Escape to Shape

TEACHERS & TRAINERS


Oct 24-30	After studying yoga with some of the world's most renowned instructors, Kristin created her own style that was an instant hit for its upbeat, refreshingly hip approach. In addition to her yoga certification, Kristin is also certified to teach Pilates In 2003, Kristin choreographed and instructed the first MTV Yoga video, followed by three additional fitness titles for the music video channel: MTV Power Yoga, MTV Pilates and MTV Pilates Mix. Kristin has appeared on CNN Headline News, Fox's Good Day New York and NBC's Today Show as a fitness consultant and has been on the covers of Pilates Style and Fit Yoga magazines. She has also been in Self, InStyle, Shape, Fitness and Women's Health as a contributing editor and/or fitness model. www.kristinmcgee.com.

Oct 30-Nov 5	Nicole came into the world of teaching people to move from the world of training horses and riders to move, after a long profession working full time in equitation and competing in riding events all over the world. Born in England, she has also lived and worked in Luxembourg and since 2000, has been working in the world of Group Fitness. Since then, she has completed over 30 educations ranging from yoga to dance to fighting and now offers 25 classes per week in Zurich, Switzerland. Nicole has been manager of Holmes Place Health Clubs in Zurich for the past 6 years and also found time to present Internationally and Nationally for Les Mills, and with the BodyART School. Now focussing more time on BodyART and working alongside Robert Steinbacher and Alexa Le with educations, in conventions and developing new products, she will offer Escape To Shape guests a unique opportunity to experience this amazing program during their stay in Cartagena. In addition to daily BodyART coaching sessions guests can request a class of their choice and experience new ways to change and shape their bodies and mind through movement; such a great opportunity should not to be missed! For more information on BodyART and Nicole, please visit http://www.bodyartschool.com/bodyartTM/team/nicole/

Nov 5-11	Alana Reed began studying The Pilates Method at Skidmore College in 1995 as a student in the dance department. Upon graduation, Alana moved to New York City and earned a Masters Degree in Social Work from The Columbia University School of Social Work. In 2001 Alana was certified to teach Pilates by Romana Kryzanowska, one of 5 living original protégés of Joseph Pilates and the leading Pilates instructor in the world. Alana has traveled all over the U.S. to study Pilates with the most experienced and innovative teachers in the industry. Alana taught mat classes and individual private sessions at the Sports Club LA in Rockefeller Center for 5 years. She works with many different populations including many pregnant and post-natal clients. Alana now focuses on private clients at her studio in Midtown Manhattan, private homes and teaches mat classes at hedge funds throughout the city.
	Erica is a a certified Yoga Teacher, known for teaching a very strong, yet playful "Vinyasa" flow practice. She is largely inspired by the journey of yoga, the subtle to the grand discoveries each individual makes through their practice, inviting students to have fun while experiencing their body in a whole new way through each unique practice. With classes always set to music, from tribal, to lounge to classic rock songs, students are able to find their own personal rhythm and expression through each asana. Inspired by dance, music and the breathe, along with complete awe for the human body, no two classes of Erica's are ever alike. Additionally, Erica is ACE certified, having created time efficient and results driven workouts and fitness tips for publications such as Health, Self, Shape, Fitness, The New York Post, Newsday, in the United States as well as Red, The London Times, Daily Star, The Sunday Express and Healthy in the United Kingdom. Erica is the co-creator of the acclaimed fitness and lifestyle program, Bikini Boot Camp and is the author of Bikini Boot Camp- Two Weeks To Your Ultimate Beach Body. Erica's is able to expand her passion for fitness and travel with Escape To Shape, attracted by the opportunity to travel and experience new cultures while pursuing her passion, teaching. Erica finds inspiration in each location, and rewards in not only the reshaping of bodies, but also the expansion of minds that happens on each trip. Erica has a lightness in her step and a passionate outlook towards life. She strongly believes that each and ever person can make a difference, even in the seemingly smallest of ways, and that life is meant to be lived & enjoyed, each and every breathe to the fullest.
Nov. 18-24	Kelly Dwyer is a certified yoga teacher, a licensed outdoor guide, a life coach, and the founder of Do U Yoga. As a teacher, Kelly offers clear instruction, attention to alignment, and encouragement of personal growth on and off the mat for each and every student. Each class synergizes body, mind, and spirit through asana, pranayama, and meditation. Through her business Do U Yoga, Kelly has organized and led a variety of retreats and daytrips. Do U Yoga provides an accessible and fun way to bridge the glory of being in nature with the transformational properties of yoga. While with Escape To Shape, Do U Yoga brings yoga together with culture, cuisine & other fitness activities. Selected as a 2007/08 ambassador for lululemon athletica, Kelly worked in conjunction with lululemon to further their mission of helping people live longer, healthier, and more fun lives. Her certifications and trainings include: Sivananda Yoga Vedanta’s Teacher Training, Anusara Immersions, Yoga 360, and Passion into Practice’s Vision Coach Training. www.douyoga.com
Nov 24-30	Joy Burch was first introduced to yoga in 1993 and later began a more formal practice in 2001. While living in San Diego, she worked as an account manager for Anthony Robbins and later as sales consultant for Deepak Chopra, with whom she began to study Ayurveda, Hatha Yoga and Primordial Sound Meditation while at The Chopra Center for Well Being. She also furthered her professional and personal development studies with Jean Houston, Shakti Gwain, Debbie Ford, Dr. Roy Martina, Rama Birch and did her first yoga training with Peri Ness in Encinitas, California. In 2005, Joy moved from New York City to Nosara, Costa Rica and began her 500 hour teacher's path with Amba and Don Stapleton at the Nosara Yoga Institute where she now assists trainings, teaches and leads surf/yoga retreats. Joy's style is a fun, creative vinyasa flow that draws from a variety of disciplines with a deep affinity for yummy restorative poses. With an MBA in International Management and years of interesting work and travel experiences, Joy's second favorite thing to yoga and surfing is trading stories over long, delicious meals!
Oct 30-Nov 5 Nov 18-24 Nov 24-30	Healing Energy Practitioner, Laurinda Raquel, will be joining us once again in, this time, in Cartagena. Laurinda's treatments added so much to one of our Marrakech sessions and were so well received, that due to popular demand, we invited her to join us once again. Laurinda brings with her not only her areas of special interest, which include: Spiritual healing; Receive Love; Connecting to source, clearing the chakras to establish connection to the higher aspects of consciousness; to enable opening up to the greater depth of Self-knowledge and awareness; Awakening your inner voice and past-life reading, but also a warmth and kindness that adds a special touch to each of the sessions she is with us. "A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that has many benefits including altered states of consciousness and spiritual experiences. It is now accepted that humans are electromagnetic beings. As such, the best modality for healing is energy. All illness results from the lowering of body frequencies below that necessary to maintain homeostasis. By raising the frequencies and aligning the various bodies and energy systems, all the fields come into coherence. That is health." Laurinda will be offering 90 minute sessions throughout her stay. Each session is $115.00. Please email us prior to arrival if you are interested in booking a session with her, so we can be sure and accommodate your request. If the response is anything close to what it was in Marrakech, Laurinda will be 'healing' from morning until night!
	Elizabeth Rossa, affiliated Anusara teacher, is the founder/director of SHRIYOGA. She has studied extensively in Los Angeles with many notable master teachers eventually earning two teaching certifications in hatha yoga, one each from Max Strom and Erich Schiffman. Now on the path towards Anusara certification, she continues to study with John Friend and Sally Kempton, finding endless intrigue in the deepening of her own studentship. Elizabeth's classes are challenging on all levels, inspired by the Tantric vision of life as intrinsically good. She is immensely grateful to all her teachers from the first grade on for sharing their wisdom, humor and above all else, encouragement. Her intention is to fully share the gifts bestowed to her by these teachers while guiding her own students to also find the ultimate teacher within. www.shriyoganyc.com
	Cristiaana Sabella is an internationally recognized Yoga Instructor and inspirational speaker. She has comprised her teachings from various well known Yoga masters in the Los Angeles area where she began her in depth practice of Yoga, she has integrated the wisdom of her varied and courageous life history to develop a practice that has resulted in life changing testimonials from her students. You may visit www.truthisyouridentity.com for further information on her studios in Copenhagen as well as upcoming tour dates. Cristiaana resides in Malmø, Sweden.

	Jane Fryer, RYT 500, is best known for her creation of Inward Bound, a high end yoga retreat business featuring a global menu of options that unite yoga and meditation with nature. She has been traveling and teaching with Inward Bound since '91. Her yoga studies began in the '70s at Kripalu, and have continued over the years with instructors of Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Anusara yoga styles. She is multi certified, and primarily influenced now by Anusara's extraordinarily positive approach to yoga/life on and off the mat. Jane's expertise, coupled with the openness with which she shares her life experiences, are the gifts she brings to her students. With a rare understanding of anatomy and the body's energy systems, she provides both beginning and advanced students with a safe environment to explore, heal and integrate the body and mind. She believes we are all hungry to reconnect with anima mundi, the soul of the world; our source. This is precisely the process she experienced when first drawn to yoga decades ago. Jane is also an expert teacher of restorative yoga and vipassana meditation. Not to mention her lifetime of experience as an astrologer which informs her themes so that your practice will resonate with cosmic rhythms. She is also an acupressure massage therapist and provides amazing hands on adjustments for her students. Jane and Inward Bound have been featured in The Washington Post, The New York and Los Angeles Times , Time-Life's The Powers of Healing, Washington Woman, Mademoiselle, New Body, Yoga Journal,Vogue, Travel & Leisure, Healing Retreats & Spas, Wall Street Journal, etc. Jane recently moved with her husband Fritz from Washington DC to Nosara, Costa Rica where they created Heartwaves, a development to host travelers to this pristine paradise, a protected Pacific Beach, famous for surfing and yoga.
	Karin Schmidt has been a Certified Personal Trainer (A.C.E. Certified) for 10 years now. She is also a Pilates Instructor (Polstar Certification and Bally’s Master Pilates Training Program) and has been for the last 7 years. Karin was the former Fitness Director for Gorilla Sports (now Crunch Fitness) in San Francisco where she lived for 13 years. She decided she wanted a change so she moved up to the Pacific Northwest for a new adventure and currently works for The MAC (The Multnomah Athletic Club). The MAC is the second largest private health club in the United States. In Karin’s career thus far she has worked with everyone from kids to clients well into their 90s. She enjoys the challenge of each client’s goals and individual needs making sure they are working out the right way for them. Whether you are an athlete, suffering from an injury, or just training for life, Karin brings all of her skills to the table to help everyone that comes to her get to where they would like to be. Safety is her main concern with every one of her clients and she makes sure she educates all of them on how to protect themselves while training. Her personal philosophy is that exercising should be fun and that it shouldn’t have to hurt to work. Karin is also responsible for developing the original fitness concept Urban Recess Fitness for Women. This program is a fitness class for women based on recess games from elementary school….i.e. tag, duck duck goose, kickball, dodgeball, hot potato and the list goes on. Urban Recess was largely successful in San Francisco drawing plenty of media attention and Karin plans to continue the program in Portland, Oregon www.urbanrecess.com