Mary Bartel, B.S., ERYT (500)
Structural Yoga™ Therapist and Teacher
Certified Professional Kripalu Hatha Yoga
Instructor
Mary is a
certified Structural Yoga™ Therapist and Instructor by Mukunda Stiles, Yoga
Therapy Center (750 hrs.) and a registered and certified professional level
Kripalu Yoga teacher (500 hours) by the Kripalu Center. Mary holds additional
certificates in Chakra Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and Pregnancy Yoga. She is
currently studying and practicing to pursue certification in
Richard Miller's Integrative Restoration (iRest) Program.
Mary is the
owner and director of Inner Quest Yoga and Wellness Center, where she instructs
in group classes, workshops and private sessions. She hosts retreats, teacher
trainings and workshops. She is running free classes for cancer patients, their
family and caregivers through an Adirondack Medical Center Foundation Grant and
teaches yoga to residents at St. Joseph’s Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
in Saranac Lake.
As a
Structural Yoga™ Therapist she is trained to work one-on-one to help relieve
symptoms of imbalance and manage pain from chronic conditions and structural
concerns via individually prescribed yoga practices and life style and diet
recommendations.
If you are
ready to devote yourself to practices that will deepen your spiritual growth,
enhance your vitality, and improve your health and well being, Mary wishes to
help you on an inner quest to find what is innately yours: strength, peace,
wisdom and much joy.
Leigh Ann Tahash, B.A.
Dance of Light
 Leigh Ann studied ballet while earning her Bachelors of Arts degree from Virginia Intermont College
in Bristol, Virginia in 1984. In addition to her extensive dance training in college, she has studied
and taught children and adults at many prominent schools in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
Leigh Ann is popular and well respected for her teaching philosophy which encourages a deep understanding
of the body, and movement, through proper placement, alignment and technique.
Leigh Ann credits Lucy Bowen McCauley, a former faculty member at the Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet, with the
method of stretch technique which is a strong part of her background. She also credits much of her success to
teachers Maureen Basta Miller, Eric Hampton, and Michelle Lees.
Leigh Ann has taught for the Georgetown School of Ballet, the Wyngate Elementary PTA Ballet Program in Bethesda, MD.,
and the Arlington County Department of Parks and Recreation. Most recently
Leigh Ann was on faculty at the Arlington Center
for Dance from 1990-2004, and the Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet from 1996-2004,
in addition to her work at Joy of Motion Dance Center from
1992-2004.
Jim Hoit, L.M.T.|
Certified Tai Chi Easy®
Qi Gong Facilitor
Jim has been
studying and practicing Tai Chi and Qi Gong for a number of years. If you live in
or around Saranac Lake you might have seen him in one of the parks practicing
this meditation in motion. Jim has wanted to share this healing modality with
others for quite some time as he has witnessed its many benefits. In June,
2006 he committed to this calling, trained and became certified as a facilitator of Tai Chi Easy® Qi
Gong at the Omega Institute.
Jim is a 1999
graduate of Finger Lakes School of Massage in Ithaca, NY. Since graduation he
has completed a 110 hr. reflexology certification program at the Omega Institute
and a 200 hr. essential oil certification at Finger Lakes. He has also studied
Chi Nei Tsang with the Healing Tao Institute & Chinese medical theory with
Michael & Lesley Tierra. Currently he is a student of the Ohashi Institute.
Donna Calderone
Certified Hatha Yoga Instructor,
Aerobics Instructor and Personal Trainer
Donna
has been a teacher and fitness professional for over 25 years. She is a
certified aerobics and yoga instructor and is a personal trainer. Donna offers
sports nutrition. She has taught classes regularly at a fitness center in
Saranac Lake. Donna has taken advantage of an opportunity where she can takes
trips to Caribbean locations and gets complimentary lodging at resorts for
teaching fitness classes while she is there.
Donna has lived
in the Saranac Lake area for over thirty years. She is married with 3
children. She loves to be outdoors, love animals and has two dogs and three
cats.
Namaste (I bow to the light within you)
Mary Bartel
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