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Yoga Works Teacher Training 2008 - Washington, D.C.
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Chrissy Carter is a New York-based Yoga Works teacher who brings heart and humor into her dynamic and light-hearted classes. Her combination of intelligent sequencing with a breath-centered practice encourages her students to explore their own personal edge with consciousness and purpose. Trained in the Ishta yoga tradition with advanced studies in the Yoga Works style, she also incorporates the teachings of Krishnamacharya, as passed along to her by her friend and mentor, Mark Whitwell. A writer, singer and artist, Chrissy unveils how yoga can inspire everyday life, and she invites her students to do the same. Chrissy will be teaching the August 2008 Intensive Program.
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Tzahi Moskovitz became certified to teach the Yoga Works method in the first Certification held in New York, after his original training in the ISHTA tradition with Alan Finger. In his teaching Tzahi combines vigor, flow, and precision, using the full vocabulary of asana to create a practice that is safe while at the same time, playful and adventurous. He is directly influenced by the flow and strength of the Ashtanga series and the alignment, intelligence and awareness of the Iyengar method. He is inspired by the teaching of Mary Dunn, Genny Kapuler and Mark Whitwell. His training and experiences as a medic provide Tzahi with a deep and practical understanding of anatomy as it relates to movement and asana. Tzahi will be teaching the Jan-June 2008 Extended Program.
 

Expressfrom the 07.25.06 edition of the washington post express fit section:


Perfect Postures
D.C. yogis can learn to bend it like Brown in teacher training
No one is born with the power to get a room full of strangers to stand on one leg. To gain such authority, prospective yoga teachers must get trained. And luckily for D.C.'s wannabe yogis, Yoga Works, one of the country's most respected programs, is coming to town.

"It's the Harvard of yoga teacher training", boasts James Brown, the former Washingtonian who's swooping in from L.A. to lead a class through a monthlong intensive starting July 31 at Georgetown Yoga...The 41-year-old, who's been practicing yoga for nearly 15 years, is not kidding when it comes to cred. Yoga Works is responsible for many of the biggest names in American yoga instruction, including Shiva Rea and Baron Baptiste. NPR reporter Farai Chideya, who has been on an on-air quest to lose serious poundage, traveled to California recently to have Brown bend her into various poses. He's worked with celebrities, plying flexibility out of Sting, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rachel Weisz. And perhaps you've heard of his most famous client: Tipper Gore. "My practice with her was to make her comfortable, and get her to a place where she wasn't the vice president's wife", he said of their campaign-time sessions.
This time he'll be working with folks eight or nine hours each day to instill in them the Yoga Works system, which emphasizes ordering poses effectively. He aims to pass on his knowledge of postures, anatomy and how to conduct a class that's "accessible and effective". Safety is another critical lesson: "Our philosophy is that we want them practicing when they're 90".
Although Brown got hooked on yoga in D.C., this is the first time the prestigious Yoga Works has brought any teachers from its bases in California and New York here. And Brown thinks it's about time. "People in D.C. are so in their brains all of the time. I love the education people have had, but when you live in your head like that, it's nice to be able to focus on your body and your breath" he said. "I think we could do a lot of good by teaching people in positions of power. It puts relationships into perspective and makes you more compassionate. I'm looking forward to the people I train working with leaders."
He'll have more chances in 2007. The response from the summer class has convinced Yoga Works to plan two more sessions: January through May weekends-only training to accommodate those with day jobs, and an August month long intensive.

-Vicky Hallett