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Kathleen Wright Patricia Layton
Laura LundyConnie ZdenekDonna Furmanek Donna Prenta | Robert Gadon
Kathleen M. Wright
Kathleen Wright is the founder and director of Garden of Yoga. Kathleen is a cofounder of Yoga Circle and Wild Onion Yoga. She has been studying Yoga since 1974 and teaching since 1976. Her initial training was under the direct guidance of Swami Veda Bharati of the Himalyan Tradition. She holds a degree in Movement Education from the University of Minnesota and graduated from the Iyengar Yoga Institute of California’s two-year state certification program in 1983. She has studied by invitation with the Iyengar family, including B.K.S. Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar in India on five different occasions. She has also helped to host the Iyengars on visits to the U.S. and participated in many Iyengar Yoga national conventions. She is a nationally certified Iyengar Yoga instructor at the Junior Intermediate level. Her Yoga teachers in the U.S.are Ramanand Patel, Janet MacLeod, and Lois Steinberg. Kathleen serves as mentor and teacher to many of the area's top yoga teachers. Kathleen is recognized as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) by the Yoga Alliance. She continues to study and practice Yoga. Also, Kathleen is a Certified Ayurvedic Educator.
Kathleen: (708) 989-1329
Patricia Layton
Pat Layton is a graduate of the California College of Ayurveda, and has a Master’s Degree in Integral Health Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies. While living in California she owned and operated the Yerba Buena Ayurveda and Pancha Karma Center in San Francisco. She has taught Ayurveda and Yoga-related subjects at several schools and colleges including San Francisco State University (Adjunct faculty), California College of Ayurveda (Core faculty), Kanyakumari Ayurveda (core faculty), and the Iyengar Yoga Institute’s Teaching Training Program (Physiology for Yoga Teachers). She frequently travels to India to continue her studies in both Ayurveda and Yoga. She has been an initiate of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition since 1974 and continues her meditation and philosophy studies with Swami Veda Bharati at his ashram in Rishikesh. Pat is recognized as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) by the Yoga Alliance.
Patricia: (708) 989-1329
Laura Lundy
Laura started taking Yoga classes years ago as an antidote to a high-stress job working with emotionally disturbed inner-city kids. Yoga has helped her maintain her equilibrium in a high pressure situation. She apprenticed at Yoga Circle in Chicago and has attended many workshops and teacher trainings and is a Nationally Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor.
Although Yoga can be hard work, the joy of practice keeps her at it year after year. Laura thinks Yoga can be fun and tries to pass that on to her students.
Laura: (708) 308-1401
Connie Zdenek
Laughter and work are what Connie likes to bring to her traditional Hatha Yoga classes. A graduate of the teacher training program at the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago, Connie began her Yoga practice in Tucson, Arizona, just taking park district classes. Though she was enthusiastic immediately, it was years before Yoga assumed a prominent place in her life.
Her classes include a variety of asanas, and she continues her Yoga studies at workshops with Kim Schwartz, Mary Samano, Kari Tomashik and William Hunt.
Connie: (708) 246-4311
Donna Furmanek
Donna began Yoga as a compliment to her dance practice in the early 1980’s. Since then, Donna’s practice and teaching have continually evolved. Her training includes certification through the Temple of Kriya in Chicago, Yoga Kids, Yoga Ed., Certified Movement Analyst through Columbia College, and Nationally Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher in Training. Donna has experienced the therapeutic effects of Yoga and wishes to share the joy of health and healing with others.
Donna: (708) 217-5466
Donna Prenta
Donna Prenta has taught meditation, workshops, and yoga in the Western Suburbs since 2005. She is an active yoga instructor for cancer survivors. She has completed Certification in Intuition under the instruction of Dr. Christine Page. She has completed The Healing Imagery Workshop under the instruction of Belleruth Naparstek. She leads the monthly Reiki Circle at YAF and is in the process of completing her 500 hour Teacher Training with Kathleen Wright at the Bhavana Institute in Lagrange, IL. Donna’s intention for students: have fun, be curious, and experience the joy of Yoga in a safe environment. 200 RYT, Reiki Master.
Donna: (708) 650-2084
Robert Gadon
Robert Gadon has practiced Iyengar yoga since 1997, and taught in the method since 2004. His teaching is thoughtful, precise, challenging, and fun. Robert is a 2009 graduate of the Iyengar yoga teacher training program at Studio Yoga in Madison, NJ under the direction of Theresa Rowland. He is working toward his Iyengar yoga Intro II level teacher certification, and presently studies with Kathleen Wright and Lois Steinberg of Urbana, IL.
Robert: (302) 740-0612
Garden of Yoga
140 North LaGrange Road
Suite 17
LaGrange, IL 60525
708-989-1329
Contact UsGarden of Yoga is conveniently located west of Chicago in the suburb of LaGrange, close to the Metra train station.
