Liz Bryan Amick, MS
Liz began attending yoga classes in college and recognized immediately that yoga would be an important part of her life. She has practiced and studied many forms of Hatha yoga including Bikram, Kundalini, Prenatal, Postnatal, Vinyasa, and Yin; and as she has grown from student to working woman to wife and mother, yoga has directly and positively influenced each stage of Liz's life.
Liz completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the University of Iowa and went on to work as an academic advisor at the University of Kentucky, where she completed a Master of Science degree in Family Studies. She completed her Yoga Teacher Training at Eternal Health Yoga in 2008 and currently teaches Restorative yoga on Sunday evenings. Liz loves teaching, practicing and living yoga and especially enjoys introducing yoga to people who think that yoga "isn't for them" (friends and family included). She lives in the Highlands with her husband, Mark, and their two sons, Liam and Grady.
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Shelli Carpenter (Jap Dharam Kaur) MA, RYT
Shelli is a graduate of the University of Louisville where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities with a minor in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Humanities. Her interest in and love of yoga began in the late 1990s when she was introduced to the Bikram yoga system; she went on to practice a variety of Hatha styles including Astanga and Vinyasa. An introduction to Taoist philosophy led her to the deep meditative style of Yin Yoga which is excellent preparation for meditation. Additionally, she is a graduate of the Kundalini Research Institute, Level One, Aquarian Teacher Program, Espanola, New Mexico.
Shelli has had the opportunity to work with many wonderful teachers including Doug Swenson, Sharon Gannon and David Life, Kundalini Yoga Instructors, Mahan Deva Singh and Mahan Deva Kaur (Dan and Paulette Coma), Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, PhD, Nirvair Singh Khalsa, Tarn Taran Singh Khalsa, Hari Charan Kaur Khalsa, and others. Shelli is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, and is a Reiki Master certified in the Usui tradition.
Because she views yoga as a lifestyle that promotes inner joy, peace, and self-awareness Shelli hopes to inspire others to experience its holistic benefits. Her daily personal practice consists of a flowing amalgamation of the many styles she has experienced; she attends yoga classes regularly, meditates and chants daily, is vegan, and has a deep sense of appreciation for the life-sustaining gifts of Mother Earth.
Shelli teaches Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, a variety of styles of Hatha/Vinyasa Yoga, meditation classes, "Just for Kids!" Yoga, and various Yoga and Nutrition Workshops. She serves on the Eternal Health Yoga Advisory Board, and is the Director of the, Eternal Health Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Training program, which is registered with the Yoga Alliance.
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Marie Coma BS, RYT
Marie was born in Harrisburg, PA and grew up learning Kundalini Yoga from her parents Dan and Paulette. She studied Kundalini throughout high school in New Cumberland with Siri Neel Kaur Kalsa, and continued to take classes in the Pittsburgh area during her college years at the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.
Since moving to Louisville in 2005, Marie has been studying Hatha, Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga with Shelli Carpenter (Jap Dharam Kaur), with whom she did her Teacher Training; she is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, serves on the Eternal Health Yoga Advisory Board, and currently teaches Hatha Yoga. Marie's classes are beautifully inspired from her own personal practice which brings joy into all aspects of her life. Passionate about vegetarian food, music and art, Marie lives in the Highlands with three amazing yoga cats, Boscovs, Omar, and FDR.
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D'Arci Freeland MAT, RYT
D'Arci is a graduate of the University of Kentucky where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English, and of the University of Louisville where she earned a Master of Arts in Teaching; she currently teaches High School English and Humanities full-time for Jefferson County Public Schools. D'Arci has been teaching yoga since 2006; she is an open, caring, and compassionate teacher and is happy to be able to share her love of yoga and her love of teaching with everyone at Eternal Health Yoga.
D'Arci is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, and currently teaches Prenatal and Hatha yoga; she especially loves teaching Prenatal Yoga because of the joy she feels when sharing the many benefits of yoga with women during their pregnancy! Additionally, D'Arci serves on the Eternal Health Yoga Advisory Board.
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Carrie Klaus, RYT
Carrie began practicing yoga in 2003 after the birth of her first child. She had decided to try yoga as a gentle way to get her body back in shape, but after just one class she knew there was something much bigger to yoga. Carrie has continued her practice consistently since that time, moving from the physical aspects of yoga to the more spiritual, and for her, yoga is truly a lifestyle. Every aspect of her life is in some way a reflection of her yoga practice; about her practice Carrie says, "I live and practice yoga because it makes me feel whole".
Carrie recently completed her teacher training with Shelli Carpenter at Eternal Health Yoga and is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She practices and teaches various forms of yoga, with a particular interest in Yin Yoga, which she enjoys sharing and facilitating because of its deep inward focus.
Joyfully, Carrie lives a vegan lifestyle, and passionately shares all things vegan on her cooking blog, The Happy Vegan Yogini, and in her column for, Examiner.com. She is married to her best friend, and is the mother of two beautiful daughters; they live in Indiana with their three fur babies.
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Susan Schroeder BFA, RYT
Susan found yoga in the late 1990s and quickly recognized it as a positive practice that would significantly enhance her life; she sees yoga as a journey through which she continually grows and discovers beauty, truth and happiness in the world. Susan has practiced many styles of Hatha yoga, including Vinyasa, Bikram, and Yin, and though she initially focused primarily on the physical aspects of the practice, it was through developing a strong awareness of the benefits of meditation with the breath that she profoundly deepened her yogic experience.
Susan is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media/Performing Art, she is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, and serves on the Eternal Health Yoga Advisory Board. Susan notes that, through yoga she discovered a positive way of sharing joy with others, which is what she does, lovingly, enthusiastically, and consistently, at Eternal Health Yoga.
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Skylar Smith, MA
Skylar discovered yoga in the year 2000, and immediately recognized the healing power of the practice. As a practicing fine artist and college art instructor she finds that yoga is a natural complement to her creative endeavors. Becoming a yoga instructor has deepened her practice and has proven to be very rewarding as she continues to see the healing powers she felt during her first class manifesting in her students. Skylar has studied a variety of Hatha Yoga styles including Iyengar, Bikram, Vinyasa, Yin, and Kundalini Yoga.
Skylar has her Bachelor's degree in painting from the Maryland Institute, College of Art and her Master's degree in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently completing her Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) certification through Eternal Health Yoga. Skylar teaches at several yoga studios locally and teaches fine art and art history at Jefferson Community College, University of Louisville, and Kentucky State Reformatory. She displays her art in locally and nationally, and her most recent show was in August 2008 at Glassworks in Louisville. To view examples of her art please go to: www.skylarsmith.com
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