
about the instructors
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Tracy Weber is the owner and founder of Whole Life Yoga. She is a certified yoga instructor and yoga therapist through the American Viniyoga Institute's teacher training program and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level. She has also completed advanced studies in prenatal yoga. She originally came to yoga for relief from chronic back pain, and discovered the balance and stress relief yoga provides. Tracy believes that the benefits of yoga are much broader than physical exercise, and that yoga can help people achieve what they want in all areas of life. |
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Suzette Birrell is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level. She is also a registered prenatal yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance. She believes the practice of yoga is a way to live each day with joy by staying healthy both mentally and physically. Suzette brings this passion for life into her teaching, helping people truly live the life they want today and beyond. |
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Melanie Reed is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. She came to yoga at the age of 48, and is a long-time meditator and spiritual seeker who is interested in using the tools of yoga to deeply explore breath and presence. |
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Deb Fitzpatrick is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program, and is certified at the 200-hour level by Whole Life Yoga. She has also had training in Aston Techniques. Deb took her first yoga class in 2000, initially for the physical practice but has continued for the emotional, psychological and physical well being that a Yoga practice brings to her. Deb truly believes that anyone can do Yoga, which is her guiding principle for teaching in the Viniyoga tradition. |
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Karen Campbell is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's and the American Viniyoga Institute's teacher training programs and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level. A lifelong student, Karen continues her studies with Tracy Weber and also attends other workshops in the viniyoga lineage. Karen most enjoys yoga for the balance and flexibility it brings to body and mind, both on and off the mat. |
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Sheryl Stich is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level. Sheryl came to Viniyoga after recovering from disc hernia surgery in 2002. She also had hip replacement surgery, and found that yoga and breath work not only helped retain her health physically, but also helped mentally and emotionally. She finds much joy and happiness in sharing this "calm awakening" connecting the mind, body and breath with her students. |
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Sharon Beaudoin is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. She is also a trained birth doula and certified infant massage teacher. Sharon's personal yoga and Mindfulness meditation practice keep her focused on the joy of each moment. She strives to teach classes that enhance our ability to be present now. Her prenatal classes are meditative and renewing, and focus on building a strong breath practice to support a healthy labor and birth experience. |
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Cara Forrler is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. In her personal life, Cara uses yoga and meditation to explore and develop the positive results that come from fully embracing and being in each moment. She is passionate about sharing with others the physical, emotional, and mental healing yoga can provide through its joining of mind, body and breath. |
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Rene De Los Santos is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program, and is certified at the 200-hour level by Whole Life Yoga. He has also traveled to India to explore the roots of yoga. He has been practicing and teaching yoga for 10 years and teaching movement classes for 20 years, and is interested in helping people find joy in movement, dance, exercise, fitness and well-being. |
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Kim Tull-Esterbrook is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program at the 200-hour level. Kim uses yoga as a tool to help her know and understand herself and the world more fully, and as a practice to help her move with courage and grace through all the beautiful and challenging things she finds through that searching. It is her intention to share the gifts of yoga with others as they embark on their own journeys. |
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Patricia Hedtke is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. She uses yoga as a means of letting her mind, body, and spirit join hands in partnership. Her goal is to make yoga available to those of a larger, rounder body type. |
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Liziah Woodruff is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. Liziah's passion is to inspire people through yoga to connect with their unique and powerful selves by bringing balance, happiness and new possibilities to mind and body. She has a BFA in acting and has recorded a CD "Fire Inside a Kiss". |
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Laurel Lakey is a certified yoga instructor through Whole Life Yoga's teacher training program and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. She is also a dance instructor, choreographer and performer. In her own life, she uses yoga as a balance to the rigor and physical demands of being a dancer. Laurel believes yoga is an incredible tool for developing awareness in the body, calming the mind, and connecting with one's self. Her passion rests in helping people find balance in their lives by learning how to be present in their bodies. |













