Anh, Bernard, Elissa, Ellen, Jennie, Louise, Marjan, Mark, Meg, Micheline, Newton, Pamela, Peter, Rachel, Sarah, Serra, Suzy, Tiffany & Tracy.
Anh Chi Pham, MFA, RYT, specializes in teaching gentle, therapeutic classes and mindfulness-themed workshops. In 1999, she started yoga to rehab a compression fracture and has been practicing ever since. Certified by the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Anh Chi also incorporates Viniyoga and Iyengar techniques in her classes, which typically combine breath-linked movements with the holding of static poses to develop both flexibility and strength. She encourages students to cultivate inner awareness, reminding them to work at a comfortable edge, and offers plenty of modifications and props to suit individual needs. Currently enrolled in Loyola Marymount’s Yoga Therapy Rx Program, Anh Chi is passionate about mind-body healing.
Anh's
Classes
Friday, 6:30pm - 7:30pm, Prenatal Yoga (1)
Bernard McGrane received his Ph.D. from New York University and taught at Vermont College, Colby College, Cuesta Community College, UCLA, Pitzer College, and the University of California, Irvine before accepting his current position at Chapman University. He is the author of Beyond Anthropology, Society and the Other, and the Un-TV and the 10 MPH Car- Experiments in Personal Freedom and Everyday Life.
Bernard's
Class
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Elissa has been a dedicated student of yoga since 2003 and began to deepen her practice when she discovered the teachings of yoga master Ana Forrest. She completed the Forrest Yoga Foundation Training in March of 2006 and the Advanced Teacher Training in May of 2007. As a Certified Forrest Yoga instructor, she continues her studies with Ana at workshops and continuing education courses.
Through the practice of yoga and teaching, Elissa has experienced a renewed fascination with life and the process of growing and healing physically, emotionally and spiritually. She delights in sharing the gifts of yoga with others and is committed to providing a space that facilitates healing, self-discovery and personal growth. She encourages her students to breathe deeply, to connect in feeling with their bodies, and to work honestly at their edges while bringing 100% to the mat.
Elissa's
Class
Monday, 7:30pm - 9:00pm, Forrest Yoga (1-2)
Ellen found Pilates after becoming a personal trainer and fitness instructor in Bozeman, Montana. Pilates changed her movement awareness in her recreational sports; cross country skiing, trail running and kayaking.
Adding to her certification in athletic training from ACE, Ellen completed the mat certification program from Physical Mind in 2005. As a yoga student for fifteen years, stretching became a regular part of Ellen’s conditioning program. She became a level one instructor in yoga through Yoga Fit in 2007. This training has allowed Ellen to fuse traditional Pilate’s movement with additional poses from yoga.
In 2008 Ellen received her comprehensive certification from the renowned Body Arts and Science international in Costa Mesa California. She chose to study under Rael Isacowitz whose depth of knowledge and practice of the complete Pilates repertoire is second to none.
Her love of encouraging others to reach their physical potential through movement has allowed Ellen to work with clients in her private studio as well as teaching the mat program at Triad. Her classes have an emphasis on detail and precision of movement, all accomplished with a sense of humor.
Ellen's Classes
Monday, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Mat Pilates (All Levels)
Friday, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm, Mat Pilates (All Levels)
Sunday, 9:00 am - 10:00 am, Mat Pilates (All Levels) - 1st, 3rd, 5th
Jennie Jalalat has been practicing yoga for eight years and believes that yoga benefits everyone. She started off taking classes because of yoga’s ability to reduce stress, but she sensed there was more to it than just a good workout. The more she learned about the asanas, pranayama, and yogic philosophy, the more dedicated she became. She completed her 200-hour teaching training with YogaWorks and is registered with Yoga Alliance. As an instructor, she focuses on breath, alignment, the mind-body-spirit connection and, most important, having fun. Students of all levels will feel a positive energetic shift as they work with this enthusiastic yogini, who likes to blend the heat created in vinyasa flow classes with the therapeutic advantages of viniyoga. Whether you are trying to get stronger, become more flexible, gain focus and balance, or cultivate more peace and spaciousness, Jennie will assist you in realizing your goals and finding a whole new you.
Jennie's
Classes
Tuesday, 9:00 am - 10:00 am, Hatha Flow (All Levels)
Thursday, 9:00 am - 10:00 am, Hatha Flow (All Levels)
Louise has been a yoga student for 10 years and a teacher for the last 3. Originally from England, she grew up in London where she studied interior design before graduating and working for design consultancies in central London and the surrounding areas.
Her passion for yoga was inspired by her study with Bridget Woods Kramer, the UK’s only certified Anusara yoga teacher. She attended classes with her for 2 years before Bridget relocated to Cornwall in the South West of England to open her own dedicated yoga studio there.
At the same time, Louise’s life path took a different turn when she was made redundant giving her the freedom to make changes too. So, with yoga mat firmly in hand, she moved to beautiful Cornwall to work full time at Bridget’s yoga studio as well as immersing herself in yoga study and teacher training. This gave Louise the opportunity to study and teach yoga as well as first hand experience of the daily challenges encountered when running a yoga studio. This studio experience also fueled her obsession with neatly folded blankets!
Although Anusara is Louise’s main influence she has also studied with Iyengar, Ashtanga and British Wheel of Yoga teachers. She tries to approach teaching with a sense of fun so that classes are relaxed and welcoming to ensure a positive yoga experience. She encourages students to practice at their own pace while still providing some challenges along the way.
Using flow style sequencing and emphasis on breath to coincide with movement, she focuses on all of the good things happening in the students’ yoga to support and empower them. The use of some funky music always helps to keep things upbeat too!
Louise continues to practice with a range of teachers of differing styles, regularly attending yoga workshops and retreats and reading extensively about yoga and health. As well as teaching, Louise is a freelance writer and has been published in the UK’s Yoga magazine as well as other publications and web sites. She also dabbles in short stories but is still pondering the yoga bestseller………
Apart from the big yoga scene in SoCal, her favorite things about California are the sunny weather - obviously, the beautiful coastline – reminiscent of Cornwall and, of course, the chocolate raisins - enough said.
Louise's
Classes
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After two years of studying yoga in Germany under the guidance of a long time yogi, I migrated to Southern California. I came here to apply my Knowledge as an athlete and yoga teacher to the community in Orange County. After moving to the area, I realized the practice would become the foundation for my personal development and growth from that moment forward. I have been to India to study Vedanta and visited many ashrams of well-known saints.
My classes are a deep incorporation of many various yoga styles, sweetness and coming from the heart of Bhakti. My teachings stretch beyond finding strength and awareness with the physical body, and lead into flexibility and presence within the mind. I combine unique styles of vines flow, with my personal knowledge and Love for surfing and running. My classes are known to be both physically challenging as well as playful.
Marjan's
Class
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With more than 10 years of dance training, combined with certifications in Pilates & Yoga, Mark Devenpeck guides his students through various postures very eloquently. He genuinely cares for his students and their physical well being, helping them reach new levels of flexibility. Mark reminds his students of their breath during each pose and exercise, which has tremendous results on opening the body to new possibilities. Let loose at his Body Conditioning class, which is a favorite of his students.
Mark graduated from California State University at Long Beach with a Degree in Dance and in 2003 he received a prestigious scholarship to the American Dance Festival at Duke University. He began his yoga training with Joel Pier from Philadelphia, one of the first graduates of the Bikram's Yoga College of India. He continued on at the New York Open Center and also studied aromatherapy and became certified in Thai Yoga. He received his Pilates certification from Long Beach Dance Conditioning, with Marie-José Blom-Lawrence and also received training from Karen Clippinger at California State University at Long Beach. In 2004 he went to the Omega Institute, the largest holistic studies center in the world and studied with Manju Jois, the son of Pattabhi Jois. He has a profound ability to articulate postures, muscle coordination & function. These skills enable him to understand his students so they can fully benefit from their Yoga & Pilates experience.
Mark's
Classes
Monday, 8:30 am - 9:30 am, Hatha Flow (All Levels)
Wednesday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm, Hatha Yoga (1)
Wednesday, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Hatha Yoga (1-2)
Thursday, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, Hatha Yoga (1-2)
Thursday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm, Hatha Yoga (1-2)
Friday, 6:30 am - 7:30 am, Hatha Flow (1-2)
Saturday, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Hatha (1-2)
Meg Fell in love with the practice of yoga in 2003 and became a yoga teacher 5 years later. Registered at the 200 hour level with the yoga alliance, her teaching style combines the flow of a vinyasa class while still working toward enhancing her students’ alignment and understanding of the postures and their bodies. During the class she emphasizes a light-hearted approach to mind-body-spirit connection, helping her students deepen their practice both on and off the mat.
Meg's
Classes
Saturday, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Hatha Yoga (1-2)
As a young girl, Micheline was free to explore her talents in the arts through ballet, tap, and hula dancing. Always a unique spirit, her intellectual passions followed at a rapid pace. Desiring to keep fit and healthy, she became an aerobics instructor and opened a studio in San Clemente, Ca. During her journey in fitness she was introduced to Vinniyoga and decided to focus her attentions to pursuing knowledge of Eastern Philosophy. As time passed, she developed a deep knowing and gift for sharing her talents with others. She holds her certification in yoga ands Pilate’s through the National Education Sports Training Association.
After having taught classes in California for many years, she seized a “calling” to teach and oversee the yoga program at Hanalei Bay Resort, Hanalei, Kauai. Her continued education in the field has allowed her to study under the direction of Bhvani, a direct disciple of Ashtanga Yoga in Mysori, India. In partnership with the Golden Wind Zen Center, she developed and offered a style of yoga that fills the heart and soul with enlightenment which she calls “Zen Fusion”. Her style is eclectic and ranges from classical to contemporary, which have been developed since the early 1980s.
As well as bringing yoga to those seeking development of spirit and self, Micheline has developed several unique healing modalities. She is a Mother Peace Tarot Soothsayer, holds association with the Unicorn Foundation as a LaChance Release Practitioner, performs Spiritual Clearings and Blessings, releases emotion and ailments through the ancient art of Ear Candling, opens and aligns energy with Chakra Balancing, facilitates healing through Bio-Energy techniques, and is an Ordained Minister. Her unique ceremonies are welcomed for any celebration of life. Licensed in California and the Hawaiian Islands.
Micheline's
Classes
Friday, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Zen Fusion (1-2)
Sunday, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Hatha Yoga (1-2)
Sunday, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Restorative Yoga (1-2)
Spending several hours a day practicing yoga and working out, Newton Campbell is in top shape. He helps his students become super fit by offering endurance-filled classes. His students love the challenge and keep coming back for more. Be ready to sweat out toxins and feel really good about your physical shape in Newton's classes.
Newton comes to Triad Yoga as an accomplished Southern Californian Yoga instructor. In June 2005, Lululemon Athletica of Newport Beach named Newton instructor of the month and, in September 2005, he was named Lulelemon's Ambassador. His following has stood the test of time and location, as his students continue to attend his classes with complete dedication.
Newton's
Classes
Tuesday, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Fig Yoga (2)
Wednesday, 8:30 am - 9:30 am, Fig Yoga (1-2)
Sunday, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Fig Yoga (2-3)
Pamela Ward teaches the primary series of Ashtanga yoga, a set sequence of asanas as taught by Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois. The series focuses on realigning the spine, gaining flexibility and strength and thus building a strong foundation to ward off chronic back problems that are associated with our 21st century life styles. Yoga is always about movement with the breath and in Pamela's class you will learn to engage the ujjayi breath, constricting the back of the throat to heat the air before it passes into the lungs. This heat dissipates throughout the body and helps the body to sweat and detoxify. The ujjayi breath creates the sound of ocean waves which tends to relax and reduces the tensions we carry in our bodies each day. When an entire class is engaged in ujjayi, the synchronous sound creates a rich nurturing environment that is very energizing. The most important aspect of the class is to maintain this constant breath pattern; it's not about how hard you work, but how you use the breath to help you move effortlessly through the series. You will go home feeling truly rejuvenated.
Pamela moved to Southern California in 2000 to take a position at UCI in the Division of Diagnostic Molecular Pathology. She has been practicing yoga since arriving in Irvine and has been teaching Ashtanga since May 2004. Pamela received her teacher training under the tutelage of Dawn Robinson and has completed the Yoga Studies certification courses at UCI. She is in the process of submitting all the requirements to the Yoga Alliance to become a registered member. Pamela has fifteen years of dance experience and is certified as a dance instructor through the International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA, UK) teaching IDTA and Royal Academy of Dance syllabi. Upon moving from the United Kingdom to the USA, Pamela extended her dance experience under Steve Porter (Buffalo, NY), with emphasis on the Graham technique. Pamela's philosophy is to maintain an active, rewarding way of life so as to lay the foundation for a healthy lifestyle and successful aging.
Pamela's
Classes
Monday, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Ashtanga (1-2)
After a lifetime of "yang" sports including hockey and marathoning Peter sought yoga as a way to sustain fitness and heal injuries that prevented him from enjoying many of his physical activities. "As so many have found, my first experience with yoga ignited a passion." Over the last 6 years, he has yet to find a yogi or asana style he doesn't like but is drawn to the Iyengar method with it's focus on alignment and precision. In practise and in teaching Peter's focus is to release the "immense joy and laughter" that emerges from a strong and flexible body and mind. "Yoga is truly a life transforming art that can foster growth and enjoyment in every aspect of ones life."
Peter's
Classes
Monday, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm, Hatha Yoga (1-2)
Tuesday, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Hatha Yoga (1-2)
Saturday, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, Hatha Yoga (1-2)
Rachel has been practicing yoga for the past 11 years. She began doing yoga during her education as a psychotherapist. It was during this time that she became more interested in yoga as a means for personal growth, healing, transformation and self expression. Rachel is a registered yoga teacher with the yoga alliance. She has been teaching for 7 years. She started out with Yoga Master Erich Schiffman, whose approach involves 'moving into stillness' to experience the truth of who one is. She went on to immerse herself in the Ashtanga Yoga tradition and studied and completed teacher training with Tim Miller in Encinitas, CA. After completing the Yoga Works Teacher training, which is more alignment oriented, Rachel strives to integrate the most important elements of her learnings into a practice that involves a smooth flow/ rhythm, attention to physical/internal alignment, learning to observe ones internal experience both physically and psychologically so that they are able to develop an internal connection and awareness that leads to a deeper meditative experience and a fuller experience of "Self". She believes that Yoga is a rich and vast resource offering everything from stress relief, increased fitness, strength and flexibiliy to the more elusive life-long goals of increased inner peace, greater sense of connection to oneself, others and ones surroundings. It will give to you what you seek from it.
Rachel's
Class
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Sarah began practicing vinyasa flow yoga twelve years ago when she was looking for something to complement other athletic endeavors, especially running. She immediately fell in love with the rhythmic fusion of breath and movement, and the deep opening that this practice brought to her mind and body. After taking many classes and working privately with a master teacher, who himself was a devoted student of Ana Forrest, Sarah knew she had happened upon something powerful and life changing. In 2004 she was certified at the 200-hour level through Yogaworks, and has been teaching yoga privately and in studios throughout Orange County ever since. She is currently a student in the Yoga Therapy Rx program at Loyola Marymount University, the most esteemed yoga therapy program on the west coast, and the only one in the country offered through an accredited university.
Sarah’s teaching style is laid-back, with an emphasis on each individual “owning” their practice by keeping an open dialogue—and a keen awareness—flowing between body, mind and breath. While offering a vigorous, lighthearted practice, usually set to music, she encourages every student to honor where they are mentally, physically and emotionally, and to work from that point to find the “edge” that is appropriate for them. Sarah has experienced and succumbed to the temptation to “muscle into” a “perfect” pose, and in doing so has experienced the consequence of injury. Injuries have become some of her most difficult and fiercely respected teachers, and have engendered her passion for the therapeutic applications of yoga. They have also brought her to the realization that “perfect” is a relative term in yoga asana. She can often be heard saying, “As long as you’re being safe and productive in your body, and cultivating awareness in your mind, you’re doing perfect yoga.”
Sarah's
Classes
Friday, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Hatha Flow (1-2)
Serra’s yoga practice began 10 years ago and has its roots in bikram, vinyasa & iyengar. She began to deepen her practice and began teaching in 2008. Since then she has accumulated 300 hours of training through White Lotus Foundation & Corepower. She has trained with Ganga White, Tracey Rich, Sven Holcomb, Jae Murphy & has been strongly influenced by Amy Kieczykowski., Deanna Ainsworth & Isabela Fortes.
Her teaching style is a progressive vinyasa with a creative force and is for yogis of all levels. Each class is different to keep the mind present so that students can get the most out of each class. Being a yogi is like being able to stand in the eye of a storm of thoughts and rest in complete stillness and peace and her dream is to teach her students how to be in that place using all branches of yoga.
Serra's
Classes
Thursday, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Hatha Flow (1-2)
Saturday, 9:00 am - 10:15 am, Vinyasa Weekend Flow (1-2)
Suzy's training includes: Mission Viejo, CA with Marlene Geoghan, Sivananda Yoga. Encinitas, CA with Tim Miller of the Ashtanga Yoga Center. Ashtanga Yoga. Bozeman, Montana with Nancy Ruby of the Yoga Motion Yoga Center. Shri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore India. Richard Freeman. Ana Forest. Chuck Miller of Yoga Works. Rodney Yee. Sarah Powers. David Swenson. JJ. Gormerly. Mariel Hemmingway of the Sacred Cow Yoga Studio.
Suzy's
Class
Wednesday, 7:30 pm
- 9:00 pm, Vinyasa Yoga (2)
Friday, 9:00 am - 10:30 am, Hatha Yoga (1-2)
Sunday, 10:00 am - 11:30 am, Vinyasa Flow (2)
Tiffany received her BA in dance and Musical Theatre from California State University at Fullerton in 1998. Upon graduating she moved to the Big Apple to pursue a career as a professional dancer/ performer in Musical Theatre. While she was in NYC she was accepted to The Pilates Studio teacher certification program where she trained under Joseph Pilates protege’ Roman Kryzanowska.
After many years of performing in National Tours, summer stock and numerous regional theatres Tiffany has retired and focuses her energy solely on the teachings of Joseph Pilates Method. The core principles of the Pilates Method is what Tiffany holds fast to and hope’s to pass on to her students so that they may obtain a mindful body awareness throughout their practice and everyday lives.
Tiffany’s Mat class focuses on developing core strength, inner stability and building the muscles from the inside out. In her class you will learn to bring together the breath with the movements to achieve proper alignment, increased flexibility and an overall awareness of the body. Her classes combine her experience and training as a professional dancer with her well-honed knowledge of kinesiology into a focused, challenging and invigorating class.
Tiffany's
Classes
Tuesday, 8:00 am - 9:00 am, Mat Pilates (1-2)
Wednesday, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Mat Pilates (All Levels)
Saturday, 8:00 am - 9:00 am, Mat Pilates (1-2)
Tracy Fitzpatrick has brought many firsts to the Orange County area since her career began in the 80s. Her work in the field of Pilates, Dance/Conditioning, Gyrotonic, and Gyrokenisis Yoga, as well as blending and fusing other forms of fitness to create Aline Technique is well known by OC Locals. Her Aline Class is one of the best kept secrets in town. Clients swear by the results this class gives and secretly are addicted to this challenging but fun regime.
She was one of the first three Pilates Studios to open in the OC in 1989. She expanded her work to Gyrotonic in 1999 and continues to work in the field bringing new firsts again to the area with the Ladder and the Jumping Stretching Board.
She introduced Pilates Mat Work to Orange County Gyms in the early 90's. She started the Pilates Program for Yoga Works, 24 Hour Fitness Lakeshore Towers, Athletic Club for Women, and Girls Gym Newport Beach, the Girls Gym Laguna Canyon, and Revolution Studio in Los Angeles.
Her work with Pro Surfers in 1998-99 led her to Quiksilver to develop a training program for the Pro's. Quiksilver invited her again to introduce her training to the Women's Roxy Team in 2005. With Tracy's unique style this opened the Women's Pro Team to a completely unique of conditioning.
Her certification program is widely respected as producing some of the most coveted instructors in the area. Training teachers in smaller groups, spending more time on their personal development, and giving them the specific tools they need to set themselves apart in this highly competitive field are some of the qualities she brings to her certification program.
Tracy's
Classes
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