Teacher Details

Susanna teaches yoga for children, youth, and adults in Birmingham.  She approaches yoga instruction for adults with a sense of simplicity, a joy of movement and careful attention to postural alignment.  Her work with children, youth and their parents, draws on the creative, playful, and imaginative aspects of the practice.  Her teaching style offers gentle vinyasas and echoes of Iyengar yoga.  You may hear her name in connection with “Yoga Ed.” or “Yoga Friends”.

Susanna has a background in classical ballet and low level gymnastics, and she taught both to children and youth in Tuscaloosa & Birmingham, AL for many years.  She began group fitness instruction at age 16 and has taught regularly in this arena since 1997, beginning first in aerobics and free weight classes, then moving on to mat Pilates and yoga.   These experiences, along with  15 years working with youth in the Episcopal Church, and her more recent domestic “career” as mother of beautiful 9, 7, and 3-year old daughters, informs her yoga instruction to the extent that Susanna sees and holds valuable the changes and chances that come with age, ability, and a desire to cultivate life-long health.

Susanna is certified as a Group Fitness Instructor through AFAA, with an emphasis on yoga and mat Pilates.  She continues to build on that training through workshops and professional development (Doug  Keller, Doug Swenson, Sean Tabor, etc.).   Susanna also holds training through YogaKids (Atlanta) and Yoga Ed. (see yogaed.com for more information), the Los Angeles-based program that seeks to promote lifetime health and wellness in school children. At present, Susanna is the only person in Alabama trained in this internationally recognized program.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
 Mother's Day Weekend Yoga Workshop for women and girls
A celebration of women & girls through yoga, art, and play!
Saturday, May 9
Children's Dance Foundation
9:30-11:30 AM - workshop for women with girls age K-2nd
1:30-3:30 PM - workshop for women with girls age 3rd-5th
Cost: $35 per pair

 

Class Locations: 

• YMCA Mountain Brook Branch  870.0144
•  Creative Montessori School  879.3278
•  Homewood Community Center  332.6702

Children’s Workshops:

• Wetumpka Public Library – “Get Creative” Children’s Yoga Workshop  Tuesday, June 30   2 PM
• Birmingham Botanical Gardens 414.3900 (summer workshops July 27-31), 2009
• Open for children’s workshops at libraries, camps, consultations, etc.

Adult classes (gentle to moderate): 

• YMCA:  Please check schedule on  YMCAbham.org  
• Homewood Community Center Wednesdays 9:30-10:45 AM  Yogalates Class
• Children, Youth, & Teen classes:
• Creative Montessori  - classes resuming in Summer or Fall 2009
• Birimingaham Botanical Gardens :  July 27-31, 2009  Yoga & Art Camp for children

 

Susanna Whitsett

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