 Maureen Shortt, Yoga Director & NutritionistWith over 20 years in the field of wellness, Maureen bring a wealth of education and experience to the art of healing. She holds a degree in Education and a Master's degree in Nutrition Counseling. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Stress and a certified yoga instructor in the Svaroopaâ style, a gentle and highly therapeutic yoga style. Maureen has also studied Ayurveda, the time-honored yogic science of health, happiness and longevity, for over 20 years. Maureen believes that through living a yogic lifestyle, we can each experience the Bliss that is our true nature.
I always look forward to coming to this class-gentle but very powerful .The pain in my lower back has diminished by about eighty-five percent. I leave class with a calm peacefulness that I can see on my face. It helps me to relax and slow down so that I'm not just in reaction mode. I feel better able to be in my life. Annie Edwards
About 10 years ago I had a biking accident that injured my tailbone. I had to sit on a cushion and an ice pack when I drove. Since doing this yoga I haven't needed either. I also had long-term severe emotional stress that released when my body released. Dee Molner
I am a 911 survivor. Svaroopaâ Yoga has done more for me than 3 years of therapy. As I am learning to release the muscles around my spine, I am feeling the release physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Michelle Wiley |
 Michele Armstrong
Michele Armstrong began her love of physical fitness as a collegiate rower in Philadelphia. Her training other athletes started soon after when she headed up "Platoon", a military style outdoor fitness program, that utilized the city of Philadelphia particularly the Art Museum area as its 'gym'. A knee injury lead her to discovering one of the great loves of her life: Yoga.
Michele's appreciation for the incredible physical benefits and tremendous individual growth that developed from her personal practice lead her to become certified to teach. She has enjoyed learning from many teachers including Deiree Rumbaugh, Yoganand Michael Carroll, and Simon Park. Michele finds some of her most inspired moments and yogic insights from her dogs and the dogs she saves from shelters and lists through her foundation, Lulu's Rescue. Michele is humbled and honored to teach yoga and loves sharing in the giving and receiving of knowledge and light that teaching yoga affords.
"Michele Armstrong is a wise, compassionate and intuitive teacher who possesses a comprehensive understanding of both human nature and anatomy. Under her guidance, I have grown tremendously in my yoga practice, gaining insights, strength and serenity. I leave each class feeling simultaneously recharged and at peace."
"Michele mentors us to feel it is okay to be where we are, in yoga and in life. She has a heart full of compassion and love of people (and animals). She reminds us to live each day of love and mindfulness and she teaches us that our yoga Sangha is such a special part of our existence. I so look forward to these Saturday mornings."
"Michele Armstrong is, above all, a compassionate teacher who endeavors to encourage and gently motivate all her students, from the most adept to the struggling novice. I feel I have been transformed by Michele's gentle yet vigorous yoga asanas, her intuitive insights, her humor and her expertise." |
 Amy Cronise-Mead, MFA, E-RYT-500Amy is committed to teaching a yoga that cultivates kindness, wisdom, and ultimate happiness, and is part of a documented unbroken lineage of teachers and teachings that runs all the way back to the ancient yogi Naropa and to the Buddha himself.
Introduced to yoga asana as a child by her mother, and to mantra and meditation at age 15, Amy has been teaching Yoga as a spiritual discipline since 2000. She is trained in Vinyasa, Anusara and Tibetan Heart Yoga, Indian and Tibetan lineages of meditation and esoteric practice and is currently completing an advanced 6 year course of study with her root lamas, Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally, with whom she has been a close student since 2003.
Amy and her husband live with their four children in Bucks County PA, and travel frequently to Arizona to study at Diamond Mountain University. Amy and Will are founding board members of Seeds for Tomorrow, a non-profit organization raising funds for children (both Iraqi and American) who have lost parents in the Iraq War. They have also founded the Sukha Gomukha fund, dedicated to helping dairy cows live out their natural lives.
Amy is a staff teacher for the Yoga Studies Institute www.yogastudiesinstitute.org and travels around the country and the world to lead workshops and teacher trainings. When at home in Bucks County PA, she teaches public yoga classes, workshops and trainings, works with students privately, (often with an emphasis on therapeutic yoga) and teaches dharma in the lineage of theDalai Lamas. For more info, see: www.thepathtobliss.com Amy has her MFA from the Yale School of Drama, is recognized by the Yoga Alliance at the highest level (E-RYT-500), and is a grant recipient from the Fox Foundation. She is also a featured yogini for the national print campaign for Kaladanda Yoga Clothing www.kaladanda.com, the Asian Classics Input Project (covers, Releases 6 and 7,) and Jade yoga mats. You can also find her classes available through the Yoga Studies Institute www.yogastudiesinstitute.org, Tibetan Heart Yoga CDs, Series One through Three. |
 Jeremi Dilworth
"Jeremi is the best!! Finally, a yoga instructor who understands my body and its limits. I have hip and back issues along with high stress. After Jeremi's class my body feels relaxed yet stronger." Betty Croll
"Jeremi is the best yoga teacher ever!! She epitomizes grace in yoga. She's very articulate...the things she says and how she says them in her soft and calming voice make her classes what they are." Karen Wilson
"I have learned so much about yoga through Jeremi's teachings. Her classes are challenging, but she's always there to help me through the tough parts. When I'm finished with her class I feel energized and relaxed. She's an awesome instructor! Anonymous |
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Karin Eisen
I have always had very tight hamstrings. Early on in my yoga practice, I wondered why they weren't stretching as much as other parts of my body. That is when I began getting very interested in alignment. Like most disciplines, the better the understanding of the underlying structure, the more one can intelligently explore and play. I hold two (200) hour yoga teacher certifications; one in Power yoga and the other in the Iyengar style. These styles of yoga could not be more diametrically opposed, but put together they combine to make a sweet flowing style of Vinyasa yoga with major attention to alignment. I am an E-RYT, 200 (Experienced, Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200 hour level), registered with Yoga Alliance and have been teaching yoga since January 2001. Before I became a yoga teacher I taught woodworking at Germantown Friends School from 1981 until 1999. My father said I would be a teacher when I grew up. Teaching has always been my path. |
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Anna Folmer
After receiving her Power Yoga teacher certification in 1999, Anna's teaching experience broadened from the United States to Singapore (where she taught under a coconut tree) and back.
Her students range from highly athletic, to seniors and those with disabilities. Because of her many travels to India and the first hand understanding of the culture Anna brings a unique sensibility to her teaching.
Her class is the perfect blend of hard and soft.
Anna continues her education by studying various yoga philosophies and attending workshops. |
 Annemieke HermansAs a Certified Classical and Jazz Ballet teacher Annemieke Hermans, of Dutch nationality, taught ballet to children, age 4 and up, for many years in the Netherlands. Once she moved to the USA, she built on her ballet training and started teaching Yoga in 1997, after being Certified by Eric Schiffmann. Additional training in Ashtanga by David. Swenson (2002) and Manju Jois (2004 and 2005) made her develop her own teaching style of Flowing yoga or Vinyasa, emphasizing on the links between breath and movement. She has become Certified as a Radiant Child Program level I, II & III teacher by Shakta Kaur Khalsa (2005 and 2006) and completed the Certification for the Karma Kids Yoga Teacher Training Program (2006). In July 2007 Annemieke finished her teacher training as a Certified YogaKids International teacher, facilitator and trainer. During 2008 she has been approved as a Specialty Discipline PQAS instructor and in the same year she completed the Teacher Training for the Yoga Alliance. Over the years she has developed an eclectic yoga style, combining Hatha, Ashtanga and Kundalini. With this style she has brought the essence of ballet and yoga into one: The breath and energy flow guide the practitioner from pose to pose, as in a dance. |
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Jessica Presti
Jessica will complete her yoga certification with Karin Eisen in 2011. Her background as a dancer influences her focus on the strength and flexibility, as well as the grace and pose, of Vinsasa yoga. |
 Amber QuinnAmber has explored the art of movement since she was a young child. She began studying dance at age four and continued through adulthood. She was granted a scholarship to Marymount Manhattan College and now holds a BFA in dance. Amber had the opportunity to teach and perform in the US and abroad. Her experiences have taught her to embrace different cultures and all life has to offer. Amber continued her journey and completed a 200 hour Kundalini Yoga Intensive and Certification in NYC. Her exploration of yogic philosophies continues to thrive through workshops with Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa (kundalini yoga), David Swenson (ashtanga yoga), John Friend (anasura yoga) and others. She is a registered member of theInternational Association of Yoga Therapists. Amber teaches Kundalini, Vinyasa, and Restorative traditions. Herclass is inviting and a great mix of fun, creativityand challenge. She is committed to teaching the joy and wonder of yoga for all to experience. In 2003, she returned to her native Bucks County. She enjoys sharing her life experiences with a new community, family, and friends. She lives with her husband Will and two daughters whom inspire her every day.
"Practicing yoga with Amber is a life altering experience! My approach to daily
living has completely changed; I'm much more present and I've learned how to breathe!" Cathie Giambalvo
"Amber is an artistic teacher, one who has mastered the skills, and one who
addresses the needs of the individual. She inspires me with her extensive
knowledge conveyed almost effortlessly. I've reaped the rewards of a peaceful mind and a stronger body. It's almost magic!" Linda Kenny
"This young Grandmother's body thrives in Amber's yoga classes. My body and
it's many sensitivities are invited to stretch, listen for their limits (not my mind's
limits for them), strengthen, and release. Amber offers useful instructions,
with multiple modifications; there is space and time for my body to adapt.
Amber's knowledge of alignment, asana and flow is very well developed and
assessable. Her presence is awake, alive, and non-judgmental, inviting my breath and body into a healing and strengthening meditation in motion." Ann Q |
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Debra Schad
Yoga for me has always been a way to nurture myself, to accept and appreciate who I am. It makes me feel grounded and safe, graceful and strong. Every time I place my foot, extend my body, free my spirit, I am grateful. This is only a fraction of the gift that Yoga has given to me. Yoga has no limits to age, size, or culture. I love to share my knowledge of Yoga with others. I'm especially drawn to introducing Yoga to women of wisdom (menopausal years). I want them to experience the magic of cultivating inner peace, mindfulness, and strength. From teaching, I never stop learning. And, beside from being blessed by practicing with many incredible teachers, I am proud to say that I am the first to receive, my Yoga Alliance Registered teacher training through Flip Dog Yoga.
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 Caitlin Swartley
My teaching style since I began teaching in 2002 has been greatly influenced by various workshops and trainings with Baron Baptiste. It wasn't until 2005 however that I discovered my true passion for teaching. After studying with Janice Clarfield at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and receiving my Prenatal Yoga Teacher Certification, I knew I had found my niche. As a new mother myself, I love instructing pregnant women! I enjoy offering guidance and support to expectant mothers as they practice prenatal yoga, helping them to understand and feel joy about the many physical and emotional changes that pregnancy presents. Whether teaching Vinyasa Yoga, Beginner Yoga or Prenatal, I embrace a gentle and nurturing approach in the studio. My goal is always to provide students with a safe and loving environment. |
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