TEACHER PROFILES

Mariana Militaru is an affiliated Anusara Teacher. She was attracted to yoga philosophy as a teenager but did not take a yoga class until 1987. She continued to practice yoga regularly and study with various gifted teachers. Ten years later she went to India to study with the masters at the Iyengar Institute. After returning from India, in the summer of 1997, she took her first class with John Friend, the founder of Anusara Yoga. She was instantly captivated by this open hearted and elegant style. Since that time, Mariana has attended more than 500 hours of teacher trainings, workshops, and retreats with John Friend. She was inspired to share the wonderful gift of yoga and in 1998 she opened Yoga Tree Studio and started teaching herself. Her classes combine the celebration of goodness in all people and all things with the attention to alignment so that students can realize their own potential.

Carolyn Matsuda is a certified Iyengar Teacher. She has been practicing Iyengar yoga since 1995 and began teaching in 2000. She is a graduate of the 500 hour Iyengar Teacher Training program in Los Angeles. She has studied with the Iyengars at conventions here in the United States. Carolyn believes that yoga helps us reconnect our body, mind, and self in a way that brings balance and alignment in both our yoga practice and our lives.

Nina Knight was born in India and has lived in the US since 1983. She has studied Iyengar yoga since 1991 and has had two years of teacher trainings at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in L.A. She will be completing the third year and going up for certification as an Iyengar yoga instructor next year. Nina has taught for approximately three years and looks forward to being an instructor at Yoga Tree Studio.