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Instructor Bios
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Michael Stein is the Director of Ashtanga
Yoga of New Paltz. He has been practicing Hatha yoga for over
twenty years and has been teaching it for fifteen years. Michael's
father, who taught yoga in New York City, first introduced him
to the study of yoga at the Sivananda ashrams in the Bahamas
and upstate New York.
Through the years Michael has studied a wide range of disciplines
including Ashtanga, Iyengar, Kundalini, Sivananda, and Vinyasa
Yoga. In 1994 he completed his teacher's certification at "Yoga
Plus" in southern Crete. Since then he has taught at Ignite
Fitness in New Paltz, All-Sport of Highland, and has taught
numerous private students.
Michael has led seven Yoga Teacher Training programs and various
workshops that stress the relationship between Anatomy and Movement.
He is co-creator of yogaintheraw.com
and writes a bi-monthly column called Yoga Therapeutics
for New York Yoga Magazine: nyyogamagazine.com
Michael's interest in environmental issues has led him to organize
ongoing talks on Eating
for the Environment in the upstate NY area. If
you are interested in hosting one of these lecture / discussions
please contact Michael via email or phone (845.430.7402) to
set a date.
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Doctor
David Ness is a local chiropractor from
New Paltz who specializes in sports injury and physical fitness.
He recommends a regular yoga practice to many of his patients
with injuries, chronic pain, and weakness or flexibility issues.
David believes greatly that anyone who can develop a regular
yoga practice will become better connected to their body and
mind as a result. This over time will relieve stress, tension,
and pain, while improving range of motion, balance and strength
throughout the body or in injured areas.
David draws from his own Ashtanga yoga practice,
and Vinyasa styles in his classes, as well as his knowledge of
the spine and sports injuries to create classes that strengthen
the spine and joints restore the body's core strength, while relieving
tension and stress.
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Angela Starks is a health writer, nutritionist and yoga
teacher. She is a consulting editor for Satya magazine (www.satyamag.com)
and a columnist with New York Spirit magazine (www.nyspirit.com).
Her work has also appeared in Ascent, Chronogram
and on numerous web sites.
As a nutritionist, she counsels clients on an individual basis
and hosts workshops on various topics, including Nutrition for
Yoga and Eating for Energy.
Angela also has a certificate in Anatomy and Physiology from the
London School of Massage, and completed two years of training
in Shiatsu. She has been practicing and studying various forms
of yoga and meditation for twelve years, and has been teaching
for five years. She is co-creator of yogaintheraw.com
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Sherry Tankersley is studying transpersonal
psychology, including the therapeutic applications for and effects
of yoga and meditation. She is a member of the International Association
of Yoga Therapists.
Yoga provides far-reaching benefits—physical
strength and suppleness; attention training for the mind; and
a powerful means to challenge deeply held beliefs about our limitations.
She believes the body, mind, and soul are one. When the body is
balanced and clear, the mind is balanced and clear.
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Corrine Maheshwari Cohen is a certified
Sivananda Yoga teacher. She teaches at Ashtanga of New Paltz and
the Sivananda Ashram in Woodbourne, N.Y. Her classes blend the
Sivananda tradition with the influence of other styles of Yoga
such as Jivamukti and Vinyasa. A native of France, she worked
at the United Nations in New York for 12 years.
In the field of Public Information, she developed an experience
in dealing with people from around the world.
She is committed to the belief of Yoga as a universal spiritual
practice which connects all beings.
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Amy Laber is a singer-songwriter,
early childhood music specialist and yoga teacher. She has been
practicing yoga since 1996. Since her introduction to Ashtanga
Yoga in 2001, yoga has become a passion in her life. She believes
the practices of yoga, meditation and creative expression can
help us to connect more deeply to the Divine within and to the
world around us, opening our hearts to peace and healing.
Amy completed her yoga teacher training certification under the
instruction of Michael Stein in 2006. Since then she has been
teaching regularly at Ignite Fitness in New Paltz and Pure Symmetry
Fitness in Pine Bush. With Ashtanga Yoga as a foundation, Amy
incorporates the influences of many other yoga styles into her
class sequences. She is looking forward to expanding her yoga
teaching experiences to include working with seniors and with
children in the very near future.
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