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Tom Gillette, Director of Eyes of the World Yoga Center, has practiced yoga and meditation since the 1970's and has taught yoga since 1988. For six years, he lived like a monk, (most of the time) in three yoga ashrams. In the 80's and 90's, his significant teacher was Yogi Amrit Desai. From 1991 to 1995 he was a director of Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training. He was a director of Bikram Yoga at Kripalu ashram. His teaching is heavily influenced by SN Goenka and Vipassana meditation. He traveled twice to India in 1994 and 1996 to study Ashtanga Yoga with Rajarshi Muni and Pattabhi Jois. Early on, Tom presented four times at the prestigious Yoga Journal Conference. From 1995 to 2000, he was a Director of the Innerlight Center for Yoga and Meditation in Middletown RI. He has led 27 Yoga Teacher Training Certifications. Now in Providence, his Eyes of the World classes are fun and lively and sometimes there are decent jokes. resume. Go here to read about his amazing nine year old yogini or go here for pictures of his new baby born June 2, 2005.
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Teachers Currently on the Schedule
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Alyson McCann has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and is a Registered Yoga Teacher with teaching certifications from both Tom Gillette and Todd Norian. Her practice is strongly influenced by both vinyasa and anusara styles of hatha yoga. Alyson has also had the good fortune to study with wonderful yoga teachers, including John Friend, Betsey Downing, Doug Keller, Suzie Hurley, Ann Greene, Shiva Rea, and others to enrich her personal practice and teaching. Alyson has a Master’s Degree in Watershed Hydrology and works at the University of Rhode Island in water resource management and protection. Alyson’s inspiration for teaching comes from the joy she receives in sharing her love of yoga with others.
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David Baretta has been practicing form many years and has completed Vinyasa Certifcation at Eyes of the World. |
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Deb Goeschel, a practicing yogingi for over seven years, has taught Vinyasa, Hatha and Restorative yoga for the past five. Certified in Vinyasa and Restorative styles of yoga, Deb received her Vinyasa training at Eyes of the World in 2004. She is skilled in, and loves teaching, multi-level classes. Believing strongly in the healing and rejuvenating powers of yoga, Deb consciously creates a nurturing and supportive environment in which her students can explore pranayama and asana and discover their own yogic path. Deb can currently be found teaching at Gold’s Gym in Pawtucket and at Eyes of the World. Deb is also a Reiki Master and an ESM (Environmental Stress Management) practitioner and runs her Wings to Wellness healing practice out of Wickford, RI, while continuing to work a full-time “day job” as a web communications professional. |
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Estrella Rego is a Registered Yoga Teacher having received her yoga teaching certificiation at the Eyes of the World Yoga Center.She has developed a very strong vinaysa practice over many years. As a first grade teacher, Estrella creates an especially safe environment for her students to grow in, enlivened by her playful spirit. Yoga continues to be her source of insight and inspiration. |
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Gretchen Mayhewhas been practicing yoga for ten years and teaching since 2002. She teaches from her own evolving personal practice inspired by Ashtanga, Bikram, Iyengar, Kripalu and Kundalini styles of yoga. Over the years Gretchen has studied with many exceptional teachers including Tom Gillette, Paul Grilley, Sean Corne, Richard Freeman, Lilias Folan and Shakta Kaur Khalsa. She completed her Eyes of the World teacher certification in 2006 and is also certified in Radiant Child Yoga. Her vinyasa style classes, while vigorous and challenging, are playful, loving and deeply meditative. Strong emphasis is placed on helping students honor and understand their unique differences. Gretchen is committed to sharing yoga as a way to help people bring deeper meaning to their lives. She also teaches at various locations in the East Bay area including the Yoga Loft in Warren, RI. |
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Nadia Madhi's physical training background includes Martial Arts, Flamenco, Dunham Technique, Commedia dell'arte, Balinese Theater, and Meyerhold Technique. She combines a vigorous athletic vinyasa style with a joyful awareness of breath/movement coordination. Nadia holds a Master's Degree in Theatre Arts and Dance from the University of California at Berkeley and has studied at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, and the 4th Annual Odin Teatret Transit Festival in Holstebro, Denmark. She received her yoga teacher training with Tom Gillette at Eyes of the World and has taught at West Side Yoga, The Providence Jewish Community Center, Brown University's Dance Department, the Brown Women's Lacrosse Team, and for the ArtsLiteracy Project. |
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Shannah Green has studied yoga for 12 years and teaching for the last 8 years. Shannah is the owner/director of The Yoga Room on Nantucket Island, MA. She was originally certified in the Kripalu method at Kripalu center for Yoga and Health and has since taken part in many teacher training courses. Her vinyasa style of teaching draws upon an eclectic blend of many traditions including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Anusara, Baptiste and Bikram. She is blessed to have studied with many wonderful teachers including Tom Gillette, Erich Schiffman, Patircia Walden, Rodney Yee, Shiva Rae, Richard Freeman and David Swenson. Shannah’s classes offer a rich experience of high intensity and detailed instruction along with an emphasis on embodying spirit, heart
and grace within the flow of asana and pranayama. |
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Tim Tripodi was certified by Tom Gillette and AFAA an organisation based on Desikachar's Viniyoga. He has been practicing yoga since 1996 and is much loved for his clarity and steady focus he brings to his classes. He currently teaches at three locations: Healing in Harmony, Gold's Gym, and Eyes of the World. |
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Associate Teachers not currently on the schedule
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Abby Test came to Yoga via her training in Tai Chi & Qigong. She sees these two forms of moving meditation as parallel means to the same end. In addition to her martial arts training she has been influenced by various styles of Hatha Yoga including Vinyasa, Kripalu, Bikram and Iyengar. She received her Teacher Training at Eyes of the World and has a particular interest in the philosophies which underlie these ancient practices. For Abby, life is a continual process of balancing the two sides of human nature; the Yin and the Yang. In this sense, everything she does could be viewed as a form of ‘practice’. It is going on all the time, but can always be developed more consciously. She enjoys sharing her experience and insights into this process with others and hopes, they, too, will find a greater sense of peace and balance in their daily lives as a result of their practice. |
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Geoff Tremont, Ph.D. is a Registered Yoga Teacher, receiving his yoga teaching certification at Eyes of the World Yoga Center. He has completed additional trainings with David Williams and other Ashtanga teachers. He also teaches at the Newman YMCA (Seekonk). His classes emphasize building strength, stamina, and flexibility within a fun, vigorous vinyasa flow. In his day job, Geoff is a clinical neuropsychologist at Rhode Island Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Brown Medical School. |
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Julia Smith is a certified Thai Medical Massage instructor teaching workshops in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. She is a former student of Barbara Benaugh and is currently in the Yoga Teacher Training program at Eyes. Julia brings her experience in Thai Massage to Hatha yoga creating a safe but vigorous Vinyassa style. She is also a certified Zen Shiatsu practitioner, licensed massage therapist and professional artist. |
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Kristen Marx is trained in a variety of yoga styles including, Kripalu, Vinyasa and Ashtanga. She originally trained with Tom Gillette and Kim Chandler in 1998 and recieved a 500 hour certification. Since then, she has been dedicated to her own practice and to further training on
the mat with many talented teachers such as Richard Freeman and David Swenson. Kristen has been greatly influenced by the teachings of Ekhart Tolle, Adyashanti and Wayne Dyer. Her passion is in helping people create more love, joy and freedom in their lives and ultimately on our planet. Kristen is a therapist and a reiki practitioner. She offers individual sessions in yoga instruction and counseling. Kristen also teaches at DayStar Health in East Greenwich, RI and at Innerlight Yoga, Middltown, RI. |
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Lisa Horne has been practicing yoga for five years and values her passion for the art as an endearing lifelong commitment. Her love of the practice has lead her to successfully complete the vinyasa teacher training program that is offered here at Eyes of the World Yoga Center. As an instructor, she enjoys sharing the profound restorative gift that yoga onboundedly offers. photo
Lisa is on maternity leave.
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Susan Browne has been practicing yoga since 1992 and teaching for almost 10 years. Certified as both a professional-level Kundalini Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga teacher trained at Eyes of the World, she has taught classes and led yoga and meditation workshops from Portland, ME to Providence, RI. She is also a certified Ayurveda/Yoga Therapist and Reiki practitioner. Susan brings to her teaching her study of yoga philosophy and energy anatomy, as well as her experience with injuries, and an attitude of good humor and lovingkindness.
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