Instructors
Kim Phillips
Owner/Instructor
A yoga practitioner since 1998, Kim began teaching in 1999 while studying in the Viniyoga tradition. In 2002 she began her studies in the B.K.S. Iyengar tradition where she discovered her true passion. She is able to pursue her goal: to teach and inspire students in a way that will enhance their lives and provide a foundation for better
health.
In June 2004 she completed a yearlong Teacher Training Course in Pittsburgh, PA. Kim’s training also includes extensive study under Bekir Algan of Austin Yoga in Austin, Texas who is the premier proponent of AYUR-YOGA, Yoga Therapy and practice based on Ayurveda (The science of life). It is through this network that she was introduced to Yoga Therapy in the Iyengar tradition, a concept Kim feels benefits all students and has improved her personal yoga practice as well. Kim now specialized in Yoga Therapy, a way through yoga towards healing.
Kim continues to study under Senior Iyengar teachers including Dean Lerner, Lois Steinberg, Manouso Manos and Rebecca Lerner. She has also taken workshops with Rodney Yee, Max Strom, Desiree Rumbaugh, Doug Keller, Laurie Blakeney, Gary Kraftsow and Judith Hanson Lasater.
Previously taught at these Pittsburgh area studios:
• The Yoga Studio of Robinson
• the Rivers Club
• Yoga on Centre
• Salutations Yoga Center
Moniqe Richards
Instructor
Monique met Kim in 2004 during their year long yoga teacher training program in the Iyengar method of yoga. The intricacies of body alignment taught in this method fascinate her. She combines this with a love of meditation and breath work. Monique also attributes her styles of teaching to Rodney Yee with whom she studies with yearly.
Amy Wachter
Instructor
Amy began practicing yoga since 2005. She was drawn to yoga because of it positive affects on the body and mind. Amy began her practice as a student of Kim Phillips, who has shared her passions about yoga therapy. Through this study, Amy has the experience to target areas of concern in ones body. She shares this positive effect yoga has with her students. Amy studies with Bekir Algan and has attended several workshops with Rodney Yee, Max Strom, Desiree Rumbaugh, and Doug Keller.
Deena Blumenfeld, RYT
Yoga Instructor
Certified Khalsa WayTM Prenatal Yoga Instructor
Childbirth Educator
Deena has been practicing Yoga for more than 10 years. She began practicing Yoga in college and fell in love with it. Her experience as a dance instructor led her to realize that teaching Yoga was on her path as well. While pregnant with her son, she experienced the joys of a Prenatal Yoga class. The community created in that class, as well as her own development, birthed a desire to teach Prenatal Yoga.
She is an advocate of empowered birth for women. Through teaching Prenatal Yoga and Childbirth Education classes, she helps women be more confident in their choices regarding pregnancy, birth and parenthood. She became a certified Yoga instructor through 3rd Street Yoga in December 2008. She completed her Prenatal Yoga training in February 2009 in Los Angeles at Golden Bridge Yoga with Gurmukh. Deena has taken workshops with Doug Keller, Max Strom, as well as from Ina May Gaskin, our nation’s premier midwife. She continues to seek out appropriate workshops for enhancing both her teaching skills and personal development. In addition, Deena teaches Bellydance and Prenatal Bellydance. She is a Tribal Fusion dancer, having studied under numerous instructors. Through dance she expresses the freedom to enjoy the human body, to relax and to be in the moment.
Deena is also a proud mom to Owen, 4, and her new baby girl Elaine Margaret born 3/29/09.