Yoga Center Santa Cruz

Instructor Profiles

Abbey Asher

is a formally trained ballet and jazz dancer who performed professionally in Santa Barbara. She began studying Iyengar yoga in 1995 and completed teacher training in 2004. Abbey has been a student of Maya Lev and Kofi Busia for many years and is currently teaching yoga at UCSC. In January of 2008, Abbey studied for one month at the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India. 

Laurie Broderick-Burr

has a B.A in Dance, a certificate to teach at the college level and is a certified massage practitioner. She has been teaching dance, yoga and fitness in Santa Cruz since 1984, and is currently on the faculty of Cabrillo College. She has studied yoga extensively with Judith Lasater and is currently studying with Kofi Busia. Web: www.yogaburr.com

Kofi Busia

is one of the few teachers awarded a senior certificate by Mr. Iyengar. He has studied with BKS Iyengar many times in India and has been teaching yoga for over 35 years. He is also a scholar of Sanskrit and has translated the Sutras of Patanjali from the original. Web: www.kofibusia.com

Henry Heikkinen

has been studying Iyengar yoga since 1992. Henry is a graduate of the 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, and has also completed Kofi Busia's 110 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program. Henry's classes offer an emphasis on techinques for precise physical alignment and steadying the mental focus in asana practice. Web: www.yogawithhenry.com

Juliet Heizman

has been studying Iyengar yoga since 1984, and is certified by the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. She studied 4 years and apprenticed for 2 years with Judith Lasater, Ph.D., registered physical therapist. Juliet has been teaching since 1987.

Tamara Lewis

has studied yoga since childhood and has taught for six years. She is a certified TriYoga teacher and a student of Iyengar yoga with Maya Lev and Kofi Busia. Her teaching is rooted in TriYoga, informed by Iyengar alignment principles, and influenced by Vinyasa Flow, Integral and YinYang yoga. Having seen and experienced yoga as a key to a lifetime of health and well-being, she is dedicated to sharing its transformative powers with others.

Maya Lev

is the director of Yoga Center Santa Cruz. She began her study of Iyengar Yoga in 1982 with Sarah Morgan. She has been a student of Ruth Fisk, and is currently studying with Kofi Busia. Maya has a private practice as a licensed Marriage Family Therapist in Santa Cruz.

Keri Petersen

holds a B.A. in Health Education and has been practicing yoga since 1988. She has been teaching since 2001 and her style is steeped in Iyengar alignment, vinyasa flow and restorative repose

Scott Smader

began his yoga studies in 1973. He began practicing in the Iyengar tradition in 1995 and started teaching in 1998. He is a current student of Kofi Busia. Web: yogaman101.com

Karen Zelin

has been a student and teacher of yoga, meditation and mindfulness since 1990. She graduated from the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and completed Kofi Busia's teacher training program. Web: www.karenzelin.com

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