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MEET OUR
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Yoga
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Mary
Pollock
Mary is the owner of
Big Bend Yoga Studio. She began practicing Iyengar yoga in 1985,
studying with senior Iyengar yoga teachers such as Manouso Manos, Ramanand
Patel and George Purvis, both here and abroad.
Mary is registered in
massage therapy and offers massage therapy and reflexology at 432-837-7222.
Click
here to view some yoga
photos
with Mary and Cheryl
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Cheryl
Eakens
Cheryl developed an interest
in yoga in 2001 while exploring options for bringing balance into her life.
She began practicing with Mallory Leitner, then with Mary Pollock. She
attended the Living Yoga Program Teacher Training Intensive in 2005 and
presently teaches classes at Big Bend Yoga Studio.
Cheryl’s vision is “I
am a joyful, caring, compassionate soul with an adamantine core.”
Click
here to view some yoga
photos
with Cheryl and Mary
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Steve
Anderson
Steve is a (semi) retired
lawyer living South of Alpine. He has been practicing yoga regularly since
2006. He began his teacher training in “Pure” yoga in September of 2010
and will complete the program in 2011. For now, his classes will concentrate
on core and strength work.
Before starting yoga,
he practiced Aikido for a number of years - earning a brown belt before
seriously dislocating his shoulder.
In addition to practicing
yoga, Steve tends his grapes and orchard, has a weekly “literary” show
on Marfa Public Radio, and writes.
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Pam
Cook
Substitute
Teacher
Pam Cook has been teaching
Yoga since 2000 and is registered with the Yoga Alliance. She has completed
certification programs with the Living Yoga Program and Liz Franklin’s
Yoga in Chairs. The latter program was designed for people living with
MS, is endorsed by the National MS Foundation, and is also appropriate
for people with any type of mobility limitations.
Pam has taught people
of all ages and abilities including university students, athletes, pregnant
women and people with limited mobility. She teaches a non-competitive style
of Hatha Yoga that encourages students to follow their breath, listen to
their bodies, and maintain a constant flow of energy through the poses.
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Sara
Kennedy-Mele
Pilates
Mat Instructor
Sara
recently moved to Alpine from Austin, where she was the Pilates Director
at The Hills Health Club & Wellness Center in Westlake from 2003 –
Oct 2010. Fully certified (mat and equipment) in The Pilatesystem
in 2002, Sara brings a wealth of information to her teaching from training
with Pilates Elder Mary Bowen, Master Teachers Elizabeth Larkam, Collen
Gleen, and others. Before Pilates, Sara was the Middle School Athletic
Director at St. Stephen’s School in Austin where she received Teacher of
the Year and Who’s Who Among American Teachers. After 25 years
of athletics, Pilates changed her life and she wanted to give that gift
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Rawles
Williams
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Aimee Roberson
www.luminousbodyyoga.com
Thursday Night Classes
at Big Bend Yoga
4:15~5:15pm
Yoga Basics
5:30~7:00pm
Yoga Flow
403 South
Walker Street
118
South at Avenue H
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Big Bend Yoga
402 S. Walker St.
Alpine, TX 79830
432-837-7222
Send email to: mary@bigbendyoga.biz
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