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Kim Gruber, MS, RYT

Kim began her yoga practice in 2003 and began teaching within a year of starting her practice. Her love of yoga began with her immediate connection to the intensity and discipline of the Ashtanga practice . . . "I distinctly remember within only a few months of starting my yoga practice, knowing that it would be a lifelong practice." She began her study of Ashtanga with Lea Perfetti, at Tri-Cities Yoga and after two years of dedicated Ashtanga practice started to explore other styles of yoga including: Bikram, Iyengar, Power, and Vinyasa Flow yoga. Her current practice and teaching is inspired by the rhythm of the Ashtanga practice, the alignment of Iyengar, and the freedom of Vinyasa Flow.

Along with many hours of self-practice and study, Kim has completed: the Tri-Cites Yoga Studio teacher training (2003), a 40-hour Ashtanga yoga teacher training with David Swenson (2004), and a 200-hour Yoga Alliance teacher training with Jacqueline Heisel, at Frog Lotus Yoga (2007). Kim approaches every step onto the yoga mat as an opportunity to learn and is constantly humbled by the depth of the practice.

Kim received a B.S. in Biology from Binghamton University and an M.S. in Exercise Science from SUNY Cortland. As part of her graduate studies she conducted research on the physical fitness and psychological effects of Power yoga practice. Kim is a certified Health/Fitness Instructor with the American College of Sports Medicine and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), with Yoga Alliance.

   
 

Jason Shaw

For Jason, yoga is the natural evolution of his life-long pursuit of self-improvement.  Yet, unlike most yoga teachers, he did not immediately fall in love with the discipline.  Instead, he needed to reach the right time and place in his life to realize how life-enhancing yoga can be.

Building on an athletic background, Jason looks back and sees a broad path of activities leading to this point.  Starting with nearly fifteen years of dedicated, weight-lifting and over-lapped with nearly five years of martial arts study, yoga finally makes sense.  It balances strength with flexibility, focus with insight, and builds awareness on many levels.  It takes the best aspects of so many other disciplines and merges them into a single, salient system capable of being practiced along a spectrum of intensity levels.

Having become a dedicated student himself by 2002, he soon became consumed by it.  He trained to teach with Lea Perfetti and Jenny Crimmins at Tri-Cities Yoga and hasn't looked back.  By late 2003 he was teaching on a regular basis.  However, his own practice has not ended.  Teaching is simply another way to enhance his own awareness while simultaneously passing the seeds of his passion on to others.

 
   
 

Kristen Keuter, MS, RYT

Kristen has enjoyed practicing yoga since 1998. She fell in love with yoga immediately. That love is continually nourished by connecting with other wonderful yoga teachers, attending various workshops, reading, and practicing yoga. "I have a deep appreciation of the growth that can be acquired through not only my own personal practice, but by connecting with other yoga instructors and students." Kristen discovered her breath, learned to better manage energy and realized the potential for constant growth on and off the mat.

In addition, Kristen has completed several certifications. Tri-cities Yoga Studio teacher training (2003), and 200-hr Yoga Alliance teacher training with Jacqueline Heisel, at Frog Lotus Yoga Studio in the beautiful Berkshires of MA (2005). She received additional training in Radiant Child Yoga Program Level 1-2, with Shakta Kaur Khalsa at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health (2004), and training from Karen O'Donnell Clarke in Adaptive Chair Yoga for MS (2007).

Kristen is a full-time Special Education teacher for the Union-Endicott School District . She is a yoga instructor at Binghamton Yoga, Bally's Gym and teaches an after school "Little Yogis" class in the Vestal School District. Kristen's instruction is intended to expand awareness of the body, mind and spirit.