Eastlake Yoga Instructors Eastlake Yoga Instructors
Kimberly Vest, R.Y.T.
Kimberly is certified by the Satchidananda Ashram and has also completed a 200-hour Viniyoga Teacher Training. She is recognized as a Registered Yoga Teacher (R.Y.T.) by the Yoga Alliance. She is also certified in Pre-Natal, Post-Natal and Labor and Delivery yoga. Kimberly has been practicing yoga for over 12 years and has taught students for the past seven years.
Her practice is well grounded in the Integral Yoga tradition where she has been strongly influenced by the teachings of Swami Satchidananda. Kimberly completed the Viniyoga Teacher Training in 2006 and this training opened up a whole new yoga practice to her. The non-traditional but dynamic movements intrigued her and this training allowed her a better understanding of adapting the practice to the student. She has also practiced Ashtanga, Bikram and various power yoga styles as well as explore QiGong, TaiChi and other forms of movement therapy.
Kimberly promotes a gentle and restorative asana practice that connects the body, mind and spirit through the integration of pranayama, meditation and relaxation. She honors the tradition of Yoga, and yet accepts the Western lifestyle with its fast and busy pace and the stresses caused by living in this chaotic world. Her loving kindness and graciousness of spirit are the reflections of a Yogic lifestyle, which she embraces to this day.
Kimberly considers herself a Bhakti yogi, where she embraces spirit through her love of music, song and dance. Kimberly is a belly dancer and enjoys ecstatic dancing as well. She also embraces chanting, toning and any kind of practice which promotes use of the voice. Kimberly is also a certified doula and connects her love of the miracle of birth with her love of yoga!!
Saiko Flack
Saiko is a native Japanese yogini who is eager to share her experience of yoga with you. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher (R.Y.T.) recognized by Yoga Alliance, and currently teachers and practices at several yoga studios in Seattle. She completed the training for Bikram method by Bikram & Rajashree Choudhuly as well as Power Yoga by Brian Kest. More information about Saiko @ www.saikoyoga.com.
Saiko's classes consists of non-stop movement where the sequence flows naturally from one post to the other, rather simpler and more accessible for many people, yet challenging for everybody. You will work on upper and lower body strength, as well as hip openings, low/slow movements as well as lots of cardio vascular work. It is vigorous, yet very gentle, which allows you to work at your own pace. The room will be heated in order to loosen the muscles easily and safely. You will find complete stillness and peacefulness in the most intense moment.
Charlie Heffernan
Charlie has studied yoga in a variety of styles, and been blessed with the opportunity to work closely with wonderful teachers such as JJ Gormley, Cindy Lee, Anodea Judith and Dexter Bell. Combining their influences and an understanding of the benefits of Integral Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Iyenga Yoga and Hatha Flow. Charlie offers classes that aim to connect directly with the student's needs at that moment in time, and then expand their practice to 'play the edge' and maximize the benefits of an asana and pranayama practice leading to deeper awareness and calm centering.
Charlie Heffernan has practiced yoga for thirty years, many of those overseas, in the Peace Corps and then as a U.S. diplomat. In 2003 he received his 300 hour teacher training certification from Sun and Moon Studio in Arlington, Virginia and registered with the Yoga Alliance. Charlie taught regularly at Sun and Moon and the Arlington YMCA, and also recently completed a 100-hour certification in yoga therapeutics, also through Sun and Moon. Recently arrived in Seattle, he offers a weekly class at Queen Anne Manor, an assisted-living residence. He practices mindfulness meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Dorothy Poulsen
Dorothy began yoga when she was 56. She experienced a profound transformation of mind, body and spirit. In her teaching she cannot help but share this joy of strength, flexibility and balance. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance in the Viniyoga tradition. Whether you are a longtime yogini/yogi whose practice is now less athletic or are early in your discovery of this wonderful thing called Hatha yoga, her knowledge of postures and adaptations of them will help you find the essence of each moment.