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 Dee
Hein
Dee is the owner and director of Yoga On Beacon. She came
from spending 10 years as the proprietress of Sadh Desha retreat
center on Orcas Island where she ran yoga and meditation workshops
and retreats, and provided workshops for people living with
cancer and their families. Dee has been studying yoga for
20 years and teaching for 12. She has completed training programs
with Ganga White, Ananda Yoga, Forrest Yoga, Gary Kraftsow,
Barron Baptiste, and has studied under many other luminaries
of yoga, meditation, massage therapy, and more esoteric healing
arts. The tapestry of all these modalities is woven in to
her teaching style. Dee sees asana as a passageway to a deep
connection to our essence and our higher knowing or spirit.
She guides her classes from this inspiration with the intention
of allowing the brightest and most joyous of us all to shine
forth.
 Eiric
Ovrid
Eiric has been teaching yoga in Seattle since 1998 and has
since become a well-loved teacher students seek out and follow
wherever he holds classes. A bicycle crash in '95 brought
him to the path of yoga and it immediately became his life's
passion and direction. His classes creatively explore asana
and pranayama while delving in to the esoterics of yoga- the
philosophies and sutras. He has a fluid style, creates a safe
and engaging space, and inspires students to discover their
peace and inner teacher, offering students layers of levels
they can explore. Eiric's been inspired by many great teachers
including Kathleen Hunt, Anna Forest, Richard Schactel, and
Jivamukti's David Life and Sharon Gannon.
 Brenda
Bryan
When Brenda Bryan began practicing yoga in the late 90's,
she was very inflexible, and although she found yoga to be
one of the most difficult things she had ever tried, she continued
to attend classes. While working toward gaining the flexibilty
to touch her toes Brenda began massage school to become a
licensed massage therapist. She was eventually able to bring
this skill into the classroom after completing The 8 LimbsYoga
teacher training program in Seattle, Washington. After Brenda
began teaching she realized she had found her life calling.
Brenda combines philosophy, gentle to vigorous flow and her
love of music and writing into all of her classes. She continues
to deepen her knowlege from a variety of teachers and styles
but has realized the most important and profound learning
will come from the greatest teacher of all...life.
 Marija
Grgurevic
Marija has been practicing yoga for 10 years. She
came to it as the last resource to heal chronic back and neck
pain with headaches, and soon she became a true believer in
the power of yoga to transform and heal. Marija’s approach
to yoga is inspired by her diverse background and interests
in many arenas: psychology, body work, dance, movement, Aston
Patterning, ritual, singing, community development, and, the
intricate beauty of life. Her passion for yoga comes from
the belief that healing must come through the body since our
cells hold all of our memories and imprinting. She also believes
that through healing and inhabiting our bodies fully and lovingly,
we will also be healing the Earth and our relationship to
it. She teaches in the Forrest Yoga style, a practice based
on anatomically correct movement, building core strength,
moving with the breath, and practicing presence with what
is.
 Tonja
Renee Hall
Tonja Renee Hall is an Artist , Floral Designer,
Cowgirl, minor linguist, world traveler,world bike tourer,
and Wicked Fashionista. She has also studied and taught Power/
Vinyasa Style Yoga for 6 years and just returned from living
and teaching Power Yoga for 2 Years in Bangkok, Thailand.
Her own Yoga practice is influenced by her great mentor Melina
Meza from 8 limbs Yoga in Seattle , Wash, as well as studies
and training in Power Yoga, Ashtanga and Vinyasa Jivamukti
style, Tripsicore YogaLondon, and AcroYoga. She also has a
certificate of Thai Massage from Wat Po in Bangkok. Her experience
in Samba, Modern Dance, and competitive Cycling sports also
inform her practice. She believes the connection between Mind,Body,Spirit
in Yoga is achieved through a disciplined and challanging
physical practice, meditation, and mentorship. Also an ability
to cultivate a sense of humor and ability to laugh at one's
own humanity and take great pleasure in one's own strength,
grace, and internal knowlege. Tonja currently teaches at Seattle
Atheletic Club Downtown Seattle,Yoga on Beacon Hill, RealNetworks
and MSR corporate Yoga andPrivate classes.
 Kristen
Danielsen-Wong
Kristen began practicing yoga in 1995, and has practiced
a variety of styles through many of life’s changes.
Having practiced yoga through two pregnancies, she now enjoys
teaching prenatal and parent & baby classes as well as
classes to the general population. "I love that anyone
can do yoga, making life easier by learning how to use the
breath. To me, Yoga is a moving form of meditation and a laboratory
for learning about life." Above all, yoga is fun! Completing
teacher training in 2006 with Kathleen Hunt at Samadhi yoga,
and now regularly attending advanced teacher training, she
is continually honing her craft.
Janell
Janell began her regular yoga practice eight years ago during
an emotionally dismal leg of her journey. After tasting true
humility and revival, she knew she must deepen her own studies
and share the practical magic of this ancient tool with others.
Completing the 8-Limbs teacher training and advanced teacher
training in 2006, Janell began teaching for Punk Rock Yoga,
founded by Kimberlee Jenson-Stedl, and continues to develop
her own studenthood. She is blessed and nurtured by the sangha
(spiritual community) that naturally blossoms around these
practices, and has enjoyed the fruits of her work-study position
at 8-Limbs yoga for the past four years.
Some of Janell's most influential teachers have been Troy
Lucero, Eiric Ovrid, Melina Meza, Katerina Wen, Kimberlee
Jenson-Stedl, Natasha Lady Krishna, Maygen McGrew, fellow
students, injuries, "enemies", and animals. Janell's
goal for her students is to experience the liberation of their
creative potential, achieve communion with their own inner
teacher by developing a personal practice--then, teach others!
The revolution begins with the self...
Maura Garland
The awareness of movement leads Maura`s life. Indeed,
she considers movement as life-expression; the movement vital
for life. She believes that through Yoga, movement and breath
combine to lead us toward awareness of our bodies on many
levels, clearly and peacefully. One level being our connection
to all universal. This to her is one of the keys that allows
our vitality to flourish continualy. Maura`s style of teaching
is born of her strong dance background fuled through self
expression. She places emphasis on visualization and breath,
creating a moving meditation.
Astanga Vinyasa first found Maura ten years ago and she continued
to study for seven years, then completeing her first teacher
training in Vinyasa Yoga. Since she has studied and trained
in Flow, Kundalini for children, and Universal Yoga, continuing
to study mainly in the US and India. These studies and countries
each influence her style and practice. Above all, she feels
that Yoga is a practice of life, an endless way of awareness.
 Bryce
Mathern
Bryce is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®
and has enjoyed the pleasure of moving his body all his life.
In the earlier half of his life this was mostly accomplished
through athletics. Much of his movement experience is now
centered on his yoga and meditation practice. He is a certified
yoga instructor and teach at a few studios in Seattle. I can
also be found at times dancing the Lindy hop, salsa or tango
when he gets the chance.
He received a master’s degree in Environment and Community
from Antioch University (Seattle). The convergence of movement
and community are two very important aspects of what he wants
to bring to the world. He believes that his transformation
through yoga, Feldenkrais and meditation has brought him deeper
into the world and made him even more aware of the need to
create a global consciousness. In many cases there is a separation
between personal work and social change. They are integral
to each other and he continues to discover ways that he can
help people bridge these parts of themselves.
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