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**The following Afro American Yoga Teachers - Black Yoga Teachers and yoga classes are posted on ynottony.com as a public service to the San Francisco - Bay Area community.  For detailed description, yoga class schedule changes, or detailed yoga teacher bio, please contact each individual directly..

Nadine Johnson - Yoga Teacher

Nadine Johnson has been living as a true urban yogi – working full-time and teaching yoga while maintaining a strong practice and balanced life.  Safety, patience and inward focus have been key elements of her practice for over 16 years, which is grounded in Ashtanga Yoga as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in India.  Practicing for life, not just for now is a key inspiration in her teaching.

Nadine has completed teacher trainings with Clayton Horton at Greenpath Yoga and David Swenson She also continues her education through workshops and trainings with senior teachers such as David Williams, Richard Freeman, Jonny Kest, Ana Forrest and Sarah Powers.

Hatha Yoga Teacher - Dee Benefield

Hatha Yoga with Dee Benefield

"Dee has been teaching Hatha Yoga for over 10 years. She received her certification through the Integral Yoga Institute and is also experienced in teaching Iyengar and Bikram styles of Hatha Yoga. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Integral Yoga Institute, a member of the California Yoga Association. Her classes are flowing and instill a great feeling of inner peace, balance and harmony. "

African American Yoga Teacher -  Bikram Yoga Teacher - La Mott Atkins

Bikram Yoga Castro - San Francisco

LaMott Atkins is a Certified Bikram method hatha yoga instructor. An Afro American - Black Yoga Teacher, LaMott graduated from the Bikram training program in November 2000, and he began his yoga teaching career in San Francisco, where, for two years, he taught yoga classes in as many as four yoga studios simultaneously including Mission Yoga and Funky Door Yoga. He later worked for Bikram Yoga College of India traveling throughout the United States teaching at yoga studios in Oakland, Philadelphia, Miami, Dallas, and Baltimore. In September 2004, LaMott returned to San Francisco full-time when he chanced upon the opportunity to open Bikram Yoga Castro.

Women of Color - Yoga Classes with Maya Breuer

Santosha Yoga with Maya Breuer

Maya Breuer, RYT, a Certified Kripalu Yoga teacher with more than 20 years experience, is the founder and director of the Santosha School of Yoga and the national Yoga Retreat for Women of Colorâ„¢. She has studied extensively with yoga masters in the Kripalu tradition in India . Maya is a member of the International Association of Black Yoga Teachers, the Kripalu Yoga Teacher's Association, the International Women of Vision and Action Group, and the National Yoga Alliance. She is also an affiliate of the International Yoga College and serves on the Kripalu Center Board of Trustees. In 2004 she received the first Yoga Trailblazer Award from the International Association of Black Yoga Teachers. Maya is a contributing author to Stephen Cope's "Will Yoga and Meditation Really Change My Life?" and the just published "Kripalu Yoga On and Off the Mat" ( December 2005). She is also a jazz singer and visual artist whose yogic philosophy incorporates these aspects of her creativity. Presently Maya is completing her first book, Soul Yoga.

Pilates with Black Instructor - Ava Gallon-Reed

Body for Life

An Afro American Yoga Teacher, Ava Gallon-Reed. is certified through Powerhouse Pilate's and the American Council of Exercise (ACE). She is certified in mat and reformer Pilate's and is currently and always will be a student of Pilate's  She has trained in New York through Polestar Pilate's and just recently returned from a trip to Miami working on her second certification in the advanced reformer work from Polestar Pilate's She has over 5 years of experience using the Joseph Pilate's method and over 7 years in personal training.

"I am very passionate about Pilate's and Personal training and I love to instruct others. My mission is to share and practice mind/body fitness, which I like to call artistic fitness to those who are just beginning as well as those who have experience. I believe that integrating mind/body fitness in one's life only help the mind, body, spirit connection, that which aids in reaching ones full potential."

 

Phoenix Soleil

Phoenix Soleil

Phoenix is deeply passionate about building healthy communities. Her cuddle workshops are a place where silly is valued; she strives to make each party a time where people can question, experiment and transform by creating a sacred and playful space. Bringing her training in Nonviolent Communication (NVC), talents as a performer and kinesthetic wisdom as a dancer to create safe and touch-fantastic friendly options for others.

Brooklyn-born Phoenix Soleil graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in Cultural Anthropology.

Black Yoga Teacher - Tony Eason

Tony Eason

"A Graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, Tony Eason has been a student of Yoga for twelve years. As a road cyclist, Tony came to yoga for the benefits of stretching.

Through Iyengar yoga classes, he teaches students to pay attention to the alignment of their bodies, to become aware of the breath, and to control the mind.

Presently, Tony teaches Iyengar yoga classes and seminars at James Howell Studio, Club One, and the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts. Cyclist, beginners, and everyone else, are encouraged to attend his classes."

 

Iyengar Yoga - Astanga Yoga - Ben Thomas

Afro American Yoga Teacher - Ben Thomas

Ben Thomas has been practicing yoga since 1976 and has been teaching yoga classes for over 25 years. He is a Senior certified Iyengar yoga teacher by Yogacharya, Dr. B.K.S. Iyengar of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune, India. His original certifications was granted by B.K.S. Iyengar in 1983. He has traveled to Pune, India to study with B.K.S. Iyengar, his daughter, Dr. Geeta Iyengar, and his son, Praschant Iyengar, on ten occasions:

Iyengar Yoga Classes with Jaki Nett

Jaki Nett - Iyengar Yoga Teacher

Jaki Nett, college instructor, author, former Playboy bunny and an Iyengar Yoga instructor and student, has been teaching yoga classes for two decades around the world. Jaki is a faculty member of the Advanced Studies Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, an Iyengar certification assessor, and an internationally known workshop teacher. She is also an invited instructor at The Yoga Journal conferences and gives public yoga classes in St. Helena, Corte Madera, and San Francisco, CA.

Ramon Bostic - Certified   Personal Trainer

Ramon A. Bostic - Certified Personal Trainer

 

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