Sheetal Contractor is a certified yoga teacher, a certified massage therapist and author of “Anyone Can Do YOGA!  (….So What’s Stopping You?).” Sheetal has been practicing yoga for over 20 years, has been training over 10 years, and has been teaching yoga for over 8 years.

  After being a business professional for 15 years, in the summer of 2006, she took a leap of faith, resigned from the corporate world and decided to pursue her passions – providing therapeutic massage and teaching the fundamentals of yoga.

Sheetal's website is www.anyonecandoyoga.com.

Deanna Doyle (Littlewings Yoga) A former teacher and librarian, Deanna has been doing yoga for more than ten years. She recently completed her 200 hour certification at the Yoga Loft and is also a certified Child Light Yoga Instructor. In addition, she has training in yoga therapy for special needs children. Although her favorite yoga is kundalini, she enjoys a variety of styles. She enjoys the creativity of working with children and combining stories with yoga. In 2009, she co-founded Littlewings Yoga for Children and Teens. A collector of quotes, her favorite is, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Ghandi.

Find out more about Little Wings here.

 

Sondra Kessel-Endres is from Munich, Germany and moved to the United States ten years ago.  Here she started studying and practicing yoga originally to help her build the strength and posture to promote a better back alignment.  Once she started, she says in her own words: "I couldn't stop but enjoying the meditative quality of the movement. It reminds me of the experiences I had when I hiked in the Alps."

Being curious and enjoying yoga as a source of infinite inspiration she continues her studies with Naime Jezzeny and Sue Elkind, both senior certified Anusara teachers.

"My intention for each class is to cherish, share, and improve the moment we practice yoga together and create an ever so subtle shift in body and mind, which enables us to take the Yoga off the mat and into our daily practice of life.

 

Kristen Nelson- Kristin's love for fitness started the first day she stepped in the gym almost 20 years ago.  Now a mom with 3 children, she is always exploring new and fun ways to to stay in shape and have fun with your whole self- body, mind, and spirit. She started taking Yoga classes in 2000 and was immediately hooked.  She found out within her first year of practice that she was pregnant with her first child and continued to practice through pregnancy. Seeing the difference that Yoga had made in her life, she made the decision to become an instructor and received a Hatha Yoga Certification in 2001 from Yoga on Main in Philadelphia with David Newman.  She continued to explore the different types of movement that Yoga has to offer and was drawn to many of the Yoga movement classes.  In addition to being a certified Hatha Yoga Instructor, Kristin has taken various teacher training workshops, including Prenatal Yoga and Meditation. She is also a Yogarhythmics® Instructor, a Yoga Trance Dance® Instructor, and a YogaKids® Associate. Kristin has also recently  become a licensed Zumba® Instructor and enjoys the fun, energetic environment that Zumba® has to offer.  She is a firm believer in creating a safe, non- judgmental space where you can comfortably move, explore, and play.  She has taught in studios in the Lehigh Valley as well as Bucks County.

 

Meryl Schneider is a certified yoga instructor for 5 years. She has been practicing yoga for 8 years and teaching for 5. Meryl blends Ashtanga yoga with Classic yoga. Meryl focuses on strength,balance and flexability. She also brings a spiritual aspect to the practice through breath and meditation. The classes are for those who have had some yoga experience, and also for some beginners. Meryl is working on certification in Hot yoga.

Hilary Smith, BA, RN, has been studying Tai Chi for eighteen years, and teaching for thirteen. Hilary is active in the field of senior wellness, is a third degree black belt, and is certified as a fitness trainer, senior fitness trainer, and massage therapist, as well as a registered nurse and certified personal coach. She has been a massage teacher for 18 years.

As a teacher, Hilary is able to tailor Tai Chi instruction to the individual. She has taught Tai Chi to students who are rehabilitating from injuries, illnesses and surgery as well as using those using it as a “moving meditation” to reduce stress, and as a traditional martial arts practice. She emphasizes proper body alignment and precision in order to maximize the benefit and minimize any risk of injury. She has found that a well rounded Tai Chi practice can keep the body strong but relaxed and the mind sharp but calm.

Tina Thomas is a Certified Yoga Instructor and Massage Therapist.

Tina has studied Iyengar yoga for 14 years and Sivananda yoga for the past three years. The blend of the two styles provides a practice which brings the technical and the experiential together so the student continually learns in a safe manner.

Hatha Yoga with Tina is a class geared towards beginner to intermediate. She will use props to focus on proper alignment using some Iyengar methods. Students will increase strength, flexibility and the ability to relax.

Tina's website is yogaspaces.net.