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Tom Abrehamson
Tom teaches an Iyengar style of Yoga.
Tom has a BA from Princeton and a JD law degree and has studied Iyengar Yoga since the 1980s. He has taught over 3500 classes in the mid-peninsula area since 2000 and has taken over 450 hours of teacher training with, among others, Manouso Manos, Aadil Palkhivala and Elise Miller. Tom teaches an "Iyengar-based" class. Iyengar-style yoga is distinguished from other styles by a strict attention to detail, by holding the poses longer as a student advances and by the use of props to help students into proper alignment and to feel the proper flows. Tom's classes are mixed-level classes that afford both beginners and more advanced students the opportunity to work at their own levels.
His classes combine precise instruction with individualized attention and gentle humor. His students work hard, make progress and have fun. You can find out more about Tom by going to www.alpineyoga.com.
Lindsay Amrein
As a graduate student in the field of transpersonal psychology, Lindsay’s classes provide a holistic experience of yoga - incorporating mental, physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the practice.
In 2003, Lindsay quickly became a dedicated and enthusiastic yogini, starting with Bikram and overtime exploring a variety of yoga styles. Eventually, she discovered her current passion and teaching-style in the fluidity of a Vinyasa practice. Lindsay graduated as a registered yoga teacher studying closely with her inspiring and dynamic teachers Anirudh Shastri and John Berg.
Lindsay's teaching approach tends to elicit a vigorousness, providing a strong physical practice and incorporating lots of breath work, basic heat-building sequences and stillness.
Lauren Anas
Lauren has been practicing yoga for 6 years, starting with Ashtanga yoga and now focusing on Vinyasa flow. Prior to practicing yoga, she studied ballet for 10 years and then found yoga to be a beautiful compliment. With an emphasis on breath and fluid movement Lauren’s yoga classes involve a combination of heat building sun salutations, strengthening postures, and balancing poses. Lauren’s classes are designed to provide an overall physical and spiritual experience with the intention of bringing a sense of peace. Lauren graduated from Avalon's yoga teacher-training program where she studied under John Berg.
Andi Bruno
Andi thought it was high time for a yoga studio in Los Altos, so in August of 2003 she started Yoga of Los Altos.
Andi has been practicing yoga for more than 15 years, and started teaching yoga in 2000. She has also had a meditation practice for the last 30 years.
Andi teaches an eclectic style of yoga influenced her many wonderful teachers including Laura Foley, Sarah Powers, Paul Grilley, and Jim & Ruthie Bernaert.
Andi obtained her first teaching certification in Yin Yoga from Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley in 2000. She also completed a 200-hour advanced Anusara teacher training course at the Yoga Kula in Berkeley in 2004.
Andi brings clear and precise instruction to each yoga pose. She also brings a fun tone into each and every class. Andi truly believes that yoga is to be enjoyed !
Daniella Cotreau
Daniella received her formal yoga teacher training at the Mount Madonna Center in the 8 Limbs Ashtanga tradition. She is currently pursuing her next teacher training in Anusara Yoga at the Yoga Kula in Berkeley.
Daniella incorporates various schools of asana into her teaching that draw upon her experience with Bikram, Vinyasa Flow, Anusara and Iyengar. Her intuitive linking of postures, with emphasis on proper alignment and the breath along inspires students to deepen their practice. Daniella's passion for teaching yoga comes from her desire to inspire others and to allow them to experience the unfolding of a deep connection to their body, their spirit, their community and the greater whole.
Marti Foster
Marti teaches Vinyasa Yoga. She also teaches Prenatal Yoga.
Marti has a strong foundation in human physiology, dance, and music. She learned early in life about the transformative powers of yoga. Her credentials include certification from Erich Schiffman, Baptiste Teacher Training, and the White Lotus Foundation. She has developed a powerful, eclectic style balancing a challenging asana practice with explorations of ancient meditation techniques and breathwork (pranayama). You can find out more on her web site www.yogasolution.com
Carolyn Fox
Carolyn has been practicing yoga regularly since 1996 and teaching since 2000. She completed teacher certifications at White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara and with Todd Norian in East
Stockbridge, MA and is a registered yoga instructor (200 hour level). Her teaching combines alignment principles with the breath and mindful conscious movement in a vinyasa flow.
Carolyn's professional work as a nurse practitioner contributes to a broad knowledge of both western and eastern concepts of wellness. She has a passion for helping students to find a practice that will nourish their physical, mental and spiritual wholeness.
Chrissy Graham
Chrissy teaches Anusara Yoga.
Chrissy was born and raised on the east coast, and has been an affiliated Anusara yoga instructor for the past five years. She initially trained with Emily Dubin, a well known Anusara teacher. Chrissy fell in love with Anusara Yoga and began intensively studying with John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga. Her yogic studies include Intensive Teacher Training and Therapy Training, in addition to Tantric Philosophy with Douglas Brooks.
Chrissy is extremely versed at working with students with injuries, physical limitations, or disabilities. She guides change and transformation in her students by applying the Anusara Universal Principals of Alignment. Chrissy is a strong and dynamic yoga practitioner that thoroughly enjoys teaching and sharing her love of yoga.
Ken Graham
Ken teaches Anusara Yoga
Ken is a fully Certified Anusara Yoga teacher whose love of yoga began at a young age. Ken was introduced to Anusara Yoga in 1999 by his sister Chrissy, who also teaches here at Yoga of Los Altos. It was Anusara Yoga's heartfelt approach and depth that inspired Kenny to teach.
Ken has completed numerous immersions, teacher trainings and workshops studying under the best teachers in the Anusara tradition. Teachers include Noah Maze, Sue Elkind, Naime Jezzeny, Siannna Sherman, Desiree Rambaugh and Anusara's founder John Friend who Kenny still studies extensively with.
Ken teaches public classes, workshops and retreats worldwide. He has toured extensively with Sianna Sherman and John Friend in Europe and Central America. Ken’s passion is to help students discover their own potential and to unveil their treasures along the shores of consciousness.
Ken is considered to be one of the most luminary Anusara instructors in the San Francisco Bay Area. His broad knowledge of Anusara yoga is offered in the spirit of playfulness and connection through the voice of the Heart!
Osha Hanfling
Osha teaches Iyengar Yoga.
Osha has been teaching yoga in the Iyengar Tradition since 1984, having studied directly with the Iyengars in India. She is a very well known and respected Iyengar teacher. She currently teaches in San Francisco at the Abode of Iyengar Yoga and at Yoga of Los Altos on Thursdays at 11am. She is adding a second class on Tuesdays at 11am starting in October 2007.
Osha takes a personal approach with her students, meeting them at their level and inspiring them to deepen their practice. Osha sees yoga as a tool for transformation and inner freedom. She believes that through the process of the asana we harness the mind, wake the sleeping body, and begin to discover and generate awareness of our psycho-spiritual selves.
Jeff Lang
Yoga’s physical challenge combined with mental awareness attracted Jeff. Originally from the East Coast, Jeff’s search for a yoga teacher led him to our very own Ben Thomas. Under Ben’s tutelage, Jeff completed a 200 Hour Certification at Avalon.
Jeff’s yoga style is influenced both by Iyengar and Vinyasa. Jeff realized that Yoga was an excellent way of uniting the body and mind. Using asana and breathing Jeff believes we can create a state of heightened mindfulness, and are able to expand into our truest nature. The physical benefits of the practice are only outshined by the development of mental lucidity and emotional well being.
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Eric Leong
Eric Leong is a graduate of the Advanced Studies Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Eric's classes reflect his energy and athleticism, and focus on a balance of strength and flexibility. In addition to his love of yoga, Eric is a violinist in the San Jose Opera orchestra.
Debora Parente
Debora teaches Yin Yoga
Debora has 19 years of experience in the field of health and wellness and has several certifications including the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Her wide range of yoga studies includes Yin, Bikram, Iyengar, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Power Yoga and restorative Yoga. Debora focuses on T.K.V. Desikachar’s style of yoga with the emphasis of breath control. Debora has also completed the Basic, Intermediate, Advance and Master-Teacher training in Integrated Energy Therapy (IET). Debora is currently in the Clinical Ph.D. program at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.
Birgit Reimer
Birgit Reimer teaches Yoga in the Iyengar/Thomas lineage.
She is an excellent instructor having studied extensively with Benjamin Thomas.
Birgit currently assists Ben with his in ongoing workshops and Pranayama classes. She has deep foundations in Soto-Zen Meditation, Shotokan Karate, as a student and teacher. She has been also studying and practicing Qi Gong (Energy Skills) and T'ai Chi (Shen Style) for many years.
Her classes are a well-balanced composition of Sadhana (practice), chants, pranayama, meditation and philosophy. She is a precise and fun teacher. You will learn more by going to http://www.yoga-is-all.com
Khen Rinpoche
Khen Rinpoche was given this title in 2005 by H.H. Dalai Lama and named as the head Abbot of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in southern India.
Khen Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist monk from Ladakh, He began his monastic life at age seven in Stok, his family village. At age thirteen he joined the Stok Monastery to study and memorize Buddhist scriptures.
Then in 1952, when he was sixteen years old, he walked with his father from Ladakh to Shigatse, Tibet to enter the famous Tashilungpo Monastery. This 800 mile trek took them over two months to complete. Geshe Tsetan received his novice monk vows there and studied Buddhist philosophy at the monastery's Skilkhang College with many prominent Tibetan scholars.
His dream was to receive the Geshe degree in Buddhist philosophy (Ph.D.). This dream was deferred when he fled to his homeland in 1960 for safety when the Chinese government intensified their policy of cultural genocide in occupied Tibet.
Khen Rinpoche then studied tantric practices, and then joined the School of Buddhist Philosophy in Choglamsar. In 1970 he went to Varanasi, India where many high lamas in exile had resettled and built new monastic colleges. There he received his Shastri degree (masters).
From 1974-1978 he taught high school in Ladakh. Then he met with a special invitation to come to the United States and teach at the first Tibetan Buddhist learning center of America. He went in hopes of learning English and completing his Geshe degree studies. He accomplished both, and in 1984 returned to the Drepung Monastery.
Khen Rinpoche wants to further extend his teaching to the young people of Ladakh, making the Siddhartha School the fulfillment of his lifelong commitment to learning.
In 1996 shortly after founding the school, H.H. Dalai Lama, appointed Khen Rinpoche to be the head Abbot of the new Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in India. This was done in the absence of the 4 year old Panchan Lama who has been missing since this young child and his family were taken by the Chinese Government. This appointment by the Dalia Lama was a great honor for Geshe-la, and one that was humbly set aside (with the Dalia Lama’s blessings), so that he could devote himself completely to the Siddhartha School.
However in 2005 H. H. Dalai Lama again asked Khen Rinpoche to accept the Abbot position, and this time he could not refuse. The title of Panchan Lama refers to “Great Scholar and Spiritual Leader” of the Tibetan’s in exile.
You can find out more about Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tsetan and his school go to http://www.siddharthaschool.org/htmfiles/biograph.htm
Anirudh Shastri
Shastri teaches a Dynamic Vinyasa Flow
Anirudh Shastri is a well-known and highly respected hatha yoga teacher with an extensive background in yoga philosophy. He has been teaching yoga for more than 20 years, bringing his deep knowledge of the physical and spiritual aspects of yogic philosophy to his many students on the peninsula and in the South Bay.
Shastri trained in India and studied under the guidance of Shri Vishnu Prasadji.
Rebecca Snowball
Rebecca teaches Vinyasa Flow that is inspired by Anusara Yoga
Rebecca began studying yoga in 1995. She immediately took to yoga and committed to a regular practice. She felt her life opening as her passion for yoga deepened. Her desire to share the gift of yoga with the world led her to Ganga White and Tracy Rich of the White Lotus Yoga Foundation. She attended intensive teacher-training in the year 2000.
Rebecca's soulful and compassionate teaching-style creates a meditative and powerful Vinyasa Flow. She believes that if you can breath you can do yoga; that the practice is unique to each individual and that there are no "shoulds" in yoga.
Ben Thomas
Ben teaches Iyengar Yoga.
Ben has been practicing yoga since 1976 and has been teaching Iyengar yoga for more than 25 years. In 1983, he was certified by Yogacharya, Dr. B.K.S. Iyengar of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI). Ben has studied with B.K.S. Iyengar, his daughter, Dr. Geeta Iyengar, and his son, Prashant Iyengar, on many occasions both in the U.S. and in Pune, India (including an annual trip - most recently - during the month of July 2006).
Ben continues to research the benefits of Iyengar Yoga and has co-wrote a complete yoga textbook that Mr. Iyengar has reviewed and endorsed. Mr.Iyengar has requested that the title of the book be called "Iyengar Yoga" and Mr. Iyengar has written the Forward to the book, a great honor for an American Yogi. An earlier version of the text is currently being used at Foothill College.
Monica Waldman
Monica has been practicing for many years and has recently received her 200 hour teacher training certificate from the Yoga Kula in Berkeley.
Sarah Willhalm
Sarah completed of her masters in occupational therapy this summer (2007). Sarah is now combining her love of yoga and her life long interest in working with children to teach Kids Yoga.
In graduate school, Sarah apprenticed in a pediatric unit at Stanford Hospital, using simple yoga sequences with children with motor impairments, and with various other challenges. Sarah began to see fabulous results in the children’s motor skills, flexibility, focus and most importantly in their ability to relax.
In August 2006, Sarah complete the teacher training course at It’s Yoga Kids, San Francisco, CA. Sarah loves to share her knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm for yoga with the children. She is a wonderful teacher for kids !
Annika Williams
Annika teaches a strong and mindful vinyasa. Her style of yoga is a creative fusion of Vinyasa Flow, traditional Hatha, Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Anusara Inspiration. Her attention to alignment helps students to rapidly build their strength, endurance, and flexibility.
Annika is a Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance and is a graduate of the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Program at Avalon Yoga. Annika assisted and studied asana, pranayama, chanting, and the Yoga Sutras in an apprenticeship with Ben Thomas. She also studies Asana, Philosophy, Sanskrit, the Yoga Sutras, Meditation, and Pranayama with Anirudh Shastri.
Annika teaches both public class and private clients.
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