripalu yoga instructor
lifeforce practitioner

sarah mangion: yoga
Sarah was born to teach yoga. She started with gymnastics, which she practiced competitively through high school and then took her first yoga class in college in 1995. This was about the time she met her spiritual teacher, a Native American Shaman, whom she apprenticed with for several years. To accelerate her zest for spiritual exploration she moved to Asia to study yoga and Buddhist meditation for a year in 1999. There she was certified in Traditional Hatha Yoga at Uttar Pradesh Yoga Training and Research Association in Varanasi, India. As the traditional way, she was chosen to apprentice a retiring yogi, at no cost, and learned all that his teacher had taught him including meditation, asana, and yogic philosophy. Since then, Sarah has spent years studying Ashtanga, Anusara, and Iyengar schools of yoga, and still does. Her favorite yoga influences are John Friend, Rodney Yee, and BKS Iyengar.

joao carlos bordallo: movement concept & capoeira
Joao carlos bordallo is a Capoeira Master under the guidance of Mestre Sombra of Santos, Sa`o Paulo, Brazil. He has been studying Capoeira for more than 30 years. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that combines agility, strength, music, and mindfulness.
Joao is also a Movement Concept instructor, a student of Sufi tradition since 1994 under the guidance of Sheik Ingo Taleb Rashid. Joa`o draws on this extensive knowledge to create an approah that uses movement as a vehicle for reaching the unity of mind, body, and spirit.

He will be offering classes in Movement Concept and Capoeira.
Movement Concept
6/23/09 7a.m.
7/7/09 7a.m.
7/26/09 9a.m.
7/28/09 7a.m.
Capoeria
6/28/09 9a.m.
7/11/09 9a.m.
7/25/09 9a.m.

diane warming: kundalini yoga
Kartar Kaur (Diane Warming, M. A.) is the director of KCY and has been a certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, for 15 years. She is a certified practitioner of Sat Nam Rasayan, a transcendental healing technique. Her uplifting classes include laughter, challenges, and deep, deep relaxation.

Deb Grant is a registered yoga instructor with advanced training in Chakra Yoga. In 2007 Deb studied yoga intensively with Body-Mind Centering® founder Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in New York City, where she became certified in Body-Mind Centering® Embodied Developmental Movement and Yoga. With nearly fifteen years’ experience as a licensed psychotherapist as well as a long-time yoga practitioner, Deb brings a deep understanding to her work that helps create lasting change in the lives of her clients. Her background in cranial sacral therapy, Reiki, somatic therapies, body-oriented psychotherapy and mindfulness as well as theater, improvisation and dance deeply inform her teaching approaches. Deb brings humor, warmth, and compassion to her work with groups, welcoming each individual to hold all aspects of themselves in compassionate presence.

Embodied Yoga: With a calm spine and a joyful heart we explore and embody our anatomical structures from the inside out and discover the basic movement patterns common to human life which underlie asana (yoga postures) and vinyasa (flow). From here we can dwell more fully in our bodies with equanimity and peace.

Deb Grant
207-772-7832
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Registered Yoga Teacher
debagrant@yahoo.com

colleen myers: gentle yoga
Colleen Myers is a Certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor with seven years teaching experience. She offers a gentle form of practice which is suitable for adults of all ages and degrees of flexibility. Her goal is to have students experience the union of body, mind and spirit which is the hallmark of yoga. Colleen also can consult about Elder Programs, Wellness Home Consulting, and yoga. In addition to the chair yoga class she offers one-on-one consulting re: yoga, yoga for couples, groups of friends, yoga at work, etc.

WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR 1-4 MORE SPACE HOLDERS.
PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO OFFER YOUR MOVEMENT PRACTICE. THANKS