THE RALEIGH YOGA CENTER
Meet Our Staff
Christopher A. Moore, R.N., E-RYT 500, founder and director of the Raleigh Yoga Center, conducts classes from a background in Western and Eastern approaches to health science. A registered nurse, he has been a health care professional since 1965, a Yoga student since 1975, and a teacher since 1984. His teacher training included study with Ruth Bender in 1978 and at the Yoga Institute of Miami in 1985. He has attended many classes and intensives with and been strongly influenced in style by B.K.S. Iyengar and many of his senior teachers. Lately he has been studying and become very intrigued with the Anusara style and loves sharing from this viewpoint. His gentle but firm approach will aid you in developing a balance of strength and flexibility, improved health and posture, and increased self awareness.
Jane Barrett, E-RYT 500, has been teaching public, private and corporate Yoga classes since 1979. She is a licensed educator with a B.S. in Social Sciences and Master Studies in Learning Disabilities. A founding member of the Yoga Teachers Association Of New York, she is also an active member of the Iyengar Yoga Associations of Greater New York and the Southeast and the International Dance and Fitness Association. Jane continuously studies with nationally known Iyengar teachers and brings to her own classes her experience, heart, and sense of humor.
Kirsten Bachmann, RYT 200 is a licensed massage therapist and a 2000 graduate of Stephanie Keach's Asheville Yoga Center Yoga Teacher Training. She continues to study yoga by attending workshops from a variety of senior yoga teachers. Her teaching is most influenced by Aadil Palkhivala. She enjoys teaching the fundamentals of yoga in a way that is both challenging and lighthearted, honoring the spirit of yoga.
Graham Williams, an engaging teacher of Iyengar Yoga, has instructed children, teenagers, and adults in Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina. She recently moved to Raleigh from Asheville, NC where she completed over 500 hours of teacher training with certified Iyengar instructor Cindy Dollar and Jan Campbell. In November 2007 Graham passed the first level to becoming a certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor.
Having scoliosis, Graham has completed specialized yoga training for people with scoliosis in California with Iyengar instructor Elise Browning Miller and has assisted Elise in numerous workshops. Graham has practiced Iyengar yoga for over 10 years and is passionate about empowering her students to enjoy the positive physical and emotional benefits yoga has brought to her.
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