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About Joni...
Joni Sturgill is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga
Alliance.
What Joni says about her personal practice:
"I have practiced yoga almost daily for eight years, plus I’ve
enjoyed a regular meditation practice for about six years. Before
having children, I earned a BA in Communication and was a full-
time marketing copywriter, but now I choose to focus my life on
raising my children and teaching yoga. Yoga has taught me many
things about life, and I am grateful to share this wonderful
discipline and experience with others!"
Joni's Teaching Experience
FBI Crime Victims Rights Conference, April 16, 2008, OKC, OK,
Gave a seminar on coping with stress using breath & meditation;
encouraged stretching/yoga/exercise to release physical stress.
Yoga Matrika, Squirrel Hill, PA, since April, 2007
Substitute teach Prenatal Yoga classes; meditation workshops
Breathe Yoga Studio, Pittsburgh, PA, since April, 2007
Teach meditation workshops
Schoolhouse Yoga, Squirrel Hill, PA, since January, 2007
Teach 3 weekly yoga classes & monthly meditation workshops
Ohio Township Community Nature Center, PA, since Nov.,2006
Teach weekly mixed level yoga classes
3rd Street Yoga, Carnegie, PA, January, 2007 - May, 2007
Taught monthly meditation workshops, subbed yoga classes, taught
alternating Saturday mornings
Santosha Yoga Center, Gibsonia, PA, December, 2006 - April, 2007
Taught weekly mixed level yoga classes, weekly prenatal yoga classes
FitWell Studios, Wexford, PA, July, 2006 - January, 2007
Taught yoga classes to beginners, mixed level adults, and pregnant
women
Taught Meditation, Relaxation, and Pranayama workshops monthly
OSIRIS Wellness & Day Spa, Evans City, PA, Jan. 2006 - Jan. 2007
Taught Hatha yoga classes to beginners, mixed level adults
Roots & Wings Pilates and Yoga Studio, Wexford, PA, February,
2005 – July, 2006
Taught yoga classes to beginners, mixed level adults, and pregnant
women (twice a week)
Taught Meditation, Relaxation, and Pranayama workshops monthly,
10/05 - 7/06
Training
A Selection of Completed Readings on
Yoga and Meditation
Joni Sturgill is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga
Alliance.
What Joni says about her personal practice:
"I have practiced yoga almost daily for eight years, plus I’ve
enjoyed a regular meditation practice for about six years. Before
having children, I earned a BA in Communication and was a full-
time marketing copywriter, but now I choose to focus my life on
raising my children and teaching yoga. Yoga has taught me many
things about life, and I am grateful to share this wonderful
discipline and experience with others!"
Joni's Teaching Experience
FBI Crime Victims Rights Conference, April 16, 2008, OKC, OK,
Gave a seminar on coping with stress using breath & meditation;
encouraged stretching/yoga/exercise to release physical stress.
Yoga Matrika, Squirrel Hill, PA, since April, 2007
Substitute teach Prenatal Yoga classes; meditation workshops
Breathe Yoga Studio, Pittsburgh, PA, since April, 2007
Teach meditation workshops
Schoolhouse Yoga, Squirrel Hill, PA, since January, 2007
Teach 3 weekly yoga classes & monthly meditation workshops
Ohio Township Community Nature Center, PA, since Nov.,2006
Teach weekly mixed level yoga classes
3rd Street Yoga, Carnegie, PA, January, 2007 - May, 2007
Taught monthly meditation workshops, subbed yoga classes, taught
alternating Saturday mornings
Santosha Yoga Center, Gibsonia, PA, December, 2006 - April, 2007
Taught weekly mixed level yoga classes, weekly prenatal yoga classes
FitWell Studios, Wexford, PA, July, 2006 - January, 2007
Taught yoga classes to beginners, mixed level adults, and pregnant
women
Taught Meditation, Relaxation, and Pranayama workshops monthly
OSIRIS Wellness & Day Spa, Evans City, PA, Jan. 2006 - Jan. 2007
Taught Hatha yoga classes to beginners, mixed level adults
Roots & Wings Pilates and Yoga Studio, Wexford, PA, February,
2005 – July, 2006
Taught yoga classes to beginners, mixed level adults, and pregnant
women (twice a week)
Taught Meditation, Relaxation, and Pranayama workshops monthly,
10/05 - 7/06
Training
- Mediation Workshop w/ Doug Keller, ERYT-500, Oct. 27, 2007,
Pittsburgh, PA(2 hrs.) Philosophy, technique, practice,
pranayama
- Yoga Therapeutics Workshop w/ Doug Keller,ERYT-500, Oct.
28, 2007, Pittsburgh,PA (3hrs.) Anatomy, standing poses,
poses for low back/sacrum.
- Anusaura Workshop w/Desiree Rumbaugh, Aug. 11,12, 2007,
Pittsburgh, PA (8hrs.) Standing poses, backbends,
forwardbends, arm balances.
- Outer & Inner Aspects of Vinyasa with Cyndi Lee, May 19,20,
2007, Columbus, OH (12hrs.) OM yoga Teacher training
workshop.
- Cultivating Mindfulness in Everyday Life Meditation Workshop
with Cyndi Lee, May 18, 2007, Columbus, OH (3hrs.)
Meditation practice shamatha (Buddhist mindfulness
meditation).
- Kripalu 3-day Meditation Retreat with Bhavani Loraine
Nelson, March 8-11, 2007, Lenox, Mass. (14 hrs.) Studied a
variety of meditation techniques and practiced. Silent
meditation for 2 days.
- Living Your Yoga Workshop with Judith Lasater, Sept. 16 &
17, 2006,Pittsburgh, PA (10 hrs.) Explored yoga, meditation
and mindfulness in everyday life.
- The Shoulder Joint & Asana, Teacher Training with Judith
Lasater, Sept. 15, 2006, Pittsburgh, PA (5 hrs.)
- 200-hour teacher training (200 hr. RYT program) with Joanne
VandenHengel of 3rd Street Yoga, Carnegie, PA. Completed
August, 2006. Coursework consisted of asana study, anatomy,
philosophy, ethics, history, meditation and the art of
teaching yoga.
- Anusara Yoga Therapeutics workshop with Todd Norian & Ann
Greene, April 30, 2006, Pittsburgh, PA (3 hrs.) Explored
adjustments, alignment and therapeutic details of yoga
poses, plus Anusara yoga principles.
- Profound Alignment Workshop with Mark Taylor, Joanne
VandenHengel, Wendy Mackin, April 23, 2006, Pittsburgh, PA.
Anatomy discussion (explored the many diaphragms of the
body); body, mind and breath connection, explored
sensations in yoga poses.
- Yoga Journal Conference, Boston, April 2006, training with
Judith Hanson Lasater (Ab-focused session), Desiree
Rumbaugh (therapy for the hips), Paul Grilley (Yin Yoga),
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa (Kundalini meditation), and Sharon
Gannon (Jivamukti style yoga)
- YogaFit Pre/Post-Natal, February, 2005, Herndon,VA
- YogaFit Level 1, January, 2005, Pittsburgh, PA. Basic yoga
teacher training; discussed and practiced poses,
anatomy, teaching methods.
- Yoga Journal Conference, Boston, April, 2004, training with
Baron Baptiste (Power Vinyasa), Rodney Yee (Yoga Through
Grounding), Gessner Geyer (Kundalini basics), Maty Ezraty
(Yoga and the Shoulder Joint), and Swami Asokananda
(Meditation).
- Chakras, Tattwas, & Yoga Nidra Workshop with Swami
Dharmakeerti, Medina, OH, Oct., 2003 Studied yoga history,
chakra energy centers, tattwas, and expored the process of
moving through Yoga Nidra.
A Selection of Completed Readings on
Yoga and Meditation
- Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by H. David Coulter
- How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali translated
by Prabhavananda and Isherwood - Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
- Yoga Body, Buddha Mind by Cyndi Lee
- Yoga, The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness by Erich
Schiffman - Yoga for Wellness by Gary Kraftsow
- Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Yoga Nidra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
- Living Your Yoga by Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D., P.T.
- Relax & Renew by Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D., P.T.
- The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar
- 8 Minute Meditation by Victor Davich
- The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Living Buddha, Living Christ, by Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chodron
- ...and many more.
 | Yoga Alliance 200-Hour | |
| Registered Yoga Teacher | ||
| Over 100 additional hours of training | |
| Over 600 hours of teaching | |
| experience |