Mentor Teacher Archives - Yoga Vista Academy

Jane Musgrave

Chicago, Illinois
United States

Yoga was a way for Jane to deal with a pesky IT band while training for the 2000 Chicago Marathon. She flirted with yoga for the next several years before deciding to make it a permanent relationship. Jane completed a 200-hour teacher training with the Chicago Yoga Center in 2012. Jane specializes in Chair Yoga, and bringing yoga to people who would love to try it but are a bit intimidated to start. Don’t let...

Josee Madison

Columbia, South Carolina
United States

Born in Canada, this French and English speaking recovered workaholic from the corporate & fast pace music business world, turned happy military housewife, health conscious gluten-free home chef and RYT-200 Yoga instructor. Josee started her spiritual journey and Yoga studies in 2011 which took her around the world including living with Swamis in a Yoga Ashram in Tyrol, Austria and obtaining her certification in Sivananda Yoga. Josee’s interests also brought her to broaden her studies...

Nina Boswell Brown

Bristol, North Somerset, South Carolina
United Kingdom

Nina is the founder of SittingFitYoga.com and a Yoga Vista Academy Chair Yoga Graduate and Yoga Teacher. She is a paraplegic and a key collaborator on the Academy’s Wheelchair Yoga Teacher Training and Certification Course where she lends her first hand experience of being a Wheelchair Yogi and teaching classes for this demographic. She lives in the UK and converted her barn to be especially designed for working with Yogis who have movement limitations.

Gerry Hurtig

Parrish, Florida
United States

“Karma” introduced me to yoga or perhaps it was yoga to me. While sitting at a café in 2012 with my wife, we were talking about ways to help reduce my stress brought on by the daily demands of the corporate world. As I glanced over my shoulder I saw a sign advertising a yoga basics class starting later in the week. I signed up immediately and never looked back as I found my life...

Lynda Sandoval

Fredonia, New York
United States

Someone asked me recently if I thought my Chair Yoga training through Yoga Vista Academy was worth the price. Let me explain it this way: I always wanted to teach yoga for seniors (and disabled veterans) but I was always afraid to even approach it, afraid of accidentally hurting a senior, afraid of senior anatomy and health issues…until I saw some of Sherry’s videos and thought, ‘THAT is the kind of senior yoga class I...

Karen Langevin

Summerside, Prince Edward Island, New York
Canada

Since becoming a 200 hour certified yoga teacher (CYT) with Yoga Ink in 2014, I have been offering gentle Hatha yoga classes in both English and French. I have also been teaching chair yoga along with Christian meditation since 2015. I am thrilled to be able to offer Hatha, chair and gentle yoga for « everybody ».

Viki Boyko

Stamford, Connecticut
United States

Viki segues the phrase “…it‘s because of yoga that…” to so many important life events and discoveries over the last thirty years. From the forging of friendships; to bringing support in times of pregnancy, illness and bereavement; and to the deep sense of joy that connecting breath, body and spirit bring with each journey on the mat. Viki blends her learning as a core strength vinyasa master trainer with somatics and Franklin method training to...

Peggy Aveyard

Dayton, Ohio
United States

Peggy Aveyard is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, which acknowledges the completion of a yoga teacher training with a Registered Yoga School (RYS).

Sherry Zak Morris

Vista, California
United States

CEO and Co-Founder of the Yoga Vista Academy. Sherry Zak Morris, the CEO and Co-Founder of Yoga Vista Academy, is a Certified Yoga Therapist with a remarkable history of empowering and kindling a passion for Yoga and wellness among the 50+ demographic. As a three-time presenter at the annual Yoga Alliance Conference, the premier professional and trade association in the yoga world, Sherry’s dedication to aiding those with mobility challenges has brought prominence to her...

Justine Shelton

Pahoa, Hawaii
United States

Co-Founder of the Yoga Vista Academy. Justine Shelton, C-IAYT is a Certified Viniyoga Therapist, graduate of the American Viniyoga Institute under the direction of Gary Kraftsow. She is the Co-Founder of the Yoga Vista Academy and author of their ‘Gentle Yoga for Low Back Care’ specialty certification program. Justine specializes in structural yoga therapy, specifically spinal disc injuries, back pain management, as well as joint therapy – including prehab and rehab for replacements. Her passion...

Corey Stiles

Thornton, Colorado
United States

Corey is the creator of the successful Yoga Vista Academy Online Mentor Program which empowers teachers to fast track their certification with the support of an online community.

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