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Lienha Carleton, C.Y.T. 500
Lienha’s passion for yoga began as a teenager in her native Vietnam, where mother was a professor at the Medical University of Ho Chi Minh City. It was there that Lienha saw a demonstration by a yogi that started her path toward yoga. In 2003 she started studying yoga more seriously on her own. After finding The Yoga School in 2007, she began training to become a certified instructor. Having achieved that, she continues to regularly attend classes and workshops with national teachers. Lienha brings to the classroom a fresh approach to yoga, with sensitivity and a warm rapport with her students. Her teacher, Suzette Scholtes, says Lienha is a quick learner with an innate comprehension of yoga as both beauty and art. “Lienha has the potential to become an exceptional teacher of yoga. She has a gift.” Her other passions are clothing design and knowing what makes her computer tick. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics/Foreign Trade Relations from the Foreign Trade University, Vietnam. |
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Farrah D. Jensen
Farrah’s sparkling personality makes her a popular and cherished yoga teacher. Soon
completing her certification, she fell in love with yoga some years ago and committed to life-long
practice and learning. She loves the way classical yoga frees up the body and the mind, lifting
her spirit and providing wellness. She works with her students to create this synergy in body
and mind and heart so her students leave class happy and fulfilled. She attended Kansas University,
working her way through two and one-half years of study before marrying her husband, Bo. She
is a native Kansan and a devoted wife and daughter. Her presentation of restorative and therapeutic
yoga heals anxiety, tension, stress and lowers your blood pressure. Come relax in her new evening
class. |
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Sharon Friedman, Assistant Event Manager
Sharon fell in love with yoga over 8 years ago and soon wanted to share its benefits
and the wonderful “secret” of yoga. At the same time Sharon began
to study Massage Therapy. She found that Yoga and Massage had many common elements.
She loves to teach her clients about how the breathe and the body work together.
She uses Yoga poses as therapy in her Massage and sees first hand how her clients
benefit. A Bodyworker since her graduation from MTTI in 2001, Sharon is now
completing her 200 hour Yoga Certification. She has attended many workshops
with Doug Keller, John Schumacher, Aadil Palkhivala, Judith Lasater and Elise
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Theresa Goodman - CYT RYT 500
Theresa's skill in yoga broadened and deepened when she joined the Teacher’s Training
Program in February 2008. Theresa says yoga has helped her family and she remain even more healthy
and happy in every way. She is a skilled herbalist, nutrition specialist and a daily meditator as well.
She has studied with many influential master teachers including Paula Tortolano, Doug Keller, Aadil Palkhivala.
She completes her 500 hour study in 2009. She and her husband, Mark, enjoy their home
And four lovely sons. She was educated at Kansas State University in 1992-1993. She
Says her personal yoga practice for her is an art form in which she strives for perfection for the physical and spiritual benefits. |
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Dennis Jones
Dennis brings to the classroom a quiet strength and gentleness for a tall man of six feet five inches. He understands the pressures on men to push and play rough and succeed. His injuries in football led him to yoga where he has learned to manage old injuries. A native from Northeast Kansas City Missouri, Dennis attended the University of Missouri where he obtained degrees in Psychology and Biology… a perfect discipline for yoga! Currently he works for The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation as a Surgical Consultant and have been in the surgical field for 10 years. Dennis has practiced almost daily since 2003.” He explored asthanga for the first 3 years then studied hatha, anasura, restorative, and vinyasa. Dennis traveled to Ashtwar and New Deli India in 2009 to study in advanced training, saying “I love to study and read.” He enjoys studying eastern philosophy, sports medicine, and time with family and friends. |
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Kim Lacy CYT, RYT 500
Kim Lacy is a certified Iyengar yoga instructor and dedicated yoga practitioner.
After graduating from the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco in 1989,
she moved to Washington to study with Aadil Palkhivala and has taught for years
at his studio, Yoga Centers, as well as at Yoga Northwest, director Ingela
Abbott. She is immensely grateful for yoga and the yogi friends, students and
teachers she has met along the way, has recently moved back to Kansas and is
looking forward to connecting with the yoga community here. She teaches now in Lawrence as well as at the Yoga School. |
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Julia Lentz - Sub Teacher and Workshop contributor
Julia’s warmth and quiet confidence transfers to her students making her
a loved and popular teacher. She has immersed herself in various Hatha yoga traditions
since 1997, including Kundalini, Iyengar, and Vinyasana Flow. She concluded in-depth
training with Saul David Raye at Exhale Center for Sacred Movement, Venice, CA;
as well as completing her certification with Shiva Rea at the same school in
07-08. She takes time to travel east to complete her studies at Duke University’s
Yoga Therapy Intensive with their Center for Integrative Medicine. This specialty
focuses on working with seniors. Her other important teachers include Aadil Palkhivala,
Doug Keller, Lisa Giroux, and Suzette Scholtes. This gifted teacher has been
teaching yoga classes in the Hickman Mills School District and has led a series
of therapy classes for the Yoga School. She brings to the classroom her rich
knowledge of yoga combined with exceptional intuitive understanding of yoga as
therapy. |
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Nancy McMillan C.Y.T, RYT 500, Relax and Renew® certified
After serving as a substitute teacher during her apprenticeship at the school, Nancy became a regular teacher in 2006. Having discovered yoga in the early 90s Nancy is aware of the powerful effect yoga has had on her life. She firmly believes no matter one’s age or physical limitations, a focused practice can be life changing. A commitment to life-long learning challenges, motivates Nancy in her own study and in her teaching. In her classes she strives to make certain each student experiences a deeper awareness of their own body that will enable change and growth through their practice. She is grateful for inspirational teachers who give so much of themselves as she continues her own journey. She witnesses community forming between students and teachers with each giving and receiving equally. Regular attendance at workshops given by Aadil Palkhivala, Doug Keller, Judith Hansen Lasater,, Paula Tortolano has been invaluable in her continuing growth. |
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Victoria Ann Newman, BSN, RN
Victoria holds that rare gift of a yoga teacher who brings to her students the benefits of many teachers-in-one.
Victoria has been an RN at hospitals and clinics in Missouri and
Kansas, and has worked in the mental health field and as an EMT.
Certified by The Yoga School of Therapeutics, she intends to
complete advanced trainings for many more years with her goal to
help merge Western with Eastern philosophy, bringing wellness from
both traditions. Her foundation is built upon her service in
the Air Force, and a career in health care. While in the Air Force
Reserve, she was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal, and
volunteered work in a program called “Day of Caring.” Her devotion
to helping people easily translates to her students as she knows
how to listen, offering gentle yoga asana for the maximum affect,
whether easing a tight back or lifting anxiety and worry.
Victoria’s students find her a gentle and gifted instructor as she
lifts their confidence in her presence. Her long-term history in
wellness is a double bonus for anyone who takes a class with this
talented teacher. |
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Jill Ousley
Studying yoga for more than 21 years, Jill has refined her practice to an art.
Studying with Suzette for four years, Jill formerly taught in community centers.
She worked as an apprentice instructor with the Yoga Studio in 2001. As a teacher,
her goal is for each student to experience their body’s full potential
with yoga’s many benefits. With her strong foundation in yoga, Jill offers
the balance of knowledge and the joy of creativity in her teaching. |
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Suzette Scholtes, CYT, E-RYT 500
Teaching yoga and meditation since l984, Suzette founded The Yoga Studio of
Johnson as a formal corporation in l994.
She also serves as Director of Teacher’s Training. Suzette says to
teach one must be committed to service while keeping a sense of humor.
Her studies continue this day in advanced trainings across the country.
Suzette’s community service has brought recognition in both
awards and press. Her published works include a current column in KC
Wellness Journal. She previously wrote a monthly column for Enlightened
Practice Magazine. Her other published non-fiction material on health
and wellness has appeared in many national and regional magazines.
Her audio tape “Yoga Balance” was published by New Leaf,
Atlanta, in l996. She was awarded for her non-fiction work in l989
by Writer’s Digest Magazine.
In 2006, she was hired by KU Medical Center to lead a study on yoga’s
effects on Parkinson ’s disease where she relied upon her 12,000
hours of training to create new yoga therapeutics. Suzette’s
presentations on yoga and health have been received by such groups
as the Kansas University School Nursing, The American Business Women’s
International Conference, Wyandotte County Mental Health Association,
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Unity Church and more. She leads yoga
workshops and conferences in many others cities, including an annual
presentation in Wichita, Kansas.
Suzette says that an effective teacher helps students empower themselves
to create wellness in body, mind, and emotions. |
