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Karen Lee

Karen Lee

RYT-500, MAT, Yoga Therapist

As director of Breathing Time Yoga, Karen is dedicated to creating a space for holistic healing through yoga, movement, and meditation. Karen is an educator, teaching the students what they need to know to practice and how to match the practices to their unique needs and interests. 

Karen has been studying Viniyoga since 1994. She has studied extensively with Gary Kraftsow of the American Viniyoga Institute (AVI), and is an AVI Yoga Teacher (500-hr) and AVI Certified Yoga Therapist. Karen also holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from RISD.


Karen is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, where you may view a full profile of her experience, training, philosophy and publications.
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Christy Chase

Christy Chase

MAT, Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher

Christy is the mother of two boys, and feels the presence of yoga as a welcome oasis in a busy life. As a school teacher, she works hard to meet the individual needs of her students, and carries that practice in her yoga teaching. She loves teaching in the beautiful space at Breathing Time Yoga, and does so with integrity and humor.

After 19 years practicing yoga and many years of study, Christy, has successfully attained the title of Certified Iyengar Yoga teacher.  Perhaps the most intensive yoga teacher training in the US, becoming a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher requires years of practice, study and a rigorous examination of skills. 


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Darlene D'Arezzo

Darlene D'Arezzo

RYT 200

Darlene D'Arezzo, voted "Best Kids' Yoga Teacher" (LA Weekly), is a frequently sought after subject expert, educator, and writer, as well as a pioneer in the field of yoga for children with special needs. Through Kids' Yoga Circle, she conducts kid's classes and workshops, family retreats, and teacher trainings worldwide. Kids' Yoga Circle's Reach Out Program has been implemented in schools, youth centers, and children's hospitals.As a former contributing editor and writer for Yogi Times magazine, Darlene has written more than a dozen "Kids on the Mat" columns on such topics as yoga and AD/HD, childhood obesity, positive discipline, and childhood sleep disorders.Darlene teaches in the tradition of T. Krishnamacharya, having studied with Krishnamacharya's grandson, Kausthub Desikachar and with Gary Kraftsow and the American Viniyoga Institute. She practices counseling and psychotherapy. 
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Bonita Guerrero


RYT 200

Bonita Guerrero has been practicing yoga for over 12 years and received her Yoga Alliance 200-RYT through the Raffa Teacher Training Program. She has been trained in the Baptiste Power Vinyasa and has done advanced training with Ana Forrest.  During a difficult time in her life, she turned to yoga for help. After experiencing a powerful physical, emotional and spiritual transformation, she wants to share the gift of yoga as part of her life’s work and help others experience the same.  Bonita is both a Master Reiki Practitioner and an Advanced Level Integrated Energy Therapist (IET).  She is also a Certified Respiratory Therapist, holding a BS in Cardiopulmonary Science through Northeastern University; she also holds certifications as a Holistic Health Coach and as a Group Fitness Instructor.  Her medical and energy training, along with her holistic therapy and fitness knowledge, allows her to provide a class that is balanced physically, emotionally, and spiritually. 

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Kate Guilbault

Kate Guilbault

RYT 500

Kate Guilbault has been studying and practicing in the Viniyoga tradition since graduating from college in 2005. She teaches several classes per week in the Viniyoga style including Beginners and Intermediate level classes. Kate also teaches the Prenatal and Mom and Baby classes at Breathing Time. She loves working with women as they transition into motherhood. Kate is a DONA trained birth doula working towards her full certification.

Kate graduated from the Viniyoga New England teacher training program in 2010, after 5 years of study with Karen Lee. Kate is currently studying with Gary Kraftsow of the American Viniyoga Institute and working towards certification at the 500-hour level. 


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Victoria Lockard

Victoria Lockard

RYT 200

Victoria Lockard carries five years and over 1000 hours of teaching Baptiste power vinyasa yoga throughout Rhode Island. Her teaching is down to earth and immediate. Victoria received her RYT 200 certification through Live Love Teach with Philip Urso in 2011. She is currently working on her 500 Hour certification through Live Love Teach. Her passion for yoga amplifies all her other passions: hoop-dancing, music, art and technology. victorialockard.com

Victoria also serves as the yoga advisor and office manager for Breathing Time Yoga. Please get in touch at victoria.breathingtime@gmail.com


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Linda Sparrow

Linda Sparrowe

RYT 500

Linda is the editor-in-chief of Yoga International magazine and has been talking about and teaching yoga for more than 20 years. Certified at the 500-hour level through OM Yoga in New York City, she leads the Courageous Women, Fearless Living retreats at Shambhala Mountain Center and a variety of workshops nationally. She is the author of several books, including A Woman’s Book of Yoga and Health. Featured as a leading expert on yoga in the film YogaWoman, Linda teaches yoga as a way for us to wake up to our true selves moment-to-moment through a combination of open-mindedness, humor, and a sense of adventure. www.lindasparrowe.com

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Angela Lang

Angela Lang

RYT 200


Angela has been studying yoga since 2001. She has explored many different yoga styles, but has carried the principles of Viniyoga with her from the beginning. Her beginner classes help students gain a solid foundation for breath and movement, teaching students how to benefit not only physically, but emotionally and mentally.

Her Continuing Viniyoga and Lunch Hour classes provide students the opportunity to deepen their practice in a relaxed, laid back atmosphere. Angela encourages her students to maintain a lighthearted approach to their practice, while still developing a more intimate understanding of their bodies and themselves.
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Keith Cobb

 

Keith Cobb

RYT 200

Keith became part of the Breathing Time community as a Seva student when he moved to Rhode Island in 2011. The passion for practice and insight he gathered from being around the teachers at the studio inspired him to enroll in a 200-Hour Teacher Training at Kripalu, where he studied with Devarshi Steven Hartman and Priti Robyn Ross. He is currently studying the Viniyoga tradition as an apprentice to Karen Lee. Keith continues to find his yoga practice to be transformative in all aspects of life. He tries to bring compassion, mindfulness, and joy to his teaching and service as office assistant at BTY.


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Erik Strzempko

Erik Strzempko
Erik Strzempko

RYT 200

Playfully exploring our fluid energy; fully inhabiting our physical body; surrendering to our unbroken connection to one another, the environment, and the universe; and curiously wandering down the path toward our true nature is the essence of Yoga to Erik.

He credits Yoga as a fundamental part of his own emotional, physical, and spiritual healing.  He brings to class the desire to help guide others on their own personal journeys toward holistic wellness.
 
Erik holds a BA in Sustainable Business with a concentration in holistic health and nutrition from UMASS Amherst.  He received his RYT-200 training at Viniyoga New England and is registered with Yoga Alliance.  He has studied Yin Yoga, with Josh Summers; Thai Yoga Bodywork, with Ed Cardinal; and Restorative Yoga, with Jillian Pransky.  He is currently working toward RYT-500 certification through Coral Brown’s Prana Flow training program.

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Ann-Marie McGee


Ann-Marie McGee

RYT-200


Ann-Marie is a graduate of Providence college where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Humanities while spending a semester abroad developing her French language skills. She has always had an interest in philosophy and self development.

Ann-Marie discovered yoga at Breathing Time Yoga as a result of her search for a means of relaxation and increased strength and body awareness after her busy days working as a Human Resources Business Partner for a global IT services company.

The practice of gentle Viniyoga taught by Karen Lee captured her interest and Ann-Marie applied and was accepted to the premier class of teacher training at Vini-Yoga New England. She completed her 200 hour RYT certification in January 2010. Ann-Marie has taught Community Yoga and Yoga for Beginner classes in the Viniyoga tradition. She has attended a workshop by Leslie Howard and a Kundalini workshop with Guruatma Singh Khalsa. Her intention is to help others discover the peace and satisfaction the practice of yoga brings. Quoting Mark Walker in Yoga Journal, "Adventure is the willingness to commit to an uncertain future with an open heart and open mind." Ann-Marie invites you to join in on the adventure.
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Kathleen Staudinger

Kathy Staudinger

RYT 200

As a seasoned veteran of the fitness industry, Kathy has over 25 years experience teaching aerobics, kickboxing, strength training and spinning classes.  Ten years ago a back injury introduced her to yoga as part of her therapeutic treatment and she has been a yoga practitioner since then.  In 2003 she completed a 100 hour Hatha yoga certification with AFAA.  Kathy is currently enrolled in the 200 hour Viniyoga RYT training with Karen Lee at Breathing Time Yoga.

Everything we do and experience “on the mat” has relevance in our daily lives.  Yoga allows us to be with ourselves in a way that encourages transformation on many levels. Because of the physical  benefits and the limitless opportunities for personal growth, Kathy looks forward to assisting your personal yoga journey.


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