Meet the teachers at Yoga for the Peaceful!
Monica Mesa
See more about Monica on her web page!
Monica teaches Prana Flow, Kids Yoga, Vinyasa Basics and private lessons!
Juliet Stillman
Juliet Stillman became inspired to be a serious yoga student under Monica Mesa's amazing teachings. Something about the fluid flows of vinyasa made her feel graceful and peaceful. In her class, 'Meditative Flow', she tries create a space that achieves these feelings for all. When Juliet isn't enjoying the beauty of Crested Butte or practicing yoga, she is playing with dogs at her business Oh Be Dogful Pet Ranch.
Juliet teaches Gentle Yoga and Meditative flow
Trish Layton
Trish teaches Vital Roots Yoga
Mary Picciano
Mary teaches Core Power
Sarah Darval
Sarah has been practicing yoga since she was introduced to it on a school backpacking trip 12 years ago. She is grateful to her teacher Mary Beth Nehl who introduced her to the primary series and to Monica Mesa for encouraging her to deepen her practice and begin teaching. Sarah is passionate about vinyasa yoga for cultivating body, breath, and mind, and preparing the body for meditation. Sarah teaches “Yoga and Meditation” classes and “Prana Flow” classes at Yoga for the Peaceful. Along with teaching yoga, Sarah has a massage therapy business in town called Escape Bodywork Boutique and she teaches Buddhism classes at Western State College. She lives in town with her partner Mike and her dog Louis.
Sarah is also a massage therapist specializing in relaxation massage, deep tissue work, and Ayurvedic Abhyanga massage. Her studies in Transformational Neuromuscular Therapy influence her style as she considers the whole person (mental, emotional, physical, and energetic) while facillitating change in the muscles. She owns Escape Bodywork and can be reached at (970) 765-8065 or online at www.crestedbuttemassage.com.
Linda Oleson
Linda was born and raised in Minnesota and will always be a Midwestern girl at heart. However, seeking warmer weather, she has spent her last 20 years in San Diego. It was there that she received her Bachelors in Criminal Justice Administration & Women Studies and a Masters in Social Work from the University of San Diego. It was also there that she met her husband Lee and brought two beautiful, healthy twin girls into this world. Feeling the effects of carrying and birthing twins led her to yoga to find healing for her body. Having children prompted her to seek a lighter and safer profession than her years as a Social Worker. She has her Registered Yoga Training, (RYT) through Indra Devi Method, Yoga Fit I, II, Children’s Yoga training and Qigong Fusion training. Linda is now currently studying Thai Massage, is very active in the Crested Butte Community School, and has an unquenching thirst for fitness and health that is contagious!
Linda teaches Chi Yoga Flow
Jessica Frankman
Jessica began her love of Yoga in college, taking classical Hatha, Iyengar and Ashtanga. She began taking Kundalini with Jani Wedmore-Polanski and felt that it was that style that most resonated with her spirit, body, and mind. The Mountain lifestyle and the adventure possibilities attracted Jessica to Crested Butte in 1997. She has flourished with her Shiatsu massage, found her love, and proceeded to call Crested Butte home. Jessica teaches Kundalini
Paul and Mary Alice Kirincic
Paul and Mary Alice have been married for 39 years, getting married in their late teens. They are not your average couple. On their journey together they have experienced the opportunities a long relationship can bring, including raising four daughters, managing two successful careers and practicing Tantra and Intimacy techniques. They have also experienced the hardships that long term relationships sometimes bring, including addictions and recovery, issues around money, intimacy, health, and loss of cherished family members. Through all of this, their relationship has grown stronger and their commitment to one another has blossomed. By any standard, their relationship and marriage is very special. As part of their journey for the past seven years, they have studied intimacy and Tantra, working with The Institute for Ecstatic Living. There, they have participated in Tantric workshops and assisted workshops and Tantric holiday vacations in Mexico and Costa Rica. They have attended workshops led by Margot Anand, the founder of the SkyDancing Institute and author of "The Art of Sexual Ecstasy" among others. They have also led workshops through Ashimore, their venture into providing Intimacy workshops and teaching material to the broader public." Paul and Mary Alice are thrilled to be able to share their passion for Tantra, Intimacy, and meditation to the Crested Butte community.
Tiffany Betts
Tiffany teaches Vinyasa and Prana Flow, and will be offering Drumming and Dance Workshops for yoga students this summer. She has studied with many incredible teachers since she began her exploration of yoga as a high school student in Los Angeles, CA. Having been exposed to a wide variety of styles and philosophies, she has integrated these influences to offer classes that balance the freedom and fluidity of Vinyasa with the precision of Iyengar and Anusara alignment principles. In addition to her yoga practice, she loves rock climbing, dancing, drumming, poetry, her husband-to-be, and her rambunctious puppy. Tiffany is also a Certified Massage Therapist and a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist. Her massage style integrates Deep Tissue,Swedish, Shiatsu, and Reflexology. She is available for sessions in Gunnison and Crested Butte. Craniosacral treatments are offered free of charge all summer; massage rates are reduced for Y4P students.Contact Tiffany at tiffhop@gmail.com for more information. See energyschool.com to learn more about Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy.Jessica Carroll
Jessica has been living in Crested Butte for two years and is originally from Taos, NM. She holds a B.A. in Dance and Movement Health from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. In 2008 she traveled to complete a yoga teacher training in Maharashtra, India. Jessica was first introduced to yoga in 2002. After an ankle injury, it became a way to heal her body, continue to move and begin to connect with her breath. Over the past 8 years she has explored many styles of yoga including Anusara, Bikram, Satyananda, Kundalini and Viniyoga. Jessica has always had a strong connection to dance and movement-based healing arts. She has studied many different forms of Dance, Tai Chi and Bodywork, which she believes are all integrally connected. Her teaching is greatly influenced by her interest in energy, breath, anatomy and bodywork. She currently works as a massage therapist and infant-toddler teacher. In her free time she loves to travel, snowboard, rock climb and spend time outside camping.Jessica teaches Yoga Dance and Yoga for EveryBODY
Brenda Flemming
Brenda Flemming has studied with many Senior Iyengar Teachers over the past 26 years and gives her respect and appreciation to all the knowledge imbued; including her Guru’s the Iyengar Family in India, Manuoso Manos of San Francisco, California and Gabriella Guibilaro of Florence, Italy. Their brilliance and authenticity has profoundly touched her soul. Brenda has also made a purposeful point of studying other traditions and styles of yoga to allow for an increased understanding and relating through pure positive energy, because All Yoga is Great! Brenda shares the Philosophy, Science and Art knowledge of the Iyengar methods and what she has come to learn from running the Yoga Program at Western State College, CO for over 17 years. She encourages students to Extend into Abundant Potential through Union, the building of supreme nervous system health, open-mindedness, strength in the spine and the Yoga Lifestyle of cultivated eco-minded consciousness, super hero, spiritual supported yoga family community, and vibrant Sattvic living food nutrition that is highly mineralized so that we may do more of what serves us and thus enhance the well-being of all. Brenda inspires you to a new level of humanness. Learn more about Brenda at gunnisonschoolofyoga.com