Instructors, FYTT II
Carrie Adams
Carrie came to yoga via a circuitous path. Her first occupation was as a student of Nature. This grew from a childhood love, where she raised a wide variety of critters in her very tolerant parents’ garage and yard, into a passion and a career. Her love of the outdoors led her to learn to scuba dive, which led to a degree in biology from UCSC, which in turn led to a Masters degree in Marine Science. She has been fortunate enough to have worked at the Long Marine Laboratory in Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz City Museum, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the Oakland Museum.
A combination of a deep belief in the interconnectedness of nature and a love of dance and movement led Carrie try her first yoga class in 2001. Since then she has been been a dedicated practitioner, and received her first teaching certification in 2002. In 2006 she became a certified Anusara Yoga teacher.
Carrie has taught people of all all ages and levels of fitness in a variety of locations in the Bay Area, including studios, senior centers, the Berkeley Public School System, and the YMCA. She believes in the power of yoga to change people’s lives, as is grateful to be able to offer back what she has so graciously been given from her teachers.
Carrie lives in Berkeley, with her husband, a 14 year old son, and a Guinea Pig. In addition to practicing and teaching yoga, she enjoys telemark skiing, mountain biking, kayaking, and dancing of any kind.
Cybèle Tomlinson
Cybèle Tomlinson is a teacher and the co-director of the Berkeley Yoga Center where she offers classes and workshops. Her yoga journey began in her twenties when she discovered Kundalini yoga; later she studied Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vini and Yin Yoga. Yoga has enhanced Cybèle’s life in so many ways-by supporting vibrant health, emotional balance, and mental clarity-and ultimately leading to lasting inner transformation. It has acted as an essential support for living well in a complex, changing world, while also providing a refuge. Mostly, her practice has led to a life that is more authentic and free.
Cybèle’s teaching is directly inspired by her own experiences with yoga. She teaches in a clear, simple way, inviting students to skillfully explore and work their own “edge.” She provides an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere in which to become more aware of the various layers of inner experience. Teachers who have most influenced and inspired her practice and teaching are T.K.V. Desikachar, Erich Schiffmann, Sarah Powers, Richard Miller, and Donald Moyer.
As well as teaching, Cybèle also writes; she is the author of Simple Yoga and Ayurveda Wisdom. She is currently deeply immersed in the Diamond Approach, a contemporary spiritual teaching. She lives with her husband and two sons in Berkeley. Email: [email protected]
Eric Shaw
Eric Shaw, E-RYT 500, is known for his unique insights into the yoga tradition and his creative approach to yoga posework and sequencing. His 25-year background in the movement and meditation arts is supplemented by graduate degrees in Education, Religious Studies, Art, and Asian Studies. He is the creator of Prasana Yoga and Yoga Education through Imagery, and teaches yoga philosophy and practice worldwide. See his writing in Yoga Journal and other publications. www.prasanayoga.com
Kristyn Marshman
Kristyn is a long time student of Richard Freeman, having studied at the Yoga Workshop for 7 years where she assisted Richard regularly and completed Richard’s first teachers training in 1999. She lived in India for one year. She has taught Mysore style Ashtanga yoga in Boulder, New York City, San Francisco and Berkeley. She refined her understanding of alignment and giving adjustments by developing a “listening touch” through the study of Rosen Method Bodywork. Her touch contacts the students physical blocks in a pose, while also honing in on the aliveness that occurs in the moment the student is accessing the inner form. She continues to be passionately interested in the way the body holds to protect and minimize our experience as a way of coping with life. And she deeply values the practice of yoga, psychotherapy and Rosen method for accesssing these deep rooted protections that infringe on our aliveness.
Kristyn resides in Berkeley with her three children and husband and is a Rosen Method Practitioner. Schedule a session with Kristyn by calling (415) 706-7255.