Teachers & Manager

Jennifer E. Daly, Ph.D., RYT 500

 

Jennifer Daly is the Director of Anahata Yoga Center and a primary teacher. She has practiced yoga for over 18 years. She is registered with the National Yoga Alliance as a 500-level instructor and she has studied Iyengar yoga with national teachers, including John Schumacher, Aadil Palkhivala, Dean Lerner, Ramanand Patel, Laurie Blakeley, Richard Rosen and others. She has studied Ashtanga yoga with Tim Miller, Richard Freeman, Kino McGregor, Beryl Bender Birch, Michael Stone and others. She has also studied with Dharma Mittra, Sean Corn, Paul Grilley and other teachers. She has taught yoga in Williamsburg since 2003. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a focus on mindfulness and holistic psychotherapy among adults and seniors. Her classes emphasize connections between mind and body as a way to foster health and well being. Classes include detailed instructions on physical postures, mental focus and breath control. She encourages students to experience yoga as a practice to purify and strengthen mind, body and spirit.

 

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Carolyn E. Felling, RYT 200

 

Carolyn Felling has practiced yoga for over eight years. She is registered with the National Yoga Alliance as a 200-level instructor. Her yoga training emphasized Iyengar and Vinyasa styles of yoga. Carolyn’s work as a teacher and elementary school administrator for over 37 years has taught her the value of a calm and steady mind. She continues her work in education at the School Leadership Institute in the School of Education at the College of William and Mary. Her yoga classes emphasize a gentle, fun-loving spirit with instruction in how to increase physical strength and energy, grace, flexibility and well-being for all ages.

 

 

Steve A. Kuehl, RYT 200

 

Steve Kuehl completed his training as a 200-level teacher in June 2008. His training emphasized Iyengar and Ashtanga styles of yoga with a focus on physical alignment, breathwork and dynamic flow. Steve has served as a teaching assistant at Anahata Yoga Center since 2007, and he has studied with many of the top local and regional teachers, as well as national teachers such as Richard Rosen and Beryl Bender Birch. Steve’s evolving teaching style emphasizes a balance between an active and energetic physical practice, and focused breathing and spiritual
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Caroline garrett, ryt 200

Caroline earned her 200-hour yoga registration from the Asheville Yoga Center in Asheville, NC in 2002.  Her training emphasized vinyasa styles of yoga, but also included classes in Ashtanga, Anusara, Kundalini, Bikram and Iyengar styles.  She has taught yoga at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC and at the YMCA in Smithfield and Newport News, VA.  Caroline has practiced yoga with Jennifer and other teachers at AYC since 2007 and she has served as a teaching assistant at AYC since 2008.  Caroline's teaching encourages creativity and flow through yoga postures, breathwork and meditation.  Caroline also teaches courses in traditional and digital art for the Fine Art and Art History Department of  Christopher Newport University.

 

 

 

 

 

Sheila Conrad

 

Sheila Conrad has been a Tai Chi practitioner for 32 years. She teaches the traditional Yang Style Long Form (108 movements) that was taught to her teacher, Ruth Naiman. This form emphasizes the physical, mental and spiritual balance created by the continuous flow of energy between yin and yang. Sheila began teaching Tai Chi in Los Angeles 23 years ago, and she has taught in New Kent County and Williamsburg since moving here in 2002. In addition to teaching the Yang Style Long Form, Sheila has developed a form of Tai Chi specifically for Seniors and Chair Tai Chi for people who cannot walk unassisted.

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Jean Lien, Studio Manager

 

 

Jean has studied Iyengar-style yoga with Rosie Taylor since 1991 and Jennifer Daly since 2003. She retired from Eastern State Hospital after 25 years as the Diagnostics Department Manager where she attained accreditation for the previously unaccredited laboratory in 1982 and maintained this accreditation during her entire tenure. Her pleasant disposition and managerial skills have helped Anahata Yoga Center to become the healthy life style choice for discriminating people in the Williamsburg community.