Our Teachers

Pamela Grubb, E-RYT-500 hour

Director/Teacher

About Pamela

Terri Kading Wheeler, RYT/CYI

A certified and registered 200 hour yoga teacher; she is working on her 500 hour teacher certification at the Himalayan Institute.  She completed a 3 year student internship at Mindful Yoga Studio prior to her certification.  She has been studying the healing art of yoga since 1994.  Terri is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of clinical experience.  She maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Racine, WI.  Her interests include yoga for reducing anxiety and depression and healing from trauma.  She has a special understanding about working with the hips.   Her classes focus on stress management, and often use yoga props to accentuate a sense of emotional grounding in the practice.

 

Sandy Thurwanger, RYT/CYI

A Certified and Registered 200 hour yoga teacher, Sandy has been a student of yoga since 2005. Certified in Yoga and Pilate's from FYB (Feel Your Best) in 2008.  In 2007 she began teaching in Racine, WI.  In 2009, she become a student and teacher intern at the Mindful Yoga Studio. As a teacher Sandy focuses on nourishing the pelvic floor and assisting students in building a strong foundation in their practice. She has transformed her yoga in working the body from the inside out, healing from a pelvic floor dysfunction.  

Student Teaching

If you are interested in teaching yoga, or have your 200 hour teacher certification, want to learn and develop more specific knowledge on how to adapt poses for a variety of conditions, how to improve your teaching skills, improve your own postures, and/or develop a deeper and richer awareness on your teaching skills, consider becoming a student teacher at the Mindful Yoga Studio. To learn more, contact Pamela.

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Gentle Yoga (Teacher Terri Kading Wheeler)
This class is for people with neck, back, shoulder discomfort and seniors who want simple stretches and postures to improve flexibility and health. Learn to breath naturally, calming your nervous system. Appropriate variations are given to students depending on their needs and ability. Each class ends with a quiet relaxation.

Yoga For Every Body  (Teacher Terri Kading Wheeler)

This class is for those with varying levels of yoga experience regardless of size, shape, age or physical conditions. Students participate in modified, adapted yoga asanas in a supportive environment.  Students learn how to use props, chairs, blankets, pillows, and other household items to adapt their yoga practice.  Class is focused on stretching, strengthening, and increasing flexibility, while improving balance and coordination.  Learn to reduce hypertension and stress through deep breathing practices and guided relaxations, going to the edge of your comfort zone, resting there with a conscious attention to the breath.   Heal joint pain, body aches and have increased energy in order to gain back your power of self.

Fundamentals of Yoga***Beginner Yoga/Yoga 1

(Teacher Pamela Grubb or Sandy Thurwanger)
This class is for individuals who have never taken a yoga class or who enjoy the mellow pace of a beginner class. Focus is on the back, neck, and shoulders, as well as standing and sitting postures. Using diaphragmatic breathing and warm ups with simple yogic stretches students learn to relax the muscles of the body and improve overall health and well being. The class works on the components of the sun salutation along with a variety of poses depending on the students' weekly needs.  Appropriate variations are given to students depending on their needs and ability. Each class ends with a quiet relaxation.

Yoga 2 (Teacher Pamela Grubb)
This class is for individuals who have at least 6 months yoga experience.  Students are asked to have a basic understanding of the sun salutation and diaphragmatic breathing. The focus of this class is to deepen awareness of the alignment of the body in asanas (poses) with the use of breath. Poses are often done in a flow or vinyasa style (2 or more poses linked together by the breath). 

Students hold poses longer to deepen their experience. Focus in poses are given to feet, knees, hamstrings, quadriceps, hips, and neck to help students develop body/mind awareness. Students often begin to have a home practice at this level.  Pranayama (breathing work) and meditation are taught. Each class ends with a quiet relaxation, meditation, and pranayama practice.

Yoga 1 & 2 (All Levels) (Teacher Pamela Grubb or Sandy Thurwanger)
This class is open to all levels of students regardless of experience. Depending on the students in class, the focus is on releasing into the poses and working on understanding alignment and breath to gain stability, balance, and strength. Students learn how to move into each pose. Attention is paid to how to move in the body, to release areas of tension, and relax into the body. Students learn what to do for the body physically, as well as emotionally, to assist them through difficult times.  Some vinyasa, or flow of poses will be done in class. Each class ends with a quiet relaxation. Refer to beginner yoga description for more information.

Private and Yoga Therapy Sessions (Teacher Pamela Grubb)
One on one sessions are wonderful for those who may be intimidated by a class, who want personalized instruction, or have a specific condition. During this time you learn about your body and how the body compensates for injury, tightness, or day-to-day living. Private sessions may be of interest to those with health concerns such as asthma, allergies, back issues, cancer, or other health related aliments. Session are 1 hour. Fee: $65