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EIGHT
STONES YOGA STUDIO
Staff Biographies
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  Tana Martin, RYT 200
I am co-owner of Eight Stones Yoga studio and recognize
that it is a privilege and indeed my pleasure to serve our community in
this way. I have been studying and practicing yoga since 1993. I’ve
studied with Suzie Hurley, Beryl Bender Birch, Barbara Benaugh and Victor
van Kooten. I studied with Moses Brown, certified Anusara Teacher
Trainer, for four and a half years and take weekly classes with Stan
Andrzejewski, the director of Greater Baltimore Yoga Center. I have
also studied with JJ Gormley-Etchells for many years and I’m currently
enrolled in her program at the 700 hour level. I hold a teacher certification from The
Yoga Center of Columbia, MD and maintain a daily personal
practice. I feel that breath
awareness is an integral part of yoga practice and from that a natural
sense of movement and grace evolves.
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David Horwitz, RYT 200
 I am co-owner of Eight Stones
Yoga. I began practicing Yoga in San Diego, California in 1976. My first
teachers were trained by B.K.S. Iyengar in India. I began to teach in
1977. I moved to Houston
Texas in 1981 where I
continued my personal Yoga practice. I moved to York PA
in 1991 and began teaching at Eight Stones Yoga Studio when it opened in
1999. I hold a 300 hour Yoga Teacher certification from Sun & Moon
Yoga Studios, Arlington,
VA. And I am currently
working to complete my 700 hour certification with JJ Gormley. I am passionate
about my yoga practice and teaching, and approach yoga as a lifetime
practice. I follow Patanjali’s Eight Limbed Path which helps me to focus
on proper body alignment, breath control and inner strength to work
through barriers. I have studied with JJ Gormley, Seane Corn, Jonny Kest,
Suzie Hurley, Moses Brown, Barbara Benaugh and Victor van Kooten. I
regularly attend nationally presented Yoga Conferences and enjoy a variety
of Yoga paths. For the future I am committed to making the Eight Stones
Yoga community a guiding light for likeminded people.
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 Vanessa Bradley, RYT 500
Vanessa has been studying and practicing yoga since 1998,
and leading fitness and wellness classes since 1990. She holds a Yoga
Teacher certification from Willow Street Yoga Center, Takoma Park, MD and
describes her teaching as “Anusara – inspired.” She is a certified
Whole Birth Prenatal Yoga instructor. Vanessa maintains a
dedicated, personal yoga practice which fuels her teaching; her
enthusiasm for the art of yoga shines forth in her classes. She
continues her studies with John Friend, the founder of the Anusara style,
Suzie Hurley, Jenny Otto and Julie Madill. Born and raised in York,
Vanessa is married and the mother of two children.
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 Jenifer Yost, RYT 200
Jenifer has been practicing yoga since 1999 and received
her 200 hour training from the Mount Nittany Institute of Natural Health
in State College, PA. She is now a member of their teacher training
faculty. She studies Zen meditation and awareness with Cheri Huber,
and her yoga teaching is informed by her love of this practice.
Jenifer is also continuing her study of body, mind and spirit by pursuing
500 hour yoga certification through the Kripalu Center for Yoga and
Health, and training to become a certified life coach. Her teaching
is inspired by the Kripalu and Kundalini paths. “It is not
necessary to twist your body like a pretzel in order to enjoy the many
physical and emotional benefits of yoga practice!” Jenifer teaches
a compassionate and joyful approach to reducing stress and increasing
flexibility, strength and self-acceptance through yoga
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 Carrie Hall, RYT 200
When Carrie first began yoga practice she quickly realized
its familiarity. She began teaching in 2003, and received her 200
hour certification at The Spirit of Yoga in West Chester, PA. She
teaches yoga with a Kripalu flair, also teaching Ashtanga, Prenatal and
Restorative styles. Carrie lives in Red Lion with her husband, and
is the mother of five children.
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 Fernanda Cunha
Fernanda
began practicing yoga in 2002 in Florianópolis (Brazil) where she was
born and grew up. She holds a Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Certification from
Yama Studio, Baltimore MD. She has been studying with a variety of yoga
teachers from different backgrounds which allowed her to teach a unique
yoga style with a healing therapeutic approach seeking the self inner
balance. She is a passionate yogini who incorporated yoga as her personal
life style. Her classes are built based on her love for yoga, the
benefits that the practice brings to all levels of our lives, and her
belief that the teacher is there to inspire the students to find the
treasures within themselves. She is an eternal yoga student who
continuously attends to workshops, trainings and classes besides her own
practice. "Balance is our essence and through yoga practice we
can find it within us"
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 Yvonne Cantler
Yvonne’s
background in martial arts brought her to Eight Stones in 2005 looking
for a way to increase her flexibility and add to her meditation practice.
What she found was a love of yoga and a way of living that has brought
better health and balance to her life. Her current training has taught
her to pull from all styles of yoga to find what is most beneficial for
her students. Her passion for
teaching and helping others, comes thru in her class as she uses the
principles of proper alignment and breathing to help bring self awareness
to each individual. She is currently studying with JJ Gormley Etchells
and will soon be completing her RYT 300 program.
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