Practicing yoga since 1979 and teaching since 1981, Amy received her certification from the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco and is currently founding Director of the Shasta Yoga Center and the VajraPani Yoga Teacher Training program. Amy has studied with BKS Iyengar, K Pattabhi Jois, and TKV Deskachar, with a variety of American teachers - mainly Judith Lasater, as well as Buddhist teachers from the U.S. and Asia. In her teaching, Amy emphasizes breath and alignment, mindfulness, and moving from the inner body; facilitating each student to develop a sense of empowered freedom in relating to their body and mind. Drawing on ancient yogic teachings & Buddhist practice, she weaves a creative, invigorating yet calming, centering yet spacious exploration of Self through Asana. Amy offers annual yoga retreats in Mexico, Hawaii and on the Klamath River.(530) 926-0221
Bliss Mulcahy
Bliss was first “officially” exposed to yoga in Chicago in 1999 as a yoga student of Paul Weiss. Her inspiration for proper alignment came early from Paul’s expertise in alignment and has grown in her years of yoga experience. Bliss was certified as a yoga instructor by Ananda’s Expanding Light in Grass Valley, CA and extended her study of teaching with Aadil Palkhivala in Seattle, WA. (530) 918-9518.
“With the spiritual aspects naturally occurring from proper alignment in the body, I feel greatly inspired to teach alignment as a priority to serve as the vehicle for the more subtle aspects of yoga to blossom. I am blessed to have worked with instructors Paul Weiss, Aadil Palkhivala and Amy Cooper, all of whom are from the school of BKS Iyengar and have an expansive depth in the wisdom of hatha yoga.” --Bliss
Jennifer Jerabek (Arneson)
Jennifer has co-facilitated workshops on the Brazilian Orixas dance forms that express universal elemental energies. Jennifer’s dance facilitation is enriched by her 10 years of experience in the healing and creative arts. She offers certified massage therapy, and facilitates energy healing for clients. She encourages dancers to create their own unique forms of self-expression through the use of costume as well as movement. (530) 859-2492.
Jan Schrag
Jan Schrag has been a yoga practitioner for over 30 years. Jan was first introduced to Kundalini yoga and then to Tri Yoga. As an expressive arts major (dance and movement) in college, yoga was a natural progression. She recently completed the Vajra Pani Yoga Training with Amy Cooper. As a newly certified teacher, she brings a passion for sharing the yoga teachings along with a commitment to service and empowerment of others. (530) 925-4204
Mona Therese Winston
Mona Therese, E-RYT, is a Reiki Master Teacher and a Yoga and Meditation Teacher from Denmark with over 17 years experience. Mona Therese's Journeys to India and to Thich Nhat Hahn's Plum Village Monastery, and her time with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, have inspired her to maintain true to the traditions on the path of Yoga and Meditation. Mona's teaching is influenced by her teachers and different yoga styles, which are Ashtanga, Iyengar, Vinyasa, Sivananda and Kriya Yoga. (541) 499-5064
Nancy Schneider
Nancy has been practicing Yoga for 30+ years; Amy Cooper being her main inspiration over the past 18 years. A 2009 Vajra Pani Yoga graduate with a 200 hour yoga certification, Nancy brings her enthusiasm and experience to all those who want to encounter the life changing joys of practicing Yoga. (530) 859-2100
Joa Janakoayas
Joa Janakoayas, MA. is a Certified Yoga Instructor, Spiritual Psychologist who helps people find their perfection of health by changing their thinking and breathing habits. For information : www.miraclecoach.com (530) 859-3266
