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Welcome to the Yoga Tree
of Tucson, Arizona

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	Nasim Anayati-Ma'ani Nasim is a registered yoga teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, having completed her 250-hour training with Providence Institute. Her specialized certifications include Life Force Yoga for Depression with Amy Weintraub; Kids Yoga Teacher Training with Sue Ferguson; Yin Yoga with internationally acclaimed teacher Sarah Powers and Pre- and Postnatal Training with Stephanie Keach.In addition to this training, Nasim has also taken workshops with well-known teachers such as Ana Forrest, Shiva Ray, Mukunda Stiles and Arun Devi. She is very interested in the study of Ayurveda, the sister-science to Yoga and gives classes in Ayurvedic cooking. Nasim’s all-level yoga classes include pranayama, asana and meditation to allow you to experience complete relaxation for body and mind in a joyful and compassionate environment. Nasim is married, a mother of two, an architect and a musician and has lived and worked in Europe, the Middle East and Australasia.

	Thomas Beall Thomas Beall is a E-500 RYT hr Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher who lives and teaches in Tucson, Arizona. He began practicing yoga in the early 1970's and has continued his personal exploration over four decades. Tom is a lifelong practitioner of yoga of all varieties including the study of Kundalini, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Kripalu, Anusara, Yin and other approaches. Currently he teaches classes at the Tucson Racquet and Fitness Club, Yoga Flow, Body Works, U of A Fitness Center, and Pima College. Tom is known for giving clear and precise instruction and inspiring students to excel in their practice. He has three audio CD's of yoga instruction available for sale, 'Gentle', 'Moderate' and 'Vigorous Kripalu Yoga' and 'Yoga for Strong, Healthy Backs'. With Sally Weber he has developed a partner yoga program for couples.

	Ellen Campbell Ellen has been teaching yoga to children and adults in Tucson since 2007. In her teaching, as well as in her personal practice, Ellen enjoys exploring many branches of Yoga including Kripalu, Kundalini, Life Force Yoga and Vinyasa Flow. Her goal as an instructor is to create a supportive and joyful environment in which students of all ages and abilities can experience the beauty of movement, breath, self-reflection and inner peace. Ellen received her 250 Hour Yoga teacher training from the Providence Institute in Tucson. In addition to teaching Yoga, Ellen is an artist, an aspiring writer and a busy adoring mom!

	Jenny Kendall Jenny has been teaching yoga since 1998. She was certified through the Providence Institute 250 hour yoga teacher training, Providence Institute’s Advanced Yoga Teacher Training in Individualizing yoga for healing and completed Maria KaliMa’s Functional Yoga Therapy. She continues her studies in pranayama and meditation through workshops with teachers in the Desikachar tradition, including Kaustub Desikacher and Chase Bossart. Jenny combines breath-centeredness with her earlier yoga experience in Iyengar yoga and her love of anatomy to help students find their own unique inner alignment and balance. She teaches Yoga for Riders classes in Tucson and Sonoita, and offers workshops, clinics, and mini-retreats for riders. She has a private teaching and therapeutic practice helping aching and aging athletes, individuals with chronic pain, and people recovering from injuries to find and maintain their flexibility and strength. A frequent collaborator in her private practice is Dr. Gary, a little bay horse who has a knack for helping his students find their own healing through Horse-Assisted Yoga for Healing. Jenny teaches Animal-Assisted Yoga for Healing, yoga practices that integrate companion animals into the healing process. To learn more about Jenny's work with animals, visit deserthorseyoga.blogspot.com and dhyogadog.blogspot.com. She also is currently writing a continuing series on Yoga for The Tucson Examiner.

	Leigh Ann Lesho, Founder Leigh Ann is a registered Yoga teacher (RYT) with the Yoga Alliance, having completed her 250-hour training with the Providence Institute in 2005, with a specialized certification in Prenatal Yoga from The Yoga Connection. She is a highly decorated athlete from a 19-year softball career that began in her hometown of Tucson. While playing at Flowing Wells High School, she was twice named Player of the Year in Southern Arizona and broke the all-time state strikeout record as a pitcher. She continued her career at the University of Nebraska with a full-athletic scholarship from 1999-2002 and was named an NCAA All-American Pitcher. She received her Bachelors Degree in Broadcast-Journalism with a Minor in History, and went on to play softball professionally in Spain, Italy, and eventually returned home to Tucson to play for the Arizona Heat for one season before retiring from the sport. She began teaching young Tucson pitchers and fell in love with the integration of Yoga into an athletes mental, emotional, and physical training. Softball had been her preparation for a life-path of Yoga. Her yogic journey truly began in the middle of her college career when she began to form a relationship with her breath...she had a spiritual awakening through the meditative routine that was her pitching; and realized that she had been practicing Yoga for many years without being aware of it as the system of "Yoga". The Yoga Tree has been a vision of Leigh Ann's since she first decided to become a Yoga teacher, and she is so grateful that this vision has finally come to life with an amazing family of teachers to help nurture its growth! Leigh Ann is also a wife, mother, artist, and musician. She enjoys teaching a Vinyasa style of asana practice.

	Andrea Mitchell Andrea has been practicing yoga for over ten years, has been a certified instructor since 2005 and is registered with the Yoga Alliance. Andrea’s style is based in Hatha but also has some vinyasa (flow) incorporated in, it can be challenging, but also relaxing. She enjoys sharing yoga and the benefits it offers with others. She loves to watch her students become more in tune with the mind, body, spirit connection and improve their practice. Andrea has experience teaching both in studio and in corporate environments.

	Jamie Perkunas Jaimie Perkunas has been working in Physical Therapy since 1998 and has been practicing yoga since 2000. Jaimie graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Des Moines University in 2005 and completed a 200hr Anusara Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga Oasis with Darren Rhodes and Christina Sells in December 2010. She is excited to merge yoga and physical therapy into a safe and healing practice. She is experienced in working with clients with complex medical and physical conditions including post spinal and joint surgeries, muscle strains, arthritis, chronic and acute back pain, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Jaimie's goal is to help you develop a freedom within your mind and body to eliminate fear of movement & self limitations. Ultimately, you will return to your mat with knowledge and awareness to keep you free from discomfort and/or injury. www.yogatherapyforyou.com

	Torrey Postal Torrey, a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with the Yoga Alliance, completed her training with The Yoga Connection in 2004 and received her certification in Prenatal Yoga that same year. She strives to help students achieve a more balanced state through asana, pranayama and meditation in a nurturing, relaxed and accepting environment. Her path to yoga began with the need for the beauty of movement after leaving her background in classical ballet. Yoga allowed her to pursue the joy of movement without judgment or competition and, through this path; she discovered the many benefits of yoga beyond asana. She attended her first yoga class at the age of 17 and has had a consistent yoga practice for over ten years. Torrey teaches “eclectic slow flow” classes; weaving the body, breath and mind in the dance of yoga. She has experience teaching all levels of yoga including gentle, prenatal/postnatal, chair, yoga for kids and “mommy & me” classes. A third generation Arizona native, Torrey’s amazing daughters provide her with her greatest joys, inspiration and lessons in life.


	Sally Weber BSBA, PYT, E-RYT-500, Sally has been practicing yoga for over 30 years. She came to Tucson after evacuating from Hurricane Katrina with her family, leaving behind a yoga studio in Bay St Louis, Mississippi. She received her yoga teaching certification through Integrative Yoga Therapy (www.iytyogatherapy.com) in 2001 and Profession Yoga Therapist (PYT) certification in 2003. Sally is currently a mentor for these programs. She published articles in WWN Connections (Holistic Wellness Network) on "Yoga and Diabetes" and in the Arizona Yoga Association newsletter on "Evacuating from Katrina, An Extreme Practice in Yoga from the Lens of the Five Koshas." She is on the Board of Directors for the Arizona Yoga Association (www.azyoga.com). She has co-developed partner yoga workshops in Tucson with Tom Beall www.sunmoonyoga-tucson.com. Sally has experience teaching all levels of yoga, vinyasa, chair yoga, yoga for a healthy back, breathing, meditation, and private sessions incorporating Integrative Yoga Therapy techniques. She has created specialty classes such as yoga for Fibromyalgia, Yoga for the Brain, Yoga for a Good Night’s sleep, and Yoga for a Healthy Back.