Samadhi Center for Yoga in Denver


	ANNA ALLEN (and Samadhi CEO Maya Allen) It has been a tremendous honor and joy for me to share this sacred yoga experience with others. I remember the first time I ever attended a yoga class. It felt as though I had finally come home after much searching. And since then, I have been blessed with many profound and divine experiences of body and soul. It is my goal to share that with you through yoga. While I have studied with many teachers, my greatest teacher is the one inside. That is the teacher I hope to help awaken in each of you; your own inner Guru. I invite you on an adventure to your true self; a space where there are no limits placed on you by a hardened heart or a confined mind. Step and even leap into the unknown, a space where you will experience yourself as pure light, love, power and peace.
Kelly	KELLY WILEY Kelly, also known as "Super Kelly" around these parts, is not only an amazing yoga teacher, but also Samadhi's manager. We are so grateful for all of the hard work and dedication she puts into Samadhi on a daily basis. Kelly has studied yoga for over six years, gathering experience in many styles. She participates in Teacher Training with Iyengar, Kripalu, Anusara and Ashtanga schools and is an ACE certified personal trainer. Kelly brings her gratitude and zest for life into her yoga classes as well as healthy bits of yogic philosophy. She teaches a balanced dose of asana and pranayama that yogis and yoginis can incorporate into their daily lives.
Laura	LAURA WADE JASTER Along with being a powerful and passionate Certified Yoga Instructor, Laura is also a Certified Wellness Coach. She is committed to helping people find more enjoyment in life through nutrition and lifestyle changes. Laura has been a committed student of yoga for the last nine years and a teacher for four. She has studied and practiced Iyengar Yoga, Tri Yoga, Shambhava Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga. Her daily asana and meditation practice feeds her passion for living a conscious and caring life. Laura guides her students to develop a deeper connection to mind, body and spirit.
Beth	BETH SANCHEZ Beth teaches intermediate level yoga classes with a deeply meditative groove. She emphasizes sound body mechanics and alignment while leading students to awaken and relish the subtle wonders of asana practice. Beth is inspired by many aspects of the yogic path including asana, pranayama, meditation, puja, chanting, service, mantra, philosophy and ayurveda. Classic Hatha and Ashtanga are her primary influences in asana practice. Beth has been practicing yoga for about seven years now and has an extensive professional background in the non-profit sector.
Derik	DERIK ESELIUS Derik has been a student of yoga for over thirteen years and teaching since 1996, offering instruction in asana (postures), pranayama (breathing methods), and meditation. His teachings are centered upon principles of love, service and wisdom. Derik Eselius was introduced to Yoga in 1991, in Haridwar, a small pilgrimage town, in Northern India. There he learned pranayama, asana and meditation. Yoga has been a central discipline in his life ever since, studying in America and returning to India, four times, to deepen his knowledge and experience. He has studied with internationally recognized teachers including: Kofi Busia, Richard Freeman and Baba Hari Dass. His classes blend prolonged and flowing postures -awakening the inner intelligence of the body through form, breath and mind.
Andrea	ANDREA KREMER Andrea began her teacher training as a work-study at The Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda in Boulder and she attended the Mount Madonna teacher training. Andrea is committed to her furthering her education and personal experience of yoga. Currently she studies with several teachers in Denver. Andrea draws from the teachings of different schools of yoga in creating classes that are both gentle and focused. In teaching Hatha yoga she hopes to create a space that allows each individual to reconnect with, and move from, the foundation of their divine nature.
Stephanie	STEPHANIE AZAK Stephanie Azak draws upon extensive experience with the Jivamukti, Ashtanga and traditional Hatha yoga traditions to create an exhilarating and dynamic practice, and has been teaching since 1999. She guides students through a joyful celebration of movement, sound, and self-exploration. Through playful use of Nada yoga, the yoga of sound, as well as guided meditation and reflection, she encourages students to use their yoga practice as an opportunity to explore their creativity and power. Stephanie is also a licensed massage therapist and uses her nuanced understanding of physiology to provide each student with valuable verbal and hands-on adjustments. Most of all, she seeks to establish the studio as a safe space in which one can freely explore the healing and transformative powers of yoga. Her style is truly heart centered.
Chris	CHRIS MUCHOW Chris' yogic style has been heavily influenced by Ashtanga teachers Paul Grilley and Steve Ross as well as Ana Forest, John Friend and a host of others. Chris' teaching is simple and powerful, encouraging celebration and confidence through vigorous yet playful practices. The tone is intelligent and meditative creating room for exploration and cultivating mindfulness. Teaching from his personal experience of Yoga, he creates liquid, flowing asana sequences eloquently strung together with healing breath.
Mark	MARK GIUBARELLI Mark Giubarelli teaches a flowing Vinyasa. Each strengthening and stretching all the major muscles and joints in the body safely and smoothly. Experience guided meditation with a wonderful Scottish accent and understand the enlightened goal of Samadhi. "I enjoy teaching in Samadhi because it is one of the nicest Yoga studios in Denver. A real effort has been made in making its surroundings beautiful. What results is great class experiences."
Alanna Estes	ALANNA ESTES A dynamic and creative teacher, Alanna Estes desires to share her passion and heart for yoga with all her students. She infuses her classes with challenging postures, inspiring lessons and an enthusiastic attitude. As the only certified Jivamukti Yoga instructor currently teaching in Colorado, Alanna has the distinct pleasure of reminding everyone that, "A yogi always strives to live from the heart."
Brenna	Brenna Brenna is a long time teacher and practitioner of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. She has studied extensively with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in India, Richard Freeman in Boulder, and Tim Miller in California. She has completed two certified Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training courses and continues to learn and grow in her own daily practice. She believes in creating a warm and fun class that transmits a dynamic flow of breath and postures.
Holly	HOLLY PITURRO Holly began her first yoga class in 1992 as a college student and after years of an on and off again practice, she began studying regularly in 2000. To make a magical experience even more magical, Holly discovered that she was pregnant during her teacher training at Shoshoni during the summer of 2002. Naturally, a special interest in prenatal yoga was also born. The experience of giving birth and learning how to be a mother have presented Holly with many yoga lessons outside the world of asana that she brings to every one of her classes. Her daughter Maggie just turned one and Holly can't wait to expand her interest in prenatal yoga to Yoga for Kids!
	COLLEEN McEAHERN Colleen's gentle, compassionate approach emphasizes the portability of the practice…the idea that the benefits of yoga are available to all of us, at all times. The beauty of the yogic practice for Colleen lies not only in the constant uncovering of one's true nature, and the powerful exchange of energy that comes from practicing as a group, but in taking conscious awareness out of the studio and into daily life. The line between the two disappears, and our lives simply become the practice. "Yoga is not something we 'do' for an hour and a half, a few times a week. It is a portable, innate practice which guides us toward peace, personally and universally."
	DAVID HATCH David Hatch is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist('97) and Hatha Yoga Instructor('01). He also has a BS in Psychology('92) and an Associate in Sign Language('94). Often clients and therapists alike believe in the old adage 'No pain, no gain'. David, however, utilizes the concept of intensity rather than pain. Whether during a Deep Tissue massage or yoga class, pain is the body's way to indicate that it has gone beyond it's threshold.
	SHANNON EARTHTREE Shannon EarthTree has been practicing yoga since 1994. In 2001 she entered training to become a Hatha Yoga teacher. She trained first at Gentle Strength Yoga, then at Shoshoni Mountain Retreat Center. She continued to teach Hatha Yoga until she walked into her first Kundalini Yoga class. After this transformative experience she decided to devote all of her energy to Kundalini Yoga. In 2002 she went to train with master Kundalini Yoga teacher, Yogi Bhajan in Espanola, New Mexico. Shannon spends her days nurturing and loving her beautiful baby Indigo Shakti, practicing and teaching Kundalini Yoga and also teaches reading in an after-school program.
Kevin	KEVIN DURKIN Kevin Durkin has practiced yoga since 1976 and has taught since 1991. He is certified as an intermediate (junior) yoga teacher by the United States Iyengar Association. He has been to India five times to study with B.K.S., Geeta, and Prashant Iyengar. He has assisted in the medical classes at the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India, and studied at the International Iyengar Institutes in New York, Manchester, Zurich, London and Paris. In celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Iyengar Institute, he was one of the 65 Americans invited to the Yoga Teachers Guidance Course taught by B.K.S. Iyengar in January, 2000. Kevin has taught workshops in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and teaches specialty workshops regularly.
	Regina Zwilling Regina has been practicing yoga for over 5 years. She has practiced many different styles, including Bikram, Ashtanga, Iyengar, and various other Hatha forms. She has gained a strong understanding of how the postures affect the body, and how to modify postures for individual needs. Using alignment and compassion, she helps people develop a challenging yet healing flow to explore the edges of the mind, body and spirit.
Alicia	ALICIA DeCRISTOFARO Alicia teaches both Prenatal Yoga and Partner Prenatal Yoga to women and their partners. Her deep love of working with women and their families during this special time in their lives began about 8 years ago. Since then she has been committed to gaining more knowledge and experience through her prenatal massage practice, her Doula practice, teaching prenatal yoga and just recently, studying prenatal nutrition.
Tina	TINA AISNER PORTER After years of living in the Middle East and NYC, Tina landed in Los Angeles where she practiced Power Yoga with Bryan Kest for 11 years in Santa Monica. Her Power Yoga class offers more variation to the Ashtanga series. A progressive sequence of flowing asanas that build functional strength, physically & mentally.

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