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Instructors
 
Travis Ronk
Travis has learned through personal experience that the power of yoga is a transformative tool to spark the potential in everyone. Kiteboarder, windsurfer, mountain biker and ski instructor, Travis started coping with low back pain when he turned 30. Today, Travis is pain-free and a practitioner with a well established practice. Travis has been teacher-trained through YogaFit Teacher Training Systems, and the Baron Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga Institute.
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Stephanie Adams
Sharing the awareness, acceptance and transformation the practice of yoga brings to our lives is what inspires Stephanie to teach. She has seen in others, and experienced herself, that regular practice inspires one to greater health, balance and joy. Stephanie has been practicing hatha yoga for 15 years. Prior to that, she was learning about the yogic life through studying universal spiritual principles and philosophy.
Stephanie writes Yoga Alliance-approved Teacher Training Manuals, including sections on philosophy, asana, chakras, anatomy, kinesiology, communication, adjusting/assisting, principles of alignment, YogaFit Kids, and more. She appears with her two daughters in the YogaFit Kids video/DVD, and in the YF Level One Training DVD, and has appeared several times on Seattle’s Q13 Morning News show as a yoga resource. In addition to Stephanie’s yoga background, she holds numerous fitness certifications, including ACE's Personal Trainer Certificate. She has a B.S. from W.S.U., and is certified through BodyMind Academy as a Fitness and Nutrition Consultant.
Stephanie has been a featured presenter at ACSM, NIRSA, TSI Summit, NW YogaFest, DCAC, Spinning, IDEA, and numerous YogaFit MindBody Fitness Conferences. She is registered as a 200-hr ERYT and 500 hr RYT with Yoga Alliance. She has been teacher-trained through S. Jayakumar of Mysore, India, Baron Baptiste Power Vinyasa, YogaFit, and has been inspired by workshops and trainings with many more great teachers.
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Sybil Nance
Sybil brings her spunk and enthusiasm into each and every class she teaches. Sybil knows that her yoga practice has changed how she views herself and others Using the Asana as a vehicle to lead us through a journey of yogic philosophy expressed in words we can understand and integrate each day. Sybil’s unique gift is to teach with great care and integrity so her students can openly and safely explore and navigate deeper into their practice. Sybil teaches with a keen eye to observe and offer modifications to meet all body types, physical conditions as well as recognizing emotional needs of the class. These classes are a journey of exploration through the physical, mental, and emotional bodies. Sybil is E-RYT certified in Vinyasa Flow / Sybil also works with Local Teen athletic teams developing Yoga based dry-land training programs.
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Jennifer FitzSimons
Jennifer enjoys many styles of yoga and likes to share an eclectic mix with her students. Experiencing union of mind, body and spirit is the focus in her classes. Jen hopes to extend the practice of yoga beyond the mat into a way of life, all day, every day. She believes that the goal of the practice is to experience connection to the Divine Self. And that this unity with self, leads to unity with others and the earth. Peace within...Peace out!
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Jody Seaborn
Jody started practicing yoga as a complimentary exercise for her many outdoor activities and found something much greater, a deep understanding of the power of interconnected breath and movement and their potential to nurture and heal the body, mind, and spirit. It is this interconnection and the resulting calm abiding sense of peace that Jody seeks to nurture within her students through her teaching.
Jody continues to practice different styles of yoga, seeking to learn from many lineages and teachers integrating this into her own practice and teaching. She has been teaching for the past five years and is currently teaching both Sivananda and Flow Vinyasa classes. Jody emphazises breath and alignment and the harmony between strength, flexibility, and balance in each of her classes.
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Jennifer Wilson
Jen brings her love and enthusiasm for the outdoors to every class she teaches. She is an avid cyclist - both on and offroad. An experienced and certified fitness professional, Jen teaches Cycle Training classes at Flow.
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Laurie Van Cott
Laurie was introduced to yoga as a teenager and learned early on about it's benefits as it helped her with her back pain from scoliosis and tension headaches. Laurie's love for yoga and it's therapeutic aspects lead her to choose a career in physical therapy where she shares its healing abilities with others. Her teaching style is a blend of yoga influences grounded in a studied knowledge of anatomy and biomechanics. She loves the challenge of encouraging people to find the ability to move within their bodies without overwelming them with medical terminology, and she welcomes the gift to guide others to build spirit and determination in themselvesa
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Virginia Thomas
Virginia has over 18 years of experience in the health and fitness field. She is a certified Pilates instructor, Professional Personal Fitness Trainer, Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant and Massage Therapist. Her experience ranges from working with Bodybuilders in the 80’s to the Canadian Olympic mountain biking team in the 90’s. In the 2000’s she was a partner at The Atlantic Avenue Pilates Studio in Delray Beach Florida before moving to the Hood River area where she has recently opened a pilates studio. Her clients range from in athletic abilities such as windsurfers, mountain bikers, and skiers to those of varying ages seeking rehabilitation from lower back, neck and shoulder pain.
She is interested in all aspects of the body, mind and soul. She believes that each one alone does not or is not the definition of a healthy person. To become a truly fit person each individual must determine where those imbalances are and negotiate a lifestyle that will bring them to that state of holistic balance.
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Meredith Holcomb
Meredith has been attracted to a life of spirituality from an early age which has inspired her to continually seek out the meaning of her connection to Spirit. It was a very natural progression when the practice of yoga was introduced to her. The magical experience of becoming consciously awakened and integrated through the physical into the metaphysical fact that ALL is One ignited Meredith’s commitment to study and practice yoga full time. Her passion for sharing the transformational practices of yoga is expressed directly through her warm and creative teaching. Meredith believes the wisdom that resides in Yoga radiantly reveals Life as possibility and brings us back to the Truth of who we are!
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Patricia Martin Bunch
Patricia is a sports enthusiast. Her greatest passions are for kiteboarding, snowboarding, and on the top of her list, yoga. Patricia has been a practitioner and certified teacher of Bikram Yoga for over 10 years. Most recently she attended a Baron Baptiste yoga teacher training. Currently Patricia teaches and practices a variety of styles. Her passion, enthusiasm, and love of yoga are present in both her teaching and her practice. Patricia believes, for everyone, a consistent yoga practice makes life, quite simply, better.
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Erica Jones
We welcome Cycle Instructor, Erica, who is joining us for a second season as a cycle trainer here at Flow!
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Stacy Claus
We welcome Cycle Instructor, Stacy, who is joining us for a third season as a cycle trainer here at Flow! Stacy is a fabulously fit and fun, P.E. Teacher from Hood River Middle School with a wealth of experience and knowledge on and off the bike.
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Julia Jones
Julia began her appreciation for the mind/body connection as a swimmer for the University of Notre Dame. "With a focused mind, we can excel in sports, relieve stress, and find success in our lives." Julia worked as a case manager in health care for almost 20 years and has seen the benefit of yoga for patients in recovery, for people with disabilities, and for the elderly. "Physical yoga poses can be modified to meet the needs of every body type. Everyone from elite athletes to great-grandmothers can benefit from a yoga practice."
Julia enjoys windsurfing, skiing, and other outdoor Gorge activities. She is a registered yoga instructor with the Yoga Alliance (RYT 200) and received her teacher training through YogaFit.
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Sarah Segal
Sarah has been practicing yoga for over ten years. However, it was not until moving to The Gorge for the excitement of the outdoors that she discovered the pleasures of daily yoga practice indoors. She has decided to become more active in the yogic art of breathing and learning, by becoming a Hot 26 Apprentice. She reminds herself daily of Bikram's philosophy, "Life doesn't give you what you want - it gives you what you need."
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Trish Kepple
Trish has been a health and fitness enthusiast throughout her life. She began undergraduate work in physical therapy, finished with a psychology degree, and then sought to combine the two fields by becoming a Massage Therapist. She has worked in massage for almost 9 years, concentrating in therapeutic, rehabilitative, and prenatal bodywork. Trish began practicing yoga 7 years ago, and especially appreciated its benefits through two pregnancies. Now seeking to enhance her personal and professional mind-body-spirit wellness, she is thrilled to be involved with the Pre- and Post- Natal Flow yoga classes. Trish completed her Yoga Alliance 200 RYT program through YogaFit, and her Personal Trainer certification through ACE.
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Savannah Adams-Ronk
Savannah has been doing yoga since she was a baby. She is featured in the YogaFit Kids DVD and KidCards, and has been assisting and teaching YogaFit Kids for 4 years now. She developed the YogaFit Kids program with her mom, Stephanie, and last summer assisted and attended the YogaFit Kids Teacher Training.
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Teresa Brady
Teresa recently moved here from Alaska and has been teaching cycle classes for 12 years. She is also an experienced competitive road and mountain cyclist.
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Emma Rose Rossoff
For almost a decade, Emma-Rose has practiced yoga as an all-encompassing journey into the breath, body, and mind. She began her practice in Seattle and has developed a strong knowledge base through development of her personal practice and by completing the 8 Limbs Yoga Teacher Training Program. Certified at the 200 hour level, Emma-Rose will continue her teacher training and will specialize in teaching all levels Asana, Pranayama, and Meditation practices through her grounding and dynamic Hatha classes. Emma-Rose has gained the most inspiration and experience from Melina Meza with 8 Limbs in Seattle, Lisa Black of Shakti Vinyasa in Seattle, and Shiva Rea. Always a student, she looks forward to growing as a teacher of yoga and sharing the knowledge that she has learned.
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flow speak:
I really enjoy my time that I get to spend at the studio. All of you are wonderful instructors and friendly people. I feel so welcome when I walk in the door and when I leave there is a sense of calm positive energy, which I need sometimes. Thank you for all you help and encouragement. Keep up the good work. -- Amy Pew
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