INNER FREEDOM YOGA: We are a team of yoga teachers dedicated to helping people achieve inner happiness, peace and optimal health through the transformational practices of Anusara Yoga, Buddhist and Tantric Yoga philosophy, meditation, Somatics, teacher training, and yoga retreats.
ABOUT ROBYN:
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Robyn Smith is the owner and founder of Inner Freedom Yoga. She is thrilled to be a Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor
and is proud to have been certified by Forrest Yoga, Integrative Yoga Therapy, and Hanna
Somatic Education. Her dynamic and heart-felt teaching style
is especially influenced by Anusara Yoga and over 15 years of meditation and study of Buddhist and Tantric Yoga philosophy. Robyn has been studying yoga since 1988 and teaching since 1994. She has completed numerous workshops, teaching and
therapeutics trainings
with Anusara Yoga's founder, John Friend, and hundreds of hours
of workshops and trainings with top Anusara and Iyengar Yoga Instructors. She continues to train annually with John Friend, top Anusara Yoga teachers and Tantric philosophy scholars, and has completed a year-long course in meditation and Tantric philosophy with renowned scholar, Paul Muller-Ortega.
Robyn is in awe of the power of meditation, Anusara Yoga and Somatics. She loves facilitating peoples' rediscovery of the experience
of inner freedom through the wisdom of these three transformational
traditions in classes, workshops, privates, and yoga retreats. She infuses her teaching with precise attention to alignment,
a joyful spirit, inspirational life stories, poetry, and gentle encouragement for self exploration.
She offers private sessions in Anusara Yoga Therapy and Hanna Somatic Education (Somatics) to help people with chronic pain and tension. She bows to John Friend for
the tremendous gift of Anusara Yoga and to Sarahjoy Marsh, Hanneli
Francis and Desiree Rumbaugh for incredble inspiration and support. Read Testimonials
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ABOUT PATRICK:
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Patrick Harestad is a Certified Anusara Yoga instructor, Board Certified Structural Integrator, (Kenesis Myofascial Integ-rator) and a Certified Massage Therapist. He has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 2000, and Anusara Yoga since 2002. His love affair with yoga began at age 16 as a student of Swami Satchidananda, when he spent two years studying and practicing Integral Yoga. Since then, he has studied many forms of body/mind/spirit disciplines, including nine years of Aikido practice, (he holds a black belt), five years of Jui Jiutsu and decades of surfing. Since 1997, he has had a regular practice, which has included meditation, Ashtanga Yoga and Anusara Yoga styles. He has studied extensively with John Friend, creator of Anusara Yoga, since 2002, including
Workshops, Teacher Training, Yoga Therapy trainings, retreats, and a Master Immersion (over 600 hours with John). He has taught Yoga and Martial Arts both in the U.S. and in Brazil, where he spent two years living in a Buddhist retreat center with His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche.
Patrick’s teaching blends his deep exploration of Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Structural Integration modalities with Anusara Yoga to bring a unique experience of hatha yoga. He is currently teaching three Anusara Yoga classes a week and is dedicated to his Myofascial Release, Yoga Therapy, and Massage practice in Arcata. See more about his private sessions here.
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ABOUT KENDRA:
Kendra Inzer is a Certified Hatha Yogainstructor and Anusara-Inspired teacher who has been teaching since 1999. Her classes are inspired by her training, practice, and love of Anusara Yoga. She has completed 4 Anusara teacher trainings with John Friend, Sarahjoy Marsh, Hanneli Francis and Vanessa Scott, as well as a teacher training with Sivananda Yoga, her introduction to the Yoga path. She supplements her trainings by regularly attending workshops with dynamic Anusara teachers like Sarahjoy Marsh, Jeannie Manchester and Desiree Rumbaugh. She completed Robyn Smith's 2008 Anusara Yoga Immersion Course.
Kendra is incredibly grateful to Hanneli Francis for introducing Anusara Yoga into her life, which has transformed her relationship to Yoga completely. Kendra strengthens her practice through taking regular classes with Robyn Smith, who is a source for continual inspiration and encouragement for her personal growth.
Kendra brings to her teachings an awareness of the healing properties of Reiki. She has been trained and initiated into the 1st and 2nd degrees of Reiki Healing. Also, she has been studying and practicing Sufism for 10 years and brings this Universal, joyful and heart-opening perspective to her teaching as well.
Kendra creates a welcoming environment for students to discover their potential, find freedom in body and breath, and open to the joy of life through Yoga. Her study of Anusara Yoga and Sufi mystical teachings encourage her to open her heart, see the beauty in all, and celebrate life!.......................................................
Donvieve has worked as an artist/educator in many domains for the past 35 years. She has always enjoyed nurturing her body, mind and spirit and sharing it through the creative mediums of theatre, dance and yoga. This naturally evolved from a childhood that was nourished by these self-expressions… profoundly affecting her life style, health, and the desire to share this joy and passion for life with others.
She began studying yoga when she was in her teens and fell in love with the practice as it cultivated in her vibrant health and well-being. Her commitment to the practice of yoga and meditation kindled the desire to share with others, so she completed the Anusara Yoga Immersion and teacher training with Inner Freedom Yoga.
She was so inspired by the results she was seeing in the training and in her own life, that she decided to offer yoga classes after work for employees at a small business to help them relax, stretch and become more peaceful. Many months into it, these classes have become a sanctuary where employees look forward to practicing yoga and ending the day relaxed. These classes have also inspired her to create ‘Have Yoga will Travel’ (a yoga practice for local firms to be proactive in taking care of their employees mental and physical health.)
She says, “As we open our hearts to our divine beauty and recognize the light within, a ripple is generated in the universe. We can all make a profound difference in the world by opening our hearts to this infinite light by sharing it. This is yoga, the union of mind, body and soul.”
ABOUT MICKI:
Micki Lewis was a competitive swimmer, avid snowboarder, and classroom biology teacher before finding yoga. She discovered yoga in 2000 in Reno, NV, after the birth of her first son. She discovered that the alignment instructions, breathing exercises and poses she learned help her to heal from a serious injury, and that yoga is much more than just exercise, it is a way of life! Everything changed, from her body getting stronger, to her mind and attitude becoming more adaptable. She was hooked, and took her first Hatha yoga teacher training in 2005, in Reno. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Humboldt, Co., where she was introduced to Robyn Smith and the Anusara Yoga method. Through the heart-oriented themes, and the powerful connection of them to the yoga poses, she realized she wanted more, and began studying Anusara more seriously. In January 2011, she completed Robyn’s Anusara Immersion and Teacher Training program and began teaching with Inner Freedom Yoga. Her classes are a unique blend of her athletic abilities and knowledge, classroom teaching skills, and sense of humor. In addition to yoga, you can find Micki enjoying nature, swimming, pottery, and working as a middle school Instructional Aide.
ABOUT JAIME:
Jaime White discovered yoga in 2007, as a way to relax and breathe. When she discovered Anusara Yoga in 2009, she realized that yoga could be challenging and playful, as well as relaxing. Jaime finished the 2010 Inner Freedom Yoga Immersion and Teacher Training with Robyn Smith and continues her education in yoga by attending workshops and trainings around the country. She continues to grow physically and spiritually through her yoga practice and also enjoys being a mom, cooking and glassblowing.
