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Wendy Santiago

By Jeanne Wolfe

Photo of Wendy Santiago.Wendy is the owner of Wendy Fit Yoga, Pilates and Personal Training Studio in Palm Harbor Florida. This studio is a certified 200 hour Teacher Training School since 2001. Wendy is also an RYT 500 hour yoga instructor. She fell in love with the practice of yoga in the early 80’s and began studying with Rodney Yee. She also sudied with Baron Baptiste, David Swenson and Beryl Bender Birch. Through these teachers, Wendy got her certifications in Ashtanga and Power Yoga. Her passion for health and wellness took her quickly to Clinical Rehab work. The demand for Yoga as a tool for injury prevention and rehabilitation inspired Wendy to continue her education in Iyengar in other words, methods for proper alignment. … » Learn More about Wendy Santiago

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Barb Shimer

By Jeanne Wolfe

As a working mom and helping to raise two teenage girls in the late 80’s, my life was hectic to say the least. Additionally, my fire-fighter husband worked shift work so balancing school, homework, softball, dance, orchestra, etc. was taking a toll on my nerves. One evening I had had enough and shouted my inability to handle the stress. The kids looked at me as if I was a monster and my husband stood there aghast! He then took me aside and gently explained that these were things every mom and dad dealt with on a daily basis. The kids were good and I was good but I needed to get a grip, to find something that would encourage me to relax. … » Learn More about Barb Shimer

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Alignment-Based

By Jeanne Wolfe

Alignment based yoga instruction is teaching with the principles of aligning the skeleton structure to better enable the student to experience better balance, stability and strength in yoga practice.
 Who teaches this style of yoga?

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Anusara

By Jeanne Wolfe

Anusara Yoga, created by John Friend, is a modern school of hatha yoga grounded in a Tantric philosophy of intrinsic goodness.  Called heart-oriented, this style of yoga integrates the celebration of the heart, universal principles of alignment and energetic asanas. Who teaches this style of yoga?

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Ashtanga

By Jeanne Wolfe

A traditional style of yoga developed by K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India and is intended to heal the body through a dynamic series of postures, each building on the previous.
Ashtanga yoga is meant for everybody and it is best to learn from a qualified teacher. Who teaches this style of yoga?

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