Adeline Yoga

 3320 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
Tel: (510)-501-5986
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      Chris Williams has been studying the art of yoga since 1992. Along with studies in India, Chris has completed a one year teacher training at Piedmont Yoga Studio with Rodney Yee and a one year teacher training at Turtle Island Yoga with Tony Briggs. He has also studied extensively with Ramanand Patel. He is currently working on his Iyengar certification under the guidance of senior teachers Manouso Manos and Allan Nett.
      Chris is the founder of Adeline Yoga Studio. He has been teaching since 1998. His classes are fun, challenging and invigorating.
      Jessie Holland teaches yoga in the Iyengar tradition. Her classes emphasize the precise alignment taught in the Iyengar system, along with sustained reflection on the connection of the body, mind and breath. She also integrates her studies of Ayurveda into each yoga class, helping students to harmonize the systems of the body with the rhythms of nature. Jessie is eternally grateful for the teachings of all her instructors and students.
      Jessie is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and Pancha Karma Specialist. She has attended both a 200 hour and 500 hour teacher training program in the Iyengar Tradition. She has recently returned from India where she studied yoga with the Iyengars, and completed a clinical Ayurvedic internship with Dr. Vasant Lad. Jessie's private Ayurvedic practice is in Berkeley.
      Heather Haxo Phillips is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher. She focuses on proper alignment and safety for the student. A graduate of the Advanced Studies Program at the Iyengar Institute in San Francisco, Heather has also studied directly with the Iyengars. She is a certified restorative yoga teacher with additional training to help those suffering from scoliosis, injuries, or problems with their menstrual cycle.
      Interested also in nutrition, Heather can provide expertise in creating a healthy diet through raw and living foods. Heather's love of the art and science of yoga is evident in her teaching. She welcomes people of all abilities and interests to her class.
      Find out more at www.haxoyoga.com or email heather at haxoyoga.com
       Alan Leon is a graduate of Piedmont Yoga Studio Advanced Studies Program since 2001. He has also followed other trainings including a training in pranayama and chanting in N.Y.C. Alan teaches yoga classes around the Bay Area (Namaste yoga, Ironworks, YMCA, Allegro, and the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies) and assists Rodney Yee at yoga conferences and retreats.
      Jaene Leonard was introduced to yoga in acting training and studied Ashtanga and Ishta yoga in New York City and, upon moving to Oakland, began studying Iyengar with Chris Williams. She then received her 200-level teaching certification through Integrative Yoga Therapy.

      Jaene has always been inspired by the simplicity of the practice:
through Breath and Movement we stumble into Stillness.
       Sarah Harvey has studied and practiced yoga since 1992. In 2004 she graduated from the 500-hour Advanced Studies/Teacher Training Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Her primary teachers are Janet MacLeod and Nora Burnett, whose guidance and support helped her pass the first level of Iyengar certification. Sarah has also had the honor of studying with both BKS Iyengar and his daughter.
      The 50 plus class is an active, but gentle approach to Iyengar Yoga, emphasizing correct alignment in the poses (asanas), while developing strength, balance and awareness of breath. Participants work in a variety of traditional standing, seated and floor postures that stretch and invigorate the body while quieting the mind. Students are encouraged to work at their own pace, within the parameters of their own abilities and limitations. Props are readily available when needed to help students work in poses that may be particularly challenging for them.
      Laura Prives is a graduate of the Piedmont Yoga Studio's Advanced Training Program. She began studying yoga with teachers Leigh Evans and Rodney Yee in 1994. Being gifted with a short, muscular physique that's not readily compatible with the demands of yoga, has led her to embrace the use of props and accommodating adjustments. Laura hopes to help others find a yoga practice that works for their particular body and circumstances.
       Dr. Jaysi Chander was born in Chandigarh, India and was raised in Plover, Wisconsin, the town with love in its heart, the home of Plover Potatoes. Jayshree has been practicing yoga in the Iyengar tradition regularly since 1993 and has completed the advanced studies/teacher training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco. She has studied at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune in Feb 1997 and Feb 2008.
      Jaysi is also a practicing physician in the community clinics in San Francisco and Berkeley. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School and completed a residency in family and community medicine at the University of California-San Francisco. She was a fellow in occupational and environmental medicine at UCSF and earned her MPH in environmental health sciences from UC-Berkeley. She is also an assistant clinical professor without salary at UCSF and creates a podcast about prioritizing well-being at www.neijingnow.org
      She is a performing artist of kathak, tabla, and poetry and is a dedicated vipassana` meditator.
      Vincent Valente has been teaching yoga since 1998. He completed a two-year Iyenger teacher training course with senior Iyenger teachers, Eddy Marks and Mary Obendorfer, in San Diego.
      He is also certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and worked for over eight years as a personal trainer.
      He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in Berkeley. Early on, Vincent became fascinated with yoga psychology, which influences both his teachings in yoga class and his psychotherapy practice. He has published research on yoga’s impact on the personal and professional life of the psychotherapist and is currently writing about integrating yoga into traditional psychotherapy. Vincent’s classes reflect the Iyengar tradition and cater to the needs and goals of students at various levels.
      With a lighthearted and compassionate nature, he challenges his students to reach beyond their limits to evolve physically, emotionally and spiritually.
      Katrina took her 1st yoga class in 1985 after a combination of experiencing a back injury and a need to increase her flexibility, over the years she has developed a great passion for the art and science of yoga. In 2003 she enrolled in the Yoga Room’s Advanced Studies program. She is currently the in-house yoga instructor for Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre Programs. She teaches an Iyengar-based class using props to discover the ease and peace that comes with ones body when it is safely aligned and supported.
      Yoga promotes health, balance and prevents disease. B.K.S Iyengar developed the use of props so that everybody type regardless of strength and flexibility can discover the accessibility to yoga. The use of props-blocks, straps and bolsters distinguishes Iyengar yoga from other forms of hatha yoga, so everyone regardless of body type can enjoy the benefits of yoga in proper alignment
After enduring back pain and scoliosis for all of her life, Shauna searched for a way to relieve her pain and found yoga in 1999. She instantly fell in love and has studied Iyengar Yoga since. To share her love for yoga with others, she began teaching in 2001. She continues her studies with Senior Iyengar yoga teachers and focuses on back care and scoliosis. She strives to create a safe and effective environment for learning and growing in your yoga practice. Shauna is also a CMT and practices Swedish and deep tissue massage.