The Teachers

THE TEACHERS

Body Mind Awareness Yoga Teachers

Irene Clurman

. . . has been practicing yoga since the late 1970s. She has studied with numerous Iyengar teachers in Denver and completed her apprenticeship with Athena in Evergreen. Irene is interested in the spiritual aspects of yoga and in ways to integrate yoga into daily life. She is also a writer and director of the Beth Evergreen Hebrew school in Evergreen, Colorado.

Kim
Evezich

. . . started yoga in 1985 as a warm-up method for her dance studies. She has been teaching yoga in the Iyengar tradition since 1992. The Iyengar tradition emphasizes alignment, use of props to make poses accessible to all body types, precise instruction, and therapeutic poses. Kim has achieved her Iyengar Introductory I and II certifications. Certification in the Iyengar method requires knowledge of Sanskrit, anatomy, physiology, therapeutic poses, instruction technique, breath work and competence in 100 basic poses. Kim's Friday morning level two class focuses on alignment and athleticism, with a portion of each class devoted to therapeutic poses.

Athena Flegas

. . . developed Body Mind Awareness Yoga as a safe, balanced approach to Hatha Yoga. She focuses on breath, awareness, and alignment to gently guide students into yoga poses. Her style of working individually with students in the classroom allows for a more therapeutic approach. Her hope is that through her interactions and guidance in the classroom, the student is encouraged to tap into their true essence and feel a total integration of body, mind, and spirit on and off the yoga mat.

A continuing student of yoga since the early 1970s, Athena received her Yoga teacher’s certification in 1985, Massage Therapy and Body Centered Therapy certifications in 1990. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance and teaches Taoist Heart Centered meditation. Her style of teaching yoga has been mostly influenced by the Iyengar tradition, the Feldenkrais and Pilates systems of movement, her Heart Centered meditation practice and her reverence for the yogic philosophy.

Jimmy
Flegas Jones

. . . took up yoga in 1991 and became convinced of its power during his rehabilitation from a hip replacement in 1993 which motivated him to begin teaching yoga in 1995. He has completed the BMA yoga apprenticeship program. He enjoys helping people use yoga to recover from or prevent physical injuries and surgeries. Currently he is a technical writer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and President of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society.

Sharon
Staubach
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. . . is teacher-certified in Integrative Yoga Therapy. She is very active in the state-wide Yoga Teachers of Colorado and the National Yoga Alliance, which provides support, standards, and recognition for yoga professionals. She is a licensed psychotherapist and has a gentle approach to yoga with a strong focus on integrating body, mind, and spirit. Since 1996, she has been integrating Yoga and psychotherapy toward a model for holistic healing.

Allyn Breech

. . . has been studying yoga for more than 8 years, primarily with Athena and Kim. She has completed the BMA yoga apprenticeship program with Athena and uses yoga in her everyday life both spiritually and as a complement to all of her sports. She has been a tennis pro and is now a practicing certified massage therapist and Reiki Master.

Arlynne Stark

. . . is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Dance/Movement Therapist. She has had over twenty-five years of clinical experience with a wide variety of clients, including those with illness and/or injury. Prior to her move to Evergreen in 1997, she was professor and Director of the Dance/Movement Therapy Graduate Program at Goucher College in Baltimore, MD and in private practice. She has been involved in body therapies for over 25 years and yoga for 16 years. She has been a yoga teacher at BMA for three years.

Body Mind Awareness Yoga Center
Evergreen, Colorado
303-674-6047
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