Margaret Campbell Davis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (1991) as well as a certified yoga instructor. She has practiced yoga for over 25 years and received her Kripalu teacher certification in 1984. She combines the gentle techniques of Kripalu yoga with a more vigorous Vinyasa practice. Making yoga accessible to everyone and including elements of fun in every class are major goals for Margaret. In addition her classes provide a safe place for students to explore emotionally and spiritually. Margaret spreads her work with individuals who are developmentally challenged, and children who are emotionally or socially at risk. She has available appointments for individual and family sessions. Her office is located in the YogaSource space.
Tarraugh Flaherty has practiced yoga since 1989 and massage therapy since 1991. Her classes are inspired by the Anusara, Ashtanga, Sivananda lineages as well as Kundalini and Yin traditions. Tarraugh's teaching creates a strong foundation for the practice of Hatha Yoga, focusing on synchronization of breath and movement and she creates a safe and encouraging environment. Her latest explorations include Certification in Thai Yoga Therapy in 2003 and Heart Sound Seminars, The Physics of Sound and Healing. She holds a degree in Sociology and Certification in International Studies from Webster University. Tarraugh enjoys meditation, reading about quantum physics and health. She offers gratitude to the teachings and to those who support expansion of consciousness and compassion for the entire planet.
Justicia Friese
Over five years into my personal yoga practice, I have delightfully witnessed clarification in my physical, emotional and spiritual bodies. Exposed to countless styles of yoga, I am most inspired by the Vinyasa traditions of Astanga and Baptiste, and am also deeply dedicated to the playful, connective AcroYoga practice. Motivated strongly by Karmic Yoga and Non-Violent Communication, I seek to increase access to yoga among underserved populations, and encourage all students to express their inner selves honestly, freely and compassionately. I believe in teaching to a student's highest potential, and my classes offer a playful yet disciplined integration of alignment and breath. I feel abundantly blessed to be living my dream and sharing
this joyful practice.
Jan Esterly Herzog has been teaching yoga since 1997 and continues to study with the founder of Anusara Yoga, John Friend as well as other highly recognized teachers. Her classes are both uplifting and therapeutic. One of her goals as a yoga teacher is to see and help expand the potential in her students for optimal health and energy. She enthusiastically and effectively shares safe biomechanical alignment and yoga philosophy inspired by her own yoga practice, her life experiences and by her teachers. She has extensive background in anatomy and therapeutics. She has helped students heal chronic pain as well as to find increased energy and ease in their lives. She also has led many yoga retreats. Jan met her husband in yoga class five years ago, and they are now enjoying their daughter, Sarah. Jan has earned the qualification of Affiliate Anusara Yoga Teacher and has been a practicing massage therapist for 15 years.
Lucy Holmes, E-RYT 500, began her yoga practice in 1989 and has been teaching since 1991. In 1994 she received her 200-hour, month-long teacher certification training from Kripalu, and co-founded the Big Bend Center for Yoga with three local yoga teachers. Lucy ran her own yoga studio, Experience Yoga! from 1997 to 2001. In 2002 she moved to California to embark on the 780-hour, 18-month Advanced Training through the Piedmont Yoga Studio and returned to teaching in St. Louis in 2004. She has studied with master teachers of the Iyengar, Astanga, and Anusara traditions, and currently enjoys studying Dynamic Yoga with Matthew Krepps. Lucy's teaching style is influenced by her love of music, Dunham dance, nature, philosophy and 15 years as a certified professional massage therapist. Her technical background includes extensive study of anatomy and physiology, and her spiritual influences include Buddhism and Native American ceremonies. She is an Experienced. Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 hour level with the National Yoga Alliance, sat on the board of Spirit of Yoga in St. Louis, and is a registered yoga teacher trainer. Lucy loves sharing yoga with all levels of students, using humor, insight, and compassion, and she seeks to create sacred space for students to tap into their own well-spring of empowerment.
Jennifer Jones began practicing yoga 5 years ago, and she recently finished her 200 hr Yoga Alliance teacher training, as well as a Mind, Body, Stress Reduction Program. Jennifer has experienced a variety of benefits in her life as a result of her personal yoga practice, and through teaching she hopes to help her students discover the many joys of yoga in their own lives. Her teaching style is appropriate for many ages and levels, and she encourages students to always listen to and respect their own body. She believes the practice of honoring one's self on the mat will lead the student toward greater understanding and compassion to him or herself as well as to others. Jennifer also holds the belief that the union of the breath with the body's movements helps to reunite one with his or her true nature and the Divine within.
Keith Mitchell has been practicing ashtanga yoga since 2000, kundalini yoga since 2002 and Anusara since 2006. Traditional trained in ashtanga and currently practicing the second series and the beginning postures of the third series bring a solid groundwork for a vinyasa class with him. Having studied with of the first Americans to learn the ashtanga system, Nancy Gilgoff, K. Pattabhi Jois, the original proponent of this system and several certified teachers ensures his traditional approach to the ashtanga system of yoga. In any class you can find elements of all three of the above styles which are all strong influences in his personal practice. Having studied with Shiva Rea and Saul David Raye (having also studied Thai yoga massage with the latter) numerous times he is drawn towards the Prana Vinyasa style they both draw from, creating a constant flow that is drawn from within. He also brings the alignment principles from Anusara into any class, drawing from the teachings of senior Anusara teacher Desiree Rumbaugh and former senior teacher Mitchel Bleier and from local affiliated teacher Jan Herzog, using said principles to bring the heart centered energy to the surface. He also continues to practice kundalini yoga with local teacher Nancy Lewis. The importance of yoga for him is gaining strength (both mental and physical) to dig deep down and pulling from internal resources to work your way through the tougher aspects of a practice, therefore finding out who you truly are within and growing as a being from there, hopefully spreading the light that resides deep within us all.
Sheilah Mitchell, a Certified Yoga Instructor and an Associate of The Hippocrates Health Institute where she learned the many benefits of Raw-Vegan Gourmet Foods, Aromatherapy, Reflexology and Healing Techniques. Sheilah became a student of yoga in elementary school and continues to study the cutting edge of how we may all benefit from this most ancient art and science. She has been a certified yoga instructor since 1974 and will teach you how you can benefit from the oldest and newest forms of self-development. Sheilah's love of yoga is demonstrated in her desire to share it with as many people as possible. She has made a life study of the secrets of the fountain of youth and happiness. Sheilah has trained with the famous Richard Hittleman and was certified by Joel De Koven in Beverly Hills in 1974. To continue her knowledge, she was certified by the founder of Yoga Zone, Alan Finger. She was also certified by Eve Diskin the founder of The American Institute of Yoga. Amrit Desai, Deepak Chopra Brian and Anna Maria Clement of The Hippocrates Health Institute have all been mentors to Sheilah.
Emmet Schmelig took his first Yoga class in 1992 and completed YogaSource Teacher Training in 2006. He brings a lifetime of participation in athletics and interest in physical fitness to his classes. His grounded and down to earth approach is very accessible. Emmet is also a certified personal trainer and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. In addition to his work as a personal trainer and fitness coach, Emmet is a Certified Massage Therapist.
Kathy Vanderselt took her first yoga class in 1995 and began a gradual shift from professional fitness training (1987 Singapore National Aerobic Champion) toward the inner strength of yoga. More than 20 years in the fitness industry have allowed her to work with a variety of people, everything from “pre-school,” yoga students to an older, active adult population. Her lifelong love of learning led her to complete the YogaSource teacher training program in 2006. Kathy’s creative and upbeat approach to the practice is informed by her passion for an energetic, flowing style of yoga. Her experience working with various ages and abilities makes her classes accessible to all. Kathy’s yoga reflects her belief that through asana we find the stillness within, allowing a move from center toward a union with all living beings.
JennTara Ward, a graduate of Indiana University, is a full-time yoga teacher and massage therapist who has been practicing for nine years. Her extensive studies in yoga and influences of dance, movement and body work inspire her classes as well as her many hours of study and practice in Anusara Yoga and "Universal Principles of Alignment." JennTara has co-led yoga retreats in Missouri, Mexico, and Costa Rica. She is the founder of the St. Louis Barefoot Boogie, a monthly community dance dedicated to healing and creative expression through dance, movement and drumming. She offers kindness, understanding, and wisdom in the yoga room by working with each student in a gentle and encouraging way. As a yogic guide, it is her intention to help students join their breath, and mind to innate peace, joy, and bliss that lie within.
Chris Yonker began practicing yoga in the early 70s and began teaching in 1993 after completing teacher certification at Kripalu Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. Over the years she has received teacher certifications from White Lotus Foundation, Integrative Yoga Therapy and Santa Barbara Yoga Center in addition to studying with master teachers in the Ashtanga, Iyengar, Viniyoga and vinyasa styles of yoga. She currently studies and practices Mindfulness and Yin Yoga with Sarah Powers and draws inspiration for her classes from these studies as well as her deep appreciation for Vinyasa flow yoga taught in an accessible and straightforward manner. Chris has an extensive background in dance, athletics and massage therapy. She was one of the founders of Big Bend Center in St. Louis and in 2003 opened YogaSource to further promote yoga in the St. Louis area. She believes that yoga can (and should) be accessible and fun!
