phoenix goes eagle

Consistency produces results.

History

I’ve maintained a consistent exercise program for 24 years. I was lucky enough to start when I was 11, thanks to my dad, a fitness buff.
Over the years, my exercise regimen has included everything from exercising with weights, cardio & swimming for 3 hours per day six days a week to weekly Hip Hop dance classes. I spent 10 years as a competitive springboard diver, studied gymnastics (specifically the trampoline), and have spent the last 11 years studying yoga (Iyengar, Ashtanga, Anusara, Svaroopa, Bikram, Vinyasa, Power). The last year has found me in a lot of dance technique classes, which I incorporate into yoga technique and weight lifting. I find the synthesis to be very effective in creating a balanced muscle tone and physique.

My experience has led me to believe that it is not necessary to spend hours and hours at a gym or treadmill. With good form, posture, and a high level of intensity (which is specific to each of us) results are achieved through one hour two to three times per week.

Experience

Beginning Yoga                                       Intermediate Yoga
Gentle Yoga                                             Yoga for Core Strength
Pilates/Yoga Fusion (Piyo)                    Rehabilitative Yoga
Kids Yoga                                                 Preschool Yoga
Reebok Core Board                                Boys/Girls Gymnastics Coach
Springboard Diving Coach                    Personal Training: Weightlifting
Personal Training: Yoga
Multiple one-on-one sessions developing a program suitable for almost any practitioner
Rehabilitative work with clients recovering from knee replacement surgery, back injury and high stress loads.
Trained people of all ages, from 2 to 75

Locations/Reference

Yoga 4 U – private instruction to clients throughout the Portland, OR and Anchorage, AK areas. (2003-2008)
Kalani Oceanside Retreat (link) – yoga and personal training (2006-2008)
Inner Dance Yoga Studio (link) (2002–2007)
Powerhouse Gym, Anchorage, Alaska (link) (2005-2007)
The Alaska Club (link) (2006)
Devaloka Yoga Studio (link); manager and instructor (2005)
Yoga Bhoga (link) (2003-2004)
Vancouver Yoga Studio (link) (2003-2004)
24 HR Fitness (link); 5 different Portland Locations; yoga and personal training (2003-2004)
Lloyd Athletic Club (link) (2004)
Weekly classes for preschoolers at a small Montessori School, Anchorage (2002)

Education/Certification

200 Hr Certification through the Yoga Alliance/Inner Dance Yoga Studio
Various workshops with Rodney Yee, Donal Moyer, Lynne Minton, Fr. Joe Periera, Desiree Rimbaugh, Rama Berch
Certified Personal Trainer through 24 HR Fitness
Level 1 Piyo Certification through 24 HR Fitness
Level 1 Reebok Core Board through 24 HR Fitness

Rates

Home Instruction Rates for the Oakland and Berkely areas are:
$35 per hour for one session per week
$25 per hour for two or more sessions per week

Group Rates

For Two:
$25 ea. for once weekly sessions
$20 ea.  for twice weekly sessions

For  3-5
$20 ea. for once weekly sessions
$15 ea. for twice weekly sessions

For 6+
12$ ea. for once weekly
$10 ea. for twice weekly

*I prefer to be payed for two weeks of sessions at a time.*
No charge on missed sessions when given 24 hours notice.
$10 transportation fee for each session to cross the Bay Bridge(s)

Instruction in your home means yoga, calisthenics and some dance technique; unless you have weights of your own, which we can incorporate into an effective program. Yoga by itself will produce benefits, believe me.

Philosophy

I believe in core strength. It is essential to maintaining a quality of life. It plays into every aspect of physical life when you get into it. Posture affects well-being affects health affects physical appearance affects posture… and so on.
So core strength comes into everything I do, from weight training to yoga to other disciplines and techniques, from Pilates to Calisthenics to Dance. I believe in form first, for if you have to ‘cheat’ to do an exercise, then you aren’t doing too well for yourself. Look around a gym, do you see people sticking their chins out or scrunching up their bodies to finish an exercise? Then they aren’t really helping themselves. It is actually, in the long term, causing harm. So, use less weight.
BUT, that means you will have a more effective workout, which means you are working more of your body (even your abs when you are doing bicep curls properly), which will raise your metabolism higher so you will actually burn fat/tone up more quickly. And you will be training your body to maintain healthy posture in all kinds of conditions, which looks good and feels good. Form feeds core strength, and vice versa.
So whether it be yoga, weights, or a combination of both, you will feel a workout. If it feels easy, I say, you aren’t doing it right. I’m gonna keep you to that, and you will, given a few months, really start to see benefits.

Other

Associate’s Degree in Computer Animation, with Honors.
4 years experience working with developmentally disabled children
8 years and over 20 showings as a visual artist
Former editor/director of an online culture/arts zine, Bag Lunch
Creator, stylist, designer, promoter of the AK Fashion Outing
Experience with various healing modalities
Experienced Web and Graphic Designer