Sangha Yoga Montauk » Teachers

Marissa McNaughton

Mariana Duran — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:05:55 +0000

Marissa emphasizes a rhythmic flow between breath and movement. Her teaching is grounded yet playful, encouraging students to explore movements big and small, strong and subtle, as a way to energize and align the body, and to calm and focus the mind. She is inspired by a love of dance, music, sports, and a great appreciation for the beauty and rhythm of nature (especially the ocean!). Marissa hopes to help her students find peace in movement and in stillness, on and off the mat.

Marissa is trained in vinyasa flow through Mandala Yoga’s teacher training program, and teaches throughout the East End as well as for surf-yoga clinics and retreats. She thanks her many teachers, friends, and students who have inspired her yoga practice and teaching, and especially her mother for encouraging her to first set foot in a yoga studio.

Evelyn O’Doherty

Mariana Duran — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:17:42 +0000

Evelyn O’Doherty is a passionate meditator, surfer, yogi and teacher who is IN LOVE with Montauk! She discovered the practice of meditation 14 years ago when a friend brought her to the Siddha Yoga ashram in So. Fallsburg, NY. There, under the guidance of Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, she began to study and live out the arts of chanting, meditation, and scriptural study. In 2000, to further immerse herself in the practice of daily meditation, Evelyn left the East End and traveled to Ganeshpuri, India. Today, she teaches the art of meditation as a way for us to overcome the tendencies of the mind, immerse ourselves in the wisdom of the heart and connect with our own divine nature within. She wishes to share what she has found with others, and to create a community of meditators in the East End so that we may all come together and support one another in a journey to the center of the Heart.

Jennifer Cassetta

Mariana Duran — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:43:57 +0000

Jennifer Cassetta is a second degree black belt in HapKiDo, a certified personal trainer and a holistic nutritional counselor. She has graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and is currently attaining her Master’s degree in Nutrition as well as being a senior instructor at World Martial Arts Center and running her own private training business in NYC.

Jennifer has been featured on TimeOut NY’s t.v. channel, Marie Claire, Women’s Health, the Wall Street Journal, the NY Post, NPR radio and countless other publications. She writes a monthly Health and the City™ Newsletter and contributes to many websites as a health expert.

Jennifer has a love for Montauk that started when she was very young. She is proud to be teaching in Montauk for the last five years and excited to be a part of the Sangha Yoga family. Jennifer’s programs encompass the development of the mind, body and spirit. Her style of coaching and training incorporate the best of both Eastern and Western philosophies. Her background of fitness and nutrition are the perfect mix to help her clients reach their highest potential!

Josie Gambino

Mariana Duran — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:06:20 +0000

Josie teaches a vinyasa flow class with awareness on breath and fluidity of the body. As a child Josie always had a love for dance and movement. When she was introduced to yoga, she knew she had found a place where she could find balance and harmony. In her class she inspires to create an atmosphere where you can feel mindful, peaceful, and safe.

Josie is excited about her lifelong journey of learning and finding stillness through yoga. She received her certification through Mandala Yoga under Jolie Parcher and Lauren Hanna; owner of Sonic Yoga in NYC. Josie received her Bachelors in Fine Arts in 2004 with an emphasis on psychology.

Jeannine Logie

Mariana Duran — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:10:33 +0000

Jeannine came to Yoga during a period of hardship in her personal life. She took her first class at Mandala Yoga in Amagansett and was hooked by her second class. A gymnast during her childhood, Jeannine had yearned in adulthood to find the same fulfillment gymnastics had offered her body but was unable to find a realistic means of doing so out here on the East End. Then she discovered Yoga. Yoga asana spoke to her body and spirit in a way that no other physical activity had. As she continued her practice, she found that through asana, pranayama, chant, meditation and Yogic philosophy she had filled an emptiness within her. She wished to pass this gift along to others and so, along with her collaboration with Jenny Baker, “Sangha” was born.

Jeannine completed her teacher training at Mandala Yoga in Amagansett, led by Jolie Parcher of Mandala and Lauren Hanna of Sonic Yoga in NYC. Jeannine teaches Vinyasa Flow and incorporates all aspects of Yoga in her classes. She believes in teaching mindfulness of one’s body and Self through asana, breath work and meditation.

Jeannine trained under Kam Thye Chow with the Lotus Palm School of Montreal to receive her certification in Thai Yoga Bodywork. Please see the section Thai Yoga Bodywork on our website for further details.

Forever a student of Yoga and of life, Jeannine thanks all those who have inspired her on her journey.

Cathy McGuire

Mariana Duran — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:51:09 +0000

Cathy McGuire is passionately living out her dream as a certified Yoga instructor and a Phoenix Rising Yoga therapist in Montauk, New York. Additionally to teaching classes at Sangha Yoga, she offers private Yoga training, small group classes, as well as yoga therapy in her private studio.

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (PRYT) combines assisted Yoga postures with dialogue to focus on the body’s inner wisdom. This awareness helps release the emotions and beliefs that may have manifested in chronic aches and pains, emotional unrest, or simply a feeling of being stuck in the flow of your life. Learn more about Cathy at her website, Yoga by the C.

“I am passionate about yoga, fitness, psychology, and spirituality! These are challenging times in our country with many people under tremendous stress. Life is too short and each moment is a precious gift! Montauk is one of the most beautiful places on this planet and my heart is full of gratitude! It is my intention to share this joy and peace, we so deserve, by inviting you to come and explore your own personal truths in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Namaste.”

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Emily Weitz

Mariana Duran — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:11:22 +0000

Emily believes that yoga is a brilliant way to get in touch with your own truth. Educated in the Anusara tradition, she employs the use of John Friend’s Universal Principles of Alignment to help students find a balance of strong alignment and soft heart. Her classes weave real life into experiences on the mat, so that her students can step back out into the world with a feeling of balance, strength, and humor. She enjoys leading people towards lives in which they can be fully present in each and every moment.

She is grateful to all her teachers, from wise yogis to intelligent professors, from the subtlety of sunset to the brightness of its rising. Learn more about her at her web site, yogamatized.com.

Alice Houseknecht

Mariana Duran — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:55:23 +0000

Alice Houseknecht is a graduate of the 500 Hour Teacher Training Certification Program from Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She has been teaching yoga on the East End for the past six years. Her gentle yoga classes emphasize yogic breathing, postures, and meditation techniques to help alleviate fatigue and stress. Her extensive training has helped her achieve a well developed connection to a deep source of inspiration giving her the ability to guide others into theirs. She is pictured here with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

Kristen Rae Stevens

Mariana Duran — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:52:15 +0000

Kristen Rae trained and worked as a professional dancer. Her intense love of nature and curiosity in the mind body connection and it’s relationship to health has led her to study a variety of healing forms and human anatomy under the guide of great Eastern and Western doctors, healers, dancers, anthropologists, musicians and yogis. Her belief in the anatomical structures of the human body mirrored in untamed nature is the rhythm of radiant health is the basis of her work. Her unique expression of movement is the outcome of these influences.

Currently she teaches yoga and pilates and counsels individuals in yoga therapy and nutrition and lifestyle wellness programs privately in NYC and teaches classes at YogaWorks and Sangha Yoga. Jai!

Heather D’Agostino

Mariana Duran — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:46:41 +0000

Heather’s teaching and practice is greatly influenced by Anusara Yoga and John Friend. Her classes are lively and fun but challenging, full of thought and philosophy. She encourages her students to find focus through their breath, to expand and play with their strengths and boundaries but to also find their own expression of self in their practice. The Anusara Principles of alignment are instructed and encouraged so to experience the deepest openings through safe body awareness.

Heather began practicing yoga while dealing with illness utilizing yoga therapeutics. In addition, she counted on yoga throughout her pregnancies and has a strong desire to share with others how yoga can transform the body and mind as well as inspire the soul. Heather is grateful to her teachers Lois Nesbit and John Seelye.