Dallas : NorthPark
Brianna Norton
Exhale and Equinox
I love health and fitness and have been physically active my whole life. It is my way of life. I found yoga about six years ago after spending years in the gym as a certified personal trainer, natural body builder and all around gym rat. I was looking to increase my flexibility. What I found was a life long practice that is far beyond the physical. I obtained my 200 hour yoga alliance training from American Power Yoga in 2006. I have since studied and participated in multiple workshops including Dharma Mittra, Rod Stryker, David Swenson, Dave Oliver, Ana Forrest, Beryl Bender Birch and Shiva Rea to name a few. I am also a certified Core Fusion teacher at Exhale Spa where I also teach yoga. I teach yoga at Equinox as well. I feel so grateful to be able to share, inspire and empower... Read the profile >>
Brook Benten
Southern Methodist University
Brook Benten, M.Ed., serves as Fitness Director at Southern Methodist University. In 2009, she received the President’s Award for Continuing Excellence. Brook’s mission at Southern Methodist University is to educate students on basic nutrition and physical fitness, and impart a passion for exercise and a lifelong pursuit of health and wellness. Brook is President of Cardiopump Fitness, LLC. Her premier workout video, "Kettlebell: Butts & Guts by Brook Benten" was released in 2008. She also has free downloadable Treadmill and Indoor Cycling workouts available at www.cardiopump.com. Brook Benten was the March 2009 “Wellness Spotlight” for the American College Personnel Association. She is a national presenter and continuing education provider for the American... Read the profile >>
Jayme Bushmiaer
My yoga journey began in February of 2003 shortly after I moved to Dallas upon graduating from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. But in all actuality I've been on it my entire life. My parents taught me that things were never hopeless, not to let people or events affect you, that material things will not make you happy, and live for today. (True yogis and they didn't even know it!) They were and are the two most amazing people I will ever know. I truly believe that I found American Power Yoga because it was my life’s destiny. I was looking for something but had no idea what that might be. At this point in my life things were not good. I was unfocused, insecure, scared, unhealthy, and really missing my parents (By 1999 I had lost both of my parents to long battles of... Read the profile >>
Kendall Inman
Kendall was first introduced to ashtanga yoga in college over 20 years ago. She is a 200 hour Yoga Alliance registered yoga instructor (RYT), as well as on her way to a 500 hour certification. Her study and practice has been greatly influenced by many of the great world renowned yoga masters. You may recognize Kendall as the founder of Living Yoga Dallas. In that capacity she has produced and participated in over 45 local yoga workshops over the past 5 years with such highly influential yoga masters like Manju Jois, Seane Corn, Beryl Bender Birch, Saul David Raye. Tim Miller, Baron Baptiste, John Friend, Richard Freeman, Ana Forrest, Manorama, Victor van Kooten and Angela Farmer, Erich Shiffmann, Richard Freeman, Sharon Gannon and David Life of Jivamukti Yoga, Rod Stryker, Dave Romanelli,... Read the profile >>
Kurt Johnsen
Kurt Johnsen is founder of American Power Yoga, a nationally recognized yoga system and host of the nationally televised Yoga for Life. He has taught thousands of students and has trained and certified dozens of American Power Yoga instructors. He is the official yoga instructor for the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. His first yoga DVD, American Power Yoga, Strength, has sold thousands of copies world wide. He has trained for more than 20 years in martial arts and yoga and is a master of the Lightening Fire Mountain System of Tibetan Kung Fu. He also trained in Lama Yoga, Needle in the Cotton (Tibetan Tai Chi), Chi Gong, acupuncture, herbology, Brazilian Ju Jitsu and Tai Chi Chuan. Kurt has explored many forms of meditation, including lucid dreaming and astral projection. At the Cooper... Read the profile >>
Leanne Hall
Leanne's journey in Yoga began in 2001 after graduating with a B.S. from Ohio University and moving to Dallas to begin a career in Advertising. Discovering her true passion in Yoga, Leanne is now the Owner of True Yoga and is “inspiring, awakening and empowering people everywhere to fulfill their dreams, realize their true potential and live an extraordinary life physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.” Since taking her first Yoga class, Leanne has been on an incredible journey of self-empowerment, transformation and wellness. Her journeys have taken her to study with some of the most famous Yoga Masters worldwide including her teacher Shiva Rea, and many others along the way such as David Swenson, Dharma Mittra, John Friend, Baron Baptiste, Sharon Gannon and David Life,... Read the profile >>
Susie Farnick
From the momentum and rigor of Vinyasa to the peacefulness of Yin, all styles of yoga have a place in the heart of Susie Farnick. Her philosophy is simple: "YOGA IS FOR EVERYONE, and my job is to make it accessible." There seems to be a common misconception that Yoga is for the flexible, affluent, vegetarian "bend master" who can put their legs behind their head to reach enlightenment, but it's designed for all walks of life. Her most inspiring teacher? Matthew Sanford, a visionary of possibility and hope who teaches yoga from his wheelchair due to a devastating accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Yoga was introduced to me shortly after losing my mother to cancer. "I instantly found a sanctuary of healing and total mind, body and spiritual wellness from that small... Read the profile >>