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Leslie Ellis, OTR, RYT, began her yoga studies in 1988 and is dedicated to sharing the joy she has found through yoga. Her teaching style is heartfelt and fun and she leads the student in a discovery process of the capacity of the body, the expansiveness of the heart and the celebration of life. Leslie is deeply passionate about the influence that yoga can have on all aspects of our lives. It teaches us how to honor ourselves, respect others and live from our hearts. She is grateful to all of her teachers, including John Friend, Mary Paffard and Sarahjoy Marsh.
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Emilee Coulter-Thompson, MSW, RYT discovered yoga in 2000 while finishing her Master of Social Work degree. She was profoundly influenced by the ways in which yoga helped her to reconnect with her body and breath and to let go of negative mental habits. Ever since, yoga has served as her primary source of healing, growth, and inspiration. Yoga also supports Emilee's strong vision and commitment to social justice work, including over a decade of advocacy to end violence and promote women's health. Realizing yoga's potential to empower individuals and transform communities, Emilee became a Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher in 2006, completed the Amrita Sanctuary Teacher Training in 2007 and a year-long apprenticeship with Lani Jelen in 2008. Now she is thrilled to be a member of the HeartSong community. As a teacher, Emilee is passionate about creating a safe space for students to explore their own healthy alignment and loving self-awareness.
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Lani Jelen has been a student of yoga for more than 30 years and through teaching has encouraged and inspired students at all levels of practice for the last 16 years. Discovering the power and depth of yoga is her passionate interest and sharing this discovery with her students is a great joy in her life. Lani teaches with a focus on the inner experience of yoga; through breath and movement she guides students to access their deepest inner strength and to sustain awareness of its presence. She honors her teachers John Friend, Richard Freeman and Rodney Yee and continues ongoing studies with many others.
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Lynn Morrison RYT, LMT, has been practicing yoga for more than 15 years all over the world as she traveled and taught outdoor skills and leadership. She is passionate about the human body and sees it as the most marvelous machine. She loves teaching and helping others increase their knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of their bodies. Her teaching style is enthusiastic and supportive. She is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 200 hr level and has also recently become a massage therapist. Lynn is grateful to her teachers Lynne, Sarahjoy and John Friend and continues to participate in workshops and weekly classes with others.
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Jeannette Phillips was introduced to yoga in 1998. Through positive early experiences her eyes were opened to the great therapeutic benefits of yoga and in 2003, inspired to share the love she had developed, she began teaching. She is honored to have had the opportunity to teach to a wide spectrum of people at both fitness centers and in the community through the parks and recreation system. The positive feedback received from her students has strengthened her belief that yoga can make a positive impact on all those who open their hearts to it. She feels yoga can be a lifelong journey of health and self exploration.
Jeannette completed a 200 hour teacher training with Sarahjoy Marsh in Portland and is registered with The Yoga Alliance. She continues her studies with Leslie Ellis in Beaverton.
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Dame Robinson, RYT, began her yoga studies in 1995. After a decade of study, Dame pursued her 200hr teacher training with Annie Carpenter at Yoga Works in Los Angeles. She believes deeply in the power of yoga to transform one’s life as well as cultivate peace, love, and compassion. Her passion for yoga inspires her as a mother, artist and human being. Dame enjoys teaching prenatal yoga and discovered the wonderful benefits of yoga during her own pregnancy, labor and delivery. She is grateful for all of the teachers in her life and is thankful to her teachers Summer Autio and Annie Carpenter for sharing their love of yoga and encouraging her to share yoga with others. She continues her studies with Leslie Ellis.
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