Private Yoga Instruction
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Here is a list of yoga instructors in the Savannah area who teach privately to students. Each instructor has included their contact information. Please feel free to contact any one of them directly for further information.
Sophie Amick- Owner of the Yoga Room since 2004.
Born in Nice and raised in the French Alpes, Sophie became a certified yoga instructor in 2001. Her path in yoga began ten years ago and turned into a way of life. Her goal at The Yoga Room is to provide students with tools to face the challenges of life in a healthy body and a peaceful mind. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge of Yoga. She especially favors the individual approach; the Yoga teaching being all about the student, on that day, at that moment. Sophie's teaching is influenced by a variety of styles which allow her to create a program adapted to the student's needs whether to gain strength or flexibility, to release stress, or to address a specific health or physical condition.
Please visit the Yoga Room web site www.thesavannahyogaroom.com
You can reach Sophie at 912-898-0361 or Email her svnnhyogaroom@aol.com
Cathy Baxter
Email: Cathy @ TwistedWarrior.com
Website: www.TwistedWarrior.com
Phone: 912-704-5111
Cathy enjoys sharing yoga and finds private yoga sessions immensely wonderful for being able to cater to each individual's needs. She has personally witnessed the healing benefits of yoga and enjoys teaching to those who need special attention as well as to those who are seeking to deepen their practice more quickly. She is certified by the Yoga Alliance and has been teaching yoga since 2002. For more information about Cathy or her private sessions, please go to her website listed above and get ready to be centered, relaxed, strong and of course, get ready to have fun!
Kelley J. Boyd, RYT
e-mail: kelley @ savannahyoga.com
website: www.savannahyoga.com
phone: (912) 441-6653
Teaching from the heart, Kelley encourages you to explore your possibilities and inner potential through the practice of yoga. An enthusiastic and dedicated yoga teacher who presents only what she herself practices.
One of her favorite quotes, "you become that which you can not find" has inspired Kelley to create an environment where healing can take place. She continuously challenges you to discover your endless potential through deep, integrated movement, conscious breathing, heightened concentration and body awareness.
Kelley has been practicing yoga for 7 years and is a certified and registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She considers herself a life-long student and continues to expand and broaden her knowledge of yoga by frequently attending yoga teacher training workshops.
A native of Savannah, Georgia, she has traveled to Sweden, France, Spain, South Korea, Thailand, Cambodia and most recently to Costa Rica. She has carefully gathered threads of inspiration from her travels and experiences, weaving them into her teachings and sharing them with you through her yoga classes.
Kelley is a member of these fine yoga associations: Yoga Alliance, Yoga Research & Education/International Association of Yoga Therapist(YREC/IAYT), and Savannah Area Teachers of Yoga Association
Betsy Boyd-Strong
e-mail: bettybstrong @ yahoo.com
website: www.sacreddanceyogicstance.com
phone: 912/786-7524 (home)
912/713-2681 (work)
I became a committed yoga student in 1998, studying Integral Hatha Yoga under Judean Drescher, taking classes from her at least twice weekly. I attended a month-long teacher training at Satchidananda Ashram in 2001 and received certification there. I began teaching yoga that same year. I returned to the Ashram in 2002 and received further certification, this time in teaching yoga to children. I continue to take classes and attend workshops. I plan to receiver further certification.
I teach from the Integral Hatha tradition, emphasizing health and wholeness of body-mind-spirit. I am open to teaching all ages and love teaching inter-generational classes. Teaching partner yoga is of special interest to me.
I believe whole-heartedly in the benefits of yoga to the individual community and the peace of the world.
I have taught privately to those with physical challenges, e.g., M.S.; back and neck problems; prolapsed bladder and diabetes. I have taught chair yoga to the elderly. I am open to teaching anyone at any age interested in deepening his/her yoga practice.
Ann Aikya Carroll, RYT – Yoga@Work
e-mail: ann @ aikyayoga.com
website: yogaatwork.us
phone: (912)667-8877 (cell)
(912) 786-4882 (home)
Ann Carroll is a full time Lender with First Horizon Bank and started practicing yoga in the early 90’s as a way to combat stress in her job and personal life. After realizing the astounding benefits relating to stress and the workplace, she chose to attend a four week live-in teacher training in Integral Hatha Yoga® in 2000 and began teaching yoga. Ann attends additional training on a regular basis, with subsequent certifications addressing bringing yoga into an office or boardroom setting and pregnancy yoga. She is a 500-Level Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance, a member of the Integral Yoga Teachers Association and founder and member of The Savannah Area Teachers of Yoga Association (SATYA). She is a Certified Labor Doula and Childbirth Educator through CAPPA. Ann teaches Yoga on the Beach at Tybee Island, GA in the Integral Yoga® Style; Pregnancy Yoga and Yoga at Work. Please call or e-mail to set up private lessons in any of these modalities.
Judean Drescher
phone: (912)233-3910
"Easeful body, peaceful mind, useful life.". These are the benefits of the practice of yoga as presented by Sri Swami Satchidananda, the founder of Integral Yoga, the tradition from which Judean Drescher teaches. Judean has earned certification to teach Beginner through Advanced Asanas and Pranayama, Raja Yoga, and Meditation. She brings to this training, years of study of dance, including majoring in dance at Texas Woman's University.
Of particular interest to her is the adaptation of the yogic practices to benefit those with injuries or with challenges such as Parkinson's Disease. Her approach to teaching reflects the concept of yoga as a discipline of the mind as much as of the body. Each class includes the physical poses, deep relaxation, breathing practice, and a brief meditation.
Cost: $26.00 - 1 hour
$45.00 - 1 hour 45 minutes
Please call with questions or to schedule a private class. OM Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi
Ellen Farrell, MA, NCC, LPC, EEMCP
email: see_the_light@ellenfarrell.com
phone: (912) 247-4263
I teach private classes as part of my Holistic Psychotherapy practice, am NESTA certified, and have been a student of Yoga since the early 80's. I incorporate Energy Medicine, Alexander Technique and have a strong focus on breath work, alignment, and having gentle experience, honoring and listening to the body, mind & spirit. If you are alive you can do yoga! We do yoga to meditate, and meditate to merge with the Divine. www.ellenfarrell.com
Elaine Fox
email: yogamoves@comcast.net
phone: (912)544-0073
I have a Beginners' Gentle class on monday, and a Mixed Level class on Wednesday. Both at at 6:15 at the Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street. Drop-ins are welcome. $12. It's best to call me to make a reservation as the space is small. YogaMoves chai is served after class. I am also available to teach one-to-one private or yoga therapy sessions at the Spa or in students' homes.
Lisa Gartner
email: landgkg @ gmail.com
phone: (912)398-2588
Lisa is currently teaching Yoga for Round Bodies classes in downtown Savannah. She is a 200-hour certified Kripalu Yoga instructor (registered with the Yoga Alliance) with a specialization in gentle yoga and creating classes for people who have weight challenges. Having long struggled with weight issues herself, one of her passions is working individually and in small groups of students who have never considered yoga an option due to their own perceived flexibility, size or shape limitations. Lisa loves to share and practice yoga that is accessible to everyone.
Lynn Geddes, RYT
Phone: (912) 308-3410
Email: yogamelynn@comcast.net
Website: www.yogamefit.com
Lynn is a graduate of Armstrong Atlantic State University with a BHS in Health and Fitness Management. She maintains a certification from AFAA (Aerobics and Fitness Association of America) in Personal Training and instruction of group fitness classes. Lynn is a registered Yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance and is certified through Yoga Fit Training Systems. She has been given a license to promote herself as an Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher. She is currently working through the educational process to obtain her certification. To learn more about the education and requirements for an Anusara teacher please visit the Anusara website at www.anusara.com. Lynn has 20 years of fitness training experience and specializes in all types of training for all populations and ages. Her focus is functional training with core facilitation and injury prevention. Foundation is the key to execute proper form and technique. She has been a practitioner of yoga for the last nine years and continues to dedicate her time and energy in continuing education. Mission Statement: To honor the goodness and reveal the beauty of all students so they may shine bright from the inside out!
Elizabeth Newkirk
phone: 912/354-5586
Elizabeth Newkirk is a former principle dancer with Laura Dean Dancers & Muscians of New York, New York. She teaches in-home "Personalized Movement". Included her movement classes are methods from the traditions of: Yoga, Pilates, and Alexander Technique. Elizabeth invites you to increase the enjoyment of life through mobility, suppleness, strength, energy, alertness of mind, and sense of well being.
Kate Taylor, RYT200 | Co-Director of The Yoga Co-op at Ashram Savannah
email: kate @ yogacoopsavannah.com
phone: (912) 695-9990
website: http://www.katetayloryoga.com
I began practicing yoga in 1998, to balance the hectic pace of my professional life. Since then yoga has transformed from an occasional hobby into my vocation. My teaching journey began when I completed my 230 hour Yoga teacher training at the Asheville Yoga Center. In November and December of 2007, I studied at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore India. For more information on that experience, check out my blog (http://www.katetayloryoga.com/blog). In 2008, I completed David Swenson's Ashtanga Teacher Training Course in Winter Park, Florida. Most recently, I completed a second 200+ hour training in Baptiste Style Power Yoga with Mark White in Jacksonville, FL. I am also certified to teach yoga to senior citizens through the Silver Age Yoga program based in San Diego. My classes typically combine a series of dynamic, flowing poses with focused instruction about proper alignment.
I am now offering yoga instruction at the Yoga Co-op at Ashram Savannah or the privacy of your own home. My one-on-one teaching style focuses on meeting the needs of the individual student. Based on a student’s particular goals, I will develop a personalized asana (physical poses) and pranayama (breathing) practice.
Elaine Zuckerman
phone: 912-663-8315
email: ehzuck @ aol.com
Elaine Zuckerman is a registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Laban Bartenieff Movement Anaylst (CMA) I have been teaching and studying yoga for over twenty years. Presently I am most influenced by the teachings of Doug Keller and the study of yoga therapeutics. I work one on one with individuals to reduce pain and injuries, expand movement potential, enhance athletic performance and release tension and stress. For more information link to: limsnyc@aol.com and info@ismeta.org or contact me at ehzuck@aol.com
