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Vickie Aldridge
Vickie is a certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor, with over 30 years of experience in yoga. She has studied with the Iyengars many times, both in the United States and India, with the most recent being January 2007. She and her husband Jerry, own the Boise Yoga Center and also teach Yoga at Boise State University. Vickie has been a guest Yoga teacher for many years at various cities throughout the U.S. She feels her Yoga practice helps her through the many challenges of life. Her teaching style is patient, clear, warmhearted and joyful. She has a particular interest in therapeutic Yoga and has been working in that field for over 12 years. Vickie was on staff at Idaho Rehabilitation & Pain Center, teaching Yoga to chronic pain patients and also at St.Alphonsus Ambulatory & Rehabilitative Services (STARS) creating private Yoga programs for a broad range of patients. Vickie has received the confidence of physical therapists, doctors, her patients and students. Vickie is a 15-year member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
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Jerry Aldridge
Jerry is originally from Kentucky and served in the Vietnam War. He was an aircraft technician for over 20 years and came to yoga to rehabilitate a shoulder injury from weight lifting. He now does massage and yoga. Jerry is the only male certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor in Idaho. He has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and has studied with the Iyengars in the U.S. and India. He feels that his teaching has been most influenced by George Purvis and John Friend. He teaches at the Boise Yoga Center, Boise State University and Corporate Yoga. Jerry brings to his teaching a practical approach and a great sense of humor, and encourages his students to move beyond their perceived limitations.
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James Burton
James Burton is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher who has recently relocated to Boise from Sydney, Australia where he studied yoga for nine years with one of BKS Iyengar's most senior students, Pixie Lillas, as well as with the Iyengars in Pune, India. James has a challenging yet supportive teaching style. He particularly enjoys teaching beeginners and gets a great sense of satisfaction seeing them progress in their practice.
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Don Gura
Don Gura is a certified Iyengar Yoga instructor who embraced yoga after a life of physical and competitive sports. he brings an active rejuvenating tone to his classes. Don has studied yoga since 1995 and has studied in India with the Iyengars, most recently December, 2006.
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M'Tae
M'Tae loves to share what she has learned through her many years of study in hatha yoga, meditation and life. She has taught yoga in Boise since 1989 and has been a student of Iyengar Yoga since 1984. M'Tae delights in bringing the mind and body together as a way to explore our natural, spiritual nature.
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Carolyn Potts
Carolyn Potts resorted to yoga when she couldn't find enough dance classes. She was instantly hooked. She has devoted herself to studying with a variety of teachers and continues to be compelled by yoga's invitation to work from the inside to the outside. Carolyn currently works as a consultant to teachers and is an art teacher to young children.
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