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Laurie
Greene, PhD, E-RYT, YBR - (director). A PhD in
anthropology, Laurie has practiced yoga since age 15, having grown
up in a "yoga family". Since then, yoga has become her
healthy addiction. Always an enthusiastic student, Laurie
combines her training in a variety of classical "hatha"
traditions, bringing insights and techniques from all
these to her eclectic teaching and practice. Training
extensively in the Iyengar tradition, emphasis is on safety,
technique and proper alignment so that students will get the
greatest benefits from their practice, and easily experience the
joy that yoga affords every fitness level.
Laurie is also certified in Vinyasa flow and is registered with
the Yoga Alliance as an "experienced teacher" and
trainer. Her continuing exploration of classical and
newer interpretations of Astanga Vinyasa have led her to study
with many amazing teachers; and to all of them she is forever
grateful. The studio has become a place where many of these and
new teachers gather and continue to inspire. Having
completed her 500 hour certification with the wonderful Edward
Clark & Elizabeth Connelly, Laurie's passion lies in blending
many styles into a practice that is instructive, creative and fun.
By all accounts, Laurie is is married to the greatest man that
has ever graced this earth (Joe), and they are the proud parents
of three "grown" children (XOXO).
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Andrea Sacchetti RYT, CYT
has been a student of yoga and holistic studies for many years.
She received her certification in yoga instruction in 2004 and
has been a certified feng shui practitioner since 2001. She
enjoys studying with many different teachers and is open to all
styles of yoga. Andrea loves sharing her passion for yoga with
people of all ages and levels. She blends her knowledge of
holistic studies into her yoga classes which include pranayama
(breathing techniques), asanas (postures) and relaxation. Andrea
practices yoga on and off the mat and encourages her students to
do the same. Andrea is available for Feng Shui consultation.
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Steve Whitford, RYT - A
naturalist (not naturist!) and environmental planner, Steve takes a break from
his life in the woods and swamps of New Jersey to teach a hip
and energetic class. Steve blends contemporary and traditional
music with flowing vinyasa sequences in the eclectic Yoga Happy
Hour. Steve completed the Yoga Nine 200 hour Teacher Training
and is a great admirer of many yoga traditions. Steve is know
for incorporating funky grooves into his class "score"
and his "Steve Mixes" are much sought after by local
teachers.
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Andee Wimberg, RYT
- A certified Pilates instructor,
Registered Yoga Instructor, Massage Therapist and Reiki Master;
Andee combines a variety of perspectives in her warm and light
hearted teaching.
She has studied with many master teachers from all over the world. Her rich training background includes Pilates training at the Physical Mind Institute in Washington, D.C., certification as a Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance with Laurie Greene at Yoga Nine, and Reiki training with Masters from the Usui Master Lineage. She has been a massage therapist for over 12 years and has studied with some of the finest bodywork teachers in the States. Andee continues to dedicate herself to the yogic discipline and to the pursuit of spiritual and physical
wellness for herself and her clients. Her massage therapy and Reiki practices are geared toward releasing the body from physical and energetic limitations so that her clients may enjoy life more fully. The sacred bonds that exist between Andee and her clients continue to enrich her life beyond measure.
Andee is also available at the studio for Bodywork, Reiki and
Private Pilates Mat classes. http://www.andeewimberg.com
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Lori Palumbo, RYT -
Lori took her first yoga class a few years ago just to try
something new. She was immediately hooked! Ever since, yoga has
continued to inspire all aspects of Lori's life. Yoga has
encouraged Lori to uphold a healthy lifestyle and savor life's
joys. Lori has recently completed her training at Yoga Nine and
hopes she can help her students experience joy and serenity
through yoga. As a full time educator, Lori is aware of the
positive impact yoga can have on people of all ages.
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Sharon Garland, RYT
- Sharon began her yoga journey nine years ago. Practicing with
various teachers until she met Laurie Greene. Recognizing a rare
opportunity to deepen her practice with an exceptional yoga
teacher, she began to study with Laurie at Yoga Nine. Joining
Yoga Nine's first Yoga Teacher Training class she studied with
Edward Clark, Simon Park, Laura Allard, Doug Swenson, David
Romanelli, Brian Kest, Elizabeth Connolly, Niika Quistgard and
Suzanne Webber to name a few. Her down to earth humor, logical
explanations and warmth make her gentle classes fun and
informative. Recently certified by NARHA as a therapeutic
horseback riding instructor, she is incorporating yoga in programs at
the Atlantic Riding Center for the Handicapped/Healing. This is her
passion. Sharon also loves to help students discover their own
practices with caring instruction and attention to individual
abilities.
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Luisa Cilurrzo, RYT
- Luisa took her first Yoga class few years ago and
knew that her life was going to change. Her professional path
leads her to the worlds of Quality Assurance but her heart and
spirit drew her to Yoga. The practice of Yoga was at first a
starting point for self discovery during a hardship of life
transformation. Yoga helped her bring clarity to her life and
inspired her to self growth. Luisa wanted to learn more about
Yoga and how to help people find serenity and bring balance to
their life. She focuses on melting technique with a rhythmical
flow. Her focus is to empower students by building their
confidence in the approach of the asanas and to practice with
passion and enthusiasm by creating a serene and warm
environment. Luisa studied with Laurie Greene to obtain her 200
hour Yoga Certification and continues to practice with Laurie
and also studies Iyengar Yoga with Michele Franey in her life
long journey of self discovery.
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Jen Kretzer, E-RYT, CYT
- Jennifer is a certified Sivananda and
Children's yoga instructor. She has practiced with many yogis
around the world in order for her to broaden her yoga skills and
techniques. Jennifer's adult and children's classes begin with a
relaxing warm up, followed by breathing exercises, then move
into more heat-building asanas. Class ends with visualization
exercises and relaxation poses. Breath awareness and pranayama
are major components of her classes. She utilizes her experience
in various yoga styles to create a welcoming class for everyone.
Jennifer believes that teaching is a gift that allows an
exchange of energy between people. If you want strength,
courage, balance, joy and if you need to reduce stress, Jen
believes yoga is for you. Jennifer is a living example of what
she teaches.Jenn is currently completing her 500 hour teacher
training at Yoga Nine.
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Naida Burgess, M.Ed., CYT, RYT - Naida is a certified yoga instructor and mother of
three. Studying at the Living Yoga School in Austin, Naida
approaches yoga in a practical, easygoing, nurturing and
fun-loving manner. She shares her down to earth wisdom and her
love of life while finding joy and gratitude in serving others.
Naida's gentle and restorative classes are a great way for new
yogis to begin a yoga practice and for everyone to experience
relaxation & rejuvenation. Naida is currently undergoing
advanced teacher training (500 hours) at Yoga Nine.
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Laura Goellner, RYT
- Laura began practicing yoga in 2003 as a way
to stay in shape at college, but was pleasantly surprised to
find that yoga had so much more to offer. Since then yoga has
become a source of balance for the rest of her life. Laura
completed her teacher training at yoga nine and works to convey
the therapeutic effects yoga has to offer students of every age
and fitness levels. She would like everyone to know that you
don't have to bend like a pretzel to do yoga! Laura is currently
working toward her master's degree in occupational therapy and
plans on incorporating yoga into her career to create a holistic
approach to rehabilitation. In the future Laura hopes to earn a
specialized certification in therapeutic yoga.
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Betsy Platanella, RYT, CYT
Betsy has practiced yoga for many years and
became a certified Kripalu yoga teacher in 2004. She is a member
of the Kripalu Yoga Teacher's Association and continues her
studies in the yogic traditions. Betsy has worked as a licensed
physical therapist assistant for over 20 years and as a
certified massage therapist for 10 years with specific training
and concentration in myofascial release, neuromuscular therapy
and other forms of therapeutic bodywork
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Sharon Fruchtamn-Laffey, CYT (Yoga
Instructor) - Sharon began her interest
in fitness with her early training in classical ballet. Linking
physical strength with movement naturally lead to Ashtanga Yoga
practice. Sharon studied intensively with Beryl Bender Birch and
Tom Birch in Culebre, Puerto Rico, and also Teacher training
seminars in the North east Philadelphia area. Sharon began
teaching on the beach in Cape May in 1997. Since, she has taught
various levels of Ashtanga Yoga, Kids Yoga, and Yoga for seniors
and people with restrictions and disabilities. Sharon
Fruchtman-Laffey lives in Cape May with her husband Tom Laffey
and their 3 daughters. http://www.yogaatthebeach.net
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Barbara Wunder, RYT
- Dancer and Yogi, Barb combines form and movement
in her smooth flowing vinyasa classes. Barb completed her
training at Yoga Nine, and runs a dance school and new yoga
studio in Mays Landing New Jersey. Mays Landing Dance Works.
Barb's teaching is inspired by her training in classical ballet
and modern forms. She
is pictured here with the chocolate loving family, yogis all.
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Curt Wunder, RYT
- Long-time student of yoga, triathlete and business
owner, Curt combines his tenacity and curiosity in his rendition
of the hip and heavy Yoga Happy Hour. Curt challenges his
classes with a whole lot of Yang and a strong emphasis on
breathwork. All our power and balance, comes from our breath. Curt and his wife Barb
completed their teacher training at Yoga Nine.
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Diane
Leiner,
RYT- Diane found yoga late in her forties and was immediately attracted to it.
Forever wanting but unable to meditate by "emptying the mind," she finds the
meditation in movement and breathing of yoga accessible. Tending to be a
loner in physical fitness she finds, for the first time, the class format
preferable and often necessary for motivation and instruction. Diane has a
home in Cape May Court House, is the mom at the beach to four grown children
and works as a legal secretary. As a yoga teacher, Diane enjoys encouraging
others who have come to yoga later in life seeking to improve all aspects of
their health -- a reminder that it is never too late to start and keep that
motivation going. Diane has completed her teacher training with Laurie
Greene of Yoga Nine, a true inspiration, with significant mentoring from
Sharon Fruchtman-Laffey.
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Emari DiGiorgio,
MFA, RYT Legend has it, Emari's long hair must remain un-cut until she removes the ancient curse placed on her bloodline, and the spell has something to do with aligning her hips in Virabhadrasana I. When she's not sunning herself at the shore or studying yoga with Laurie Greene, she is an Assistant Professor of Writing at Richard Stockton College and a New Jersey State Council on the Arts Poet-in-the-Schools. She is a graduate of New York University's MFA program in poetry and a recipient of a 2007 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Poetry Fellowship. She also teaches a monthly creative writing workshop at the South Jersey chapter of Gilda's Club. Whether she's teaching metaphor or
Tadasana, she hopes to create a positive and engaging learning environment, where one emerges with greater understanding and skill, a renewed sense of self, and the confidence to take risks.
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Rebecca Davis, RYT
- Rebecca channeled her passion for exploring movement at an early age through her training in classical ballet and modern dance. This exploration of movement lead her to the study of yoga. Rebecca completed the Yoga Nine 200 hour teacher training with Laurie Greene, and is excited to share her experience with others. When Rebecca isn't teaching yoga she teaches Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, and United States History. Her favorite pastimes are traveling to study cultural practices, contemplating awareness with her mother during their shared yoga practice, and trekking national parks.
Rebecca is currently completing her 500 hour (Advanced Yoga
Teacher) certification at Yoga Nine; working closely with Laurie
Greene & Edward Clark.
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Chuck Parisi-
Six years ago yoga found Chuck Parisi,
A stressed out restaurant chef with sciatic nerve pain from too
much work. Over the course of those six years yoga has lead Chef
Chuck to a much happier place. Instead of restaurant work, Chuck
now works as a private chef specializing in healthy innovative
cuisine. A life without working restaurant hours gave Chuck the
time to pursue a certification in personal training. Training
clients out of the Ocean Club in Manahawkin, Chuck is able to
teach people not only how to exercise their way towards their
health and fitness goals, but also how to eat healthy satisfying
foods. Chuck's dedication to his own yoga practice lead him to
begin teaching "Power Yoga" classes at the gym, where
he explains to students that the power is not just in your body,
but mostly in your mind. A firm believer that exercise should
feel good, Chuck's classes are intense, and challenging, while
also energizing and empowering. Hoping to dispel the American
myth that yoga is only for contortionists, Chuck's teaching
focuses on strength, endurance, balance, agility, flexibility,
and staying calm and cool, (even in the sweatiest situations!)
Chuck travels to study with many skilled teachers in the area,
and is currently completing teacher training with Laurie Greene
and Edward Clark at Yoga Nine.
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Tonya Dinofrio, RYT
- Tonya has been a fitness enthusiast for the past 23 years. Many years of competitive cycling, combined with a few mountain biking accidents, left her with chronic low back pain. Trying conventional treatments with no relief, she eventually found that daily yoga and pranayama practice offered the best release. The stability and strength gained through yoga practice have transcended all other areas of her life, including cycling. She's thankful that her husband and 3 children encourage and support her love of yoga and are becoming interested in the practice themselves. As a devoted Christian, Tonya believes that yoga is for everyone and that we each take from the practice what is needed to enrich our lives mentally, physically, and spiritually at that moment.
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Karyn Chin RYT
- Karyn was introduced to yoga in 1998 in a high school gym
class. Although she didn't integrate a yoga practice into her life
immediately at that time, she was intrigued by the breathing techniques for
relaxation and used them regularly to relieve stress during both high school
and college. In 2004 Karyn was reintroduced to yoga by a close friend. She
immediately felt a connection to the peacefulness and also the power of a
yoga practice. Inspired by yoga, she made an adventurous move to
Philadelphia. During her stay in Philly she studied Power Vinyasa Yoga under
Bill Raup and completed a 200 hour yoga instructor course. Anyone who
says "yoga's not for me" or especially "I'm not flexible enough" are Karyn's
favorite students. Karyn is interested in sharing her passion for yoga by
making it fun, accessible, and challenging for people of all levels, ages,
and abilities.
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Robin Cohen-Feehan, CMT, ATMAM -
A Certified Massage Therapist and a Bachelors Degree in Sociology
& Anthropology; Robin has worked as Social Worker in the community for several years. Understanding the connection between the brain and the body is core to her practice. Robin specializes in Connective Tissue Massage or Myofascial Bodywork, Structural Integration, Deep Tissue and Pre-Natal Massage and is an ATMAM (Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Massage) Practicioner. She is also an Infant Massage Instructor for Parents and Caregivers.
She has worked in the alternative and complementary health field since 1990. When working with Robin, you receive the benefits of her experience and training in Massage Therapy, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Lifestyle counseling, Nutritional and Dietary Information and Natural Childbirth and Childrearing.
Robin’s quest to provide a healthy, joyful life for her children and family has broadened into providing care for all.
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Sarah Donnelly, RYT
- With a B.S in Business and Fashion Merchandising, Sarah came to Yoga to quiet her mind and search her heart for something more meaningful and fulfilling. She always knew she wanted to teach, inspire, or help people, but
wasn't sure at what capacity until her very first yoga class. She was inspired by amazing teachers to give back the gift that they have given to her. She has since completed her 200 hour training in Hatha Style yoga and is very passionate about teaching as well as continuing to be a dedicated student. Sarah teaches a slow gentle, compassionate chair yoga and a challenging vinyassa class. She is committed to making her classes fun and accessible to all levels of students. Her lighthearted style reminds her students not to take themselves too seriously, and to be patient and kind to themselves. She is dedicated to help her students achieve their goals whether they are to improve flexibility, strength, coordination, concentration, body awareness or a general sense of well-being.
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