adjunct teaching staff
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suzanne bigelow is a certified purna yoga instructor with over a decade of experience teaching alignment-based asana and meditation. she specializes in yoga for challenging conditions, the use of the great yoga wall and integrative restoration (irest) yoga nidra. suzanne serves private therapeutic clients through her loving touch yoga studio and teaches optimal mIndset: mindfulness for professional performance through live long and love it wellness consulting. you can read more about suzanne’s teaching at www.livelongandloveit.com. |
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chris coniaris is a certified yoga instructor with over 25 years of meditation and 15 years of hatha yoga experience. his lifelong interest in philosophy, the outdoors and athletics influence his teaching. chris teaches weekly yoga and meditation classes in tucson, az, as well as workshops and teacher trainings throughout the u.s. he weaves philosophy and refined experience into his classes using themes that integrate with daily life. his concise, practical explanations and enthusiasm inspire students to deepen their own experience. click here to go to chris’s website… |
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kate conwell is a former elite level athlete and 2005 ncaa pole vault champion. she has integrated her personal, professional and athletic passions into a career as a personal trainer. kate is dedicated to supporting individuals to accomplish their health and fitness goals by educating and equipping them with the tools to reach these goals. she is uniquely able to create home routines for people, using minimal equipment, that address every muscle of the body. click here to read more about kate… |
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raphael cushnir is a leading voice in the world of emotional connection and present moment awareness. he has shared his unique approach to personal and professional development with millions of readers in o, the oprah magazine, beliefnet, spirituality & health, psychology today and the huffington post. he has also authored five books, lectures worldwide, and is a faculty member of the esalen Institute, the omega institute, and the kripalu center for yoga & health. in addition, he coaches individuals and teams at fortune 100 companies, governments, religious organizations, and leading non-profits. read more at cushnir.com. |
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naim hasan is a 4th degree black belt in taekwondo with 35 years experience in martial arts. he was a gold medal olympic trials winner in 1988, as well as a member of the 1988 olympic team in seoul, south korea. naim is the founder and director of n2h technologies, promoting business and personal growth strategies. educated at mt. hood community college and portland state university, naim is an associate nesta certified personal trainer (cpt), level 1 usat certified coach, a mental preparation + training specialist, and is the haa representative for oregon state. naim is currently training to qualify in the 400m sprint for the world master’s track championships in sydney, australia. |
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catherine ingram is an international dharma teacher with communities in the u.s., europe, and australia. since 1992 she has led dharma dialogues, which are public events that focus on directing awareness toward greater well-being in an ethical and happy life. catherine also leads numerous silent retreats each year in conjunction with dharma dialogues. she is president of living dharma, an educational non—profit organization founded in 1995. catherine has been the subject of numerous print, television, and radio interviews and is included in several anthologies about teachers in the west. click here to go to her website… |
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mary paffard began her yoga journey in europe in the early ’70s. she has been teaching in rural northern california, the bay area, and other parts of the u.s. and europe since 1985. mary’s yoga practice and teaching are influenced by her commitment to vipassana meditation and the desire to unearth the inner guru in herself and her students. in recent years, the breath, belly and the chakras have proved powerful mirrors in her exploration of the spirit in movement and stillness. mary is currently director of advanced studies and teacher training at yoga mendocino, a non—profit corporation in ukiah, california. click here to go to mary’s web page… |
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gianna piccardo, eryt-500, yoga therapist and ayurvedic diet & lifestyle counselor, offers transformational tools for health and self-healing, specializing in the creation of personalized, therapeutic yoga and wellness programs uniquely tailored to the individual. her regular practice of yoga developed from a need to channel stress and find peace while living life as a corporate career woman. gianna’s journey led her to teachers who assisted her transformation in stepping fully onto her path of healing and balanced wellness. among these teachers were sarahjoy marsh and a.g. mohan (svastha yoga + ayurveda; chennai, india). gianna’s intention is to return that gift of transformation that yoga brings to all those on its path, guiding clients inward to access their innate healing wisdom through the tools of yoga therapy, ayurveda, energetic therapy and indigenous healing song. for more information on gianna, please visit her website at www.privateyogatherapy.com |
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shambhavi sarasvati has trained for nearly 25 years in the view and practices of direct realization tantra (kashmir shaivism). she is fortunate to have studied with several great teachers in this and other nondual traditions, including Dzogchen. she is an initiate in the lineage of paramahamsa satyananda saraswati of rikhia, india. shambhavi teaches traditional tantra in ways that can be easily integrated into daily life. her non—mystical view is that tantra is a way to learn about and live in the fullness of reality. this is self—realization. nothing more or less. shambhavi is the spiritual director of jaya kula in portland, oregon, a nonprofit center for people learning how to integrate authentic tantric view and practice into their everyday lives. grounded in the indian traditions of direct realization tantra and the teachings of anandamayi ma, jaya kula exists to support its parishioners and all people in the natural process of unfoldment toward self-realization. read more about shambhavi on her website at jayakula.org |
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mark singleton, phd, has written extensively on yoga, notably yoga in the modern world, contemporary perspectives and yoga body, and the origins of modern posture practice. his opinions on yoga have appeared (among other places) in yoga journal and the new york times. his current work focuses on the translation of early sanskrit hatha yoga texts. he is a yoga teacher in the iyengar and satyananda traditions. he teaches at st. john’s college, santa fe, new mexico.
judith lasater calls mark “uniquely qualified” and says that his work on modern hatha yoga “should be required reading for every yoga teacher in the us today”. the british wheel of yoga magazine recently wrote that his work “marks western yoga’s coming of age.” the magazine of yoga says “mark singleton is one of the most valuable, vocal and articulate advocates for yoga practitioners and yoga scholars to put aside their differences and engage the questions that bear upon their shared interests. his writing and teaching provide a bridge between the concerns of academia and those of practice.” |
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fred sly, ma, has been offering non—violent communication (nvc) trainings and practice groups since 2002. he is the founder of rose city nvc, an agency through which he offers nvc trainings throughout the northwest as well as administering the oregon prison project, which offers nvc training to prisoners at the oregon state penitentiary and other prisons throughout oregon. he finds special joy in supporting individuals, couples, parents, educators, and others in creating cooperative relationships based upon mutual respect and accountability. he is also a founding member of the oregon peace choir, singing to bring peace and harmony to our communities. |