Amy Root

Amy earned a Master of Public Health degree in Community Health Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2000 and a Bachelor or Science degree in Health and Fitness from Springfield College in 1993. Amy has been a certified personal trainer through The American Council on Exercise for 17 years and also holds a YogaFit® certification. Amy has taught yoga and fitness at health spas including Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico and Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA. Amy’s practice of vinyasa and Ashanga yoga has included study with expert instructors including Baryl Bender Birch, David Swenson and Molly Fox. Amy is a triathlete, avid trail runner and mother of two active girls. She works on public health obesity prevention at the University of Southern Maine/Muskie School of Public Service. Additionally, Amy motivates and inspires groups and individuals as a health coach.
Amy’s yoga classes offer a unique blend of strength and softness, of power and surrender, of athleticism and spirituality. Amy encourages you to expand at your edges, while honoring your body’s level of readiness. By using lively music coupled with a quick smile, Amy demonstrates to us that we can honor and respect the tradition of Yoga in a light-hearted, delightful and sometimes non-traditional manner.

Classes: Root Rhythms

Anna Witholt-Abaldo

Anna has been studying the 5Rhythms® with Gabrielle Roth and faculty for over 10 years, and became a certified 5Rhythms® teacher in 2001. Anna has taught classes and workshops in Europe, the Caribbean and New England since 1997. Her background in body-oriented psychology (MA) and Authentic Movement adds a sense of permission, groundedness and depth to her classes. In 2001, Anna founded her own studio for dance, movement and personal / spiritual development near Amsterdam. She directed the studio until 2004, when she moved to Maine following a vision of creating a place for this work amidst the beauty and stillness of nature.

As her teaching has ripened over the years, she continues to be fascinated by two realms in particular: working with partnering, and interpersonal relationships; and second, stimulating each individual to investigate their path, and supporting them in manifesting what deeply calls them in this moment.

When Anna is not teaching or dancing, she can usually be found chasing her two little children down a woods trail or up to her elbows in play dough. She also loves spending time with dear friends; taking in the beauty of Maine’s woods, hills, lakes and beaches; creating a warm and happy home with her beloved; and making art. – you can delete this highlighted part too if it’s too long; otherwise it can be kept. Anna is a professional member of the 5Rhythms® Teachers Association and the American Dance Therapy Association.

Anna is a professional member of the 5Rhythms® Teachers Association and the American Dance Therapy Association.

Classes: Endless Waves: 5Rhythms Class®

Brigitte Ziebell

I studied from 1994 to 1997 and completed my certification in New York City. I became the director and teacher of the first Pilates studio to open in Maine. From 2001 – 2011, I taught in my studio in Georgetown, DC, until returning to Maine. In addition to fifteen years of teaching Pilates to a broad and diverse client base, I have continued studies within the Pilates community and in related fields such as Feldenkrais, Somatics, Franklin Method, and neuromuscular research.

With this background, I have a heightened understanding of the simple beauty, complex elegance, true effectiveness, and grace of the Pilates Method. My passion for learning and teaching Pilates seems to grow with every person who walks through the door ready to get to work and have fun on their way to a strong, balanced, thinking body.

Classes: Pilates Mat Class

Colleen Duggan

Colleen is a certified Iyengar teacher who has been studying yoga since the early 1990’s throughout Asia, Europe and U.S. She has been teaching locally in Camden and Islesboro since relocating here in 2001 to start a family.  Colleen is dedicated to the Iyengar method of yoga which focuses on alignment and precision in the poses.  She became fully certified as an Iyengar teacher in 2010, a process that took over 6 years.   The Iyengar certification is rare among yoga teachers as the training and testing is so rigorous and demanding, taking many years to complete.  Part of the Iyengar method is that all teachers continue as life long learners on the yoga path studying under more senior instructors, always deepening their understanding of yoga.  As well as traveling to attend yoga workshops and trainings throughout the year, Colleen commutes regularly to Cambridge Massachusetts to study with her mentor, Patricia Walden.  She also travels every other year to Pune, India to study directly with the Iyengar family for one or two months. www.camdenmaineyoga.com

Classes: Iyengar Influenced Yoga

Deborah Cautela

Deborah Cautela, LSW has been bringing humanistic psychotherapy, movement and bodywork to people of all ages since 2000. Fascinated by the body-mind-spirit connection which allows people the opportunity to creatively explore any presenting problems or life situation through awareness based inquiry. She brings together her skills with working with individuals, couples and groups with movement and music to guide people to their deep potential of healing. She is inspired by Authentic Movement and 5Rhythms™.  Deborah founded VILA Movement Center in 2010.  She is a Phenomenal Touch ™ Associate practicing bodywork during the day and teaching movement classes at night.

Vila Movement Center
28 Washington St.
Camden, ME 04843
dcautela@roadrunner.com
207-691-0730

Classes: New Moon Movement Circle