Instructors

BRYAN LEGERE - is a Certified Intermediate Iyengar Jr. Yoga instructor and Director of the Ventura Yoga Studio. He has been studying yoga since 1978 and began teaching in 1984.  He founded the Ventura Yoga Studio in 1991 and was the treasure of IYASC in the late 80's. He teaches both public and private classes as well as workshops around the country. Bryan has studied in India numerous times with the Iyengars. He has been an Iyengar Yoga National Association Certification Assessor since 1994. He created the yoga teacher certification program at our studio. Bryan is a founder of the Great Yoga Wall®, Inc. The Great Yoga Wall® offers a revolutionary approach to practicing yoga use by the finest yoga studios around the world.

BEVERLY GRAVES - is a Senior Intermediate Iyengar Yoga Instructor, was one of Mr. Iyengar's first students in the United States, and is certified by him. She has been to India to study yoga nine times since 1975, most recently in February 1996. Beverly has taught all over the United States and in Ventura for 17 years.

ANNA SPANOPOULOS began her yoga study in the early seventies and teacher training in hatha yoga and Asthanga yoga in 1994. She began teaching in 1995. Since then, Anna has been a student of the Iyengar yoga system including Iyengar teacher training. Anna has a Bachelor's Degree in Biology.

TERRY BADARAfter an illness in 1998 I started Iyengar Yoga at the Ventura Yoga Studio. From my yoga practice and spiritual path of Siddha Yoga I have learned to listen to my body and have become more balanced. I now share this knowledge with my students at the Ventura Yoga Studio and love it! I have been an elementary school teacher since 1982 and incorporate yoga in my classes. I incorporate Deep Emotional Release Bodywork in my teaching that helps release negative emotions so students can experience more of their true selves. Along with my love for yoga, I enjoy music, the out doors, bike riding, and hiking in Ojai where I live with ny lovely teenage daughter, Elizabeth.


JOELLA FARREN

BERNIE CONRAD started yoga classes with Beverly Graves in 1982. He attended many workshops with nationally known Iyengar Yoga teachers in the intervening years as well as continuing classes with Bryan Legere. His interest in teaching has been encouraged by Beverly and Bryan over the years, and he is now studying and working toward being the yoga teacher they know he can be.

JENETH McCLURE - began practicing the yoga of Indra Devi in 1970. She was introduced to Iyengar Yoga in 1995, traveling to India in 1998 to study under Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar, as well as Geeta and Preshant Iyengar. She brings to her classes her love of yoga and a genuine interest in each student. Jeneth holds a RYT 500 yoga teacher certification.

JANE SIEVERT

CARA SORKIN has been practicing Iyengar Yoga since 1997 and has been affiliated with the Ventura Yoga Studio for the past six years. She teaches Iyengar Yoga privately and to small classes in Agoura. Cara is honored and excited to share her experiences and love of yoga at the Ventura Yoga Studio.

Dr. TODD BINKLEY
Ventura Yoga Studio
110 N. Olive St. - Ventura, CA 93001
Phone (805) 643-5979