Teacher Bios
Melanie graduated from the Vajra Pani Yoga Teacher Training at the Shasta Yoga Institute in Mount Shasta California. The training is fundamentally grounded in the lineage of teachings offered by T. Krishnamacharya and his student B.K.S. Iyengar.
The theme for Melanie's first seven classes was chakras. Each week the class focused on poses to help balance the individual chakras, working through all seven chakras as the weeks progressed.
Melanie recently received a Yoga Tune Up® certification.
Yoga Tune Up® is a fitness therapy format built around the three P's – Pain, Posture and Performance. It helps eradicate pain, improve posture and enhance performance through a unique blend of yoga, Corrective Exercise, Self-Massage, and Breath Strategies. By helping to identify and target your "body blind spots"; areas that are most overused, underused, or misused, YTU heals damaged muscle, increases strength and establishes healthy movement patterns.
The YTU format includes dynamic and static range of motion exercises to target these blind spots to improve proprioception (body sense), interoception (physiological listening) and motor control (performance). This format utilizes unique exercises that educate each practitioner about their body biomechanics and their personal relationship to how they use their body on a daily basis. Mindset work surrounds and infuses each YTU lesson so that subtle and gross awareness evolve to help every practitioner live better in their body.
Private use - M | Friday, January 22, 2021 - 11:00am |
Private use - M | Monday, January 25, 2021 - 11:00am |
Private use - M | Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 4:00pm |
Private use - M | Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 1:00pm |
Private use - M | Friday, January 29, 2021 - 11:00am |
Nadia teaches private lessons as well as holding regular classes at Hayfork Yoga Center.
Private use - N | Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 9:30am |
Private use - N | Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 11:30am |
Private use - N | Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 6:30pm |
Private use - N | Saturday, February 6, 2021 - 7:00am |
Private use - N | Saturday, February 6, 2021 - 9:30am |
Helen bought a yoga mat in 2008 and finally unrolled it in 2012 when she started classes at Hayfork Yoga. A student of Claudia Bird, Helen was gradually drawn into practice, losing 60 pounds and finding a new zest for life on the way. She took the plunge and graduated from the Ananda School of Yoga and Meditation in April, 2019.
Ananda yoga is hatha style, with an emphasis on breath and meditation. The practice is slow and gentle, although it can be as challenging as the practitioner makes it. It’s more of a “work in” than a “work out.”
Helen is especially excited about working with elders and newcomers to yoga. “Yoga got me in the best shape of my life and ready to truly enjoy my later years,” she says. “I’m hoping that I can inspire people to enjoy the physical, mental and spiritual side of this wonderful adventure. Plus, it’s a lot of fun!”
Private use - H | Friday, January 22, 2021 - 4:00pm |
Private use - H | Monday, January 25, 2021 - 4:00pm |
Private use - H | Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 4:00pm |
Private use - H | Friday, January 29, 2021 - 4:00pm |
Private use - H | Monday, February 1, 2021 - 4:00pm |
Grace Hung, LAc is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine Practitioner from the Bay Area with experience in pulse diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases. She has a background in Hatha yoga and visual arts.
She completed her Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2011 at the Academy of Chinese Culture & Health Sciences in Oakland. Grace interned with Robert Levine LAc, studying Chinese Medicine diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases. She was also a student of Liu Ming, studying Chinese physiology, seasonal cycles, and dietetics.
She enjoys continuing to support and promote wellness and health in the local community.
Acupuncture Clinic | Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 10:00am |
Acupuncture Clinic | Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 10:00am |
Acupuncture Clinic | Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 10:00am |
Acupuncture Clinic | Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 10:00am |
Acupuncture Clinic | Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 10:00am |
Rachel Anderson and Dave Menefee hold both the Findhorn-inspired meditations and lead pilates at Hayfork Yoga Center. Regarding pilates, they are not certified instructors, but they do follow a list of standard exercises. These classes are free of charge, but donations to support the yoga studio are gratefully accepted.
From time to time, Hayfork Yoga Center will offer classes taught by guest instructors.