Teachers in the Mid-Atlantic Region

Teachers are listed alphabetically.  Currently offering classes are:

Lisa Kinney Colburn
Ida Cullen
Laura Delaney
Suzanne Spangler Jackson
Marya Michael
Tiffany Montavon
Liz Rolland
Barbara Sorenson

Beth Ann Bartley took one YogaRhythmics^® class and fell in love. She knew she had to learn how to teach YogaRhythmics^® so she could share the experience with others. Beth Ann has a strong desire to help people reconnect with, honor and listen to the innate wisdom of their bodies. She feels that YogaRhythmics^® is her vehicle to do this. She is an advanced certified YogaRhythmics^®/Kripalu DansKinetics^® instructor and holds a bachelors of science degree in health education. She currently leads workshops and will be teaching classes this fall in Fairfax County, Virginia. Beth Ann is always interested in joining with others to create workshops and classes that honor the mind, body and soul. Contact Beth Ann at 703-451-8187 or bethann@movingjourneys.com.

Robin Deen Carnes has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and has loved to boogie all 43 years of her life. Underlying all of her work in movement and dance is her belief that expressive movement is as essential for human beings as air, water and food. She invites students to trust and learn from their bodies, and to recover the innate delight of dancing with conscious abandon.  An advanced certified YogaRhythmics^®/Kripalu DansKinetics^® instructor since 1995 and currently undertaking Anusara Yoga Teacher certification training, Robin leads weekly classes, conducts healing movement sessions with individual clients, and designs and facilitates workshops that assist people in their spiritual development all over the country. In addition to her work as a movement teacher, Robin is very active in the field of women's spirituality. She is the co-author of Sacred Circles: Women's Spirituality Groups (Harper San Francisco, 1998) and has co-organized and presented at four Sacred Circles: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality conferences at the Washington National Cathedral. Her work has been featured in major periodicals including The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Tampa Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, The New York Daily News, and Yoga Journal. Contact Robin at 301-587-1336 or rdcarnes@starpower.net .

Lisa Kinney Colburn has joyfully participated in yoga and YogaRhythmics® classes for more than 10 years. Although yoga opened up her body and mind to new ways of being and seeing, it wasn't until she found YogaRhythmics® that she realized what she had been missing: PLAY! "When I danced in a YogaRhythmics® class, I experienced the joy of play and self-discovery. I want to share this wonderful gift with others--I believe it's what we're here to learn." Lisa is an advanced certified YogaRhythmics®/Kripalu DansKinetics® instructor. She also is a  certified yoga instructor who has taught beginning yoga classes at several health clubs and community centers in the D.C. area. You can contact Lisa at lisacolburn@gmail.com or call her at 703-310-6105.  Visit her website at www.danceoutloud.org.

Ida Cullen took her first yoga class in the early 70’s and began to incorporate dance into her practice in 1996.   Today she is certified in YogaRhythmics^®, Kripalu DansKinetics & Integrative Yoga Therapy.  Her classes and workshops are a reflection of her life experiences in music, yoga, dance, astrological studies, feng shui, and spiritual seeking.  From this has evolved a unique and creative style of teaching which encourages inquiry and free expression for all. Classes, workshops, retreats, and individual sessions are available. Ida lives and works in Monmouth County, New Jersey and is willing to travel to share her gift.   Contact Ida at either ifcullen@earthlink.net or http://www.ifcullen.com/.

Laura Delaney is an advanced certified YogaRhythmics®/ Kripalu DansKinetics® teacher and Kids Yoga instructor.  She also holds a MA in Teaching English as a Second Language and teaches at an elementary school in Silver Spring. Whether her students are kids or adults, she creates a nurturing and playful class laced with sparks of exuberance where everyone is invited to bring all of her or himself to the dance.  Contact Laura at 301.318.7278 or delaneyoga@yahoo.com.

Peggy Finn took her first yoga class in 1972 and has been exploring mind, body, spirit connections ever since. She is thrilled to be an advanced certified YogaRhythmics^®/Kripalu DansKinetics^® instructor. She is also a mother of four, a soccer player, and a nature lover. Contact Peggy in Virginia at 703-683-5594 or pfyoga@yahoo.com .

Rhonda Gordon has been a student of yoga and dance since the 1970s and taught "Dance for Health" for three years.  In her words, "YogaRhythmics^® brings together my love of music and movement in the most fun and expressive way imaginable."   She greatly enjoys sharing YogaRhythmics^® with others.  Contact Rhonda in Bethesda, Maryland at 301-530-5152 or rhondaliveshere@aol.com .

Suzanne Spangler Jackson began her yoga apprentice program in 1998 and received her certification in YogaRhythmics^®/Kripalu DansKinetics^® in 2001.  She has worked as a professional opera singer for 15 years singing with The Washington Opera, The Baltimore Opera, Summer Opera Theater and Opera Delaware.  Suzanne developed YogaSing by combining her knowledge of the specific needs of singers and her yoga and dance training.  Her CD, YogaWakening, and  DVD, YogaSing: Yoga for Singers and Performers will be available in June 2003.  Future engagements include YogaSing workshops in Washington, DC, Estes Park, Colorado and Wilmington, Delaware.   Contact Suzanne at  YogaSing@juno.com.  Check for the arrival of her web site, YogaSing.com, coming soon.

Joyce A. Joseph , M.S., LICSW, Diplomate of the American Board of Sexology.  A certified Gestalt Psychotherapist, certified Sex Therapist, and certified Integral Hatha Yoga teacher, Joyce works with clients individually and in workshops incorporating YogaRhythmics^®/Kripalu DansKinetics^® in her work with clients. She has extensive training in body psychotherapy and somatic energy work including Bioenergetics , Reiki, Spiritual Belly Dance and Yoga Therapy. Joyce also studies Middle Eastern Dance. She is available to teach individual sessions or for conference workshops.  Contact Joyce at joyjos@erols.com.

Marya Michael has been an educator and instructor of stress reduction and meditation techniques to adults and children for over 30 years. Every summer, Marya teaches YogaRhythmics® at Common Ground on the Hill, a traditional music and arts program held at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. She also integrates her knowledge of movement and energy to her her teacher and professional renewal programs. Marya teaches a private class for women, entitled Women Dancing Free. Her deep and profound sense of knowing allows her to facilitate and personalize the joyous and comfortable release of blocked emotions and energies within the body. Marya has found that her personal practice of YogaRhythmics^® has been a powerful tool for expressing and living the power of the spirit within (which includes a great deal of play and passion!) Contact Marya at 703-820-8726 or maryamichael@comcast.net. You can also view her websites at www.gatewaysforprofessionals.net and www.spiritualcoachingforchildren.net

Tiffany Montavon began her career in movement as a swan in second grade music class. "I love to move! I hear my body talk when I move: what's tight or loose? What am I holding onto, releasing, or currently experiencing? What in my body is craving attention? Now that I'm listening, my body informs my way of be being in the world." Tiffany's experiences with social dance, international folk dance, modern dance classes, cathartic movement workshops, and yoga have all led to the belief that dance is indeed a healing art. She is committed to creating safe and authentic experiences in which people can explore and express themselves, through classes, workshops, and weekend retreats. Contact Tiffany at 703-237-2820 or tamontavon@yahoo.com . 

Jackie Novak has been dancing all her life and in her training to be a professional dancer, she has studied many different forms of dance. Her yoga studies began in 1994 when she was drawn to the spiritual aspect of moving the body and the grace and flow of the practice. Through her teaching she shares her love of dance and yoga and hopes to inspire her students to find the hidden dancer that lives in all of us. Jackie is advance certified in YogaRhythmics^®/Kripalu DansKinetics^® and Integrative Yoga Therapy. She lives in Accokeek Md. and offers classes in the Southern Maryland area.  Contact Jackie at 301-292-3306 or HarmonyYoga@comcast.net .

Liz Rolland holds an M.A. in Dance Education from Columbia University Teachers College and has performed professionally throughout the United States and Canada for almost 20 years.  An advanced certified YogaRhythmics^®/Kripalu DansKinetics^® instructor, Liz also teaches yoga, modern dance, improvisation, and choreography.  Liz also offers Holistic Personal Training for individuals interested in private coaching.  Her areas of expertise include Pilates matwork, yoga, weight training, stability ball, stress reduction, and weight loss.  Contact Liz at 410-442-2580 or satyayoga@earthlink.net.  

Barbara Sorensen, a certified integrative yoga therapy teacher, works in animal medicine but found herself going through the rough and tumble of life looking for a place to stretch spiritually and physically. An avid runner, biker, and hiker, she studied yoga for a year, wandered into a Kripalu DansKinetics^® class at Kripalu and found the synergy she was looking for -- music, creative movement, playfulness, a truly joyous and open spiritual practice. She found that in her soul lives a dancer.  She invites you to dance your path and be open to what unfolds in you. Send Barbara an email for more information about upcoming YogaRhythmics^®/Kripalu DansKinetics^® classes and yoga therapy.  Contact Barbara at 240-631-2797 or lissie126@verizon.net .

Adrienne Hamcke Wicker fell in love with YogaRhythmics^® in her first class several years ago.  An advanced certified YogaRhythmics^®/Kripalu DansKinetics^® instructor, Adrienne is a firm believer in Gabrielle Roth's notion that "If you have a body, you are a dancer!".  In addition to sharing YogaRhythmics^® with others and maintaining the yogadancing.com website, she works at the University of Maryland in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union. She has a Masters and Doctorate degree in College Student Personnel Administration from the University of Maryland.   Contact Adrienne at 410-379-8667 or ahamcke@umd.edu.