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| Kevin Perry, R.Y.T.
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Kevin Perry, founder of Show Me Yoga Center, began his study of yoga nearly 15 years ago in Virginia and taught yoga there full-time for five years before returning to Missouri. He has studied with John Friend, Betsey Downing, Rodney Yee, Patricia Walden, and other internationally known teachers. He has led numerous workshops and seminars and co-taught three nine-month teacher training programs. Kevin writes a free Daily Yoga Tip you can read at http://experienceyoga.blogspot.com/ You can subscribe to his Daily Yoga Tip by email and find out about his Yoga Vacation in Yelapa, Mexico at www.ExperienceYoga.org. He holds a B.S. degree in biology.
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| Jan Harcourt, R.Y.T.
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Jan Harcourt, Director of Show Me Yoga Center, began her study of yoga in 1986. She has been teaching yoga in Jefferson City for nine years and is a Registered Yoga Teacher. She has completed a weeklong Anusara teacher training with Betsey Downing (Florida), Suzie Hurley (Maryland), and Jenny Otto (Maryland). She has also completed a year-long Show Me Yoga Center teacher training course. Jan is a certified Polarity Practitioner and a certified Somatic Experiencing practitioner.
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| Sallie Keeney, R.Y.T.
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Sallie Keeney, Co-Director of Show Me Yoga Center, began studying yoga in 1998 with Kevin Perry. She has also studied with Suzie Hurley (Maryland), Erich Schiffmann (California), Doug Keller (Virginia), and other internationally known teachers. She has completed two Show Me Yoga Center teacher training programs and Anusara yoga teacher training programs with Jamie Allison (Colorado), and John Friend (Texas). Sallie also co-taught the 2003 Show Me Yoga Teacher Training program. Sallie is a Registered Yoga Teacher.
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| Judi Jecmen
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Judi Jecmen, Co-Director of Show Me Yoga Center, began studying yoga in 1999 when it was suggested to her for medical reasons. Having a BFA in Dance, yoga made a good fit. Wishing to learn more, Judi completed Show Me Yoga Center's Teacher Training Program in 2001. She enjoys learning about and teaching therapeutic yoga, restorative yoga, as well as Ball yoga and Partner yoga. Judi can be seen most often behind the office counter, greeting students, subbing, and taking classes. Judi highly recommends yoga, and believes there is truly a type of yoga for "every body".
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| Megan Sappington, R.Y.T.
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Megan has studied with several international teachers, and explored numerous styles of yoga. Her classes are thematic, eclectic, and spirited, focusing not only on the physical body, but the heart and mind as well. Megan also works extensively with teens, and received the Program of Excellence Award (2007) from the JC Chamber of Commerce for her Teen-Yoga-Outreach Program at the Simonsen 9th Grade Center. She has written several yoga-based articles, and has been published in the book "Teaching Teenagers Yoga". Her background also includes an extensive knowledge of human anatomy, and the interplay of therapeutics in yoga. Megan holds a BA in Theatre and Film from KU. She hopes you leave class feeling great and with a smile in your heart!
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| Rene' Harden
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Rene has a BA in psychology and lots of experience teaching children, from pre-school to junior high levels. She has studied yoga for 8 years and loves to teach her own children yoga.
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| Dr. Jeff Tarrant
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Jeff is a licensed psychologist and owner of Spring Grove Counseling and Wellness Center. Dr. Tarrant uses mind-body techniques including neurofeedback, energy psychology, and cranio-sacral therapy. Dr. Tarrant has been a student of various meditative traditions and views Qi Gong as an interaction between mind/body/spirit and energy. His classes include exercises for health, spiritual development, developing sensitivity to energy, and learning how to use and control energy.
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| Colleen Loehr, MD
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Colleen completed a 4 week internship with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in 1990. In 2003 and 2005 she underwent 7 day and 10 day Teacher Development Intensive Trainings in MBSR with Jon. Colleen has attended meditation retreats with Thich Nhat Hanh, Thomas Keating, Herbert Benson, Jack Kornfield, Adyashanti, Sharon Salzberg, Matthew Flickstein, Byron Katie, Stephan Bodian, Ginny Morgan, Kenneth Wapnick, and others. In Calcutta, India for 6 weeks in 1987, volunteering at Mother Teresa's shelters, Colleen had experience with the meditative practice of honoring the divinity in each person. Colleen does not consider herself an expert but rather a fellow pilgrim in awakening to the presence of our true nature. She enjoys meeting with others to join in opening to alignment with life in the here and now. Class meetings are informal and include guided meditations, silence, and discussion. Colleen also oversees a small lending library of books and tapes at the yoga center. Materials may be checked out for 90 days. Colleen likes to meditate with her husband and three children. Her primary interest is in inner body awareness as taught by Eckhart Tolle.
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| Alberta Mobley
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Alberta teaches the Chair Yoga class, and Dynamic Yoga. Alberta has worked in the health care field for over 30 years and is a Registered EEG and Sleep Technologist. She started practicing yoga in 1998 and has taken classes at SMYC from Kevin, Sallie, Jan, Judi, and former teacher Cea Tait. She has attended workshops with well-known teachers Rodney Yee and Matthew Krepps and is currently enrolled in a teacher training program in the Dynamic Method of Hatha Yoga in St. Louis at Jane's House of Well-Being under the direction of Robin Buck. Her primary interest is in sharing yoga with older students and/or those with special needs.
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| Stan "The Man" Leigh
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Stan is excited to be used for your anatomical education! Bequeathed as a Christmas gift in 2005, he has become an invaluable tool in yogic awareness, costume design, window-staring, and bad jokes. He loves being a part of class instruction, but doesn't mind the meditative aspect of his job. He may be gut-less, but he's aware....oh yes...he's always watching....unless the teachers turn him around to talk about the spinal column. He's also proud to report that the size of his pelvis indicates he's male, and that his incisors ARE removable.
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