Mary Bartel, B.S., ERYT (500)
Certified Professional Kripalu Hatha Yoga
Instructor
 Mary
is the owner and director of Inner Quest Yoga & Wellness Center and a
certified professional level Kripalu Yoga Instructor. Her advanced training
and practice in various styles of Hatha Yoga has inspired her to teach
with an eclectic style. She emphasizes moving mindfully with body and breath
awareness, safe principles of body alignment, and
cultivating an inner awareness and connection with spirit.
Mary offers a variety of classes to meet the needs of beginners and experienced
students. She encourages self-empowerment without judgment
to cultivate a balanced life.
Her invitation to all students is to "Practice Yoga with no
expectations. Allow your true nature to unfold one moment at a
time."
Mary is currently studying and training to be a Structural Yoga Therapist.
This is a 700 hr. approximatley 2 year program which she should complete summer
2008. It is her
continuing quest to work through her back care challenges and to specialize in
helping others one on one to cultivate optimal well-being and a life with less
or no pain!
Mary is a registered experienced professional level teacher with the Yoga Alliance and is a member of the
Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association (KYTA), an active network of Yoga practitioners who live and teach the
heart and depth of yoga as a holistic practice.
Mary is also a Certified Pilates Fitness Instructor. She currently teaches a
couple of Yoga classes that incorporate Pilates and other core strengthening
techniques.
Individual and group private sessions are available by appointment.
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.
Shannon Delaney
Certified Hatha Yoga Level I Instructor
 Shannon
was born and raised in the neighboring village of Lake Placid, tucked away in
the Adirondack Mountains. Growing up in this environment has filled her with a
deep passion for nature and all of its creation, as well as a passion for living
a healthy and holistic life style. The key towards unlocking these passions
began through studying and practicing yoga with Mary Bartel over six years ago.
This practice soon gave her to the key to unlock her new passion for yoga, and
its beautiful philosophy of union; the union of the body and mind to achieve a
state of inner balance and realization (samadhi).
Shannon has just returned to the northeast from San Diego,
California where she achieved a Level 1 certification in Hatha yoga, and is a
candidate to become a Registered Yoga Teacher in the Jivamukti yoga style. She
has brought her unique yoga experiences and studies from the west coast with her
to the east coast, and is eager to share them with the community. She
incorporates mindful meditation, gracefully sequenced poses (asanas), and
complete relaxation for a balanced and rejuvenating yoga practice.
Shannon’s goals are never static; they are ever changing,
much like the flowing energy (prana) within all beings. She hopes to challenge
others to go with the flow and live fully and completely in the present moment;
just be, and let be.
We invite you to join our classes and start an Inner
Quest that we hope will bring you the multitude of benefits that Yoga
has brought so many people.
Namaste (I bow to the light within you)
Mary Bartel
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