INSTRUCTORS
Text Box: Text Box:

LLC

       We  have nine wonderful instructors for you to try.

 

Corine Baerwald has been a Hatha Yoga instructor since 1990. She started studying Yoga in 1978 in San Antonio under Ester Vexler and Mary Francis Weathersby and has never looked back. Prior to moving to Kerrville, she taught classes at Palo Alto College and the Omni Center in San Antonio as well as  in La Vernia.  She continues to enhance her skills by studying with teachers around the country such as Donna Farhi and Judith Lasiter. She attends the annual Yoga Journal Teachers training.  She is also Yoga Fit certified. Corine’s patience and deep desire to help others lead richer lives through Yoga is evident in her approach to teaching.

 

 

Willie McDaniel is a certified Yoga instructor with over 15 years experience in body, mind, and spirit work. He has been teaching multi-level classes at the Dieter-Claim Senior Center since 1987. He has also offered weekly classes at his home studio, the Hill Country Meditation and Sculpture Garden, since 1990. He recently began teaching at the Silver Sage Center in Bandera. Willie’s eclectic style of Yoga and his warmth, caring and creativity endear him to his students.

 

 

 

Betty Vernon has been practicing yoga since 1993 and teaching since 2002. Her first hand appreciation of the healthful benefits of a committed yoga practice created a desire to introduce others to it through teaching. She practiced Iyengar yoga for many years with Susan Neely and completed an intensive 200 hour teacher training program through YogaFit. She is a Yoga Alliance certified instructor. Betty teaches a flowing or Vinyasa style of yoga.

 

 

Gwynn Groggel has been practicing  yoga more than 10 years and been teaching for seven years. She has studied Iyengar, Anusara,  Kundalini  as well as eclectic Hatha Yoga. She teaches a blend of the styles and enjoys teaching all levels of students.  She has been certified by the Living Yoga Program in Austin, TX and Yoga Alliance. She is a Relax and Renew Trainer certified by Judith Lasater. In addition to teaching, she is the general manager for the yoga space.

 

 

 

Jackie Snyder is a Certified Yoga Instructor, certified through the Living Yoga Program in Austin and has been registered with Yoga Alliance.  She began practicing yoga in the 1970’s under the guidance of Esther Vexler in San Antonio.  She has studied Iyengar, Anusara, Kundalini, and eclectic Hatha Yoga.  She also teaches in Uvalde.  Her teaching style is fun and a blend of Iyengar, Anusara, Kundalini, and eclectic Hatha Yoga.  Her enthusiasm and dedication to teaching the benefits of yoga in all aspects of a student’s life comes from a deep personal commitment to yoga.   She has a special love for animals and is a lifelong horsewoman. 

 

 

Mark Skrabacz has studied yoga and meditation for over 30 years and has been teaching since 1999 in Santa Fe and Austin. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and lived at a Trappist Monastery, a Sikh Ashram and a Zen Buddhist Monastery where his meditation practice was intensified in community. He also holds workshops around the Southwest. He is an ordained minister now living in Kerrville.

 

Text Box: Rick Trzcinski began studying yoga  at Yoga Space in Kerrville in 2007.He attended a weekend workshop with Mark Uridel "Yoga for a healthy back and neck" and hasn't stopped since. Diagnosed with Lyme disease and neurological back and neck pain he was advised by his doctor to try yoga for his health and therapy. He has had a huge transformation, avoiding surgeries, losing weight, getting off all his pain medication and walking without his cane. Yoga has changed his life. Rick went on to get his Hatha Yoga teacher certification (CYT-200 YA) in 2009 with the Living Yoga Program in Austin. He's been teaching classes daily ever since.

Jiwanpal Kaur (Deb Hicks) began practicing Hatha Yoga in 2001, and was introduced and fell in love with Kundalini Yoga in 2007. She took that love and studied to be a teacher with Yoga Yoga in Austin. She completed her initial level one training to become a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher in May of 2009 and completed module one of the Kundalini level two training, “Lifestyles and Life Cycles” in December of 2009.   She recently received training from Shakta Kaur in “Radiant Child Yoga”. She is now teaching so that she can share her love of Kundalini Yoga with others.

 

Sara Cotton has a deep love for yoga. One of her earliest memories is practicing with her mother when she was only 4 years old. Throughout her life, Sara has turned to yoga as a remedy for various conditions and ailments. After finding the Yoga Space in 2009, Sara decided to share her love of yoga and its benefits with others by teaching. She will finished her certification through the Living Yoga Program in October of 2010. She has also completed a pre-natal training program.