Amy Gatto Klein | 2011

Amy Gatto Klein joined her first yoga class while earning her Master’s degree in recreation studies in 2001. Ever since that day, she has been hooked on studying the movement, philosophy and impact of yoga. After spending years studying and practicing on her own, she completed a 200 hour teacher training program with Laurel Hodory…

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Anne Weidinger | 2011

Anne found yoga about 10 years ago. After many years of professional dance and dance education, she was looking for a movement style that would physically challenge her, while being gentler on her body. The physical benefits were great, but Anne was amazed by the sense of calm and peace yoga brought her. Yoga provides…

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Hannah Siegle | 2011

Hannah Siegle came to yoga to cope with the effects of graduate school and stressful job as a high school science teacher. Through the wonders of the breath, movement, and mindfulness that is yoga Hannah chose to leave her teaching job and enter recovery for a 14-year long battle with an eating disorder and anxiety.…

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Jamie Davies O’Leary | 2011

A lifelong competitive soccer player, Jamie found yoga in 2006 and fell in love immediately with its ability to help calm her mind, ease her stress, relieve tension, and find better sleep. She’s been practicing ever since and credits yoga for catalyzing her own healing process, finding a pathway of mindfulness, and creating the life…

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Jen Simmons | 2011

As a Firefighter/Paramedic for 12 years, Jen saw chronic health issues and pain every day. She started practicing yoga ten years ago from a TV program. Initially it was just another form of exercise; one that she found surprisingly challenging, yet left her feeling terrific. It wasn’t until she suffered a stroke in 2006 did…

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Julia Purdy | 2011

Julia was first introduced to yoga in 2005 when she signed up for a beginner’s series at It’s Yoga in Grandview, but it wasn’t until 2 years later that she was called back to yoga as a means of dealing with severe anxiety and panic disorder. Through asana, pranayama and meditation, she felt a great…

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Kristy Gerlich | 2011

Taking her first class as an undergraduate student, Kristy immediately took to yoga and has been practicing ever since. Ten years later, she has practiced across most of the country from San Francisco—where she really deepened her personal practice and awoke to the transformative powers of yoga—to New York where she challenged herself in advanced…

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Mary Coleman | 2011

Mary began yoga as a home practice when she was searching for an alternative to her normal aerobic exercise. After spending two years practicing with the use of DVDs, she realized that she needed a teacher who could help her find the way. Mary began studying privately with Laurel Hodory (Columbus, Ohio) in 2009. The…

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Mathew Citriglia | 2011

Matthew’s introduction to yoga came via a P90X fitness DVD in 2009. It was nothing like he expected and was one of the most intense workouts he had ever experienced. He discovered yoga worked the entire body: it built strength, increased flexibility, improved endurance, and created a mental focus that shut off the rest of…

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Sara Fischer | 2011

Sara was introduced to yoga as a way to de-stress when preparing for her candidacy exam during graduate school, and has been hooked ever since. As a life-long dancer and athlete, she found that yoga created the perfect blend of strength, flexibility, and calmness of the mind. Her first love is a vigorous yoga style…

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Stephanie Frailey | 2011

Stephanie has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Indiana University in Business Management and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Notre Dame University. Stephanie sought out yoga during her pregnancy about five years ago to foster a calm mind and healthy body during a time of development and change. It worked! Since then, yoga…

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Theresa Colson | 2011

Drawing on her experience as an artist, studies of nature, and pursuit of a karma-neutral lifestyle, Theresa encourages her students to find their own expression through the practice of yoga, constructing new habits of thought and movement that will extend beyond the yoga mat. Like many, Theresa’s path to yoga came from a desire to…

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Tulla Zambetis | 2011

Tulla Zambetis works full-time and enjoys yoga for the physical practice. In 2011, she participated in the 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training with Laurel Hodory and plans to complete her certification in the near future. Through the training, she realized how much more there was to learn and found personal growth while deepening her own…

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Wendi Bergdoll | 2011

Wendi began practicing yoga in 1999 when she was pregnant with her 3rd child. She was looking for a gentle physical practice that helped to maintain fitness and create a connection to her pregnancy. What she found was a mind-body/baby connection that she had never experienced before. Ever since, she has been a yogi at…

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