Rhonda Austin, Pilates Instructor, Rhonda Austin holds her Master of Fine Arts degree in dance from Temple University. She was certified in the Pilates Method® through The Physical Mind Institute in New York in 1999. She has taught dance and Pilates at Richland Academy, OSU-Mansfield, Otterbein College, BalletMet Columbus, Northpointe Dance Academy, The Elizabeth Blackwell Center at Riverside Hospital and The Riverview Center for Orthopedic Rehabilitation.

pilateswithrhonda at yahoo.com // 614.203.3946

Sonia Buhrer-Bowen, Yoga Instructor,

apg2158 at gmail.com // 614.901.9052

Joanie Calem, Musician, singer/song-writer and teacher, Joanie has happily been teaching music, both privately and to groups, and performing in family programs, since 1983.
She began her work as a piano teacher, after studying both conventional piano pedagogy methods and the Suzuki system. She soon realized that children's natural response to music was through their bodies, and asking them to sit still is suppressing a natural instinct.
She went back to school to study pre-school music and movement-based learning systems, focusing on the Dalcroze and Orff methods. Both of these methods encourage children to move and create and explore their own body rhythms while they are learning music. Her general approach is "child-led", i.e., creating programs drawn from children's natural interests and developmental stages.
She lived overseas for 22 years, and moved to Columbus with her family in 1998. She continues to teach piano privately, and is a known children's performer around the Columbus area, providing family music programs and teaching movement-based music appreciation programs at a number of locations.

jcalem at columbus.rr.com // 614.208.6731

Lori Candon, RYT, Yoga Instructor & Grief Recovery Specialist, Lori’s purpose in facilitating yoga classes is to support inner potential of all students. Her approach to teaching incorporates different styles of yoga and offers a safe and supportive playground where students can experience and connect to their own inner essence. Utilizing breath, asanas and meditation, classes model a non-judgmental environment where individuals can release old patterns, allow energy to flow and open up to new possibilities. Her philosophy is to have a conscious approach to negotiating different options that aid in the balance, well being and overall health of mind/ body and spirit.
Lori began practicing yoga 5 years ago and this journey has taken her to deepening her understanding through classes and workshops and, most recently, graduating from ShivaShakti Synthesis, a Yoga Alliance approved 200-hour yoga teacher training.
Lori also facilitates Grief Recovery Groups. This is another way she fulfills her commitment to supporting the inner potential of each being.
Those groups will be beginning in September.

lcandon5347 at wowway.com // 614-263-4459

Jodi Cannon, RYT, Yoga Instructor,

jodi.cannon at gmail.com // 614-595-5554

Sarah Case, Musician,

Shannon Clark, Yoga Instructor, Shannon's primary interest is studying and practicing alternative modalities with the intention of healing the community and planet as well as assisting others to see the truth of who they are. After receiving her Integrative Yoga Therapy certification under the instruction of Janice George in 2005,
Shannon now works as a facilitator in the 200-hour training course, bringing with her the knowledge of energy work, the chakra system, and crystal therapy. Shannon is also a Reiki Master Teacher and Interfaith Minister.

Since she was a child, Shannon has been working with energy, developing her awareness and sensitivity to better understand its power. Using her intuition to channel healing energy to others, she is committed to breaking down the barriers between spiritual, mental, emotional and physical health and wellness.

info at mysticalmethods.com // 740.407.7785

Ananda Columbus Jack Byrom and Doug Smith (often joined by Geoff Quinn from Cincinnati) lead the Sunday service. Jack and Doug have both been meditating and practicing yoga for years. In 2003, Jack and Doug both were initiated into the sacred art and science of Kriya yoga (through the direct line of yoga initiation going back to Lahiri Mahashaya of 19th-century India) by Jaya Helin, a direct student of Swami Kriyananda. Jack has also spent several weeks in residence at Ananda yoga centers in California and Rhode Island. Geoff Quinn of Cincinnati is a long-time meditator and Kriya yogi and resided at Ananda Village in California for years. We find these yoga teachings to be practical, scientific, and inspiring. This path draws from the abundant ancient wisdom of India (the sanatam dharma) and utilizes the science of raja yoga.

614.784.1780

Paul Fogarty, Yoga Instructor, Originally from Manhattan, Paul Fogarty was brought up in East Hampton, New York. Paul lives in Columbus and is a full- time student. Paul is certified in level I Integrated Yoga Therapy and attends Level II Shiva/ Shakti Synthesis(Both level I/II are led by Janice George).
Paul has practiced Yoga his entire life without really knowing it.
“Studying with the many teachers of life on and off the mat continues to be a non-Judgmental way for me to explore my “stuff”. At the same time, bringing a sense of well-being and playfulness to others through Yoga is something I cherish and I am excited to have the opportunity to do.”

paul at yogashiva.com //

Janice George, Yoga Instructor, Since 1988 Janice George has been committed to bringing yoga to the people. Janice is one of the founders of the Center for Wholeness and she currently is director of the Wellness Project with YWCA. She has completed training at Kripalu and with Integrative Yoga Therapy in the Professional Yoga Therapists program. She has also studied other schools of hatha yoga and other branches of yoga.
As a psychotherapist, Janice emphasizes a mind/body/spirit approach to yoga. In hatha yoga there is a concept called the Koshas, the five sheaths or layers of our being ö the physical body, energy body, emotional body, wisdom body and spirit body ö and this belief system has helped to guide her choice of schooling and approach to teaching.
"Yoga can offer a safe place to explore our "stuff" in a non-judgmental way and to play with ways of interacting that are more in-line with our true selves.
I believe that whenever we take the time to explore and heal ourselves we are also healing all beings and this sacred earth."
She offers weekly classes, including a specialty class for women only, and, through Integrative Yoga Therapy, a Yoga Alliance approved yoga teacher training.

kevjan1 at wowway.com // 614.262.6634

Susan Gyuro, RYT, Yoga Instructor,

sgyuro at yahoo.com // 614-571-7210

Harbhajan Kaur, Yoga Instructor, Harbhajan Kaur, AKYTA and Yoga Kingdom certified yoga teacher has been teaching hatha and vinyasa yoga for seven years and is dedicated to safely encouraging students to expand their abilities.

tirzahmama at yahoo.com // 614.557.4477

Melissa Lowe, Pilates Instructor, Melissa Lowe has just completed the Stott Pilates instructor-training program in Chicago and she anticipates a Stott Pilates certification by the end of 2007. Melissa has been certified in Pilates since 2000 through (AFAA) Aerobic and Fitness Association of America and holds a group fitness certification through (ACE) The American Council on Exercise. She has been a nurse for 25 years with a Bachelor's Degree from OSU.

Melissa enjoys encouraging and inspiring the world about fitness and promotes people to live healthy on all levels including physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

Melissa was drawn to the Pilates workout after noticeable core muscle strength, increased flexibility, elongated muscles, total body conditioning effect, and improved self-awareness. She is planning to learn more about the apparatus and equipment used in Pilates.

Melsfitness at yahoo.com // 205-0955

Leigh Mamlin, Musician, Leigh is a registered Music Together instructor and has been teaching Music Together classes for more than two years. She is the mother of two young children, and a veteran parent of Music Together. She has played guitar most of her life--the pinnacle of ther study was as a student of Aaron Shearer at the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA). While at NCSA, Leigh helped to edit Shearer's latest series of technique books, Learning the Classic Guitar. She has taught private guitar lessons for nearly 20 years. Leigh holds two masters degrees: one in arts administration and the other in education.

musictogethercolumbus at yahoo.com // 614.795.6635

Racquel Miller Graham, Yoga Instructor, A yoga student since 1975, Racquel Miller Graham has been teaching for over twenty years, as a movement therapist and yoga instructor. She is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor, studying regularly with the Iyengars in India, with a B.S. in Physical Education and Dance and an M.S. in Sport Psychology.
Developed over the past fifty years, by Sri B.K.S. Iyengar, this method of yoga emphasizes precision of alignment in the poses to nurture muscular and postural balance. Particularly unique to the Iyengar method is the use of props (walls, blocks, chairs, etc.) and individualized adjustments to facilitate healthy alignment and movement in postures.
Iyengar yoga is spiritual practice in physical form, and the absolute attention to precision and alignment give great depth, taking practitioner from the physical body to deeper levels of being. Alignment or “right action” learned in the body expands to alignment of “right action” in how we live (through practice of the yamas and niyamas) and finally alignment with our true nature. The yoga practice is truly transformative, aligning the student with inner divinity.

rgraha4 at columbus.rr.com // 614.268.2925

Kami Lynn Niehoff, Yoga Instructor, Kami has been practicing yoga for ten years. Six years ago, Kami found her passion when she stepped into the public schools to work with preschool children with orthopedic challenges. Her love of yoga and passion for helping people of all ages led her to obtain her Yoga For The Special Child TM and Integral Hatha Yoga Certifications studying with Sonia Sumar of Integral Yoga.

kami.niehoff at gmail.com // 614.209.9913

Suzanne Roberts, R.P.P., Using work based on an energy system designed to support health and well-being through inner awakening, Suzanne Roberts has a private practice in Grandview, Ohio. Beginning with Polarity Therapy studies in 1974, Suzanne began teaching Polarity n 1977. She has additional training in the Gestalt and Craniosacral Techniques, massage, aromatherapy, herbs, creative movement, dance, and Bach flowers. As a trained monitrice, Suzanne provides pre and postnatal care as well as birth support for families.
Upcoming courses at the Center for Wholeness include a Polarity Training Course in the late fall of 2001 and a second Journeying with Pregnancy Training Program in the spring of 2002.

Craige Roberts, Yoga Instructor, Craige Roberts has studied yoga and meditation in several traditions since 1970; over the past fifteen years she has focused on the approach to hatha yoga of B.K.S. Iyengar and his students. She studies with Donald Moyer and Mary Lou Weprin at the Yoga Room in Berkeley, California, where she completed the Advanced Studies Program in 2001. Craige has taught classes in beginning and intermediate asana, restorative yoga and yoga philosophy in the Columbus area since 1994.

craigeroberts at sbcglobal.net // 614.261.8531

Kathryn H. Teixeira, RYT, Yoga Instructor, Kathryn H. Teixeira (teh-sheera) is a certified RYT instructor and student of Janice George and IYT (Integrative Yoga Therapy.)

kathrynsings at yahoo.com // 614.261.9885