TEACHERS
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Andrea
Matros
Andrea
embarked on her path of yoga in 1978 when she joined the Sivananda
Yoga Vedanta Organization. Enthusiastic about yoga from
the
start, she came on board at the Sivananda Yoga Center by quickly
becoming a staff member. There for almost two years, she devoted
herself completely to the unfolding and embracing path of yoga.
Practicing karma yoga the path of selfless service, bhakti
yoga
the yoga of devotion, hatha yoga the practice of asanas
and pranayama, meditation, the philosophy and study of teachings,
and ancient yoga texts. Certified as an instructor through the
Sivananda Organization, Andrea has continued on this journey
of learning and teaching to this present day.
Andrea
primarily teaches hatha yoga, the branch of asanas (postures)
and pranayama (breathing techniques) which is a vast study
in itself, and encompasses many forms and styles. Having now
studied and practiced yoga with many well known names in the
field, she has diversified her practice, complemented her
style and broadened her approach to teaching yoga. Yoga as
a path and hatha yoga as a metaphor to life, continues to
expand and enrich not only the physical but all aspects of
her everyday life and it is this philosophy that she teaches
her students.
Along side yoga and Buddhist meditation practices Andrea enjoys
dance, hiking, music,
and movies.
Andrea
Matros is the founder and proprietress of Living Yoga Center,
a licensed massage therapist and a reiki and healing touch
practitione
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Britta
Becker-Thomas
Britta
has been practicing yoga since 1989 and enjoying teaching since
1998. She is grateful to have had Tim Miller as her primary teacher
for Ashtanga yoga since 1991. Tims wonderful teaching has
inspired Britta to keep practicing this style of yoga, which has
had a profound impact on her life. Britta began teaching Ashtanga
yoga after moving to Murrieta in 1996.
In
addition to teaching yoga, Britta practices acupuncture and Traditional
Chinese Medicine. As a health care practitioner, Britta believes
strongly in helping people heal themselves. She believes that
if more people did yoga they would be healthier and happier, and
less likely to need her help as an acupuncturist!
Born
and raised in the Canary Islands, Britta was lucky to be brought
up to very adventuresome parents who traveled all over the world.
Britta has many interests outside of yoga and alternative medicine,
the main ones being sailing, hiking, traveling and anything that
involves adventures outdoors! She loves her cat, her garden, cooking,
playing her guitar, reading and writing. Most importantly Britta
loves to be with her friends, family, patients and students!
To
learn more information about Britta's acupuncture
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Ashley
Fiala
Ashley
connects deeply with the practice of Anusara Yoga. Anusara
is a practice developed by John Friend. Translating to “flowing
with grace,” it is a unique approach to hatha yoga where
the spirit of the heart powerfully blends with the precision of
bio mechanical alignment.
First
introduced to yoga while in college, it took Ashley many years
to truly experience for herself the wonderful benefits of a continuous
practice. After moving to Los Angeles in 1999, Ashley was
able to explore many different yoga styles and philosophies. She
has benefited from each and every class. It’s in our
own experience that we can truly understand the wonders of practice.
She ultimately thanks her teachers, John Friend, Naime Jezzeny,
Anthony Benenati, Diana Beardsly, and Greta Hill for helping her
on her journey to the divine within herself. She hopes in
her teaching that she is able to help her students see the inherent
beauty within them, and continue to share laughter and playfulness.
Ashley
is an affiliated Anusara teacher working towards certification.
She lives in Lake Elsinore with her beloved new son Zeke and husband
Chris, along with their two dogs, Rasta and Mika.
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Stephanie
Gilliland
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Doreen
Wolf
Doreen
was born in Berlin, Germany. At a very young age, since the
second grade, regular training in different sport disciplines
has been a part of her life. When she reached 23 she became
an aerobics instructor and discovered a love for teaching.
Doreen
believes that health needs to be nurtured and strengthen from
within oneself, that is why she loves to serve people whom are
responsible for their own body, mind, and spirit. As an aerobics
instructor she taught a lot of "stretching" classes
and discovered yoga in 2001. After healing a knee injury simply
through regular yoga practice, she made a decision that yoga and
yoga therapy would be her journey. Doreen took yoga teacher training
at the White Lotus Foundation and has been teaching at the Living
Yoga Center ever since. She is especially grateful to Andrea and
Ashley at Living Yoga for all their trust and support. Through
Ashley, Doreen was introduced to Anusara yoga and immediately
fell in love with this style. It is playful, inspiring and you
learn to see and feel that "life is good".
Ansusara
yoga and yoga therapy will continue to be an important part of
Doreen's on-going education. Yoga has changed her life on many
levels in a wonderful way and with this deep devotion she would
love for you to experience some of the same. Doreen lives with
her husband Kai in Hemet . She is also a skydiving parachute rigger
, likes cutting hair , hiking trips through the mountains and
loves asian food.
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Vicki
Durst
Vicki has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 1974.
A
graduate of San Diego State University with a BA in Physical Education,
Dance and Art History, Vicki first studied Yoga at the University
of Oregon while earning a Master’s Degree in Dance and Art
History.
In
San Diego she trained and taught at the Yoga Institute for two
years and then traveled to Pune, India to study at the B.K.S.
Iyengar Yoga Institute. For the past 30 years Vicki has trained
with many Yoga masters, including Erich Schiffmann, Rodney Yee,
Ramanand Patel, Julie Lawrence, Richard Schactel, Roger Cole,
Aadil Pakhilava, Tracy Rich, Ganga White, Angela Farmer, Victor
Van Kooten and Kali Ray.
Prior
to moving to Temecula in March, 2006, Vicki was a full-time Instructor
at Clatsop Community College, where she served as the Director
of Dance and Physical Education and was Coordinator of the Arts
on Stage performing and visual arts program for 23 years. She
also spent seven years living on Catalina Island where she taught
scuba diving and yoga. She is a licensed massage therapist and
holistic health practitioner.
Vicki
uses the teaching of B.K.S. Iyengar as the basis for her classes,
which emphasizes strength, flexibility, endurance, proper alignment
and breathing techniques to help the body achieve it’s true,
balanced state. Vicki’s fluid, relaxed style reflects her
background in dance, and is appealing to students of all ages
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Sophie
Malahieude
Sophie (RYT) discovered Hatha Yoga as she was living in Germany
in 1997. She knew after the first class that yoga was what she
was looking for in her life. Her experience of yoga in Germany
was very spiritual and as she moved to the United States, she discovered
other styles (Iyengar, Sivananda, Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow) and other
ways of teaching. She loved it and continued her experience until
she decided to become a teacher. Sophie attended Asheville Yoga
Center, NC to be part of Stephanie Keach Teacher Training Program
and completed her basic 200-hour certification registry with Yoga
Alliance.
Her style is a mix of the different styles that have influenced
her practice. She enjoys bringing students into a flow and focus
on alignment, breathing and be present… in the pose… in
the class...in the moment. She believes that there is time for
everything. The body tells us what to do and when to do it; you
just have to turn inward and trust.
Sophie is French and lives in Temecula with her husband, Remi and
their 2 boys (Axel and Henri). She likes to walk in the nature,
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WORKSHOPS
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200
Hour Certified Teacher Training
Inland College of Yoga has joined with Living Yoga Center to offer
200 hour teacher training courses that meet the requirements specified
by Yoga Alliance. This means when you graduate, you will receive a
certificate from us and can register with Yoga Alliance, stating that
you have met the requirements and are now a certified yoga instructor.
We can offer training programs because we have highly skilled, certified,
and experienced yoga instructors participating in this program.
The Next Informational Meetings are:
Sunday
May 4 at 1 PM & Sunday May 18 at 6 PM
(this will be a dinner meeting prior to the Kirtan with Shantala)
The
course begins onJune 28 & 29,
2008 and will continue for ten consecutive
months, meeting on the last Saturday and Sunday of the month.
Heal
Your Low Back:
A Therapeutic Viniyoga Workshop
with Suzanne Gilliland
Saturday, May 3
1:00 - 5:00
$65
You will learn:
>A practice designed to reduce
discomfort in the low back and improve function
>The fundamental
principles of movement that protect your spine
>Your specific movement
patterns that create your pain/restrictions
>A meditation to
help you relax more deeply
>Breath work to re-mobilize
the spine
Suzanne Gilliland, RYT, CYT is an American Viniyoga Institute certified
yoga teacher and yoga therapist who has been teaching for 11 years
and specializes in the art and science of therapeutic yoga. This workshop
is based on The American Viniyoga Institutes protocol for relief of
low back pain (designed by director Gary Kraftsow) which was proven
to be effective for improving function and reducing chronic low back
pain. The Viniyoga approach to the treatment of back health was recently
validated in a clinical study sponsored by the National Institute of
Health and was documented in the Annals of Internal Medicine in December
2005. Participants of this workshop will receive a copy of this protocol
and the 2005 article.
This workshop will be limited to 15
people to allow Suzanne to give students individual attention. Please
call or email to register early. People with serious back injuries,
bulging discs or serious disc degeneration should speak with their
physician before registering for this workshop.
An
Evening of Kirtan -Sacred Chanting
with Shantala
(Benjy and Heather Wertheimer)
Sunday,
May 18
8 PM
$20 advance / $25 door
Sacred
chanting concert (kirtan) that features Indian music and participatory
devotional singing.
Sacred chanting (kirtan) has its roots in the sacred music of ancient
India. It is growing rapidly in popularity in the West along with the
rise of yoga in American culture. Chanting events involve active audience
participation and are open to people of all religious backgrounds.
The music carries the audience through a journey of etheric beauty,
ecstatic percussion, and singing with the devotion of the heart. It
is a celebration of life, love, and the beauty of the human spirit.
Award-winning international artists Heather & Benjy Wertheimer
as Shantala open hearts around the world with their passionate music.
Shantala creates a sublime sound-scape of musical harmony between East
and West with soul-stirring vocals, sacred lyrics, and exotic instrumentation.
Call and response chanting with Shantala is fun, uplifting, and inspiring.
www.shantalamusic.com www.benjymusic.com
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Introduction
To Yoga Course
May
13 - June 17
Tuesdays,
7:45 - 8:45 PM
$60
This
is a six week course designed for beginners. If you think you are
too inflexible, too old, too
out of shape, too anything, this is perfect for you. This will be a
playful six-weeks of yoga for all types of people. In this course you
will learn the basics of Anusara yoga alignment covering basic standing
poses, forward bends, back bends, twists, and maybe an inversion or
two! The classes will be comprehensive so when you register you will
register for the entire six weeks. At the end of the course you will
feel comfortable going to any Level I - II class at the Center -- maybe
even a level II.
Yoga for Kids
Ages 4 - 9 years
May
9 - June 20
(no class on 5/23 & 6/13)
Fridays 4:00 - 5:00pm
Fun
and delight in your kids love for yoga. They will practice what being
a "good yogi/yogini" means, postures (asanas), breathing
for calm and steady focus, and more.
$40 one child (5 weeks)
$70 two siblings (5weeks)
Foundation
- Yoga Basics Workshop
If you are new to yoga and want to understand the basics this workshop
is for you. Individual needs will be addressed as well as what to expect
in a class. This workshop is also very appropriate if you’ve been
to class and want more personal attention and specifics on postures,
form and breath work.
Next
date to be announced
12:00 – 1:15 pm
$20.00
Preregistration required
E-mail Andrea for more details: andrea@living-yoga.com
or call LYC @ 951-676-2206
Community
Yoga Class
In support of expanding yoga throughout our community, we are offering
an on-going class at a discounted rate. This class will be held every
Wednesday & Friday from 1:00 - 2:30pm for $7.00 per class.
Come and join class, no preregistration
required.
All levels welcome
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