| The Yoga Sanctuary Staff
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| Yoga Teachers |
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Ellen Patrick |
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Ellen is nationally certified and registered with the Yoga Alliance as a teacher at the advanced 500-hour training level. Dedicated to serving the unique needs of her students, Ellen emphasizes “the appropriate application of yoga for the individual”. Even in group class settings, Ellen works at refining the skill of understanding each student’s body and recommending modifications, where necessary, so they may truly experience the benefits of their yoga practice. An extremely caring teacher, Ellen encourages her students to explore their abilities and limitations during their practice on, or off, the mat. The practice of yoga is to serve the individual, not to have the student serve the practice. She believes that everyone can benefit from yoga and yoga should be accessible to everyone regardless of age, body type or physical limitation. It is Ellen’s extensive training in yoga and dance, along with her nurturing spirit that make her a truly gifted teacher. |
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Patricia Castimore |
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Patricia came to yoga in 2000 after a long and fulfilling career as a high school dance educator. She felt a calling to yoga throughout her career and upon retirement began her practice and studies. Patricia completed her yoga teacher training in 2003 through the "Journey into Yoga" program at the Rivertown Center for Yoga and Health in Dobbs Ferry. She is a certiified Kripalu Yoga teacher and is also certified as a Yin/Yang teacher through her studies with Sarah Powers. "My goal as a teacher is to create a safe environment in which we can create balance through centering, stretching, strengthening, and experiencing the joy and power of the energy (prana) that is available to us through practice." |
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Mimi Cho Certified and Nationally Registered Yoga Teacher (click images for more details) |
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| Mimi Cho was born and raised in Seoul, Korea where she attended Art and Music Junior and High Schools. Upon graduation she moved to New York where she continued her education at Parson’s School of Design majoring in Fashion Illustration. Soon thereafter, she embarked on a career in the fashion retail industry. She worked for many years in a highly competitive and stressful environment, during which time her health was adversely affected. It was at this time that Mimi turned to yoga. She attributes yoga with not only getting her through an extremely difficult time, but also in helping her regain her health, as well as her spirituality. “I was fortunate to find this wonderful tool called Yoga, which is helping me navigate through my life. I love sharing my journey with my students with the hope that they may also experience the discovery of their true selves, leading to peacefulness through contentment. That is the ultimate happiness which we all would like to achieve in the end”. |
| Sarah Eyde |
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| It was through her ballet classes at the University of Iowa that Sarah became aware of the therapeutic and transcending quality of movement. She deepened her understanding of those qualities through yoga. So she could share the transformative power of yoga, Sarah began her training as a yoga teacher and received her 500-hour ISHTA Yoga certification from Alan Finger at Be Yoga (now Yoga Works). Her classes are fun and challenging, and she incorporates the physiological and philosophical reasons we practice. Sarah works at the Late Show with David Letterman where she also teaches yoga to the staff. She’s on the faculty of STEPS on Broadway, and teaches yoga to the staff and friends of the Baryshnikov Arts Center. |
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Michelle Frank |
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Michelle is originally from a small town in California and has been living in NY for over 8 years. She was inspired to practice yoga by her Aunt, Nanci Frank, a yoga teacher in California who introduced her to the benefits of this practice. Michelle has been practicing yoga for five years now, but these last two years have been life altering. Enjoying this new found way of living, Michelle enrolled in a teacher training program with Charles and Lisa Matkin at Satsang Yoga Center in Garrison. In addition, she has received certification to teach Prenatal Yoga through Betsy Kase at Yoga Haven in Tuckahoe. Inspired by her trainings, Michelle recently made a brave career change to teach yoga and manage The Yoga Sanctuary. Her greatest desire as a teacher is that all her students find their inner peace—as she has found in herself—and hopes they will learn to bring yoga into their everyday life, both on and off the mat. |
Corey Geremia |
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Corey is a kid at heart--constantly moving and constantly curious. She discovered yoga in as a dance major at |
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Reyna Gonzalez |
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Reyna first discovered yoga in 1976 as part of her high school's physical education curriculum. In 1995, while recovering from a C-section birth in 1995, Reyna benefited from the stress reduction and muscle relaxation effects learned in her yoga classes. Not too long after that, she enrolled in Yoga Haven's teacher training program and was certified in 1998. Reyna began her Prenatal Yoga studies as a way to help her through her second pregnancy. She now regularly teaches Prenatal Yoga classes as well as adult classes. Her style of teaching is influenced by the many rich traditions that yoga has to offer. She has taught multi-level classes over the years but especially enjoys "introducing beginner students to the overall benefits of yoga." |
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Deborah Gorman |
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Eighteen years ago, Deborah's heart and soul were deeply moved during her first Kripalu Yoga class. She has been a yoga devotee ever since. Deborah received her Kripalu Yoga Teacher Certification in 1997 and has been teaching throughout Westchester, Putnam and Manhattan for the past seven years. Through yoga, she has found it easier, "to appreciate each moment, allowing me to be more loving, forgiving and compassionate to myself and others". Through her teaching, Deborah hopes to impart these same life-affirming skills to her students. |
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Jill Mulholland |
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| Jill found yoga in 1998 after four years in college and in desperate need of something more than just another exercise class. Yoga was the answer. She practiced at many different centers in Manhattan and knew that one day she would want to take her passion and share it with others. In 2002, Jill began her training with Yoga Fit but couldn't find the right fit. Then in 2008 she decided to further pursue her education and enrolled with Charles and Lisa Matkin of Matkin Yoga, where she received her 200-hr certification. Jill is also a Holistic Nutrition and Wellness Counselor and works with her clients on lifestyle changes for the body, mind and spirit. |
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Caroline Martinez-Zuber |
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Caroline, a Swiss citizen, began practicing Yoga in 1998 when she was living in Mexico City. Her first yoga teacher was also a Practitioner of Natural Medicine--a topic which was woven throughout his classes. Caroline soon became fascinated by the link between physical workout and spiritual consciousness that her teacher presented. When she moved to the US in 2002, she immediately enrolled in and became certified through Alan Finger's Be Yoga teacher training program. Her teaching style incorporates the physical and spiritual aspects of yoga that address the individual needs of each student. In her classes, asana is adapted to every students' needs which may include the incorporation of props. |
| Franklin Shire |
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Freddie Wyndham |
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In addition to being a yoga teacher, Freddie is a composer and musician. It fact, he discovered yoga while traveling on the road with a band in 1973. He taught himself yoga from The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga by Swami Visnudevanada. Inspired and encouraged by Alan Finger and ISHTA Yoga, Freddie became a certified yoga instructor through the Be Yoga teacher training program in 2000. Freddie loves being a yoga teacher and says, "if I can, in any way, be instrumental in helping someone discover the joy and transformation that is yoga, it is my blessing and joy." |
Nancy Zucker |
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Nancy attempts to incorporate Yoga into everything she does, both on and off the mat. For over 20 years, she has been motivating individuals to feel more comfortable in their bodies and happier in their daily lives through personal training and step aerobics classes. Nancy began practicing yoga because it brought her to a special place both physically and mentally. She decided to teach yoga so she could share both the physical and spiritual benefits that yoga offers. She received her 200-hour yoga teacher certification from Betsy Kase at Yoga Haven, as well as a certification to teach children from Yoganini She loves teaching yoga to children because of their innocent spirit and their ability to enjoy the learning process. Nancy teaches yoga from her heart and she hopes to inspire her students through a fun engaging experience. |
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| Pilates Instructors |
Jean McCabe |
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Eric Tolfree |
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