428-C Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831/423-6719
Maya Lev, Director
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.
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
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 30 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 has completed Kofi Busia's 110 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program, apprenticed for 1 year with Juliet Heizman, and is nearing completion of the 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. 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.
James Moran
A writer and yogi, James Moran has been teaching Iyengar Yoga since 2000. James first became interested in yoga as an undergraduate at UCSC, where he studied with Julie Kimball. He has since studied with he Iyengar family in Pune, India, and in 2003 graduated from the Yoga Teacher's Training program with Rodney Yee at Piedmont Yoga Studios in Oakland.
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 Peterson
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
Kim Sammet
has been teaching a successful teen yoga class in Felton for over a year and has been practicing yoga for many years, most recently with Kofi Busia and Maya Lev.
was born in Iran and began
practicing yoga as a teenager under the Sufi tradition. She has been teaching
Iyengar yoga since 1985. She is also a certified fitness specialist. Her
emphasis is on developing consciousness and self-knowledge to further one's
practice. Web: www.yogawithmitra.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.