Rhonda Bailey

Rhonda is a Certified Yoga instructor and Second Degree Reiki Practioner.  She is Director/Owner and yoga instructor at Joy Yoga Studio in Cary, NC.  She is a founding member of the SeaSide Yoga Retreat.  Rhonda completed the Restorative Yoga Teacher Training program at the Iyengar Institute in San Francisco and the Teacher Training Program at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, MA.  In 2003 she completed the Second Degree Reiki Method in Natural Healing practioner program.  Rhonda teaches a gentle meditative style of yoga, which focuses on stretching, breathing and relaxing.

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Jean Costa

Jean has been practicing yoga for 20 years.  In 2006, she attended the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, MA. and received her 200 hour yoga teacher certification.   She is a member of the Kripalu Yoga Association and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT).  She is a founding member of the SeaSide Yoga Retreat and the chair emeritus of the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program's Advisory Board.  The focus of her teaching is empowerment and compassion.  She believes that by taking time to practice yoga “on the mat“, we empower ourselves with the same yogic principles “off the mat“.  She has a MSW from UNC, Chapel Hill.  She also is a 2nd degree Reiki Master.

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TJ Martin

TJ is registered with Yoga Alliance, has completed the Foundation Training in Integrative Yoga Therapy and is a Reiki Master. She began practicing yoga in 2001 and has since earned a 500-hour yoga teacher certification from Esther Myers Yoga, and is certified in YogaRhythmics/DansKinetics by the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.  She is a founding member of the SeaSide Yoga Retreat.  TJ draws on her experience in movement systems and health care to create classes that are gentle and supportive, inviting connection between the body and the inner self.  She welcomes each individual to open to yoga’s rich possibilities with self-acceptance, knowing that the body they have right now is the one that’s just right for doing yoga.

 

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Nancy Hannah

Nancy Hannah has been practicing yoga for almost 30 years.  She is Yoga Alliance Registered and is certified through The North Carolina School of Yoga. Further certifications include: Advanced Studies in Yoga Instruction from The Asheville Yoga Center, and Yoga Warriors, a program addressing PTSD and COSR trauma issues in returning military personnel and their families. Nancy currently teaches Stress Reduction Yoga Classes at NCSU in Raleigh; Gentle Yoga at Harmony Pilates, Integrative Movement, and. Yoga of Apex; and a variety of other private and group sessions in the Raleigh Area. The Pink Ribbon Yoga Retreats continue to inspire her yoga journey.