Cindy Phillips |
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Cindy is the founder and director of
Island Yoga Space. Cindy has been involved in teaching movement
arts since 1986. She holds a BA in Performing Arts from Southern
Oregon University, Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Certification from White
Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara and 200 hour Anusara Style Yoga
Teacher Certification from Garden of the Heart Yoga Center in Sarasota.
Her limitless quest for knowledge has currently lead her to national
yoga instructor Seane Corn with whom she practices and studies
every chance she gets. She discovered yoga in 1998 while searching
for clarity after losing her father to cancer the previous year.
Yoga for Cindy is not only a healing art in the body but a creative
expression of who we are as human beings navigating our path. She
teaches a challenging Flow based class, focusing on alignment,
strength, fluidity and "wisdom in action". Cindy works
with a variety of creative world music in her classes and encourages
students to listen to their unique internal rhythm during practice
and everyday life. By providing the community with a comfortable
and nurturing environment, she trusts that each student will find
their inner strength and overall well-being. |
Preston Whaley Jr. |
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Preston Whaley Jr. is a yoga instructor and yoga therapist. Whatever
the context, he seeks to guide his students into viewing the path to
body, mind and spiritual wholeness as an inspired life journey. His
training is with the renowned Tias Little of Santa Fe, New Mexico,
where he completed the Prajna Yoga teacher training program. Most
recently, he completed the Professional Yoga Therapist program with
Joseph Le Page’s Integrative Yoga Therapy. He holds a Masters of
Divinity from Trinity Seminary and a Ph.D. in the Humanities from
Florida State University. Preston's website is www.allisoneyoga.com. |
Joan Dickinson |
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Joan Dickinson, EdD, LP is a Life Coach and retired licensed psychologist, professor, health care executive and consultant. Her Create Your Perfect Lifestyle business reflects her philosophy that we can create our best realities, become fulfilled and happy. She coaches individuals through life transitions, such as career changes, marriages, divorces, retirement, to achieve their dreams and goals. In addition, she works with businesses to create the perfect corporate culture, conducive to high morale, staff retention, quality products and outcomes, productivity and profitability. She is a Chopra Center for Well-Being Vedic Master, certified to teach yoga, meditation and perfect health. Anything to do with nature and the sea is her passion. Her Life Coach column runs every other Saturday in the Bradenton Herald’s Well-Being section. She can be reached at www.PerfectLifeStyleCoach.com or 941-778-8356. |
Andy Sicking, PPS-II Certified Pilates Instructor |
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Andy has over 20 years of professional and personal experience in the health and fitness field. She began as a ballet student with the Royal Academy of Ballet, and also played tennis, was an avid runner and owned an exercise studio in New York.
Andy moved to Florida in 1980 and taught aerobics at the former Spa South Health Club, as well as teaching exercise classes for mothers with new babies through T.A.P.P. in Manatee County. She discovered Pilates through her yoga studies and became a certified Pilates instructor through Peak Pilates in 2006.
Andy has written numerous articles on medical and health related topics for both local and national publications. She is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance, and is a Level II Certified Pilates Teacher. She offers personal training at her serene studio in Bradenton, using specially designed Reformer and Tower equipment. One-on-one training is useful for those desiring a more concentrated and personalized workout. Personal sessions with Andy can be scheduled at 941-724-0728. |
Kathleen Gallen |
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Kathleen Gallen graduated college with a BA in Political Science before heading off to serve in The Peace Corp in Eastern Europe. It was after returning home from her service that Kathleen realized a shift in her consciousness and found her life’s passion in yoga, meditation and massage therapy.
Kathleen is grateful to her teachers and has studied with Betsey Downing Anusara Yoga, Shala Worsley at Ashville School of Massage and Yoga, Jean Couch’s Balance Center Studies in Big Sur at Esalen Institute. She has just returned home from her work studies and travels in SE Asia including; Esalen Massage with Ellen Watson in Bali, Asokananda’s Sunshine Network Thai Massage in Thailand and explorations of yoga in India.
Kathleen blends different yoga styles that include teaching meditation, breath work, and both flow and restorative yoga. Kathleen believes that the sublime and subtleties are perhaps the larger part of a meaningful life. |
Randy Pauley |
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Randy began her yoga studies in 1999 with Ashtanga Yoga. She was introduced to Anusara Yoga in 2002 and has continued her studies extensively in this popular style. She holds a 200+ hour Anusara® StyleYoga Teacher Certification from Garden of the Heart Yoga Center in Sarasota and is an affiliated Anusara® Teacher. Randy continually studies with the founder of Anusara, John Friend, and other premier teachers as Betsey Downing, Desiree Rumbaugh, Sianna Sherman, Darren Rhodes and Bruce Bowditch. When Randy is not teaching or practicing yoga she enjoys time outdoors, on the beach emersed in nature. |
