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Instructors at Mind Body Connection
 The Director of Mind Body Connection, Angelina Spector, has been the
Director/Owner of Mind.Body Connection Fitness Studio since 1994 and
originated the concept of Mind-Body Connection Fitness. Angi, is a Certified
Pilates Teacher Trainer, that conducts the Mind-Body Connection Pilates Certification. She supervises interns and works directly as a personal
trainer with individual clients and small groups for complete Pilates
programs including assessment and design of personal workouts.
Angi is also certified to conduct classes and personal trainings in
Gyrokinesis® and the Gyrotonic® Expansion System. She has studied and
certified in complementary bodywork practices including: certification in
Yamuna® Body Rolling and Yamuna®, Body Logic Bodywork; NIA aerobic dance
(Black Belt Instructor) and Bowen bodywork. She is a Certified Massage
Therapist and Somatic Educator through Moving On Center: School for
Participatory Arts and Research in Oakland, CA.
Angi has presented trainings throughout the Bay Area, Southern Callifornia
and Hawaii, including Esalen, The Claremont Hotel Spa, and with the Dean
Ornish program. Email:angi@mindbodyconnection.net
 Adam Archer is a Mind-Body Connection Pilates Certified Trainer. He has had
20 years of extensive classical ballet experience and has been a
master-teacher at schools and colleges all over the United States for over
ten years. He has danced professionally with numerous companies from all
over California, and has a deep understanding of the specific needs of
athletes. He spent three years as a proffesional caregiver, on the side, so
I am well-versed in specific mobility issues for the elderly and
over-weight. He thrives on being a problem-solver, and cheerfully welcomes
any challenges that a client might have, with their body.
 Nan Ayers has been studying Pilates dating back to the 1970s in New York
City, where she was born and raised, and where in preparation for a career
in the theater she studied ballet, acting, and voice. Many years and a few
careers later, she returned in the 1990s to the study of Pilates here at
Mind Body Connection and subsequently began working full-time teaching here
in the Fall of 2005. She began teaching beginning and intermediate mat
classes at the YWCA in Berkeley at that time and has also given beginner
training at the Piedmont Yoga Studio. Nan is a graduate of the Berkeley
Psychic Institute, Aesclepion's Hands-on-Healing Program and is a Certified
Massage Therapist. Nan is presently at the intern level working toward her
apparatus certification, anticipated approximately January 2007.
Margaret Barbee, PHD - is a college professor at JFK University Graduate School of Psychology, author, group facilitator, business consultant and leadership coach. She earned her doctorate at Colorado State University in Industrial/Organizational Psychology in 1976. She leads creativity workshops throughout the US and internationally and is the originator of the Creativity in Motion Workshop.
Rose Adams Kelly is an AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and has been teaching privately and at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco for the past 22 years. She is also certified in Rosen Method Bodywork and Pilates Mat.
Shayne Maratea is a Somatic Movement Therapist/Educator, Pilates Instructor, Massage Therapist, and dancer. Her Education and Inspirations include Body-Mind Centering (tm), Laban/Bartenieff, Authentic Movement, Yoga, Pilates, CranioSacral Therapy, dance and improvisation. She integrates her fascination with the body and love of movement to allow for a full web of physical and emotional expression. She believes that peace begins with ourselves and that this work empowers people to make optimal choices on a personal, community, and global level.
Janna Matsuoka is a Physicalmind Institute Certified Pilates instructor, and has been training clients at mind-body connection for the past four years. In 2007, she received her Gyrotonic Level One certification with Master Trainer Tamara Yoneda. In addition to her current studies, she has a strong dance background, which allows her to fully appreciate both technical and creative aspects of her practice.
Tamara Yoneda - began her healing art studies as a child. In 1988 she became a chiropractic assistant to Dance Medicine Specialist John DeRoy DC, founder of White Cloud West now known as San Francisco Gyrotonic®. In 1990 she became a student of Juliu Horvath who made her a Master Trainer in 2001. She offers certification in Gyrokinesis, the Gyrotonic® Pulley Tower Combination Unit Level I, the Jumping-Stretching Board, the Ladder, the Leg-Piece and the Gyrotoner®. Her current home base is in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Website: www.hawaiiislandgyrotonic.com
Yamuna Zake is the creator of the Body
Rolling system which is based on Body Logic, a therapeutic bodywork system
she developed over 20 years ago and which she practices internationally.
Author of Body Rolling. Website: www.yamunabodyrolling.com
2005© Angi Spector and MindBody Connection
5855 Doyle St, Suite 108; Emeryville, CA 94608
Telephone: 510.420.0444 Toll Free: 877.793.6196
angi@mindbodyconnection.net
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