4155 Washington Street, Roslindale, MA 02131
RoslindaleYoga@Gmail.com
617-363-9642
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Instructors Heather Ruiz 
RYT, Owner, Usui Reiki Master, Level I Shamballa Reiki , Zumba Instructor, 2007 Director of Yoga for Peace, Boston, MA and 2008 Board of Directors Global Mala Yoga for Peace Boston, MA Heather began her journey a few years ago after trying yoga for the first time at a Bikram studio. She was experiencing physical and emotional pains that faded as soon as she decided to make a commitment to her mat. She received her certification through Open Doors Teacher Training program. Heather also holds certification in Prenatal, Postnatal, and Baby & Me Yoga. Heather continues to learn from master instructors in workshops and conferences. Noting how her life had changed, Heather decided to surround herself with happiness, friends, and peace - to surround herself with yoga. Heather believes that yoga and Reiki work together as one, and generously shares her energy with all of her students, family, and friends. Angela Green 
Angela received her 200-hour teacher training certification from Yogaworks with Natasha Rizopoulos in December 2008. Angela is passionate about the benefits of yoga and believes that yoga can inspire your life beyond the mat. Angela encourages her students to challenge themselves both physically and mentally in a safe yoga environment. Anthe Kelley 
Anthe Kelley (RYT) Though it's been nearly a decade since Anthe first experienced yoga, her true passion for it intensified three years ago under the guidance of an inspired teacher which, in turn, inspired her own journey through the Open Doors Power Yoga Teacher Training Program. Arthur SooHoo 
Sifu Arthur SooHoo has been studying martial arts since 1968 at age 20. He had the privilege of studying with many extraordinary teachers including Gin Soon Chu, the fifth generation practitioner of the Classical Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. Sifu Arthur received a deep and well-rounded training from Master Chu and was authorized to teach since 2005. Since then he has been teaching at the Gin Soon Tai Chi Chuan Federation's Headquarter. Sifu Arthur also teaches at Lower Fall Community Center in Newton since 2008. He has learned the Solo Form (both small and large frame), the Long Form, and Push Hand Exercises. Along with the different forms, he also learned to use weapons such as sword, broadsword, knife in Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. Sifu Arthur loves to teach Tai Chi and help his students achieve better balance, reduced stress and greater agility. Becky Ebling 
Becky Ebling graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation and Leisure Management from the State University of New York College at Brockport in 2003. She began working with youth in a recreation setting during internships in South Carolina and London and developed a passion for working with children. After college she moved to Boston to work with youth and adults in a community center atmosphere in Roslindale and has been working there for the last 6 years. During this time, Becky began her search for personal recreation and leisure interests and started taking yoga classes in West Roxbury, where she lives and has had an interest in yoga and all of its wonderful benefits ever since. Becky recently became very interested in Health, Fitness, and Nutrition and has been sharing her interest and knowledge with the children that she works with. Realizing how much youth enjoy being active and learning, she started going to school at the National Personal Training Institute in Waltham to become a personal fitness trainer concentrating in youth fitness. She recently started working in Needham running fitness, cooking and yoga classes for children with special needs. She was recently certified as a Pretzel Kids® Instructor in March 2010 and is very excited to teach yoga to her students and share the benefits of yoga with them. Charles Faris 
Charles Faris (ERYT), who's been a practicing yogi since 1998 has been blessed to have the opportunity to study with such inspirational yogis and yogins as Dave Swenson, Callie Littlefield, Amy Ippoliti, and John Friend. Charles was certified in flow yoga by the White Lotus Foundation in 2003, and in the Anusara tradition by Todd Norian in 2004. Charles is registered with the American Association of Drugless Practitioners as a Holistic Health Counselor and is also certified by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, practicing full body massage since 1993 and Thai Yoga Bodywork since 2003, when he studied with Jonas Westring of Thai Yoga Healing Arts. Charles brings humor, compassion, intelligence, and a sense of questioning wonder to his classes and his bodywork, ever pointing himself and his students in the direction of an authentic experience of the individual aligned with the universal. Carol Somers 
Carol (RYT) experienced her first yoga class here at Roslindale Yoga, and for her it was like coming home. Inspired by the many wonderful instructors and students she has met along the way, Carol decided she wanted to try to bring the same sense of peace and balance she had found in yoga to others. She graduated from the Roslindale/Open Doors 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program in February 2010. Carol is a firm believer in the benefits, both physical and emotional, of yoga. She also believes that yoga should be accessible to everyone. Since her journey began, Carol has become increasingly interested in exploring many forms of holistic healing, including being attuned in Usui Reiki Level II. Carol is also an officer of "The Greater Silence Corporation" a non-profit formed to help bring yoga to Boston Public Schools. In addition to yoga and Reiki, Carol also enjoys reading, music, long walks on quiet beaches, time spent with family and friends and raising her son, Liam. Ginger Saariaho 
Ginger discovered yoga while living in India in 1992 and took her first classes at the Iyengar Institute in Pune. Back in the US, she continued her journey with Suzanne Newton, Tori Smith, and other students of Patricia Walden who form the New England Iyengar community. In recent years, Ginger's love of yoga has expanded into other branches of practice, including the heart-centered teachings of anusara, the challenge of a powerful vinyasa flow, and the resorative nature of hatha. Having been certified in the inaugural Open Doors/Roslindale Yoga Teacher Training Program in 2010, Ginger looks forward to synthesizing these diverse traditions into an eclectic hatha class that honors body awareness, alignment, breath and movement and that enables students to deepen their practice in any class. In addition to yoga, Ginger's loves sculling and kayaking on Boston's waterways. She lives in Roslindale with her husband and young daughter. Jean Stawarz 
Jean Stawarz (RYT) completed her Iyengar teacher training with senior Iyengar teacher, Patricia Walden and and continues to study intensively in the Iyengar method with Patricia and senior teachers, Jarvis Chen and Janice Vien. As well, Jean studies periodically in India with Geeta and Prashant Iyengar and her daily practice is in the Iyengar tradition. Jennifer Maniates 
Jennifer Maniates (RYT) has been practicing yoga for over a decade and has been inspired to share the many blessings that yoga has brought into her life with others. She completed her 200 hour certification through Open Doors Power Yoga Studio and is a Reiki practitioner (Usui, Level II). Jennifer is also an official Zumba Instructor and member of the Elite Zumba Network. In addition to teaching, Jennifer holds a M.A. in Applied Sociology and works as a health policy analyst. She enjoys cooking and gardening as well as kayaking, hiking and camping with her husband. Jocelyn Tremblay 
I grew up pretty athletic, daughter of a golf pro, I have played as long as I can remember. I took up snowboarding as an adult and grew to love it so much that I taught it for two seasons. Yoga was a happy accident, I hated gyms and kung fu was the closest thing to an indoor sport for me. I had always been curious about yoga and took a series of ashtanga classes, and loved the way I felt after each class. The air seemed a bit cleaner, my step a bit lighter, and a sense of peace that would at least last for my walk home. I practiced off and on for the past nine years. When I became pregnant with twins I became a consistent prenatal yoga practitioner. I had a wonderful pregnancy and was able to carry my twins to term and practice until my delivery. I then returned to mom and me yoga to discover my core again and found myself to be stronger than I was before having my babies. I am part of the first Roslindale-PYTT, graduating at the end of February and look forward to sharing my practice with others. There is a lousy saying that those who can't do, teach. In my experience, if you love to do, then you love to teach and bring that joy to others. In the boring 9-5 world I bounced between careers in architecture and teaching art, but really only found happiness in my job when it was to be mama to my twins. Misty Evans 
Misty has been practicing yoga for the past 10 years. At first, supplementing her regular exercise routine with yoga to find balance and strength in her workouts. Then, realizing the life changing benefits of her yoga practice, she chose the path of yoga as her primary physical activity. It exercised the body and also brought harmony and peace into her life in a way she had never experienced. Misty’s love and commitment to her practice eventually led her to enroll in the 2009 Roslindale Yoga Teacher Training. Misty graduated from the training March 2010 and was eager to put to practice the wealth of knowledge and training she received to help others along their journey of discovery in their yoga practice. Misty also loves spreading the sense of adventure, fun, and challenge in practicing yoga asanas. In addition to teaching and practicing yoga, Misty enjoys spending her time raising her daughter Chloe and guiding her through her first journeys in life. She is grateful to have the opportunity to teach and share what she has learned with her students. Randi Laufman 
Randi began practicing Hatha Yoga in 1996 and deepened her practice studying Anusara Yoga with John Friend in 2002. Shortly after the transformational experience of pregnancy and motherhood, her journey as a student of yoga also evolved when she began teaching in 2005. Randi's teacher training is specific to Prenatal Yoga (from Fitness Resources Association) and her classes for pregnant women are safe and nurturing for any stage of pregnancy. Her playful spirit and supportive approach helps guide women to a deeper understanding of their own bodies through yoga as they, too, experience their own sacred journey into motherhood. In addition to Prenatal Yoga, Randi also teaches classes for after the baby is born for both women and men (Baby and Me Yoga) as well as Partner Yoga, Kids Yoga, and Family Yoga classes. Shelley Devine 
Shelley Devine (RYT) has a diverse holistic background in yoga, the martial arts and various healing modalities that focus on the human energetic system. She holds certifications in Pilates, Sport Yoga, Cardio Kick Boxing, Aromatherapy, Life Coaching, and Stress Management, and she is a certified Traditional Usui and Shambala Reiki Master/Teacher who has been practicing Reiki for over 10 years. She is also a 2nd Degree Brown Belt in Small Circle Jiu Jitsu, a Registered Yoga Instructor thru Yoga Spirit Studios, and Holistic Fitness Practitioner. She is currently instructing yoga and training at Sityodtong with Kru Mark DellaGrotte in Muay Thai Kickboxing and often holds workshops at Open Doors in Braintree, MA, as well as being published in their newsletter. She was a guest speaker/healer for NEAPS 2006 - 2008, co director for Yoga for Peace Boston 2007 and is on the Board of Directors for Global Mala Yoga for Peace Boston 2008. Stephanie Fredericks 
Stephanie Fredericks became a certified yoga teacher through Open Doors Power Yoga Studio in February 2010. She is also attuned in Usui Reiki Level I. A high energy person in a high stress profession, Stephanie has found that the daily practice of yoga dramatically affects her quality of life, adding a calm and peace that she was lacking before. She believes that everyone can benefit from the balance and self-reflection that yoga brings, no matter how flexible their bodies are. Appreciating a variety of yoga styles, Stephanie has been a student of Iyengar Yoga with Patricia Walden for over ten years. She believes that the focus on alignment in Iyengar yoga has uniquely influenced her vinyasa teaching. In addition to teaching yoga, Stephanie holds a Master's Degree in Education from Harvard University in Administration, Planning and Social Policy. She is currently a Boston Public Schools theater teacher in Mattapan. She lives in Roslindale with her husband, Ed. Surya Kolpakov 
Originally from Siberia, Surya Kolpakov (CYT, LMT) has been teaching yoga in the U.S. since 2002. His training includes several certifications from Integral Yoga and Structural Yoga Therapy. Surya's Hatha yoga classes are mildly dynamic and have a therapeutic and meditative focus. In 2008, Surya developed Quantum Rhythm? Yoga to explore and experience the effects of energy healing in a yoga class setting. He incorporates these Quantum Medicine principles into his private sessions and group yoga classes. Surya has always been fascinated with different methods of healing. Having completed the Massage Therapist program at the International Professional School of Bodywork in San Diego, CA, he has traveled extensively in Thailand and India for more advanced studies. He lives with his wife, Theresa, in Newton, MA. |
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