Instructor Bios

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 the Soho Training Center in NYC, Ignite Fitness in New Paltz, All-Sport of Highland, and has taught numerous private students.

Michael has led five Yoga Teacher Training programs and various workshops that stress the relationship between Anatomy and Movement. He is co-creator of yogaintheraw.com and writer for New York Yoga Magazine: nyyogamagazine.com

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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.

 

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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