CURRENT TEACHERS
We encourage students to
try classes with our various instructors until they find
those who best suit their personalities and meet their needs.
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Stephanie Abrams
799-0054
Stephanie is honored to be the current owner of PYS. She is a certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. She began her study of Iyengar Yoga in 1996 in Washington, DC. After a
two year teaching apprenticeship with John Schumacher, she
began to teach in 2001. She continues her study with Patricia Walden and Peentz Dubble in Boston, MA. She finds the peace of mind and openess of heart that comes from regular practice indispensible, and hopes to share this with all of her students. |
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Melora Gregory, R.Y.T.
767-2667
Melora has been passionately studying and teaching yoga since 1993 here at PYS. Her main influences are Iyengar Senior Teacher Patricia Walden and Gabriel Halpern. Melora continues to learn anatomy, therapeutics, yoga theory, and flow sequences, from a wide variety of teachers, which she joyfully incorporates into her classes. She is certified as a Yamuna Body Rolling® Instructor. www.melorayoga.com
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Holly Hofmann
874-0491
Holly Hofmann began practicing yoga in 1992 and became a certified teacher in 1998. Her studies include the Iyengar, Kripalu and Viniyoga traditions which she integrates to address individual student's needs. Practicing yoga has supported her healing from 2 hip replacements. Holly's classes encourage patience, humor and kindness as the body naturally unfolds.
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Elaine G. McGillicuddy, MA
797-2151
Co-founder of PYS in 1987 with her late husband Francis, Elaine is a certified Iyengar Yoga instructor since 1991. She began teaching yoga in 1980. She has not only participated in many Iyengar yoga workshops in and outside of the US, but has studied with the Iyengars in India. Elaine finds in her deep daily yoga practice, an indispensable lifeline. Elaine is currently taking a sabbatical from teaching to finish work on her book of poetry and memoir. She looks forward to returning to teaching once this project is completed.
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Pamela Ryan
767-0147
Pamela, a certified Iyengar Yoga instructor, is influenced
by the ancient yogic texts and the clarity and joy they
bring to modern daily life. An ongoing student of Patricia
Walden, she travels to India regularly to study with the
Iyengars. Pamela's website is www.yogawithpamela.com.
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Dale Shields
Dale Shields began practicing Iyengar yoga in 2007 with Jill Johnson and Diana Shannon at the Ancient Healing Arts Yoga Studio in Lebanon, New Hampshire. In the fall of 2012, she will complete a 2 year yoga teacher training program registered with the Yoga Alliance that is being taught by Iyengar instructors Janice Vien and Jill Johnson. She recently moved to Maine and is now studying weekly with Stephanie Abrams, Pamela Ryan, and Cindy Berliner. She has had the great opportunity to study with H.S. Arun, Peentz Dubble, Greg Anton, and Miko Kanamaru. Dale enjoys sharing yoga with beginners and brings with her a passion for lifelong learning gained from 20 years of homeschooling her three children. |
