Yoga Classes at Sports Basement – April 2008
06 April 2008 – Iyengar Yoga Teacher – Tony Eason
A Graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, Tony Eason has been a student of Yoga for fifteen years. Now an 11th Yr. AIDS LifeCycle cyclist, tony came to yoga to enhance his cycling performance.
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 cycling seminars, substitue teaches, and/or weekly yoga classes at James Howell Studio, Club One, Gold’s Gym, Sports Basement, and the San Francisco Tennis Club. Cyclist, beginners, and everyone else, are encouraged to attend his classes.”
On Sunday April 13th, between 10:00am and 2:00pm, Sports Basement will be hosting a Yoga & Pilates Collective.
- Various local Pilates& Yoga studios will be sharing information.
- 10:00am. – A free Pilates class with Ellie Herman Pilates.
- 12:00 noon – A Lecture on Ayurveda with Anna Yaya Kelleher.
- 1:00pm. – A free yoga class with Garrell Hendson.
- Free Raffle of a variety of yoga packages will be going on throughout the day.
The best part about this event is that all attendees will receive 15% off all items, with 5% of the purchase amount donated to Yoga Bear.
Yoga Bear is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing cancer patients and survivors with more opportunities for wellness and healing through the practice of yoga. By partnering with local yoga studios, Yoga Bear matches cancer patients and survivors with yoga classes in the community free of charge.
If your Pilates or Yoga Studio would like to get involved – here are some of the ways…
- Help spread the word about this great event by either printing & posting the poster in your office or yoga studio or mentioning it in your newsletter or email!!
- Make a donation to our raffle to get people into your studio!!
- Come and attend the event to let our customers know about your yoga studio!!
13 April 2008 – Ellie Herman Pilates
Ellie Herman Studios has been a San Francisco Mission establishment since 1993. It all started in the “Old Sears Building” on the former Army Street in Ellie’s live/work loft (Studio 225). With only a second-hand gymnastic mat and a reformer, Ellie opened up shop. After a few years, Ellie accumulated more equipment and decided to offer teacher trainings. Being immersed in the dance community for years, Ellie recruited mostly professional modern dancers to her initial teacher trainings. To this day, the lion’s share of EHS teaching staff is working modern dancers who teach Pilates to support their art (fortunately dancers make excellent Pilates trainers). Ellie became bicoastal in 2005 with the Brooklyn studio in the heart of Park Slope.
13 April 2008 – Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner – Anna Yaya Kelleher
Anna has studied and taught yoga in the Iyengar tradition for over fifteen years. The practice of yoga and being in the yoga community naturally led to an interest, and then formal studies, in Ayurveda. Both of these sciences have sustained and enriched her through her worklife, pregnancy and birthing, motherhood, and other life changes and challenges. She views yoga and Ayurveda as structures we build within ourselves that we can always come home to whatever the circumstances. Yoga and Ayurveda offer us deep spiritual foundations so that we become present to ourselves and the world as we are, enabling us to experience and share joy. One of her favorite yogic sayings is “many paths, one truth” because it communicates that essence of allowing. Anna views sharing these sciences with students, as a teacher, and clients, as a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, as an honor and a pleasure.
Anna studied yoga at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco with teachers who include Judith Lasater, Ramanand Patel, Janet Macleod, and Jaki Nett. She has studied with Manouso Manos, and the Iyengars both in the US and in India. She has studied Ayurveda with Dr. Jay Apte at the Kerala Academy. She is currently enrolled in massage school at the World School of San Francisco. She works and lives in San Francisco.
13 April 2008 – Iyengar Yoga Teacher – Garrell Herndon
My teaching is inspired by my training with Iyengar style teachers, and my studies of Structural Integration. Teaching was never a goal, just a part of the learning process.
Took my first yoga class in 1988. Joined the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco Advanced Studies/ Teacher Training program in 1991. Been to Pune to study with the Iyengars directly.
Over the years I’ve studied with many Great SF yoga teachers. Kathy Alef, Patricia Sullivan, and Janet MacLeod.. I also studied with Tony Briggs, Arthur Kilmurray, Manouso Manos, and Ramanand Patel. Mostly, I apprenticed and studied with Ramanand. Patel . The summer of 2007 I was fortunate enough to assist the instructor at the Guild for Structural Integration.
In the yoga class the use of props, and physical adjustments,, help students find their greatest potential in the poses. The classes are all around solid and the refined instructions are felt to the bone. You can read more about all this at http://yogabodywork.net /
20 April 2008 – Hatha Flow Yoga Teacher- Paul Tucci
In 1996, I attended my first class at World’s Gym – San Diego. The Yoga teacher asked “why are you taking this class?:” I answered, “to learn something new about my body”. Through experiencing the Iyengar style of Yoga with Tony Eason, I noticed that my sacrum & lumbar spine started to loosen. I discovered the power of the deep breath, and the mindfulness of the practice.
Les Leventhal inspired me with his insightful and challenging classes. Darren Main & Christopher Love ‘s Hawaii yoga retreat was a celebration of the deepening of my yoga practice and my life.
And after a misguided venture into Real Estate, Joy Ravelli suggested that I become a yoga instructor. That suggestion sent me to many work-shops and eventually to Seattle where i took my teacher training with Anna Forrest.
And, after 11 years, that innocent answer is still the root of what yoga still is for me . Yoga is an exploration of the muscles, the bones, the tendons, the breath, and a break from the churning mind.
Presently, I teach an Ana Forrest inspired Hatha Flow classes at Gold’s Gym (Brannan St.).
Love & peace, Paul
