REGIONAL DIRECTORY: Professional Practitioners, Educators & Yoga Therapists
The following individuals have specifically requested that their names appear in this directory, so that they may find other highly experienced professionals in the field of therapeutic yoga, and so that others in need of their services will be able to locate the right provider for their specific needs and desires.
Geographic Location: Baltimore, MD
Pamela Jeter
Areas of Expertise: Ashtanga, visually impaired students
Experience: I've been practicing Ashtanga for 7 years and have been teaching for 3 years.
Certification and primary teacher trainings: Teacher training with Tim
Miller. Intensives with Richard Freeman, David Swenson, Noah Williams
among others.
Where do you work? I mainly work with visually impaired individuals in the Baltimore area.
Can people contact you to be a substitute teacher: not at this time, but yes! in the near future.
Geographic Location: McLean, Virginia
Mary Partlow LauttamusWebsite: www.mindfulflowyoga.com
Pengu Studio, McLean, Virginia
E-RYT 200 and RYT - 500
Area(s) of Expertise: Therapeutic Yoga, Mental Health, Stress/Anxiety/Depression, Cancer and Treatment Related Issues, Transition and Transformational Yoga/Life Coaching
Experience: Social work (MSW) experience working with people living with life threatening illness and chronic disease. Specialized training in grief/loss death and dying. Life and transition coaching experience working with individuals and organizations to help people live with uncertainty and thrive in a world that is experiencing ongoing change. Offer one-on-one and group mentoring for other yoga teachers.
Certification and primary teacher trainings:
(Masters in Social Work), Certified Hudson Institute Coach
Integrative Yoga Therapy, 500 Hour Certification
Functional Yoga Therapy, 100 hour Specialization
Duke Integrative Medicine, Yoga of Awareness for Cancer
Prajna Yoga, The Art of Teaching
Range of Fees for specific services: Call or email for fee structure.
Mentoring/peer support: contact me directly for information
Can people contact you to be a substitute teacher: yes
Geographic Region: District of Columbia
Sue Dorfman
Areas of Expertise: hatha yoga instruction (blend of Kripalu, Anusara and Power Yoga), Phoenix Rising, pranayama, guided meditation
Experience: 15 years experience teaching yoga to individuals and
groups in wide range of settings
Certification and primary teacher trainings: Certified as a Kripalu
Yoga teacher, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist and
Kripalu Holistic Health Educator
Completed 200 hour Anusara influence yoga training, assisted many Partner Yoga and Chakra workshops. Working on the Warriors at Ease/teaching yoga to vets certification.
Where do you work/teach with clients/students? New to DC area so have been working out of home. Have worked in settings as varied as schools, adult education centers, gyms, conferences and in private sessions at clinics and in homes.
Range of Fees for specific services: Sliding scale
Opportunities to provide mentoring/peer support: Would love to
Can people contact you to be a substitute teacher: yes
Yael Flusburg
www.YElements.com www.yaelflusberg.wordpress.com
I teach in various workplaces, at Quiet Mind Yoga Center in Washington, DC, as well as in students' homes.
Areas of Expertise: Vinyasa, Yin
Experience: Teaching since 2005
Certification and primary teacher trainings: RYT-200 with Yoga Alliance; currently working on obtaining advanced certification, and certified in Integrative Yoga Therapy.
I am certified in yin yoga with both Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers, whose approaches combine yoga, breath work, mindfulness, comparative anatomy, and meridian therapy. I am also a Reiki teacher, and completed a clinical fellowship in Reiki at the George Washington Center for Integrative Medicine, where I treated patients, medical students, and hospital staff.
Finally, I am also a poet and coach, and love integrating creative and reflective practices into my somatic and healing work.
Range of Fees for specific services: $90-125 for private sessions.
Can people contact you to be a substitute teacher: yes
Kelly Ann Beavers
Areas of Expertise: Yoga Therapy & Energy, Flow Yoga
Experience: Yoga Teacher
Certification and primary teacher trainings: RYT 200, Apprenticeship, Yoga Therapy, Energy Medicine
Where do you work/teach with clients/students? Boundless Yoga
Range of Fees for specific services: $90-$120 private; rate varies for students
Opportunities to provide mentoring/peer support: email
Can people contact you to be a substitute teacher: yes
Geographic Location: Columbia, MD
Debbie Jensen-Grubb
The Yoga Center of Columbia
Areas of Expertise:Gentle Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga Therapy
Experience:Oncology RN, Teaching yoga since 1999
Certification and primary teacher trainings: RYT500, certified in
Liz Koch's Core Awareness (Psoas Book); Susie Hately-Aldous: Therapy Training, Phoenix Rising: Level 1 & 2;
Richard Miller: iRest, Level 1; Doug Keller: enrolled in Swantantrya
Range of Fees for specific services: varies
Opportunities to provide mentoring/peer support: Healthy Joints Series workshops held at The Yoga Center of Columbia
Can people contact you to be a substitute teacher: no