Mary Bartel, B.S., ERYT (500)
Structural Yoga™ Therapist
Certified Professional Kripalu Hatha Yoga
Instructor
Mary is the owner/director
of Inner Quest Yoga & Wellness Center. She is a certified Structural Yoga™
Therapist and Professional Level Kripalu Hatha Yoga Instructor and Pilates
Fitness Instructor teaching since November, 2000. Her advanced training and
personal practice has her teaching with an eclectic style and emphasis on the
Classical Yoga tradition.
Mary guides her students to deepen their awareness and sensitivity on all
levels, allowing the experience to unfold from within, synchronizing body
movement with breath and cultivating a connection to spirit. Mary emphasizes
sound principals of alignment based on functional anatomy in her practice and
teaching and offers adaptations when needed.
Mary began
practicing yoga and Pilates as a holistic approach for healing chronic stress,
neck and back discomfort. Her practice has resulted in many and some profound
benefits.
Mary
wishes to help you find what is innately yours: peace, love and much joy in
life body, mind and spirit.
“Practice
with no expectations and you too will find yourself open in many unexpected ways
- grace happens!”
Mary Bartel
Structural Yoga™
Therapy and individual and group private Yoga Class sessions are available by appointment.
Leigh Ann Tahash, B.A.
Dance of Light
 Leigh Ann studied ballet while earning her Bachelors of Arts degree from Virginia Intermont College
in Bristol, Virginia in 1984. In addition to her extensive dance training in college, she has studied
and taught children and adults at many prominent schools in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
Leigh Ann is popular and well respected for her teaching philosophy which encourages a deep understanding
of the body, and movement, through proper placement, alignment and technique.
Leigh Ann credits Lucy Bowen McCauley, a former faculty member at the Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet, with the
method of stretch technique which is a strong part of her background. She also credits much of her success to
teachers Maureen Basta Miller, Eric Hampton, and Michelle Lees.
Leigh Ann has taught for the Georgetown School of Ballet, the Wyngate Elementary PTA Ballet Program in Bethesda, MD.,
and the Arlington County Department of Parks and Recreation. Most recently
Leigh Ann was on faculty at the Arlington Center
for Dance from 1990-2004, and the Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet from 1996-2004,
in addition to her work at Joy of Motion Dance Center from
1992-2004.
Jim Hoit, L.M.T.|
Certified Tai Chi Easy®
Qi Gong Facilitor
Jim has been
studying and practicing Tai Chi and Qi Gong for a number of years. If you live in
or around Saranac Lake you might have seen him in one of the parks practicing
this meditation in motion. Jim has wanted to share this healing modality with
others for quite some time as he has witnessed its many benefits. In June,
2006 he committed to this calling, trained and became certified as a facilitator of Tai Chi Easy® Qi
Gong at the Omega Institute.
Jim is a 1999
graduate of Finger Lakes School of Massage in Ithaca, NY. Since graduation he
has completed a 110 hr. reflexology certification program at the Omega Institute
and a 200 hr. essential oil certification at Finger Lakes. He has also studied
Chi Nei Tsang with the Healing Tao Institute & Chinese medical theory with
Michael & Lesley Tierra. Currently he is a student of the Ohashi Institute.
Jackie
Foster
Mad
Dogg Athletics Certification in Spin Pilates and Spinning
 New
to Saranac Lake Jackie has been a frequent visitor for many years. Her
teaching experience includes Pilates and Spinning classes at the Four
Seasons Fitness Studio in Owego, New York. The atmosphere there is relaxed
and friendly, allowing participants to work at their own threshold. I offer
modifications through out the session so that everyone can make progress
without feeling overwhelmed. I hope to bring that same practice to my
classes here at Inner Quest Yoga & Wellness Center. Core strength is vital
to good health and posture maintenance. It is also essential for enjoying
the many outdoor pursuits this beautiful area has to offer. Jackie looks
forward to making many new friends at Inner Quest, and sharing the healthy
benefits of an active lifestyle.
Donna Calderone
Certified Hatha Yoga Instructor,
Aerobics Instructor and Personal Trainer
Donna
has been a teacher and fitness professional for over 25 years. She is a
certified aerobics and yoga instructor and is a personal trainer. Donna offers
sports nutrition. She has taught classes regularly at a fitness center in
Saranac Lake. Donna has taken advantage of an opportunity where she can takes
trips to Caribbean locations and gets complimentary lodging at resorts for
teaching fitness classes while she is there.
Donna has lived
in the Saranac Lake area for over thirty years. She is married with 3
children. She loves to be outdoors, love animals and has two dogs and three
cats.
Shannon Delaney
Certified Hatha Yoga Level I Instructor
 Shannon
was born and raised in the neighboring village of Lake Placid, tucked away in
the Adirondack Mountains. Growing up in this environment has filled her with a
deep passion for nature and all of its creation, as well as a passion for living
a healthy and holistic life style. The key towards unlocking these passions
began through studying and practicing yoga with Mary Bartel over six years ago.
This practice soon gave her to the key to unlock her new passion for yoga, and
its beautiful philosophy of union; the union of the body and mind to achieve a
state of inner balance and realization (samadhi).
Shannon has just returned to the northeast from San Diego,
California where she achieved a Level 1 certification in Hatha yoga, and is a
candidate to become a Registered Yoga Teacher in the Jivamukti yoga style. She
has brought her unique yoga experiences and studies from the west coast with her
to the east coast, and is eager to share them with the community. She
incorporates mindful meditation, gracefully sequenced poses (asanas), and
complete relaxation for a balanced and rejuvenating yoga practice.
Shannon’s goals are never static; they are ever changing,
much like the flowing energy (prana) within all beings. She hopes to challenge
others to go with the flow and live fully and completely in the present moment;
just be, and let be. We invite you to join our classes and start an Inner
Quest that we hope will bring you the multitude of benefits that Yoga
has brought so many people.
Namaste (I bow to the light within you)
Mary Bartel
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