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Aimee's classes combine a focus on breath and alignment with a dynamic and rigorous flow to create a Vinyasa style yoga that challenges and heals. It is with great joy and gratitude that Aimee shares the light of yoga with others.
Al came to yoga in 1999. Over 10 years of practice, what started as a way to deal with physical ailments became a way of life. In April 2004, wanting to immerse himself in an uninterrupted practice, Al spent a month in the Sivananda Ashram at Paradise Island and earned his teaching certificate. His experience teaching during that month made him realize his desire to share Yoga. Al sees yoga as a pathway to a strong, flexible body; a content, peaceful mind and a life in balance. He would especially like to introduce yoga to men as an outlet for stress. In his class, Al he emphasizes deep relaxation in the postures and a calm uncluttered focus (Simple Yoga), and often discusses the “Yoga Sutras” during class. Additionally Al has experience teaching students with neurological issues and recently attended a professional training session called “Strategies for Yoga Teachers” sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Teaching since 2006, Amye is currently completing her 500 hour teaching certification in Iyengar Yoga with Theresa Rowland. Amye enjoys teaching prenatal, Mommy and Me, and Iyengar yoga classes. Amye teaches in an accessible way, appropriate for beginners and intermediate practitioners alike, she emphasizes non-competition, listening to your own body and using props to the students fullest advantage. She loves seeing the progress people make even after a few weeks. Anna Winkler, Director Shakti Yoga & living arts
Anna has been practicing Ashtanga Yoga since 1997 and teaching since 2002. She has been taking the extensive Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training Program since 2007, at Studio Yoga in Madison Anna has been teaching in the Maplewood area since 2001, and is the founder and director of Shakti Yoga & living arts (formererly the Yoga Room). Anna's teaching style is both challenging and nurturing, with a focus on relaxed precision and graceful alignment. Her classes will leave you feeling tranquil, yet energized.
In addition to a continued yoga and dance practice for over twenty years, she is currently pursuing certification in Hanna Somatic Education at the Somatics Systems Institute in Northampton, MA. Carrie hopes to help people realize their own potential as intelligent, aware human beings, and encourage excitement and personal responsibility for their own health and lives. For more information, check out
www.daysomatics.com.
David also spent six years teaching a Sivananda style beginners yoga class for the Caldwell Adult School. He has been practicing yoga since 1993, and was a full time resident of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in NYC in 1995.
Elizabeth started practicing yoga in college, but rededicated herself to her practice when she was pregnant with her first child. An experienced classroom teacher of English, creative writing and music, Elizabeth’s style is nurturing and fun, making yoga accessible to all. She is a graduate of the Shakti Body Yoga Teacher Training Program and completed her prenatal certification with Kelli DeFlora of MotherBirth Yoga, in Montclair. Elizabeth lives in Maplewood with her husband and two daughters.
Joni offers fun sequences, has a keen eye and amazing hands on assists to take you to the next level in your practice, from beginners to advanced yoga practitioners. She is ready to offer her expertise at Shakti, with sensitive and awesome teaching during weekly classes and workshops like Dreams and Self-Massage, in addition to special yoga topics. Joni’s Mission is to empower and inspire you to Trust your Inner Wisdom, to find the way home to your Self; to discover and fully express your Life Purpose so you can live in Abundance with Joy, Fulfillment, Generosity, and great Spiritual Adventures. Read more about Joni!
Lori has flirted with yoga on and off for the past 17 years while competing in running and triathlons. Immediately after retiring from 20 years as an elementary school teacher, she decided it was time to hunker down and take her practice more seriously. Lori has taken weekend studies at Kripalu with Kofi Busia and Schyler Grant as well as a variety of other one-day workshops. She recently completed her 200-hour YTT at Shakti Body under the tutelage of Deb Kurilla and Anna Winkler. A dedicated Ashtangi, Lori enjoys a vigorous vinyasa class as well as a calming restorative. She enjoys challenging her students to go beyond what their minds believe impossible, keeping it light and playful at the same time. Lori feels honored to be able to help others grow in their life practice, on and off the mat. Lori is extremely excited to have been certified in July 2010 with Karma Kids to teach yoga to young people!
Martha helps her clients learn to eliminate patterns of chronic pain and muscular dysfunction, such as scoliosis, TMJ, back, neck and shoulder pain, sciatica and fibromyalgia. As a former professional dancer and dance educator, Martha's knowledge of the body, posture and body mechanics enhances her work as a teacher of Hanna Somatics. Martha works to facilitate this by teaching her clients to develop a more accurate sense of their own bodies and by helping them to recondition their muscle control. She believes that healthy body mechanics and awareness of one's movement is key to maintaining flexibility and freedom from pain.
Rebecca first came to yoga in 2005 and soon began practicing regularly under Sofi Dillof, an advanced Jivamukti instructor in Burlington, Vermont. She had finally learned how to breathe. With this knowledge came the realization that she wanted to help others heal, so she moved to California and enrolled in a Chinese medicine program, studying acupuncture, herbology, energy channels, and nutrition. In October 2009, she took time away from her studies and traveled to India to learn to teach yoga. After graduating from the Sivananda yoga teacher-training program, she returned to New Jersey and is now incorporating all that she learned through her varied experiences into a unique style of teaching that leaves students feeling grounded, joyful, and at ease. Cultivating strong roots, clear boundaries, and an open heart is Rebecca’s own aspiration and one that she seeks to nurture in others.
As his interest in yoga and his practice deepened, Tom found himself seeking to share yoga with friends and family. In January 2006, Tom attended the Sivananda Teacher Training Course in Garopaba, Brazil and obtained his teaching certificate. Through teaching yoga to beginners, emphasizing proper breathing and relaxation along with physical exercise, Tom hopes to share with others the benefits that he has enjoyed.
Trish is a teacher of Kundalini Yoga, the yoga of awareness. Trish’s husband David first found Kundalini and introduced it to an unwilling Trish, but after that first class she was hooked on the freedom and inner peace it gave her. Trish trained as a teacher in New York at Kundalini Yoga East and considers the training to be one of the most profound experiences of her life. It was a journey of self discovery and self mastery. As an RN, Trish is greatly interested in health and wellness and the effects of Kundalini Yoga on the physical body, the mind and the soul body/spirit. In Kundalini Yoga the most important thing is experience. Joanie Schhwarz Photography |
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In 1999, Amye moved to New Jersey from New York City and found Studio Yoga in Madison. Always on the go, she began practicing Iyengar yoga, got married and had two beautiful children, then decided teaching was something she very much desired. 
Anna has been practicing and teaching yoga since 1989. She is certified through the 
Deb has been teaching meditation since 1993 and yoga since 1999. She is a licensed Anusara Inspired Teacher. 
Erica Schwarz Furman was first introduced to yoga at Sarah Lawrence College while studying Studio Arts and Art History. Yoga resurfaced in her life at a local gym after the birth of her second child and she has been practicing ever since. 
Ires is certified to teach hatha, prenatal and yoga for labor and delivery. She received her certifications from 
Tom started his yoga practice after suffering a back injury skiing in 2002. Within months, he began to receive not only the physical benefits of yoga practice, but the mental and spiritual benefits as well. An avid cyclist, skier and physical training enthusiast, Tom is particularly drawn to yoga because of how different it is from ordinary athletics and physical culture.