THE TEACHERS

MARGARET KRUSZEWSKA
(spiritual name "Saraswati") has been teaching since 1990 at schools, privately and in the NY and LA Sivananda Centers. She received her Teachers' Training with the Sivananda Vedanta Center in Kerala, India.

She continues her research and writing on ancient and contemporary yogini practices as a doctoral student at Claremont Graduate University.

TEACHER MARY FRANCES SPENCER
Young Yoga (0-4 yrs with parent)
Mary Frances Spencer has been practicing Hatha Yoga for 8 years including the years she was pregnant with both her children. Chloe and Neil. She was certified by Naader Shagagi at Yoga Kingdom Sanctuary in 2001 and taught Mommy-n-Me yoga classes there for over 2 years. She is currently teaching special needs yoga and yoga movement for children and continues her popular Young Yoga class for ages 0-4 years with parents and Yoginis!

TEACHER SANDRA MARTINEZ
Beginning classes and Yoga for Spanish-speakers
As a child Sandra Martinez (Dharma Devi) remembers her father practicing Yoga at home. She took up Yoga three years ago, reintroduced by Raghavan Dass, who has been teaching Yoga for over 25 years. She became certified in the Summer of 2000.

TEACHER ZOFIA KARUBIN
Beginner Yoga & Young Yoga (ages 10-14)
Zofia Karubin first studied yoga as a child with her mother as her inspiring teacher. She is certified by Yoga Kingdom Sanctuary, and has been teaching Yoga for kids and adults since the year 2000. Zofia continues expanding in the field of healing arts, and is also certified in Reconnective Healing TM.

photos by Jaroslaw Bratko at JLB Photography, Santa Monica