Our teachers offer traditional, time-tested teachings in a safe, gentle, effective manner. They bring decades of experience, practice and training and deep dedication to their own inner growth, revealed in their individual styles.
Artee • Bob • Carrie • Har Anand Kaur • Linda Roye • Linda Nueva • Liz • Mae • Manvir •
New and Experienced Teachers Wanted!
Artee has been practicing Heartfulness for over 20 years. She fell in love with this practice after seeing its simplicity and effectiveness. She became a trainer in the year 2020 after spending several weeks in silent retreats in Texas and Kerala in India. She is grateful to have been trained directly by Kamlesh D Patel, the global guide of Heartfulness.
She is currently teaching meditation in Sacramento Senior center, Well connected community (an online community of more than 3500 members across the nation), and has taught in the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Artee is a mother of two young boys and works as a Fiscal Analyst with the Judicial Council of California. Her favorite pass time activities are gardening, reading, and listening to music.
She welcomes all to explore the heights and depths of their consciousness through Heartfulness meditation.
To learn more email Artee at
sacramento@heartfulness.org.
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Bob is a Yoga Alliance 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher who was trained through the
Yoga Fit training program. While living in the Kansas City area, he taught yoga in
corporate and fitness center locations. Bob recently moved back to California in
June 2012. Bob also enjoys his personal practices of Insight Meditation and Tai Chi.
To learn more email Bob at
bob@sacramentoyogacenter.com.
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Carrie Meyer MA, CCHT, ERYT500 is an experienced registered yoga teacher with advanced training and a long teaching history since her first yoga teacher trainings in 1999.
Rather than offering a specific trademark style of yoga, Carrie weaves together classical postures with creative variations aiming to bridge sound physical mechanics to subtle awareness for a multi-dimensionally rich practice. Her alignment-punctuated flow and hatha flow classes aim to provide a physically satisfying meditative practice that is tailored to each student's energy, comfort, and ability with the multiple modifications and variations she suggests throughout each class. She teaches with reverence for that which Yoga may awaken while cultivating an atmosphere that supports each practitioner in making their own discoveries.
Carrie has a master's degree in psychology integrating Eastern, Western, and somatic (mind-body) psychology. Through her private practice Holoflective Healing she offers an array of specialized healing services and sees yoga as an integral part of the web. In previous years, she has been a speaker and workshop presenter on multiple topics pertaining to the human consciousness spectrum.
While all are welcome to her classes, it is recommended that students have some yoga
experience and comfort with sun salutations before joining.
For more information go to
www.carriejmeyer.com or email her at info@carriejmeyer.com.
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Har Anand Kaur nació en Argentina. Desde muy joven, ella fue apasionada por todas las actividades relacionadas con la armonia entre los seres humanos, la naturaleza y el cosmos. Ella es diseñadora de jardines orgánicos y sustentables, es Reikista, Feng Shui consultora, es artista y mamá, practicó el budísmo por más de 20 años, y fue una muy dedicada estudiante de Kundalini yoga por cinco años, hasta que decidió ser instructora y formarse con el Dr. Siri Gian Singh Khalsa (maestro formado directamente por Yogi Bhajan). Ahora es RYT 500 (Maestra de yoga registrada nivel 2.) y continua estudiando y practicando este sistema de yoga cada dia.
Hace 21 años que vive en Sacramento y ama cada dia viviendo aqui y está feliz de compartir su experiencia y conocimiento con la comunidad Hispana.
Har Anand Kaur was born in Argentina. From a very young woman, she was passionate about all activities related to harmony between humans, nature and cosmos. She is an organic gardening designer and sustainable is Reikistan, Feng Shui consultant, is an artist and mom, practiced Buddhism for over 20 years, and was a very dedicated student of Kundalini yoga for five years, until she decided to be an instructor and train with Dr. Siri Gian Singh Khalsa (a teacher formed directly by Yogi Bhajan). Now it's RYT 500 (registered yoga teacher level 2.) and keep studying and practicing this yoga system every day.
He has lived in Sacramento for 21 years and loves every day living here
and is happy to share his experience and knowledge with the Hispanic community
To learn more email Har Anand Kaur at
Kundalini.yoga.espanol@gmail.com.
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Although Linda has been practicing yoga since her 20's, teaching became her calling after retiring from a long career in the legal field. Linda completed her 200-hour teacher training program in 2012 and began teaching her Healthy Aging Yoga class.
In 2013, Linda completed additional training under Carol Krucoff and Kimberly Carson at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, and received a certificate in Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors.
Linda also has a certificate in Hip Therapeutics received from Erin Ehlers upon completion of a six-month course in 2022.
In her most recent three-year Continuing Education cycle with the Yoga Alliance where she is a registered RYT-200, Linda has completed 85 contact hours of training.
As a passionate believer in the benefits of yoga for all bodies regardless of
age or ability, Linda's class offers a gentle and focused approach that
supports balance, mobility and joint health.
When not planning, teaching or attending yoga classes, Linda enjoys
gardening.
To learn more email Linda Roye at
lindar@sacramentoyogacenter.com.
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Iyengar yoga is a continuous source of inspiration for Linda. It has provided a well-spring of health and healing over the past twenty years. Yoga is an integral part of her life, along with raising a family and working as an attorney.
Linda is a graduate of the 500-hour teacher training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. She is grateful to have studied at the Ramamani Iyengar Institute in Pune, India. She continues to study with senior teachers in the Bay Area and India.
Weather permitting, she may often be found mid-day, mat under foot, in
the redwood grove near the California Legislature. Bilingual (English/Spanish),
teaching yoga at SYC is both a calling and a gift.
To learn more email Linda Nueva at
lindan@sacramentoyogacenter.com.
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My first contact with yoga was as a college freshman in 1973, in a month-long "yoga immersion" taught by upperclassmen returned from a year of study in India. The experience ignited a lifelong fascination with the relationship between mind and body, the ideal and the material. I went on become a human geographer, a field dedicated to exploring connections between the ways humans shape and are shaped by the environments they inhabit. Years later, I realized that geography was not unlike hatha yoga (the yoga of action or discipline), which asks us to focus minute attention on the body as a gateway to the mind and spirit.
I returned to yoga in 1998, and in 2002 found my home in the approach to yoga developed by
B.K.S. Iyengar. Since then, I have studied with senior Iyengar teachers in the San Francisco Bay
Area and New York City. I’m a graduate of the 500-hour, 2-year Sadhana Studies teacher
education and apprenticeship program at Adeline Yoga in Berkeley, and I continue to study
regularly with my mentor Heather Haxo Phillips (CIYT-3), and other senior Iyengar teachers
nationally and in India, as I prepare for assessment to become a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher
(CIYT). Additional training and registrations include completion of the 200-hour Deep Yoga
program at Piedmont Yoga in Oakland, and a current RYT-200 from Yoga Alliance.
To learn more email Elizabeth Vasile at
liz@sacramentoyogacenter.com.
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Mae began practicing yoga in 1974, and taught her first class in 1980. Over her four decades of yoga experience, she has taught individuals and groups in office locations, community centers, experimental colleges, and private homes. Mae has studied Hatha Yoga with teachers of the Iyengar, Kundalini, Ashtanga, Svoorpa, Bikram, Ananda, Kripalu, and Viniyoga traditions. Mae has completed the Yoga Alliance certified teacher's training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga, and maintains membership in the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association. In addition, she has completed Yoga Alliance certified 500 hour teacher's training at the American Viniyoga Institute with Gary Kraftsow. Currently, she works with individuals privately as well in group classes.
In addition to yoga certification, Mae has been certified in several falls prevention training methodologies. Currently she is teaching Tai Chi for Arthritis and Falls Prevention developed by Dr. Lam and offered around the world. This course is recognized by the Center for Disease Control and Arthritis Foundation for documented results.
For more information, contact Mae at 530-400-3013 or email her at
vdatt@att.net
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Manvir has taught Kundalini Yoga in the Sacramento area for 23 years, having been certified to teach Kundalini by Dr. Siri Gian Singh Khalsa in 1998. When a personal health challenge caused him to re-evaluate his life, he felt guided to step into a more authentic sense of self, and to discover how he could best serve others: by teaching Kundalini yoga as a sacred spiritual path. He has a keen interest in how the disease process enters the body, and how most illness can be traced to an entrenched belief system owned by the individual being affected. He found that the spiritual technology of Kundalini yoga is the perfect vehicle for healing body, mind, and spirit, leading students toward their own infinite nature in the Aquarian Age. Presenting the material in an easy-to-understand and heart-oriented style, Manvir guides students in accordance with your individual body's tolerance and needs in a safe and comfortable environment.
For more detailed information contact Manvir at 916-806-0623,
check his website www.kundaliniyoga.name,
or email him at manvir@sacramentoyogacenter.com
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Our guest yoga teachers provide continuity for students by teaching in the style of the teacher that is unavailable. They have previously participated in the class for which they may guest teach, becoming familiar with the teacher's students and particular yoga style.
Nikhil has been practicing Heartfulness for over 25+ years. He went through a very tough period of life and Heartfulness meditation taught him to transcend the anxiety and noisy mind and experience Samadhi. He pursued Heartfulness meditation deeply and started volunteering actively.
Currently he is working as a full time computer professional and also a certified Heartfulness coordinator and coach. He is actively involved in community outreach to educate people about the benefits of meditation and conducts Heartfulness meditation events in the community. He also runs In Tune with Nature club to encourage young adults to engage in active outdoor activities like hiking, biking etc. He also runs Brighter Minds club which helps kids to explore their creative mind, develop confidence and reduce screen addiction.
He welcomes all to explore the heights and depths of their consciousness through Heartfulness meditation.
To learn more email Nikhil at
nikhil@sacramentoyogacenter.com.
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Sandra Russi teaches Gentle Yoga in the Ananda tradition which includes the use of affirmations, pranayama, and meditation. She has been teaching for over 20 years at various locations including Ananda Sacramento, the YMCA, California State University-Sacramento, Natomas Charter School, and at various yoga studios including the Sacramento Yoga Center.
Sandra currently runs several online programs and is a Guest Teacher at SYC, offering specialty classes such as Yoga in the Chakras and Aroma-Bliss Yoga.
Sandra's students appreciate her clear instructions; attention to safety, alignment
and comfort with encouragement to modify as needed; the rest periods in between postures;
and the meditative atmosphere of her classes.
Learn more about Sandra at www.eastsacyoga.com
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Sacramento Yoga Center is looking for new and experienced yoga teachers that are willing to take the initiative.
If you are interested in joining SYC, please fill out the Teacher Info sheet (choose a format that works for you)
When completed, please email it to Jeff Wilson, SYC Manager, at jeff12345@zoho.com to get started!