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Janelle Rodriguez is a native Californian and has been performing as a dancer since the age of 5. Janelle’s early background in dance includes jazz, tap, ballet, modern dance, gymnastics, and Mexican Folklore. In 1995, she decided to explore foreign dance territory by experiencing the exotic and mysterious Middle Eastern bellydance.Visit Janelle's website at www.janelledance.com
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Phoenix Artemisia RYT 500, B.A. Psychology, is an Ashtanga Yoga teacher certified by the Ashtanga Yoga Institute of Mount Madonna; she is also certified by Parmarth Niketan Ashram of Rishikesh, India, and Kali Ray TriYoga. She currently studies Iyengar Yoga with Kofi Busia, and Sanskrit with Dr. Sarasvati Mohan. She is a certified Reiki Master Practitioner since 2000. Years of dedication to the healing arts and meditation inform her creative Vinyasa-based classes, which are infused with traditional Yogic wisdom and techniques.Visit Phoenix's Yoga's website: PhoenixYoga.net
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Maureen Morgan's passion for yoga began in 2002. Wanting to delve deeper into the the yogic path she spent a year in an intensive teacher training with Lynne Minton in Anchorage, Alaska. In 2005 she became a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance. Her style is mainly influenced by B.K.S. Iyengar, but she enjoys practicing Anusara, Vinyasa, Kripalu, and Restorative as well. Maureen has a fun and loving approach to her classes. Now a pleasure point resident she is teaching at Pleasure Point Fitness and Dance and continues her education at Yoga Center Santa Cruz and with Judith Lasater in restorative yoga in San Francisco. In 2008 she became a restorative yoga trainer.
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Rebekah teaches bellydance classes, beginning through advanced levels. For more information about her go to her website at http://redbekah.com
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| Helene teaches bellydance classes all around Santa Cruz County. For more information visit her website http://www.mountainartcenter.org/dance.htm |
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Angela Rocchio has been practicing yoga since 1998; studying various styles of Iyengar, Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow. For the past 6 years, she has been a devoted Vinyasa Flow practitioner first studying in Fort Collins, Colorado and for the past 3 years in Santa Cruz primarily under the guidance of Mark Stephens. Angela has completed over 175 hours of Mark Stephens’ Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training. In her classes, Angela focuses on proper alignment in asanas and connecting your breath with movement to draw more inward. She utilizes age-old practices of meditation and deep breathing to bring yoga off the mat into everyday experiences.
Her Vinyasa Flow class begins with a flowing sequence to warm up the entire body, then moves into a series of poses to strengthen the legs and open up the hips, the shoulders and the heart. The class ends with gentle twists, inversions and deep relaxation. Come experience the physical rewards of strength and flexibility and greater balance and clarity of mind.
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Nathalia is a native of beautiful Colombia where she grew up dancing to an array of Latin beats with a variety of moves! In her twenty years of dancing experience, she has won several dance contests in her native country and choreographed several dance groups. She believes in the positive effects that music exudes and the passion it releases, and dance is her chosen method of portraying her zest for life! Now she is opening the doors to her chosen art: Zumba… a fun workout that blends Latin rhythms with fun aerobic movements, many of which were originally crafted in tropical Colombia!
Contact Nathalia for more info, 831-419-2397, or nathaliacv@gmail.com |
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Julie Innocenti has been in the Santa Cruz Flamenco community for 22 years.
She has studied the"puro" gypsy dance from the greatest masters from Andalucia Spain, and has performed in tablaos throughout California.
She is presently teaching at PPF&DC an intro/beginning Flamenco/Sevillanas class. |
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Linda Beatham (Nia Technique): Nia is a well-being fitness and lifestyle practice. Through expressive movement - the Body's way - Nia empowers people to achieve physical, mental, emotional and spirirtual health and well-being. Nia is the first and foremost "fusion fitness" program of it's kind, inspired by three artforms: The dance arts, the healing arts, and Martial Arts.
for more information contact Linda at: 831-476-1753. |
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Gita Devi
email: gita@ayurveda-ananda.com
Phone: 415-200-7747
www.ayurveda-ananda.com |
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Natasha Korngold Feldthouse has been studying and performing belly dancing since the age of 9. 36 years ago ahe took her first class here in Santa Cruz and then she went on to study with a variety of Bellydance teachers, Amina Goodyear, Fahtiem, Marta Schill, Jillina, and Aisha Ali, to name a few. She calls her self a "Classical American Bellydancer" with strong influences from Egypt, Turkey, and Spain. She has also studied Flamanco, Ballet, and Afro Haitian. She has danced with some of the worlds best American Belly Dancers and is well educated in the background and history of each style of dance that she is presenting. It is with great enthusiasm that she begins the process of passing her knowledge on.
For more information about classes please call (831)334-8492 or email her at nfeldthouse@gmail.com . Classes are $35.00 a session or $10,00 for drop in. Each session is 4 weeks. These classes will be on-going and pre-registration is encouraged.
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Marisa Herzog/Raks Baraka
Marisa has been belly dancing for over 12 years. An alum of Rossah's Hand of Fatima Dance Tribe, she combines ethnic sensibilities with the inspiration of the Silk Road for a unique folk-fusion style. She dances and teaches with her troupe, Raks Baraka (which roughly means "blessed dance").
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