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ROBERT J. BIRNBERG
Yoga has been an important part of Robert's life for over
twenty-five years. After practicing Yoga to heal a severe
back injury in 1979, Robert began studying with the best
teachers in America. Ten years later, he founded Community
Yoga and Wellness Center in Los Angeles, California.
In 1990 he was exposed to the teachings of the great South
Indian Yoga Master, T. Krishnamacharya, and his son and
student, T.K.V. Desikachar. Over the next several years,
Robert studied at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, (KYM)
an institution in South India regarded internationally for
Yoga Education and Therapy.
Following four years of intensive study in India and an
internship at the KYM, Robert became one a handful of students
certified by TKV Desikachar to train teachers. Robert teaches
private, therapeutic Yoga and trains teachers in the U.S.
and internationally. His teachings embrace the many aspects
of Yoga philosophy and practice, including postures, breath
work, meditation, chanting, and relationship and lifestyle
counseling.
Robert specializes in Yoga for addiction and compulsive disorders. He has taught at Promises Treatment Center in Malibu and has designed Yoga, Meditation and Spirituality programs for Clearview Treatment Centers in Southern, California, where he currently teaches and facilitates groups.
Robert has lectured at Harvard Medical school and is currently on the faculty of the Teacher Training Program at Providence Institute in Tucson Arizona, and the Yoga Therapist Program at Loyola Marymount University. He writes for various Yoga periodicals, and is currently working on a book, Yoga, Habit and Addiction, which will be published sometime in 2008.
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 ELENI
TSIKRIKAS
Eleni discovered YOGA and AYURVEDA as a means for reducing stress in 1995 while practicing law in Sydney, Australia. Smitten, Eleni completed the Sydney Yoga Center's teacher training course. In 2000, she withdrew from the legal profession to teach Yoga full time.
In 2001, Eleni was introduced to the teachings of TKV Desikachar, and began offering group classes and private instruction at Yoga Sanga in Sydney and at St. John of God Hospital, working primarily with patients suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Eleni is a certified Yoga teacher in the lineage of the T. Krishnamacharya, and since 2003, she has been studying with Robert Birnberg, a senior teacher who has studied with TKV Desikachar, Kausthub Desikachar, and Sonia Nelson among others..(www.longexhale@mac.com) Her studies and teaching are deeply rooted in the Yoga Sutras of Pantajali, Yoga's foundation text.
Eleni completed studies at The California College of Ayurveda in 2008 and runs a busy Ayurvedic practice in Los Angeles, where she integrates Yoga’s tools with Ayurveda to create highly individualized, holistic healing programs for her clients.
Her HEALTHY, TASTY, COOKING CLASSES are hugely popular, leaving students empowered, educated and nurtured, and able to conduct their lives with an open heart and a full belly.
Eleni is on faculty at the California College of Ayurveda, teaching in CCA's Distance Learning program. She regularly conducts workshops at Yoga studios throughout America, Canada, and Australia to help educate and promote the benefits of Ayurveda, as well as teaching the Ayurveda component in various Yoga Teacher training programs.
Eleni specializes in Yoga for addiction and compulsive disorders, conducting group classes at Clearview Treatment Centers, Venice, California.
She is available for private Yoga and Ayurvedic consultations. Call for an Appointment.
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