Louise Applebome | Candace Bordelon | Barbara Edes
Kate Geddie | Terry Gold | Trina Hall | Tifany Henderson | Aleda Keel
MiMi Mears | Sue Murphy | Melanie Murray | Valerie Rogers
Reanee Spratt | Christiana Stich | Liz Tucker | Bethany Webb

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Louise Applebome Restorative Yoga, Yoga Fundamentals & Flow	Louise has enjoyed robust careers in marketing, event planning, retail, arts management and journalism. In 2007, she shifted gears to earn her Yoga teaching certification and begin her teaching practice. Louise studied ballet and modern dance for many years and incorporates that grace and precision into her practice and teaching. She also emphasizes play, laughter and lightness. In Louise's Restorative Yoga classes, students are able to experience pure bliss in supported poses that energize and circulate the breath, and lengthen and brighten the spine. Restorative Yoga is a full-body experience of release and relaxation; and its meditative quality allows the mind to enjoy a much-needed respite from constant churning and thought. Louise unabashedly credits Yoga with changing her life and is grateful for the emotional and physical health benefits and balance it fosters. Some of her greatest pleasure, however, comes from sharing those benefits with others as a teacher.

Candace Bordelon Yoga, Bellydance, Restorative Yoga, Yoga for Back Health	Candace Bordelon, R.Y.T., M.A., has been exploring movement since her first dance class at the age of 4. After a 15-year career in professional dance, she discovered the strong healing power of yoga when she was diagnosed with a herniated disc in her lower back. Now a dedicated practitioner of Iyengar yoga, Candace has spent many hours of teacher training with Judith Lasater, Peggy Kelley, and Dean Lerner. Her teaching method is rooted in honoring the anatomical integrity of the body, and her own back injury led her to create the "Yoga for Back Health" class at MoveStudio. Candace also teaches Restorative Yoga and Pilates, and is currently working on her group fitness and personal training certificates. Candace holds a Master of Arts in dance and is an Associate Professor of Dance for North Central Texas College. She has also taught in the dance departments at Texas Woman's University and the Collin, Dallas, and Tarrant County Community College systems. She is currently a Candidate for the Doctoral degree in dance at Texas Woman's University where she underwent her Pilates training. With a background in ballet, modern, Middle Eastern and African dance, yoga, somatics, and bodywork, she brings a well-rounded perspective to her classes. Candace performs Middle Eastern dance professionally as a solo artist and has visited Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia as part of her academic research in dance anthropology. She has been teaching at MoveStudio since 2001.

Barbara Edes Yoga Align & Flow	Transplanted from Northern Virginia, Barbara has been studying alignment-based yoga since 2004, completing her teacher training in 2006 at the Health Advantage Yoga Center in Herndon, Virginia. She has studied with Doug Keller and Susan Van Nuys. She is an RYT-200 with the Yoga Alliance, as well as a Certified Personal Trainer with NASM, Mad Dogg Certified Spinning Instructor, Concept 2 and Rowbics certified for Indoor Rowing, and Group Exercise Certified Instructor with AFAA. While living in Virginia, Barbara had been pursuing a degree in Exercise Science from George Mason University and hopes to finish her degree here in Texas. Her passion for yoga began with a desire to create strength and flexibility and prevent injury through yoga, and she was inspired to help others do the same. Barbara believes that an alignment-based practice brings strength, flexibility, balance, restoration and deeper understanding of asanas, while helping to prevent injury and aiding in injury rehabilitation.

Kate Geddie Yoga Flow	Kate was a yogi before she ever knew what that meant. Growing up in England she began doing yoga poses at a very young age, unaware they were an intricate part of an ancient spiritual practice. It was not until 20 years later when she attended a yoga class in Dallas that she realized there were names for the daily poses she had been doing. Needless to say, that is when her formal training began. Kate began teaching accidentally in 2004 when she filled in for an absent instructor. She was a natural, and she has been teaching vinyasa flow at various studios in the Dallas area ever since. Yoga is not only Kate's passion but an essential part of who she is today. She feels it is vital that we nurture the union of body, mind and spirit. Letting go of our egos allows us to understand that no one is better than anyone else. As we liberate ourselves, we come to accept what is, to live in this moment, and to make each breath the purest breath we will ever have. As well as teaching yoga, Kate is a first grade teacher with an MA in Reading. She has been married for 26 years and her whole family practices yoga. Her husband Alan, who regularly attends her class, runs an eclectic coffee shop in Addison called Dunn Bros Coffee.

Terry Gold Iyengar Hatha Yoga	Terry started his yoga practice in 1983 with George Purvis in Dallas. Six months later he attended his first workshop with Ramanand Patel and has studied with him several times a year ever since. Terry also has studied with many other notable Iyengar teachers over the years for workshops and teacher training, including: Mary Dunn, Judith Lasater, Dean Lerner, John Schumacher, Manouso Manos, Gabriella Giubilaro, Vera Sida and Rodney Yee. He has traveled to Pune, India numerous times to study with BKS, Geeta and Prashant Iyengar, and Rishekesh with Ramanand Patel. Since 1986 he has been teaching yoga at Richland College. Terry holds an ERYT (expert registered yoga teacher) certificate with Yoga Alliance.

Trina Hall Yoga	For Trina, yoga is a conduit for self-knowledge, self-love, awareness and happiness. She says she developed her relationship with the divine on the yoga mat and she continues to experience the divine in all living things. She is certified at the 500-hour level by Yoga Alliance and continues to study yoga for health, healing, stress relief and therapy, feeling a deep responsibility to be a perpetual student of the ancient traditions so she can share that wisdom with her students. Trina also believes the creative process is a way to heal ourselves in times of trouble and get in touch with the divine aspect of the Self. She helps people uncover their inner artist using photography, cooking, painting and other modes of expression. She fell ill in 2002 and had an awakening as a result, discovering the transformative healing powers of the creative process. She now knows her life's work is using and teaching the creative process through art and yoga so others can heal themselves.

Tifany Henderson Yoga, Restorative Yoga, R & R Yoga	Tifany teaches a blend of Hatha Yoga styles to warm the heart, focus the mind, and strengthen the body. Teaching from the heart what she has learned along her own yoga journey, she helps students increase strength, flexibility, and peace of mind. Modifications are offered for each student’s body type, challenges, and level of expertise. When Tifany took her first yoga class in 1997, she had no idea it would have such an impact on her that she would start teacher training the following year. Under the direction of her teachers Claude Grimes and Ranjana Pallana, she learned how to communicate the essence of yoga and develop her own teaching style. She received her teaching certification from Ranjana Pallana in 2000. Tifany has attended workshops and teacher trainings with master teachers Irene Beers, Kofi Busia, Judith Lasater, Kausthub Desikachar, Rodney Yee, John Friend, Gary Kraftsow and others. Locally she has studied with Cynthia Pierro, Vicki Johnson/Namaste USA, Annette Doody and Ruth Lurie. Tifany has a bachelor’s degree in Business Computer Information Systems from the University of North Texas.

Aleda Keel Yoga, Core & More	Aleda has been teaching fitness classes for more than 20 years and has been practicing yoga since 1993. After experiencing a back injury, she immersed herself in the study and practice of yoga to heal her injury. This started her on the journey to learn to teach yoga to others. As an active dancer and fitness enthusiast, yoga had shown Aleda the connection of mind, body and breath in a new way, giving her increased energy, strength and concentration. Her passion is to touch as many people as possible with the joy and healing power of yoga. Her teaching style is influenced by the many master instructors she has had the good fortune to learn from; this includes teachings from B.K.S. Iyengar, Vanda Scaravelli, Rod Stryker, Ana Forrest, Anusara Yoga and the Pilates Method. Her class is “down to earth,” allowing her students to achieve their best in a relaxed atmosphere. Aleda is a Registered Nurse and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Physiology. Her education and training allows her to adapt the practice to the individual needs and abilities of her students. She received certification to instruct yoga in 2003 and continues to take classes and workshops, believing that her training is never completed.

Mireille "MiMi" Mears Viniyoga, Prenatal Yoga, Postnatal Yoga MiMi's website	MiMi attended her first yoga class in 1989 at the University of Namur in Belgium, her native country. Since then, her interest in yoga philosophy and in the ancient science of yoga as a healing modality and as a path to happiness has continued to grow. She has been a Certified Yoga Teacher since 1996 and an Associate of the International Yoga School of England since 1997. She has trained in California and Colorado with Joseph Lepage, the founder of Integrative Yoga Therapy, and has been a Certified Integrative Yoga Therapy Instructor since 1999. She also completed the advanced training in Integrative Yoga Therapy. By 2000, MiMi held 3 yoga teacher certifications, but was still feeling there was much more to be learned. In late 2000, she discovered the Viniyoga style and immediately knew she had found the path of yoga she wanted to explore in depth. The teachings of Viniyoga can be traced all the way back to one of the classical texts on yoga: the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. In 2001, MiMi completed the prerequisites to enroll in the American Viniyoga Institute’s certification program taught by founder and director Gary Kraftsow. When enrolling in the program, MiMi had no idea she had embarked on a four-year journey of self-discovery and in-depth study of Viniyoga that would take her to Maui, Snowbird resort in Utah, back to her home country of Belgium, and finally to Austin, Texas. MiMi completed the foundation portion of the training in 2003, and in June 2006, she received her Viniyoga Teacher Certificate. Her final project was to create a 6-week prenatal yoga series, applying the principles of Viniyoga to the teaching of Prenatal Yoga. MiMi has been a certified Mamaste(TM) Prenatal Yoga teacher since 2003, and is trained in pre- and post-natal massage therapy, including the "Baby's First Massage" program. Her training and experience as both a registered massage therapist and a yoga therapist help MiMi tailor her classes to the physical and emotional needs of her students. She places great emphasis on the breath as a means to deepen and enliven our yoga practice and on awareness of the movements of the spine in relation to the breath. MiMi’s students enjoy her gentle style, sense of humor and wonderful French accent. Her goal is to help them develop not only greater strength and flexibility, but also a calmer, more peaceful mind. Learn more about MiMi at her website. MiMi is a "founding instructor" who has been teaching at MoveStudio since its inception in 2000.

Sue Murphy Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors	A seven-year survivor, Sue was diagnosed with breast cancer three years into her yoga teaching practice. After a mastectomy and her own personal healing journey, she knew she wanted to help other survivors with their healing. She is certified in the Scaravelli Yoga method and registered with Yoga Alliance. She has yoga training from the Ayurvedic Institute in New Mexico and additional training in energy work.

Melanie Murray Yoga, Chakra Flow Yoga, Pilates	Melanie has been teaching yoga for 12 years and has a daily meditation practice that includes chakra energy healing and breath work. She is certified by the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara and has studied extensively with master yoga teachers such as Tias Little, Judith Lasater, Gary Kraftsow, and Elise Miller. Melanie is certified in mat and equipment work by Stott Pilates and the PhysicalMind Institute and has been teaching Pilates for five years. She began training with Joseph Pilates' protege, Romana Kryzanowska, while studying dance in New York. She also directed a Pilates studio in Minneapolis at the Minnesota Dance Theatre. Melanie has taught ballet for twenty years and was a professional ballet dancer with the San Diego Ballet and the California Ballet Companies. She trained extensively at the Atlanta Ballet, the Washington School of Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet School, and American Ballet Theatre School. She earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Modern Dance from Texas Christian University, including advanced training in anatomy and kinesiology, and taught dance for several years at the college level. Melanie has a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and is also an experienced energy healer. She is very interested in somatic psychology and Jungian depth psychology. She uses all of her training and experience in her teaching, which she considers a healing art form.

Valerie Rogers Yoga Flow, Chair Yoga	Valerie is a 200-hour Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher and a Registered Massage Therapist. She has a unique, fun, eclectic teaching style. Her abstract approach stems from eight years of studying various styles of yoga including Hatha, Kundalini, Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Vinyasa. Her deep desire to teach derives from the positive influence and profound transformation of her own personal life through the practice of yoga. Teaching gives her the opportunity to share the joy of self-discovery with her students. She is thankful to the many that have gifted her with guidance along her journey including Rod Stryker, Sri Dharma Mittra, Erich Shiffman, Deepak Chopra, Seane Corn, Srivatsa Ramaswami, Shiva Rea, and Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa. Valerie’s passion and love of yoga transcends throughout each class. Her dynamic slow flow offers a clear explanation of postures and modifications catering to each student’s individual needs. She brings focus to harmonizing the energy within to reverse the effects of aging, restore vitality, rejuvenate the nervous system, strengthen the body and calm the mind. "Go with the flow, open your heart, focus within and set your spirit free."

Reanee Spratt Yoga Play	Reanee started practicing yoga in college and it became a life-long passion and fascination. She has studied many styles of yoga — Hatha, Kundalini, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar, Bikram, Thai Yoga Massage, etc. — always seeking out new information and trying to grow. She has been teaching yoga since 1997. Her class is eclectic, blending what she likes most from the various styles and philosophies. Reanee practices yoga for pleasure and believes it allows her to continue to do all the other things in life she loves, such as snow-skiing and Hip Hop, without injury. It also helps her relieve the stress of balancing a career and raising two teenagers.

Christiana Stich Yoga, Restorative Yoga	Christiana began practicing yoga in 1995 while living in Tokyo, Japan, and has been teaching at MoveStudio since 2004. She is a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, with her primary training through Para Yoga under Yogarupa Rod Stryker. Ongoing study has included trainings with teachers Liz Tucker, Shakta Kaur Khalsa, Judith Lasater, Donna Farhi, Ramananda Patel, and Rodney Yee. Yoga has profoundly changed her life, and her greatest joy comes from sharing this with others. Christiana’s classes, which are a blend of different Hatha Yoga styles, focus on correct physical alignment and include pranayama practices to move deeper into poses, visualizations and meditation to help students explore yoga’s mind/body/spirit connection. Including modifications depending on one’s ability, she encourages students of all ages to honor their bodies, to find contentment in any pose without judgment, and to listen to one’s inner teacher. She invites her students to explore what yoga has to offer for “the peace and tranquility of yoga will reveal itself in a way that is best suited” for the student.

Liz Tucker Yoga, Restorative Yoga Liz's website	While on the road to recovery from a spinal fracture, Liz began practicing yoga in 1994. For the first six years of her practice she was self-taught. In June of 2000 after experiencing her first class in a studio setting, she knew that she needed to touch as many people as possible with the emotional, spiritual, and physical healing powers of yoga. Liz is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher and her formal teacher training is in the Para Yoga tradition inspired by Yogarupa Rod Stryker. Liz also has deep reverence for her teachers Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Gurushabd, Erich Schiffmann, and Shiva Rea, whom she studies with on a consistent basis. Liz traveled to India in 2007 which was a tremendous and humbling experience that enhanced her spiritual focus within her yoga practice and thus, her teaching. Liz's teaching style is reflective of her immersion in the teachings of Para Yoga, Iyengar, vinyasa, and kundalini. Each class emphasizes the importance of physical alignment from her Iyengar foundation, while exploring the body's energy centers through pranayama (breathing techniques), visualizations, chanting, and meditation. The vision of the holistic benefits of the mind-body-spirit connection creates a true experience of yoga, not just a physical workout. All that she asks when you come to her class is to be where you are in your practice and with yourself, and to bring an open and receptive heart. Find out more about Liz at her website. She has been teaching at MoveStudio since 2001.

Bethany Webb Yoga, Partner Thai Yoga Bethany's website	After exiting the advertising world in 2007 to move to Spain and live a more heart-centered life, Bethany Padnuk has experienced an "explosion of creativity" which currently extends into yoga, Thai bodywork, painting, and working with kids. She received her yoga certification at The White Lotus Foundation in California and sees beauty and love in all types or yoga. She teaches an eclectic, intuitive, and playful style of yoga honoring many traditions including: Hatha, Vinyasa, Iyengar, Tantra, Bhakti, Intuitive, & Therapeutic Yoga. Also certified in Thai Yoga Bodywork from the Thai Massage School of Chiang Mai, her classes are very hands-on, allowing students to go deeply inside their bodies, minds, and spirits while releasing any blockages along the way. Teaching children English in Spain fueled her excitement for working with kids. Bethany explains, "Maybe it’s because their energy and enthusiasm spark the kid inside of me, the freedom to let myself play. I feel called to help kids find their creative selves — whether it be through yoga, creative movement, art or games." She is enthusiastically working on her first kids' yoga book, Yoga Flowga. With a passion for healing on all levels, she enjoys blending Thai Yoga, reflexology, aromatherapy, art and writing into her classes, workshops and retreats.