After spending years in the fast paced, high stressed corporate world, Tim found yoga at the request of his daughter April and wife Pam. They felt with his diverse background in martial arts, weight training, running, and bicycling, yoga would be a natural fit. It only took one class for him to realize this would be a lifelong practice. Despite a very hectic work schedule including frequent travel, he took advantage of all opportunities to practice yoga. In fact, the travel gave him a much broader perspective of teaching styles and different types of yoga classes available. He practiced everything from basics classes that taught him the importance of breath and proper foundation to Hot Bikram Yoga; an intense and extremely regimented style with focus on proper body alignment, back bending, and core strength.

 

Treva first tried yoga from a magazine and videos over 10 years ago. After taking her first class at One Love Yoga, she realized there was more to yoga than just moving and exercising the body. She was amazed at the calming and peaceful effects she felt after a class. Treva began promoting yoga to family and friends and decided that the next step was to become a teacher herself so that she could share her love of yoga with others. She hopes to provide a class that is inviting yet challenging and helps the student to leave with a sense of peacefulness.

Anne Laing started practicing yoga in 1999. She fell in love with the movement, breath and flow of a class. Through yoga, she found her way to pilates and began teaching at The Tom Smith Pilates Studio in 2003. Inspired by her yoga teaching clients, Anne earned her 200 hour Yoga Alliance certificate with T.R.Y. for Life. Specializing in alignment, form and flow, Anne uses her classical ballet background to bring yoga to beginners and seasoned practitioners throughout the Akron area.

Heidi Shaffer “accidentally” found yoga in 1992 while searching for a tension headache remedy. It worked the very first time! Over the years she has used yoga to work through PTSD, depression, a painful back injury, and several life changes, experiencing transformation on many levels along the way. Heidi began teaching yoga in 1996 and was certified in Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT) in 1997. She received advanced training over several years in IYT and worked for IYT assisting at international trainings and in the local office. Studying with many local and national teachers, Heidi has taken yoga teacher trainings and workshops with Donna Farhi several times. She is also certified in Prenatal Yoga with Canadian Janice Clarfield. Heidi blends a breath-based Iyengar-based approach with intelligent, joyful creativity, modifying poses and meeting students where they are. Heidi loves yoga philosophy as it applies to our every day lives. She is currently studying philosophy in the Tantric tradition – an approach that embraces this amazing experience of being alive. Heidi founded Kent Yoga in 2001 along with Margot Milcetich and Mike Curtis. She especially loves working with beginners, individuals at mid-life and beyond, and pregnant women.