


Teachers
Alice Steuerwald has been serving the Lawrence community for 25
years as a holistic practitioner encouraging positive psychological
and physiological change through strength training, massage
therapy, plant medicine, rituals and yoga.
785.749.4041 butterfly_ona@hotmail.com
Sorcha Hyland began her formal Yoga practice in Ireland in 1994
with Marlene French Mullen prior to which she practiced as a child
with her maternal grandmother. Sorcha moved to Lawrence,
Kansas from Co. Wexford, Ireland in 2002. She has studied under
multiple senior yoga practitioners for over 10 years.
785.749.2653 hyland.sorcha@gmail.com
Todd Wyant has studied with Erich Schiffman, David Williams ,
Bhavani Maki and various other teachers. Todd has experience in
the Sivananda and Kundalini Systems He has been a full time
massage therapist for 10 years.
785.830.9753
Jen Nevergole has been teaching yoga since 2002 and practicing
since 1999. She is trained and certified through Integral Yoga and
OM Yoga in New York City. Both of these schools have inspired
and influenced her practice as well as her teaching style. Jen likes to
incorporate breathing practices, mindful awareness, curiosity and
letting go into her classes. She is also a Reiki Master/Teacher and is
available for sessions.
917-716-3279 jnevergole@hotmail.com www.nirvanaisnow.com
Laura Martin-Eagle has been studying, performing and teaching
various dance forms in Lawrence for over 25 years. She is a certified
teacher of Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms™ and has been teaching for 10
years locally as well as at Nebraska HIV/AIDS conference, K.U.,
Leiden, Holland and has served as Core Faculty at the Omega
Institute in New York for several years. Laura is currently training
with Gabrielle Roth for certification in 'Heartbeat' level of the
5Rhythms™. She is also currently enrolled at the California College
of Ayurveda. Laura is a practicing and teaching sadhaka of Wise
Earth Ayurveda™ and founder of Be Moved Studio and Moon
Jewel Healing Center.
785.550.8931 laura@bemovedstudio.com
Annie Wilsey holds a dual-degree in Exercise Science and Gender
Studies from California State University, Sonoma. She has been
practicing massage therapy since 1999 and began teaching gentle
yoga and massage classes in 2002.
785.550.1745
Lawrence Academy of Tai Qi instructors have been trained under
Sijo Sean Holzhüter and have 6-10 years of training in Tai Qi and
traditional internal arts. Instruction is facilitated with learning and
enjoyments as priorities.
785.393.4573; academytaiqi@yahoo.com
Melissa Mitchell delights in helping yoga students find connection
and balance in their lives. Through releasing blocked energy,
healing pain and finding our center we can live life passionately and
with connection. Students can find ease and balance in their lives
helping them to step into their purpose. Melissa's main focus is on
therapeutics, teaching people how to heal and manage disease and
disorder with yoga. Her classes offer meditation and pranayama
and always include variations for more intensity or gentleness.
Melissa has studied with Senior level teachers from many different
traditions including, Erich Schiffman, Rod Stryker, Judith Hanson
Lasater and Angela Farmer. She began practicing in 1995 and
teaching in 2000. Believing that learning is a lifelong endeavor she
continues to study attending workshops, trainings, conferences and
most importantly by practicing.
785.218.0174 breatheholisticlife@gmail.com
www.breatheholisticlife.com
Sarah Wertzberger was born and raised in Lawrence and is thrilled
to be back after many years on the east coast. Her first encounter
with yoga was an Alice Steuerwald class in 2003. Since then she
completed a 200-hour certification in Brooklyn in 2006 and has
studied
with many dedicated teachers of varied styles of yoga.
785.550.5687 sarah.wertzberger@gmail.com
Anne Bruce has studied traditional Ashtanga yoga at Mount
Madonna Center and has trained with Bhavani Maki. She has study
non-traditional yoga with Alice Steuarwald for the last 5 years.
isleofincandescence@gmail.com