teachers

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2012 winter session classes' teachers:
Val Speidel / Alisen Stewart-Milne / Luci Yamamoto

2012 studio support:
Bridget Donald / Grant Richards / Corinne Skrobot / Suzan Wood




about our teachers
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Val Speidel
Founder of yoga west 3rd avenue,  Val has been devoted to the study and practice of Iyengar yoga since 1995, and teaching since 2000. She previously has worked as a Registered Nurse and then, for many years, as a publisher and freelance designer of books. Her initial Iyengar training was completed under the guidance of Gioia Irwin and Ingelise Nherlan. She continues to study with Senior-level teachers, including Faeq Biria, Donald Moyer, and Chris Saudek, and she travels regularly to Pune, India for ongoing training with the B.K.S. Iyengar family at Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute. Val is a dedicated teacher who encourages each student to reach for their full potential through the practice of yoga. When not in the studio, she can often be found in and around the garden.
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Luci Yamamoto
Luci became a keen student of yoga in 1997, after taking her first class in Berkeley, California. Currently training for Iyengar certification under the guidance of Louie Ettling, she has studied with Sandy Blaine, Donald Moyer, and Mary Lou Weprin, and she regularly attends workshops with many international senior Iyengar teachers. An articulate, engaging teacher, Luci's classes are rigorous and challenging, but always geared to the individual. She encourages students to appreciate and to develop precision and depth in yoga practice. Originally from Hawaii, Luci is a professional writer, editor, and Lonely Planet author.
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Alisen Stewart-Milne
Alisen's love of movement has lead her down many paths with over 20 years experience in the sport and fitness industry. She has found that Iyengar Yoga has inspired her to go deeper and discover the infinite potential within all of us. Alisen encourages everyone, no matter what their back ground or ability, to explore their own inner transformation through Iyengar Yoga. 
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Bridget Donald
Bridget is a certified Iyengar Yoga instructor who has been studying yoga since 1992 and teaching in Vancouver since 2001. She has studied with local teachers Franklin Schryver and Claudia MacDonald as well as many national and international teachers. Grateful for the benefits that yoga has brought her, Bridget enjoys seeing her students discover the joys of yoga for themselves.
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Grant Richards
Grant is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher who began practicing Iyengar yoga in 1990 to complement his soccer pursuits as well as to work therapeutically to alleviate recurring back pain. His teaching is enhanced by many years of experience as a public and college-level educator. Grant recently completed his Iyengar yoga teacher training, and currently teaches mixed classes, and classes for men in various venues within the lower mainland.
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Corinne Skrobot
Corinne Skrobot began her study of Iyengar yoga in 2002. She completed her teacher training with Louie Ettling and Ingelise Nherlan, receiving teaching Certification in June 2009. She is a registered Physiotherapist (1990) with practices in Vancouver, North Vancouver and Powell River. Corinne brings her passion and expertise to the studio in her yoga classes and is committed to encouraging students to experience the beneficial effects of yoga toward their own healing.

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Iyengar Yoga teacher training
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Certification in the Iyengar Method indicates professional training and a high level of expertise in the safe and effective teaching of yoga. Very few if any other yoga methods have training programs of the Iyengar scope and depth and none can boast such a rigorous assessment process.




Iyengar Yoga Teacher Certification Mark
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A worldwide patent has been registered in the name of Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar to regulate the use of his name. This patent or certification mark is available to certified Iyengar yoga teachers in good standing who study, teach, disseminate and promote the art, science and philosophy of yoga according to the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar without mixing in other styles of yoga. It indicates an instructor’s authenticity and authorization to teach Iyengar Yoga. Teachers listed here whose names appear without the Certification Mark are teachers-in-training, work under the supervision of qualified Iyengar training instructors.