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Joanne Bazarian
As a child Joanne watched her Mother practice Yoga in the living room. She would join her mom and cobblers pose was Joanne's position of choice. Joanne walked into her first yoga class in 1997 and never looked back. Her very first class was a Bikram advanced class (whew!). She has studied Iyengar, Ashtanga and Bikram.
Joanne is co-director of Perfect Balance Yoga and her ideal is to introduce Yoga to people so they might experience the joys of what yoga can do for them.“Yoga is a wonderful and true embodiment of all that is good for you. The benefits achieved by practicing Yoga are unmatched by any other form of exercise. I love the peacefulness and mindfulness. Taking care of myself, body and spirit is very important, Yoga gives me peace, it gives me balance, and it gives me an overall feeling of goodness”.
Joanne has studied with many instructors in the Bay Area. Since returning to Fresno she studied with Nancy Wubenhorst and feels very grateful to have been instructed by the Ashtanga Yoga Master, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.
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Elizabeth Burnison
As an avid yoga practitioner, Elizabeth has been incorporating yoga into her life since 2005. Upon moving to California in 2008, Elizabeth enhanced her knowledge of asana, yogic philosophy, and spirituality by completing the 200-hour teacher training program offered at Perfect Balance Yoga. As a result of her training, Elizabeth has implemented yoga into her heart, mind, daily life, and she has found that by doing so her life is much more fulfilling, compassionate, and peaceful. She has great passion for yoga and sharing it with others.
Elizabeth’s interest in Ayurveda and Meditation is empowering her to pursue continuing education in these areas, deepening her spiritual journey and healthy lifestyle. Aside from yoga, Elizabeth teaches science to pre-teens/teenagers in the California public educational system, she has found that yoga helps her stay grounded in all aspects of life, especially in the classroom!
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Jennifer Dooms
Jennifer is certified as a Massage Practitioner and Usui Reiki Master Teacher. She specializes in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Pregnancy Massage and Reiki healing for both people and animals.
Reach Jen for appointments.
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Masayo Kawai
Masayo is a graduate of Perfect Balance Yoga’s 200 hour certification program.
Yoga has been a part of her life since 2003. Her practice is mainly Ashtanga, she feels that yoga has made her life more enriched as well as healthier. Masayo taught Aerobics in Japan. She loves sharing her passion of yoga with others. Her teaching style is a flowing melody of movement.
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Liz McAfee
Liz has an extensive athletic background. For the last ten years, she has been Co-Director of Just Us Girls: La Femme Sportive (a woman’s athletic network). Liz has competed in triathlon, marathon, half marathon, master swimming, open-water swimming, cyclocross and cycling for many years. She is well-versed in maximizing her workouts/trainings with limited time.
Discovering her breath and a sense of peace at Perfect Balance Yoga Studio in October 2010 proved to be an exhilarating experience for Liz. So inspired by that sweet breath, she completed the 200-Hour Teacher Training program in June 2011 and teachs Yin/Gentle Yoga as well as Basic Yoga.
Liz loves to teach with humor and variety, mixing in Pilates with her asana. Ever the student (and a voracious reader), she studies other forms of yoga, currently Yin and Anusara.
Determined to keep the aging process at bay and to increase her flexibility and strength, Liz practices yoga regularly as she keeps putting one foot in front of the other, with a smile.
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Cristi Newport
Certified Pregnancy Yoga Instructor, trained by Janice Clarfield of Vancouver, Canada. Cristi has practiced yoga since 1997. She has a deep commitment to pregnant women and their special needs and concerns, instructing her prenatal yoga classes with love, support and caring. She has a delightful, heartwarming, and humorous nature with her students and life.
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Giovanni Pivirotto
Giovanni has been exploring body arts through yoga, dance & sport for a lifetime. He surfed many years on Hawaiian waves at breaks like Ala Moana & Ehukai. Backpacking, road cycling and practicing yoga on the beach were favorites.
"Surfing like yoga involves meditation and inner reflection, it guides patience and embraces self & other lifeforms and elevates courage to address internal fears”. “People gain a greater love & appreciation for the natural splendor around them that we sometimes take for granted”. He studied International dance and Ballroom dance. He instructed dance in the Central Valley, also dancing in theater. He used to lift weights 5-6 days per week, and sustained several injuries. Giovanni believes he is more fit now with yoga and has healed those injuries.
He has instructed over 8450 hours of yoga classes ranging from beginning through advanced and is the Director of Teacher Training. His personal yoga practice is inspired by instruction from some of Northern California's finest teachers including Shastri and Nancy Wubenhorst. Giovanni feels honored and appreciative to have received instruction by Ashtanga Yoga Master, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Giovanni feels most grateful for a deep breath.
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Mark Rose
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Steffani Sanchez
As a mom, coach and friend, Steffani Sanchez is happy to share her enthusiasm for fitness. In the past few years she has obtained certifications from USA Swimming as a swimming coach, USA Triathlon as a Triathlon Coach and AFAA as a Personal Trainer. Her first love in fitness is running and this year was able to achieve a lifelong goal of qualifying for and participating in the Boston Marathon. When not in the pool, on a run or on a bike as a youth swim and triathlon coach, she also enjoys leading various fitness classes such as indoor cycling, boot camp, water aerobic and body sculpting. If it has to do with fitness, she’s bound to give it a try. Her latest love in fitness is Pilates and is happy to share it with her new friends at Perfect Balance Yoga.
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Leslie Howard - Our honored guest Instructor!
Leslie Howard holds a 320-hour Advanced Studies Certificate from Rodney Yee, a 300-hour teacher training certificate with Tony Briggs, and a 500 hour Yoga Alliance certification. Leslie has been practicing for over fifteen years in New York City and the Bay Area, including twelve years of teaching, workshops, and annual yoga retreats. Previous international retreats have included Egypt, Hawaii, Mexico, and Italy. She is currently apprenticing under Manouso Manos and Ramanand Patel, both of whom hold the highest certificates given in the system of Iyengar Yoga. Leslie also continues her studies of the Pelvic Floor with Susanne Kemmerer whenever Susanne is in the Bay Area.
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Shastri - Our honored guest instructor!
Anirudh Shastri is a well-known and highly respected hatha yoga teacher with an extensive background in yoga philosophy. He has been teaching yoga for more than 20 years, bringing his deep knowledge of the physical and spiritual aspects of yogic philosophy to his many students on the peninsula and in the South bay, as well as the Central San Joaquin Valley. Shastri trained in India and studied under the guidance of Shri Vishnu Prasadji. Shastri is also teaches the philosophy module of PB Yoga's teacer Training. Shastri's DVD was filmed at Perfect Balance Yoga, and is available for sale at the studio.
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