Patanjali's Place Teachers
Bryan Carey - Yoga has been a guiding influence in Bryan's life for over twenty years. For half as many years, he has been sharing his love of yoga with people of all ages in a variety of settings, including schools, churches, corporate retreats, senior citizen centers, art centers, yoga centers, YMCA's, health and fitness facilities, and diet and nutrition centers.
From 1986-93, Bryan apprenticed with John Payne in the principles of Patanjali's Raja Yoga and practices of Selvarajan Yesudian's Hatha Yoga. After completing his studies with Payne, he devoted an additional seven years to the practice of Deepak Chopra's Primordial Sound Meditation, the study of ancient Eastern philosophical literature such as the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads and the Vedas, as well as the Ayurvedic practices of Dr. Randolph Stone. For the past three years, he has focused his attention on the study of Paramahansa Yogananda's Kriya Yoga. His primary influences are Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Mahatma Gandhi, Sri Swami Satchidananda, Paramahansa Yogananda, Swami Rama, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Sri Ramakrishna.
As a teacher, Bryan's primary objective is to assist in the reduction of existential suffering. He believes that the ancient Indian sages and prophets are correct - through greater mastery of body-mind, we may realize unimagined freedom yielding health, happiness and wholeness. Bryan is the founder of Patanjali's Place - A Community Yoga Space.
Betsy Barton has studied traditional Okinawan karate since 1983 and taught women and girls for five years. She has practiced yoga for one year and continues to enjoy the common principles that are shared between traditional Shorin-Ryu karate and Patanjali's Classical Yoga. She has an 8 year-old daughter and has lived in Durham for 30 years.
Nina Bryce is a senior at the NC School of Science and Math, and a Duke School and DSA alum. She has been practicing yoga in Durham for about four years and is very excited to be a part of Patanjalis Place. Her training is in Hatha and Kundalini yoga, and her certification is from the Asheville School of Yoga Kids and Teens Teacher Training. She has taught Kids Yoga at Seeds in downtown Durham, and has worked with kids around Durham at the Emily K. Center and at E.K. Powe. When not doing yoga, she loves cooking, babysitting, running, and reading.
Andrea Dixon was introduced to yoga as a teenager and has been practicing ever since with a variety of teachers. Most recently she completed a 500 hour teacher training with the late Esther Myers, and a pre-natal teacher training with Stephanie Keach. She has a particular love and interest in teaching yoga to women, especially during the mysterious and magical time of pregnancy, and the adventure of new motherhood. Her pre-natal yoga classes focus on postures and exercises that emphasize the breath and relaxation, flexibility and strengthening of muscle groups that are specific to pregnancy and childbirth. Andrea teaches pre-natal yoga and is trained as a doula (labor assistant). Andrea is currently enjoying the joys and challenges of mothering her first child.
Janice Geller, MA, LPC, ADTR, LMBT, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, Dance/Movement Therapist and Certified practitioner and Teacher of Body-mind Centering. Shes has been in private practice for twenty-five years, integrating movement, bodywork and psychotherapy and working with adults, couples and children. The Center for Integrative Therapy is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider.
Beth Kendall was certified in the Body Mind Spirit Program developed by Lisa Clark, based on the teachings of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. This program emphasizes our body’s patterns of developmental movement (from infancy on) through cognitive and experiential awareness. Naturally, this is available to us through the breath. Simply put, we can grain greater ease of movement by becoming familiar with all aspects of our bodies – by moving from a cellular level, spiraling outwards into bone, muscle, gland and organ. In my class, we will explore the various ways our bodies speak to us and we will use asana to tune in, enjoy and strengthen this relationship. Beth has taught adults and teens at various schools and studios in Durham, is a certified doula, and an avid runner and reader.
 Marci Lew discovered the life-changing path of yoga a decade ago after taking her first yoga class, and has never looked back. After many years of practicing and teaching Hatha and Kali Ray Triyoga, she discovered a second passion in the form of Pilates. She has found Yoga and Pilates to be complementary disciplines, each informing and strengthening the other, and providing a more comprehensive and complete personal practice. Marci also works in Early Intervention as a Speech-Language Pathologist, has traveled to 30 countries, and has a colorful history working with primates for 10 years in Africa and in the US. Background: Certified as TriYoga teacher by Kali Ray International Yoga Association (KRIYA) in June 2000. Received Mat Certification in Pilates by NC Pilates in November 2006. Yoga and Pilates Instruction: Has taught regular classes at: Metrosport Athletic Club, Durham Downtown YMCA, Yogaspot, private instruction, and formerly in Tampa at an Aikido Studio.Currently teach classes at: Blue Point Yoga, Health Associates, and at companies in RTP and Hillsborough.
 Allison Myers, MPH.
By grace, Yoga found Allison in 2002 when her life flipped upside down in the transition from Peace Corps Gabon to a graduate program at the UNC School of Public Health. Since then, Life has brought its usual ups and downs (and more ups and downs and ups), and through all of it her practice has deepened, she is happier, and her yoga mat and meditation cushion have become her constant companions. In her home practice, Allison chooses (on purpose) to relax and have fun, to take care of her body, and to practice peace and self-acceptance -- all elements she brings to her classes. Allison has chosen to be an eternal yoga student, having spent time at The Kripalu Center in Massachusetts and the Himalayan Institute in Pennsylvania. She recently completed a Yoga Teacher Training with Ti Harmony in Carrboro, NC and plans to do additional training at Integral Yoga’s Satchidananda Ashram in Virginia this Fall. Allison has a background in public health education and has worked extensively with teenagers and young adults. Allison sees Yoga as a tool that can help everyone -- including teens -- to simply feel better in their own skin and to be more loving towards themselves and others – which, according to Allison, is what the world really needs anyway.
David Roberts - David has been interested in fitness since running competitively at age 12. In 1984, David joined his first health club and began strength training. It was there that he experienced his first group fitness classes. He began taking yoga and Pilates classes in 1998. David has studied and practiced yoga and Pilates at Spa Healthclubs, MetroSport Athletic Club, Peak Fitness, Body Strength Fitness NYC, The Medical University of SC Wellness Center and Duke University, where he is presently a fitness instructor. He has also been a certified personal trainer working with many different objectives and goals. David considers his instruction a fitness-approach to yoga.
Kevin Ryan M.A. L.P.C.- Has studied and practiced Buddhist meditation for 30 years in the United States and Asia. He has practiced primarily in the Tibetan and Theravadan traditions with some Soto Zen experience. Over the years he's become a eclectic contemplative, integrating eastern mindfulness practices with western psychological theory. His teaching and private work is also greatly informed by dance movement therapy and somatic awareness practices. Kevin has maintained a private practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor for the past twenty years at the Center for Integrative Therapy.
Mindy Spadacenta is a native to the triangle area. After receiving her BFA in dance from UNCG she moved to Durham in the early 90’s.and began studying the Pilates Method. She became a certified instructor through the Physical Mind Method based in Santa Fe New Mexico. Mindy is a certified Massage Therapist as well, and has held a private practice in Durham for the past 13 years. Her interest in healing others and herself also led her to study the Hakomi Method of experiential Psychotherapy whereby she is also a graduate of the Hakomi Institute. Mindy believes that learning how to feel and be powerful in our bodies can affect us positively in every aspect of our lives. Her teaching style pulls from all of her trainings.
Laura Thomasson was certified at Houston Yoga Center a very long time ago, in her early twenties. She has taken many workshops (Todd Norian, Lisa Clark, David Keil, and many other Yoga teachers) since and was recently certified in Children's Yoga at Asheville Yoga Center. Most of her learning has been experiential, as well as through a lifetime of dance and movement forms studies and practice.
Shin-Yiing Yeung - My goal as a teacher is to help others feel empowered and present in their whole being. I enjoy teaching the therapeutic effects of yoga with an emphasis on the function of a pose as opposed to the form. With my knowledge of physiology and anatomy, I invite others to become aware of their unique body structures and movement patterns under non-judgemental observation and compassionate curiosity. Since 1996, I have studied various styles of hatha yoga: Ashtanga, Bikram, Vinyasa, Yin, Anusara, Iyengar, and Viniyoga as well as completed three ten-day Vipassana meditation retreats. My eclectic fusion of experience keeps my classes dynamic yet safe and beneficial for students at all levels or with past injuries. As a member of IAYT and a graduate of Asheville Yoga Center's 230-hr training program, I am pursuing a Yoga Therapist Training. I also offer private sessions.
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