Instructors
PRIMARY INSTRUCTORS
At the heart of yoga stands universal teachings and methods. To reveal these essential themes clearly, the Yoga Teacher Training draws upon veteran teachers from the Denver/Summit County area, each with their own unique set of strengths & qualifications. Guest presenters add further depth and variety to the program.
“Any yogi with a desire to deepen their own practice or become a teacher would benefit from this program. The diverse instructors each bring amazing elements to this in depth program.”
-Graduate
Derik has been a student of yoga since 1991 and teaching since 1998. He draws inspiration from his nationally recognized teachers Baba Hari Dass, Tias Little & Richard Freeman. He has attended multiple teaching programs, both in the U.S. and India and in 2003 founded axis yoga trainings, a school dedicated exclusively to yoga teacher training programs (in Denver).
His classes blend both flowing and stationary postures, drawing from his extensive study of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga and the teachings of B.K.S Iyengar. A long time student of classical yoga, he has been initiated into level three Tantric sadhana and pranayama methods. He is the Mind-Body coordinator for Kaiser Permanente, developing therapeutic yoga, chi gong and nauturopathy curriculum for the hospital setting.
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Auraria Campus (September – May)
-See the Healthy Moves link for Locations.
Monday 5:30-6:30 pm – Vinyasa Yoga
Thursday: 11 am-12 pm – Hatha Yoga
Cherry Creek Athletic Club 500 S. Cherry St. Glendale (303) 339-5689
Thursday: 4pm – Hatha Yoga
Karma Yoga Center -Corner of Alameda and Franklin (290 S. Franklin)
Wednesday 5:45 – 7:00pm -Vinyasa Plus
Saturday 9:00-10:15 -Vinyasa Plus
BRENNA HATAMI, N.D.
doctorbrenna.com
Dr. Hatami is a long time teacher and practitioner of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Beginning her studies in 1989, she has studied extensively with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in India, Richard Freeman in Boulder, and Tim Miller in California. She has completed two Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training courses and continues to learn and grow in her own daily practice. She believes in creating a warm and fun class that transmits a dynamic flow of breath and postures.
Brenna is also a Primary Care Physician graduating from the South West College of Naturopathic Medicine with a doctorate in Natural Medicine. She leads bi-annual dietary detox programs, in the spring and fall. For more information about Dr. Brenna’s services visit doctorbrenna.com.
KEVIN DURKIN
kevindurkinyoga.com
Kevin has practiced yoga since 1976 and has taught since 1991. He is certified as an intermediate (junior) yoga teacher by the United States Iyengar Association. He has been to India five times to study with B.K.S., Geeta, and Prashant Iyengar. He has assisted in the medical classes at the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India, and studied at the International Iyengar Institutes in New York, Manchester, Zurich, London and Paris.
In celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Iyengar Institute, he was one of the 65 Americans invited to the Yoga Teachers Guidance Course taught by B.K.S. Iyengar in January, 2000. Kevin has taught workshops in Prague, Czechoslovakia & Mexico and teaches specialty workshops regularly. Kevin is a graduate of the Massage Therapy Institute of Colorado. He has completed the unprecedented third year advanced studies program and has worked as a teaching assistant at MTIC.
Schedule of Classes:
Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver 770 S. Broadway (Near I-25) (720) 570-9642 www.iyengaryogacenter.com
Tuesday 6:30-8:30pm Intermediate
Friday 9:30-11am & 12-1 All Levels
Saturday 8:30-10am Theraputics
Colorado School of Iyengar Yoga 2162 S. Colorado Blvd.
Wednesday 5:45-7:15 – Beginner Level
SANTOSH
santoshyoga.net719-836-3532
Steve or known by his Sanskrit name, Santosh uncovered the path of yoga in 1999 on a quest to explore the profound dimensions of spiritual consciousness.
Santosh, meaning contented, was given his name by his teacher and Indian Saint, Sri Baba Hari Dass.He is a graduate of Axis Yoga Trainings demanding teacher training program that combined Ashtanga yoga Vinyasa with Iyengar yoga alignment principals. He continues to expand his interest and knowledge in both modern and classical yoga asana styles with local and nationally recognized yoga asana instructors. The last four years he has taught asana & alignment, yogic and subtle body theory, asana & ayurveda, sadhana or spiritual practice and Tantra at Axis Yoga’s teacher training program.
In the spring of 2008 he was invited by his teacher Babaji, a master yogi, to begin training as a Pujari or Vedic Priest on the temple grounds at the Mount Madonna Center. The ancient Vedic traditions are rich with mysticism, ritual and spiritual practice that guides the priest to unfold deep within too uncover and transmit profound subtle forces in the context of classical ceremony, deeper states of conscious absorption and mantra, these are very profound spiritual practices. This study will continue for the life.
Santosh is a Vairagi Monk.
He has completed beginning, intermediate and private advanced study in classical Pranayama Breathing, meditation and the private esoteric teachings of traditional eastern Tantra. He has studied basic Ayurvedic Medicine at the Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda.
Harmony Yoga Studio -560 South Holly Street #17 Denver, CO 80246
Friday Asana 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Sadhana 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Sunday Asana 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Alma Colorado -Studio Anu, Main Street
Monday -Hatha Yoga Asana 6:00 p.m. to 7:30
“The instructors are passionate, giving and extremely knowledgeable, always available to answer questions, provide support and work with individual needs” -Graduate
Guest Presenters
Joan Isbell was introduced to the Ashtanga practice in 1993 and was impacted immediately. The physical challenge coupled with the precise meditative techniques make for strong therapy, ever deepening the yoga experience. She feels extremely fortunate to call such luminaries as Richard Freeman, Tim Miller, and Annie Pace her teachers here in the west, and because of them she was inspired to travel to India and meet Pattabhi Jois. She made her first trip to Pattabhi Jois’s yoga shala in Mysore in 1998 and has made 3 subsequent trips, receiving authorization to teach from Sharath in 2010. She is one of a handful of teachers in Colorado who have the official credential to teach this practice.
Kate Ross
Yoga for the People
Kate’s experience as the founder and Co-Executive Director of the non-profit Yoga for the People allows her to cross coordinate programs between the Denver non-profit community and yoga teachers throughout the city. Yoga for the People brings yoga, nutritional programs, and meditation to people who would not otherwise have access to the ancient wellness practice of yoga.
In addition, Kate brings her experience as a Clinical Assistant Professor on the field education team, at the Graduate School of Social Work at DU. She coordinates field sites, meeting individually with students, and serving on various committees. She has been an adjunct professor in the Community Track since 2003 and became an appointed faculty member in 2006.
As the Faculty Director of the Wellness Living and Learning Community at DU, Kate works collaboratively with the Program Coordinator to ensure that students in the WWLC experience a comprehensive wellness curriculum that includes courses in wellness, experiential activities, and opportunities to participate in the community at large from a wellness perspective. In addition, programming within the learning community allows students to experience a greater depth of connection to wellness and to each other.
Her past experience includes wilderness programming, high risk youth and families, job-training and preventative program development. Also important is her role as a mother to her daughter and her role as the yoga and pottery teacher at her daughter’s school. Her passion is “community mind-body social work” including yoga and integration of spirit into daily practice.
Hansa Knox is the director of the Prana Yoga and Ayurveda Mandala in Wheat Ridge where she conducts regular classes, hosts workshops with international presenters and conducts annual 200 & 500 teacher training programs.
Craig Kurts is the co-owner of the Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver and yogi of 18 years and teaches regular classes in the Iyengar method. He has traveled to India many times and studies with the Iyengars directly and studies with their Senior Students here in the U.S.