MEET THE YOGA TUNE UPĀ® TEACHERS
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Lashaun Dale
Lashaun Dale began teaching fitness classes as a teenagerĀ in Whitefish, Montana and now offers workshops, seminars and master-classes nationally and abroad. Lashaun holds degrees in International Relations, Philosophy and Applied Anthropology, and an MPH from the School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York. She also teaches group and private classes and is Creative Manager of Group Fitness at Equinox Fitness Clubs. Lashaun is certified and by NSCA, IYCA Yoga-Tune Up and CHEK specializing in yoga, core strength, flexibility training and youth fitness. She represents Team Body Bar and is featured in the Master Your Body videos: Core Strength and Stretch, Sportszone, Yogasculpt, Equanimity, Strength Resolutions and Body Bar Flex. Lashaun is committed to inspiring all generations to exercise and live healthy, well and to be happy. A regular contributor to media publications such as SELF, Women's Health and Fitness magazines, Lashaun is especially proud to beĀ mom to Tevan and Vanessa.
Lauren Cap
After taking her first yoga class as a way to relieve anxiety and stress, Lauren knew this would become a life long practice. She received her certification from Prana Power Yoga NYC and is grateful for her Prana family. She teaches a heartfelt Vinyasa flow focusing on building strength, breath control, and proper Ā alignment. She encourages self expression, acceptance, listening to one's body, and finding the true teacher in all of us. Since discovering the healing benefits of her yoga practice both mentally and physically, she has opened up to its infinite possibilities and wants to share the joy and peace that she has found. She is thankful to Jill Miller's Yoga Tune Up(R)Ā teachings for showing her that the truly advanced always know when to modify. Read my articles on the Tune Up Fitness blog here.
Patty Wortham
Patty Wortham believes working out and creating strength in the body should be a joyful experience. In both group classes and private Yoga Tune Up sessions, Patty keeps the tone light while working the body hard. With a background in dance and movement, Patty is a firm believer in using music to enhance the experience and sharing knowledge to deepen the client's understanding of how the body works. Join her for an experience that will lighten your load - body AND mind! Find her current teaching schedule and body thoughts at www.sweatplease.com.
Samara Andrade
SamaraĀ Andrade, RYT-200, is a Seattle & Brooklyn based yoga teacher and has worked in aid and development for the last 13 years.Ā Samara specializes in teaching mindfulĀ vinyasaĀ flow, yoga for athletes as well as trauma-informed yoga for veterans, domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, aid workers, and others. Ā Samara has a strong focus on the complementarity of yoga and other fitness disciplines.Ā Growing up as an athlete, Samara spent 10 years as a gymnast and dancer and learned the importance of recovery to complement an active training program. Ā In her adult life that same driveĀ transferred over first to running and then to cycling, stand up paddle boarding, and trekking.Ā She is passionate about supporting students develop healthier happier bodies using yoga, breath work, Yoga Tune UpĀ®, and The Roll ModelĀ® Method techniques. Ā Samara has studied hatha and vinyasa yoga, Yoga Tune UpĀ®, The Roll ModelĀ®, Mindful Yoga Therapy for Veterans, an embodyyogaĀ® program,Ā YogiBeans for kids, and Yoga Nidra.Ā She has studied a variety of trauma informed yoga practices, including studying the Trauma Center's Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) under David Emerson, Jenn Turner.Ā Samara has taught yoga to aid workers, diplomats, police, veterans, and civil servants in Sudan, Nepal, and Afghanistan and has spearheaded pilot life skill building projects, which integrate yoga practices, as part of community based recovery and peacebuilding, for communities affected by conflict. Ā She is co-founder of Feet on the Ground (www.feet-on-the-ground) and has taught workshops on the use of yoga as part of peacebuilding and recovery programs as well as co-designed the 2016 Yoga Segment of Build Peace Conference in Zurich, Switzerland. Read my articles on the Tune Up Fitness blog here.
Stacy Jackson
Stacy Jackson is an RYT 500 Yoga teacher, Integrated Yoga Tune Up instructor, Roll Model Method Practitioner and Trainer. Stacy has pursued yoga and movement practice since the 1990s.Ā In 2013, Stacy completed her RYT 200 hour teacher training at the Rising Lotus Yoga studio. Soon after, she studied yoga/fitness therapy with Jill Miller and became a Integrated Yoga Tune Up instructor. Following this, she specialized in self-massage as a Roll Model Method Practitioner and Trainer. In 2019, Stacy completed her RYT 300 hour in the biomechanics of yoga with Jules Mitchell. Through her full spectrum of training Stacy offers an interdisciplinary approach, emphasizing anatomy and biomechanics. Her classes blend a therapeutic style of conscious corrective exercise, with the worlds of yoga, fitness, pain management, and myofascial self-care. She is passionate about guiding students toward finding intrinsic delight in living, moving and breathing, no matter their condition, age, or stage of life. Ā Ā




