Julie Bergfeld Julie Bergfeld knows that yoga can touch the most untouchable and inflexible lives. Bergfeld is a persistent marathon runner and regularly wins races at the Master's (over 40) level. She is also Missouri's first Certified Baptiste Yoga Teacher, having completed levels one and two of Training with Baron Baptiste and hopes to assist at a training bootcamp in 2012. To keep supple for the rigors of marathon training, Bergfeld also enjoys a Yin Yoga practice, which is slowly unwinding her hips and hamstrings. Bergfeld completed the YogaSource Teacher Training in 2008 and has been practicing yoga since 2000.
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.
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.
Sat Inder Singh Khalsa’s journey into yoga began in 1999 at the Solar Yoga Center. Shortly after, he discovered Ashtanga and fell in love with it. As a dedicated practitioner, Sat Inder Singh made his way into the 3rd series before an encounter with Anusara teacher Mitchel Bleier switched his focus. He began studying with local affiliate teacher, Jan Herzog, and later senior certified Anusara teacher, Desiree Rumbaugh. Also, in 2000, Sat Inder began the study of Kundalini yoga with a tape from Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa and continued his study of this energy-moving yoga with local KRI-certified teacher, Nancy Lewis. Becoming a KRI and Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga this past year.
Sat Inder's classes offer the richness and depth of the yogic teachings, and strike the perfect balance between alignment and flow. He is inspired by his comprehensive background in Ashtanga and Anusara studies, his transformational experiences with Kundalini yoga, as well as studies with Shiva Rea and Saul David Raye. Through his unique style and sense of humor, Sat Inder Singh challenges his students to grow deeper in self awareness and physical practice.
Jen Jones completed the YogaSource Yoga Alliance 200 hour teacher training program in 2007 and has been teaching ever since. Currently she is working on her 500 hour certification at the Asheville Yoga Center in North Carolina. Jen loves to integrate both the Yin and Yang aspects into her classes, drawing inspiration from instructors such as Bryan Kest, Baron Baptiste, Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley. Jen 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. She encourages students to challenge themselves and also honor and respect their own bodies during their yoga practice. She also encourages students to discover ways to integrate the philosophy of yoga into their everyday lives.
Jee Young Moon comes to us from Seoul, Korea and has studied and taught extensively in Asia for many years. Among her teachers are Sarah Powers, Tias Little, and Aadil Palkhivala. Her teaching style is gentle yet powerful and precise.
Sharon Rhiney watched Lilias Yoga & You for years before she took her very first yoga class in 2006 when the seminal TV instructor visited St. Louis. Five years later, Sharon became a certified yoga instructor. Highly influenced by Tias Little, Rod Stryker, and Lilias Folan, Sharon thanks her many teachers and mentors including Emmet Schmelig, Jen Jones, and Thomas Fortel. In addition to being a student and instructor Sharon, also known as Muse, is the website designer, webmaster and videographer for YogaSource.
Emmet Schmelig, LMT, E-RYT, took his first yoga class in 1992 and found that, for the first time in years, he felt peace within his body and mind. He immersed himself in yoga classes and in 2006, became a Yoga Alliance certified instructor. Emmet began teaching to full classes and workshops in St. Louis and even led classes during a visit to Peru.
Although a seasoned instructor, Emmet continues his own training as a student of Baron Baptiste.
In addition to teaching classes, Emmet is also a Yoga Alliance yoga teacher training instructor. He is a fitness coach, a certified personal trainer, a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and a Licensed Massage Therapist. His classes, his sense of humor and down-to-earth approach are all very accessible. Contact
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Terry Sobon began practicing yoga around 2001 and has been influenced greatly by the likes of Baron Baptiste, Beryl Bender Birch and Rod Stryker. She is in ongoing training with Baron Baptiste and anticipates receiving her Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga certification in 2013. Although initially attracted to power vinyasa styles because of her athletic background - including martial arts, along her journey she's discovered that she has been amazed at the awareness and stillness other aspects of yoga have brought into her life. Knowing that yoga connects us with our inner happiness, Terry encourages fun and smiles in her classes and thoroughly enjoys sharing yoga with everyone.
Kathy Vanderselt, E-RYT, CPT, took her first yoga class in 1995 and began a gradual shift from professional fitness training (1987 Singapore National Aerobic Champion) toward the inner focus and precision of yoga, completing the YogaSource teacher training program (250 hours) in 2006 and the Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga Instructor training (200 hours) in 2012. Since 2006, she has accumulated close to 4,000 hours of teaching and led many yoga workshops (power vinyasa beginner’s series) and two retreats. Her more than 20 years in the fitness industry have allowed her to work with a variety of people, everyone from “pre-school,” yoga kids to an older, active adult population. Kathy graduated summa cum laude from Temple University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. She is also a certified personal trainer.
Kathy’s creative and upbeat approach to the practice is informed by her passion for an energetic, flowing style of yoga with an emphasis on core strength. She believes that everyone, at any age or level of fitness, can find their place in the yoga room and her experience and enthusiasm ensures that her classes are open and accessible to all. Kathy says, “It’s a privilege to introduce any student to yoga.””
JennTara Ward I took my first yoga class in 1996 and fell in love. Yoga became a crucial part my life. My formal yoga studies are in Anusara Yoga and I feel fortunate to be connected to this tradition of dedicated teachers and students. The life affirming philosophy and heart opening practice of Anusara Yoga has transformed my life and I am deeply grateful. Through this practice I have gained more inner strength and opened up to more life enhancing choices. I am honored to share this tradition with students in the classroom and to be the co-sponsor of some of Anusara Yoga’s most well respected teachers for workshops for here in St. Louis. It is my hope that the practices of yoga awaken us to the one love inside us all.
Michael Webb Michael began his study of yoga in 1992 and soon after was fortunate to be trained by Tias Little. He is a Polarity Therapy Therapist as well as a Massage Therapist and teaches Prajna Yoga which is blend of Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga combined with wisdom teachings from yogic traditions. He brings authenticity, compassion and a knowledgeable presence and expertise to his classes!
Kim Winn has been teaching yoga for 4 years. She is a strong teacher who focuses on core strength. Kim loves yoga because it has helped her to ground herself and become more aware of everyday events and situations.
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!
