Angela Starks is a health writer, nutrition counselor and yoga teacher. She has worked as 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, New Life, New York Yoga magazine, and on numerous web sites.
Angela has a degree in English, with various electives including Psychology of Language. She received most of her journalistic training during her ten years at the BBC where her positions included researcher and reporter.
After gaining her nutrition qualification from the prestigious Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London (www.ion.ac.uk) she worked as a customer nutrition advisor for Britain's largest healthfood store, Planet Organic. As a nutrition counselor, she works with clients on an individual basis and hosts workshops on various topics, including Nutrition for Yoga and Eating for Energy. She has given lectures at The Culinary Institute of America, the Omega Institute, and for yoga teacher training courses.
Angela also has a certificate in Anatomy and Physiology from the London School of Massage, a certificate of herbal studies from top British herbalist Kitty Campion, and two years of training in Shiatsu body work. She has been practicing and studying various forms of yoga and meditation for twenty years, and has been teaching yoga for ten years. Angela is currently working towards her post-graduate license as a health coach at the National Institute of Whole Health (www.niwh.org).
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Leigha Butler: The first time Leigha took a yoga class, she felt somehow like she had become more herself. That was fifteen years ago. These days, she’s
deeply awed by the spirited movement of Ashtanga and Vinyasa yoga. Her
classes are rhythmic, flowing and promise to challenge each student’s
physical limits.
Leigha encourages her students to modify, adjust or deepen postures in
order to make the practice suit their bodies unique needs.
Her teaching certification was earned under Michael Stein, whose
teacher training emphasizes anatomical alignment, hands-on adjustments
and thoughtful sequencing.
Leigha writes about yoga, happiness and sustainability at Elephant
Journal and elsewhere. Leigha has recently opened her own Yoga studio in
Kingston NY, The Yoga House, with fellow instructor Jacqui Potente.
