Anthea Gifford | 2008

Anthea Gifford began her career caring for others in 1999 as a Licensed Social Worker. Frustrated and stressed with her job, she started Bikram Yoga in 2003 to empower herself and balance her life. Her friends, family and colleagues could see a difference in her physically and in her new ability to move through difficult…

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Bernice Lee | 2008

Bernice Lee is currently pursuing a BFA in Dance and Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University. She comes to the United States from Singapore, and is very glad for her family’s love from halfway across the world. Living the life of the body, being given multiple opportunities to discover and rediscover what her mind/body/spirit…

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D’shahn Coleman | 2008

D’shahn Coleman was introduced to yoga by her physician after a major car accident at age 17. In yoga, she rediscovered a since of strength while practicing very basic postures. Yoga was always in her life in some way, shape or form. While D’Shahn was pregnant with her first daughter she aggravated the injuries from…

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David Belcastro | 2008

At the age of forty-five, David Belcastro was encouraged by his college judo coach to consider yoga after decades of weightlifting. During his first practice, he laughed through every asana as he was unable to move deeply or gracefully in any direction. None-the-less, he thought that there was something here worth pursuing. He continued practicing…

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Jane O’Loughlin | 2008

Jane O’Loughlin started practicing yoga in early 2001 and quickly found her preference for ashtanga in Laurel Hodory’s Yoga One studio in Columbus. Jane followed Laurel as she moved and renamed the studio (It’s Yoga), and followed as Laurel’s style moved from ashtanga to anusara-inspired vinyasa. Jane’s ashtanga preference has not disappeared but it is…

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Kara Lough | 2008

Kara Lough started practicing yoga in 2001, searching for a mind-body connection. It was through this exploration that she was inspired to rethink and refocus her life. In 2007 she decided to step away from her career as a Pastry Chef and dedicate herself to her practice and to teaching others. Her intention in teaching…

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Kim Crigger | 2008

Kim Crigger has been practicing yoga since 2000 and was originally drawn to the physical aspects of yoga. Soon she was inspired to take her studies to a deeper level and because of the many gifts she has received from yoga practice and its teachings, she now wants to share it with others! Her style…

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Mary Jo Kearns | 2008

Mary Jo Kearns has been practicing yoga intermittently for over thirty years. She lived most of her adult life in rural Kansas, where she raised four children and taught lively and energetic middle schoolers. She is currently enrolled in a 200-hour teacher training course at It’s Yoga under the direction of Laurel Hodory. The program…

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Rita Ritchie | 2008

Rita Ritchie discovered yoga at age 60 while looking for a new direction in life. Through the encouragement of her daughter, who is a yoga teacher, she enrolled in the teacher training program with Laurel Hodory at It’s Yoga. She describes her experience as one of self-discovery and growth. She is living proof that you…

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Travis Riemer | 2008

Travis Riemer is very fascinated by the physical and energetic workings of the body. Travis has been practicing yoga for over seven years and has been teaching for the last three years. He is a licensed massage therapist since 2001 and was certified in traditional Thai massage and reflexology at the Thai Institute of Healing…

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Tricia Miranda | 2008

Tricia Miranda went to her first yoga class on a whim in 1998. She remembers how everything about that experience was entirely new to her—from the postures to the emphasis on the breath, from the Sanskrit names to the chant of om. But she found herself returning the next week and the next, and from…

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