LivYoga Teacher Training...

Andrew Sugerman has been practicing yoga for 13 years. He traveled to India in 2000 to study at the Krisnamacarya Yoga Mandiram in Madras, India under the tutelage of T.K.V.Desikachar and his senior students. That experience ignited in him a desire to teach yoga. Andrew went on to more advanced study with the premier American Viniyoga teacher, Gary Kraftsow, director of the American Viniyoga Institute, located in Maui, Hawaii. After many trips to Maui, Kraftsow certified him to teach yoga in 2003; then as a yoga therapist in 2005. Andrew started out teaching yoga to groups, but the highly personalized, therapeutic nature of his training organically evolved toward one to one private work. Over the years, he has worked with and helped people who fall across the spectrum of issues and illnesses, physical, mental, and emotional. In addition to his private practice, he is the staff yoga therapist for H & D Physical Therapy, a practice committed to the highest quality of individual patient care. Andrew leads workshops internationally, and has taught yoga in the New York-Presbyterian psychiatric rehabilitation program. Andrew studied yoga philosophy and the Yogasutra with Srivatsa Ramaswami of Chennai, a long time student of T. Krisnamacarya. Andrew is on the teaching staff at the American Viniyoga Institute,

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from Washington University, St. Louis. Master of Arts in Pathokinesiology from New York University, NY, NY, 1991. Doctor of Physical Therapy from University of Medicine and Dentistry, NJ, 2003. Dr. Zucker also has an appointment as an adjunct professor in the doctoral program for physical therapy at University of Medicine and Dentistry. She has a private practice in Livingston, NJ specializing in orthopedic and musculoskeletal injuries.

Ellen is a passionate and dedicated student of the yoga tradition. She has studied and practiced with Raji Thron (Yoga Synthesis), Erich Schiffmann (Advanced Teacher Training), Dharma Mittra (Classical Hatha), T.K.V. Desikachar (Viniyoga), Richard Freeman (Ashtanga Vinyasa), Jonas Westring (Thai Yoga Bodywork), Joseph LePage (Integrative Yoga Therapy), Angela Farmer, Aadil Palkhivala (Senior Iyengar Teacher), Donna Farhi, John Friend (Anusara), Shiva Rea (Vinyasa Flow) and other inspiring teachers. In June 2004, Ellen completed a Restorative Yoga Teachers’ Training at Kripalu, with Sudha Carolyn Lundeen. Ellen’s classes interweave elements of creative Vinyasa, Alignment Principles, inner guidance, Yogic breath work, passive and Restorative Yoga. Most recently, Ellen developed the Masala Restorative Yoga Teachers’ Training based on those techniques. Ellen holds certifications from Yoga Synthesis, Shri Yogi Dharma Mittra and Kripalu, and is registered with Yoga Alliance.

Glenn is a  graduate of Liv Yoga's Teacher Training and has been practicing yoga with his wife Sarah since 2002, primarily in the Iyengar tradition. His interest in Tai Chi and Ayurveda are an outgrowth of a fascination for Eastern studies, and his immersion into the Sutras and Vedantas comes from a life-long fascination with religion and religious texts. In addition to studying text, Glenn's interests include art, history, travel, biking, orchids, bonsai and French wines. Glenn currently works in corporate management, which gives him ample opportunity to practice the principles of balance and endurance and confirms the applicability of yoga to all aspects of life.
 

John is a Certified Anusara™ Yoga Instructor and has studied extensively with Anusara founder John Friend. . In 2003, John completed a formal 400 hour teacher training with Todd Norian and has assisted Todd’s tt since. John also had the privilege of traveling to India with Desiree Rambaugh and assisted her while teaching at the International Yoga Fesitival in Rishikesh in 2007.John began playing ice-hockey at the age of six and played throughout high school. In college, he got heavily into weight-training. In 1999 he was introduced to yoga and left the gym for good the following year. He found that yoga offered a much better work out without all the strain on the body and actually grew a full inch! Since finding Anusara Yoga in 2002, he has remained dedicated to The Universal Principles of Alignment™ and no longer needs to see the chiropractor. Combining an amazing, therapeutic workout with a life enhancing, heart opening practice inspired by a tantric philosophy of intrinsic goodness, John has found his path. John feels that this practice is a way to awaken to the full spectrum of life and to heal and inspire others to align with their greatest good thus raising the vibration for all. The inspiration of this practice has taken John to India, Egypt, Costa Rica and all over the States as he loves to travel and explore different cultures and perspectives of life.

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After unsuccessfully trying western medications for years, Nancy turned to Ayurveda to heal severe cystic acne, hair loss and depression which Ayurvedic medications. Nancy was so impressed with this science of life, she gave up her engineering career to become an Ayurvedic Practitioner. Nancy has been a Practitioner since 2002 and had owned and operated an full service Ayurvedic Day Spa that included body therapies and consultations. She also credits Ayurveda in bringing her and husband though a difficult period in their marriage and helped them conceive two healthy children.

Raji was initiated into Classical Hatha Yoga in 1974 at the age of twelve in India. He has since trained in Iyengar Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Viniyoga, and Kundalini yoga. Raji began teaching in 1983 while in college. After traveling to India in 1990 to study with Pattabhi Jois, he joined the teaching staff at Richard Freeman’s “The Yoga Workshop” in Boulder, CO. In 1994 he moved to Santa Barbara and then Los Angeles, where he studied and taught with top yoga instructors of the area. He participated in teachers’ trainings given by Erich Schiffmann at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center, Ganga White and Tracey Rich at White Lotus Foundation, and the staff at Yoga Works in Santa Monica. Most recently, Raji completed an intermediate Iyengar teacher training and therapeutic intensive with Aadil Palkhivala in Bellevue, WA. He uses a synthesis of methods and styles, making his teaching versatile and creative.

has been practicing Reiki since 2000 and has a level 3 Reiki attunement. A graduate of Livyoga's teacher training program, she has been teaching yoga and meditation for the past few years at the high school where she teaches English.

Sky has a background in theater, music and dance. She carries her penchant for creativity into her teaching of yoga. Originally from Miami Beach, FL, she moved to NYC to go to Barnard College and stayed on in New York to pursue a career on Broadway. While doing so, she began studying yoga at Be Yoga in order to focus her energy, relief stress, build both physical and spiritual strength, and gain flexibility in all senses of the word. Before long she began her 200-hour teacher training at that very same studio under the tutelage of Alan Finger, Jean Koerner and Beverley Murphy in the ISHTA system of yoga. She went on to pursue advanced teacher training and received her 500-hour yoga teacher certification in November of 2003. Sky brings a vibrant awareness into her teaching by reminding students of the very reciprocal nature of one's life and one's yoga practice.