Pat is teaching an all level Flow class on Fridays at 9:30 am. “Today when I stand in front of a yoga class,  I feel I am standing on the shoulders of many teachers before me.   I always feel blessed with the privilege of helping to pass on the grace and wisdom that is yoga.

I am the mother of two children, both of whom, I am lucky to say, live within 45 minutes of me. One is a gifted social worker. The other creates magic in furniture.
That means I get to have the luxury of time with my four grandchildren. What a gift! My own grandmothers helped form my life. I can only hope that I can be the same presence for my three granddaughters and one grandson. I certainly try.

I was raised in a large Cincinnati family of six children, one of whom died tragically in a road accident in his early twenties.

Family life in abundance, therefore, has helped shape my outlook on life.

In the 1960s, I felt a call to be of service. I joined VISTA (volunteers in service to America), now part of AmeriCorps. My brother was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia, so I had some understanding of what full-time volunteering might entail. VISTA was called the domestic Peace Corps. I trained in Chicago, and was assigned to Appalachia and later to Spanish Harlem in Manhattan.

I also met my husband in VISTA and we have had a magical ride together (including lots of twists and turns)  for over 44  years in Ohio, New York, Washington, DC, and California. I marvel at all that he has accomplished  (www.statsky.blogspot.com) and am deeply grateful in his support of my journey of discovery.

Since I was a young teen I felt drawn to learn yoga but there were no classes for me in Cincinnati.  In the early years of our marriage in New York City, 1968, I saw an ad for a yoga class.  There I met Swami Satchidananda, the originator of Integral Hatha Yoga.   I felt a dramatic awakening from my first encounter. I felt the physical challenge of yoga because I was stiff, yet left class feeling ecstatically happy.  Little did I know then that yoga would breathe new joy into every aspect of my life.  As it is still doing.  Yoga has brought me strength and flexibility and helped me avoid back surgery.  Yet, the most precious aspect of yoga for me is meditation.

In 1990 I met my Guru.   The peace and calm gained from this practice is my life line.

In 1995  I began training as a yoga instructor  and have completed other trainings as well,  including Pre-natal, and Restorative, and  Healing Arts such as REIKI.”

Anne is teaching morning mysore ashtanga classes 6:30am – 8:30am, Monday through Thursday and Sunday morning.

She started practicing yoga in 1996, unable to touch her toes. After five years of practice she set off to India where she had the honor to study with Shri K Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharath in the intimacy of the original shala. After four additional trips to India over nine years, and many years of daily practice, she had the honor of receiving the authorization to teach this method from Shri K Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharath, an honor currently granted to less than 100 people in the United States. She has been teaching mysore style ashtanga classes in the manner she was taught in India for over ten years, and she has witnessed first hand the powerful transformation and healing available to practioners of ashtanga yoga with patience, practice, and time.

In her desire to further bring a sense of the depth and beauty of this practice to south bay practioners she has  brought many amazing senior teachers to Yoga is Youth for special workshops, including Dominic Corigliano and Saisha Peterson, David Roche, David Garrigues and Nancy Gilgoff. She has further helped to bring Lino Miele, Tim Miller, and Peter Sanson. She is thrilled to have seen so many folks return again and again to the special ashtanga community that exists at this studio. You can find her own website at www.sattva-yoga.com, and most days you can find her at Yoga is Youth.

Rebecca’s class – Anusara Yoga on Thursdays, 5:45 pm.

Men drew Rebecca to yoga!  What?  Yes, Rebecca’s room-mate, Michael Franklin, begged Rebecca to try yoga for 3 years before she finally caved! The two hopped on bikes and rode to downtown Palo Alto for class with Catherine De Los Santos!  It was an eye-opening day!  Then, another friend, another Mike, encouraged Rebecca to take class with Marti Foster at Gold’s gym!  She fell in love with yoga. While men drew Rebecca to yoga, it was the profound awakening to her True Self that kept her there! She is passionate about helping men and women experience more energy, balance, playfulness and freedom in their every day lives with yoga!

Rebecca Snowball is a certified Vinyasa  and licensed Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher.  She received her first teaching certificate from Ganga White and Tracy Rich of the White Lotus Yoga Foundation  and is continuing her education to become certified, by John Friend, in Anusara yoga.

Rebecca teaches Anusara yoga, a hatha yoga system founded by John Friend.  Anusara became an official yoga system in 1997 and is now the fastest growing yoga in the world.   Rebecca was drawn to this system due to the elegant Universal Principles of  Alignment, which created exceptional strength and  freedom in her yoga practice. In 2008, after a profound teacher training with Stacey Rosenberg, followed by Teacher Training level II, with John Friend, Rebecca committed to teaching this amazing, loving, and heart-opening yoga.

After her first yoga class, Rebecca found her passion and began her quest to share what she is learning with the world. In the year 2000, she created Yoga Soul, her yoga business. She currently teaches group, private and corporate classes. Rebecca enjoys blending yoga, dance, and live music in special events and workshops.