Our Teachers

Shiva Das

Shiva Das (Jim McCabe) is the Managing Partner of Yoga On Main, which he has run since 2000. Having studied Yoga since 1987, Shiva Das’ influences include the Integral Yoga Tradition of Swami Satchidananda, the Vinyi Yoga Tradition of Sri T. Krisnamacharya and his son T.K.V. Desikachar, as well as work of David Frawley and Eric Shiffman. His primary teacher and Guru is Mata Amritanadamayi Devi, "Amma," Whose primary direct is "LOVE and SERVE". Shiva Das is co-creator of "Inner Fire Yoga" along with his business partner and Founder of Yoga On Main, David Newman. Shiva Das, in collaboration with David and Senior Teacher, Ed Zadlo, has developed Yoga On Main's highly recognized "Inner Fire Yoga Teacher Certification Programs". He has authored several Teacher Training Manuals, and is recognized as one of Philadelphia's premiere Yoga Instructors. He teaches regular weekly classes throughout the Philadelphia area as we as leads workshops and retreats throughout the world.

 

Julie Cameron

Ten years ago on Mothers Day, Julie’s children and husband gave her a 20 class card to Yoga On Main (YOM). Yoga was something she had been wondering about as she often passed by the doors to YOM.  The following week, she took her first class.  She has never looked back. The last ten years has been an amazing journey for her, for her body and soul. Julie’s body has become a stronger, healthier vessel and her soul has become a little quieter and softer. She received her 200 Hour Teacher Training Certification through Yoga on Main, and her ties to these rooms are solid and strong.

 

Vishnu

Vishnu (Antonio) Aragona, was found by yoga over 15 years ago through the SUNY Purchase College gym as class elective. Since then, he pursued it to Philadelphia and completed the 200-hour teacher training program through Yoga On Main.  As part of the teacher training he was introduced to Ayurveda (the sister and medical side of yoga) and obtained various levels of certification including his Masters in Ayurveda, allowing him the opportunity to teach a specialized and unique style of Inner Fire Yoga and Eastern Medicine called Ayurveda Flow.  He is also one of the instructors in the 200 and 500 hour teacher training programs. Vishnu has almost 20 years of massage experience, having learned Thai Bodywork, Shiatsu, Swedish Massage, Reiki and other alternative modals. He is also a member of NAMA (National Ayurveda Medical Association) and a RYT (registered yoga teacher through the Yoga Alliance).  For more details please view his website: www.hiddenhealthcenter.com.

 

Kiki Judd

Kiki Judd discovered Yoga in 1998 and became certified to teach through Yoga on Main under David Newman in 2002 and again under Shiva Das in 2005. She has since created a dual career of Yoga Teacher and Artist (painter to be specific) and has a tremendous passion for both. Kiki also received her Yin Yoga certification through Daniel Shankin and Main Line Yoga in 2008. Her goal as a teacher is to create interesting and challenging vinyasas for her students while encouraging them to bring the awareness “out of their heads and into their bodies” so that the practice is fun yet safe, and very much in the present. Kiki has taken workshops with and received much inspiration from the following teachers: Simon Park, Sarah Powers, Paulie Zink, Seane Corne, David Kiel and Krista and Brock Cahill, among others.

 

Chandra Nerbecki

Chandra Nerbecki is certified in teaching children's, pre & post-natal, and adult yoga. She is a theater arts adjunct professor at Arcadia University, teaching yoga and advanced yoga courses. She is formally a school teacher who taught in the Philadelphia school district. In her prenatal class, students will be guided through an inventive sequence of poses, static and flowing, in a warm and welcoming manner as their bodies change throughout their pregnancy.

 

 

 

 

Christopher Coan

Information forthcoming…….

 

Sati Rose

First schooled in Yoga as a child by her mother who was a mystic, Sati was on the path in early adolescence. She became initiated and certified into the Hatha Yoga tradition of teaching by David Newman and Inner Fire Yoga in 2001. She then went on to become initiated into the Kundalini Yoga tradition (as taught by Yogi Bhajan) and taught by Sada Sat Singh and Kaur in 2003.  She is a 3HO certified Kundalini Instructor and a member of The International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association (IKYTA 225).  Sati is also a Yoga Alliance certified and insured instructor (RYT 500).  She has lived and worked at The Himalayan Institute and received her spirit name ‘Sati’ meaning ‘selfless devotion’ from her beloved Sad Guru Ammachi (www.amma.org). She received the name ‘Yogeshwari’ after being initiated into the Bhakti tradition of Yoga by Bhagavan Das in 2004. Additionally, Sati is certified to provide Vedic Thai Body Work as taught by The Vedic Conservatory.  Sati is schooled in Rebirthing Breathwork and completed the 9 Month certification training 4 times as taught through the Kriya Yoga lineage of Shri Haidakhan Babaji Kriya Yoga and taught by Sondra Ray, Tony Lomastro, and Maureen Malone.

 

 

Crystal Bacon

Crystal started practicing yoga in 1975 in her hometown of Glassboro NJ with Yogi Shanti Desai at the small ashram he ran with his wife.  He introduced her to hatha yoga, pranayama, meditation, satsang and kirtan, and even though she fell away from the practice for almost 25 years, the foundation he established stayed with her.  Crystal’s teacher training in Inner Fire yoga with Shiva Das helped her to find her way to Amma, who led her to the Buddha Dhamma, which leads her toward the light of awakening.  Crystal’s classes are inspired by spiritual teaching and aim toward what Reggie Ray calls “touching enlightenment with the body,” and are suitable for practitioners of all levels.

 

Mirella Nicholson

Mirella received her 200 hour certification in Inner Fire Yoga from Yoga on Main in 2008. She has also completed her 500 hour advanced teacher training certification in 2009 from Yoga on Main.  Her classes are classical in nature and include pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation at the end of each class. She provides adjustments and modifications to make each class as blissful as possible for each student. She applies lessons learned on the mat to her daily living.

 

Maureen Cannon

Maureen Cannon, M.Ed., 500 RYT has over 12 years of combined experience as a student and teacher of traditional Yoga and Yoga’s sister science Ayuveda. She instructs students on building and maintaining strength, flexibility, patience and balance, physically and mentally.  Students say Maureen “is a wonderful teacher known for her precise instructions and well thought out sequences that enable the student to feel their body, find their breath, and connect with the ever present awareness of their mind, which is what yoga is all about."  Her “teaching is laid back and comes from (her) heart.”  She is “thoughtful, inventive, and heartfelt” in her approach.

 

Cari Reilly

Cari has been following the yoga path for 15+ years and fell in love with yoga after her very first class with David Newman at Yoga on Main. Cari obtained all of her teacher training certifications through YOM; 200 hour, 500 hour, Prenatal, Yin, and Thai Yoga Massage. Cari’s main teachers have been David Newman, Shiva Das and Ed Zadlo,  along with a number of very talented instructors who have shared their talents at YOM. Cari brings the beauty of Inner Fire Yoga to the wide variety of students she teaches in all ages, abilities and walks of life.

 

Elizabeth Grecco

Liz has been practicing yoga for over ten years, after first being drawn to it as a teenager searching for a source of self-expression. Through the discoveries that her practice has lead to her to, she has found a passion for integral psychotherapy and work with women and teens. She was certified in 2008 under the guidance of the inspirational teachers at Yoga On Main to whom she is eternally grateful, including Shiva Das, David Newman, and Ed Zadlo. Liz also completed her prenatal training at Yoga On Main with the wonderful Jade Groff. Her classes are lead with gentle guidance toward a center of peace, healing and self-knowledge, with the belief that all beings have grace within.

 

Lucia Gunzel

Lucia Gunzel, RYT, believes that the most important gift yoga gives is its attempt to quiet our drunken-monkey-bitten-by-a-scorpion minds.  She earned her 200 hour teacher certification at Yoga on Main in 2008 under the tutelage of Shiva Das. Lucia fell in love with yoga a decade earlier while searching for a way to control her anxiety and hasn't looked back since. Her goal for her students is to have them clear their heads and focus on the present moment while strengthening their bodies and their breathwork.  Lucia is also the author of the children's book, Cranky Pants (www.crankypants.org).

 

Nirmal Kaur

Nirmal Kaur (Lori Zatz) has been practicing and teaching yoga in the Philadelphia area since completing her teacher training at Yoga on Main in 1999. More recently, she has been studying the technology of and practicing Kundalini Yoga. She is delighted to share this with the Yoga on Main community.

 

 

 

Prem Prakash Kaur and Prem Prakash Singh

Prem Prakash Kaur and Prem Prakash Singh have been practicing yoga together since they met in 2002. Since discovering Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan they have deepened their individual practice as well as their marriage. Interweaving feminine and masculine energies, they offer students a holistic experience of diving deeper into their true identity and releasing any subconscious blocks that may be limiting them.

 

 

 

 

 

Jessica Agnew

The study of yoga has changed Jessica's life in such a beautiful way; she has become more present and open to all of life's wonderful possibilities! Jessica brings this lesson to others through her Inner Fire Yoga classes. Following the teachings of Shiva Das and Ed Zadlo, Jessica incorporates pranayama, asana and meditation into her classes to help open the body to a more relaxed state, bring the mind to be more grounded and awaken the spirit. Her students will leave class feeling refreshed and rejuvenated! Jessica graduated from the Yoga on Main 200 Hour Teacher Certification program and the 100 Hour Ayurveda Self Care Program. She continues her studies in the Yoga on Main 500 Hour Advanced Teacher Certification program (to be completed in August 2012).

 

 

 

Wendy Weber

Wendy began taking yoga and ballet lessons when she graduated from high school. She performed with small modern dance companies and taught ballet classes for beginner students for several years. Wendy loves the precision, artistic expression and musicality of ballet and is equally inspired by the mind, body and spiritual connection she continues to discover in yoga. She received her 200-hour teacher certification from Yoga on Main in 2011 and will receive her 500 hour certification in August 2012. She is dedicated to the Raja, or Eight-Limbed, path of yoga and continues her studies in Ayurveda with esteemed teachers Ed Zadlo and Shiva Das.