Staff
October 17, 2011 @ 3:43 pm
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Tonya Phillips ~ Owner/Instructor
My yoga journey…I love Jesus and I love yoga! Both make me who I am. I was blessed to be a stay-at-home mom for 16 years, working little jobs here and there to help make ends meet for my family. I learned as a young mother that exercise not only made me look and feel better, but it helped relieve the stress of being a stay-at-home mom of 3 boys. I would do cardio and weights and occasionally pop in a yoga video. Although I loved my life, I missed the opportunity to go to college. Deep down I had hopes that one day I’d find a passion and that would help me decide “what I wanted to be when I grew up”. I started going to yoga classes when the PM Yoga studio opened in Shelbyville and fell in love, making it a priority to practice 3-4 times a week. I soon noticed strength and flexibility different from other workouts and calmness inside I had never experienced, along with newfound body awareness. I continued practicing and starting praying for direction in my life. That is when God placed on my heart that he wanted me to go to yoga teacher training. With His guidance, encouragement from my teachers, and a huge leap of faith, I entered the Yoga Teacher Training program at The Om Place in January 2009. Upon completion of that program, in June of 2009, I began teaching at PM Yoga’s new Middletown location. I quickly fell in love with teaching and my students. For the next year and a half, I sought more training through workshops & classes. God has used my newfound passion in ways I never saw coming. James 1:17 says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above”, and in the spring of 2011 I was given an opportunity that can only be described as a gift. My boss/owner Stephanie was making a big move to be with her family & in doing so allowed me to move into the position of owner of PM Yoga. I can hardly contain the excitement I feel for what the Lord has done for me. As a teacher, I consider it an honor when you take time out of your busy life to come share a part of your day with me, so I want your experience to be worthwhile. My teaching style is simple, really. My hope is for you to feel welcomed & at ease as I teach you the basics. Learn how to breathe, learn safe & proper alignment, & have fun while getting to know your amazing body. I’m passionate about life & health, as both are a gift from God. Romans 12:2 “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is-his good, pleasing & perfect will.”
Come & be transformed.
200 Hour RYT ~ June 2009 ~ Registered with Yoga Alliance
Thai 1 Training ~ Aug. 2010
Thai 2 Training ~ Jan. 2011
Member Julie’s Dream Team ~ www.juliesdreamteam.com
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Julie Ford ~ Manager
I love yoga! I love to help people! The one thing that has held steady in my life over nearly the last 10 years is not only enjoying the pleasure and fitness that yoga has brought to my life individually, but the joy I have been able to bring to so many other lives by being the manager of a yoga studio. The opportunities I have had to spread the word and my love of yoga via the management of a yoga studio has been absolutely one of the most rewarding things I have experienced on a day-to-day basis.
I have an everyday full time career just like most of you and need a great way to relieve stress and at the same time have a great workout for my body. PM Yoga is now the lifeline that connects my love of yoga and my love of helping others in my life. I have experienced many types of yoga, but my favorite is when I’m able to take a yoga class and no matter the discipline, make the class my own for my own body for that day in my life. I walk away feeling great because I make the practice my own. That is my hope for each and every one of you reading this, to take your yoga practice and make it your own, make it your bliss and make it your best physical and mental exercise of your life…welcome to PM Yoga, welcome to your own bliss!
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| Picture coming soon! | Melanie Simmons ~ Instructor
I have spent the last ten years dedicated to my practice. I love to serve my students by sharing what I have learned. I received my RYT-200 from the Sivanada Vedenta Ashram and am currently working towards my RYT-500. I represented the state of Indiana twice at the National Yoga Asana Championship in Los Angeles, practiced pranayama with Baba Ramdev devotee for six weeks and completed the Advanced 84 asana series with Bikram Choudhury. I love to study and learn and recently completed a five-day teacher intensive on the principles of Anusara Yoga. I also served as the Karma Yoga director for the School of Metaphysics and am currently a Manduka yoga accessories Ambassador. I can be reached at (502) 468-4958 and yogacoach@insightbb.com.
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Tamara Estes ~ Instructor
One of the first things you will know upon meeting me…my
enthusiasm for yoga is transparent! I have benefited greatly and thoroughly enjoyed my practice of yoga for nearly two decades. I first began as a student of Bikram yoga. I loved the way it made my body feel and look. After ten years of yogic practice, I decided to become an instructor, went to teacher training through Yoga Fit, and achieved my Level 1 certification. A few years later, I achieved my Level 2 certification. With my ability to now teach, I not only continued to enjoy my own yoga practice, but began the even more intense joy of sharing my love of yoga with so many others ever since. I am always studying ways to keep my students challenged, so be prepared to have a great experience in my class and not worry about any limitations you may have, I will provide you a way to enjoy yoga as much as I do! Yoga is a discipline that can be practiced a lifetime. I look forward to sharing this with you through PM Yoga. |
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