Hatha Yoga Instructors
 

CSE Hatha Yoga Teachers


Divya Zuccaro was certified for Relax With Yoga in the Integral Yoga tradition in 1997. She is the conceiver, co-creator, and happy proliferator of the Meditation Sampler program and feels fortunate to offer meditation guidance for women with cancer through WomenCare of Santa Cruz. So inspired by the centering effects of yoga and meditation, in 2015 Divya earned certifications for various methods of hypnotherapy and, that same year, started a wellness business called Calm Together.
 

Thea Sawyer has studied yoga, alignment and the bio-mechanics of posture in California and France. She completed the YES California Yoga Teacher training program (2002), is certified by the Palo Alto Balance Center (1992) and The Institut Superieur d’Aplomb in Paris, France (1997). She has studied therapeutic yoga in India at the Mandiram of TKV Desikachar. She is the author of the book “Put Your Back at Ease”

Suzette K. Pangrle, PhD completed her Yoga Teacher Training at CSE in 2008 and is a RYT-200 yoga instructor. She is currently a Meru Institute student with an emphasis in Yoga Studies. After working in Silicon Valley over the past 20 years, Suzette understands the need to consciously bring balance to life, and is passionate about sharing yoga with others, as a support for a having healthy, balanced lifestyle.  

Julianne Shivani Rice is a Kriya Yoga initiate and yoga instructor for over three decades with roots at CSE. While being immersed in Kriya Yoga with Yogacharya O'Brian, she taught Hatha Yoga at CSE for 25 years. After teaching extensively in the Bay Area, a teacher of teachers and an inspiration for many, she is enthusiastically offering a yoga practice from her home to yours while sheltering in place to support all in maintaining and deepening their spiritual practices during this pause.  

Rev. Kathy Devi McFadden was initiated into Kriya Yoga by Yogacharya O’Brian in 2008. She received both her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certificate and Meditation Teacher Training certificate in 2011 and earned her M.Div. at CSE’s Meru Seminary the following year. Devi’s intention is to support practitioners of all levels, in nourishing body, mind, and soul through yoga and meditation. 

Acharya Devin Atma Sodt was initiated into Kriya Yoga in 2003 and ordained in 2009. He is an Associate Minister. Devin is a Meru Institute faculty member and a certified Vedic Counselor. He has been teaching meditation and spiritual growth practices as well as hatha yoga since 2007, having completed a 500 hour hatha yoga teacher training program.   

Acharya Sundari Jensen has studied yoga since the 1990’s. She met her spiritual teacher, Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian, in March of 1992 and has whole-heartedly studied with her since. Sundari is a Senior Kriya Yoga Teacher, a certified Hatha Yoga teacher, Meditation teacher, Vedic Counselor, and IAYT certified Yoga Therapist. Her yoga classes focus on preparing the body and mind to experience the radiance of the soul from the inside out.    

Chris Lanier was initiated into Kriya yoga in 2012, is a certified hatha yoga teacher, meditation teacher, and serves in the CSE Music Ministry as a member of the Gitanjali Kirtan Band and The Center Band. He is also a CSE Ministry Intern.

Daniel Sanjay Duarte Daniel Sanjay Duarte is a RYT-200 hatha yoga teacher and a CSE certified meditation instructor. He completed yoga teacher training through Yoga Bharati at CSE and also through the Breathe for Change Yoga Training in San Francisco. Daniel has been studying closely with Yogacharya since 2014, and he graduated from Meru Institute with an M.Div. in Yoga Studies in 2018. 

 

Savitha Nanjangud has been a Yoga teacher and active volunteer with Yoga Bharati since 2009. She is currently a faculty member for Yoga Bharati's Yoga Instructors Course (YIC) with emphasis on mentoring the youth who go through the program.  She enjoys teaching yoga to adults and children alike. To further her passion to bring the healing qualities of yoga into people's lives she is also currently working towards her Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Therapy (PGDYT).

Rev. Claire Hayes was initiated into Kriya Yoga in 2009. She is currently completing her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training certification program and is a Meru Institute & YTT Graduate. Claire also teaches meditation and leads Yoga for Meditation   

Carol Parvati Knight has been teaching since 1974. She has been practicing and studying yoga since 1991 and sharing the  teachings of hatha yoga since 1999.  She has been studying and practicing Kriya Yoga at CSE since 2003.

Jyoti Saboo has been a Yoga teacher with Yoga Bharati since 2011, and has completed her RYT-200. She has been practicing Yoga on a personal level for many years, since 1985, and has undergone several Yoga courses in India, in Bangalore and in Mumbai. She has been a Physical Therapist for the past 31 years, and has run a busy Outpatient Private Physical Therapy practice in San Jose since 2005. She has been applying Yoga Principles in her Physical Therapy practice for many years, using the physical techniques of Yoga (asanas and pranayamas) as well as meditative and relaxation aspects where applicable on her patients with wonderful results.  

Lisa Lauren Noon has been enjoying the practice of yoga for the past ten years. She completed her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training program at the Center of Spiritual Enlightenment in 2016. Currently she is collaborating with Stanford University and Sonima Foundation to implement a yoga and mindfulness program in the East Palo Alto K-8 school system as well as completing her masters in Counseling Psychology. She is passionate about the use of yoga to support mental well -being and contributing to deeper happiness of society. Her dream is to be an international educator, psychotherapist and mediator who integrates the tools of yoga to support people's mental and physical health..  

  

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