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Who We Are - Yoga Village Teachers
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Barbara Adams Anusara Inspired teacher; E-RYT500. Barbara is the owner of Yoga Village Fountain Hills since 2003 and Yoga Village Scottsdale since 2006. She has studied and practiced several styles of yoga since 2000 and has enthusiastically embraced Anusara Yoga since 2003. Barbara is a delightfully fun and witty, thoughtful and highly skilled teacher of Anusara Yoga. She is exemplary of all the best qualities in Anusara, both as a student and as a leader, and offers her wisdom in a heartfelt way through her teaching. |
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Paulette Bodeman, E-RYT 500, Anusara Certified Teacher. Paulette’s authentic and empowering style encourages her students to step into the flow of Grace and be of open heart. With over fifteen years of meditation experience and dedication to study Paulette offers an effective and inspiring method of teaching meditation. Paulette has been adjunct faculty at Scottsdale Community College and was invited to be a member of the team for the College’s innovative Yoga Teacher Preparation Program. With a B.A. in Transpersonal Psychology Paulette also enjoys working with students individually. Paulette is deeply grateful to her teachers for their walking the path before her, and their generosity in sharing what they have learned. Visit Paulette’s website at http://stepintotheflow.net |
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Nicki Byrd, RYT Nicki has been teaching yoga for twelve years. Determined to heal herself after having her hip and pelvis broken in a car accident nearly fifteen years ago, she has effectively used yoga as a therapeutic tool. Nicki has made a remarkable recovery and continues with a dedicated practice. She regularly studies with senior Iyengar and Anusara teachers and radiates her love of yoga in everything she does. Nicki holds a special interest in therapeutics and is passionate about helping those who can most benefit from it. Nicki also teaches special workshops in Thai Yoga Therapy and chant. |
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Angie Santucci, Anusara Certified Teacher. Angie is articulate, compassionate and inspiring. Her most influential teacher has been Desiree Rumbaugh. Angie began her yoga studies in 1995 and has taught since 1998. Angie is dedicated student, passionate about Anusara yoga, yet she has a light-hearted, playful way of sharing this powerfully transformational yoga practice. Angie also has experience teaching and speaking to groups including: seniors, children, athletes, corporate groups and yoga workshops. Her knowledge and experience have also provided her with a successful yoga therapy business. She happily shares her life with her loving husband, Phil and 4 boys, Phillip, Patrick, Luke and Jake. |
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Meg Byerlein, Anusara Certified Teacher Over 15 years of teaching experience. Meg studies and travels extensively to maintain her ongoing commitment to personal and professional development, while concurrently pursuing education in allied fields of interest including: yoga therapeutics, yoga philosophy, Ayurveda and nutrition. Meg teaches weekly classes, private yoga sessions, workshops, retreats and teacher training programs. Additionally, Meg offers individual holistic consultations, which focus on general health, nutrition and lifestyle planning. Her teaching style is experiential and she creatively integrates principles of alignment with a spiritually oriented, heartcentered perspective. One of her primary intentions in teaching is to encourage students to incorporate the wisdom of yoga’s timeless teachings into their day-to-day lives. Meg holds deep respect and gratitude for all of her teachers and for the lineage of yoga. Meg has a B.S. in Nursing and spent 14 years specializing in the areas of psychiatry and medicine providing direct patient care, staff education, leadership and administration. These experiences contributed significantly to her decision to make a dramatic career change and are the foundation of her commitment to health and well-being. |
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Katrina Abrams RYT A devoted student of Anusara yoga, Katrina finds joy in her practice. Deeply grateful to all of her teachers, her experience has been one of transformation that integrates body, mind and soul. The study of Tantric philosophy has infused her spirituality with a new vibrancy and the physical practice has helped facilitate and maintain a 50 pound weight-loss. After completing the Anusara Immersions and Teacher Training at Yoga Village, she began teaching in 2007. Katrina believes there is a yoga practice available to every single body, regardless of age or body type. Her invitation to yoga is come-as-youare. With her encouraging and empowering teaching style, she endeavors to make every class a playful opportunity to explore and expand. Katrina lives in Phoenix with her husband and two children. Eat well and prosper. |
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Martie Carr, RYT Martie completed a 200-hour certification in Raja Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training with Elana Case at Focal Point Yoga and Health Center in Stow, MA. She taught at Sue Luby’s Body Sense Yoga and Fitness Center in Andover, MA from 2001 to 2003. She then moved to Fountain Hills, AZ and teaches at Yoga Village. Martie is a physical therapist that works at a private school for children with disabilities in Phoenix, AZ. Martie is also a third degree master teacher of Reiki having trained with Sheryl A. Benson in the Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki method of natural healing. For Martie, Yoga and Reiki together is her spiritual path toward empowerment and enlightenment. |
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Stephanie Smith, RYT Stephanie has loved the mind body connection since she was a child and took her first dance class. She went on to pursue a professional dance career performing, teaching, and owning her own dance studio. She took her first Bikram Yoga class in 1996, and immediately fell in love with yoga. An innate curiosity quickly took her on a journey of exploration of different yoga traditions and philosophies. She received her 200 hour teacher training under Dave Oliver and the study of the Krishnamacharya lineage of Ashtanga vinyasa yoga. Her inspirations are from fabulous senior level teachers in Ashtanga, Anusara, Iyengar, and Viniyoga. Her teachings are a blend of techniques from these various methods, with an emphasis on alignment. Stephanie brings a delightful blend of meditative flow and inquiry as well as attending to the details of alignment. Her classes provide a deepened sense of inner awareness and balance. “I love to see my students have breakthroughs in their practice. Even small breakthroughs are significant. Enjoy the adventure.” |
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Mae Adams RYT Mae began studying and practicing yoga with her mother at the age of 13, and began teaching in 2008. Mae has a great love and appreciation for the yoga community – our kula – and the underlying tantric philosophy. She owes her practice and her ability to teach to her mother, Barbara, and influential teachers Paulette Bodeman, Martin and Jordan Kirk and Jacqui Potokar. Mae also recently graduated from NAU with a degree in Visual Communications and helps Yoga Village with design work. |
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Carmen Vega RYT Carmen first fell in love with yoga in New York eight years ago. When she came to the Valley five years ago, she discovered Anusara Yoga and has been a devoted student ever since. Carmen enjoys sharing her passion of yoga with others. Her gift is her ability to welcome and invite students to explore their deeper selves through the practice. She is extremely grateful for her teacher and mentor, Paulette Bodeman, who has been an influential part of her life. |
About the Village
Yoga Village is a place where friends can gather to build a community of like hearts and minds in the fine tradition of Anusara Yoga. Whether you are a seasoned practioner or new to yoga you will find a home at Yoga Village and an opportunity to expand the capacity of your heart, mind and body.
Anusara takes its name from a verse in the great text, the Kulanarva Tantra. It reads in Sanskrit, "Skakti-nipata-anusarena sishyo'anugraham-arhati". Flowing with Grace, anusarena, we experience our inner worth, we align our bodies, our minds and hearts in the current of the Divine flowing through us, we celebrate life itself as we touch the Divinity who pulsates within us as our every thought, feeling and experience -- Dr. Douglas Brooks.
Yoga Village has two locations -- Fountain Hills and Scottsdale. We are full spectrum yoga studios offering a complete range of classes each week for every level of yoga student. We offer fabulous training with world class teachers for both aspiring yoga teachers and dedicated students. The quality and range of our training is unsurpassed! Welcome to the Village! This is a place where you can be fully authentic.
Yoga Village is a place where friends can gather to build a community of like hearts and minds in the fine tradition of Anusara Yoga. Whether you are a seasoned practioner or new to yoga you will find a home at Yoga Village and an opportunity to expand the capacity of your heart, mind and body.
Anusara takes its name from a verse in the great text, the Kulanarva Tantra. It reads in Sanskrit, "Skakti-nipata-anusarena sishyo'anugraham-arhati". Flowing with Grace, anusarena, we experience our inner worth, we align our bodies, our minds and hearts in the current of the Divine flowing through us, we celebrate life itself as we touch the Divinity who pulsates within us as our every thought, feeling and experience -- Dr. Douglas Brooks.
Yoga Village has two locations -- Fountain Hills and Scottsdale. We are full spectrum yoga studios offering a complete range of classes each week for every level of yoga student. We offer fabulous training with world class teachers for both aspiring yoga teachers and dedicated students. The quality and range of our training is unsurpassed! Welcome to the Village! This is a place where you can be fully authentic.
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