Iyengar Certified

Ann-Marie has a Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Michigan and a post graduate degree from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris. She began her yoga studies as a student in Paris and then after working in Thailand and Cambodia, she began her studies of Iyengar yoga at the Silent Dance Center in 1993. She continued her Iyengar studies in New York from 1997 through 2004.

Iyengar Certified

Jim is a decorated Vietnam veteran and retired firefighter. He used yoga to overcome the devastating experience of war and to relieve the stress of a rigorous career. He has practiced yoga since 1970 and Iyengar Yoga since 1977. Jim taught at SDC in 1978-81 and rejoined our teaching staff in 1999.

Intermediate Junior Iyengar Certified

Chris started her Iyengar practice in 1989 with Patricia Walden in Boston, and started teaching at the Silent Dance Center in 1996. She is certified at the Junior Intermediate 2 level, and has studied for two months at the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India in 2000 and 2008.

Chris manages to temper her serious devotion and dedication to the study of yoga with doses of insightful humor. Her clear, focused teaching communicates to and inspires her students to continue on the path of Yoga.