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yogasource instructorsYogaSource offers experienced instructors in a variety of yoga disciplines, including Bikram, Vinyasa, Power Yoga, Ashtanga and Prenatal Yoga. Each instructor draws on many years of practicing and teaching to provide a safe, relaxing and fun environment for their classes. Rebecca Horsley Bara
Edna Barr
Leading such a disciplined and active lifestyle naturally led Edna to a career as a group fitness instructor and personal trainer, where she could share her passion for movement along with her compassion and understanding of what it feels like to struggle to reach and maintain one's personal goals. As rewarding as this career was, there was still something missing that her soul was craving. She found it in her first sun salutation in a vinyasa yoga class. Even with a lifetime of physical fitness and the spiritual discipline of martial arts, Edna still faced the same challenges as every other beginner to yoga. In 2007, a lower back surgery brought a whole new learning curve to her practice. With 20 years of teaching experience—coupled with the influences of master instructors Anirudh Shastri, Shiva Rea, Duncan Wong, and many Bay Area greats—Edna has developed a creative and lighthearted yet challenging style where everyone can continue to grow in their practice. Carrie BrackinCarrie's love of yoga began when a close friend brought her to her first Bikram class. Being a competitive soccer player since the age of 10, she figured yoga would be a simple workout, something on the side to "de-stress" and "meditate." After that first class she was in love. The physical/emotional/mind/body connection was something she had never experienced in any other exercise form. Besides loving the heat, the structured sequence of the Bikram practice was an ideal fit for her.
Keith Erickson
Maralle Fakhereddin
Maralle is a Certified Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga Teacher and a Certified Yoga Life Coach. She has over 500 hours of training and apprenticeship with her beloved teacher Baron Baptiste. Maralle teaches yoga around the Peninsula — Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood Shores and San Mateo — and has coached beautiful beings from Jordan, Turkey, Canada, the UK and around the U.S. She is also an experienced guide and coach for the 40 Days to Personal Revolution program. As a student and teacher of yoga, Maralle is always reminded of the powerful practice of removing the blocks from our way of being and living our true and fullest expression of our selves. "I believe that the power in 'power yoga' is all about listening in and connecting to our inner power and wisdom to empower everyone around us. Everything that we are seeking: happiness, love, richness... is already within each one of us! Through the practice, we connect to our true and whole self and share and express from that source out into the world fearlessly and generously!" Maralle's teaching is filled with self expression, inquiry, community, fun and sweat! For more details, visit YogaWithMaralle.com. Live YOUR Fullest Life NOW! Namaste. Susan Fox
Jill Glikbarg, ERYT 500 - RYT 500
Johnny Gonsoulin
Tracy Gulbransen
At the age of 19, Tracy Gulbransen began her professional career in the health and fitness industry. Developing a love for high intensity movement, she was sidelined with a knee injury that led her to discover the amazing healing benefits of Power Yoga. This newfound love of the practice set her on a journey to study with the internationally known Baron Baptiste. Power Yoga quickly became interwoven into all aspects of her personal and professional training regimen. Tracy is certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is a Certified SPX Fitness Trainer and has completed Teacher Training with the Baptiste Yoga Institute. Tracy's teaching abilities, in-depth knowledge of anatomy, and genuine affection for people help her to create a natural, upbeat and constructive environment for self-improvement. Today, Tracy teaches Power Yoga, Core SPX Fitness classes, core muscle conditioning, boot camp, conditioning for cardiac rehabilitation patients, sports specific training, in-home private yoga, and one-on-one personal fitness training. "I like my clients to face new challenges regularly. Each week I create different programs in order to keep their interests peaked, their minds stimulated, and their bodies strong. I feel a connection to each and every person I am fortunate enough to work with. When they succeed as individuals, we succeed as a team."
Jochen Kumm
Jochen enjoys the timeless flow of Hatha yoga. Certified in Power, Vinyasa Flow, and Yoga TuneUp, he continues to learn from many great yogis on the West Coast and in New York City. Tai chi, gymnastics, and dance have been part of his life and come into play in his classes. His understanding of the asanas is informed by anatomy and the Yoga Sutras. Playful practice and simplicity guide his classes. His "other life" involves research, age management, and innovation in medicine.
Angela Majic
Giselle Mari
Based on the peninsula, south of San Francisco, Giselle also teaches nationally and internationally, presenting at festivals and conferences as well as assisting her gurus Sharon Gannon and David Life throughout the western U.S.
Bill OsmerBill took his first yoga class, a Triyoga class, in 1984 and within minutes felt reconnected to something deep within himself. As challenging and fun as the physical aspects of the class were, it was the profoundly peaceful relaxation and meditation that captivated him the most. So much so that within a few months he decided to leave college to devote himself entirely to the practice and study of yoga. He realized that what he wanted to learn and experience in life is not taught at college. And so, for the next several years he spent every day in yoga practice. He was certified to teach in 1988 in the Triyoga method, and has been a full-time teacher ever since. Over the last decades he has developed his own style based on the experience of teaching 25,000 classes at yoga studios, gyms, businesses and privately. Bill believes that yoga exists to help humans physically, mentally and spiritually. The yoga teacher's duty is to draw upon the vastness of yoga postures, flows, breathing and meditational practices and select what is right at that moment for each student or class. He met his spiritual Guru Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji in 1990, and that relationship has had a profound effect personally that is reflected in his teaching style. He has traveled extensively with Sri Swamiji throughout the world as well as to India to further his knowledge of yoga, kriya yoga and healing aspects of music that are subtly integrated in his teaching. Bill is also a clinical Ayurvedic specialist and incorporates this knowledge of Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga, into his classes and private lessons.
Mara Cohen Reinin
John Rettger, M.A., RYT
John's teaching and practice are influenced by yoga philosophy as well as his research on psychospiritual integration in the context of mindfulness and yoga-based approaches to stress reduction and well-being enhancement. He is a co-founder and teacher at Blue Elephant Yoga & Mindfulness Center in Palo Alto. He is an experienced teacher of various yoga styles including Restorative, Yin, Vinyasa, Prenatal, and Hatha. John continues to be inspired by his study of spirituality and psychology, and also enjoys capturing his yoga experiences through poetry. He is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with the Yoga Alliance at the 200-hr level. Off the mat, John works as a research assistant and lab manager in the Stanford University Early Life Stress Research Program, where he is accruing post-doctoral research psychology training hours. In addition, he has completed more than 2000 hours as a pre-doctoral clinical psychology intern at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology's Community Center for Health & Wellness. John received the PhD in clinical psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in 2011 and is currently completing the post-doctoral requirements to apply for a CA license as a clinical psychologist. He can be reached directly at john@transpersonalstuff.org
Kim Shetter
Kim decided early in her yoga teaching that it makes sense to teach the kind of class she likes to take: one with music, movement, and enough challenges to justify that final sivasana. She received her training in Phoenix, Arizona, where teachers David Romanelli and Michael Kendall were offering a style of yoga, based on music and flow, that seemed right to her. She has also been inspired by Vinnie Marino in Santa Monica and others in Los Angeles whose classes combine precise alignment with inspired transitions set to some really great music. Her background in alignment principles comes from her Anusara training with Jordan and Martin Kirk. She is grateful to all her teachers for their help and inspiration. She is especially grateful to the mind training and meditation teachers she has studied with over the years in workshops and on retreats. A quiet mind in a flexible body: priceless.
Nancy Smee
Nancy Smee has been practicing yoga since 1995 and teaching Bikram yoga for the last 12 years. She emphasizes deep exploration of postures through synchronized breath/movement. She is a university professor, researcher, vipassana practitioner, and dog lover. Nancy is also a founding board member of Insight World Aid, a non-profit organization bringing resources and medical aid to address suffering worldwide through wisdom and compassion in action.
Lorraine Tam
Lorraine's graceful, flowing vinyasa classes place equal emphasis on developing strength, balance, flexibility, breath awareness, and mental focus. Her meditative yin yoga classes release deeply held stress and tension, improve flexibility, harmonize chi (energy) flow, and calm the mind. Lorraine guides students to find the most beneficial postures for their unique bodies. She creates a nurturing space for students to deepen self-awareness and discover freedom in their practice. Kristine Tom
Her style is a strong, dynamic, fluid vinyasa flow. This class will build strength, patience, and balance by emphasizing awareness on the breath in an effort to free the mind from the constant chatter, while freeing the body of physical tension and holdings. Students of all levels are encouraged to explore their practice based on their individual needs. "Above all else I hope to inspire others to have more gratitude, both on and off the mat." -Kristine Sid WilkinsSid is a graduate of Foothill College Fitness program and has been recently awarded, "Fitness Educator of the Year" for Active Older Adults. He is also a fitness instructor at Cardiac Therapy Foundation of Mid-peninsula, where he not only is a re-hab specialist but also runs the weight loss and weight control program.
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Power, balance, and flow are the essence of Rebecca Horsley Bara's teaching style. Offering a lighthearted but rigorous power yoga vinyasa flow series, Rebecca unites a diverse yoga community through her teaching.
Edna was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, where her formal introduction to movement began at age 5 at The Punahou Academy of Dance. She soon took up martial arts, another discipline that combines grace with strength.
Keith Erickson is a Registered Yoga Teacher ERYT-200 (RYT-500 pending) who has been leading classes, workshops, retreats, and private yoga sessions since 2002. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Keith has led workshops and retreats in India, Japan, Mexico, Hawaii, and The Bahamas. Recently named one of the top two Yoga Teachers by The Daily News Peninsula Peoples' Choice Awards.
From a young age, Maralle has been drawn to movement and self expression. Starting with ballet and basketball, then swimming and crew, she has enjoyed moving, breathing, being active, and being around friends and nature.
Susan Fox is a Vinyasa Yoga teacher and a Senior Life Coach. Her Vinyasa classes are challenging and rigorous with lots of options to modify for all levels of students. Susan creates high-energy flows that emphasize strong movement, breath, alignment, and inner awareness. She is encouraging, nurturing and positive, helping all students advance in their practice. Susan's classes are sweaty, flowing and fun, with a focus on being present and listening to your body.
Jill Glikbarg has been practicing yoga since 1986 in the Hatha traditions of Ashtanga, Iyengar, Power, and Vinyasa. She completed her teacher training in Vinyasa Flow with Mark Stephens of Santa Cruz Yoga Center, and completed intensive teacher workshops with Susi Aldous, Dharma Mittra, and Shiva Rea. Jill is currently studying under Yogarupa, Rod Stryker, connecting her directly into the Sri Vidya lineage.
Johnny has been practicing yoga since '94 and teaching since '97. He enjoys flow classes and heated classes and thinks YogaSource is the "best studio around with the best instructors and dedicated students and the BEST ownership."
Angela discovered Yoga over 13 years ago as a powerful method of healing on a physical, mental and emotional level. After several years of developing a consistent Yoga practice, she felt inspired to become a certified teacher to share her passion for Yoga.
Giselle Mari is an Advanced Certified Jivamukti teacher whose introduction to yoga in the early '90s was a natural progression from her gymnastics/dance background, her passion for music, and being raised by a bohemian flamenco dancer. She's known for her sustainable and insightful classes that infuse funky eclectic music, chanting, skillful and intuitive hands-on assists, and a down to earth approach to life and the practice of yoga. The experience invites the student to explore and investigate perceived limitations with an open heart and humor to facilitate the allowing of "what is." Studied in Yin yoga as well, she appreciates the potency of this practice and enjoys coalescing these two powerful methods to create a visceral balance positively influencing how we see ourselves and the world.
John is a graduate of Yoga Tree San Francisco's 200-hour teacher training program, where he studied under the guidance of Les Leventhal, Elise Lorimer, Stacey Rosenberg, Christopher Tompkins, Jane Austin, and his mentor, Darren Main, among many other amazing teachers. John continues to study Restorative Yoga at Yoga Tree through an apprenticeship with Darren Main. He has completed continuing education trainings focused on teaching yoga to beginners with Jason Crandell, and is certified from It's Yoga Kids in San Francisco to teach yoga to children aged 3-13. John completed a 7-day Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Training retreat in early 2009 with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli of UMASS Medical Center. John has also completed training on teaching mindfulness to teens.
Lorraine came to yoga in the 1990s after many years as a dancer. She began teaching classical ballet at age 15 and has continued sharing her love of movement with students ever since. She is certified by the White Lotus Foundation (vinyasa yoga) and Paul Grilley (yin yoga and anatomy). She also holds degrees in dance, biology and cytopathology. Lorraine has trained extensively with her main yogic mentors Suzee and Paul Grilley, and continues to study under their guidance. Other influential teachers include Ganga White, Sarah and Ty Powers, Gil Hedley, and Jai Uttal.
Kristine began practicing yoga in 2001 with Bryan Kest in Santa Monica and instantly found her calling. "Rather than being drawn to the mat by the physical benefits, I found myself more open and aware to the energetic, emotional, and psychological gifts of being connected to my body through the breath." Since completing Mark Stephen's Vinyasa teacher training in 2008, Kristine has begun sharing the gifts of yoga with the peninsula community.
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