Instructors

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Yogi's Instructors

	Laura Pedroni, E-RYT- Founder & owner of Yogis. Laura has registered with yoga alliance since its founding & is a certified teacher trainer. She leads open classes, private yoga therapy, workshops, retreats and a 200 hr RYT teacher training program. A yogi for more than 20 years,her classes invite you to enjoy the journey of yoga & all the benefits it has to offer.

	Karen Manfrin RYT- Karen is registered with Yoga Alliance, after completing the comprehensive Teacher Training program at Yogis Studio taught by Laura Pedroni. A yoga practitioner for the past eight years, Karen hopes to share her joy and openness to the practice of yoga with her students.

	Tim Redmond- RYT Tim’s first exposure to yoga and pilates came in the late 1990’s from his brother, Patrick, who is also a yoga and pilates teacher. Tim began studying Buddhism with the Asian Classics Institute in the year 2000. He was reintroduced to yoga in 2003 through Tibetan Heart Yoga. He completed a 200 hour intensive teacher training program with yogis studio in 2010. He focuses on an integrated approach of using the tools of yoga to reconnect the body, mind and spirit.

	Jenni Cossey - RYT Jenni has been practicing yoga for 12 years and in hope to share her passion for yoga with others completed the teacher training program in 2009. Her approach to yoga is with an open heart and a sense of humor and adventure, with a deep appreciation and a focus on presence and joy. She hopes to help others bring the lessons they learn on their mat into their lives and make their everyday more fulfilling.
	Bob Darm - RYT Bob has been practicing yoga since he was in college at the U of O. He has worked teaching yoga in the past few years working with patients in rehab. He specializes in myofascial release and currently teaches Yogis.

	Angela Newport - Angela is fascinated by how yoga practice constantly teaches me about living and loving - even after nearly twenty years. Her only regret? That she didn't find yoga sooner! And, that's precisely why helping students of all ages - and especially teens - find relationship with themselves through yoga has become her avocation. She is fortunate to have had several knowledgeable, devoted teachers and is grateful to continue their tradition of awareness and joy.
	Sharon Smith - Sharon has practiced yoga for over 10 years. As an RYT, M.Ed she enjoys teaching all levels and runs all of the "Parent's Night Out" events. Sharon taught in Oregon public schools for 30 years. She still loves to teach and share yoga with children and adults. She lives with her husband Gerry, Polly Esther, a golden lab and Boogie Woogie, a 140 pound Tibetan Mastiff.
	Melissa Grace - Melissa has practiced yoga for over 4 years and completed her 200 hour Yoga teacher training in January of 2011. Living all over the United States Yoga has been a constant and a friend that she wants to share with anyone who wants to try.
	Susan Richman has been teaching fitness and practicing yoga for nearly 30 years. Her teachers are Diana Vitantonio, Kate Saal, Baron Baptiste, and everyone she meets both on and off the mat. She views her teaching as an opportunity to guide your practice through breath, flow, music and inspiring stories. Her classes invoke the light within every student.