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Maggie
Kessell, M.A., MSW,
is the founder and director of the Riverbend Yoga Studio.
She has practiced yoga for over 40 years and was first certified to
teach yoga through
the American Viniyoga Institute, where she has also studied yoga therapy
with Gary Kraftsow. Maggie is a student of
Sonia Nelson of Santa Fe, N.M., and was certified in
2006 by the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation in Chennai,
India. She is registered with Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT
(Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) at the 500 hour level. She has trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn in Mindfulness Meditation, and
for 10 years taught Mindfulness Stress Reduction classes at
HealthPartners.
Maggie practiced psychotherapy for many years and worked with Outward Bound in adventure programming. She believes yoga to be a powerful
process for healing, as well as actualizing a person’s full
potential.
Kris
Ahern began her practice of yoga in 2000 and has taught for the
past six years. In 2005, she completed a teacher training
program with her mentor, Maggie Kessell, founder and director of
Riverbend Yoga Studio. She is certified with Yoga Alliance as
a Registered Yoga Teacher and has recently been certified with the
Krishnamacarya Healing Yoga Foundation in Chennai, India. In
addition, she has studied Vedic chant with Sonia Nelson at the Vedic
Chant Center in Santa Fe, NM. Kris enjoys teaching group
classes and within workshop/retreat settings, as well as working
individually with students. She believes a consistent yoga
practice helps bring healing, joy and balance into a person's life.
Beth Cleary
began her yoga studies in the Bay Area in
1983, with teachers in Kundalini and Iyengar traditions. Upon moving to St. Paul
in 1993, she began classes with Faye Berton at the Laurel Yoga
Studio. Beth discovered the Viniyoga tradition when she began
classes with Maggie Kessell in January, 2001. In 2004 She completed
the 500 hour training through the American Viniyoga Institute's
Teacher Training Program, taught by Gary and Mirka Kraftsow.
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