Yoga @ Noon
Sandi Mende
Sandi's passion for yoga developed at Downtown Yoga. The warm supportive environment and physical benefits achieved while practicing fed her desire to learn more. She completed the 200 hour Advanced Studies Program in June of 2012 and is a registered yoga instructor through Yoga Alliance. She enjoys sharing her knowledge of Iyengar yoga and the benefits that come with having a daily yoga practice
She enjoys living in Livermore with her husband and two sons (which are currently away in college). She also enjoys running and hiking, followed by a great yoga session!
Judy Brennan
www.YogaforLife.guru
Elisa Mott
Mary Monahan
Shawna Scizak
Early in life Shawna began exploring the benefits of exercise, particularly those associated with improved emotional and mental wellbeing. She worked in the fitness industry for seven years, taught exercise classes, and was certified by several nationally recognized exercise organizations. Although acquainted with the basics of yoga, it wasn’t until 2008 that she discovered a teacher who inspired her into a deeper appreciation of the practice and revealed that what she had always sought at the gym was actually waiting for her in the yoga studio. Yoga has turned out to be the mind, body, spirit connection that she’d been seeking and so, in 2010, she graduated from Brentwood Yoga Center's Advanced Yoga Studies Program and became certified with the Yoga Alliance. She also took her pursuit of yoga half way around the world when she accompanied Jim, Kate, and her teacher Sandy on their spectacular retreat to India. As a student first and a teacher second, she hopes to use her knowledge and enthusiasm to bring the life changing benefits of yoga to others. She currently lives in Discovery Bay with her husband, Mike, and two dogs, Jazmine and Bodhi.