Instructors:

BBC Partners
Kitty Daly
Lyn Magee

Maria Carella
Mike Elliff
Kelly Feder, GCFT
Elizabeth Fryer, LMFT
Julie Garland
Carolyn Jenkins
Melanie Klug
Mary Laffey Adams
Vicki Lander
Nancy Lewis
Rhonda Mills
Bridget Rolens, MA, OT
Christy Salmon
Michael Shabsin
Judith Shaw
Jon Yaffe

Lyn Magee
Lyn is a seasoned yoga practitioner/teacher who is influenced by her Buddhist meditation practice and the Kripalu, Iyengar and vinyasa styles of Hatha Yoga. She combines energetic practice and a strong focus on breath and alignment with gentle, hands-on support.

Maria Carella
Maria is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Prenatal Yoga Instructor who has been teaching body-mind connections for pregnancy and birth since 1983. She creates a space for pregnant women to get in touch with their breath, their bodies and their babies. She uses yoga, relaxation and breathing to help women develop the resources within to nurture and birth their babies as well as themselves.
Website: www.mariacarella.com
Email: maria@mariacarella.com

Mike Elliff
As a Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Teacher, Mike offers yoga classes at Washington University, The Big Bend Yoga Center and teaches persons affected by cancer at the Cancer Treatment Center and the Wellness Community. Elements of teaching include Hatha yoga designed to meet the needs of each person, Restorative yoga, a deeply relaxing practice and Yoga Nidra, a meditative practice.
Email: bdywrkr8@aol.com
Phone: 314-412-9867

Kelly Feder, GCFT (Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher®)
Kelly is a Master Practitioner and Teacher of the Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education. Bringing 20 years of teaching and training experience to the method, Kelly, is a sensitive, articulate and careful instructor. Her rhythm is consciously attuned to the class and each individual, empowering students with the self-awareness to change ineffective habitual patterns. A rigorous student of the method, Kelly has traveled nationally and abroad to mentor with many senior Feldenkrais trainers, including those who trained directly with Moshe Feldenkrais. Kelly leads workshops, offers private Functional Integration® lessons and weekly Awareness Through Movement® classes throughout the St. Louis area.
Email: feder.kelly@gmail.com
Phone: 314-563-1266

Elizabeth Fryer, LMFT
Elizabeth founded the St. Louis Insight Meditation Group in 1996. She studied Buddhism in Asia for 10 years and then with Jack Kornfield in CA when she returned to the US in 1983 and until moving to St. Louis in 1995. She is trained by SRC as a Community Dharma Leader. Elizabeth, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in St. Louis, specializes in applying the principles of mindfulness to depth psychotherapy.
www.elizabethfryer.com

Julie Garland
Julie, a certified yoga teacher from Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, has been teaching yoga classes since 2003. She leads an easy-to-follow class and encourages listening to your body. She uses Pranayama, asana, and “meditation-in-motion” throughout her classes. Julie trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn in mindfulness meditation practice and co-founded Mind-Body Stress Reduction programs both at Masterpeace Studios and Grace Hill Medical Center.
Email: julie@garlandwines.com
Phone: 314-495-8618

Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn is drawn to yoga as a lifelong practice free from the achievement orientation so prevalent in modern society. With twelve years of study, Carolyn’s teaching is grounded in the Iyengar method of precise alignment, the use of props and intelligent action to develop a mindful awareness of balance, strength and flexibility. Vinyasa and energy flow complement the asana and pranayama practices. With a background in journalism, marketing and public relations, Carolyn ran a small communications business for 17 years while raising her children before turning her passion for yoga into a vocation. She likes to hike, bike, garden, travel and read. The leadership and wisdom of many teachers have contributed to Carolyn’s presentation style and she is grateful for the opportunity to present a new way of life — one heart, one breath at a time — through practice.
Email: cajcom@swbell.net

Melanie Klug
Melanie has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. She began teaching while living at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California 10 years ago. She studied yoga with several teachers from all over the world. Mark Whitwell, Saul David Raye, Kitty Daly and everyday life on earth influence the style of her teaching. Her classes are strong, yet softly guided. She likes to teach a heart centered vinyasa flow yet loves to spontaneously co-create with the students that show up in each class. She encourages slow movement with attention on the breath to facilitate inner guidance and connection to the elements of the earth. She loves freedom and peace and most of all fun! Because life is like a box of chocolates…You never know what you’re going to get!

Mary Laffey Adams
Mary offers students her eclectic background as a holistic nurse, a certified Kripalu Yoga instructor and a practitioner of the Trager® approach of movement education. Mary has studied and trained in over 800 hours of a variety of bodywork modalities and holds a certificate in Pastoral Care from Aquinas Institute of Theology. Her yoga classes provide a gentle and mindful opportunity to explore the endless possibilities that the body, mind and spirit offer.
Email: mlaffeyadams@aol.com

Vicki Lander
Vicki brings with her over 17 years of experience in movement and the healing arts. She graduated with honors from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy, completed a two year advanced training in the Hakomi Method of Body Centered Psychotherapy and is a certified Interdisciplinary Yoga Instructor from Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. Her experience also includes extensive study and work in neuromuscular re-education, breath work and postural alignment.
Email: vickilander@yahoo.com
Phone: 314-882-9642

Nancy Lewis
Nancy Lewis (Guru Sandesh Kaur), has been involved in the study and practice of Kundalini Yoga for the past 20 years. She is a certified Level I and Level II (500hr) practitioner. She is a healer in the art of Sat Nam Rasayan (the healing branch of Kundalini). Prior to moving to St. Louis, she taught in California where she owned and operated a yoga studio. She has studied with Gurmukh Kaur, Gurucharan Singh, Pritpal Kaur and was extremely blessed to have taken several classes with the Master of Kundalini Yoga & Meditation, Yogi Bhajan. She has taught around the city offering ongoing classes, private instruction, and classes for beginners. Most recently, she taught acting students Kundalini at The Conservatory at Webster University. She has facilitated workshops in St. Louis, California, & Hawaii. She was instrumental in bringing Kundalini back to St. Louis and was administrator and a part of the teaching team for the first Kundalini Yoga & Meditation Level I certification that was offered in St. Louis. She is a member of the Aquarian Academy, a part of the Kundalini Research Institute, and is studying to become a Teacher Trainer. Her classes are mindful and compassionate…Laughter and joy are a must!
Email: kundaliniyogini@sbcglobal.net

Rhonda Mills
Rhonda’s yoga classes often include pranayama, meditation, and visualization, and are influenced by her studies with teachers Rod Stryker, founder of ParaYoga, Pandit, Rajmani Tigunait of the Himalayan Institute, the Nonviolent Communication process, as well as her years of experience with creative movement.  Rhonda has completed certifications in ParaYoga, BodyMind Coaching, Nonviolent Communication, and is a Yoga Alliance registered ERYT-500.   She leads workshops, offers private and corporate Yoga classes, and leads weekly mindfulness and expressive movement groups at McCallum Place, a treatment center for people with eating disorders. 
Website: www.rhondamills.com
Email: rhondaloveslife@gmail.com

Bridget Rolens, MA, OT
Bridget has practiced Insight Meditation since 1997. She is a co-leader of the St. Louis Insight Meditation Group and Vice-president of the Board of Directors of Mid America Dharma. She brings to her dharma practice many years of experience in the spirituality of the Christian contemplative tradition and of 12-step recovery. Bridget is a graduate of the Community Dharma Leaders program offered by Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and she completed Matthew Flickstein’s 2-week class “Teaching as a Form of Practice.” She is Program Facilitator for the Mind-Body Stress Reduction Programs at Masterpeace Studios in Kirkwood, MO and Meditation Program Coordinator for the Integrative Medicine Program, St. John's Hospital, Springfield, IL.
Email: bridget@pathwaystomindfulness.com
Phone: 314-369-1391

Christy Salmon
Christy began teaching body conditioning and dance in 1980 at the Clayton Fitness Center. She also taught at Modern Fitness and eventually started her own company and cable-TV program entitled, Energetics. Her methodology and experience was influenced from her training in Martha Graham’s method of modern dance. She graduated with a BFA in Dance from Southern Methodist University in 1979. Beginning in 1998 she taught dance, flexibility, the barre class, body conditioning and core training classes in Chicago, Illinois. Then in 2000 she became certified in Pilates and taught group and individual Pilates classes. There she taught Pilates mat classes in levels I, II AND III. She is a certified Pilates instructor from Physical Mind, The Pilates Center and STOTT. She has been actively teaching all ages in Pilates for nine years in Chicago and currently at Wellbridge Town and Country. Her passion is teaching and inspiring her students to do their best, and to “Just Breathe”.
Website: stlouispilatesfusion.com
Email: clsalmon1@hotmail.com

Michael Shabsin
Michael has been practicing yoga since 1999 and continues to deepen his practice and understanding of life through the lens of yoga. In 2006, Michael received his 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certification through his studies at the Barefoot Studio in Little Rock, Arkansas with Matthew Krepps. He counts Matthew, Kitty Daly, Lama Lobsang Palden, and especially his family as his teachers, inspirations and guides along the way. Michael tries to live his yoga and embody the teachings in all aspects of his daily life as a husband, father and practicing attorney. He brings to the yoga practice balance, strength and sensitivity while encouraging each student to experience their connection with body, mind and spirit.

Judith Shaw
Judith is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher who also studied extensively in the UK. As her personal practice developed over the last 20 years, she experienced the transformative power of yoga and its profound healing effects. She aspires to embody the essence of yoga in all aspects of her life and is passionate about sharing the benefits with others. Judith’s style blends traditional yogic teachings with an acceptance of the innate wisdom of the body. Her classes foster self-expression and openness through body awareness, inviting students to rediscover a sense of wholeness within themselves and in their lives.

Jon Yaffe
Jon has practiced Insight Meditation since 1999, served on the Board of Directors of Mid America Dharma since 2005, and been a co-leader of the St. Louis Insight Meditation Group since 2006. His primary study was under Matthew Flickstein, completing both his "Two Year Training" and “Teaching as a Form of Practice” programs