Curious about the benefits of Yoga?
Thanks to San Francisco Mayor, Gavin Newsom on 31 August 2008 & 14 September 2008, the city of San Francisco will open up a stretch of roadway bringing physical activity space to our neighborhoods, creating a route for thousands of local families, kids and adults to walk, jog, bike, skate, dance, practice yoga, enjoy tai chi, hola hoop, jump rope, engage in water sports, as well as participate in senior activities. Safe, fun activities that will attract people from throughout San Francisco and the entire Bay Area.
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Bay Area and San Francisco residents of all ages, families, local businesses, visitors and community organizations are all invited and encouraged to join the fun. Come one come all. And it’s 100% free.
As part of this pilot program – Free Yoga Classes will be offered at the Ferry Park (between Washington & Clay streets, off of Drumm – right next to the Embarcadero #4). Bring a yoga mat, a beach towel and/or your favorite shoes – I think you’ll like it!
Yoga Class Schedule – 31 August 2008
9:15 – 10:30am. – Yoga Teacher – Stuart Dick
I’m a Registered Nurse and Registered Dietitian with a Master’s degree in Public Health, who has had chronic illnesses since childhood. My yoga training has been ‘old school’ working in the Sivinanda and mostly the Integral Yoga schools. Right now, I’m teaching at the Jewish Community High school and at the JCC in addition to subbing at Integral Yoga Center of SF and have taught weekly at Rhoda Goldman, senior yoga classes.
10:30 – 11:15am. – Yoga Teacher – Annie Appleby
“Annie Appleby graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Sociology and went on to intern for ABC News in Washington, DC. Later, while working at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, California, she continued her education at UCLA and began taking lunch time yoga classes on the lot. After founding YogaForce, Appleby presented seminars on marketing and product placement to the MBA programs at USC and UCLA and to the fashion department at Stephens College www.stephens.edu).
Appleby has been teaching yoga privately since 1997 and currently teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area at Oracle, EQUINOX and the YMCA. She also travels to teach and consult. The YogaForce F2 Collection launched at the POOL Trade Show in August, 2006 and is available at select Nordstrom locations and other fine stores.
Appleby is a skin cancer survivor and advocate and is featured in the 2008 MELONOMA SURVIVOR CALENDAR .”
10:30 – 11:15am. – Yoga for Kids – Rebecca Durlin Smith
In 2005 Rebecca began sharing the gift of yoga with her 7-year-old sister, Danielle, and became overwhelmed with the desire to share the ancient practice with more children. Receiving her credential to teach children yoga in 2006 through the It’s Yoga Kids Certification Course has made that vision a reality. Rebecca brings her love of life and passion to make the world a better place into her classes.
11:00 – 12:15pm. – Yoga Teacher – Annie Leguennec
I discovered yoga 5 years ago at my local gym, felt in love with it, and never looked back. I have been practicing yoga since.
I am a Yoga Teacher rooted in the Ashtanga tradition. I focused on alignment, the breath, better posture, and the therapeutic effects of yoga. I teach prenatal yoga, and yoga for seniors in the community. I teach my regular yoga classes at the YMCA in San Francisco, Also, I have taught yoga classes in several martial arts schools in the city of San Francisco. Let your practice shine.
Yoga Class Schedule – 14 September 2008
9:15 – 10:30am. – Yoga Teacher – Tony Eason
Born in San Francisco, Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Tony Eason has been a student of Yoga for fifteen years.
As an endurance cyclist, Tony came to yoga for the benefits of stretching.
For five years he studied under Yoga Teacher Mary Friedland. Tony continued to develop his personal practice and teaching skills with the guidance of Yoga Teachers: Kathy Alef, Ben Thomas, Tommijean Thomas PhD, Jaki Nett, and Nora Burnett. He apprenticed under Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Janet MacLeod.
He is a graduate of the Two-year Advanced Teacher Training Program of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco.
His classes are based on the traditions of B.K.S. Iyengar.
Through Hatha 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 yoga classes, seminars, and substitute teaches at: James Howell Studio, Club One, Gold’s Gym , Sports Basement and the San Francisco Tennis Club .
Cyclist, beginners, seasoned yoga students, and everyone else, are encouraged to attend his yoga classes.
10:30 – 11:15am. – Yoga Teacher – Annie Appleby
“Annie Appleby graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Sociology and went on to intern for ABC News in Washington, DC. Later, while working at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, California, she continued her education at UCLA and began taking lunch time yoga classes on the lot. After founding YogaForce, Appleby presented seminars on marketing and product placement to the MBA programs at USC and UCLA and to the fashion department at Stephens College www.stephens.edu).
Appleby has been teaching yoga privately since 1997 and currently teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area at Oracle, EQUINOX and the YMCA. She also travels to teach and consult. The YogaForce F2 Collection launched at the POOL Trade Show in August, 2006 and is available at select Nordstrom locations and other fine stores.
Appleby is a skin cancer survivor and advocate and is featured in the 2008 MELONOMA SURVIVOR CALENDAR .”
10:30 – 11:15am. – Yoga for Kids – Rebecca Durlin Smith
In 2005 Rebecca began sharing the gift of yoga with her 7-year-old sister, Danielle, and became overwhelmed with the desire to share the ancient practice with more children. Receiving her credential to teach children yoga in 2006 through the It’s Yoga Kids Certification Course has made that vision a reality. Rebecca brings her love of life and passion to make the world a better place into her classes.
11:00 – 12:15pm. – Yoga Teacher – 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.
Sunday Streets News Coverage:
San Francisco Sentinel – Sunday Streets
31 August 2008 – Sunday Streets
