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TEACHERS
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
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. Tim’s 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
practice please visit: www.californiaoaksacupuncture.comAshley 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 a Certified Anusara teacher. She lives in Lake Elsinore with her beloved children, Zeke and Zoe and husband Chris, along with their two dogs, Rasta and Mika.
Stephanie Gilliland
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.
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 and abilities.
Elissa Marshall
Elissa was introduced to yoga in 1999 and realized early on the sense of well being both physically and mentally that it brought to her. In 2004, she moved to Murrieta where she was introduced to Anusara Yoga by Ashley Fiala. Elissa immediately felt deeply connected and was drawn by the heart themes, philosophy and alignment principles. As her passion for this practice grew, so did her enthusiasm in sharing with others.
Elissa began teaching in 2006 and completed a two-year training program with Anusara Yoga Instructor Michael Fukumara. Elissa will always be a student of yoga and secondly an instructor. She continues her yoga education through participating in training, workshops, and her personal practice.
Elissa would like to express a deep gratitude and appreciation to Anusara founder John Friend as well as all her other teachers past, present and future. She looks forward to each and every day and hopes to inspire others to find the light within themselves.
Elissa is a hairdresser by trade and lives in Murrieta with her husband Dave and their beautiful daughter Samantha. She enjoys camping with her family, riding dirt bikes, snowboarding, and cooking.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, cook, read, play with her boys and “let the world go around”.
WORKSHOPS / EVENTS
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Anusara Yoga Workshop in LA, April 4-5, 2009
Happy smiling yogini's after their awesome weekend with John Friend
Anusara Immersions/ Teacher Training
Infomational Meetings: 12 - 1 PM
Saturday, July 18,
Sunday, August 2,
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
Ashley Fiala will be presenting 108 hours of Anusara Immersions starting in September 2009. Immersions will be split into three 36 hour trainings. These are constructed to go deeper into the practice, philosophy and teachings of Anusara Yoga. Following this will be an Anusara Teacher Training.
Immersion I will be 36 hours over three weekends with guest teacher, Ulla Lundgren.Immersion I - Sept 18-20, Oct 16-18, and Nov 20-22, 2009
Immersion II wil begin January 2010.
Immersion III will begin April 2010
Teacher Training will follow in July 2010.
(Completition of 100 hours of immersions are required to take part in the teacher training.)
Please check back for further information coming soon on our website.The informational meetings are for anyone who may be interested in the immersion process and expanding their yoga practice.
Please contact: Andrea yoga@living-yoga.com or Ashley yogaashley@yahoo.com
if more information is needed.Price per Immersion $600
For all three $1700.
The Practice
Saturday, July 11, 2009
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
1 - 4 PM
Come join Ashley for a challenging, classic Anusara sequence created by John Friend. It will be a playfull few hours to explore our boundaries and see where we can go! This is for on-going students with a strong practice and good working knowledge of the Universal Principles of Alignment.
This class will be a Level III practice.
Regular class fee will apply.
Prenatal yoga workshop
For doulas, child-birth educators, yoga teachers and expecting mothersSaturday, August 1, 2009
12:00 - 4:00 PM
$70 / advance $80 / door
For a pregnant woman, the yoga experience ultimately is about creating a safe and nurturing environment for the baby. The yoga poses also can make the pregnancy more comfortable through managing some of the discomforts that might occur, from back pain and sciatica to nausea and acid reflux. Students in the workshop will experience how to do and teach a few of the standing poses that ease some of the musculoskeletal and organic problems that occur and that build up strength and flexibility in the pelvic region to facilitate delivery. Workshop students also will experience how to do and teach a variety of restorative poses that ease discomforts and build up energy.
More information: Christie Hall, yogaalways@att.net, (909) 534-6952
About Christie: She has been teaching yoga since 1997, exclusively studying a methodical style of yoga that emphasizes alignment to maximize benefits of the poses and use of props to modify the poses for safety.
Some comments about yoga from new mothers:
"Great for mind, body, baby."
"Eases back pain and settles stretching muscles."
"Liberating to take the body out of the normal stance.""
Introduction To Yoga Course
August 4 - September 8, 2009
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.
Acro Yoga Workshop
Invert, Evolve, Empower
Sunday, August 16, 2009
1:00 - 4:00 PM
$45 advance / $55 door
Invert your body - experience the enlivening benefits of inversions and defy gravity! Evolve your
mind - breakthrough limiting perceptions that keeps your heart below your head! Empower
your spirit - discover the awakening force of inversions and partner support that gets your
spirit to fly!
A playful safe, supportive environment will empower the whole room to be upside down and
connect to the divine! We will refine spotting techniques and basic inversions as the
foundation for partner inversions and acrobatics. A progressive succession and team building
approach finds everyone in the air and upside down.
Recommended for students who can do handstand at the wall
Inversions, Progression & Flight Training with Mara Harris first generation certified Acro Yoga
Teacher and Daniel Salerno, Anusara Inspired Teacher.
Ayurveda
Indian's ancient holistic medical system
Arun will be coming back to offer this class in mid August or September.
Please check back for date & time. thank-you
Cost: $45/advance $50/door
The Inner Galaxy:
Exploration of the Yogic Body:
Entering the Kosha, Nadi, Marma and Chakra systems
In this workshop we explore our deepest nature with its 3 bodies, 5 sheaths, innumerable subtle
energy channels, their access "trigger" points on our skin and the whirling wheels of consciousness
known as chakras. Understanding our inner landscape opens the door to deep healing at the
causal, subtle and physical levels. We will utilize the ancient, tried and true therapies of yoga,
Ayurveda and Tantra to create a new pathway to Perfect Health.
Arun Deva has a DASc. in Ayurvedic Sciences and serves on the Board of the California
Association of Ayurvedic Medicine (CAAM) He is also certified in Vinyasa Krama Yoga and
Ayur*yoga (Ayurvedic Institute, NM). ). Both a longtime Ayurvedic practitioner/lecturer and yoga
therapist, Arun bases his work on ancient Ayurvedic and yogic teachings. He has a clinical practice
in West Hollywood as well as Dana Point, where he sees his clients and teaches yoga privately. He
can also be found teaching classes at Liberation Yoga, Pacific Ashtanga Shala and Dancing Shiva.
He is the author of numerous articles, has appeared on TV and radio shows, gives lectures and
teaches workshops locally and internationally. For more information please visit his site:
http://www.yogarasayana.wordpress.com
Yoga for Kids
Ages 8 and upOur kids yoga class will be changing to a family yoga class starting when we
move to our new location. Date pending on completition of studio.
The new class is tentatively scheduled for Mondays from 4-5 PM.
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)Preregistration is a must, please email yoga@living-yoga.com to sign your child up. Thank you.
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
