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The
Center is Harrisonburg’s first dedicated Pilates
and yoga studio. In our welcoming atmosphere students
are encouraged to reach new levels of strength and
flexibility, stemming from their centers.
The Center offers various group lessons in which students can choose
from a number of different classes depending on their desires and
abilities or private and semi-private instruction in both Pilates
and yoga with certified instructors.
Please come join us on a lifetime journey to good health.
Suzanne |
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Suzanne
McCahill Perrine is
the founder/director of The Center, Harrisonburg’s
first dedicated yoga and Pilates studio. Suzanne is
a former dancer and has taught for Dance & Company and
James Madison University for several years here in Harrisonburg. In
the winter of 2002 Suzanne was drawn to Pilates because of
the immeasurable possibilities it could offer anybody who
was willing to intelligently work with his or her body, whether
trying to get in shape, look better feel balanced or recover
from injury! Suzanne received her Pilates certification
in the spring of 2003 through Stott Pilates and has been
teaching since.
Suzanne is also blessed to have received
the title “Anusara
Inspired” yoga teacher and believes in encouraging students
to have fun, relax and enjoy the journey that yoga offers them
both in their asana practice and in their lives. Having
been bit by the Anusara yoga bug in the spring of 2006, Suzanne
has been fortunate enough to have studied with such inspirations
as Desiree Rumbaugh, John Friend (Anusara’s founder), Moses
Brown and Kate Miller. She is currently enrolled in the
9-month Anusara Immersion program at Willow Street Yoga in Silver
Spring, MD. |
Heather
Lundy is a Dance/Movement
Therapist currently living in Virginia. Ms. Lundy graduated
with a Masters Degree in Movement Therapy from Hahnemann
University. She earned an undergraduate degree in English
Literature and Dance Theater from James Madison University.
She is a certified Action Theater ™ teacher and Pilates
Allegro Instructor.
In her spare time, Heather is Director
of Noise Posse Productions, a performance production company;
a partner in a DC-based government contract consulting
firm; and an officer on the Board of Directors for ZAP
Performance Projects in Santa Fe, NM . Currently, she is
coaching the Harrisonburg-based Speed Skating team in Pilates
and Alignment. Heather produces Action Theater workshops
and performances in the US and abroad. She never sleeps.
Heather’s early training began as
a dancer and gymnast. Her formal training includes Pilates
Mat and Allegro, Laban, Butoh, Middle Eastern Dance, Hawkins
Technique, Dance and Contact Improvisation, Yoga, Horton
Technique, and various forms of performance work. Heather
has worked as an improvisor teaching Action Theater techniques
at high schools, acting schools, dance companies, pre-schools,
and universities. As a therapist, she treats both child
and adult clients in various settings, such as forensics
units, residential treatment facilities, and psychiatric
hospitals.
Email:improvdiva@gmail.com
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Melissa Creighton began
practicing yoga in 1995, and on her yogic path has experienced
a variety of styles such as Integral, Anusara, Ashtanga,
Vinyasa, and other hatha-based yoga traditions. She has had
the fortunate opportunity of attending trainings, intensives,
and workshops taught by world-renowned teaches such as David
Swenson, Tim Miller, David Garrigues, Mark Darby, John Friend,
and more. The Ashtanga Yoga tradition as taught by Sri K.
Pattabhi Jois has become her main passion in recent years
through its dynamics, specific breath-emphasis during the
entire sequence of positions, and deep introspective nature,
and she has been teaching based on this style since 2003.
Of this, Melissa says, “The teachings can be found
in many books, videos, etc., and although I incorporate these
techniques into my classes what I really hope to spread is
the joy, passion and those beginning steps toward Self-realization.
I just love that as a teacher I get to be a witness as others
breathe life into their own practices.” Originally
from New York , Melissa recently relocated to Harrisonburg
from Charlottesville , where she continues to teach regularly,
and wishes to extend her love for this practice to you as
well.
Email: mjcreighton@yahoo.com |
Lisa
Boland feels blessed to be instructing yoga at
The Center. She studied with Anna Pittman, from 2004- 2005
in Blacksburg, Virginia, in a Yoga Alliance approved 200
hour teacher certification. In 2006 Lisa, attended a Nia
white belt certification with Helen Terry, in Charlottesville.
As well as being a dedicated yogi and instructor, Lisa
is also a member of a raja yoga class in Harrisonburg.
Email:cathrineboland@yahoo.com |
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