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Angela

Angela Madonia has been teaching yoga and mindfulness since 2007 and she is committed to bringing these techniques to people that may not otherwise have access to it. Teaching at organizations that support social justice, wellness and mental health is her passion. She teaches in the tradition of Viniyoga which is breath centered and adaptive to the individual, she also teaches pre/postnatal, restorative, yin, and chair yoga. Yoga and mindfulness for everyday life is part of each class. She is the mother of two toddlers and enjoys teaching classes that support families and kids at all stages.

She is a current student of Chase Bossart, Kate Holcombe, Melanie Green and Cybele Tomlinson.

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Charlotte

Charlotte (RYT 500) has practiced yoga for over 18 years and celebrates the full yogic experience from mindful and invigorating asana (postures) -- to the more subtle and energetic components of pranayama (breathing exercises), mantra (chanting) and meditation -- to bringing the practice off the mat and into the world.

Her classes are an invitation to get out of habitual patterns and cultivate awareness, reinvigorate through embodied movement, and empower ourselves by reconnecting with who we are at our deepest level. She believes that yoga can open infinite doors of transformation on the level of the mind, body, and spirit.

Her respect for the yogic lineage and tradition as well as her curiosity to deepen her experience and understanding of yoga has led her to yoga’s birthplace, India, as well as to studying in-depth with various teachers and trainings.

Her primary inspiration draws from Kia Miller’s Radiant Body Yoga, which combines the challenging and technical precision of Ashtanga and Iyengar Yoga with the transformational possibilities of Kundalini Yoga. She also studied with Jivani Yoga delving into therapeutics and honoring Krishnamacharya’s lineage that yoga is for EVERY body and Yin Yoga with Sarah Powers.

Charlotte balances her love of yoga with her passion for dance and expression, her desire to contribute to a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world, and connecting with friends and family.

Dalila

Dalila was born in Mexico, raised in Texas, and moved to California to study Anthropology and Art. She fell head over heels in love with yoga in 2003 and has been practicing ever since. She is trained as a yoga instructor and continues to study and explore many different styles of yoga—Hatha, Vinyasa, Bhakti, Kundalini, Yin and Restorative. She weaves and synthesizes elements from these styles into her classes to include meditation, pranayama, mantra, mindfully linking breath with movement, and aligning the heart, body and mind. Dalila is a Reiki practitioner, and studies massage as well as Ayurveda--living in tune with the seasons and elements. Her studies in Ayurveda and the healing arts inform her yoga classes. Dalila graduated from Namaste’s Everyday Sacred Hatha and Vinyasa yoga teacher training with Nubia Teixeira and Ashley Sharp in 2014 and then studied Ayurveda and Yoga with Kameko Shibata and David Moreno in 2015. She is a lifelong student of yoga and most recently completed a Yin, Restorative and Bhakti Yoga teacher training at Yandara Yoga Institute with Allison Claire Eaton.

Yoga is a dynamic dance of life, of movement and stillness, strength and surrender, sensation and sweetness, communion and solitude that brings us into a deeper connection with our true essence.

Judi

Judi began her own yoga journey in an effort to reconnect with her inner voice. As an instructor, her classes mirror her path toward finding peace and joy on the mat in the meditative stillness of restorative yoga. Her focus is on creating a safe and healing environment where students can honor their individuality, while finding a personal path that nourishes their spirit. Her classes often feature themes based on building a sense of rest, gratitude, wholeness, and the celebration of inter-connectedness with others.

Judi is a 500RYT and is a Judith Hanson Lasater Certified Level I & II - Relax and Renew Restorative instructor.

Currently, Judi practices Zen Buddhism Meditation, and is studying Buddhist Contemplative Care.

Lauren

We like to laugh in my classes.

And together, we explore not only the body, but also the patterns of thoughts and emotions.

I am a C-IAYT certified Yoga Therapist with over 2,000 hours of teaching experience. I specialize in slower, somatics-based practices that are taught with creative sequencing, rich philosophy and a sense of humor.

In addition to Yoga, I love dancing, cooking, travel, and social justice. I believe that building community through Yoga truly has the power to create positive social change, as students take what they learn on the mat out into the world beyond.

www.sunflowersomatics.com

Leslie

As a yoga practitioner and teacher, I specialize in the use of yoga for many issues but specifically for pelvic floor problems. After suffering from hypertonic pelvic syndrome, I found relief from my symptoms by a careful application of Iyengar-style/influenced yoga and breath work and since then I have continued to refine and develop the application of yoga for the pelvic floor for myself and others. To this end, for the past twelve years, I have taught women of all ages to practice yoga to alleviate pelvic floor conditions, including urinary incontinence and pelvic pain, through a combination of small group teaching, public workshops, and national conferences. I call my approach Pelvic Floor Yoga(TM).

Kendra

Kendra believes in the transformational power of yoga as a path of self-discovery, healing and joy. Since beginning her yoga studies in 2002 she’s continually experienced the deep personal, physical and spiritual healing available through yoga, pranayama, ritual and meditation. As a yoga teacher, PhD in transpersonal psychology, energy healer and massage therapist, she teaches yoga from an integrative lens that combines these healing modalities to offer integrative classes that are grounded, accessible and focused on empowering students to experience greater inner and outer alignment. Her classes are also accompanied by the soothing sounds of harmonium. In addition to her weekly classes, Kendra offers private women’s leadership coaching, teaches workshops and leads retreats. www.kendradiazford.com

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Lindsay

Lindsay's first yoga class was when she was a 14 year old high school student. She was introduced to tree pose, corpse pose, and guided visualization. This first exploration of yoga made a sweet and lasting impression, initiating a curiosity that would guide Lindsay on her path as a student and teacher.

Lindsay has over 1000 hours of training and is certified in Annie Carpenter's method, SmartFLOW. Her practice is inspired by the rhythms of nature and her teachers: Annie Carpenter, Katchie Ananda, and Stephanie Snyder.

Lindsay's dynamic classes invite students to explore transition, stability, and fluidity; weaving together focused and intentional movement with laughter and lightheartedness.

Ash

Ashley’s path of healing and empowerment through the practice of yoga began with Anusara in 2007. Ever the truth-seeker and light-chaser, she has a love of Eastern philosophy, social justice, and environmental sustainability. She is an adrenaline junkie, nature enthusiast, and lover of written and spoken word. After knocking out a degree at UC Berkeley, she is now pursuing therapeutic bodywork, shifting the focus of sustainability to body, heart, and spirit. She completed a 200RYT with Square One Yoga in early 2016, and is grateful to be a part of this community. Her classes offer a balance of playful fire and grounded introspection. She facilitates a space for students to celebrate and integrate all aspects of their being, and would love to see you there!

Erik

Raised in Petaluma among oak trees, Erik trained in ballet and modern dance for ten years while growing up. Always entranced by the arts of the body, he began studying yoga and tai chi in high school. While studying at Cal, he began meditating regularly thanks to a class with local yogis Christopher Tompkins and Chris Wallace. This delight led him to study at zen centers after college, practicing for four years at Green Gulch and Tassajara monasteries. He continues to study with his teacher, Reb Anderson. Throughout his twenties, yoga remained an integral aspect of his week, and he explored many styles while living in Seattle and New York. Joining a number of workshops that married yoga with zen, Erik grew more enthusiastic about asana as an awakening practice. He decided to commit to Piedmont Yoga’s 300 hour teacher training program, rooted in Iyengar and focused on the eight-fold noble path. Through his mentor Richard Rosen, along with guides Baxter Bell, Mary Paffard and Rodney Yee, Erik developed deep respect for the transformative power of yoga in our world. Later, he finished his 500 hour training with Square One Studio, learning how to welcome everyone to yoga. Beyond a beautiful way to come together with intention and peace, Erik believes in yoga as a ceremony of joy.

Heather

Heather has studied the nervous system for 10 years. She has practiced teaching bodies to relax and let go with massage, for many years. As she steps into this role as yoga teacher, Heather is excited to teach people how to use their breath to sink into their own essence of restoration. She sees us suspended in an ever flowing, flexing, and consistent universe. Being in a body can keep us away from the flow and cycle as we deal with the details of human life. Taking the time to still the body connect with breath and expand back into the flow In unrestricted shapes in our bodies, we can find space that helps us train the nervous system steadily as we harmonize and connect back with that universal current. Heather is honored to hold the space in order for you to drift back in to the flow.

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Neha

In addition to her yoga training, Neha pursued her formal education as an occupational therapist because of her desire to help others with physical and learning challenges understand how to use their bodies in the most effective ways to live independent and fulfilling lives. She has been dedicated to her own yoga practice for many years and is an experienced instructor. Combining her love of yoga and therapy, Neha has also completed training in advanced yoga therapeutics.

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Christina Marie

Hello Everyone! My name is Christina Marie Taylor and I go by Christina, Chris, Tina, Tina Marie, CT....all of the above :) I was born and raised in the Bay Area and started practicing yoga in 2011 as a form of exercise then later discovered the healing benefits of the ancient tradition as I served as my mom’s caregiver. Yoga became my respite. In the midst of uncertainty at home and stress at work, my mat became my safe place to focus only on my breath in my body. In an effort to deepen my practice, I completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training program at Square One Yoga Collective in 2016 and started teaching this past spring. I am so grateful for this journey and look forward to holding a space that honors you, right where you are. Experiencing food with family and friends makes me the happiest! I also have a thing for altoids tins and tea. Feel free to contact me at taylor.christinamarie@gmail.com. I hope to see you soon!! Christina

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Mary Beth

Mary Beth Ray, E-RYT500, began studying and practicing yoga in the early 1990s. Since 2006, her practice has drawn her deeply into the moving meditation and self-discovery of the Ashtanga Vinyasa system and more recently into the stillness and inquiry of Yin yoga. MB is certified as a Yoga for Osteoporosis teacher by Dr. Loren Fishman, MD. In addition, she is a member of International Association of Yoga Therapists, a certified holistic Nutrition Consultant, and a Functional Medicine and National Board-Certified Health & Wellness coach.

MB shares the exploration of the many facets of yoga in an accessible manner to help you apply practical insights to your everyday life. www.3greencircles.com

Mitch

Mitch first practiced yoga in 1968 at Swami Satchidananda’s Integral Yoga Institute in New York. Over the years, he has explored integrative, mind-body practices with distinguished teachers of Buddhist, Jain, Taoist, and Yogic spiritual traditions as well as contemporary approaches to mindful embodiment. He resided for periods at Siddhachalam Jain Ashram in Blairstown, NJ, Sivananda Yoga Ranch in Woodbourne, NY, and Ananda Ashram in Monroe, NY.

Among his teachers have been the Jain monk and nonviolence activist Acharya Sushil Kumar, Dina Amsterdam of Yoga Tree, BK Bose of Niroga Institute, Meir Schneider (self-healing exercises), Flora Chow Yen (tai chi), and Fong Ha (zhan zhuang and qigong). He is a graduate of the Niroga Institute’s yoga teacher training program. Since 2010, he served Niroga as a teacher at the studio and is a faculty member of the yoga therapists’ training program, where he has taught modules on neurobiology, the immune system, and trauma-sensitive yoga. The Indian Board of Alternative Medicines, located in Kolkata, honored Mitch with a Ph.D. in Alternative Medicines in recognition of lifetime achievements in this field, including scholarly research and publications, yoga teaching, holistic healing practice, clinical counseling, and teaching in higher education.

As a holistic health and wellness counselor over the past eight-and-a-half years, he has been teaching clients yoga-based, mindful breathing, movement, and meditation, and using sound healing practices. Information about his counseling services and his writings about cultivating inner and outer peace, nonviolence, children’s rights, yoga, health psychology, and more can be found on his website, breathepeacefully.com.

Mitch teaches yoga with warmth, humor, and humility, emphasizing gentle self-acceptance, ahimsa, and mindful awareness of body, breath, sensations, thoughts, feelings, and environment. His classes involve meditation, chanting, pranayama, asanas, and flowing movement sequences. To support deep relaxation at the end of each class, he chants and plays a harmonic, melodic hand pan.

Leila

Leila inspires others to find health and wholeness at all ages. After her first Kundalini Yoga class in 2009, she immediately felt the benefits of the practice seeing changes in muscle tone, posture, and stamina. When her mother fell ill at the age of 97, Kundalini Yoga became a powerful tool of support for her aging mother. The effects of pranayama, meditation and warm-up exercises were obvious. “We witnessed Mom’s improvement in her focus, concentration, and joy by challenging herself with yoga.” This life‑changing experience motivated Leila to complete Level One 220 hour KRI Teacher Training at Guru Ram Das Ashram in San Francisco in April 2019 with Awtar Kaur Khalsa. Helping all students connect to their inner spark and finding more vitality through yoga and meditation is the goal of her teaching practice.

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Christine

Yoga has been an essential part of Christine's life since the mid-90s when she first attended a Power Yoga class at a gym in Chicago. Ninety minutes later, she was hooked. Christine didn’t know until later that she was practicing Ashtanga yoga. Back then, she didn’t know one style from another. All she knew is that yoga made her feel good both physically and mentally and wanted to do more of it. In 2007, she enrolled in a 200-hour teacher training with Global Yoga Center in Chicago to study and practice vinyasa and Anusara yoga complimented by a deep practice of Ahimsa (non-harming), the first Yama (or ethical discipline) in the eight limbs of yoga. Since then Christine has continued her studies with teachers in Chicago and the Bay area, in both yoga and meditation. Enjoying a physical practice has its own rewards, but connecting with the breath is a powerful tool both on and off the mat.

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Naomi

Naomi found yoga while recovering from a traumatic bike accident. After rowing at Cal, training 4-6 hours per day and constantly giving 110%, she found herself suddenly relearning what her body was capable of and struggling to cope with the healing process. A dear friend took her to yoga and it was on the mat that she found ease, healing, and gratitude for her body, however it showed up that day.

Naomi's hopes to help others strike that balance between pushing and nurturing yourself. Her classes are a space to connect to your power, test your limits, and learn to listen to yourself. She believes that yoga is a way for us all to move away from fear, judgement, and comparison towards compassion, connection and gratitude.
She loves incorporating lots of healing adjustments and assists to help you deepen your practice.

Naomi completed the Lighting the Path 200 hour training (RYT) with Pete Guinosso in March 2015 in a Forrest Yoga Inspired Vinyasa Flow.

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a certified yoga therapist and registered yoga teacher exploring the intersections of physical, mental, and emotional health. Drawing from the traditions of hatha, restorative, and therapeutic yoga, Elizabeth uses the eight limbs of yoga to meet students where they are and explore patterns to work towards greater balance.

Elizabeth has been practicing yoga since 2006 and teaching since 2013 and finds inspiration in both daily. Influenced by her work in mental health programs, she is a believer in the power of healing and resiliency. Pairing this with wisdom from the world of nature, her offerings provide a safe platform for those seeking to connect with their true self.

Check out more at elizabethmckinleyyoga.com

Marianne

Marianne Linn, E-RYT 500, YACEP, has been studying and practicing yoga and meditation for 25 years and teaching in the Bay area since 1995.

She first was drawn to meditation before discovering the path of Yoga as a practical journey to recognize our true nature. In 1992, while
practicing meditation in Suan Mokh, a Buddhist monastery in South Thailand, Marianne quickly realized that practicing yoga tremendously changed the quality of sitting meditating. Since then, the practice and teaching of yoga and meditation has been fundamental to her
life-long study of health and holistic well-being.

Marianne has studied many different lineages of Hatha Yoga, including Sivananda Yoga, BKS Iyengar Yoga, Bihar Yoga, Ashtanga and Vinyasa
Yoga, Forrest Yoga, Shadow Yoga, Yin Yoga and Para Yoga. Her teachingsdraw from the essential elements of many great teachers such as Zhander Remete, Ana Forest, Andre Lappa, Sarah Powers, Paul Grilley, Doug Keller, Rod Stryker, S.N.Goenka and Adyashanti, as well as from
direct experiences and her passionate study of the Nature of Mind.

She teaches the many aspects and levels of yoga including Asana,
Pranayama, Bhandha and Meditation, Slow Mindful Flow, Yin and
Restorative Yoga, Corporate Yoga, as well as retreats throughout
California.

Marianne's teachings are enhanced and greatly influenced by 25 years
of bodywork and massage practice. She is a Certified Bodywork
Practitioner and Certified by Janice Gates in Somatic Yoga Therapy.
She works with individuals to develop personalized yoga programs for
people with pain and injury and special aspirations for personal
practices.

Marianne's teaching uses Yoga, Bodywork and Meditation as pathways to physically awaken the body, to wake up and build prana and to develop
a greater understanding of who we really are and what matters most.

'My inspiration finds new sparks with every practice, every class,
workshop and retreat I teach. I am always excited to share my insights
related to personal development and my study of the human body, energy
and mind.'

Anne-Rene

Anne-rené is a dancer, choreographer and Alexander Technique teacher. She began her yoga studies back in New York City in the late 1990's. In 2008 she received her Vinyasa yoga teaching certification from the White Lotus Foundation where she studied with Ganga White and Tracey Rich. She has been inspired and influenced by her many teachers: Sara Baird, Erin Dudley, Keith Borden and the many teachers from Cindi Lee's Om Yoga Center in NYC and Laughing Lotus Yoga. Anne-René is interested in creating movement meditations that intertwine asana, breath and transitions that inform and inspire.

Dennis

Dennis began his yoga practice in 1975, at the Integral Yoga Institute, and subsequently studied Hatha and Pranayama through the Ananda institute. During his thirty-year career as a college English instructor and teacher trainer, Dennis continued to develop his yoga practice at home, with periodic instruction at Iyengar and Ashtanga studios. Upon retiring from his college teaching career in 2010, Dennis returned to regular studio yoga practice, and at Square One met instructors who inspired him to pursue a yoga teaching credential. Dennis has a keen interest in yoga philosophy, especially as represented through Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras and
the Bhagavad Gita, texts that he has studied for more than twenty years. As a yoga instructor, Dennis is interested in helping students discover the yoga practices that
serve them best.

Broderick

Broderick Rodell, PhD ND E-RYT, is an educator whose passion and calling is to aid others in the art of practicing a life well lived. He sees his role as guide to those interested in acquiring the knowledge, skills and practices that will enable them to develop the characteristics that are conducive to self-realization, wellbeing and flourishing. A holistic approach to yoga that embraces a broad spectrum of truth claims from past to present over various traditions and disciplines is his means. Capoeira, a Brazilian dance/martial art, is also one of his teaching instruments for developing character and building community.

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Liza

Liza's passion for yoga began in Chicago on a quest to find healing and happiness. Soon after, she decided to begin her teaching journey to help others find that same contentment in their own lives through their practice. As an instructor, Liza creates a fun and challenging learning environment dedicated to growth, strength and mindful empowerment. Through yoga and meditation, she hopes to help students overcome their personal obstacles. “I feel truly blessed each day I share my passion on and off the mat, and I hope to encourage, inspire and support my students in any way I can!”

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