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 Ed Harrold - (studio owner/Director)
Edward Harrold is a studio owner of Comfort Zone Yoga in Delaware, the Director for Sports Training & Yoga for The Institute For Extraordinary Living at Kripalu Center and originator of the Flexibility For Athletes® program. He leads programs and workshops and has a series of instructional DVD's. He trains with sports teams teaching the Flexibility For Athletes® program to enhance athletic performance and endurance. Ed is a Contributing Editor for Rowing News Magazine. www.mindandbodyworkout.net and www.comfortzoneyogacenter.com. In addition, podcast workouts are coming in 2008 for the rowing, running, walking, cycling and fitness club athlete!
Beginning Spring 2008, we are pleased to announce the launch of his newest work called The NEW Workout experienced exclusively at Kripalu Center for fitness workouts of all levels. This revolutionary technique crosses the barriers of Fitness and Yoga to create an entirely NEW Workout geared towards all recreational and professional sports including: walking, running, cycling, rowing and fitness club enthusiasts. In addition to the week-long fitness programs, the Flexibility For Athletes 70-Hour Teacher Training begins Summer 2008 at Kripalu Center.
Based on Ed Harrold's Flexibility for Athletes performance training philosophy, The NEW Workout approaches fitness by creating a body over mind atmosphere. The NEW Workout harnesses the wisdom of the body by using basic, intermediate and advanced yogic breathing techniques in cardiovascular fitness. It combines the best of yoga: breath, postures, relaxation and meditation to create positive feelings and results to any workout.
Ed has been fortunate enough to be a competitive athlete all his life and experiences yoga as a complement to all sports. By discovering a way to combine both his athletic background and training with yoga and ancient breathing techniques, Ed created and designed the Flexibility For Athletes® program which has been well received with the fitness community. Ed's cutting-edge training had led him to working for Stephen Cope's Institute for Extraordinary Living at Kripalu Center as the Director of Sports Training & Yoga. The Institute studies the effects of yoga, yogic breathing, and meditation on optimal performance in sports and the performing arts-and performs rigorous scientific research on these effects through its partnership with some of the top researchers at Harvard Medical School.
He currently works with collegiate and high school sports teams teaching a "Flexibility For Athletes" program to enhance athletic performance and endurance. Instructional DVD's and Podcast Workouts (Coming 2008) of this work are now available on his www.mindandbodyworkout.net website and www.rowingnews.com.
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 Wendy Harrold (studio owner/Co-Director) NCMT, CYT, Creator of Journey To Spirit, Reiki Master (Usui Lineage), Certified in Shiatsu and Thai Massage, AMTA Member. Wendy is a certified massage therapist and graduate from the Pennsylvania School of Muscle Therapy, a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher, graduate of The Ohashi Institute in NYC and College of Thai Massage Therapy in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Her training includes traditional muscle therapy modalities as well as energy based healing techniques.
Wendy's Journey To Spirit program takes you on a journey deep inside our consciousness to clear away the emotional and mental imprints of our limbic system stored in the memory of our past so that we may live fully as our authentic joyful selves. We use yoga, yogic breathing, toning, chanting, primal movement and meditation to explore these deeper levels of ourselves to understand who we really are and how we got to be who we "think" we are. Program done in workshop setting and/or private one-on-one therapy.
In addition, Wendy is the Director of Sales & Marketing for the Flexibility For Athletes performance training program. Wendy assists Ed with his training workshops, clinics and contracts with individual sports teams.
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 Antoinette has been a physical fitness trainer/group fitness instructor for 15 yrs. In addition, she has been a certified yoga teacher for over 6yrs. She is the creator of Prana Ball, a yoga class on the ball, designed to facilitate muscles that one usually does not employ in most exercises. The idea is to elongate and strengthen the core, restoring balance to the body/mind. Yoga postures, breathing, movement, as well as static holding of certain postures allow these benefits to occur in a very gentle, yet effective way.
A dance choreographer, Yogalates, workshop facilitator, and former Kripalu fitness trainer and guest yoga teacher. She infuses her hip hop choreography and JourneyDanceTM classes with wonderful energy, a spiritual nature, and gently powerful sensuality. Antoinette has worked closely with popular musicians 50 Cent & The Clipse. She now studies with Ed Harrold to become a Master Teacher of Ed's breakthrough program called The Flexibility for Athletes.
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 Sherry P. Yost (Instructor) , Sherry grew up in Frederick Co., VA. Sherry graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health and Human Services.
Sherry has been practicing yoga for 8 years; becoming a Certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor in November, 2004. She is a member of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association and a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance.
Sherry has taught at the YMCA in Rehoboth Beach for over 2 years. She has also been providing private lessons tailored to suit an individuals needs. Sherry is available to teach a variety of yoga classes including (but not limited to): Beginner and Intermediate Yoga (complete with breathing, meditation and relaxation techniques), Restorative Yoga, Chair Yoga and Kids Yoga.
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 Dimitra has lived a life "in movement" by growing up in Sweden playing soccer and doing gymnastics, to moving to Greece, hiking and diving, and finally ending up here in Lewes, DE, doing yoga. Lots of yoga! After participating in her first yoga class, she cried out in happiness and could hardly relax in Savasana. She very quickly realized that yoga was it. Since then, yoga has transformed her life creating a sense of renewed energy, while also being very cleansing and nourishing.
Dimitra is certified by Power Yoga Works in Philadelphia and by the Yoga Alliance. In addition, she is also a Personal Trainer and certified in Pilates, Spinning and Group Fitness. She studies with various teachers throughout the U.S. She now studies with Ed Harrold to become a Master Teacher of Ed's breakthrough program called The Flexibility for Athletes.
Dimitra incorporates a straightforward, informative and fun approach in her teaching style. She hopes to make students, especially new ones, both comfortable and excited about the yoga practice. She wants the individual to embrace the many joys and challenges it offers.
"The rewards of helping others to find their own inner strength and centeredness are phenomenal… we are all here in it together, having fun and stretching like crazy!"
"Love, light and eternal gratitude to all my Yoga Teachers, past, present and future for their wisdom, inspiration, and generosity. NAMASTE!"
"P.S. I love trees:)!!!"
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Sierra Bender, is certified as a Prana Yoga teacher. Kripalu Yoga teacher, Kripalu Bodywork, massage therapist, personal fitness trainer, medical intuitive, and energetic healer. Also trained in exercise physiology, nutrition, aromatherapy, menopausal health, addictions and abuse. Her retreats are international and clients include celebrities, Olympic and professional athletes as well as Wall Street and Fortune 500 CEO's. Sierra's famous retreat Boot Camp for Goddesses is held at well- known retreat centers across the country and international. For further info: www.bootcampforgoddesses.com (570) 994-0041.
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Kim Larson. After my first years of college, I began to look for a career in which I would feel like I was making a difference in the world each day. Like a bolt of lightning, it struck me - massage therapy. I attended Praxis College of Health Arts and Sciences in 1997 to train in massage and hydrotherapy. During the two year training I was first introduced to Thai massage, and I fell in love. After several years of practice in the massage field I was drawn to further my career with yoga teacher training at Kripalu Center. It was at Kripalu that I found my next great love in ayurvedic bodywork. It was no surprise when I realized that these two had common roots. I completed the Kripalu School of Ayurveda in 2006, and added ayurvedic consultations to my work at Kripalu. After almost a decade of practice in the healing arts, I traveled to India and Thailand in 2007 to complete more advanced training and to meet the motherlands of my two great loves. I currently travel and teach with my partner, Terrel, to spread the healing power of massage, yoga, and Ayurveda.
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Terrel Broussard. My experience in the healing arts started with myself in 1992 when I started exploring healing my emotional state through nutritional cleansing. For over 10 years i was a nutritional consultant. During this time, in 1997, I was trained as a Kripalu yoga teacher, and currently have a professional yoga teaching certification. The next year I added massage therapy, followed by thai massage, and then a degree in herbal medicine to compliment my consulting. In 2001, a year after my initial Thai massage training with Jonas Westring, I traveled to Thailand to train with his teacher, Pichet Boonthamme. After walking away with a rich experience and deeper confidence in myself and my potential as a Thai bodyworker, I began to integrate Thai massage into Whole Being Therapy, my creative expression of what healing arts can be. In 2005, I trained with Paul Cramer, a teacher from the Lotus Palm School of Thai Yoga Massage, and in 2006 I graduated from the Kripalu School of Ayurveda. My practice also includes Ayurvedic massage and consultations. In 2007 I returned to Thailand for another experience with Pichet and I ventured to India for advanced Ayurvedic trainings. I currently travel and teach with my partner Kim, and I look forward to offering the gifts of Thai massage and Ayurveda to all those interested in these amazing healing arts.
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Rudy Peirce, MA, a certified yoga teacher since 1982, faculty member of the Kripalu School of Yoga, is a perennial student of the yoga of life, fascinated with practicing yoga as an exploration. He has been leading transformational yoga retreats for over 20 years and is dedicated to making yoga accessible to those of us who would like to feel more flexible, comfortable, strong, whole and worthy. He created the Men's Yoga Quest program offered at Kripalu Center, Lenox, MA.
He has created a popular set of yoga CDs called The Gentle Series. Learn more at www.gentleyogi.com.
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