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Rev. Othene
Munson, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher E-RYT
E500
T500, with the Yoga
Alliance,
Level 2 Usui Reiki Practitioner and Angel Therapy
Practitioner®
(ATP) ,
certified by Doreen Virtue, brings a unique perspective and style of
teaching
to the practice of yoga, drawing upon her background as a corporate
trainer,
human resources professional, fashion model and global yoga instructor.She
has studied
with
renown masters such as Ramanand Patel, John
Schumacher, Kathleen
Pringle,
Patricia Walden, David Swenson, Ana
Forrest, Aadil Palkhivala, Baron Baptise, Jonny Kest,
Manuso Manus, Doug Swenson, Rodney Yee, and Steve Jacobson for two
decades, refining her own practice and teaching methods. She completed
the Ashtanga Teacher Training workshop with David Swenson with further
Ashtanga training from Manju Jois. She has
spent
time studying at the Sivananda Ashrams in Paris, California, London and
the Bahamas. Othene has organized and led Spiritual Trips to Peru,
Arizona, Hot Springs NC, Costa Rica, Greece and
to Egypt and is currently planning an Eco Safari Yoga Trip to South
Africa.
She
remains committed to her own practice and continues to take teachers
training and workshops on a regular basis.
Beth
Passehl shares her experience, humor and warmth as a yoga
instructor
(pending certification as a registered Yoga Alliance 200 hour teacher),
family
wellness coach and ACE (American Council on Exercise) certified
personal
trainer. She has worked in a variety of settings in the healthcare
field for
the past 27 years with two Masters Degrees in Marriage & Family
Counseling.
In the past 11 years, she has specialized and become recognized as a
leading
statewide and national expert on the prevention and intervention of
childhood
obesity. Her current interests in women’s health issues are motivated in
large part from personal experiences with
a hormonally impaired household with her own menopausal moon stage
and two teenage children.
Lisa Bergquist has been taking yoga from Othene Munson for nearly ten years. After having the good luck to stumble upon Othene’s wonderful class in a gym so many years ago, she was hooked! Lisa completed the YTT 200 certification offered at The Center for Yoga in 2008 and is currently working on the 500 level. She taught recreational yoga at Kennesaw State University, has co-hosted Family Fitness nights at her son’s school, and has taught a few yoga classes to children at Buffington Elementary, Avery Elementary, and The Hedge home school. Currently she practices at TCFY and attends weekend seminars and classes to grow and nurture her own yoga experience. She is also collaborating with her brother on a series of yoga books for children.