Directories and Guides 
(in alphabetical order)

	Directories and Guides
	Centers and Teachers With a Nationwide (USA) Presence
	Regional Yoga Centers (USA) (includes local public classes in my area)
	International Yoga Centers
	Spiritual Links

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORIES AND GUIDES

• Yoga
  Everything about Yoga. practice yoga postures, yoga poses, pranayamas, yoga mudras. Find answers to all yoga questions - for beginners
  and practitioners.
  
  
• ABC-of-Yoga: The Complete Yoga Information Site
  One Yoga Site with: yoga information, yoga exercise, yoga breathing (pranayama), meditation, yoga beginner guide, yoga diet and health, beginner and advanced techniques. All you need to start practicing yoga.
  
  
• Adventures of Yoga
  Come learn how yoga can benefit children, help promote their self esteem and self awareness, improve their concentration, balance and coordination, make them more relaxed and much more.
  
  
• All-Embracing Yoga Directory aka
  International Yoga Centers Directory
  is an extensive guide to yoga centers, classes, teachers, certificates, programs, retreats and Yoga Associations. The Yoga directory listings are sorted by country, yoga tradition and yoga style. This site is a must for anyone wanting to explore the yoga's diversity.
  
  
• Everything Yoga
  Offers Free podcasts  
  
  
• The hOMe Foundation
  Provides information about the practice of Kriya Yoga, and free chapters of the book, A Recipe for Bliss, Kriya Yoga for a New Millennium,by Carl Schmidt.  The hOMe Foundation also offers a free online Kriya Yoga Class.
  
  
• Mastery of Kundalini Yoga & Tantra
  http://www.anmolmehta.com/ -
  All about the Science of Kundalini Yoga and Art of Meditation. Offers free online Yoga and Meditation classes. Emphasis on Self-Realization.
  
  
• Mind Body Solutions
  Highly Recommended by Sam
  The work at Mind Body Solutions revolves around a simple idea: minds and bodies work better together. Connecting your mind and body is a very practical and intelligent approach to health and wholeness.  This is true for both individuals and our society at large. Our goal at MBS is to help integrate this insight into our everyday lives.
  
  
• OmPlace
  A highly recommended site, provides an amazing amount of Conscious Living information through many searchable databases. They also offer web hosting, email sites, and much more.
  
  
• Open Directory Project
  Its goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory on the web. The yoga directories are only a fraction of what is available on The Open Directory Project. 
  
  
• Physical Therapy and the Alexander Technique Homepage
  Makes information regarding the Alexander Technique available for people in the physical therapy community.
  
  
• The Posture Page
  Loaded with important links, this site provides practical information about methods that have a history of helping people improve their posture. These methods vary widely in their approach. Different techniques may appeal to - and be more useful to - different people.
  
  
• RateYoga.com
  Visit RateYoga.com to rate, read and leave reviews for Ashtanga yoga resources. Includes articles on Ashtanga yoga and a forum for yoga discussion.
  
  
• Terry Slade's Website
  Terry has compiled an extensive reference involving all aspects of yoga; including books, teachers and all aspects of health. This is a web reference well worth your time.

• Yoga411.com
  Is one of the larger resources of Yoga Studios and Schools, Yoga Teachers, Yoga Seminars, and Yoga and Fitness Publications on the internet. It is also a gateway to an extensive array of yoga supplies and props. Yoga411.com has awarded its WEBMASTERS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE to www.extensionyoga.com.
  
  
• Yoga-age.com
  Yoga-Age - All you need to know about yoga, Resource of classic yoga texts, Directory of Yoga studios and Teachers, Asana Photos and more
  
  
• YogaClass.com
  Is an ambitious project offering an extensive array of yoga information including audio and video classes and chanting, gateways to chat rooms, yoga website building, yoga links, and much more.
  
  
• Yoga.com
  Was created to help people all around the world to tap into yoga, massage, fitness and wellness. The founders of yoga.com came together with a mission of creating an online community and a single source for users to access information, trends, capable instructors, and the latest products around yoga and general wellness/fitness.
  
  
• Yoga Directory
  Is another highly recommended collection of world-wide yoga directories featuring teachers, centers, retreats and services.  
  
  
• Yogafamily.com
  Is an on-line yoga community and a developing resource for  questions on yoga. Their main mission is to bring yoga to whom ever would like to discover it in the most educationally form possible.  Within the site are extensive data-bases on where to find instructors, an explanation of yoga styles, yoga exercises, and more.
  
  
• Yoga Finder
  Is the largest directory on the internet and is another highly recommended collection of world-wide yoga directories featuring teachers, centers, retreats and services.
  
  
• Yoga Movement
  An amazing website dedicated to help you learn about yoga and to help direct you to the best Internet sources for yoga information. This site is packed full of valuable links and information. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
  
  
• YogaSite.com
  Offers an outstanding collection of yoga information. It is a highly recommended resource for all yoga students and teachers
  
  
• Yoga Village UK 
  A website resource run by YogaUK and is dedicated to the practice of yoga in the United Kingdom. There are links to yoga teachers, organizations, and events from all traditions.
  
  
• Yoga Universe
  An extensive subscription based website that "brings the world of challenging and consistent yoga to your living room, office, dorm, hotel or wherever you spend time online yoga classes."
  
  

CENTERS AND TEACHERS RECOGNIZED NATIONWIDE

• The Cardiac Yoga® Program
  A professionally presented system of health promotion and stress management tools which focuses on the special needs of heart patients and their families. Seminars and workshops for heart patients as well as yoga teacher training programs are available in Cardiac Yoga. This site and its programs are highly recommended.
   
• Children's Yoga
  An absolutely beautifully done website offering yoga resources for children. Please be certain to click here if you have children.
  
  
• Deep Peace Yoga and Meditation
  Todd Norian and Ann Green are both excellent teachers (presenting seminars nationwide) and are living a true yogic lifestyle. As a musician, Todd and Ann have produced a wonderful collection of meditative music CD's and tapes that are worth your investment and are highly recommended. I am honored to say that I was Todd's first yoga teacher and he has gone on to be highly recognized in his own right.
  
  
• Dynamic Systems Rehabilitation (DSR)
  Created by physical therapist, Mathew Taylor,MPT, RYT,  Dynamic Systems Rehabilitation (DSR) offers innovative approaches to traditional rehabilitation. The DSR approach addresses the physical, mental/emotional, social and spiritual systems that are unique to each individual. The purpose of is to develop both theory and practice that addresses the healing process through multiple, complex systems. In addition to providing information on our Phoenix Arizona clinic, this website is also devoted to bringing together a network of healing professionals that share a common interest in developing dynamic systems approaches to enhance the quality of life for both the client and the healthcare provider.
  
  
• The Expanding Light
  One of the truly authentic Hindu based yoga retreats and yoga training facilitates in the United States. The teachings at The Expanding Light are a harmonious blend of Western and Eastern spiritual disciplines based upon the teaching of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi.
  
  
• Iyengar Yoga Resources
  Provides a platform that collects resources related to Iyengar yoga. Although not a replacement for the official website of BKS Iyengar, it does provide additional information that is not available on their site. Included are links to other general yoga sites.
  
  
• Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
  Located in Lenox, MA, near Tanglewood in the Berkshires, Kripalu is the largest center for yoga and holistic health in the United States, offing a diverse number of experiential yoga, self-discovery, holistic health, and spiritual programs. I taught several workshops at Kripalu and am totally impressed by the warmth and openness shown by management and staff. I highly recommend Kripalu for any of their residential retreats.
  
  
• Mobility Limited
  Founded in 1994 by Shoosh Crotzer as a production and distribution company of videos for people with special needs. I "discovered" Swoosh when I read a fabulous yoga article she wrote for Inside MS Magazine.
  
  
• More Yoga
  A comprehensive site offering an abundant array of supplies for yoga, mediation and relaxation.
  
  
• Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
  A combination of classical Yoga and elements of contemporary client-centered and body-mind psychology. With trainings and seminars nationwide, founder Michael Lee and Phoenix Rising have trained and certified over 800 people worldwide.
  
  
• YoYoga
  An extensive website by teacher, author, and massio-therapist Joan Budilovsky. Contains: Asana For The Month, Yoga Philosophy, Yoga Tips, Massage Tips, Vegetarian Recipes. Yoyoga Bookstore, and Seminars. 
  
  
  

REGIONAL YOGA CENTERS

WELLINGTON, FLORIDA

Since I only teach privately in my own studio, I recognize that many yoga students prefer group classes. The following local yoga schools are not recommendations, as I have not conversed with, nor have I taught their teachers. Email me if you wish to have your center listed.

• Village of Wellington,Fl
  Yoga classes are offered at the Wellington Community Center
  
  
• Moksha Yoga Studio
  3340 Fairlane Farms Road, West Palm Beach (561) 427-1767
  
  
• Ultima Fitness
  12799 West Forest HIll Blvd, Wellington - (561) 795-2823
  
  
• Prem Yoga
  1095 N. Military Trail
  (561) 350-3930
  
  
• Sports Yoga m2
  1607 Prosperity Farms Road, Lake Park, FL 33404 561-252-2225
  
  

NATIONWIDE

• AR, Fayetteville:  The Arkansas Yoga Center
  offers a full complement of yoga classes, seminars, and television presentations. I encourage you to take a look at their beautifully well constructed website.
  
  
• AZ, Tucson:  The Yoga Connection
  Highly recommended for anyone living in or visiting Tucson. This is an exceptionally well-rounded yoga facility incorporating daily classes, Yoga Teacher Training and periodic seminars (they invited me for a weekend seminar November, 2000). The Yoga Connection also offers a broad array of instructional tapes, and books.
  
  
• CA, Ojai Valley:  Suza Francina is author of The New Yoga for People over 50; A Comprehensive Guide for Midlife and Older Beginners and teaches locally in Ojai. Please see her website for a number of wonderful yoga and ecology links.
  
  
• CA, Napa:  Yoga in Motion
  A unique approach combines Pilates training, Yoga studies and Therapeutic Massage in a serene, urban environment. Offering a full-range of classes, seminars, and body work, and based upon owner Susan Branum's background and training, I highly recommend Yoga in Motion for those traveling to and living in the Napa region.
  
  
• CA, San Francisco Maryon Maass Yoga-Meditation
  Maryon Maass is an experienced Yoga instructor, Feldenkrais Method Teacher ®, and Qi Gong teacher. Her studies take her to India regularly to train in the subtleties of the body and the mind through the observation of the breath.
  
  
• CA, San Francisco Jamie Lindsay Yoga
  Jamie Lindsay spent two years in the Advanced Studies program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, and  received a Certificate in Spiritual Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto.  He is a compassionate and demanding teacher, and has a deep faith in the radical healing potential present in yoga practice, especially when engaged as a daily discipline.
  
  
• CA, San Mateo: Center for Healing and Global Evolution offers classes, programs and workshops which promote physical, mental, emotional and spiritual awareness in an appropriate and supportive environment for healing and growth.
  
  
• DE, Rehoboth Beach and Silver Spring , MD:  Silver Lotus Yoga Institute is directed by Susan Hamadock and offers multi-level classes and teacher trainings in Rehoboth Beach, DE and Silver Spring, MD.
  
  
• FL, McIntosh:  Neil Crenshaw, teaches yoga in McIntosh, FL, 18 miles south of Gainesville on Hwy. 441. Neil has a Ph.D. in science education, is a certified ACE personal trainer and is a certified yoga instructor with the American Aerobic Association International and the International Sports Medicine Association.
  
  
• FL, Miami:  The Yoga Institute of Miami
  was co-founded thirty years ago by Bobbi Goldin and Sam Dworkis as an Iyengar Yoga Center. Many of its students have gone on to become nationally recognized teachers in their own right. In Bobbi's capable hands for many years, Bobbi and her well-trained staff offer daily classes, seminars, teacher trainings and periodic retreats on Florida's Sanibel Island. 
  
  
• FL, Miami Beach:  Synergy Center for Yoga and the Healing Arts is a non-profit yoga center "dedicated to creating world peace, one person at a time via yoga." With an extensive faculty and class schedule, Synergy also conducts a number of various activities and Trainings.
  
  
• IN, Bloomington: Midland Yoga Center: Classes in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Kundalini yoga uses special breathing patterns in conjunction with complementary dynamic postures to loosen the spine, increase the blood circulation, activate the glandular system, and restore the nervous system. Mantras are often chanted in class as a means of sound therapy.
  
  
• IN, Indianapolis:  All People's Yoga Center offers a wide variety of daily classes in differing yoga styles and traditions, and is staffed with a wealth of highly qualified and experienced teachers.  The center also offers an outstanding yoga teacher training program.
  
  
• Maryland, Washington DC & Northern Virginia
  Personal Training Fitness Programs
  Personal Trainers for CFR provide the most extensive variety of fitness exercise weight loss programs in Maryland, Washington DC or Northern Virginia areas.
  
  
• MD, Frederick:  Flowering Heart Yoga
  is the creation of Simone Heurich. As a lifelong student of yoga, Simone is certified in both Anusara Yoga and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, among others. Classes are offered six days a week in and around the Frederick, Maryland area.
  
  
• MD, Silver Spring:  Silver Lotus Yoga Institute
  is directed by Susan Hamadock and offers multi-level classes and teacher trainings in Rehoboth Beach, DE and Silver Spring, MD.s
  
  
• MD, Timonium: Susquehanna Yoga
  is a well-equipped and staffed studio reflecting the best concepts in teaching yoga in both classic techniques and modern approaches. It is a fully equipped Iyengar studio with ropes, whale and horse - and is the ONLY Iyengar studio in Baltimore! Their website also has a comprehensive web site of yoga studios/teachers and a yoga boutique.
  
  
• MI, Detroit:  Namaste Yoga offers a broad diversity of classes for both beginners and ongoing students in the metropolitan Detroit area. This nationally registered school provides an 8-week program for those individuals who seek more in-depth understanding of some basic concepts of yoga beyond those offered in regular classes. An additional 12 weeks of study are designed for the pursuit of teacher accreditation.
  
  
• MT, Bozeman Bozeman Yoga Ed Scheterlak is the founder of the Bozeman Yoga Center .  He has been a yoga teacher since 1995.  He completed teacher training for beginner and intermediate students with Richard Schachtel at the Center for Yoga of Seattle , and has studied with many of the best Iyengar teachers in the country.  Ed is a Yoga Alliance RYT (500), their highest recognition; and is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT).
  
  
• NC, Ashville:  The Asheville Yoga Center
  in Asheville, NC, is a community center dedicated to offering all styles of hatha yoga to the public offering classes from beginner's through advanced
  
  
• NC Winston-Salem Sunrise Yoga is your place to find health and wellness.  Enter this peaceful, serene environment and witness the stress of your day melting away.  Our highly-trained and compassionate staff will help you gain strength, flexibility and balance in your body, while guiding you to a calm inner strength and vitality.  Our classes are fun, informative, and will leave you feeling relaxed, balanced, energized... and smiling.  We invite you to experience Sunrise Yoga and become a part of our caring community.
  
  
• NC, Winston, Salem: / Bikram Yoga - Visit our website where you can find our class times, links to great articles, an inspirational quote of the week, and testimonials. If you're in the area, you'll be wrapped in a welcoming and tolerant environment where you can can change your body and mind.
  
  
• NY: New York City Free to be Yoga is founded by Elana Berger who teachers yoga to children of all ages throughout New York City. I enourage you to see her wonderfully constructed website.
  
  
• OH, Cleveland:  Buhmi's Yoga & Wellness Center  Buhmi (Harriet Russell), Director, was given special recognition by Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Of thousands of certified Kripalu Yoga teachers in the world, only ten, including Buhmi,  were selected to receive the highest certificate of training and achievement as Professional Yoga Teacher. Buhmi's Center offers a full complement of daily classes, seminars, and teacher trainings and is located in the King James Plaza, Westlake Ohio, a western suburb of Cleveland near I-90 and I-480.
  
  
• PA: Northampton, Lehigh Township: Compassionate Yoga - Creating Peace, Health & Harmony. Founder and Director, Juanita Carra-Budzek, is a Registered Nurse, Registered Yoga Teacher, RYT 500, Holistic Nurse Certified, HNC and a Certified Bodywork Therapist: See this website for classes and programs throughout the area.
  
  
• TX, Bedford: Natural Dynamics, located in the heart of the Ft Worth - Dallas Metroplex, is an ethical, high quality massage therapy clinic, yoga studio, and professional training center.
  
  
  
  

INTERNATIONAL YOGA CENTERS

• Yoga Teacher Training in Baja Mexico. Contact Patti Perkins, Co-Director, Yandara Yoga Institute.

• Spirit of Life yoga holidays and retreats, GreeceYoga, walking and riding. Dream healing and Holistic living.

• "International Yogalayam is an online educational institute promoting the authentic teachings of the Yoga Tradition. We offer the world's most comprehensive Correspondence Training Program in Yoga for both Yoga students and teachers who are interested in further exploring the depths of this ancient system of health and evolution."
  

• Australia, Byron Bay: Byron Bay Yoga  is operated by Sue Hawkins and runs Yoga Holidays and Yoga Retreats in Byron Bay, Bali and Thailand.

• Canada, Calgary, Alberta:  Functional Synergy Inc. provides yoga therapy classes, retreats and workshops, and corporate yoga that concentrate on re-establishing the equilibrium in your body, both mentally and physically, enabling you to experience the feeling of relaxation, of well-being and to connect to what is important to you.
  
  
• Canada, Ottawa, ON: YogaYoga
  is the creation of Shulamit Day Berlevtov, a Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor. With classes in and around Ottawa, ON,
  Canada, Shula offers group and individual classes and seminars.
  
  
• England, London: At Breathe Yoga and Bodywork, Robin and Emma Catto offer private yoga instruction for individuals and small groups in homes and offices all over London, in addition to Robin's class schedule in northwest London. Their agency provides excellent instructors to teach the classes they are unable to do themselves, as well as therapists practicing a wide variety of bodywork therapies.
  
  
• England: www.yogaforhealthfoundation.co.uk Founded by Howard Kent, Yoga for Health Foundation is a registered charity and one of Great Britain's original yoga retreat and teacher training facilities.
  
  
• England: Leeds Astanga Yoga is a group of yoga friends, both teachers and students, practicing in the Leeds area. This site exists to help you find your nearest classes and practice groups for astanga and dynamic yoga. It also contains information about Astanga Yoga in general, about courses in the UK and abroad and shopping advice for equipment, books, videos, tapes and other learning aids.
  
  
• France: La Buissière Yoga Holidays & Retreat Centre
  Wellbeing holidays and retreats with gentle hatha yoga, spectacular guided walks, therapeutic massage, fascinating sight-seeing and plenty of relaxation in the beautiful Lot valley, South-west France.
  
  
• Ireland: Burren Yoga and Meditation Retreat Centre, Co Galway, West of Ireland is a beautiful yoga and holistic healh retreat centre offering courses on yoga, Pilates, and detox (located 50 minutes from Shannon airport.
  
  
• Spain, Madrid: Yoga Flow Classes de Kundalini Yoga C/ Una clase de Kundalini Yoga consta de ejercicios y respiraciones, meditaciones y relajación.Cea Bermudez 66, 5A3, Esc. Drcha. Madrid. Metro Islas Filipinas (Linea Naranja)
  
  
• UK, York: www.YOGA IN YORK.co.uk:  Stretch, relax and develop strength, concentration and balance. People can drop in and try yoga at any stage of term
  

SPIRITUAL LINKS
In no special order - please be sure to see my chapter on Spirituality

• www.nondual.com Richard Miller's Web page. Highly recommended reading. See my dialogue with Richard in my chapter on Spirituality.

• www.thefamilyoflight.net is an international mobile healing center, offering healing, channeling, and educational forums around the globe.

• www.yrec.org Traditional Yoga Studies (TYS) formally The Yoga Research and Education Center

• CinergE and Cindy Brody.com
  Cindy Brody is a Reiki Master and the originator of CinergE, a healing treatment that uses a combination of different energy based therapies to benefit mental and physical health. I personally know Cindy and highly recommend her work. Among her varied skills, she is an animal communicator and gave me and my dog, Carla Daisy, an amazing reading.
  
  
• gilhedley.com
  The more I study human anatomy, the more I appreciate yoga. Gil Hedley's spiritual work is dedicated to exploring the human body through dissection. I highly recommend all yoga teachers see his DVDs.