Alison Eliason
Director of Discover Yoga. She studied with Ellen Morrell and enjoys the qualities of viniyoga tradition of hatha yoga. She became a certified yoga instructor in 2000. Alison has studied locally and abroad. In 2006, she spent time at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India. She leads classes for children, adults and seniors. Alison has discovered how yoga benefits the body, mind and spirit. She invites all ages and abilities to experience the peaceful studio setting and yoga teachings at Discover Yoga.
Alison spends her time at Discover Yoga teaching classes and one-on-one sessions, teaching in the community and managing the studio. Alison incorporates yoga techniques into her daily life to help bring balance and enjoyment into living.
Yoga has helped her breathe easier, be aware of her body, mind and breath, notice her fears and judgements, and based on those observations, continue in her journey to be and create peace.
Alison offers Yoga for Pregnancy Mondays at 11:15AM, and Tuesdays at 5:30PM, All Levels on Mondays at 9:30AM and Tuesdays at 7PM, Level 1 on Wednesdays at 7:00AM and 9:30AM, and Yoga 4 Kids! series quarterly. top ^
Brenda McGee
Certified yoga instructor with the Krishnamacharya Healing Yoga Foundation at the 500 hr level. She has been teaching for 9 years and continues her training with Chris Dormier of Sound Yoga in West Seattle. Brenda offers a variety of classes to fulfill specific intentions and to provide practices to meet the different needs of students. She encourages focus on the breath to develop awareness and guidance though the postures.
She shares her love of yoga in an environment encouraging self-awareness, flexibility, and strength.
Brenda instructs series classes Healthy Back, and Strong Bones Yoga using light weights and the substitutes on occasion.
top ^Catherine de Marin
Discovered the magic of yoga in 1999 while observing a yoga class of mothers-to-be embracing their pregnancies with courage and an awareness of body, breath, mind and babe!
This life-affirming experience led her to deepen her personal exploration of yoga by completing the Viniyoga Teacher Training with Robin Rothenberg of The Yoga Barn Wellness Center and the Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training with Colette Crawford of the Seattle Holistic Center. She explored the therapeutic practice of yoga in the Integrative Yoga Professional Yoga Therapist Training with Joseph LePage and taught therapeutic yoga as a volunteer in the University of Washington Medical Center Antepartum and Neonatal Intensive Care units.
Catherine practices yoga to embrace Unity and experience wholeness. She teaches prenatal yoga because she hopes that the experiences of well being and wholeness will inspire us to be conscious parents and caregivers. Together, in our practice we cultivate our awareness of compassion and loving kindness: the truth of who we really are.
Catherine instructs a Level 1 on Thursdays at 5:30PM and Yoga for Pregnancy on Thursdays at 7:00 PM beginning December 3rd.
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Kathryn Fischer has been a practicing yoga student since 1999 and a yoga teacher since 2003. Her intention in teaching yoga is to create a safe and supportive environment where students can explore and grow. She honors the uniqueness of each individual and embraces the viniyoga philosophy of fitting the practice to the student. She strives to foster a strong sense of community in her classes.
Kathryn is a certified yoga teacher in the viniyoga tradition, having completed her first yoga teacher training with Robin Rothenberg in 2003. She then completed a two-year training program with Laura Yon-Brooks in 2006. She has also completed an intensive yoga therapist training and is currently working toward certification as a yoga therapist.
Kathryn teaches an All Levels class on Tuesdays at 7pm. top ^
Kim Saganski
Completed the Intensive Yoga Studies and the Apprenticeship Programs at Discover Yoga in Redmond in 1998. She is continually exploring the practice of yoga as a student and a teacher (both locally and internationally). She invokes a friendly and safe environment in her classes and enjoys composing new and different methods to approach the specific needs of each student and to provide appropriate challenges.
Kim uses yoga to bring clarity and focus to the mind, energy and relaxation to the body, and a chance to connect with one’s self. She focuses on becoming more aware of the body as well as the mind in order to reduce dis-ease caused by stress and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Kim is currently offering a Level 2 Yoga Class on Mondays at 7PM. top ^
melissa weston valentine
MPT, MPH, Certified and Registered Yoga Instructor, teaches classes and one-on-one sessions which focus on finding and maintaining balance in the spine and the breath. Melissa has been practicing various forms of yoga for approximately 20 years and has received her teacher training from the Hatha Yoga Center in Seattle in 2005. She credits yoga in her recovery from a herniated disc in her spine.
Melissa takes joy in adapting the physical practice of yoga to individual physical needs and in surprising her students with the added benefits of mental clarity and inner calm. Her classes combine techniques learned from a number of different yoga schools as well as her work for the last 13 years as a Physical Therapist.
A new mom, Melissa is currently focusing on pre- and postnatal yoga as well as one-on-one instruction for individuals who require more personalized attention due to injury, illness or physical limitations.
Melissa teaches the Infant and Me series on Thursdays at 10:30AM, Yoga for Pregnancy on Saturdays at 10:30AM and Level 1 at 9:00AM.
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Guest instructor at Discover Yoga. She began her study and practice of yoga over 27 years ago. Her love of yoga led her to become a Certified Viniyoga Instructor, and Certified Yoga Therapist through Gary Kraftsow of American Viniyoga Institute. Phyllis also holds a B.A. in Psychology, is a registered counselor, C.Ht. and has worked closely with a Buddhist teacher for the past 12 years.
Phyllis elegantly weaves her knowledge of Western and Eastern thought together to create a bridge of understanding for her students. She's been teaching for over 12 years in varied settings such as yoga studios, hospitals, addiction recovery centers, meditation retreats, corporations, and internationally. Phyllis enjoys working privately with individuals, creating customized programs to support health and wellness.
Sunita Sethi
Sunita has been in the light of yoga for the past eight years. The practice of yoga has unfolded her true self with a finer quality towards self and others; she whole heartedly shares the elements of yoga with one and all. She strongly believes in the ‘priceless art of breathing’ while learning asana and meditation. She is calm and collective by nature.
She brings her yoga knowledge from the ‘yoga institute of Mumbai’ India, from the ‘Art of living’ ashram in Bangalore, India and she is a registered yoga practitioner. She completed her Instructor Certification at Discover Yoga in 2008. She has studied the ‘Art of Healing’ through Reiki and has acquired distance healing knowledge. She focuses on 'inner engineering' and believes in unlocking one’s own potential by integrating the study of yoga into the current lifestyle.
Sunita offers All Levels classes on Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 12:15-1:15pm and Level 1 series on Wednesdays at 4:15 - 5:15 PM.
Susan Park
Yoga instructor since 2002. She leads classes and private sessions that energize, clear and focus the body, mind and breath. She practices meditation, a positive mental focus, enjoys the energy of the outdoors, and works as a real estate agent. She continues to expand her knowledge through life experience and ongoing yoga training. Her classes offer an avenue to breathe, increase energy, and refresh for teens, men and women.
Susan is currently offering a Level 1 class on Mondays at 5:30PM and an All Levels class on Wednesdays at 5:30PM.Adriana Babler
Certified yoga instructor. Adriana began her yoga practice eight years ago after being rear-ended and sustaining major back and neck injuries. Starting yoga improved her physical health and gave her a new outlook and optimism. Her practice and training incorporate a variety of yoga styles, particularly Anusara, Iyengar, Kundalini, and vinyasa yoga. Adriana is a certified yoga instructor and Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) through Yoga Alliance. She is also a certified Radiant Child yoga teacher (RCYP-2) and Thai Yoga massage practitioner. Before moving to Washington State in 2007, she worked as an Adjunct Professor of German and Senior Foreign Languages Instructional Technology Specialist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC.
Adriana is passionate about teaching and about the practice of yoga, and she enjoys the opportunity to combine the two.
Adriana substitutes on occasion.
top ^Cari Scheafer
Guest instructor at Discover Yoga. Cari Scheafer, M.A. TCM L.Ac holds her Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a Nationally Certified herbalist and has obtained her Masters Certification in Nutrition Response Testing. She is a certified yoga instructor specializing in gentle and therapeutic yoga. She educates patients about proper nutrition, while removing the barriers in their body to healing, she not only helps them get well, but she also empowers them with the information they need to keep themselves healthy. She has practiced natural health care for over 8 years and has just recently relocated to the Pacific Northwest.
jane mcclenney
Jane McClenney is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, and has been teaching movement for 10 years, and includes craniosacral and gentle osteopathic techniques in her practice. Jane lives and teaches weekly Awareness Through Movement® classes in Ellensburg, WA, and maintains a private practice in both Redmond and Ellensburg. She also enjoys working with horseback riders desiring to ride with more connection with their horses, as well as the horses themselves.
Jane and Alison have been offering and co-teaching yoga and Feldenkrais workshops for children and adults for a number of years. The combination of both disciplines has proved to be fun and educational for students. For both teachers, it is a pleasure watching/assisting people to learn in an enjoyable way, learning skills to move in ways that are pleasurable and relatively pain free.
Jane offers workshops on weekends.
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Danick Jawer
Guest instructor at Discover Yoga. Danick Isabelle Jawer, an energy consultant and a lifelong musician, brings together gentle techniques to help free the voice and fully connect with our natural ability to heal and balance ourselves with sound. Danick's life long passion is singing and exploring the mysteries of vocal expression. She is a vocalist for Ancient Sounds, a meditative world music ensemble featuring didgeridoos and Native American flutes and more (www.ancientsounds.org). An experienced voice teacher for 18 years, Danick has a degree in Music from the Conservatoire of Music of Chalon, France. She is a co-director of S.H.O.W., the Sound Healers of Washington (www.soundhealers.com), founded in 1991 to promote the use of sound as therapy and for well being.